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Chapter 213 - Anatea's Blessing

"First of all, Lady Anatea is a valiant goddess, you see."

"Ah, yes. You told me that yesterday."

"Right. And so, the blessing of Lady Anatea is something that cherishes the courage of non-warriors and protects them. Specifically, it often praises the brave acts of children."

I see, a child like Yuri who regularly hunts monsters must be quite to her liking, the grandfather, Audel, and granddaughter, Dona, secretly concluded.

"However, children who display such bravery often become targets of the country and other powers. The blessing of Lady Anatea is to disguise their abilities to prevent children who don't even understand the rights and wrongs of the world from being used in wars and the like."

"Yes?"

This seemed to be an important piece of information. Realizing this, Yuri straightened his posture.

"The Appraisal you received yesterday, Yuri-kun. You can falsify it. Ah, in that case, the results of yesterday's appraisal itself are questionable."

What did you say?

For Yuri, who had been agonizing over how to explain why the appraisal certificate he received yesterday didn't list the skills he should have, such as Pharmacology, Blacksmithing, and Alchemy, that murmur was truly a gospel. He now had an irrefutable reason. And what's more, he could continue to falsify his status in the future.

In that moment, Yuri became a fervent follower of Anatea. To receive such a welcome blessing at this timing... What? The sister wants a donation? Of course, of course. Ten, twenty, thirty gold coins are nothing compared to this blessing. I will gladly donate.

As Yuri was getting carried away by himself...

("Does it really have such an effect?") ("This is the first I've heard of it.") ("It's a well known story among church officials, but it might not be familiar to the general public, that's true.") ("Hmm, so Yuri-kun's appearance became, well, that because of it?") ("Originally, its effect is apparently to make one's attributes appear ambiguous. The fact that one's gender appears ambiguous for a moment seems to be a side effect of that.") ("That aside, Yuri-kun seems incredibly happy, doesn't he?")

A conversation like this was proceeding, but Yuri didn't notice at all.

"H-hey, Yuri-kun."

"Yes? Oh, I'm sorry. If it's about the donation, I don't mind twenty or thirty gold coins."

"No, that's not it. Well, I appreciate the donation, but..."

"Hey Yuri-kun, you seemed really happy?"

At this point, Yuri realized. He had been getting carried away after learning about the blessing's effect, had he gone a little too far?

"Well, it's a great help not to be dragged into trouble, and also..."

"""And also?"""

"Well, I was worried I might be turned into a girl or become intersex."

Isn't that a curse rather than a blessing?

So the group thought, but they could understand why Yuri was overjoyed. However...

("The original purpose is to falsify a child's status to be lower, so the appraisal results would never come out higher.") ("In other words, it's clear that his abilities are higher than the appraisal results, is that it?") ("I can't disclose the details, but his status was quite high for his age.")

Not pointing this out was a sign of adult consideration.

"Oh, that's right, Yuri-kun. This blessing is to protect a child's person, so the side effect you're worried about will disappear when you become an adult. Well, the blessing itself won't disappear, though."

"Oh, is that so?"

That was good news. But...

"Priest-sama, isn't there something we can do about the immediate issue? At this rate, he's going to attract a lot of attention."

"With that, it's like he's announcing he received a blessing with gongs and drums."

The two guardians, Dona and Audel, calmly consulted while Yuri was still elated.

"Hmm, well, it's not that there's nothing we can do."