My Childhood Friend the Demon Knight Hates Me - Episode 34: Holy Bell Forest Edition
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34 Holy Bell Forest Edition
Translator: Lioness
Editor: Arya
A huge clear spring without turbidity spread throughout the green bushes.
On the centre of it, a transparent pillar gazebo shone brilliantly in response to the morning sun that floated.
The golden glittering queen’s bell, which hung from the round ivy-patterned roof, gave off an overwhelming presence and eloquently spoke about the long history it had cultivated.
It was as if there was an invisible barrier which surrounded the fountain only.
The isolated space was just right to call it a ‘sanctuary’.
“Beautiful …”
It was a normal word, but that was the only word that came out.
Forgetting to blinks and being fascinated by the sight in front of you.
It wasn’t until I could see this mysterious landscape that I was even happy to be selected as a spirit princess. Reiss next door was also unusually exhaling.
“Well then, let’s start the ritual!”
When I returned to myself, I was confused but received the sword and remembered my role.
“First of all, chanting words under that bell and ringing the bell three times … After that, the sword dance … What?”
When I was confirming the procedure that was struck by Marina-san alone, I noticed a simple question and tilted my head.
“What’s wrong?”
“No … I wonder how to get to the gazebo with the bell. There seems to be no bridge to connect …”
“Of course, walk over the fountain!”
Fay-kun, who was smooth and unreasonable, said that.
“In the water of this spring, the spirits of the spirits who lived here are still flowing. You are a human being and were chosen as a spirit princess, you should be able to cross over the spring.”
I haven’t heard that …! ?? While thinking, I took off my shoes and put my feet on the fountain.
A pleasant coldness was transmitted on my fingers. I’m not sure if it was Fay’s advice, but Uur cheekily advised me to focus my spiritual energy on my toes.
Although the water was transparent, I was a little scared because I couldn’t see the bottom of the water.
However, when I put my feet, it did not sink, and I was convinced that I could walk just by producing ripples.
Reiss was staring at me with an unreadable red look. Walking one step, two steps, slowly, and continuing on the water at once.
“I’ve arrived …!”
In a blink of an eye, I was able to drop the soles of my feet on the gazebo floor, which was transparent like glass work.
When I looked up at the hanging bell, I could once again see its peculiar beauty. The lights were so bright that you could almost believe that a blessing was pouring down from it.
Grip the bell string tightly.
She closed her eyes and chanted the word as if praying. Without being overwhelmed by her practice, she praised the queen and the spirits with ease.
At the same time, at the end of the chanting, if you ring the bell, a dignified sound gently echoed throughout the forest. Repeat it two more times.
I let go of the string, hold the treasure sword in one hand, and jump out onto the water. I never thought that Izumi would be on stage.
(TN: Izumi (泉), meaning ‘spring’ or ‘fountain’, is a Japanese given name and surname. While a unisex name, it is more commonly used by women. It can alternately be written as 泉美, 和泉, 泉水, いずみ or いづみ. This part, what Surria was talking about is an Izumi which can be referred to as a fountain since it was illustrated as a stage.)
Stretch your back and adjust your breathing.
There was no music, but maybe Uur wanted to accompany me in the dance, so he created a number of blisters around me. The bubbles of water that reflected light made my dance look more fantastic. You were able to produce such a nifty production.
With those like soap bubbles, I began dancing.
If you raise your sword high, you will be able to receive the blessings of the sun and the seven colours of light and it will overflow.
As she slid on the surface of the water barefoot, the hem of the white clothes, which was the formal dress of the spirit princess, touched the water and gave a light splash.
“During the dance, just keep in mind the gratitude and loyalty to the Queen. Please omit the extra consciousness. ”
Marina said that, but it was something else that came to my mind while moving mysteriously with my light body all the time.
The words of gratitude and loyalty were all right, and speaking to the Queen in my heart ―― ‘Tell me the truth about Reiss.’ That was all.
I felt that Reiss’s ruddy eyes and mine met through the bubbles of water that Uur manipulated.
The toes drew a half moon, and the tip of the treasure sword cut the sky.
Before I knew it, several spirits in the shape of animals were gathering around the fountain. Everyone who turned into an audience were quietly watching over my dance.
The dance was coming to an end. I grabbed the handle with both my hands, crouched down, pierced it, and put the cutting edge on the ground to finish the dance. The tip of the treasure sword that struck water instead of the ground produced large ripples on the surface of the water.
―― Moment.
The flow of air stopped, and all the small sounds such as the noise of trees and the shaking of the wind disappeared.
Fluffy, out of nowhere, there was an elegant sweet scent that tickled the nostrils.
It was a scent you knew.
The scent of pink flowers which was blooming in the church that I was used to sniffing, were used as a motif in the ornaments I wore.
Although the wind had disappeared, the bell rang high by itself only once.
“Uh!”
“… Reiss!?”
Suddenly, Reiss, who was standing beside a big tree outside the fountain, painfully held his chest down and kneeled on the ground. As it is, his body leaned down and his lustrous black hair was scattered on the grass.
I hurriedly threw my sword over the water, tucked my hem up and ran out of the fountain barefoot to him.
“What happened suddenly? Something is wrong …!”
When I sat beside the fainted Reiss and tried to touch his body, with the afterglow of the bell, it was like a silk slip.
The scent of flowers became even stronger.
And she — “It was a good dance,” She said.
Like whispering directly to my eardrum, the Spirit Queen revealed her appearance with a compliment spun in a beautiful and clear voice.