As a young girl, Milan was a commercial city. X is so clean and tidy that you can't find anything like newspapers or rags that can replace the cold. Hundreds of years ago, the stone buildings and asphalt fixed floors were completely unheated in the middle of the night, and the whole world was like a hard and sharp freezer.

If one accidentally falls asleep, fingers and ears may fall off in the morning. Even rummaging through the bins makes the food hard enough to be used to hammer nails.

In such a situation, it was the Roman Orthodox Church who took in Janiss. In addition to Janiss, there are many other people, including adults, children, men, and women. Although the reasons are different, it seems that there is no one who has been swept up in the incident like Janis and has to live a wandering life. I feel like a lot of people are living ordinary lives, and I feel quite honored to be chosen.

Unbeknownst to Janis at the time, Roman Orthodoxy was a large sect with two billion adherents. Instead of cultivating mortals who have no talent, it is better to pick people who are already capable, and this approach will be more straightforward. Even if only one person out of 10 million people is talented, at least 200 people can be secured. That's the advantage of being outnumbered.

There seem to be several conditions for being selected, but it is not clear what the conditions are.

"I... What will become of us in the future? The one who said this was a nun named Angelina. I heard that she originally lived in France, but was abandoned here after being brought to Milan by her parents. If she had the heart, she should have been able to go back, but she just smiled bitterly and said that she didn't know what would happen if she went back. Although she is relatively lucky compared to Yanis, she is still a person with more serious causes in this group.

"There's no need to be in doubt. If the Lord says it is necessary, believers are obligated to respond. "The person who uttered these serious words was a young girl named Rukia. She was older than Janis and Angelina, and she seemed to realize that she was chosen by the Roman Orthodox Church. In addition to Janice, he also met young girls named Agada and Caterina.

"Is that so?" Janis said.

She believed that God did exist. But Chi doesn't come around as soon as he calls. It was in prayer that both parents of the clergy died. Before Janis could ask the name of the prisoner, her parents were killed and abandoned. If God had been around, that wouldn't have happened.

"More importantly, I'm more concerned about dinner tonight." Janis is rude in Japanese because of her peculiar way of learning Japanese, but her Italian is quite polite. Hearing this, Rukia said, "What does 'more important' mean that there is nothing more important in this world than the Lord?"

"Wow, people care about it too. I've been using olives to enhance the flavor for three days in a row, and everyone is tired of eating it. Profound... The gentle trainee nun named Ao something. She must have forgotten to play her best job. There is also a bath, which I think is a little hot. Rukia, you think so, right? ”

"It doesn't matter if you season it! Besides, I think the water in that bath is too warm!! ”

"It's... Is that so, when you say that, the older adults don't seem to care enough...... That... In this way, your age... Agada, who looked older over there, also said it was hot to Katerina. Mo... Could it be... You're ...... better than them."

Rukia glared in the direction of Angelina's finger, and the two girls in the distance looked away in a panic. Hearing the commotion of the others, Janis's eyes narrowed slightly. She didn't believe God was around. Nor is it a convenient tool to come and save yourself when you hear a call.

But. Rucia, Angelina, Agada, and Caterina were able to meet these people thanks to the Roman Orthodox Church, and Janis thanked God from the bottom of her heart. With gratitude, she decided to believe in the dogma of the Cross.

And.

If she was lucky to meet these people, she would protect it herself. No matter what happens. She wanted to use the opportunity God had given her as a testament to her faith.

"What's wrong? The expression is so serious. ”

"Lu... Rukia. Janis was saying that the water in the bathroom was too hot to stand. If you want to negotiate, I'll go with you! You see, Agada and Caterina are also on their feet!! ”

That's right, Janis nodded boldly at the other party's false assumptions. From now on, this is the place where I can make my own life. First of all, it should be a comfortable environment.

………

Janis Santis is located in the first room of the Adriatic Queen, the flagship of the Queen's fleet. In this flagship, which is very different from the rest of the escort, this room shines even more.

It's a square room. The side is about 20 meters long, and it looks like a perfect square. However, if you look closely, you can see that the walls of the square slope slightly to the inside. This room is not a cube, but a quadrangular pyramid. If you look up the wall that glows with a faint white bulb, you can see it far away.

However, there is a very strange thing about this. At first glance, it looks more than 100 meters tall. Of course, the sailboat was not so high. This may be a space that cannot be accommodated by the size of a boat, and it can be stored by magic, or it is a kind of trompe l'oeil art. The strange thing is that it's not just that. The quadrangular pyramid chamber glowing with white light bulbs is all made up of regular triangular plates. Basically, it is impossible for a regular triangle to create a square quadrangular vertebrae with a base, and there should be other plates that act as compromise points.

But no matter how you look at it, nothing like this is found. This is simply a forced construction of an empty figure that is theoretically impossible. From these strange features, it is indicated that this is a sacred space that cannot be explained by ordinary physical laws.

There are no decorations in the interior. The complete flatness created by the ice cubes reflecting the light of the white bulb seems to show resistance to others. There is no room for compromise in this space, and an invisible weight radiates from the outside in.

Janis looked at the center of the room. There is a transparent ice ball about seven meters in diameter in front of me, and I don't know how to fix it to the floor. This incredible object, hollow like a soap bubble, is the 'cage' that Yanis is supposed to be in.

A low vibration reached Janis's ears. She frowned.

"...... 'Santa Barbara's cannon'? What exactly is being attacked? The sound echoed in a wide quadrangular cone.

After a while, "You still don't understand, Sister Annis." In the slightly lit room, the man with his back to the ice sphere said.

It was the figure of a man. The heavy hanging robes, the four necklaces around the neck, which looked like the rings that cut off the trunk of a tree, were hung with dozens of crosses. Janis thought to herself, this is the seven candlesticks, this is another manifestation of the tree of life, the symbol of the four realms expressed by the seven candles.

"Bishop Piagio." Suddenly, voices that didn't belong to the two of them rang out. The voice came from the cross on the man's body.

Thirty-seven was silent. It's time to stop the shelling...... If you go down, I'm afraid that the land side will interfere. Just by deploying the fleet, it will cause the province of Veneto"

"The work of dealing with other people's ears and eyes is left to other subordinates. That is not under my jurisdiction. After saying that, the man named Piagio touched the cross around his neck with his fingers. It must have been the cross's communication switch, the attendant's voice was cut off.

He looked at Janiss's face and smiled, "I've been in many departments, but it's really hard to find capable subordinates. ”

"If it's an incompetent subordinate, it should be Nagamiya's responsibility to develop the ability of his subordinates."

"This is idealism. And that's the reason for your life, Sister Janiss. It's because you didn't put the effort into choosing your subordinates that you're here. ”

"Maybe." Janis replied casually. Piagio smacked his tongue hatefully, "...... I said don't let Thirty-Seven approach the team until the intruder is spotted. As a result, the bridge was connected. What happens if the intruder moves to another shipIf something happens to you, it's really irreparable. ”

Hearing his words, Janis wrapped her arms around her body. That said, it should not be possible to hide the fact that the function of the monastery has been destroyed. Her monastic garments were specially made, and the design of large areas of bare skin was infused with the culture and ritual of Cruciform punishment.

Exposure is a punishment that uses shame to prevent all deaths, whether suicide or homicide. This is not out of the intimate care of protecting life, but to prevent death by increasing the suffering of the other person. Because it generates a huge load, it cannot be used for a long time.

"But it's ironic."

"Don't say that, Sister Janice." Piagio smiled and said, "I didn't expect that the large-scale magic adaptability of the Roman Orthodox Church to protect the Adriatic Sea since ancient times could only be possessed by you, as a traitor. ”

The key to the 'Queen of the Adriatic' is the 'Engraved Cross'. Janis didn't know the details of the structure and effects, and had heard that it would have to destroy Janis's spirit in order to be effective.

"Humans use their heads to refine magic in their bodies. However, if the Moment Crucifix uses the magic formed by ordinary people, it will not be fully effective. So, Sister Janis, it's your turn. Please make the most of your talents. ”

These words sound exaggerated, but the point is that in order to create 'unusual magic', it is necessary to transform people into 'unusual minds', i.e. to make the subject a waste person. The so-called quality of Janis is the directionality of her head's 'destruction form', which is just right for the 'cross of moments'. r