I Only Tried to Seduce the Villainess Sister Who Was Supposed to Kill Me - Chapter 46

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46.

 

To begin with, the power of spirit animals was never mentioned separately in the original work.

 

Of course, there were spirit animals and sacred relics that the Imperial Shrine worshipped, but those parts were never properly explained.

 

Both the sacred relics and spirit animals were managed by Greim after he became High Priest, and since there were no episodes where he used their power to escape danger, they were never specifically mentioned.

 

But they’re giving me power…?

 

I just saved an owl I found while passing by because it looked like it was dying, but it feels bewildering to have gained some amazing ability.

 

“But what kind of power are you giving me?”

 

[The power of spirit animals.]

 

[The power of me and my mate.]

 

“So what specifically is that?”

 

I raised my eyebrows and asked since I needed to know what kind of power it was to be able to use it, and the white owl I had saved tilted its head to the side and said.

 

[It means you can use the power of me and my mate.]

 

[When humans are in danger, our power will be helpful.]

 

“Uh… um… so what kind of power is that? Is it perhaps an attribute ability?”

 

At my question, the two spirit animals looked at each other.

 

Then they immediately looked at me simultaneously and said.

 

[The power of gods.]

 

[It’s the power of gods.]

 

So what specifically is that power?

 

It seemed like I wouldn’t get the answer I wanted no matter how much I kept asking, so I thought I should ask about the usage method instead.

 

“Then, how can I use that power?”

 

[You can use it anytime.]

 

[You just need to be with us.]

 

This isn’t very clear either.

 

“So if I’m just with you two, I can use it whenever I want to?”

 

[You can use it.]

 

[Yes, of course.]

 

“But you’re spirit animals, so don’t you have to stay in this Greenhouse Garden? Then if I want to use your power, I’d have to come to this Greenhouse Garden every time…”

 

[Since we just gave our power to a human, we can follow the human.]

 

[Spirit animals are always beside those who use the power of spirit animals, anytime and anywhere.]

 

“Ah…”

 

That means.

 

“I’ve suddenly ended up raising two owls…?”

 

* * *

 

“Spirit animals?”

 

“You saved spirit animals?”

 

As expected, Caroline and Greim both looked surprised at the same time.

 

“Well, it just happened…”

 

I smiled awkwardly while glancing sideways at the two owls sitting on both my shoulders, grooming their feathers with their beaks.

 

Since spirit animals were originally supposed to be managed by the High Priest of the Imperial Shrine, it felt embarrassing as if I had stolen Greim’s spirit animals, who would become High Priest later.

 

[A child of god.]

 

[A child of god.]

 

The owls also seemed to know that Greim was the one who would become the next High Priest and manage them.

 

And they definitely sparkled their eyes toward him.

 

Spirit animals would like the clean and honest souls that priests possess, so they would be more comfortable with Greim than with me, who has dark magic.

 

Not that dark magic means a tainted soul, but anyway.

 

“For that reason, Greim. I’d like you to raise these guys in Greim’s Room for a while.”

 

It wouldn’t matter at all to take them to House of Brencia, but since they’re spirit animals, it would be better for them to stay within the Imperial Shrine, and also when Greim becomes High Priest, he’ll have to take care of spirit animals, but it wouldn’t look good if the spirit animals were with me, so I concluded it would be better for Greim to keep them.

 

[It wouldn’t be particularly uncomfortable to be with a child of god.]

 

[It would actually be more comfortable than with the human who helped us.]

 

As expected, the spirit animals also seemed more comfortable with Greim than with me.

 

“I wouldn’t mind managing them early since I’ll have to manage spirit animals when I become High Priest, but I heard that the spirit animals the current High Priest manages are definitely rabbits.”

 

Greim looked at the spirit animals with a puzzled expression about the fact that they were owls, and that there were two of them.

 

What, so spirit animals are different for each generation?

 

When I quickly turned my head to look at the owls, as if reading my mind, the owl I had saved said.

 

[They’re not different for each generation. There’s just not necessarily only one spirit animal.]

 

“Ah, so the spirit animals the current High Priest has are rabbit-shaped because there isn’t just one spirit animal?”

 

“Can you hear what these spirit animals are saying?”

 

“They just hoot, but do they sound different to you?”

 

Greim and Caroline asked me with slightly surprised expressions.

 

“Ah. After I saved this one, I mean the one on the left here, they made this light like…”

 

I explained in detail the point when I started hearing the white owls’ voices.

 

During that time, it kept being inconvenient to distinguish between the one I saved and the one that was circling above and crying, so I decided to give them names first.

 

“Wait, I need to give these guys names first. It’s too hard to address them.”

 

At my words, Caroline nodded slightly and said.

 

“But they look so similar that’s confusing too.”

 

“Ah, that’s here.”

 

I slightly lifted the feathers next to the eye of the white owl I had saved.

 

Then a black dot-like pattern revealed itself.

 

“Oh!”

 

“I saw this while treating it, and the one I saved has this black dot like this.”

 

[It wasn’t there originally. It was created by your bug… by your power healing it.]

 

“Oh, really? It wasn’t there originally but appeared because I healed it.”

 

When I relayed exactly what the white owl said to Caroline, Caroline went “Ah” and nodded.

 

“Anyway, I should give these guys names first to make things easier going forward. Do you have any good names, Greim?”

 

Because I suddenly looked at Greim and asked, Greim, who had been looking at the owls, flinched and trembled his shoulders.

 

Why are you surprised, did you commit a crime?

 

“Well, I’m not sure.”

 

Greim raised his clenched hand and cleared his throat while composing his expression.

 

I looked at him with puzzled eyes, then turned my gaze and asked Caroline.

 

“What about you? Do you have any good names?”

 

“Huh? Ah, how could I dare name spirit animals…”

 

Oh dear.

 

It seemed like both of them had no interest in naming the owls, so a short sigh naturally escaped.

 

Since they’re both pure white spirit animals, if I call them white or something related to white color…

 

No, that seems too carelessly chosen.

 

Since they’re spirit animals, isn’t there a name that treats them as spirit animals while being fairly easy to call?

 

Having such thoughts suddenly made me want to ask Perioze’s Sister for help.

 

“Greim. Do you happen to have a communication…”

 

“No.”

 

But because Greim said no as firmly as a pumpkin without even thinking of listening to the end of my words, it seemed like I wouldn’t have a chance to contact Perioze’s Sister.

 

Tch.

 

I pursed my lips that naturally popped out and thought I should just roughly choose something convenient for me to call them.

 

After all, spirit animals are spirit animals anyway, and names are just for my convenience in calling them.

 

With that thought, a name that was easy to call and would obviously show they were spirit animals suddenly came to mind.

 

“This child is Shin. And this child is Su. Put together, spirit animals.”

 

At my naming sense, Greim and Caroline’s eyes widened simultaneously.

 

Greim stared at me intently with a feeling like curses might come out of his eyes, and Caroline looked at Shin and Su restlessly and said to me.

 

“But, but they’re spirit animals, so think about it more and give them better names.”

 

“No, Shin, Su. Is there a better name than this? Easy to call and easy to understand. Right, Shin, Su?”

 

When I tilted my head slightly toward the owls and asked, the creatures that had already left my shoulder and were wandering around the Elim Tree looked at me and said.

 

[Do as you wish. Whatever name the human who helped us calls us will become our name.]

 

[We’re grateful just for you giving names to us who had none. We like them all, human.]

 

“See? I told you so. Look, they like them too, don’t they?”

 

Of course, they hadn’t said anything about liking them, but since these were names made for convenience, I decided to let it slide and lied that they were pleased.

 

“R-really? Then that’s a relief…”

 

“The names are fine either way, so please continue with the next part of the story. You said you know how to wake the Elim Tree?”

 

Greim asked me while looking at the sleeping Elim Tree.

 

“Ah, yes. I received earth attribute abilities from Elim, you see. It seems like Elim shares its power with all nobles who have attribute abilities. Of course, my power is different from attribute abilities, but anyway, it said it shares its power with those who possess abilities given by the gods.”

 

When I said that both Theor and I had received Elim’s earth attribute abilities as evidence, Greim shook his head and said that wasn’t right.

 

“Elim doesn’t give power to all attribute ability users. If that were the case, every noble who came to the Greenhouse Garden would have received Elim’s power.”

 

“Ah, that’s…”

 

I was about to say there was an incantation to wake Elim, but then swallowed my words.

 

That wasn’t really an incantation, but rather Elim responding to a single word that Greim had whispered while looking at Elim in a truly desperate situation.

 

In the end, it felt like Greim’s desperation had reached the Elim Tree and created the incantation, so the owner of the incantation would also be Greim.

 

Instead of pretending to know and talking about the incantation, I asked Greim.

 

“This is a truly desperate situation where we need to wake Elim. No, rather than waking it, we’re just so desperate that Elim is our only hope. If you were standing before this Elim in such a time, what do you think you would do?”

 

At my words, Greim looked at me with a puzzled expression.

 

Just as I was about to open my mouth to explain more simply since he didn’t seem to properly understand what I meant, Greim reached out his hand, placed it against the Elim Tree, and spoke.

 

“Greim, servant of the gods, humbly seeks an audience with the divine messenger.”

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