T/N: I’ve made some corrections to the character names.
Specifically, I’ve changed ‘Liece’ to ‘Charl’, Charl is the A-rank knight assigned to protect Princess Lia. I was using instead of Charl … Liece
The real character ‘Liece’ appeared around 10 times since I started translating, and I didn’t even notice the discrepancy 🙁
Additionally, I’ve edited the demon king’s name from ‘Cethus’ to ‘Claudis’, as per the previous translation.
Meanwhile, I’ll keep the main protagonist’s name as Shien ‘Buztout’ (布兹图特, Xī ēn · Bù zī tú tè), which differs from the previous translator’s choice of Shien ‘Bayztrot’. Both are valid, sound similar.
Regarding Lucy’s full name, it’s actually Roselucy or Roselucia. However, the author mostly refers to her as simply ‘Lucy’ (around 80% of the time). The previous translator used ‘Lucilosti’ for her full name, which is essentially the same as ‘Losti’ (similar sound like ‘Rose’) followed by ‘Lucy’.
Thanks for pointing out these errors in the comments 🙂 I didn’t even notice them.
After a brief commotion, Lildas finally managed to break free from Shien’s grasp and hid behind Anima.
“I told you, you’re a bad guy! You bully me all the time! So rude and violent!”
Lildas hid behind Anima, shouting at Shien.
“You’re still talking?”
Shien cracked his knuckles, making Lildas shrink back in fear, not daring to come out again.
“Be quiet, Lildas.”
Anima said to Lildas with exasperation.
Lucy also came to Shien’s side, holding his hand and stopping him.
“So, is it over?”
Lucy tried to change the subject.
Shien could see that she seemed relieved, clearly also annoyed by Lildas, but not daring to say or do anything until now, finally rescued.
Shien really wanted to say, “Who made you have such a patron goddess?”
However, he also knew that as her blessed one, Lucy definitely didn’t want to embarrass Lildas, or be embarrassed herself, so he let it go.
“It’s over on my side.”
Shien told Lucy truthfully.
Before Lucy could ask anything, Lildas peeked out from behind Anima.
“Judging from your appearance, you must not have gained much.”
Lildas tried her best to belittle Shien.
But actually, Lildas had a feeling that Shien seemed to have gained some extraordinary enlightenment.
Perhaps others hadn’t noticed, but Lildas discovered that Shien’s aura and temperament were different from before.
That natural demeanor, as if he had merged with the world, or rather, with the [World’s Logic], made Lildas feel like she was looking at her own Mother Goddess. RÄꞐОβĘṦ
(I must be crazy. He’s just a human, how could he be like the Mother Goddess?)
Lildas smiled wryly, a hint of loneliness in her heart.
There was another person who felt the same way as Lildas.
That was Nadue, who was merged with nature.
“This feeling…”
Nadue looked at Shien, surprised and uncertain.
As the Goddess of Nature, Nadue was the most sensitive to Shien’s changes.
The aura emanating from Shien, which made people want to get close to him, was now much stronger than before.
This surprised Nadue greatly.
Anima felt the same way.
Although her feeling wasn’t as obvious as Lildas and Nadue’s, she could also sense that Shien’s life aura had changed somewhat.
Recalling the question Shien had just asked her, Anima couldn’t help but have a bold guess.
Therefore, Anima was the one most surprised by Shien’s change.
Shien, on the other hand, completely unaware of the change in himself, hesitated for a moment, then responded ambiguously to Lildas’s taunt.
“Well, you could say that.”
Shien didn’t intend to refute it, or rather, he didn’t want to discuss this matter further.
Unfortunately…
“He’s lying, right?”
“Is he lying?”
“He’s lying.”
Lildas, Nadue, and Anima had this thought simultaneously.
Even Lucy couldn’t help but roll her eyes.