That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 267

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Chapter 267

Blood flowed endlessly down Coriko’s face.

The High Priest who had been embracing Coriko with all his might was now pale as a sheet.

And then, with perfect timing.

‘Here they come.’

The priests who had gone to check for sacred relics on the High Priests’ orders came running back.

“…?!”

They seemed to freeze momentarily at the unimaginable scene before them.

“Look, the people the High Priests sent earlier have returned.”

The priests I pointed out stumbled backward in confusion. I gestured with my chin.

“Come over here.”

“…Do as the Grand Duchess instructs.”

Another High Priest, his face white as paper, whispered softly. They eventually stepped forward hesitantly.

“So, what did you find?”

They looked at the High Priests once more, and upon receiving silent approval, bowed their heads to me.

“We went to check if there were any sacred relics.”

I asked while lightly fidgeting with Kim Ddongbyeol.

“What was the result?”

“…There were none.”

“…!”

“…!”

“…!”

Shocked gasps erupted from various places at the priests’ words. Even in this bloody scene, the nobles had been hoping for a miracle.

‘That fake Ddongbyul was destroyed long ago.’

Now that I think about it, it was rather chilling.

When it was destroyed, they said ‘the souls of the murdered children’ would collapse.

How many countless lives had been sacrificed in the past Klaus showed me.

The murdered children must refer to the offerings sacrificed in that place.

Thinking this way made Coriko seem even more disgusting and shameless.

She had vomited so much blood at the Imperial Grand Banquet too. Yet she brazenly appeared before me again, acting like a saint….

‘…Could this be the final regression?’

Unlike the countless pasts I had seen before, I retained my memories as ‘Han Ina,’ and thanks to Klaus’s benefit, I knew all of Coriko’s blueprints.

So if they took my life this time.

If I died at their hands again this time.

I had an intuition that I would never regress again and would fulfill their persistent wish.

I stood up and lightly kicked Coriko with my foot.

Though I didn’t use my devastating beauty this time, Coriko was already near death from being beaten by it.

With a thud, she collapsed to the ground, trembling.

However, the priests didn’t rush to support her like before. Instead, they were waiting for me to speak.

The tense expressions of the priests showed that the tide had already turned in my favor.

“The High Priests have eyes, so you should acknowledge it now.”

I smiled coldly.

“That Coriko, no, this monster is a fake saint.”

The High Priests couldn’t say anything. The nobles didn’t dare open their mouths either, leaving only hushed breathing filling the space.

Only the occasional loud sounds of knights could be heard from the distance.

“How did the Grand Duchess come to possess the sacred relic?”

One of the High Priests mustered all his courage to ask. Everyone looked curious.

Depending on my answer, they seemed to want to somehow reverse this situation….

“I wouldn’t know.”

“Pardon?”

“Han Ina suddenly appeared before me. How would I know God’s will?”

“Then realizing the Saint was, was fake….”

“Han Ina told me.”

I held up Kim Ddongbyeol like a hand mirror and asked with wide eyes.

“Can’t you see the writing appearing here now? My goodness, I suspected as much, but it seems only I can see it.”

“….”

The High Priests hurriedly blinked several times, but what could they see?

‘There’s nothing there.’

Even if they wanted to lie about seeing something, since I already said it was ‘writing,’ they’d be finished if I asked what it said.

In this serious and terrible situation, no one wanted to lie for attention either.

I looked around at the quiet surroundings and slightly furrowed my brow.

“Oh!”

“Is the sacred relic giving another divine oracle?!”

‘I just frowned unconsciously while thinking of a lie.’

But since I had work to do, this misunderstanding was timely. I nodded.

“Yes. Han Ina is speaking.”

The priests immediately knelt and clasped their hands together.

It was amusing. What expressions would they make if they knew I was just making it all up?

“She says to strike this monster who pretended to be a saint with the sacred relic and eliminate it.”

“….”

“And one more thing.”

I moved my pupils as if really reading words floating in the air.

“She says heretics who misinterpreted the divine oracle and disguised the monster as a saint are hiding in the Grand Temple?”

“…!”

“Pretending to be priests while helping monsters destroy the continent, so quickly drive out these wicked beings.”

My experience reading countless system window texts shone through.

I concluded neatly.

“That’s what Han Ina is saying.”

That’s what I said. You guys.

“….”

“….”

“….”

The High Priests could no longer stand properly. They collapsed with a thud, and the delegation nobles looked at each other muttering.

“So heretics who are in league with those monsters have already infiltrated as priests….”

“I, I am not one!”

“Neither am I! I have been faithful only to God!”

The priests who received attention were busy denying it regardless of their rank.

“These ones wouldn’t be.”

Then, a heavy voice rang out.

People’s gazes turned behind me. Only then could I turn around too.

Ferdinand, who had been standing like a mountain behind me throughout my solo performance, secured his gauntlets firmly and gestured with his eyes.

“The heretics are over there.”

Ferdinand’s gaze was directed toward none other than the place filled with creatures.

“Your Highness the Crown Prince!”

“Do not insult the High Priests!”

“Insult?”

Ferdinand was at least far more ruthless than I was. He asked back without even the slightest change in expression, without even showing a hint of anger.

“The priests are the ones committing blasphemy. You couldn’t possibly be unaware of the divine power that makes up my body.”

“….”

“Why don’t you kneel here and contemplate whether your pathetic devotion is directed toward God or toward the High Priest.”

“…!”

“…!”

The sound of people collapsing to their knees could be heard from all around.

However, Ferdinand didn’t spare them even a glance. He simply took my hand and whispered quietly.

“I’ll be back.”

For a moment, I felt a distant emotion settle in my chest. It felt like water had filled my lungs, or like my airway was blocked from breathing too deeply.

I realized for the first time then how mercilessly vast worry and concern for another person could be.

Countless words of caution flashed through my mind, but there were too many eyes watching us.

Even with some distance between us, in the end I could only manage one quiet word.

“…Be careful, Ferdinand.”

“You know how to say such things?”

“Have I been that rude to the Imperial Family all this time?”

When I asked back seriously, Ferdinand answered with a faint smile.

“I’m saying I’m happy.”

I knew.

I knew that Ferdinand, as Crown Prince and also as Temporary Supreme Commander, should have been commanding that battlefield long ago.

I also knew that the only reason he had stayed here until now was purely to protect me.

I struggled to calm my restless heart.

A considerable number of nobles and knights moved to follow Ferdinand. They couldn’t throw tantrums like before about how the High Priests should be spared or what should be done.

Their spirits were completely crushed and they followed quietly. Rather, they disappeared in an instant, looking afraid they might be singled out if they remained here.

And what remained were the priests and the Frazier Knights.

“Father. I will handle this place.”

“….”

I looked at Grandfather.

Actually, the person I was most worried about was Grandfather.

Princess Hyacinthia. Grandfather had truly missed his dead daughter. So when his daughter returned, Grandfather had been genuinely overjoyed.

But now….

Grandfather looked at Coriko, then walked over to me. And then.

“You must have suffered a lot emotionally.”

“….”

My eyes naturally reddened at Grandfather’s words as he pulled me into his embrace.

“No. I’m a Grand Duchess, after all.”

Grandfather’s hands were firm but full of wrinkles. Grandfather, who gently patted my shoulder, opened his mouth.

“I leave the cleanup to the Grand Duchess and the Marquis.”

Father and I bowed our heads, and Grandfather immediately moved to the front lines leading the Frazier Knights.

Without ever looking back once.

The bitter feeling was brief. I shifted my gaze toward Coriko. Coriko had already collapsed covered in blood and was unconscious.

Even the priests who had been protecting her as if they would sacrifice their own lives for her just moments ago were now standing far away.

It was laughable.

“You’ve worked hard protecting the Saint all this time, priests. Even though she was fake.”

“….”

“….”

The priests couldn’t even respond, let alone lift their heads.

My sarcasm was sincere, but it was also partly strategic.

After all, Coriko was known as Frazier blood, and I needed to keep emphasizing that this was fake to prevent future damage to the family.

Father stood his ground as a Marquis, that is, as a lifelong noble who had received orders from the Grand Duke, but he didn’t say anything else to me.

Grand Duchess was, yes, that kind of position.

According to Imperial law, a being positioned above even a Marquis.

I bowed lightly to Father. Father responded with a brief silent bow.

And now….

“….”

My eyes turned toward Coriko, who had fainted and collapsed on the ground.

Then, the moment I lifted Kim Ddongbyeol and brought it down toward her.

[System] Using Benefit ‘Beauty That Topples Nations’!

‘…What? This feels a bit different?’

I had used Beauty That Topples Nations so much that I had gotten somewhat used to the feeling, but just now was different.

‘It feels like it didn’t go in as much?’

At the same time.

“Tulia!”

Black blood shot up like a pillar before my eyes.

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