When I returned to Marquess Roml's residence, several joint soldiers and adventurers looked at with small whispers.
Even though I didn't hear what they were whispering, I already knew the source of the whispers which beca the main topic of their conversation.
The main topic they were whispering about made my burden of responsibility heavier like a mountain perched on my shoulders.
A heavy burden that I didn't know how to stay calm after getting this burden of responsibility.
Passing through a crowd of soldiers and curious adventurers, I imdiately rushed to the command center of the Golden King Bear hunt.
When I almost arrived at the command center of the Golden King Bear hunt, Mio and Sebastian approached with a towel and a glass of fresh water.
"Welco back, Lily-sama. Did the Golden King Bear hunt go smoothly?" said Sebastian while giving fresh water that looked half frozen because it was exposed to this winter night.
"Everything is going well, Sebastian. There are only a few problems that make want to discuss this with my father," I replied while drinking so of the fresh water and handing the glass to Sebastian.
"Should I hurry to Marquess Roml to tell him this important matter? It seems that what Lily-sama brought needs to be discussed imdiately with Marquess Roml," Sebastian seed to understand what had happened quickly.
While Sebastian and I were making small talk, Mio holding a clean and warm towel imdiately wiped the sweat on my cheek. Mio's gentle strokes did not seem to disturb my conversation with Sebastian, and she worked with full alertness like an exemplary Exclusive Maid.
"Yes, I leave it to you, Sebastian."
With my consent, Sebastian bowed his body and gave a small salute as a Butler who was serving the Matriarch of the Marquess Roml Family.
Sebastian left to report the situation that had happened to to Marquess Roml. The command baton given by my father has made force my body to do things with heavy risks of responsibility like this.
In every decision of mine that happened suddenly, I was surprised by my own decision.
"Lily-sama, is it just my feeling or is there a sword floating following you?" asked Mio who was starting to get curious about what had happened to .
Yes, the thing that made the joint soldiers and adventurers curious was the presence of the cursed sword that started to follow as its owner.
The blessing given by the Goddess of Destruction has brought as the owner of the cursed sword in order to destroy one of the conditions for the forced summoning of the Goddess of Destruction.
This is what makes feel that this responsibility will continue to haunt until the day I die.
Guarding one of the cursed swords for the sake of world peace?
That sounds like a noble task as a holder of the title of Monarch and a Saintess too, right?
At least I started to understand a small fact about myself who had been used by the Goddess Aurora and the Goddess of Death nad Reona.
I could feel that the two of them had colluded with each other and built a blessing that made feel responsible for this.
"You are not wrong with that feeling, Mio. It is indeed a cursed sword that is flying after . You could say that... I am her owner now," I was too tired to explain the situation to Mio, so I hoped that Mio would not push her curiosity too much to dig up more details.
"Sigh... I don't know what to say about this cursed sword with my father. Do you think... my father will have a problem with this, Mio?" I quickly turned the topic of conversation to Mio.
"I don't think Marquess Roml will have a problem with this, Lily-sama," Mio replied while fixing my long hair that was starting to look tangled after being blown by the winter night wind.
"Why? Is there a reason?" I asked curiously while turning my head towards Mio.
"..." Mio fell silent for a mont when I asked about this.
It seed like sothing big had happened while I was in the Golden King Bear hunting field.
"I overheard a conversation between Marquess Roml and Earl Timoti discussing the plan to hunt down the heretical sects that worship the Goddess of Destruction..." Mio started talking about a heavy topic when I returned from the hunting ground.
"They have ford a military alliance that will help each other when one of the heretical sects that worship the Goddess of Destruction is discovered. That will make them raise the flag of war to the last drop of blood after feeling the terror of the heretical sect that is slowly starting to rise from their hiding place," Mio said further.
I, who was already feeling tired, just let out a heavy sigh.
"It will be a long-term military alliance..." I comnted in response to the information given by Mio.
After Mio wiped so of my face and neck from sweat, I imdiately rushed to the open space that was part of the Golden King Bear hunting command center.
The topographic map that contained the deploynt route of the joint troops and adventurers was still busy getting technical guidance from Earl Timoti's troops.
In that busyness, Sebastian seed to have conveyed information related to the cursed sword that was now flying leisurely behind my body.
Just from looking at the expressions on my father's and Earl Timoti's faces, I could feel that the information given by Sebastian had shaken their hearts.
I stood there casually while waiting for Sebastian to finish what he had learned.
The remnants of my Soul Ta magic chant that displayed the viewpoint of the stealth sli herd were still available above the sky of Marquess Roml's residence.
"They should have known what happened to ," I muttered to Mio and got a small nod from her.
"They have known and sent to await your return, Lily-sama," Mio replied which made understand why she stood with Sebastian to welco my return carrying a glass of fresh drinking water and a warm towel.
"So that's why Sebastian and you seed to be preparing to welco my return."
"Yes, Lily-sama. We have prepared to welco your success in hunting the Golden King Bear. However... who would have thought that Lily-sama also made one of the cursed swords go crazy to make Lily-sama her Master..." Mio's words were filled with beautiful flowers along with a soft smile on her face.
It almost made lose control and want to kiss her lips that were smiling softly.
"Oh! Speaking of the Golden King Bear and the cursed sword. Does Lily-sama have another power that has been hidden from ?" Mio suddenly asked .
My body started to sweat coldly after Mio asked this.
"What do you an, Mio?" with a calm and not surprised attitude at all, I replied to Mio's words by tilting my head.
"I feel that Lily-sama has a sudden change in magical aura," Mio replied with her eyes looking at from top to bottom.
In Mio's observation looked at my body from top to bottom, I felt like every inch of had entered Mio's observation.
"Lily-sama seems to have beco a leader who is responsible for the stealth sli herd that lost their Sli King and Sli Queen..." said Mio who was observing my facial expression which was currently in a calm expression.
"... But I also feel that the cursed sword follows Lily-sama because there is sothing else like Lily-sama's power that is recognized as the cursed sword's owner," Mio's observation was spot on.
I don't know how Mio knew what had happened to when she couldn't feel the change in my magic energy that had skyrocketed high.
"You understand so well, Mio," I praised Mio who was still observing even further.
"For the ti being, I will have the stealth sli herd work hard to rebuild the forest area that was destroyed by the Golden King Bear herd and keep this cursed sword from the wrong hands like the cult that worships the Goddess of Destruction," along with my words, Mio's gaze ended at my hips.
"Lily-sama, may I take your katana for a quick inspection?"
"Of course," I then took my katana's sheath and gave it to Mio.
Sraakkk...
With sweet and elegant movents, Mio quickly pulled out my katana and checked the condition of my katana with her focused eyes.
On a winter night with limited light sources of magic lanterns and a few torches to illuminate so places, Mio looked so calm in inspecting my katana and feeling the blade of my katana.
"Lily-sama, your katana has reached its maximum limit to withstand adjusting to your power. If you continue to use this katana with your great power, it will most likely explode and break when it collides with another sword," Mio said while showing a serious expression on her face.
Mio's fingers traced the blade of my katana and pressed it.
Cttaakk...
Kraakkk...
A small crack that ca from the pressure of Mio's fingers was imdiately visible.
"Do you see this, Lily-sama? Just pressing it has given a large crack. This will be dangerous for you as a katana user and risks destroying this katana after just one attack."
"I still have so spare katana from you, right?"
"I still have a spare katana, but because the age of the tal I use is very old and Lily-sama's sword-play ability is still developing. I think it's ti for Lily-sama to find or order a weapon that can adjust to Lily-sama's growing power."
"..."
"..."
Mio and I were silent.
A weapon that could grow along with my sword-play ability?
Are there any weapons like that other than those owned by my mother and my twin step-sister?
Their magic staff weapons ca from parts of magical plants that lived by getting their supply of magical energy.
Getting a weapon like theirs... would look like carrying a wooden katana as my main weapon.
"Ukhum! It seems like I have to step forward and shine to answer the anxiety experienced by my Master..." said the cursed sword that suddenly appeared between and Mio.
"Sorry, I'm used to the shape of a katana. Seeing the shape of your sword's body that looks ordinary makes my hands uncomfortable to hold it," I answered spontaneously to the cursed sword.
"..." The cursed sword that was flying between and Mio suddenly fell.
"Sob! My Master! Please don't bully the ugly shape of my sword!"
"It's not my fault that I was born ugly like this!"
"It's the fault of the amateur swordsmith who created this crappy sword body!"
"Sob! Huuaaa!!"
Right between and Mio, I could see a cursed sword crying hysterically after hearing my rejection.
"Hmm... then, do you want to reforge you?" Mio asked the cursed sword.
"Huh?" hearing Mio's offer to the cursed sword, I secretly sweated coldly about the plan that Mio wanted to carry out.
I hope that what Mio is going to do doesn't make look like a scary teenage girl and a troublemaker for others.
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