Translator: Kazumi
Editor: Kabur & Silavin
When was the last time Sally noticed that Lirica had changed?
For a while, after moving to Amamiya Tower as their base of operations, she had not changed before.
Lirica had always been an indispensable part of Sally’s party as a healer.
No, the other members of the party would not do well without one of them, but Lirica’s presence was still significant.
In Sally’s party, which consisted of only female party members, a female priestess was indispensable.
There were many female priestesses in the temple, but they were not willing to go to the trouble of engaging with risky adventurers.
But it was hard to find a priestess who would go out of her way to become an adventurer, willing to take on dangerous adventures.
In this sense, it was very fortunate that Lirica joined their party.
Sally first became aware of Lirica’s change some time after she started working cleaning up the temple.
She had been a straightforward person, but now she seemed to be looking at things in a calmer way.
She used to go directly to the executive branch to protest about the treatment of the temple, but such behavior became less frequent.
Looking back, perhaps things had changed since then.
Of course, Sally did not realize it at the time.
It was when they were out on the field to fulfill a request that the others noticed Lirica’s change.
“Oh, there it is, the special medicinal herb.”
“Oh, come on, not again.”
Sally said to Lirica in exasperation.
At that time, Lirica was already collecting special medicinal herbs.
Lirica had been finding unusual materials at least once every time they went out in the field these days.
“Hmmm. I wonder why?”
“Well, you know what, it’s fine. It’s definitely a good way to earn money for the party.”
Claire, one of the members of the party, smiled and said to Lirica, who tilted her head.
In Sally’s party, the materials obtained in battle or collected would become the party’s shared property.
But if only Lirica was finding rare materials like this, it might seem unfair.
However, Lirica did not seem to be bothered by this.
She told them that she was fine with the way things were.
The redistribution was done by subtracting the amount of money from the party’s common assets and dividing it equally, and then giving Lirica half the amount that remained after dividing the money equally.
Of course, this was done after confirming with the other members of the party.
Since Lirica had been adding the extra amount to the party’s common assets, no one had complained about it.
Lirica probably knew that there would be dissatisfaction in the party if she received the extra amount.
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It was a festival, but Lirica, who had gone to clean the temple, returned.
“I’m home!”
The party was staying in one of the inn’s large rooms.
It was normal for adventurers to rent one large room and stay with one party.
“What? Didn’t you go to the festival, Leader?”
“Ah, I’d rather be drinking alone, calmly.”
“Oh, is that so?”
Lirica nodded to Sally, who held up a glass of alcohol.
“I should have bought you something when I came back.”
“Don’t worry about it.”
She had plenty of snacks on hand.
“More importantly, did you do anything special? I thought you were at the temple.”
“Huh? Did you notice? I guess as expected of the Leader.”
Sally asked when she noticed the change in Lirica, and the person in question brushed her cheeks.
She didn’t mean for it to show on her face, especially as the person in question.
“No, it’s not so much that it was on your face, it’s more like your mood is somehow different from when you left this morning.”
“Hmm. I see. Well, I’d say something happened, but I don’t know if I can give you any details?”
Lirica answered with a tilt of her head.
Sally did not intend to ask too much about her personal life, but Lirica’s next words made sense of the current atmosphere.
“It’s just that I met Sylvia-sama at the temple.”
“What? She was there today, too? I would have thought that only Lirica would go to the temple on a day like this.”
“Uwah. That’s terrible of you. But whatever. I got to see Sylvia-sama today because of it.”
They knew that Lirica had long admired Sylvia, the priestess of the Tower.
“Huh? Did you notice? I guess as expected of the Leader.”
Sally asked when she noticed the change in Lirica, and the person in question brushed her cheeks.
She didn’t mean for it to show on her face, especially as the person in question.
“No, it’s not so much that it was on your face, it’s more like your mood is somehow different from when you left this morning.”
“Hmm. I see. Well, I’d say something happened, but I don’t know if I can give you any details?”
Lirica answered with a tilt of her head.
Sally did not intend to ask too much about her personal life, but Lirica’s next words made sense of the current atmosphere.
“It’s just that I met Sylvia-sama at the temple.”
“What? She was there today, too? I would have thought that only Lirica would go to the temple on a day like this.”
“Uwah. That’s terrible of you. But whatever. I got to see Sylvia-sama today because of it.”
They knew that Lirica had long admired Sylvia, the priestess of the Tower.
The designation <Priestess of the Tower> was given to Sylvia before long, although they were not sure who first called her that.
Sally met her once at the temple, and she was certainly a person that she could understand why Lirica admired her so much.
Of course, she also understood that not only Lirica, but also the dedicated believers and priests who came to the temple to clean it, felt the same way.
After that, there was nothing more unusual to talk about that day, and the rest of the conversation was the same as usual until our friends came back from the festival.
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A few days had passed since the end of the festival in the city.
Although there was a major announcement from the government, nothing special had changed for Sally and her fellow adventurers, and they continued to carry out their requests as usual today.
Today’s request was to take down the radical pigs that appear around the town.
They were vermin that were destroying the crops in the area, so the more we hunted them, the more rewarding the hunt would be.
Of course, to hunt them, they needed to find those radical pigs….
“Ah. Isn’t it in that direction?”
“….I see them.”
Aura, the party’s scout, agreed with the direction Lirica pointed.
“Hey, hey. What’s really going on with you today? How many times have you done this?”
Three times already, Lirica had spotted a herd of radical pigs before Aura.
“Hmmm. It’s like my intuition is getting better? It’s not like I can actually check properly, so Aura needs to do something about it, you know?”
Lirica herself tilted her head, as if she didn’t quite understand.
“Your intuition is getting better… I guess…”
“Hmm? Leader, do you have any idea what’s going on?”
Claire responded to Sally’s muttering on the way to the herd’s location.
“No, huh? It’s not a big deal, I just have a feeling it has happened since Lirica started going to the temple.”
Sally’s words were met with silence from everyone.
They all had an idea of what was going on.
“Heh. God’s favor? Is that even possible?”
Claire asked, turning to Lirica.
“Well, I don’t know. Maybe it’s just me, but who knows?”
Lirica was too familiar with the question, but she couldn’t say anything about the blessings, so she answered safely.
“I suppose that is the case.”
Claire, upon hearing this, agreed.
However, Lirica thought that Sally, who was strangely perceptive in such situations, might not have been fooled.
On this particular day, they found five herds.
Until now, she had only been able to find three, so this was quite a big haul for them.
Of the five herds, Lirica found three and Aura found the other two.
“Oh dear. I can’t lose this one.”
“So, like I said before, it doesn’t count because I wasn’t the one finding them properly. In my case, it’s more like a prediction, right?”
“Heh? Why is that?”
“Hmmm. I don’t really understand it myself, but it seems to happen when a priestess’ power is increased?”
“What? You don’t know what’s going on either?”
“That’s what I’ve been saying all this time.”
“Well, it’s made us a lot of money, so I guess it’s a good thing.”
In the end, the conversation ended with the conclusion that they were not sure.
After this, Lirica would continue to find valuable materials and monsters to slay, and would perform some truly godlike feats, but that would be a story for a later time.