That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 246

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Chapter 246

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“Your Highness the Crown Prince! Please come to your senses! You are being bewitched right now!”

Ferdinand asked back without even blinking an eye.

“Bewitched. Who exactly am I being bewitched by?”

“Of course it’s Grand Duchess Frazier…! Hic! Y-Your Highness the Crown Prince!”

The High Priest who had been shouting until his throat turned red hiccupped in shock.

Ferdinand had just shattered the sixth sacred relic.

Quite mercilessly.

Without a moment’s hesitation…

“Priests.”

A calm voice continued.

“If you flap those mouths one more time, know that the entire temple will burn next.”

“…”

Seeing the shattered sacred relics—the ones absolutely necessary for the High Priests’ prayers—the High Priests no longer had the courage to open their mouths.

They looked at each other with pale faces. When exactly would the High Priests return? When would the alliance arrive!

How long must this sacred temple be trampled by that demon-like Frazier!

How did the Saint end up being born from such a family!

Crash!

“Y-Your Highness!”

The High Priests turned pale and trembled.

This time they hadn’t said anything, so why was he suddenly breaking another sacred relic!

Regardless, Ferdinand remained expressionless. He gestured with his chin for the High Priests to be taken away, and the Imperial Knights immediately carried out the Crown Prince’s order.

In the now quiet High Priest’s Prayer Room, Ferdinand bent down.

“…?”

And he picked up some ‘object’ that had come out of the sacred relic he had just smashed.

This thing covered in dried brown bloodstains…

Why was something like this hidden inside a sacred relic?

“…”

Ferdinand, who had been silently examining the unidentified object, took out a handkerchief. He wrapped it carefully so the surface wouldn’t be exposed and put it in his chest.

Then he walked out without any lingering attachment.

“Your Highness.”

An Imperial Knight who had been waiting outside immediately bowed his head. Ferdinand asked.

“Where is the Crown Princess?”

Ferdinand consistently calling the Grand Duchess ‘Crown Princess’ when they hadn’t even held a wedding ceremony or even an engagement ceremony was honestly too unfamiliar.

To put it more bluntly, he really seemed like a fool in love.

Fortunately, the Imperial Knights were generally taciturn. Even if they weren’t taciturn, there wouldn’t exist anyone in the world with enough nerve to act frivolously in front of ‘that’ Ferdinand.

“She is on the west side. Shall I escort you?”

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“…?”

I received something strange from Ferdinand. To be honest, it had a very disgusting appearance.

‘I don’t even want to touch it…’

It looked like it had been dipped in blood several times. That’s how many eerie brown stains were stuck to it.

Even if I wanted to call Ferdinand, the current situation was what it was.

‘He said he found it after breaking the High Priests’ sacred relics…’

“But why are you giving this to me?”

“Because you always discover the important things.”

“You’re just saying anything to dump this weird thing on me.”

“That can’t be.”

Ferdinand chuckled.

“I’m serious. Tulia.”

Perhaps because Ferdinand was particularly tall, with his long legs taking a few big strides, he had moved far enough away that it would be awkward for me to call him back.

‘I’ll ask him later, whatever.’

Just then.

There was the sound of urgent running footsteps.

“Grand Duchess! The Saint has awakened!”

“Really? I should go see her. She’s being protected at the Temple of Light, right?”

“That’s correct.”

“Lead the way.”

I put the object Ferdinand had given me in my chest and started walking.

The Temple of Light.

The very place where Ferdinand had previously saved me from the monsters, and where I had placed my Kim Ddongbyeol instead of the fake Ddongbyul.

There was a makeshift bed set up there, and Coriko was lying on it receiving devoted care from the priests.

“Coriko just woke up?”

“That’s correct, Grand Duchess.”

It was my choice to bring her from the banquet hall to the Grand Temple under the pretext of ‘protection’ after she had fainted.

Coriko, who had turned pale from profuse bleeding, looked at me with hazy eyes. The moment her eyes widened slightly.

[System] Using benefit Devastating Beauty!

[System] ‘Souls of the murdered children’ collapses for the third time!

“Aaah!”

Coriko screamed again and gushed blood.

“Saint! Saint!”

With Coriko unconscious, the priests turned pale in a different way than before.

Now that they’re seeing someone spill blood so terrifyingly right before their eyes, are they finally getting a sense of reality?

‘But even after spilling this much blood, Coriko is still alive.’

If it were an ordinary human, they would have died from this amount of blood loss long ago. Yet don’t these people realize something is strange?

Since Coriko is literally a ‘Saint,’ they might just overlook such aspects.

I blinked sarcastically inwardly.

‘Meanwhile, the fake Ddongbyul remains intact despite being tattered.’

I had anticipated this since it looked so similar to Kim Ddongbyeol, but its durability seemed to be no joke.

I glanced at the fake Ddongbyul hanging like an accessory at my waist. The exterior was almost completely broken, but the inside was fine.

‘The system called this the souls of murdered children.’

Then exactly how many souls were poured into it that even after being attacked three times like this…

The fake Ddongbyul shows no signs of collapsing?

I felt a renewed sense of eeriness.

‘I absolutely must settle this here before the alliance arrives, or perhaps even if we declare war as Lisian said.’

If we were to withdraw from the Grand Temple this time without any gains, what justification could we use to invade this place next time?

This radiant temple that serves as the spiritual pillar of the Spring Continent and receives the respect of countless believers.

I glanced coldly at Coriko, who was continuously spilling blood like a burst wine pouch, and came outside.

The outside was still chaos.

‘Isn’t there a way to shorten the time a bit more?’

I pondered repeatedly while thinking of the benefits I possessed, then opened my mouth.

“Ramus. The map is being completed in 10-minute intervals, right? Go bring it again.”

“Were you making a map?”

At those words, I snapped to attention and raised my head. Amber eyes were looking down at me.

“…!”

Slightly haggard cheeks. However, the smile he wore was as abundant as a wheat field.

If kindness could be molded into a person, wouldn’t it be exactly like the man before my eyes?

“…Benjamin?”

“Have you been well? Tulia.”

“How about you?”

“I have.”

Benjamin’s eyes rippled gently like waves that had consumed moonlight.

But that was only for a moment.

“I have been well.”

He smiled peacefully and happily like a child who was sufficiently warmed just by looking at me.

That’s why it was so. That’s why this man seemed like he would remain somewhere in the corners of my heart for a lifetime. With some tender emotion that wasn’t romantic love as its name.

“I heard the story. The Grand Temple is quite vast indeed.”

“Ah…. Did you perhaps come as a representative of the Kingdom Alliance?”

Benjamin let out a small laugh.

“How could that be? Would I do something that opposes you? I simply came to give you a gift.”

“A gift?”

“I have quite a lot of things, don’t I?”

Benjamin’s playful smile was brief. He soon presented me with something tremendous.

My eyes widened greatly as I opened the folded paper with a puzzled expression.

“A man who has so much, giving only a carriage and treasures as a coming-of-age gift to the woman he likes seemed rather insufficient after all.”

What Benjamin gave me was a map of the Grand Temple.

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“We declare according to the authority of Continental Law! The unilateral search actions of Grand Duke Frazier House and the Briyang Imperial Family in the Grand Temple are violent acts that have failed to obtain legal legitimacy under the strict judgment of the Kingdom Grand Alliance!”

“Therefore, Grand Duke Frazier House and the Briyang Imperial Family must immediately cease your illegal encroachment upon sacred territory!”

“This resolution is a legal warning based on Continental Law, and if you continue to refuse this, know that the Grand Alliance will respond resolutely using all means at our disposal!”

A strong will to not hesitate even at armed conflict.

The High Priests stood with pale faces, being supported.

“What about the Saint? Is she safe?”

“That is…. The Saint coughed up blood once more and fainted….”

“….”

At those words, the expressions of the national delegations became unpleasant.

But that was all. The conclusion had already been reached that trampling the Grand Temple like this was excessive just because the Saint had coughed up blood after taking medicine given by a High Priest.

The High Priests, who bit down on this firmly, asked about something else.

“His Highness the Crown Prince…?”

“His Highness is already helping inside. He even broke sacred artifacts when some High Priests said a few unpleasant words to the Grand Duchess….”

Instantly, the High Priests’ faces changed sharply.

“…He broke sacred artifacts? What sacred artifacts did he break?”

“Just… he broke all the sacred artifacts that were visible.”

“Perhaps….”

A High Priest asked with an anxious expression.

“Did he also break the sacred artifacts in the High Priest’s prayer room?”

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