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　I enter the private room of Saint Jeanne.

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　Her room was smaller than expected.

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　Eve had offered to give her a larger room, but she declined, saying that a large room would not be comfortable for her.

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　She had no particular wardrobe or hobbies, and she was fine with any room as long as she could pray to God and shelter from the rain and dew.

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　As one would expect from a saint, the apostle of God is not interested in luxury.

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　However, there is femininity in such a situation.

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　First of all, it smells good.

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　A mixture of the smell of flowers and that peculiar to women.

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　A man would dismiss it as sweaty, but Jeanne's sweat seems to have a citrus scent, which is very calming.

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　This smell, combined with the flowers that Yves arranges every morning, probably gives Jeanne her unique scent.

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　The smell of perfume oil emitted from her hair is also very feminine.

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(...... You keep mentioning smells, don't you?)

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　I refrain from sniffing as if I have a fetish for smells, so I look around the room.

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　The only things that stand out in the room are a sword ornament, a desk, and a bed.

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　Other than that, there is nothing.

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　There is a wardrobe in the back, but it is small and seems to contain only the bare minimum of clothing.

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"What is a servant of God to do with greed?

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　In the sense of frugality and self-discipline, she may be the twin of Eve. In Jeanne's case, however, she seems to have a voracious appetite even if she has no greed.

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　She seems to spend most of her salary on food, and enjoys eating out at the best restaurants in the castle town.

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　When I pointed this out to her,

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　When I pointed this out to her, she prayed to God,

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"God said that eating a full meal is a sign of good health," she quipped.

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　She said.

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　Her eyes were swimming, so she was probably lying, but I didn't point it out to her, and she fulfilled her original purpose.

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"Well, I think it's time to teach Jeanne a few words.

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"Thank you. What's a word anyway?

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It's a word made up of letters... what do you get when you put the letter C, A, and T together?

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What do you get when you put the letters C, A and T together?

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"CUTT?" "Close. Cat. It's a cat.

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"Oh, a cat. I like cats. The Demon Lord is like a cat.

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　He meows.

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Then what's D and O and G?

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"Hmm, a dog?"

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"Correct."

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"Oh, I got it!

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　Jeanne is so happy.

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"If you can read a lot of words like this, you should be able to read this otherworldly book. The grammar is almost the same as in Latin. Latin and French are similar."

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"So all I have to do is learn a lot of words?"

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Yes. So here's a present for Jeanne.

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　I take out my dictionary of the world, which I have prepared in advance.

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"Oh, that's the one the maid was reading the other day..."

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That's right. It's full of words and their meanings in this country. Just learn the simple words for now." He handed it to her.

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　She holds the dictionary in her arms, looking so happy that the onomatopoeic sound "jeeeeeeeee" seems to fit her.

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"I'm going to take good care of this dictionary for the rest of my life as if it were a demon king!

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"Well, you can think what you want, but a dictionary is for reading, so every day, if you find a word that interests you or that you don't understand in a book, look it up.

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"Okay. I'll look up the word I'm interested in right away.

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　He flips through the dictionary.

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　By the way, there is no word "impossible" in the dictionary.

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　I wondered if Jeanne would have understood my humor.

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　I wondered if Jeanne understood my humor.

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　I thought she might point out the impossibility, but she did not.

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　When she finds the entry, i.e. my name, she points out the mistake.

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"It says Ashtaroth here, is there a mistake in the description?"

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"Which part?"

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"What part?" "The part." "The part." "The part."

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　She points her finger.

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　It says that he was born in 6547, one of the 72 Demon Kings, and that he is the weakest of them all.

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　It was written in the book.

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"What does it say but the truth?"

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Not there. Below that.

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Under there?

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　I looked at it and saw only one word on it: "Unmarried.

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"I'm not married.

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But I have a fiancée."

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　I wondered where such a person could be, but it seemed that the fiancée was Jeanne.

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　She closes her eyes again, her lips are unprotected.

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　For a moment, I felt a thrill of excitement.

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　For a moment, I was struck by her expression, because, unlike before, she looked so peaceful.

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　I felt the nobility of a saintly woman who offers herself to God.

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　If I didn't do something, I would be entangled with the saint.

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　I thought so, but it was prevented.

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　Eve knocked twice on the door of Jeanne's room, which had been left open.

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"Excuse me for interrupting.

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　At first I thought she was being sarcastic, but apparently not.

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　I had no tea to prove it. She must have come for something urgent.

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　She reports to me with a very cautious expression on her face.

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"Master, your plot has succeeded. The Demon Lord DeCarabia attacked and robbed a caravan full of counterfeit gold coins prepared by the master. As planned, he has begun to hire mercenaries with the gold.

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"Quickly. I wonder if they took it on the assumption that I would declare war on them.

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Perhaps.

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Then it looks like they're moving quickly. Send out an envoy immediately, demanding the return of the gold and reparations.

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Perhaps we'll be driven back or our messenger cut down.

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"Yes. That's why they make the messenger a sinner. If he returns safely, tell him he'll get off the hook for his crime.

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Yes, sir.

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　Eve enters the arrangement.

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　The situation is moving and Eve is moving swiftly, perhaps inspired by her.

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　Jeanne, too, became serious and began to prepare for battle.

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　Thus ends my fleeting vacation.

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　It was quite a fulfilling time, but I changed my mind and headed for the throne room.

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　Accompanying me were Eve, the maid, and Jeanne, the saint.

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　Each of them had regained their own expression.

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　Eve is my faithful maid and Jeanne is a valiant warrior.

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　They are like polar opposites, but they are very much alike in the way they know the difference between everyday life and the battlefield.

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　--They are opposites, but they are very much alike in the way they know the difference between everyday life and the battlefield - even though they will never admit it to each other.

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