Author’s warning: There’s a bit of a “dark” scene near the end of the chapter. Please read with caution if necessary.
Every Saturday noon, this person named Pierre will visit the church to pray to the goddess. He’s an old man with tan skin, eyes more narrow than Marie’s!
During each visit, he’ll bring ready-to-eat vegetables as snacks for the kids. Tomatoes, sweet vegetables, and even the occasional fruit. He has also given some to me a few times.
He is always smiling happily everytime he comes to the church.
His head is a little out of it, he wrongly calls Marie with Marue. He wrongly calls me “Angel-sama” too. Although I correct him over and over again, he never fixes it…
I haven’t seen him around recently, though.
“Err, Grandpa always… mentioned an angel with beautiful silver hair that is very kind to him… Well, if we’re talking about people with beautiful silver hair in this village, only the Owen family comes to mind… But I don’t think it’s actually… them… Ah…”
The woman panics, looking up at me with a slightly frightened expression.
Pierre’s grandchild, huh?
Now that she mentions it, he did tell me he had a grandchild. He gives me a different name every time though.
“So you’re Pierre-san’s grandchild?”
The woman’s face brightens, and she nods several times.
“Y-yes! Do you know him!?”
“…Only his name.”
“I-is that so…?”
I lied to her.
I have met with old man Pierre-san several times. But if I tell her that, she will know that I hang around the church. That’ll be bad if my family finds out.
I need to lower the possibility that Lian’s father will learn about my lie as much as I can. I must be cautious.
Old man Pierre-san’s grandchild sticks by, glued to the spot as if she were lost.
It looks like she still has something to say to me.
I wonder what.
…Maybe, something happened to old Pierre-san?
“…Is there something else you want to tell me?”
“Y-yes! Err, uhh, my grandfather… is sick…”
“Eh?”
“He is sick, so he’s bedridden. In the past he used to be able to live alone, but now I have to take care of him. And…”
“Sick?”
That’s why he doesn’t come to the church anymore, huh?
“The doctor said that with his age and physical strength, it will be difficult for him to recover…”
“Is… that so…?”
“Since I was already prepared, it’s okay. My grandfather is now 97 years old. I think… he has lived long enough. He himself also said so while laughing, so I can accept it… So”
She twiddles her fingers nervously.
“What is it?”
“So… Grandpa said something interesting. Since he hasn’t been going to church these days, he wonders if Angel-sama is angry… That’s what he said while looking sad.”
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Nurturing the Hero to Avoid Death
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