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"Cue."

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"Hmm, yeah, Kaiser Valkyrie. Someone's here."

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　The ruins of the Holy City slowly emerging.

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　As the altitude gradually increased, I gradually began to feel the presence of people.

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　However, this does not mean that I could hear people's voices.

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　However, I could feel the presence of people moving here and there.

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　What does this mean?

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　The once flourished holy city must have been destroyed by Naja using the light of judgment.

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　A terrible magic that turns buildings and people into salt.

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　The holy city is nothing because of the use of the Light of Judgment.

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　The parts that were turned into salt have been scattered by the rain and wind since then, so that all that is left now is the bare ground after the salt is gone.

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　However, the ground was not completely leveled, as if they had used a leveling tool, and there were some unevennesses.

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　I guess this means that there was a person in a position that I cannot see from where I am standing now.

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　The question is, are there people in such an empty place late at night?

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　The altitude has risen so high that it is no longer possible to jump down to the ground, and the only way to escape from here would be to use the transfer magic circle I had set up, or to take a magic airship.

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　I decided to make a quick survey of the area, in case people might gather at the magic circle.

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"I've caught up with them. Don't move. If you move, we will attack. You may not speak without permission. Put your hands on your head."

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　I quickly mounted Kaiser Valkyrie and headed for the place where I could feel the presence of people.

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　The person I was about to approach saw this and tried to run away.

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　However, they are not as fast as the Kaiser Valkyrie, and I soon catch up with them.

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　It seems to be just an ordinary person with not much magic power.

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　But not knowing what to expect, I draw my sword of light and talk to him.

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"Children?　And how many are there? Hey, you there, answer my question. What are you doing here?"

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"............"

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"Answer the question. What were you doing here?"

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"...... I'm a salt picker, sir."

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"Picking up salt?　What's that?　Why were you here at this time of night?"

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　The person I am talking to seems to be a child, pointing a sword of light at me from the top of Kaiser Valkyrie.

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　There were three children.

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　From the looks of it, they are not wearing very nice clothes.

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　Why would there be people, even children, in a place like this?

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　Moreover, they were talking about something I don't understand, such as picking up salt.

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We collect salt here and sell it. We are not doing anything wrong.

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"There's no more salt here, is there?"

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I'm not lying. There is salt on this.

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　The child tries to point something in his hand at me.

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　I had warned him not to move, and I was about to fight back, but he didn't seem to want to harm me, so I looked at him.

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　It seemed that the child had some kind of plant in his hand.

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"Salt grass," he said. This plant stores salt in its roots, so we can get salt from it.

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"Wow, I didn't know there was such a grass. I thought nothing would grow there since I heard it was a dead land, but I guess not. Well, let's keep it for now. You three aren't the only ones picking up salt here. Someone's got to be keeping you together. Is he around now?

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"............"

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"You don't have to answer if you don't want to. In that case, you may never come back down to earth."

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"Eh, ......, yeah, okay. I'll show you around."

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　Apparently, there are people who collect plants that have salt-holding properties here.

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　I had not expected that someone would be collecting such a thing in a place that has already been destroyed and where there are no buildings.

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　But we can't let them stay here.

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　This is supposed to be a frontline base for Reed's army.

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　So we decided to have them take us to the leader of the group.

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　The boy started to lead the way, saying he would show us the way, so we decided to follow him.

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　The boy started to lead the way, so I decided to follow him.

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"I'm sorry, sir. My name is Mirialia, and I am in charge of this group of children.

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"You are from the church? I'm surprised. With that amount of magic power, you must be a bishop, or even an archbishop?　Why would such a person allow children to pull weeds in a place like this?

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"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't expect to find you in a place like this. This is still the Holy City, even if it has been destroyed. Isn't it strange for a church official like me to be here?

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"I suppose it depends on the occasion. But, Milliaria, is it? I've heard of her. The one who is called the Blue Saint is in the field, refusing to answer Pope Paul's call. I didn't know she was in a place like this."

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　Other children had already gathered where the salt pickers had led them.

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　Apparently, there were more children than I had expected.

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　And there was a woman at the center of it all.

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　She seemed to be the leader of the boys.

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　Unlike the other children, she was neatly dressed.

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　Her hair was clean, long and light blue.

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　She has a well-styled body with some parts showing and some parts retracted that even her loose-fitting church clothes could not hide.

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　A woman in her early 20's with a so called "weeping blotch" on her left eye and a somewhat calm atmosphere.

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　There was only one person who was famous for such a characteristic body when it comes to church officials.

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　She is called the "Blue Saint" who was said to be the closest to the Pope before Pope Paul became the head of the Church and before the destruction of the Holy City.

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　The saint who was once considered to be the next pope, Milliaria, was there.

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