Sword Saint Adel's Second Chance: Volume 4 (eBook)

Hayaken (Autor)

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2025
250 Seiten
J-Novel Club (Verlag)
978-1-7183-8184-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Despite having been turned into a woman in the process of returning to the past, Adel continues devoting herself to protecting her beloved liege, Princess Euphinia, as one of her knight escorts.
With the Legion Saint incident still casting a quiet shadow over her heart, Adel accompanies Euphinia on a diplomatic mission to the Holy Kingdom of Rakul-Adel's birth country. For some reason, the guide assigned to their delegation welcomes Adel with almost excessive enthusiasm. And to her even greater surprise, the Rakulian ceremony she participates in alongside Euphinia reveals that Adel possesses the blood of the Rakulian royal family! Will this revelation tear the two apart?!

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Chapter 1: The Phoenix Crown

“This place is incredible,” Mash murmured softly.

When Adel looked over at him, she found his hooded head tilted upward.

Golden ornamentation covered the pillars and walls around them, making the castle a work of art in and of itself. The Wendill Palace in Welna had been filled with color thanks to the welnafare flowers displayed everywhere, but the castle itself had been rather compact and bare. The difference in scale and materials used was like comparing night and day.

“You think so? Honestly, I personally prefer Wendill Palace,” Adel said.

“Now, now, they are both wonderful in their own ways,” said Melulu. “They both carry meaning for Princess, so there’s no need to rank them.”

“That’s true,” said Euphinia, her attention arrested by the opulence all around. “It has been so long since I last came here, but I still love it. It’s so gorgeous.”

The group was currently in the royal palace of the Holy Kingdom of Rakul. This nation of the Four World Powers, located in the southwestern part of the continent, held the longest history. Euphinia’s late mother, the previous queen consort of Wendill, had come from the Rakulian royal family as well, meaning that Euphinia was tied to them by blood. Because of this, Rakul had stepped up to provide Wendill with all the funds and materials needed to rebuild its palace. Rakul probably also felt somewhat responsible, as the Saint who had attacked the G4 Summit—Katina, the Legion Saint—had been stationed at Rakul, but the familial connection was likely the bigger reason.

It had pained Euphinia to leave Welna while the palace was under reconstruction, but when Rakul had sent her an invitation, she’d felt the need to accept, if only to express her gratitude for the much-needed support. And so she had made the journey with her knight escorts in tow. Her brother, Prince Julian, was gone, which left her next in line for the throne of Wendill. This visit was both a diplomatic gesture and a demonstration of her conviction to eventually lead the country in Julian’s place.

Her knight escorts were aware that they had to do an even better job of supporting her than before. Being far from home, they were to take great care not to make any faux pas—

“Hot damn, it’s gold and shiny everywhere!”

“Bro, bro, there’s gold on the ground! We’re stepping on gold!”

“Let’s strip it and sell it! If it’s on the ground, it means they threw it away, right?!”

“Shut up, you idiots!” Adel and Mash roared simultaneously.

Melulu glared at the former gladiator slaves. “This is the floor decoration, not somebody’s trash!”

Euphinia giggled as Adel covered her face in embarrassment. Adel had been against bringing these subordinates in the first place, knowing how strict Rakul was regarding propriety and formality. But both Claire, the head of the Saints stationed in Wendill, and Belzen, the commander of the knights of Wendill, had vehemently objected to being saddled with them, thereby leaving Adel no choice but to bring them along as guards.

She was already regretting it.

“In any case, don’t do a damn thing! Just...stay still!” Adel tied them up together using Salamander’s Tail, the whip that was her weapon of choice, and sighed. “There, that’ll do. Excuse me, Lady Rosalind. May I summon my Divine Beast here?”

Rosalind was the woman currently serving as the group’s guide. She had reddish-brown hair and an amiable face. Being roughly twenty, she looked a bit older than Adel and Melulu.

In a slightly apologetic tone, she said, “That’s fine, but...Saint Adel, if you could lower your voice somewhat...”

Supposedly, she had been assigned as their guide because she had been to Wendill before as a member of the Rakulian delegation at the G4 Summit. That meant she had traveled from the Wendill Palace back to Rakul, then headed from Rakul to Wendill to deliver Euphinia’s invitation before returning again. That much time on the road would be tough on anyone.

“Ah, my apologies. All right, Cerberus, come out.”

A fierce-looking Divine Beast emerged from Adel’s shadow.

“As expected of Saint Adel’s Divine Beast! How sublime it is!” Rosalind exclaimed, bowing reverently.

The common person’s understanding of Divine Beasts was that they produced anima and blessed people with Sanctuaries and Holy Towers. The truth was that they possessed surprisingly human personalities, ranging from friendly to unbelievably vulgar, but those who could not hear their voices had a tendency to put them on a pedestal. Rosalind was no exception, as she was not a Saint.

“Mm. I like your attitude, girl,” Cerberus growled, sounding pleased.

“Hey, don’t let it get to your head,” Adel said.

“What did he say, Saint Adel?”

“That he likes your attitude.”

Rosalind’s face lit up. “Oh my! Thank you very much. I have heard that you have been a steadfast ally of Saint Adel for a long time, so it is only right that I show you respect.”

“Um...I’m just a knight escort, you know.”

For some reason, Rosalind was treating Adel with almost excessive regard. The way she spoke to her was almost the same as—no, it was with even more respect than how Adel spoke to Euphinia.

“Not at all! Why, you are our country’s savior.”

“You mean from Katina?”

“Yes, of course. Saint Katina was stationed with us, and therefore represented us. If you hadn’t stopped her when she went mad, Rakul would have been blamed for her actions. We could have had a huge international fiasco on our hands, but you prevented that.”

Adel fell silent as a flash of guilt shot through her. Almost everyone thought that Adel had killed Katina, but that wasn’t the case. She had let her go, then lied about it. To the best of her knowledge, Katina was currently in frontier profane land, traveling with Julian. Although profane land was filled with monsters and therefore extremely dangerous, both Katina and Julian possessed the strength to protect themselves. In fact, Katina could even erect Holy Towers. It was Adel’s hope that the two of them had found a nice spot to settle down in.

In any case, this truth had to remain hidden. Though it weighed on her heart, Adel was prepared to dodge the numerous questions that would surely be asked in the upcoming audience, or lie outright. She shot a look toward Euphinia, and found the princess with her eyes similarly cast down.

Uh-oh, this won’t do. I have to pull it together and—

“Um, did I say something I shouldn’t have? If that’s the case, I am very sorry,” Rosalind said with a deep bow.

Again, Adel felt like Rosalind was being far too deferential.

The increasingly impatient Cerberus said, “So, did you actually summon me for something? If not, I’m returning to your shadow.”

“Ah yes, sorry,” said Adel. “Can you let this lot on your back and carry them?”

Of course, Adel was referring to her tied-up subordinates.

Cerberus sighed. “What a pain. Fine, I’ll do it.”

“Mm. Much appreciated.”

The sight of Cerberus strolling down the hall with a bunch of humans on his back was certainly eye-catching, but no one raised a word of protest. On the contrary, some even stopped to make a respectful gesture when he passed by.

“What a heroic-looking Divine Beast!”

“Is that a Cerberus? Look how its fur glistens!”

“I heard it’s contracted to the princess of Wendill. She really must be powerful.”

There seemed to be some misinformation going around, but Adel wasn’t concerned about correcting it.

“Yo, yo, yo, what’s this? People are bowing to us left and right!”

“Dude, you’re right! Bwa ha ha ha! We’re big shots now!”

“This feels so freaking good! That’s right, lower your heads, you peons!”

From their position atop Cerberus, Adel’s subordinates were starting to get rowdy again, prompting her to snap, “Are you trying to make me go deaf?! I told you lot to pipe down!”

“Y-Yes, ma’am.”

“Uh, sorry, Boss Lady.”

Melulu clutched her head and heaved a heavy sigh. “Do you think we could gag them as well?”

“How about straight up killing them and scattering their ashes? They’re noisy and not worth the air they breathe,” said Pegasus, who had gotten out of Euphinia’s shadow and was standing next to Adel before she knew it.

Adel gave him the evil eye. “You’re hardly any better.”

“Another Divine Beast? It is my pleasure to meet you.” Rosalind bowed reverently to him.

“Mm, yes. The pleasure is all mine. You may approach. Gue heh heh heh.” The Divine Beast began licking Rosalind’s face, eliciting ticklish laughter.

“Oh, you honor me. Thank you very much!”

To the casual eye, this was a playful animal being affectionate with a beautiful girl. But...

“Woo-hoo! Such soft skin! This is what life is all about, baby!”

“You shut up too!” Adel lifted a leg high up, then kicked Pegasus squarely in the side of his...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.11.2025
• Reihe/Serie: Sword Saint Adel's Second Chance
• Illustrationen: Unapoppo
• Übersetzer: Taishi
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
• Schlagworte: female knight • gender bend • Light Novel • OP overpowered protagonist • she saves the princess • sword woman • time slip romance
• ISBN-10: 1-7183-8184-0 / 1718381840
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7183-8184-1 / 9781718381841