Seikishin -Saint Doll- Chapter 16

[Saint Doll] Arc 2  Chapter 16 – Disaster

s.h.i.+n’s life since he had made his determination was fulfilling.

In the morning, he would wake up late and then eat lunch with Shana. In the afternoon, he would go for a training or doing some subjugation request. If he can afford it, he would travel around the village to exchange conversations with the people and doing some shopping. In the evening, he would eat meal with Gain, various meat that they obtained during their mission would be lined up on the table. Then after finis.h.i.+ng the housework and seeing Shana and Gain leave the room, the two would return to their room. After exchanging plenty of love with each other, both of them then went to sleep in the same bed.
There’s also Fea who is basically just doing whatever she likes at night. She could be peeping at them or wandering around the village, and after confirming that she has returned to the same bed as them, the day would be over.

Eat, Work, s.e.x, Sleep.
The two people from different world are immersing themselves in a lifestyle that would be unthinkable for them in j.a.pan.

“You’re not getting bored with my body ?”
“If any, I’m worried that the villagers want to put their hands on Yuri’s body”
Yuri has been acknowledged by the village as s.h.i.+n’s possession, and the one stopping the woman in the village who want to get their hand on s.h.i.+n’s sperm would be Gain’s words of ‘Then I’ll do you guys twice as much!!”, everyone who heard Gain’s proclamation went silent back then.
They know that Gain is Shana’s partner, and everyone was surprised that he would throw away his time together with her, and s.h.i.+n himself is also amazed from the bottom of his heart that the village women would accept it easily.

“Since changing to red ribbon, I think the gaze of the men has also changed”
“It’s proof that you belong to me after all. Too bad there’s no wedding ceremony or something like that in here”
Yuri has also changed her ribbon to a red one, indicating that she’s a married woman. s.h.i.+n wished for it, Shana approved it, Fea and Gain are grinning on the side, and then Yuri cried. The two held their own ceremony just by themselves. They exchanged ring and kisses, and had plenty of s.e.x afterward.
“I hope this life will keep going on forever”
“Yeah, if Yuri is there then I don’t need anything else”

And then after a few months.
The happy and peaceful life of the two people ended with a certain report.

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Inside the Adventurer Guild meeting room.

s.h.i.+n and all the Adventurers were summoned to the Guild. There are eleven Adventurers who were registered in Yutarika village including s.h.i.+n and Gain. Shana, the receptionist old man, and the village chief were also gathered in the room. Then there’s also an extra, Fea, who is relaxing on top of s.h.i.+n’s head, but everyone is doing their best to ignore her.

“Now then, everyone has gathered”
The village chief opened his mouth and speak with heavy atmosphere while the rest of the people stay silent.
“……Disaster Cla.s.s Monster has been confirmed”
After that words, the air in the room freezes.
Disaster Cla.s.s, the most dangerous cla.s.s ever confirmed. It’s an existence which spreads destruction on equal level to natural disaster just like its name implies.

“Are you sure ?”
“It’s true, we have confirmed it”
After one of the Adventurer asked, someone from a trio Adventurer party raised his hand and answered.
“It’s about half a day away from this place, I found a wild boar-like monster

in dormant state with height beyond 10 meters”
“From the report, it was identified as Disaster Cla.s.s – Boar G.o.d Varaha”

“It hasn’t woken up yet ?”
“It’s a situation where we don’t know when it will wake up”
Generally, when a dormant Monster of Super Cla.s.s and higher wake up, it was confirmed that they have the tendency to eat nearby creatures indiscriminately. After devouring everything in its vicinity, it’s very common for them to move to a village where large number of human exist.

“Will the barrier hold ?”
“The Divine Pillar’s entire energy could only hold up against a Super Cla.s.s. Against something like a Special Cla.s.s and Disaster Cla.s.s, it  won’t even hold a single blow”
“What about Artificial G.o.d reinforcement ?”
“I’ve already send out messenger. However, the recommended strength to fight against Disaster Cla.s.s seems to be 20 Artificial G.o.ds. It would require the country to move out nearly all the remaining army save the minimum amount needed for self defense.  From the communication, it seems the [Academy] has also started to make a move, but I don’t know how long they will take”
Everyone was at loss of words after hearing the hopeless information. Furthermore, It should be noted that the stated recommended strength is the lowest number needed to ensure a victory with the premise of receiving casualties for up to half of the partic.i.p.ating army, that’s how powerful the Disaster Cla.s.s are. It can be said that they’re an existence that shouldn’t be permitted to exist.

“Well then, why did you gather us here ?”
After one of the Adventurer asked, all the gaze in the room is concentrated on the Village Chief.
“We’re going to announce the existence of the Disaster Cla.s.s after this immediately. I hope all of you could escort the evacuating villagers”
“So we’ll be the watch dog for a flock of 500 sheep huh. That’s a mountain of bait for the wolves”
“But still, it’s something that we have to do right”
The adventurers dropped their shoulder with a sigh.
The population that can be accommodated in a [Village] is limited. A single Divine Pillar is only enough to provide power for the infrastructure and barrier on the scale of approximately 500 people. Also, there’s no such thing as a village that would accept the refugees who abandoned their village.
Even a [City] with multiple Divine Pillars would only accept few of them. Therefore, they don’t have any other choice but to pioneer a new [Village] with full preparation. That is to say, they need to resist the Monster that would be attacking the place without Divine Pillar for days and nights.

“……We’ll have to leave the sick and the elderly who can’t endure the journey”
“That’s how it is”
“And of course, all of you don’t need to bear responsibilities for any casualties on the journey. The safety of all of you should be the top priority, you just need to escort the people as far as you can”
There’s no way a group of  10 people will be able to guard a group of 500 people for 24 hours non-stop. The most valuable thing for a Village would be its Blessed, followed by the wealthy people and merchant with a.s.sets, and lastly their related families, the rest would be grouped as just the others. The refugees need to prepare with those in mind and then start their journey with the premise of death before them.

“Ah my bad, but I’ll have to pa.s.s”
“Gain-san!?”
And then during such atmosphere, Gain raises his hands and uttered an unbelievable words.
The conversation from earlier can be treated as an emergency request, yet all the adventurers and the village chief smiles bitterly from hearing Gain’s words as if they expected it.

“You’re not going to leave ?”
“You’re staying too right, Shana ?”
“Obviously, a Village Miko is obliged to stay together with the Divine Pillar until the end”
“Then there’s no way I’m going to leave the village right ?”
Gain is speaking like it was a matter of fact while smiling, everyone was surprised, however they’re sending their gaze of understanding toward the two of them.

“Can you win ?”
“Didn’t you hear the explanation from earlier ? No matter what we did against Disaster Cla.s.s, it will only amount to something like a mosquito bites. Even if I’m lucky, it’s only enough to prolong the village’s disappearance”
“The ones who are left are guaranteed to die. However, if there’s no one in the village, that monster will change its direction toward the evacuating people. That’s why we need to leave some number of people”
s.h.i.+n was silent after hearing their respond, then one of the adventurer beside him asked.
“What are you going to do ?”
“Me ?”
“Yes, you’re a Hero from different world right. If you came to the capital, you can be accepted  with favorable treatment”
“However you can’t stay with your partner girl all the time anymore. This place is special case because Shana-san is here”
“With your age you might be able to attend the [Academy], but you shouldn’t do that if possible. That place is too strict against someone who isn’t a Blessed”
“You also have the option to keep on travelling. Compared to women, there are fewer men Adventurer who bound themselves to a village. You shouldn’t have any problem if you kept moving from place to place while doing appropriate request”
“You can accompany me going around some villages too”
s.h.i.+n is thinking after hearing everyone’s explanation.
If he remain, he’s going to die. If he move to another village or city, he’s going to be separated from Yuri. The only option for him is to not stay in one place and kept moving across the world as an Adventurer. Even thought that option met his original purpose, s.h.i.+n is hesitant about it.
“Hn~ If we’re going camping Fea is fine with keeping watch, but I don’t think I can do it alone for many days”
“Sorry about this, but how far are you willing to give up on your girl ?”
“What about sharing just between a party ? Is such thing taboo too for the Fallen ?”
“Us Blessed aren’t troubled by woman, but it feels bad to not let it out when acc.u.mulated.
During a journey, it’s hard to find a place to let it out. So the hole of a supporter will be treated as free to use”

In this world, the Blessed who were born as men are special.
They were educated that embracing women is a matter of necessity, and if they’re well versed in it, beautiful women would gather in their bed every day. If they want to hold a specific woman, they could just talk to the person in question, and most of them would guide the blessed to their bedroom. If they were to confess to their childhood friend, the girl’s parent would welcome them and prepared a bed for the two on the evening of the same day. Therefore, there isn’t such a thing like the concept of holding back s.e.xual desire.
If they didn’t mentioned their preference, the women next door would be the one inviting the blessed themselves. Partner like a village Miko would also line up for them, but since it’s more troublesome, most of them would just do it with the village girl instead.

“You guys are strangely kind”
“Well, I didn’t want to get in a dispute because we’re going to leave soon. Since Gain-san won’t come, I don’t want to hurt the feeling of someone who could defeat an Advanced Cla.s.s by himself”
“Yuri-chan is a good girl, if possible I want her to be happy”
Gain spoke with a slightly surprised look, and the Adventurers replied him with smile on their face. While looking at them, s.h.i.+n carefully examined his option and made his conclusion

“I’m…, We’re going to stay in this village”

“Why did you decide to stay ?”

A while after the meeting, s.h.i.+n was looking at the adventures who can’t afford to relax and began to move in a hurry to prepare for their departure three days later. Gain asked s.h.i.+n a question without blaming him or being surprised at his choice, but with curious look on his face.

“It’s because… I didn’t want to compromise”
“Compromise ?”
After giving it a little thought, s.h.i.+n returned his answer.
“If I’m running away because it was dangerous, then what’s going to happen next ?
The Super Cla.s.s are dangerous— I should evacuate the village. Hunting an Advanced Cla.s.s solo is dangerous— I should hunt a Medium Cla.s.s instead. I feels like I’m just going to compromise more and more in the future”
“This opponent is not something on that level”
“But in the end, It’s still a compromise. Because I’m a Hero from different world, I would be safe if I joined a city and hold the women in there. Because I want to live with Yuri safely together, I shouldn’t  reject the idea of her sleeping with other people. I’m afraid that such future might come”
s.h.i.+n spoke with small voice while recalling Yuri’s words on the day before they were connected.
Yuri at that time have the atmosphere of someone who is broken and would throw away her everything if s.h.i.+n wished for it, or if it was for s.h.i.+n’s sake.
“And also, after knowing that Shana-san and Gain-san are going to stay, I thought it would be wrong to escape by myself”
“Me and Shana ?”
“If Shana-san isn’t there, I would be killed by the Mad Boar. If Gain-san isn’t there, I would be killed by the goblin with my half-hearted determination and ability. If I was caught in surprise attack before my Body Strengthening training, everything would be over by then”
His meeting with the two of them was a stroke of good luck, and s.h.i.+n thought that he haven’t returned his grat.i.tude toward the both of them.
“That’s why, if the two of you are going to stay, then I’ll stay too. Yuri is also not a person who would run away by herself even if you asked her too”
“But if you stay, you’re definitely going to die’
“If me and Gain-san combined our power, we might be able to buy some time. As long as the Disaster Cla.s.s Monster is a living creature, then there should be at least a weak point that any living thing has. Also if the Artificial G.o.ds reinforcement comes in the meantime, then Yutarika village will be saved”
While stating so, s.h.i.+n created a stun grenade in his hand.
“This is a bomb that could smash the ears and eyes with intense sound and flash. If it could see and hear, then it should have some effect”
“Hmm, buying time huh. Better than being trapped in a wall I guess”
“Let’s do it, for the sake of Yutarika village”
“Wrong. I’m doing it for Shana, and you’re doing it for Jou-chan. Right ?”
Hearing s.h.i.+n’s words, Gain corrected him with smile on his face.
“Let’s do it for the sake of the woman we fell in love with shall we ?”
“Yes!!”