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Published at 19th of April 2023 04:02:51 PM


Chapter 47

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“Sainteeess.”

Daisy’s soft voice called out to me.

But I sat in a chair and covered myself with a blanket, trying to hide from her voice.

“I replaced the smashed bed.”

The remark brought a sudden flush of anger.

I cried out in a hoarse voice.

“Do you have to put it that way?”

“Pardon?”

“It’s smashed! Do you really have to say that?”

My face has been burning since morning. Daisy added fuel to my shame with her blunt words.

This was all because of Ciel’s blessing.

[The God of Benevolence, Oman, loves your passion.]

[The God of Destruction, Ciel, blushes as he recalls the broken bed.]

“Be quiet.”

“Yes?”

“No, not you.”

I had a dream last night

I was walking through the forest on horseback, and all of a sudden, bad guys in black appeared and pointed their swords at me.

I blocked the sword with my hand, and as soon as it touched my hand, it shattered with the mighty blessing of destruction. Then I beat them up with my bare hands.

‘Well, they passed out just after I touched them with my hands so it doesn’t matter, but…’

Perhaps I was really concentrating on my hands while I was sleeping.

When I woke up in the morning, one side of the bed was lying down and the other had a big hole in it.

“Saintess. If you toss and turn a little, it might get smashed. Don’t be too shy.”

At my sigh, she smiled brightly. Her body was fine as if nothing had happened two days ago.

“Have a meal. The hot soup is getting cold.”

I got up and sat Daisy down.

“Sit down for a second.”

“Saintess?”

Daisy asked as she sat down with a puzzled look.

“You died and got revived. Do you have to come out and make me uncomfortable because I told you to take a rest until today?”

“But I’ve really gotten better. The Saintess healed me. You also bought me a delicious strawberry mousse cake yesterday.”

“Enough. I’ll give you special treatment today, so don’t say no.”

I grunted as I held the spoon in Daisy’s hand.

Her complexion was as good as if the raid had never occurred, yet I couldn’t help but worry.

The surprised Daisy asked as I scooped up the spoon.

“Would you like to go for a morning walk in a little while?”

At Daisy’s question, I nodded my head. I’m a bit disturbed, and I’ll have to get some fresh air in the morning.

There was a problem I faced apart from what Daisy had been through

I was discovered to have had holy powers, and now I’m treated like a real saintess.

The plan of escaping and becoming independent before Camilla appeared was based on the premise that I was a fake saintess who was indifferent to men.

Because if a fake saintess vacates the temple, Reihausd won’t search the country for me like a mouse.

But now that I’m the only saintess in the Empire, he will probably send all the Paladins to find me.

‘And that means…’

Five years until Camilla appeared.

‘No, about four years and six months now.’

During that time, I’ll be forced to live in the temple, acting as a saintess.

The moment Reihausd kissed my foot two days ago, my heart pounded and I felt heavy as if shackles wrapped around my ankles.

I put off my headache due to the thoughts for a bit and left the room after eating.

Wearing a plain white dress, I started walking down the hallway when I heard a roar.

“Saintess.”

“I greet the Saintess.”

“May you be blessed by the Nine Gods.”

When I turned my head, three priests bowed their heads in turn and said excitedly.

I have often met priests in the hallway, but they have never greeted me so warmly, only mechanically bowing their heads.

I nodded my head with an uncomfortable look.

Daisy’s shoulders seemed to have lifted up somehow.

“I see the daughter of the divine Gods.”

“The glory of the Gods to the Saintess.”

And when I went out for a walk, the priests that I saw in every section I walked bowed their heads deeply with sparkling eyes.

It was definitely a different atmosphere from before. Previously, it was just a formal greeting to the president of the company, now it feels like I’m a celebrity.

It was probably because I saved Daisy in front of a lot of people.

“Today, you’re beautiful too. Saintess.”

“God bless Elium!”

Receiving these excessive glances made me feel burdened inside.

‘Can’t we just put it in indifference mode like before?’

But besides Daisy, there was another group that was excited.

[The God of Love, Odyssey, raises his chin and raises the corners of his lips.]

[The God of Art, Mond, is dissatisfied with the number of jewels in your costume.]

[The God of Destruction, Ciel, blushes his cheeks red.]

…These awful attention seekers were rejoicing with pride at the attention I received.

***

On the way back to my room, I met Dwayne, who suddenly knelt at me.

“Saintess.”

I looked at him with a slightly startled look at the man’s sudden movement, who had been slowly avoiding me recently.

He bowed his head and said to me.

“I apologize I misunderstood the Saintess.”

What the hell does this mean?

I looked at him with puzzled eyes and said.

“You said you misunderstood me?”

“T-That the Saintess… I thought a monster… hm, hm.”

Dwayne’s ears turned red, raising his face a little.

After a while he shook his head.

“Anyway, I will never doubt the holy power of the Saintess again and serve you well.”

I don’t know what the flow of his thought was, but I nodded, as he would serve me well anyway.

“Ah. Have you not found the person who stabbed Daisy that day?”

When I asked with a dark face, Dwayne said with a hardened face.

“Yes. I apologize. It seems like it’s a highly trained assassin.”

“An assassin…”

“Still, they were attacked quite a bit and it’s going to be pretty hard for them to move for the time being.”

The important thing is that we missed the person who attacked Daisy.

I can guess who might have made such a contract.

Alberto Mikhael, who believed the words of my late maid, Annie, then was severely beaten up and even got slapped.

‘He must have thought of killing my entourage and giving me revenge and a warning.’

“Dwayne, I have a question.”

“Yes. Please tell me.”

“Is the murder contract usually done through the Thief’s Guild?”

In the original story, there was a story about the Thief’s Guild collecting secret information.

Dwayne was startled by my straightforward question and then nodded his head with a bewildered look on his face.

“I don’t do that myself, but I think it’s worth checking out as it’s a place with a lot of information.”

“I see.”

I also have a good informant in the Thief’s Guild, so I thought it might make things easier.

‘I’ll look into it later.’

“Saintess…”

Then Daisy made a worried voice next to me.

“I’m worried that you’re getting involved in dangerous things because of me.”

I continued walking, speaking to her calmly.

“It would cost such a powerful person a huge amount of money to break into the temple and commit murder. Have you ever had a tycoon holding a grudge against you enough for them to kill for that big sum of money?”

“No.”

“Yeah. That’s why, it’s directed at me. Not because of you.”

A warning that they will kill me like that next time.

They don’t want to be left behind, but so do I.




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