「アタシね、山間の薬師の村に生まれたんだ」
アノルンがふと遠い目をする。
「族長の孫でね。村じゃ『お嬢様』なんて呼ばれてた。アタシがだよ?」
はは、と乾いた笑いを漏らすアノルン。どこか自嘲的にも見える。
「アタシの村では色んな薬を開発してた。回復に使う薬が中心だったけど、他にも爆弾みたいなものを作る奴もいたし、毒薬なんてのもいたな・・・一番有名なのがエリクサーかな」
「エリクサーってあの、死人も甦らせるってやつ?」
アルフィリースの言葉に、アノルンがくすりと笑う。
「流石に死人は無理だけど。でも、どんな重態でもほぼ一発で回復だったね。あれを一瓶飲ませて治らない病、怪我の方が珍しかった」
「確かすごい希少価値の高い薬よね? エリクサーを求めようと思ったら、小さな町が一つ買えるって聞いたわ」
「今はそのぐらいするらしいね。まあ作り方を知ってるのは、もう世界でアタシだけでしょうよ」
「アノルン、作れるの!?」
「ちっとはアタシのすごさが分かったかい?」
そんなものを作れなくてもアノルンを色々な意味で凄いと思ってるアルフィリースだったが、それは口にしないでおいた。
「ただ材料がもう揃わないさ。アレは材料を取ってくる奴らがいての話だからね。と、話がそれたか」
アノルンが頭をぽりぽりとかいて話を続ける。
「で、アタシの村では薬を開発してナンボだからね。アタシも7歳で自分の工房を与えられ、色々と研究してた。んで13の時かな? ばあちゃんが倒れてね。ばあちゃんは寿命だって言ってたんだけど、アタシは納得できなくて・・・馬鹿なことに寿命を延ばす研究なんてのを始めたんだ。まさに子供の発想だろう?」
何かを言いかけるアルフィリースをアノルンは手で制する。
「いいのよ。それでアタシは工房に何カ月も引きこもってた。それで不思議なもんでね、寿命がちょっと伸びる薬が本当にできちまったんだよ。こんなアタシでも薬作りの才能だけはあったのかな。アタシは嬉しくって、すぐばあちゃんに飲ませようと薬を持って外に出た。そしたらね・・・」
アノルンがふと暗い目をした。
「みんな・・・殺されてたんだ」
「な、なんで!? 誰に?」
「わかんない」
アノルンが首を振った。
「アタシ達の薬は金の成る木だった。そりゃ敵が多いのも知ってたけど、多すぎてわかんなかった。アタシはまだ子供扱いされてて詳しい話は知らなかったし。お笑い草さ。寿命を延ばす薬を研究してる工房の上で、皆殺されてたんだから。皆が殺されて怒りもしたけど、それ以上にアタシは怖くなっちまってね。助けを求めようにも世界中が敵に思えて・・・恥ずかしいことに工房に引きこもっちまったんだ」
「工房に?」
「うん。工房は自給自足ができるほどには広かったし、アタシの工房は地中深くて見つからなかったし、唯一安全なように思えたのさ。そもそも見つからなかったし。それでさらに『みんな生き返らせればいいんだ』って思い始めてた。どこかおかしくなってたんだろうね・・・」
淡々とアノルンは語り続ける。
「それからどのくらい時間がたったかもわかんなかった。色んな薬を作っては、自分で試してね。時に毒薬みたいなのも作っちゃって死にかけた時もあったな・・・そのまま死ねればって思ったけど、アタシ案外しぶとくてね。ある時、材料の植物を取りに別の部屋にいったらさ、植物が枯れてたんだ。確か寿命が30年くらいの奴。それで『アタシいつの間にかおばちゃんだぁ』って思って鏡を覗いてみたんだ。そういや工房にこもって誰とも会わないし、一回も自分の顔を見てないと思いだしてね。さぞかしひどい顔になっただろうから、爆笑できるかと思ったんだけど、アタシの顔はどうみても20代のものだった」
アルフィリースは言葉もない。
「最初はわけがわかんなくてね。アタシって40代でもこんな顔してんだって思ったけど、しわの一つもないのは変だなって思ったくらいで、その時はなんとも思わなかった。ところが、ある日間違えて爆発物に引火しちゃってね。しかも目の前で。アタシは粉々になって吹き飛んだ・・・はずだった」
「ああ、死んだ。これで家族や皆の所に逝けるって。アタシの人生つまんなかったなってくらいだった。ところが、しばらくするとアタシは傷一つ無い状態で目が覚めた。服はぼろきれ状態で、工房の中もめちゃくちゃなのに。それで気がついたんだ。アタシは不老不死になってたんだっってね」
「どうして・・・」
「アタシもわかんない。色んな薬片っ端から試したからどれか一つがそうだったのか、順番が大事だったのか。なんせ爆発のせいで研究成果も燃えちゃったから検証もできなくて。あ、でも不老不死っていっても魔術で無理に動かすアンデッドじゃないから、首が切れたら機能的に動けなくなるし、飢餓状態でもダメ。エネルギーを自分で無限に作り出せるわけじゃないから。凍っても動けないから同じかな。アタシの不老不死は、『一番良い時の状態に戻る』っていうのが正しいのかもしれない。
それにお腹も人並みに空くし、睡眠もとらないと力が出ない。でも不老不死なんてまっぴらごめんだと思ってとりあえず色々やって死のうとしたけど、燃焼性の爆弾飲み込んでの自殺が無理だった時点で死ぬのは諦めた」
アルフィリースは悲しそうな顔をした。明るいアノルン--少なくともアルフィリースはそう思っているが--がそこまでやるとは、余程人生に絶望していたのだろう。
「他にも色々やろうと思えばできたけど・・・あんまり自分をいたぶるのは趣味じゃないし、もうこれは天に『生きろ』って言われてるのと同じなんだって思うことにしたわ。ちょっと外の世界にも興味があったし、元々ネアカではあったからね。で、村で使えそうなものを引っ掻き集めて旅に出たのさ。もう何十年も経ってたから、さすがにアタシがあの村の生き残りだなんてばれないと思ってね」
「んで、傭兵を始めたのさ。護身術くらいは身につけてたからなんとかなるかってくらいの軽い気持ちでね。不死身になって気も大きくなってたし、実力の伴わない不老不死の恐ろしさその時はわからなかった。まあ完全に人生を舐めてたけど・・・最初のころのアンタと同じさ、アルフィ」
「? 同じ?」
「カモがネギしょって歩いてるってやつさ」
「ひどい!」
「ま、でも実際そのとおりさね。女一人の冒険者のくせして、町に入っていきなり『一晩泊れるところはどこですか?』なんて通りすがりの男に聞いちまうんだから。その後、アタシがどんな目に遭ったか、わかるだろ?」
アノルンはあえて語らなかったが、どういう意味かはアルフィリースには容易に想像がついた。アルフィリースも同じである。
冒険を始めて、最初に訪れた村でのこと。次の村の場所を確認するためにその辺の男性に声をかけた。実に奇妙なほどに親切にしてくれたその男性は、仲間と一緒に晩御飯までおごってくれ、ご丁寧に酒まで出してきた。アルフィリースはその時酒など飲んだことがなく、どの程度が自分の適量かもわからず勧められるままに飲んでしまった。そして意識が朦朧とする中、男性達が交わしていた言葉をおぼろげに覚えている。
(おい、また旅の女をかどわかすのかよ・・・いつか天罰が当たるぜ、お前ら?)
(へへへ・・・当たるならとっくに当たってるさ。全く女って奴はバカばっかりだな、女の一人旅でノコノコと男について来て酒を飲むなんてよ)
(そうそう、悪いのはこの女が無知だからだぜ。俺達は親切に世の中の厳しさを教えてやろうとだな・・・)
(とかいいつつ、酒にしびれ薬を混ぜてる店主はなんなんだよ・・・どうせ俺達が帰った後にゆっくりご相伴にあずかろうてな腹積もりだろうが、このタヌキ親父め)
(俺は宿の部屋を貸すんだからな。その代金分頂いているだけさ)
(そんな言い訳あるかよ・・・いいから奥を借りるぜ)
(あっちの連中も見てるぜ、いいのかよ)
(なあに、口封じに後でこの女の相手させてやればいいさ。この辺じゃ滅多に見ねぇ上玉だからな、アイツらもちろちろ見てたじゃねぇか)
(でも黒髪だぜ・・・魔術士じゃねぇのか? 魔術士を怒らせると、後が怖えぜ)
(知るかよ、こうなったらもう抵抗できねぇさ)
(それもそうか・・・じゃあやっちまうか?)
(ああ)
(待ちな!)
そこからアルフィリースの記憶はぼんやりとしている。ただおぼろげに男達の悲鳴と、建物が崩壊していく音を聞いた気はする。
目が覚めると、金髪の美しいシスターが心配そうな顔をして自分の顔を覗き込んでいた。その後、二日酔いの状態で何時間もたっぷり説教をされたのは記憶に鮮明だ。あとボロボロになった男達と、傾くほどに破壊された宿屋の残骸も。
そう、自分はアノルンに間一髪助けられたが、きっとアノルンは誰の助けも来なかったのだろうとアルフィリースは想像した。
「だから最初にアンタを見た時他人の気がしなかったのさ。最初の頃のアタシそのまんまだと思ってね。アタシは痛い目をいっぱい見て、いっぱい色んな事を知ったけど、良い経験とはお世辞にもいえなかった。アンタには同じ経験をしてほしくなかったんだ、年頃の女としてはね」
「アノルン・・・」
「んな辛気臭い顔するなよ。おかげでアタシは強くなった。鍛錬も一杯したし、する気になった。汚いことも一杯やった。人を騙しても平気になった。人間は利用し利用されるもんだってね。利用される奴は馬鹿なんだって本気で思ってた。もちろんイイ奴らもいっぱいいたよ? アタシに良くしてくれて、すごく平穏に過ごせた場所もあったけど、それでも一か所には長く留まれなかった。アタシは老いもしないし、死にもしない。何年も姿形が変わらないと、段々周りに不気味がられてね。化け物呼ばわりされたこともあったな・・・そんな時ある人達に会ったのさ」
アノルンの目が急に優しくなった。
「もう150年近く前かな? 当時はまだ魔王みたいな連中が沢山いてね。沢山って言ってもほとんど征伐されてたから大戦期ほどじゃないんだろうけど、人間達の争いで色々手も回らないことも多かったから、その間を縫うように勢力を広げてきた魔王が何体もいた。歴史的には小物なのかもしれないけど、一時的に魔王が勢力を取り戻しかけた時期で、世の中も荒んでた。
そんな中で、魔物討伐を無償で引き受けてる連中がいたのさ。俗に言う勇者様御一行ってやつだ。勇者、格闘家、シスター、魔術士の組み合わせでね、ベッタベタだろ? 最初は『バッカじゃないの?』って思ってつっかかった。アタシも既に今くらい強かったしね。その辺にいたアタシの子分をけしかけて、戦うように仕向けたのさ」
「・・・それで?」
「見事にコテンパンにされたよ。4人とも化け物みたいに強くてね。特に勇者の強さは別格だった。アタシなんか片手でひねられちゃったよ。さすがに各国から勇者認定されるだけのことはあったようだね」
オークの群れを無傷で追い返すアノルンを片手でひねるとは、いったいどれほどの戦士なのか。アルフィリースには想像もできなかったが、きっとアルベルトともいい勝負ができるのではないだろうか。もっともその領域に到達していないアルフィリースには、比べるべくもない。アノルンもまた自分でも信じられなかった事を表すように、肩をすくめておどけてみせた。
「嘘みたいな本当の話さ。アタシ自身が一番信じられなかったけど、一番信じられなかったのはその後さ。勇者の奴、なんてアタシに言ったと思う?」
「なんて言ったの?」
「『私の仲間になってください、私には貴女の力が必要です。一緒に世界を救いましょう!』ってね。なんて阿呆で暑苦しくて鬱陶しい奴だって思ったさ。そんだけ強かったら別にアタシの力もいらないだろうにってね。でも他にやることもなかったし、どこで化けの皮が剥がれるか見てみたくて、付いて行くことにした」
アルフィリースがふふっ、と笑う。
「だってアノルン、ひねくれてるなって」
「しょうがないでしょ、本当のことなんだから。でね、色んな所に行って色んな冒険をしたの」
アノルンは楽しそうに語りだす。今までの様子とはうって変わった。
「あの頃は本当に楽しかった。最初は馬鹿にしてたアタシだけど、その勇者は本当に聖人みたいな奴だった。誰にも見返りを求めずに戦い続け、そしてどんな苦境でも常に乗り越えて見せた。なのに全然威張らなくてね。子供の喧嘩を止めに行って、自分が殴られて帰ってくるような男だった。でも本当に強い男はこういう奴なんだって思ったわ。・・・そのうち、アタシは知らないうちにアイツのことを好きになってた」
「どんなにアプローチしても全く気付く素振りもないから、ある日ね、寝室に夜這いをかけに行ったわ」
「・・・どうなったか、聞いてもいいのかしら」
「ええ。ベッドで寝てる彼の目の前に、布切れ一枚纏わず立って誘惑してやったわ。そしたら彼、なんて言ったと思う?『い、いけません! 私と貴女は恋人同士ではありませんから、そういうことはいけないと思います! は、早く服を着てくださいっ!』ってね。アタシ我慢できなくて爆笑しちゃった!」
「それはいくらなんでもひどくない? 自分から仕掛けといて」
良い話を期待していたアルフィリースは少し呆れかえる。
「だっていい年した大人のくせに、あんまりにも顔を真っ赤にして、女の子の裸を初めてみた少年みたいな反応なんだもん! 思わず『じゃあ、アタシが恋人だったらいいの?』って聞いちゃった。そしたらしばらく固まった後、『私みたいな取るに足らない人間が、貴女のような美しい魂の方の傍にいてもよいのであれば・・・』って言ったのよ! 容姿を褒められたことは何度もあったけど、心を見てくれたのは彼が初めてだったかもしれない。その時、一生ついて行こうって思ったわ」
アノルンが少女のように顔を赤くしながら話す。本当に彼のことを好きだったことが、痛いくらいアルフィリースには伝わってきた。
"I am actually a herbalist born in a village in the ravine."
Anorun showed a faraway look.
"I am the grandchild of the patriarch. In the village I was called 'young miss'. It doesn't fit me, right?"
Anorun laughed dryly, with self-depreciation mixed in.
"My village developed various types of medicines. Mainly recovery medicine, however there were also those who created bombs and even poisons... The most famous one being 'elixir' I think."
"Elixir? Is that the one said can even revive the dead?"
Hearing what Alfilis said, Anorun chuckled.
"Well, even elixir can't revive the dead. However, no matter how grievous the condition is, it can recover them completely in one go. Something that can't be healed with one bottle of elixir is even rarer you see."
"I heard other than the scarcity, it also very expensive? I thought of getting one too, but I heard the price of one bottle is enough to buy a small village."
"Well, I think the price is something on that line right now. Well, I am the only one who can create it in this world after all."
"You can create it, Anorun!?"
"Well, do you understand how amazing I am now?"
Even without that, actually Alfilis already thought Anorun is amazing, but she just didn't say it.
"Well I don't have the ingredients, but I can make it if someone collected the ingredients. Our talk derailed."
After scratching her head, Anorun continued with her talk.
"In our village, developing medicine is very important. And so, when I was seven, I was given a workshop for myself and started to research many things. And then, I think it was when I was thirteen? My grandma collapsed. Grandma said it was the limit of her lifespan. But I can't accept that... And I started a stupid thing--I researched on how to prolong lifespan. That's childish right?"
Alfilis wanted to say something, but Anorun held Alfilis hand.
"It's fine. And then I confined myself in my workshop for months researching it. And strangely, I did make a medicine which could prolong lifespan for a bit. I thought, ah even I have some talent in medicine making huh. I was happy and I wanted to quickly let my grandma drink it so I walked out from my workshop with the medicine. And then..."
Anorun's eyes darken.
"Everyone...were killed."
"Wh-what!? By who?"
"I don't know."
Anorun shook her head.
"Our medicine is like goose laying a golden egg. Of course we knew we have a lot of enemies, but because there were too many, I don't know who did it. I was still treated as child at that time, so I don't know any details. What a foolish tale. While I was researching the way to lengthen lifespan, everyone died...killed. Of course I was angry, but, more than that, I became afraid. I wanted to ask for help, but I also started to see everyone in the world as enemy... Embarra.s.singly, I cooped up in my workshop again."
"In your workshop?"
"Yes. The workshop is wide enough to be self-sufficient. And my workshop is underground and hard to find. I thought it was my only safe place. After all the killers didn't find me. And then I started to think 'it is fine as long I can bring them back to life'. Perhaps I become strange in the head at that time..."
Anorun continued to talk indifferently.
"And then I don't know how long time pa.s.sed since that. I created many medicines and I tried it myself. Sometimes I made something akin to poison and almost died because of it...I thought I will die just like that, but I am surprisingly tenacious. At one time, when I was going to take ingredients in a different room, the plants were withered. They were plants with a life expectancy of thirty years. And then I thought 'Ah, so before I realized I have become old woman huh' and then tried to look at the mirror. Because I had none at the workshop, I never used the mirror even once. I expected I can get laugh from how hideous I became, but when I looked at the mirror, no matter how long I look, I looked like twenty years old."
Alfilis can't find word to say.
"At first I didn't think much of it. While I thought having no wrinkles at that age was weird, I let it slide since I thought perhaps that's how I look at forty. However, at one day, by some mistake, there were explosive materials that caught fire. And it was in right in front of me no less. I was blasted into pieces...or so how it should."
"Ah, I died. With this I will be able to meet my family. What a boring life I had. I thought something like that. However, after some time pa.s.sed, I woke up without a single injury. At that time, I finally realized, that I had become eternally young and immortal."
"How..."
"I also don't understand. Perhaps one of the medicine for the various medicine I tested, or perhaps the order I tested the medicine was the important point. No matter which, I can't confirm it anymore since my research results were burned up in the explosion. Ah, however because my immortality is different from the one from undead who forcefully moved with magic, if my head was severed, my body function will be affected thus I can't move. I also unable to move if I starved. That's because I can't make infinite energy by myself. I also can't move if frozen. The most correct view about my immortality is [return myself to the best condition]. I think.
I become hungry like normal people. And I can't muster energy if I don't get enough sleep. And then, because I hate my immortality, I tried many things to kill myself. But when I can't even die after drink burning type explosive, I give up on dying."
Alfilis looked sorrowful. The cheerful Anorun--or at least that's how Alfilis saw her--even did something like that. It seemed Anorun really felt despair towards her life.
"Well I thought of doing something else too...but tormenting myself is not my hobby, so I think this as the heaven tell me to 'live'. And I did have interest towards the outside world, plus in the first place my personality is happy-go-lucky. And so I gathered anything could be used in the village and began my journey. Since it has been decades, there will no one who suspected me coming from the village, I thought."
"Then I started to join the  mercenary. I decided it lightly, since I learnt some self-defence skill I thought it would work out one way or another. Well, the large part is because I became immortal though. At that time, I didn't know how scary it was for an immortal who don't have any skill to support the fact. I make light of life too much...Just like you when you started Alfi."
"? Like me?"
"Like a duck carrying a leek on its back." (TL: easy, and delicious target)
"That's cruel."
"Well, but that's the fact. After all, as a lone female adventurer, when I entered a town, I suddenly asked a pa.s.sing man 'where I can stay for one night?'. You can imagine what happened to me after that?"
Anorun purposely left it out, but Alfilis can easily imagine what happened next. Since she experienced it too.
At the start of the adventure, in the first village. Since she wanted to confirm where's the next village she asked a man in that place. He was strangely kind, and even treat her dinner with his comrade, and then alcohol came out. At that time Alfilis hadn't known of her tolerance limit, and thus just drank as recommended. And then when her consciousness started to fade she faintly heard the words the they shared.
(Oi, kidnapping traveling woman again...someday the heaven will punish you, you know?)
(Hehehe...If that's true then I might have been struck thousand times. Good grief, all women are indeed stupid, travelling alone yet nonchalantly following a man, and drink alcohol.)
(That's right, her ignorance is to blame. We are just teaching her how severe this world is...)
(You said that, but you still mixed the anaesthetic after all, shopkeeper...When we all leave you want to have a taste yourself don't you? You d.a.m.n sly old man.)
(Well she uses my inn after all, so I need to collect the bill)
(That's nice excuse... Just lend us the room already)
(Those people looking here, is it fine?)
(What, just let them have a taste too later as shut their mouth. This woman is a beauty you can't find easily in this place after all, no wonder they will look.)
(But this woman has black hair you know...what if she a magician? Angry magician is scary when they angry)
(Like h.e.l.l I care, she won't be able to resist after going this far)
(You're right... then let's do it?)
(Sure)
(Wait for me!)
From there her memory become even fainter. But she thought she heard the men scream and building collapsed.
When she woken up, there was a beautiful blond Sister looking at her worriedly. After that she remembered clearly she was scolded for hours while still in her hungover state. Also the tattered men and the slanted ruin of an inn.
That's right, Alfilis was saved by Anorun by a hair's breadth, but there might be none who saved Anorun.
"That's why when I met you the first time I didn't feel you were a stranger. A perfect copy of my past self. I have experienced many painful things, and knew many awful things, but those were not a pleasant experience no matter how I stretch it. I don't want to you to experience something I did, a woman in marriageable age like you."
"Anorun..."
"Don't look at me with those depressed look. It's because of that I became strong. I have become motivated to train hard. And I became able to do many dirty stuff. I became fine even when tricking others. Humans are either using others or be used by others. The fault lies in the one being used, I seriously believe in it. Of course there are also a lot of kind people you know. There are also places where I can live peacefully, however I can't stay in one place for too long. I won't get old, and also won't die. When they noticed my appearance don't change for years, the surrounding eyes started to see me as eerie. There were also times when I was called a monster... And then at that time I met them."
Anorun's eyes became gentle.
"I think it has been around 150 years. At that time there were still numerous active demon kings. Well, even I said that, there were many that has been subjugated so it was not as much as when the time of the Great War. However, because there were many humans who were wrapped up in dispute amongst themselves and were unable to provide hand to subjugate the demon kings, some of them become strong enough to have a wide influence. They were small fry if you compared them to history, however because for a period of time, the demon king took back their influence and the world became unstable.
And then among them, there were a group of people who were willing to subjugate demon kings without reward. Commonly referred as 'hero's party'. A party consisted of a hero, a fighter, a sister, and a magician. So cliche, right? At first there were also who thought 'that's stupid!'. And at that time I had become as strong as I am. One of my lackey was instigated and we fought against them."
"...And then?"
"Complete defeat. The four of them were monsters.  Especially the hero, he is in different league. I was defeated easily with one hand. As expected of a hero who received acknowledgements from many countries."
To defeat Anorun who can chase a group of Orcs unscathed, just how strong was the her. Though Alfilis couldn't imagine it, it might become a decent fight against Albert. Alfilis who hasn't reach their territory of course couldn't be compared with them though. As if showing even she can't believe it, Anorun shrugged her shoulder and said jokingly.
"It sounds like a lie, but that was the truth. Even I can't believe it, however what's more unbelievable is what comes after. Do you know what the hero said at me?"
"What did he say?"
"'Please become my comrade. I need your power. Let's save the world together!'. I thought, what a simpleton, pa.s.sionate, and an irritating person. With that much power, my power is unnecessary, right? However, since I don't have anything to do anyway, and I had a desire to show some part of the true me, I followed them."
Alfilis chuckled.
"Well, Anorun is kind of rebellious."
"That can't be helped, it's the truth after all. And then we went to many places and experienced many things."
Anorun talked happily. It was so different from how she talked until now.
"That time was fun. Although I made fun of him at first, that person is really a saint. He kept fighting without caring about reward or compensation, and no matter what crisis he faced he will always overcome it. And yet he never put on airs. He is someone who went to stop a kids' brawl only to be hit and then return home. However, he is really strong, that was my honest thought. Before long, I started to fall in love with him."
"Because no matter what kind approach I tried he doesn't seem to noticed, at one day I visit his bed at night."
"...May I know the result?"
"Of course. He was laying in the bed, while I stood with not even a single cloth in my body, tempting him. What do you think he said to me? 'You-you can't! We are not even lovers, so I don't think it's appropriate! Quick, wear some clothes!'. Because I can't hold it any longer, I laughed hard."
"That's kind of mean isn't it? Since you started it."
Alfilis who thought the story will end nicely, become slightly amazed.
"Well, after all, despite he is already in such age, he was so surprised and his face was completely red--as if a young boy who saw a naked female body the first time! I reflexively asked 'then what if I became your lover?'. And then after being frozen still for a moment he answered 'If you don't mind such worthless human like myself to stand beside you who have such a beautiful soul...' There were many who have complimented my appearance, but the one who truly looked toward my heart, he was the first I think. At that time, I thought I will follow him forever."
Anorun's face dyed in red like a young girl as she talked. How she truly loved him, was pretty obvious for Alfilis.
The Branded Female Fencer
呪印の女剣士【書籍化＆コミカライズ】
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/the-branded-female-fencer/
Action Adventure Fantasy Romance Shoujo Tragedy
Abandoned Children Adapted to Manga Adventurers Appearance Different from Actual Age Beastkin Character Growth Curses Demons Depictions of Cruelty Elves Fantasy World Female Protagonist Immortals Mercenaries Monsters Mysterious Past Overpowered Protagonist R-15 Religions Sealed Power Spirit Users Spirits Strong to Stronger Summoning Magic Sword And Magic Sword Wielder Wars
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