「The “Divine Corpse”……Will it be possible to show that thing to Nana?」
「Eh……!?」
To the completely unexpected request by the living armor, Dianne was shocked. Nana has surely heard by now of how dangerous this object was, after all it was a relic of ancient times that Iblis has sought after all this time.
「Nana knows that right now, Master is in a predicament. In order to save him…….We may require the “Divine Corpse” which seems to have a huge amount of power within it」
「H-however……! We don’t even know the proper way to make use of it or come close to awakening its powers! If all you plan is to touch it, it might be a fruitless endeavor that will lead you to be corrupted just like I was…..!」
Dianne body was covered in these crystals that did nothing but further invade her body like a parasite. She has isolated the other elves from ever approaching the relic for no other reason than to protect the others from receiving unnecessary harm.
「Nana does not have a living body. I’m sure that it will be fine」
「B, but…..」
As she spoke more with the living armor, Dianne thought that she was such a strange existence.
(This type of way of thinking and her behaviors, is it truly just like any other normal golem…..?)
In normal circumstances, a magical living object was not supposed to have an ego as complex as humans, they were not supposed to develop a self-conscious.
They were not able to take actions which were not ordered by their masters, and they were not able to learn from past mistakes or select behaviors they thought was more appropriate, in other words, they could not go out of range of the rules that were already programmed with them when they were first created using magic.
(Not only were her words full of emotion, even the way she talked….)
The priestess Dianne had a special power, since she lost her sight, what she gained in exchange was the ability to have a supernatural sense that allowed her to garner more intuitive information than would ordinarily be impossible.
When she looked at living armor with her transcendent eyes, she could clearly see Nana’s ego…..Or if you wanted to put it another way, she could see the “Soul” dwelling within the individual known as Nana.
「I beg of you, Miko-sama…….! In order to protect Sierra and the others from the demons, Nana is willing to…..!」
She was resolutely determined to make a stand.
That resolution to defend everyone important to her—-was exactly the same kind of determination that Dianne once had in the past, when she visited the “Divine Corpse”.
「……………………」
After a long period of hesitation, the dark elf Priestess Dianne…….faced towards the armor golem with her eyes that could not see.
「….I understand, Nana. The “Divine Corpse” is…..Just ahead of here」