TNZKMA 113

The scheduled post missed its schedule, sorry.

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[It’s Blue, Seiga.]

[Blue, is it……]

What was its success rate again?

[What about Blue? Is it good? Is it bad?]

[It’s a little subtle.]

[Subtle……]

[Better than White, but worse than us. Blue Seiga only has five priests. There were seven last year, but they moved to other towns, and now there are only five. The main mansion in the center of town has ordered the transfer of priests, but even though two were moved to the west section, they have not been replaced. Because of this, the Seiga family in the east section is performing the Ceremony with five priests and seven priest apprentices, a total of twelve people.]

[Dole is receiving the Ceremony…I wonder if he’ll be okay.]

[The Daryss family also performs the Ceremony with twelve people, but of those, there are six priests, including me, and six priest apprentices. In terms of numbers, the Daryss and Seiga families are the same, but the quality of the priests is completely different. The two priests who moved to the western section have been priests for over 20 years, and are powerful and knowledgeable. But the five priests who remain, and I know I shouldn’t say this, but they’re all newbies.]

[They’re inexperienced?]

[Yeah, they’re not even half-baked. The most experienced has seven years, the least is two. It’s pointless to gather a group of budding priests. Ceremonies require strength and experience. They use their strength to find the Reincarnator from a space other than ours, and pull them in. They can’t pull them in unless they all do it at once. The experienced ones are the ones who give the chant.]

Timing is necessary. Worried about Dole’s Ceremony, I look down.

[What will he do if Dole also gets a male Reincarnator…… Dole is kind so I don’t think he’ll get rid of the Reincarnator. And perhaps, he might take care of him. Believing that he will give birth to his son someday……]

Male Reincarnators don’t get pregnant. Dole doesn’t know that.

[Hey, the Seiga family has performed Ceremonies before, right? Even after there were five of them. They were successful, right? They haven’t always failed, right?]

[As far as I know, the Seiga family has performed Ceremonies three times since there were five priests. All three times were successful.]

[What!? Then it’s okay! That’s a relief, I was worried. Olphynn, don’t scare me.]

I relaxed as I felt relieved. But Olphynn frowned, his well-shaped eyebrows furrowed, and continued with a stiff expression.

[That’s why I’m worried. If they’d failed the first time, they’d be careful. If they’d failed the second time, they’d tighten their belts. They’re in danger because they’ve succeeded three times in a row. Those without the ability succeed through chance and luck… They’re becoming arrogant now.]

I wonder if it’s the same logic as the guards from their third to fifth years, who have a high mortality rate. The priest may not die, but if they fail, a reincarnated man will appear.

[Even if I advise them, they just laugh and won’t listen. What worries me most is that all five priests are inexperienced. Even with that white crest, there is one experienced priest. All five priests are underestimating the Ceremony. They’ve become arrogant and are too careless. If that’s how they are under normal circumstances, it goes without saying that it must be even worse during a Ceremony that lasts seven days.]

Olphynn’s concern slowly eats away at me and spreads.

“Apprentice priests are young, right?”

“Yeah, that’s right. There’s no point in having a bunch of apprentices who aren’t even 20 years old. They’re supposed to make up for the lack of power in the priests, but in reality, their role is to keep them awake. When the priest is about to fall asleep, the apprentices fill the gap and tap the priest on the shoulder to wake him up. It can be used for a moment, but it can’t be used continuously for seven days.”

Olphynn suddenly smiled sarcastically.

“Do you know? Apprentice priests have a thin stick attached to their waist. They use that stick to tap the shoulders of the priest who walks in front of them.”

I remember an image of a monk at a temple. I remember a monk sitting upright and a monk hitting him with a longboard from behind him. So it’s the same thing.

[In that sense, the White Crest priest apprentices are excellent. After all, when four priests use their powers for seven days straight, they all get sleepy. And those who fill in the role of beating those Priests awake are the Priest Apprentices.

Olphynn laughed as he said this.

Since the Ceremony had already begun, there was nothing Olphynn could do. I pray that the Blue Crest’s good luck will continue one more time. It’ll be no good if Saine fails, and Dole fails too.

I hope a male Reincarnator doesn’t appear.

I pray for the Blue Crest Seiga family.

It absolutely, absolutely can’t be the male Reincarnator! Please, I look after him.

The only god in this world is Chinbou-sama, but I made a wish nonetheless.

Eight more days until Saine returns. Five more days until Dole’s Ceremony is over.