Zero no Tsukaima:Volume14 Chapter2
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Chapter 2: The Third Annual Enthronement Ceremony
Part 1
The third annual enthronement ceremony of the pope was to be held 300 miles north-east from the city of Romalia, near the border Gallia, next to the Town of Aquileia. Ceremony lasts as long as 2 weeks, which makes it a grand festival.
The Romalia church makes intensive preparation towards the journey to Aquileia.
Inside a courtyard surrounded by five towers and one main tower, every single civil servants, commanders and priests boards ships, each decorated with specific religious crests. In comparison, the main tower harbours a gigantic warship for the sole usage of the pope. The pier aboard the main tower is only authorised for usage when the pope wayfares.
Holy knights of the church riding on pegasuses await from the above sky, going through the procedures to be held.
Despite the fact that Guiche and Ondine water spirit Knights will be the ones accompanying Henrietta on board the ship, they were delayed from boarding the ship with certain circumstances.
Everyone on the harbour, extended like a balcony from the main tower of the large cathedral, waits impatiently for the arrival of their companions.
"What in the world is Saito doing..."
Malicorne murmured anxiously.
Makes sense.
Though the apparant fact that the departure time is approaching, Saito, who bears quite a bit of responsbility, has yet to show up. Since he also skipped the training yesterday, it is inevitable for everyone to feel anxious.
"Did he escape out of fear?"
One of the students said with a hint of agitation. Everyone in the Ondine water spirit Knights were informed that they must prevent Gallia's conspiracy towards the pope.
Even if they assumed that the plan of Gallia was to assassinate the Pope of the highest authority in Halkeginia. They did not know what is Gallia trying to achieve through this conspiricy. But anyhow, it doesn't seem like the enemy would not be unprepared for anything.
More the reason why experiencing fear is expected.
A few students started to murmur "Knew he can't escape his status as a plebeian..." and similar topics. Guiche responded with a grunt and shook his head
"I don't think so. That is because he is a man who would still stand up no matter the number of times defeated by my Valkyrie."
"Besides, he is a man who bravely stood against an army of 70,000. How could some feeble plan of Gallia scare him?"
Malicorne nods whilst easily amending Guiche's concieted tone, at the same time refuting the theories of Saito being a scaredy cat.
Reinard, who was silent the whole time opened his mouth
"Actually... I saw Saito yesterday."
"What!?"
Everyone focuses on this teenager wearing glasses with a seemingly serious character.
"It's something which happened yesterday morning. I saw him and Louise walk out of the cathedral side by side."
"Why didn't you say so earlier?"
Embarrassed by Malicorne's roar, Reinard scratches his head.
"Because... something like skipping training for a date with girls... if I said that it would hurt Saito's reputation. But on the other hand, I also understand Saito's feelings. On the night before carrying out a dangerous mission, it is a must to spend time with the one you love. After all, it might be possible to die on the battlefield."
"Then aren't we the same?"
Hearing what Gimli said, Guiche shook his head
"The one in most danger is actually Saito. That guy messed around with the Gallian enemies a few times. Anyhow, it should be about time he comes out already."
As Guiche commented, Louise and Henrietta showed up, accompanied by Tiffania and Agnes. Seeing Louise's clothing, Guiche and the group were stunned.
"Aah! Isn't this the dress of a nun?"
What Louise and Tiffania was actually wearing, is a white robe worn by priests. All of the seams were sown together using bright orange thread. On the neck hangs a holy object, giving the impression that they were outstanding nuns.
"Both of them will participate the ceremony as the status of a nun."
Agnes explained to the people in frozen status.
Tiffania's sharp, pointy ears were covered perfectly by the hood, a much better fit than her usual hat, since none of the Philipe? believers would dare lay a hand on a nun. Just the perfect safety charm.
Unknown if it is also because of the same reason, Tiffania seems to be brighter than usual.
On the other hand, Louise kept making a frowned face. Grasping the holy object tightly, as if muttering the prayers to God. With Louise's unusual attitude, Guiche cannot help but feel uneasy himself.
Althought he wanted to inquire about what happened to Saito, under the presence of Henrietta, he was unable to make the words form at his mouth. Just as Guiche was wondering about what happened, Henrietta asked the excat thing what Guiche wanted to know.
"Did something happen to Saito de Chavelier? It seems that he is yet to appear?"
Guiche lifted his head and said
"It is what I had in mind as well. Louise, what happened to Saito? He was with you yesterday, right?"
But still, all Louise did was holding the holy object tensely. Observing Louise's weird attitude, Henrietta seems to notice something, and asked her
"Louise, you look like you know what happened."
Louise took a long, deep breath and told everyone looking at her
"Saito has already returned."
Everyone was stunned too stunned to say anything. Henrietta's stared at Louise with wide eyes. Tiffania covered her lips wide open from shock. Guiche, with a surprised tone asked Louise for more details
"H-He went back to the Academy?"
Louise shooked her head and replied
"He returned to his world."
Everyone froze like a statue after hearing those words from Louise.
"Louise! What happened! Tell us everything!"
Guiche franticly shook Louise shoulders. Slowly, she brushed off his hands and replied
"You should all know that Saito is from Robert? Argle? Kalia?, right?"
The Ondine Knights nodded. Everyone knew that Saito came from the place called "The East".
"... Saito received letters from his mother. It told him to come home"
"So you returned her request?"
Louise nodded. Malicorne pulled his hair and screamed.
"At this moment, it won't matter much if he didn't go back! Right at this critical moment..."
After hearing what Malicorne had to say, Louise gave him a stern look
"What are you talking about! It is excatly at times like this we should send him back! To this moment Saito has always been fighting for us. You call yourself an aristocrat! Is it not sensible to put out fires almost burning ourselves?"
Louise bit her lip, still holding the holy object tightly, and continued
"In any case, from this point onwards, we will never involve Saito in our conflicts!"
Malicorne then said with a troubled voice
"Although I don't completely understand... does this mean that we can never see Saito again? Or will he come back after assuring his mother?"
Louise closed her eyes for a while... then nodded. A pale-faced Louise never let go of the holy object in her hands, and returned to her murmuring. It is a prayer to God.
Noticing Louise's actions, the Ordine Knights's faced changed to a worrying white.
"Prayers, you can continue later. I still have another question, may I ask you of it?"
"Go on."
"Is it of Saito's own decision? Did Saito himself ever say he 'must go home'?"
Louise shook her head.
"I sended him back."
"How did you do it?"
"That I can't answer."
Everyone standing next to Louise, became aware of Henrietta's strained face and stopped further pursuit. Everyone seemed to sense that this involved top secrets of the country.
However, the words of Louise stimulated everyone. Despite the end of dwelling on this subject, voices of blame continues to come out from the mouths of the Ondine Knights.
"This is no good! Even if he is your familiar, aren't you acting too much on your own accord!"
"Did not! I thought of it throughoutly first!"
Malicorne tilted his head a little and said
"Right, but I don't think in the same direction. Perhaps Saito actually wanted to fight alongside us. If I were him I would've thought this way."
The teenagers all concurred with Malicorne's words and nodded vigorously. Louise began to say something, but was interrupted by Henrietta.
"Do you intend to shame me?"
All of this commotion between Talisting's Queen and her Knights caught the attention of the priests and officials of Romanlia nearby, all of the desperate to eavesdrop.
The sudden reminder from the Queen, the boys made a flustered face.
"It's a problem to be short of one chevalier, but a bunch of panicking guards because of this is another big issue. And I originally considered all of my handpicked guards to be brave knights..."
Being scolded by the Queen with such a serious tone, it stroke fear in all of the boys' heart. Henrietta promptly followed Louise, who was hurried to board the ship, and walked up the gangplank. Without exchanging expressions or words, one by one the Ondine Knights all followed Henrietta aboard.
Part 2
Louise entered her cabin that was prepared for them and began to pray as she kneeled on her bed. Tiffania was staring at Louise across the room with concern.
She was obviously confused with the sudden event.
What does she mean by 'Saito returned'?
She once heard a story in the Westwood of Albion that there was a 'another world'.
... She said that letters were received by his mother from another world. I don't know how letters can be sent from a different world. But since Louise said so, it is probably true.
Speaking of which, when he was with me in the village he was talking about his hometown and began crying. I consoled with him that time.
Tiffania was having a mixed emotion. I'm supposed to be happy that there is a way for him to go back to his hometown, but I can't help but feel lonliness. We went through a lot of trouble together and helped each other, but this is a sudden turn of event.
She wanted to know the full story from Louise, but decided not to interrupt her praying.
Obviously troubled, she folded her arms under her chest. Just as she was pondering what to do next, knocks sounded from the door.
Standing there was Henrietta, accompanied by Agnes.
"Henrietta-sama."
Henrietta approached Louise but Louise didn't notice her as she continued to pray.
"Louise, please stop praying and look at me."
Finally, Louise lifted her head in silence, but did not look at Henrietta either.
She remembered the spell casted by the Pope 'World Door'.
"Louise, did Saito really go back to his world? You must have spoke to the Pope and (person from Vol 13 last chapter). Did (person) really used void magic to send Saito back"
Louise closed her eyes and nodded.
What would make her send him back?
They would like to ask a detailed story, but right now there is no time.
Henrietta placed her hand on Louise's shoulder and whispered to her ears.
"We'll talk about this later on."
Henrietta went to the cabin of the Ondine Knights and gave them a lecture, not to panic from the sudden news. Although the boys seem to disapprove, this did, after all, came from the Queen and had no choice but to nod their heads.
She then returned to her own bedroom and made Agnes leave.
Resting her head on her elbows on the windowsill, silent tears glittered from the shine of the moonlight, a direct comparison to her smooth white skin.
While letting tears flow, she realised dependent she was, on the familiar of Louise. Even though he has not many relations to this world, she still gave him such dangerous tasks with heavy burdens.
He has now returned to the world he belongs to.
"Isn't this supposed to be a blessing?"
Until now I've always made mistakes. Now, I have to somehow do all this by myself. I am the Queen...
She understands her own reasoning, but for some reason the tears continued to flow from Henrietta's beautiful pair of eyes.
"It must be that I wasn't prepared for the sudden farewell", Henrietta thought
From the other side of the waterway, the boat sailed from Romalia and the pope Vittorio appeared from the crowd that gathered on the open space of the Maltailago dock.
They were there near the border town of Aquileia, and Galia, which was made from a combination of waterway of several artificial island and it was filled with sand and stones. Over the narrow waterway through the city, the city was a maze-like, it was said in its history that it intrigue with romance in as many ways as it was.
The pope Mark slowly descended the ship on to the water level, they barely saw the land ahead of them. Unfortunately, the sea level rose and the tides went up high that the waves splashed the ship and happened to almost flood the dock... The bad news was the gathered group of Aquileia were quite upset that they were bathed in sea water. But one of them absorbed the water and drained them out.
Apparently, this sea water was the Holy Water that was treasured by the people of Aquileia.
They were arriving sooner than it could have. So pope Mark sped up much to the noise made by the people out there celebrating.
Just a rough landing they boarded the Fune and was slowly approaching the quay of the square. The painter is released, fixing Fune.
When they arrived, pope Mark released the ramp connecting to the land and the saintly band that sung hymns as they walked across the ramp. The fune at the sides of the green gunwale were then installed, and the cloth made of purple coarse fabric was laid down from the central part of the ship's deck to the end of the mouth of the ramp.
At the end othe the ramp were Mayor of Aquileia with Lord Letsosonic together with the other Archbishop. They greeted the honored guests with hospitality.
The first ones who came down the ramp were a group of saintly knights. They wore purely white mantle that covered most parts of their body.
After a long procession of knights that came down the ramp, there followed by the Pontifical College of Romalia. This too was a long line where they came down the ramp being greeted. It was all the same.
After a while there came cheers of joy.
The next group that came down the ramp was from Tristain. Queen Henrietta diligently walked down the ramp with the company of two maiden at her side together with the Ondine Knights that covered back and front of her. The people of Aquileia were extremely proud to have the Queen as their ally. Henrietta was pretty popular amongst them.
Long live the Queen! mingled with the sound of the people of Tristain, Henrietta responded and waved back lightly.
And... When, all those honored guests showed up the starring actor of this day showed the form to the pioneer, the area suddenly became quiet. Dispersing the hat to the boy of the water seller who yell Hari! was being lifted, the saintly sign was cut before the chest.
When Ages pope III and Vittorio Serevare arrived at the dazzling glory, the people of Aquileia sighed.
"The light which is shouldered in order for you to fall, you are moved." Vittorio said.
Vittorio raised her hands, and smiled at them ..., she had broken the silence that moment, there were cheers so big that it echoed throughout the place.
The pope arrived at the the party that night. The others were at Cathedral of St. Lutia Aquileia, they gathered around a large round table where they had a meeting.
Tiffania and Louise were sitting next to Henrietta who was accompanied by Agnes. Guiche made a strained face just being around them.
The other side of the circle were the officials of Romalia.
The pope was next to Sardinia and near by was Julio who brought the other knights with him. Next to them was the Mayor of Aquileia, High Priest of St. Lutia Church.
They heard the mayor's plan. The mayor said with a worried face,
"I understand that we've planned this... but are the aims of Galia truly be what's here?"
To avoid confusion, indeed the legendary "leaders of emptiness," is trying to talk to that do not.
Vittorio is a smiling face beings "Unazu" was.
"It is true.'s Gaul that" incompetent king "is Halkeginia want to be king. So, it is disturbing this Watakushi God and founder."
The Pope himself said so without hesitation, the mayor wipe off the amount of sweat on his forehead.
Honestly, they have this trouble started, each in his office why were full of tears and feeling put out.
"Even so, that risk is still the Holy Land under ..."
Third anniversary of the coronation ceremony heard, a few priests and priestess of the Pope which with, keep praying all the time.
Meanwhile, the city came pouring from all over the Halkeginia believers, queue up to catch a glimpse of the pope pray.
Mazare to the spectators, and the Gallia any action, thought and popes. The mayor's plan was a nightmare. Should we fail in guarding the Pope, leaving his name to become mayor in history as incompetent and allowed the assassination of Pope.
"Mayor Hall concern" Yuri Created by "is natural. However, we will engage the enemy in airtight lineup of water."
Julio stood up and began to write this plan on the blackboard.
"As you know, scary is the magic of" first
Using the chalk, drew a drawing of the church Julio.
"So, to use a spell accidental enemy barrier around for the magic tool to send a Detect Magic around the church."
Julio is shown around the church, they got an indication of the number.
"Of course, stick" rod "is not taken into during a visit. But if in some way ... to use magic, use the moment you are caught out by this unit, surrounded by his knights around chanting will be captured immediately by "
The mayor's face was something comforting.
"Not only that. Of course, the Pope around" air shield "severalfold the" What will "stretch to protect the 御身 it. The usual magic and a gun, I would not go anywhere."
That security, then nods to the,the Pope and the mayor looked at each other.
Everyone seemed to have understood the plan, the person was not convinced that the person floating face.
Tiffania be.
She heard the story ... ... not quite understand, "she said Fu," he felt a drop. Childhood "When," and killed the mother of the house elf came aboard, it was the Knights received a positive order of King Albion.
The group of state level, if you want to eliminate nuisance once ... really, when would it take this blow in the game, would use a plot? And what it means to take an assassin?
If you really to destroy, would not you use another way?
Reliable, error-free way ....
Tiffania hesitantly gave a hand.
"Miss Westwood?"
Looking at the beaming smile of Tiffania.
"Yes?.... Do you have a question?"
"Yes."
"That ...in which people that great so, arrogance presumption "and I think, though it was in mind. And ..., what are you gonna do after I cast magic on the troops of Gallia"
Henrietta Smiled....gentle smile came floating out.
"Miss Tiffania do-no,do not worry about that. The Kingdom of Gallia Is a full-fledged member of the alliance of kings. Kista reckon with as opposed to face" Mentsu "is that you. I had no break-border alliances imitate them to move beyond the "imitation" is ... "
To say there is anyone else Henrietta "who" do not laugh I noticed that too. Julio beings are Unazu while we affirm the words of Tiffania.
"I would say that possibility is five minutes."
"What did you say?"
Henrietta's pale face, "wearing it" becomes. Calmly, he continued Julio.
"Until last week active military actions in Gallia was not found near the border. Now, however, new information came in, so we must be very telling as well.'s Against our forces is a roster, each regiment stationed four thousand nine knights led by the church's elite force close to the border, The Great Spear is inside. therefore to our fleet is kept . to compete in this fleet air force, the Gallia Fleet
"What!?forces gathered near the border? Provocation or not!" Henrietta is up, shocked.
"If you take all well and good, and provocative. Makes our job easier."
"It has a different story! Your Holiness, are you going to war?" Vittorio shook his head. "We have not. The enemy is the Gallia." "You do not have a war and told to bleed between Romalian Pilgrims do not mill! To dry, the tongue, and to prepare for war! Not understand the meaning!"
"Its no use,because if you want something that can be done with a single blow. I think I planned this. Do not worry. Gallian army is certainly strong"
"Cowardice!cowardly It is!" Gentle, yet dignified Vittorio said in a low voice. His voice is like magic full of impressive silence.
Henrietta bite her lip and shake your head.
"I hate war and I said that, we can't deny that possibility...never. For all situations, only provides a way to counter that."
"Sophistry ..." Ben came "It is. Coronation place for the three year anniversary celebration Why choose Aquileia near the border of Gallia and this could finally really understand. The enemy to attack the Pope... It is a war. "
Including the sad voice said Vittorio slightly.
"The choice is not in Romalia. Is strictly Gallia.Possibilities and is now a quarter past five hours."
The mayor and the High Priest had been very pale on the content of the conversation. It is a story from the third anniversary of the coronation ceremony of a sudden war, do not blame them. Tiffania thought,even fear of this situation led to pronounce her body in her arms, "because she is shivering.
Guiche while thinking what was a stuck in a ceiling with their eyes closed. Agnes has always looked much the same.The captain of the Ondine-Knight Corps of the Water Spirit who is also in the church.
Henrietta got up and looked at Louise's side who is sitting in silence. "... But unfortunately that happens is Allies cooperation.Romalia because the instruments of war never accidental Louise, from its I promised his father succeeded. Louise Let's go."
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