The Saint and the White Wolf/Part 2


 * -|English= As the girl and knight approached the flaming town, they were shocked. They hurried toward the conflict to check on the townsfolk.

The town's church was crowded with casualties.

The girl carefully checked on each and every victim. Her passion encouraged the wounded.

The knight helped the girl by carrying fallen victims into the church.

After she finished tending to everyone who was there, she noticed that the lord who had sent the knight was not present.

'H-Help me!'

A familiar voice was heard from outside the church. Without a doubt, it belonged to the lord.

The moment she heard it, the girl bolted out of the church to where the battle still raged on. The knight hurriedly chased after her.

They sped in the direction of the voice and found that the lord had fallen on his back, under attack by mercenaries of the invading nation.

Disregarding the lord's pleas, one of the mercenaries raised his sword. The blade began to fall straight down toward his helpless figure, for he had only a moment left when...

The girl nimbly flung herself between the lord and the mercenary, and took the blow with her own body.

The knight had been unable to stop her. The girl collapsed on the ground with a lifeless thump.

The mercenary who had struck the girl was astounded, but quickly composed himself and pointed his blade toward the lord once again. A beastly howl resounded throughout the area. The white wolf the knight saw by the girl's home had appeared with several allies. The mercenaries were stricken with fear and retreated immediately.

The lord, the collapsed girl, and the pack of white wolves were all that remained. Paying the wolves no heed, the lord could not comprehend why the girl had saved him.

The girl, flat on the ground, smiled at the lord.

'Why would you save someone who wanted you dead?' he instinctively asked.

She replied in turn, 'Your Grace is of great importance to this town. I had no choice but to rescue the symbol of the townsfolk.'

The girl protected the lord in consideration of the townsfolk, who suffered due to the battle.

As the lord grasped the kindness of the girl and pondered his own foolishness, the girl closed her eyes for the final time.

The white wolves surrounding him howled, as if crying in grief, and then left.

The knight shed tears when he saw the girl's lifeless body.

After that, the long war had come to an end.

Touched by the girl's kindness, the lord took over her will and established a 'hospital,' where the wounded and sick would be looked after. With the knight's help, the hospital came to save many lives.

The girl's name, Ursula, was passed down as the name of a saint dispatched by the Goddess. The white wolves who watched over her are said to protect and watch over the people of this land to this day. 戦いの炎に包まれる町を見て、娘と騎士はおどろきました. そして、町の人達の様子を見るために、戦いの最中を走ります.
 * -|Japanese=

町の教会には、戦いに巻き込まれて怪我を負った人や、戦いに倒れた人たちが集められていました.

娘は町の人々を一人一人丁寧に看病していきます. 怪我人たちは、熱心なその姿に元気づけられます.

騎士も、倒れた怪我人たちを教会に運びこんで娘を手伝いました.

一通り町の人々を看病し終わったその時、娘はあることに気がつきます. 娘に騎士を差し向けた町の領主がどこにもいないのでした.

「た、たすけてくれぇ！」

教会の外から聞き覚えのある声が聞こえます. それは紛れもなくあの領主のものでした.

娘はそれを聞くやいなや、戦いの続く教会の外へと飛び出していきます. 騎士も慌てて追いかけます.

声をしたほうに走ると、逃げ遅れた領主が尻餅をついて、敵国の傭兵たちに襲われていました.

傭兵の１人が領主の命乞いも聞かず、剣を振りかぶります. そして、その刃が一直線に領主の体へと振り下ろされようとした、その時です.

娘は素早く傭兵と領主の間に割って入り、その身を盾として剣の一撃を受けたのでした.

騎士は一瞬のことに、娘が走り出すのを止める事もできませんでした. 娘がどう、とその場に倒れます.

娘を斬った傭兵は、呆気に取られながらも、気をとりなおして再び領主に剣を向けました. すると、その場所に「うぉぉぉん」という獣の鳴き声が何重にもなって響き渡りました. 騎士が娘の家の近くで出会った白い狼が、仲間を引きつれて現れたのです. 傭兵たちは、１０にも届く狼の群れに恐れをなして、一目散に逃げていきました.

その場には領主と倒れた娘、そして白い狼の群れが残されました. 領主は白い狼の事など気にも留めず、娘が自分を助けたことを理解できずに混乱しました.

娘は倒れ伏したまま、領主に微笑みかけます. 「なぜ、おまえを殺そうとまでした私を助けた？」

思わず領主が娘にたずねると、彼女は答えます. 「領主さまはこの町をまとめる大事なお方です. この先、町の人がを失わないためにも、あなたを助けずにはいられなかったのです. 」

娘は、戦いに苦しむ町の人のためを思って、自分を手にかけようとした領主の命を守ったのでした.

領主が娘の優しさを知り、自分の愚かさに気づいた時、娘はついに息絶えてしまいました.

周りにいた白い狼たちは、それを悲しむように再び鳴き声をあげ、どこかへ去っていきます.

騎士は、もう動かなくなってしまった娘の姿を見て悲しみの涙を流すのでした.

その後、長い年月を経て戦いは終わりました.

娘の優しさに心打たれた領主は、彼女の意思を引き継いだように心優しい人間になり、怪我や病に苦しむ人々を助けるための施設として《病院》を作ります. 騎士もそれを手伝い、それから病院は多くの人々の命を助けていくことになります.

娘の名『ウルスラ』はいつしか女神の使わした聖女の名として語り継がれるようになりました. そして、彼女を見守っていた白い狼たちは今もこの地に生き続け、人々の生き様を見つめているそうです.