Reborn as the Hero’s Daughter! Time to Become the Hero Once More!

The church in this village was incomparably small compared to the World Tree religions temples. However, it wouldnt lose out to them in how durable it looked. The outer walls built with sturdy stone blocks wouldnt break without a significant something.

Lyell could easily destroy them though.

Well then, I will take Fina inside to perform the baptism, so the rest of you wait outside.

During the baptism ceremony, the ritualist first performed the admonitory speech to the participants in front of the church, and then they would step inside into the magic circle. By doing that, the Gift you held would surface in your mind, but this time Fina was the only three-year-old around, so the ceremony was done quite roughly.

This was perhaps also because the ritualist, Ashella, had such a messy personality.

I trust Marias education, so I will skip the admonitory speech.

Is that really okay?

It is. Even you dont remember the speech you were given back then, right?

Now that you mention it

During my time, Maria did the annual admonitory speech, but it was a really blank topic, so I barely remembered anything. Maria herself said that they didnt say anything different from every other year, which would be an improper thing to say for a clergyman. But that meant that this thing was only that important.

Fina. If you like to hear it, you can ask Maria later, okay?

Okaay!

Fina raised her hands and adorably answered Ashellas carefree words. Hearing that, Marias expression turned unusually weary. Her face was clearly saying,dont push such bothersome things at me.

Ashella was naturally not one to be perturbed by that. She just took Finas hand while feigning ignorance and headed inside the church.

Its rare to see you get cornered by someone, Maria.

Ive always been bad at dealing with her. Shes not a bad person. Rather, shes a leader that deserves respect, but

I had been bad at dealing with her too.

Why are you using the past tense? Isnt it like that even now?

She was quite a rare person for both Maria and Lyell to be bad at dealing with her.

Thinking about it, she was a top-class existence in both influence and magic skills. Maria was both a Six Hero and a Saint, but in terms of actual standing, she was just a diocesan administrator, so Ashellas standing was above her.

Maria and Lyell started grumbling about Ashella to waste the time waiting for Fina to come out. However, it was taking quite a while. It ended much faster during my time.

Lyell, being a doting parent, felt the same so his legs started to shake and he pressed a question to Maria.

Hey, isnt it taking too long? Maybe theres some trouble

I was scared just to imagine Ashella coming along on the Evil Dragon subjugation. An innocent person, in a sense, like her wouldve caused disorder without any malice, and conspired with Maxwell to pull off pranks and throw our party into chaos.

As one of the people concerned, I wanted no part of that.

Still, Lyells worry wasnt unfounded, and mere appraisal shouldnt have taken so long. About ten minutes passed as the two of us nervously stared at the church door. Then it finally opened and the two came out.

Wow, I never couldve guessed. Fina ended up receiving an oracle.

Oracle?!

An oracle was when a god directly talked to the believer. The period differed from person to person, but apparently, when it happened you ended up standing still dazed. In Finas case, her oracle seems to have been quite a lengthy one and it took this much time.

Then uhh, what kind of oracle did she receive? More importantly, is she alright?

Maria was also quite excited since it was a rare occurrence. Incidentally, a god visited me directly quite often, so I didnt consider oracles that fascinating.

Yes, Im okay. Um, there was this girl in white that said,I will give you this power because you will need it in the future.

A god bestowed a Gift directly?!

Maria exclaimed in bewilderment, but I felt my strength leaving me. So it was you, Whitey.

Yup. And we played in the field of flowers!

Is that so?

So thats why it took so long. She sure made us worry for no reason. It appeared that what was about ten minutes long for us, for Fina it lasted for about an hour. After her consciousness left her, she played her fill in the illusionary space.

I could only muster an empty reply to Finas carefree words.

So, what Gift did you receive?

About that. Given the situation, I was thinking about asking her, but since it involves a Gift, its better for the parents to confirm it. So Ill step away for a bit and confirm it in the meantime.

True. You have various bonds tying you down.

Ashella waved her hand and returned back to the church. She was probably going to clean up the Gift appraisal magic circle. Meanwhile, we asked Fina about the Gift she was given.

So, Fina. What power did you receive?

Uhmm,pharmacyor something.

Pharmacy Like the knowledge about potion-making?

Not just that, but about medicine in general. For anyone involved with medicine, they would die to get that Gift.

That much?! Isnt this a dangerous power?

Well, if you decide to misuse it, itd be even more dangerous than Michelles. After all, she can freely make medicine that can save or kill people.

That sounds quite bad.

Indeed. Make sure Elliot doesnt hear of this.

Cortina replied to Lyells last comment. Elliot wasnt a bad guy, but considering his position, he would want to keep Finas power in check. Moreover, this ability would be desirable even for those who held ill intentions against Elliot.

The rest of us except Fina looked at each other and gave a big sigh.

This turned into something troublesome

We muttered that in unison. That god really loves to push trouble on us.