Saved a Heroine From the Brink of Death

135. Sanctuary

#135. Sanctuary

“…Where is this?”

At the moment when death clearly appeared before her eyes, Cynthia was transported to another space with white light.

The sky was blue, and green fields spread out before my eyes.

“Is this… a sanctuary?”

It was exactly the same as the scenery I had briefly seen when I was in Area 101. This place… I thought it was the place that Anonymous had called a sanctuary.

“I clearly said there was no way to get in….”

Anonymous mentioned this place, saying that one must be an undead being and meet special conditions to enter.

“Welcome here.”

When he turned around at the sudden voice, he saw a woman looking at him.

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She was a beautiful woman with blonde hair and blue eyes… but there was one strange thing.

“… Ah, naked?”

The woman in front of me wasn’t wearing any clothes.

Cynthia felt ashamed of herself as she watched the woman proudly revealing her naked body.

“Ah. That’s right. The clothes are old and worn out. Hmm- Is this difficult? It’s a good thing you’re a girl~”

As the woman smiled and gestured, the blades of grass and leaves on the ground began to clump together and turn into cloth.

“Tch-!”

Soon the cloth turned into clothes, and the woman put them on and approached Cynthia.

“By the way, are you feeling better now?”

“Uh, uh…? That, that’s right. That’s strange…?”

We were in the middle of a battle just a moment ago.

I was extremely excited and my body was exhausted.

‘I feel comfortable. I feel relaxed… What is it?’

“What on earth… is going on?”

“It happened because I smelled the fragrant flowers.”

“A flower…?”

“The flowers in my garden soothe the mind and give off a fragrance that heals the wounded body. The wounds on your body have healed before the flowers could heal them, soothing only your mind and body!”

“ah….”

Cynthia thought that the flowers in this garden represented the power of women.

“Have you met him before?”

“Is that so…?”

“Cain. Do you know what I’m talking about?”

“Cain? It’s the first time I’ve heard that name….”

“Really? You’re not going to use that name? Then… Apostle of the Foreign News. Do you understand?”

“Apostle of foreign news…!”

Cynthia’s eyes lit up when she heard the name.

Clearly, Anonymous had said so.

A being above the top manager. An apostle.

“Sure… there was someone who said that. He said he was above the top management…”

“What’s your name?”

“I don’t know his real name….”

“Do you know any other names?”

“He told me to call myself anonymous.”

“Anonymous?”

“yes.”

“… Haa. Seriously. You’re not in your right mind.”

“yes?”

“No, it’s nothing. I just thought you still have that stupid personality.”

Cynthia tilted her head at the woman’s words.

It was a word I didn’t know what it meant.

‘sighe…!’

Then, I soon remembered what I had heard from the anonymous person.

-The sanctuary is… a place created by my fiancé.

That friendly tone of speech towards the anonymous.

And, the only person awake here…!

“Are you, by any chance, the nameless fiancée?”

“Huh? What the… You even told me that?”

The woman smiled bashfully and closed her eyes.

The woman’s face was bright with a smile, as if she was thinking about something pleasant.

“That’s right. I am… the fiancée of the nameless Cain.”

The woman said that and introduced herself.

“… My name is Irina, and I created the Langrut sanctuary.”

***

“Just now… that light… the sanctuary?”

Cain, who was in a state of madness, felt some of his madness being purified by the white light.

“Cynthia… is going to the sanctuary?”

It was a place he had searched for so many times but could not enter. Cain looked up at the sky with a vain laugh.

“Is this fate too?”

Even now that I have become a god and an apostle of foreign gods.

I didn’t fully understand what fate was.

Just as humans do not know everything about the world.

He too did not fully comprehend the fate that existed.

“Irina… I wonder how she’s doing.”

The fact that the gates of the sanctuary opened by themselves meant that she was alive.

Except for the door in Area 101, when a door opens on its own, it means that the owner of the sanctuary has intervened. This was confirmed by someone who was exiled from the sanctuary.

“You’ll be better off than me.”

In that respect, Cain thought it was fortunate that he could confirm Irina’s life or death.

Because I confirmed that she, who was thought to be dead by the viewer, was alive.

The fiancée with whom he had promised to marry, but who had not been able to consummate even after eons had passed.

Even now, my heart aches when I think of her.

“… Nothing will change. You’re still the same.”

Cain thought that Irina taking Cynthia was just a waste of time.

Because everything becomes meaningless in front of the viewer. There is no one who can stand up to foreign media.

No matter who it is.

***

Cynthia walked through the sanctuary with Irina.

The sanctuary was large, as it recreated part of Langrut.

It was also a space so realistic that it was hard to believe it was made of fantasy.

“Actually, it’s no different from reality. If you can completely fool your five senses… If your five senses accept it as fact, wouldn’t that be reality?”

“Is that so?”

“It seems you have little concept of fantasy. Well~ It’s not an important story.”

Irina took Cynthia’s hand and walked forward.

“No, come here. There’s a view here that I really like.”

“yes?”

Cynthia was led by her hand somewhere.

The place we arrived at was a dead-end cliff. Below was a river, and beyond that was a beautiful flower garden and forest.

‘Isn’t this… the scenery I saw at Area 101?’

When Cynthia made a surprised expression, Irina saw her expression and asked with a smile.

“Have you seen it?”

“Oh, yes… in Area 101.”

“Cain… Sia. Did he take you there?”

Cynthia nodded.

“Hmm – do you like it?”

“No, no. That, that can’t be.”

Cynthia waved her hands in confusion.

“At that time, we hadn’t even known each other for that long… No! We hadn’t even known each other for that long in the first place! It hadn’t even been an hour in total!”

“I see? Then let’s do it that way.”

Irina, with a mischievous expression, looked forward again and admired the scenery.

“You found it though… You always ticked and ticked, but this is always the case.”

Irina muttered to herself in a small voice.

“yes?”

“No, it’s nothing.”

Irina looked at the scenery beyond the cliff with a hazy expression, then got up.

“Whoa- Sorry! I’ve come to my senses now! Did I act too selfishly? You must be busy too.”

“Oh, it’s okay. Thanks to you, I survived…”

“But if I go outside in this condition, I’ll be killed by Cain right away?”

“yes?”

“This is a fantasy world. And… when this fantasy ends, you will return to where you came from.”

“What is that…?”

“That’s because I didn’t come here officially, but rather entered illegally. That key… is the key that allows you to use the back door.”

Cynthia became confused after hearing Irina’s words.

“But don’t worry too much! It’s my job to make sure you don’t die in vain. That’s why I’ve waited this long… .”

“Really?”

“Okay. But I don’t have much time.”

“Huh? What is that…?”

“You. You’re going through a trial, right? You can’t stay here forever. Maybe… how many days is the limit?”

“yes?!”

Cynthia felt devastated when she heard that she would only be here for a few days.

Even if I train for several years, it won’t be enough, so how can it only be for a few days?

“It’s okay. It’s okay. Maybe?”

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“…I’m getting more anxious.”

“Hahaha. It’ll be okay~”

For some reason, his positive attitude resembles Cain.

Cynthia sighed deeply and asked Irina.

“But why is Irina trying to help me?”

“For me.”

An unexpected statement came out.

For yourself?

“I’m more selfish than I look. I’m trying to help you just to achieve my own goals~”

“is it so…?”

“But it won’t harm you. I’m not the type of person to live by harming others.”

“I just need to get out of here alive.”

“Then, I’ll make it so.”

Irina said, taking Cynthia’s hand.

“Let’s work hard for each other’s goals.”

Cynthia didn’t hear the details of Irina’s purpose, but she nodded for now.