"Clyde!"

Voice: Who is it? Who is calling me?!

Slowly opening his eyes, Clyde saw the bright golden hair like the sun, wearing a mix of church clothes and knightly armor, the Holy See carvings on the plate armor on her chest were very conspicuous, and her heroic appearance was not inferior to that of men, and she was very pretty without makeup, and her breath made people very reassuring, as if bathed in the sun・・・・・・

"Why are you still sleeping! Today is your first mission with us! Lateness is punishable!" said the blonde girl to Chrissy, who looked awake from her bed, with her hands on her hips. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Punishment?"

"Hmph, I'm afraid, hurry up!" said the blonde girl, who was about to lift Clyde's quilt, but was stopped by a sober Clyde.

"Okay, okay, I know, let me change my clothes first, girls still don't look at me like this. "Clyde sleeps naked and naked!

"Hmm!" the blonde girl, who originally seemed to be not afraid of heaven and earth, suddenly blushed, gently put down Clyde's quilt, and then turned around and exited the room, while not forgetting to remind Clyde, "Hurry up!"

Clyde breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the girl leave, and lifted the slightly worn brown quilt, and the naked Clyde was wearing a linen shorts at this time, and the muscles that were not strong were covered with scars, cut by the blade, bitten and clawed by wild beasts, and there were several circular scars on his back, as if they had been scarred by some magic strike.

These were the injuries he had sustained after leaving the Mage's Tower, and from Teacher Lulutia.

At that time, he was as miserable as a homeless man who had been hungry for several days, and the white tower mage uniform on his body had become tattered.

The heroic blonde girl saved him from starvation hell, and the two of them collaborated on adventures for a while (but it was a black history), but this was the first time they had ventured with the girl's team.

Slowly walked to the mirror, looking at the slightly emaciated blonde boy in the mirror, he couldn't find the indifference of the future in him, just like a hot-blooded teenager, his eyes were full of expectations for the 'future' and almost inexhaustible vitality......

Clyde changed into the mage robe prepared for herself by the blonde girl, adding a touch of mystery to herself in the mirror, barely a handsome guy.

"Ready?" Clyde slowly pushed the door open, finding the blonde girl leaning against the door.

"Ah~ It's the first time I've worked with someone else, and I'm a little nervous......" Clyde's expression was a little restrained, which was an expression that he wouldn't appear at all in the future.

"Oh~" The blonde girl looked at Clyde with interest and said, "Then we ...... before"

"That's different!" Clyde's expression became a little agitated, and his face was slightly red, like the reaction of an innocent virgin to being molested.

"At that time, you were dressed too masculine, I didn't ......" The word "discovery" in the back Clyde couldn't hold back his life.

"Aha! I've slept in the same bed (pure!), and I'm still so shy~" said the blonde girl with a malicious smile.

"You, you ......"

Since Clyde knew the girl's original gender, he was very resistant to the memory of the adventures they had together, and even wanted to forget it, and he naively thought that the girl was a handsome young man who was a little soft......

Although they didn't take a bath together, they almost reached the point of sharing a bed, so after knowing the girl's true gender, the blow to Clyde can be imagined, and the girl often teased Clyde with things from the past (just a verbal joke, of course).

"Hahaha! No kidding, let's go, Renault and they're still waiting for us!"

The blonde girl's slender little hand held Clyde's slightly rough palm, feeling the temperature in her hand, and Clyde couldn't help but feel a strange emotion in her heart for the blonde girl pulling her in front of her.

This emotion even made the half-finished black book in Clyde's arms vibrate.

The girl's teammates wear the same standard equipment as the girl, and it seems that they are a group of gods and goddesses, but there are no magicians in this team.

"Mariana, who are you taking with you this time...... Isn't this a little ghost?!!...... "The young man in the team with a huge spear said to the girl, but a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes when he saw Clyde.

Not because Clyde was young (Clyde was only seventeen or eighteen years old at this time, and the average adventure party was over twenty-three years old, with the exception of Mariana), but because Mariana's slender little hand was holding Clyde's palm, which could easily be mistaken for a couple in love.

This is a very big impact on the partners on the team with Mariana, after all, Mariana's heroism is even inferior to that of men (both suitors and men), I really don't know how she showed that girlish smile in love.

"Mariana, do you really want him to join? This mission is not very dangerous, but he ...... How old is he? Don't use you as an example, it's different!" The big man on the team who looks like a 'meat shield' doesn't seem to want Clyde to join, not because he hates Clyde, but because Clyde is too young, according to the age concept of this world, people under the age of twenty can't be adventurers, which is worse than hiring child labor!

"Don't worry!Clyde is a magician from the Mage Tower~ and can walk through half of the Forest of Thorns alive......"

"I passed out halfway through and was rescued by Mariana. Clyde saw that everyone looked a little incredulous, and bowed his head a little shyly and said.

"Okay, I admit that I despise you, and tell you, there are not many people in our team who dare to enter the Forest of Thorns, let alone walk halfway!" The young man who called Clyde a 'little ghost' before scratched his head and said, this should be regarded as an apology~

"It's worthy of Mariana's fanciful person~" The only two women in the team, a girl with beast ears and a beast tail, grinned.

"Ah~ Indeed, but Mariana, how long are you going to hold his hand?"

"Huh?" Mariana slowly shifted her gaze when she saw everyone's teasing expressions, and found that her hand was still tightly grasping Clyde's palm.

"Sorry・・・・・・ sorry! I was so rude!" said Mariana, blushing, as she hurriedly let go of Clyde's hand.

"Uh・・・・・・・・" I don't know why, the moment Mariana let go, Clyde's heart felt a little lost.

――――Night,Near the Dragon's Whisker Hills――――

Mariana's mission is to eliminate the Wyverns who have recently migrated to the Dragonbeard Hills, because when they attacked other countries and were surrounded by the army, they escaped the fate of destruction with the strength of the dragon's blood, but they managed to die in the direction of Mariana's empire, causing the Holy See of the Gods to order the battle team closest to the Dragonbeard Hills to destroy the Wyverns.

"Ah~ The mission has been successfully completed, worthy of Mariana, a saint blessed by God!" Everyone looked at Marianna with a little longing in their eyes, although they had also been blessed by the gods, but it was impossible to reach Mariana's level!

"Eh, you've forgotten our other hero, Clyde, whose magic has kept all the dragons in place, otherwise we'd be helpless if they fly!" said the subhuman girl with the ears and tail, as if she was intentionally or unconsciously approaching Clyde.

"Well, Clyde is really strong, worthy of being a magician from the Mage Tower!" said the big man, who had been worried that Clyde was too young, without hesitation.

"It's not that powerful, it's all taught by Teacher Lulutia, but ・・・・・・ I'm only a mage on the second page, and I'm very weak in the mage tower. Clyde was a little embarrassed by the crowd's praise.

"Two pages? Two pages in the Mage Tower are already very strong on the outside, three pages are at the level of battle priests (of the Holy See of the Gods), four pages are at the level of bishops, and five pages are equivalent to archbishops! Six pages are infinitely close to cardinals, not to mention the seven and eight pages above that, nine pages are basically second only to gods (not gods, native gods who obey the gods)!"

"Really, I don'・・・・・ I don't know!" Clyde scratched his head, he hadn't come out of the Mage Tower for a long time, and he hadn't asked anyone about the Mage Tower before, so he naturally didn't know that although he was a better student than an apprentice in the Mage Tower, he could barely be counted as a strong mage in the outside world!

"Ahaha~ Clyde is so humble, if we weren't for you, it would take a lot of time for us to deal with those flying dragons, and it would hurt our muscles and bones~"

Looking at Clyde, who was chatting happily with everyone, Mariana's eyes couldn't help but be a little stupid, she didn't know what was wrong with her, she just wanted to see Clyde a little more, and wanted to stay by his side・・・・・・・

Late at night, unable to sleep, Clyde and Mariana left the makeshift tent and lay down on the unique hills of Dragon's Whisker Hill looking at the starry sky, remembering that the last time they did this, Clyde did not know that the handsome 'boy' beside him was actually a woman.

"God~ thank you for giving me life so that I can meet them!" Mariana muttered as she looked at the stars in the sky.

"God・・・・・・ ・・・・・・・・" Clyde looked at Mariana with a complicated expression, he was not a believer in the Holy See of the Gods, he didn't believe in anyone, but he knew why Mariana was so grateful to the gods, the power to destroy the dragons today was given to her by God, without this power, she would not have stood here, and she would not even have met Clyde!

The two of them, who were supposed to talk about everything, were silent at this time, because of the darkness of the night, Clyde did not see Mariana's cheeks that had become slightly red, and Mariana did not see Clyde's action of stroking the black book in her arms, and the two of them just lay quietly on the sloping lawn and looked at the stars in the sky.

"Anna・・・・・・" Clyde slowly looked back at Mariana, her body shining golden in the night, a warm sun-like light, a gentle light from the soul, not the power of God, but the power of Mariana herself—the power of the 'mind' in other worlds!

"Clyde, I say, if ・・・・・ I mean if, if I were not the divine punishment of God, not the sharp blade of the Holy See, but an ordinary person, an ordinary person who knows nothing, would you ・・・・・・・ still happy to approve ・・・・・of me?" Mariana knew what it meant to like, she knew what it meant to be liked, she knew the feelings in her heart, but she didn't know how Clyde felt about her, so she temporarily changed 'like' to 'approval'.

"Why do you ask?"

"No, it's nothing ・・・・・・・・・"

Clyde did not answer this question, and Mariana seemed to have completely forgotten it, and did not mention it again, no matter how Clyde asked her, she did not continue to ask Clyde this question, and Clyde, who did not answer it immediately, only knew when Mariana died that if he had answered "yes" at the beginning, Mariana would have given up the power given to her by God and chose to face up to her feelings for Clyde.

However, Clyde did not answer her question, her belief in the gods is very strong, but firmness does not mean that she cannot pursue her own happiness, the billions of believers of the Holy See of the gods, like Marianna, have so many combat powers, so they will not restrain the behavior of believers.

If you want to chase your own happiness・・・・・・・・ you can! Thank the gods from the bottom of your heart, and return the power they have given them, and no matter what they do, the Holy See will never interfere!

The rain was falling on the Dragon's Whisker Hill, and there was only one left of the two people who were originally here to look at the stars, and people only know how to cherish when they lose something, which Clyde also knew, but he didn't expect it to happen to him, and it was when his relationship with Mariana was so good that it was comparable to that of a family!

Mariana was killed in battle, and the team was almost wiped out!

Of course, although human beings have received the gifts of the gods, they are always inferior to other alien races, and they who can kill the group of dragons are so vulnerable in front of the real dragons, and they are all wiped out by other squads in the Holy See.

Clyde was the only one who survived, protected by Mariana in a corner and not killed by the dragon, hiding among the corpses to survive!

Mariana was still wearing the equipment of the Holy See of the Gods when she died, and then her body was given a hero-level burial by the Holy See Temple of the Empire, and Clyde was next to her when she was buried, looking at the clergy with solemn expressions around her, Clyde did not feel the slightest sadness from them!

Obviously I am so miserable, I am so sad, my friend is dead! The girl who pulled herself into the team and teased her from time to time with the past is dead!!

Why?!Why don't they feel sad?!Why are those people still able to accept their death with a calm face?!

Now Clyde realized why Mariana asked herself that question, she should have wanted to give up the power of God and choose herself, but she didn't answer, didn't realize her feelings for herself, and led to Mariana's death!

It was the first time that Clyde hated himself so much, hated his weakness, hated his incompetence, there were many people who died in battle with Mariana, whether their families would be sad Clyde didn't know, but he knew that there was no trace of sadness on the faces of those people at the funeral, and the same group of clergy, as if they were worth sacrificing for the gods and for humanity!

Worth a fart!The dragon was hacked to death by a Juggernaut after killing Mariana and the others! And that Juggernacle was still a subordinate of the Holy See of the Gods, and he thought that he would be able to solve anything at all, and he thought that his strength was invincible, and even the dragon was no match for him, so he slowed down・・・・・・・

If he had come earlier, Mariana and the others would not have died!

"Self-righteous guys! Because of your self-righteousness! Mariana, they're dead! And so many innocent people are dead!!"

The rain dripped on the black book, but it did not soak the pages on it, sitting in the place where he and Mariana looked at the stars together, Clyde held the pen in his hand, and while cursing, he wrote the chapter called [Arrogance] into the Black Book, although this was his hatred for a certain sword master, but the moment Clyde put pen to paper, he had already written the whole concept of [arrogance] into the black book, and the content was ・・・・・・・ different from what he thought in his heart!

"Anna・・・・・・・ Anna・・・・・・・・I'm sorry・・・・・・・・・・・・・!

Clyde's hands trembled, and after writing the chapter of Pride Clyde became a man again, and after completing the chapter of Gluttony, it was when he left his hometown for the Tower of the Wizards, and it is said that by the time he arrived at the Tower of the Masters, his hometown had been destroyed in the flames of war (confirmed by Lulutia・・・・・・・・

With each chapter, Clyde becomes a man, so he will always be alone, so that he will not add more pain to himself.

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If I were to write the story of Clyde and Mariana, I would definitely write more than ten chapters, and I would only need to give a general explanation of the story of Clyde and Mariana and the reasons why Clyde became cold.

In order to prevent someone from saying that I have the number of words, I can only shrink this extra, so there is only this chapter in the magical girl Illya chapter (a change of 5,000 words!). (To be continued.) )