The Human Saint is Bored, so I was Summoned to Another World

How to Fight a Running Zombie (Part 1)

Speaking of Natasha, I haven't had contact with that black-haired saint for a while now. I wonder if she's still alive...

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I guess this wasn't the time to think about some random things. We still have problems to solve, like the situation of our allies in the besieged town of Huirot, and the influx of refugees arriving from the west of Chersea.

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In their desire to escape the undead, the people from various cities to the west of Holy Palatial Gardens evacuated and went to our territories. Of course, it brought unintended chaos to us, since their arrival might cause security issues.

However, Maddie accepted them, using the few available resources in her land and part of Eris' money to accommodate the refugees.

"Lily, please try to sell this furniture so that we could buy additional food for the people." I would often hear her say.

"But this is the 15th furniture we sold today!" Lily would protest from time to time, but Maddie would always have her way. In a while, the opulent furnishings of the Saint's Chambers palace slowly vanished, while the refugees kept on arriving.

Sometimes, I would see Maddie healing some children or old people with her magic. I'd get her to stop, for the more she used her spells, the greater the chance she could not maintain the barrier.

"Just allow the other nuns and templars to heal the injured." I would tell her, "You've been sacrificing a lot, without regard for your own."

"Haa...if only I could do even more..." she would then mutter.

"Well, we could take care of ourselves, Maddie. It's just that, if we lost you, we'll be without direction, right Kuro?"

"Yes, Lily's right. Don't do everything; some of those will eventually fall into place."

It's a good thing that Maddie would listen to us now. Before she would be stubborn and would argue. But now, at least, she could see the wisdom behind our pleas for her to stop. I mean, it's not that we don't care for the people, but Maddie was needed for something more important, and losing her abilities could spell disaster for all humanity than now.

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A week after our negotiation and releasing the Emperor from captivity, the first of the soldiers coming in to reinforce our battered coalition army arrived at the Holy Palatial Gardens. They were a contingent of Gryphon Knights led by the chancellor of the King of Calabria, Sir Dane Bellingstein.

Next that came were a group of student-swordsmen from the school Lily founded in Hagena Village, headed by their master, Anton Trevor. I think they were skilled in Lily's sword-art, the Mahan Swordsmanship Style.

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Another army of men also turned up in the Holy Palatial Gardens, this one was commanded by, uh...

"So! I see my son-in-law once again!" the Duke of Rubinforth greeted me with a strong slap at my back, "I heard your heroics in the three Imperial defeats in Devyere, Bere River, and Dawson Valley!"

"Haha...welcome Your Excellency..."

"Enough of that!" he gave me another slap, "Call me Daddy!"

A mixed feeling of disgust and awkwardness quickly took over me. Uh...did this guy have a father-fetish?

Anyway, soon after their arrivals, the other groups of men and nobles showed for duty. The legions that the Emperor promised to send also came along with their auxiliaries. While we expected that many may answer the call to arms, we didn't expect that they were this many...