The Priest and the King 01 The King's Favor

"Then at least let my son meet the king! —— My son has rainbow hair!"

Father reached out and pulled Sae Sha's scarf off.

The guard snorted.

"That's dyed, right? It's shining with colorful luster, but the hair is so short and so dirty. But, she is indeed a beautiful boy."

"...In that case...Sae, open your eyes!... Please look at this child's eyes! His pupils are iridescent! There is no dye in this world that can dye the pupils!"

Under her father's urging, Sae Sha quickly opened her eyes.

The guard bent down impatiently to observe Sae Sha's pupils.

Then, the expression became more and more rigid.

"...God..."

The guard who had originally looked down on the father and son in front of him muttered to himself and stepped back.

In fact, after this—the memory began to be confused.

The guard looked embarrassed, and he scrambled to call his companions.

He is the Son of God...!

What to do, who should be notified of such a big event...

Notify the prime minister!

No, the king is coming back soon.Or let him meet the king directly...

With so many people staring at her and talking about her, Sae Sha was so scared that she clung to her father tightly.

Things -- happen at the most chaotic times.

I can feel that the walking dragon is gradually approaching.

Not the shabby dragons used by the people.Hearing the orderly sound of the dragon's hooves, he knew it was the army dragon of the King's Knights.

It was not the king who walked in the front that caught Sae Sha's attention from the very beginning.

It was the dark prince who rode behind the king and walked on top of the dragon.

Although he was still a young man on the dragon's back, he looked noble and brave.

black.

Glowing blackness.

However, there was a murderous voice passing there.

"King, wake up!"

Memory is blurred here... probably because of the bloody battle that ensued.

I don't know if it was the rebels mixed in with the imperial guards, or the people hiding nearby took advantage of the chaos at the main entrance and thought that this was a good opportunity for murder.

The white blade gleamed, and blood spattered in front of his eyes.

The king riding on the walking dragon was suddenly hit hard, and seemed to have been stabbed in the back.

"Damn...!"

The king jumped down from the dragon and slashed at the rebels with the weapon in his hand.

Heavy breathing.

The metallic sound of swords slamming into each other.

"Please let me do my best!"

The father pulled out the knife from his waist and flew into the chaos.

How many enemies are there?Who are the enemies?

There is more than one enemy.If there is only one person, he should be easily chopped down to the ground.

Xie Sha was so trembling that she didn't dare to move, she could only stand there blankly.

The speed of the enemy was terrible, and he cut down the king and his attendants in one blow, and the weapon cut into the father again.

Because the battle was too fierce, Sae Sha couldn't even make a sound.

...If this continues, the prince and himself will be killed...

At the moment when the blade was shining behind the dark prince.

Sasuke's hand finally moved.

He picked up the bow on his back.

Grab the arrow and let it go.

The arrow pierced the air and pierced an enemy's wrist.

The sudden aid made the enemy stare at Sae Sha angrily.

"...Yee...Wow..."

For some reason—the other party let out an embarrassing scream that didn't fit the atmosphere of the fighting scene, and then sat on the ground with weak legs.

It's the son of the rainbow.

When I came back to my senses... there were many corpses in front of me.There was the king inside, and the father who protected the king, all fell in a pool of blood... Everyone who was still alive knelt in front of Sae Sha.

He is the Son of God——

The Emperor of Heaven bestowed the Holy Bow, the Son of God, to descend to the world to punish sinners.

Saesa at the time could not understand the meaning of the words that people said casually.

He could only stand there blankly... and the dark prince who lost his father at the same time looked at each other.

Ⅲ Individual thoughts

"Saesa-sama, would you like some food delivered to your room? Are you tired?"

After a knock on the door, voices came from outside the door.

Because I was lost in thought, I realized that it was getting late when I heard the sound.

It's already time for dinner.

"No... I'm going to eat at the restaurant. I'm very sorry."

Sae Sha quickly answered, then turned her head to think.

Because the voice just now was neither Heji nor other young priests.

After arranging her clothes a little, Saesa who opened the door was taken aback.

"...the eldest... my lord...!"

The elder stretched out his hand to stop Sae Sha who reflexively wanted to kneel down, with a calm smile on his face.

"I can't—you shouldn't bow your knees in front of anyone, right? Even though you have a noble temperament, I, who educated you, should be honored."

"Nothing like that... I'm just a mortal..."

If he hadn't contributed to the assassination of the late king, he wouldn't have stayed here at all.

If the hair and pupils weren't iridescent... no, if they didn't carry bows and arrows then, people wouldn't mistake themselves for the "Son of God".In this way, he should return to the border land again, avoiding the crowd to live.

Steady as the oldest man he met for the first time four years ago, he smiled while shaking his long white beard.

"The king also said the same thing, right? Don't bow your head."

Sasuke widened her eyes.

"Kagi is very depressed. He said that his behavior was too showy, and he annoyed the king, and even made Sasa-sama involved."

Sae Sha was shocked from the bottom of her heart.

"How come... nothing... I feel sorry for Kazuki... He doesn't need to feel guilty at all..."

"you……"

The eldest elder spoke, but paused for a moment.

"...The eldest elder...?"

The eldest elder looked down at Sae Sae cautiously.

"If you wish...please come to the restaurant."

After speaking, he pushed Sae Sae's back.

Walking on the corridor - the eldest elder muttered to himself.

"Since you were sent here... the people in our temple are a little... how should I put it... maybe they are all overwhelmed by joy."

"Well……?"

Saesha, who didn't understand the meaning of the words, looked up at the elder with white hair and white beard.

"Everyone... is bound by morality. No... It should be said that the ideal is more correct. Because of the child of the rainbow... your appearance has caused a considerable impact, so each of us is confused by our own thoughts."

"I really don't understand what you said..."

The eldest elder kindly deepened his smile.

"The stars will go where they belong. The sun and the moon will stay where they should.  … But only the divine rainbow ... will descend upon us. We've all forgotten that before."

No matter how hard I tried to understand, it was in vain.

Confused Saesha shook her head slightly.

The eldest elder laughed loudly.

"It doesn't matter. Just keep being yourself."

Although Saesa has never met her grandfather, if her grandfather is still alive, she should feel like the eldest.The priests are very gentle towards Sae Sa...but because of this, I feel extremely ashamed that I have never been able to become the "Son of God".

...Even if the heart cannot become a "Son of God", at least the body can pretend to be what people expect.

That is the best way to repay the gentle people.Sasuke thought so.

When I arrived at the dining room—I saw all the priests gathered together.

There are currently about fifty priests living in the Great Shrine.There are five elders under the eldest elder, and the highest ranking person is Sae Sha.

Xie Sha didn't sit down, he looked up at the eldest elder and asked with his eyes.

"Everyone seems to have something to say to Sae-sama."

The elders bowed their heads deeply.

"I'm very sorry, when you were tired... we heard about the general situation of the palace today from Heji."

Everyone has a firm expression on their faces.

Xie Sha looked at He Ji standing behind the priests.

"Kagi...? Is this..."

As if interrupting Sae Sha's questioning, the elder stood between the two of them.

"Even though we are terrified——we can no longer keep silent."

Saesha was perplexed by such a sinister statement.

"...Is it... I didn't do well..."

"how come!"

The strong rebuttal came from the mouth of the young priest who stayed quietly behind the elder.

"This is aimed at the king! We cannot tolerate him insulting Lord Saesha any more!"

"We have endured the king's arbitrariness for a long time. If we add the governance of the previous king, we have endured for decades. But...the king never thought that the country cannot be established without a temple. They are all wrong The existence of the temple has meaning!"

The young priest spoke excitedly, and Sae Sa desperately tried to defend herself.

"No!...No...it's me...it's my fault! The king is a man with a big heart! He definitely...does not disdain the temple!"

The current King Luo Gang not only donates a lot of money to the temple, but also cares about many things.

...I'm the only one the king looks down on...

"What are you going to do, Sae-sama?"

An elder asked sharply.

"In a short time, you will be 20 years old. You must complete the ceremony as soon as possible to become the holy rainbow messenger."

That's right.

According to the usual practice, the Holy Rainbow Emissary needs to cut off his relationship with the secular world before his sexual characteristics become obvious.So the slowest is to hold the ceremony at least at the age of 20.

"……but……"

The sound makes the sight focus on one point.Because it is the voice of the oldest elder.

"The king has not given permission yet."

"But!"

The priests were unwilling to let it go, the eldest elder asserted heavily.

"This is an established rule. Without the king's permission, the enthronement ceremony of the Holy Rainbow Messenger cannot be held."

"However, the king has been unwilling to respond to us for four consecutive years! Including the fact that Lord Saesha was handed over to our temple before, it has been many years——When are we going to wait?"

Watching the conversation between the two tremblingly, Sae Sae