緊急国際会議
「本日は忙しい中呼びかけに応じてくれてありがとう」
目の前には12の映像が浮かんでいる。これは古代文明が残した魔法具で、遠く離れた相手とやり取りをする通信道具だ。
12の映像にはこの大陸に国を構えている代表がそれぞれ姿を見せていた。
「突然緊急会議と言われたからな。それも神殿からの連名とは。もしや我が娘に何かあったのかね?」
アリスの父であるイルクーツ国王は不穏な予想に眉をひそめた。
「ご安心くださいお父様。私はこの通り無事です」
エリバン国王が何かを言う前にアリスは自分の無事を主張した。
「うむ。元気そうで何よりだ。仔細問題はなかろうな?」
イルクーツ国王は目を鋭くするとアリスに問いかけた。
「そのことも含めて、今からすべてお話します」
アリスの真剣な声に各国の代表たちは耳を傾けるのだった。
「なん......だ......と?」
「あの邪神が......討伐された?」
「やったのは、イルクーツ王国の青年だと?」
浮かぶ映像の先では各国の代表が狼狽えていた。これでもそれぞれの王国を統治している最高責任者だ。不測の事態でも自分を律する術は心得ている。
そんな彼らをもってしてもアリスが語った話は信じがたかった。
「そ、それはエリバン国王とアリス王女の聞き間違いではないのか? もしくは、真偽を取り計らったヒューゴ司教のオーブが壊れていたとか?」
「そのことはわたし共も疑いました。ですが、国王が質問をすることで壊れていないことがわかりましたので......」
ヒューゴ司教は疲れた声で真実を告げた。
「ちょ、ちょっと待ってくれ! すると、生贄の時期が近付いてきたのに我が国に転移魔法陣が現れないのは......」
そう発言したのはカリヨン王国の代表だった。
「確か、カリヨンは次に生贄を差し出す国でしたね?」
「ええその通りです。例年であればきっかり10日前に魔法陣が浮かび上がるのですが、今年に限っては全く反応がなくどうするか会議をしていたところだったのです」
カリヨン王の発言に再び他の代表たちがざわめく。
「ひとまず、邪神討伐を真実としたうえで話をしたいのですが宜しいですかな?」
ヒューゴ司教の言葉にその場が落ち着いていく。
「それで、邪神が討伐されたとして、その若者はイルクーツ王国の者なのだろう? 彼を国の英雄として立てるつもりなのか?」
オーランド国の代表が鋭い視線を向けてくる。イルクーツ国王は眉を寄せると......。
「邪神を倒した若者については我が国では現在情報を制限しておる。元々ワシが娘をエリバン王国へ派遣したのは生贄になった若者が生存していると占いにでたからなのだ。無事に保護をした暁には国を挙げて祝い、困らない程度の生活をおくらせるつもりじゃった」
国内での会議で決まっていた内容をイルクーツ王は口にした。
「ですが、お父様。相手があの邪神殺しともなるとそうもいきません」
他国とのバランスを考えるとおいそれと取り込むわけにはいかない。アリスはそう伝えた。
「我々神殿は邪神を討伐した若者に聖人の称号を与えようと思っております」
ヒューゴ司教が各国に対しそう宣言をすると再び全員が沈黙をした。
聖人というのは神殿が祭り上げる象徴なのだ。
これまでこの称号を与えられたのは過去に1人だけ。数千年前に世界を荒らしていた古代竜を倒した英雄のみ。
そんな称号をエルトに贈ると神殿は決めたのだ。
「それに加えて、神殿では彼に邪神討伐の報酬を与えるつもりです。さらに過去に積み立てられていた邪神に懸けられていた賞金がそのまま彼の手に渡ります」
これまで神殿に寄付されてきた中で邪神に苦しめられた人たちが懸賞金をかけていた。それを神殿はエルトに支払うと宣言した。
「そ、それは......随分な金額になるのではなかろうか?」
何せ邪神の支配は数千年続いたのだ。その間に蓄積された賞金は倒したものにしか受け取ることができずに放置してあった。
「えー、記録によりますと。現在の懸賞金で中堅国の十年分の国家予算程度になります」
国を運営する資金というのは個人で持つには多すぎる。そんな金額が一人の若者の手に渡るというのだ。
「神殿側からは以上になります」
ヒューゴ司教も冷や汗を搔きながら神殿の決定を言い切った。
「そんな、大金を手にした邪神を倒せる人間に私たちは何を差し出せばよいのだ?」
相手は絶対に刺激してはならない邪神を超えた存在だ。
神殿の言葉に各国の代表はどうするべきか苦悩するのだった。
Chapter title: International Emergency Conference
[Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule today to answer my call.] 
Twelve figures are floating in front of me. This is a magical tool left behind by an ancient civilization, a communication tool for communicating with people far away.
In each of the 12 images, there was a representative of a country on this continent.
[I was told that this was an emergency meeting. And a signature from the temple? Did something happen to you, my daughter, by any chance?] 
Alice's father, King Ilkut, raised an eyebrow at the disturbing prospect.
[Don't worry, father. As you can see, I'm fine.] 
Before King Erivan could say anything else, Alice insisted that she was safe.
[Mmm. I'm glad to see you are well. I hope there are no problems?] 
Irkutu King's eyes sharpened and he asked Alice.
[I will tell you everything now, including that.] 
The representatives of each country listened to Alice's earnest voice.
[Wh....at....] 
[The evil god.... has been defeated?] 
[The one who did it was a young man from the Kingdom of Ilkut?] 
In the image that floated ahead, the representatives of each country were dismayed. They were the chief executives of their respective kingdoms. They know how to govern themselves even in unforeseen circumstances.
Even they could not believe the story Alice had told them.
[I, isn't it a misunderstasnding between the King of Erivan and Princess Alice? Or was Bishop Hugo's orb, broken?] 
[We suspected that too. But the king's questioning showed that it was not broken......] 
Bishop Hugo told the truth in a tired voice.
[Wa, wait a minute! Then, the time of sacrifice is approaching but the transfer magic circle has not appeared in our country....] 
The person who said that was the representative of the Kingdom of Carillon.
[As I recall, Carillon is the next country to offer sacrifices, right?] 
[Yes, that's right. This year, however, there was no response at all, and we were just discussing what to do.] 
The other representatives buzzed again at King Carillon's statement, because if it was true, it would make the story of the defeat of the evil god more plausible.
[I'd like to talk about the truth of defeating the evil gods first, if that's okay with you?] 
Bishop Hugo's words calmed the place down.
[So, if the evil god actually got defeated, the young man is from the Kingdom of Ilkut, right? Are you going to set him up as a hero of the country?] 
The representative of the Kingdom of Orlando gives him a sharp look. The King of Irkutu raised his eyebrows and.....
[The information about the young man who defeated the evil god is currently restricted in our country. Originally, I sent my daughter to the Erivan Kingdom because my fortune told me that the young man who was sacrificed was still alive. If we could protect his safety, we would celebrate with the whole country and let him live a comfortable life.] 
King Irkutu said what had been decided at a meeting in the country.
[But, father. It's not that easy since we're dealing with the evil god slayer here.] 
Considering the balance with other countries, we can't just take them in. Alice told him so.
[We at the temple are going to grant the title of saint to the young man who defeated the evil god.] 
When Bishop Hugo announced this to the nations, everyone fell silent again.
A saint is a symbol of the temple's festival.
Only one hero has ever been given this title, the hero who defeated the ancient dragon that was ravaging the world thousands of years ago.
The temple decided to bestow such a title on Elt.
[In addition, the temple intends to give him a reward for defeating the evil god, as well as the bounty on the evil god that has been accumulated in the past.] 
The bounty had been donated to the temple in the past was by people who had been tormented by the evil god. The temple declared that it would pay it to Elt.
[Th, that's.... a lot of money, isn't it?] 
After all, the reign of the evil god had lasted for thousands of years. The bounty accumulated during that time was left behind for only those who defeated him to receive.
[Well, according to our records. The current bounty, is about a decade's worth of national budget for a medium-sized country.] 
The money to run a country is too much for an individual to have. Such an amount of money is going to be handed over to a single young man.
[That's it from the temple side.] 
Bishop Hugo, also in a cold sweat, announced the temple's decision.
[What do we have to offer a man who can defeat an evil god with so much money in his hands?] 
The other side is an existence beyond the evil god that must not be provoked.
The representatives of each country agonized over what to do in response to the temple's words.
I, the Sacrifice, Somehow Killed the Evil God (WN)
【書籍化】生贄になった俺が、なぜか邪神を滅ぼしてしまった件【コミカライズ】
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