The Abandoned Villainess Takes Everything This Time - Chapter 77
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77.
Lillian deliberately stuffed her mouth with the sugar candy she had cursed as overpriced earlier.
‘If my mouth is full, I don’t need to answer.’
It was incredibly sweet.
It couldn’t even compare to the expensive desserts she’d eaten before.
Yet strangely, on days like this, such snacks tasted the best.
“Shall we slowly head back to the Temple?”
“Yes.”
She answered reluctantly.
This wasn’t a pleasure trip, after all.
Let’s not forget, this was to make an impression on the future High Priest.
Lillian returned holding a bundle of snacks in one hand and grasping the Villain with the other.
* * *
A village 20 minutes by horse from Silverin.
Kiiiiiii…!
A bronze lion let out a terrible cry and collapsed.
The Holy Knight who had cut it in half at the waist roughly wiped the blood from his cheek and stood up.
Blue light flashed like lightning from his sunken eyes beneath dazzling golden hair.
It was truly a face so perfect you could believe God had carved it directly with a sculpting knife.
“Sir Noah! This area has been completely subdued.”
A knight’s squire came running.
Toward the man who was an S-rank divine power user and would become the future Pope.
Holy Knight Noah Sinclair followed where the squire led him.
His subordinates and fellow priests were gathering the demon corpses in one place.
If the corpses weren’t disposed of immediately, their stench and fluids would corrupt the land.
Therefore, once killed, they had to be burned away instantly with divine power.
“Please lead the prayer, Sir Noah.”
A priest bowed lightly to Noah. Not only was his rank the highest,
but following his prayers also made divine power ignite more easily.
“Creator God.”
Noah reverently clasped his hands together.
Since Holy Knights were fundamentally priests, his praying posture was quite devout.
And.
“Upon these damned bastards who harmed your innocent children, rain down brimstone fire…”
The priests gritted their teeth and prayed silently.
What mattered wasn’t the prayer itself, but the sincerity within it.
Amazingly, the Creator God was sincere with Noah Sinclair, the Holy Knight Commander…
Behold, as soon as the prayer ended, the demon corpses burned away cleanly in white flames.
‘The one who will become the next Pope.’
And the title of the Temple’s mad dog was well-deserved.
The Temple’s mad dog, Noah Sinclair.
After the prayer and containment work ended, Noah irritably adjusted his weapons.
“Tch. These damn things made us stray from our path.”
“But how fortunate that you were with us, sir.”
They had been returning to the capital from the borderlands.
“What’s the nearest Temple from here?”
“Silverin.”
“Ah, where the old man is.”
Noah thought of his long-suffering guardian.
“Then let’s head that way.”
“Yes!”
The Holy Knight Commander’s unit changed direction.
But meanwhile.
A small parasitic demon slowly mixed into their shadows and followed.
Swelling its body at will within the shadows…
* * *
Lillian smiled bitterly upon seeing the group present here.
Sigh, right. The ‘Archive’ had warned that they would move too.
“Sister?”
It was Iris and Kail.
Everyone was watching this confrontation with great interest.
‘Kail is pretending to be indifferent.’
Only Iris greeted her with a bright smile.
“Sister, how nice to see you! But what are you doing here?”
“Oh my, Iris. When people are praying, they come to pray. Why else would they come?”
“Iris.”
Kail stepped forward. As if he couldn’t stand to look at someone like Lillian anymore, not even acknowledging her existence.
“Lillian. How dare you block Iris’s path-”
But then Evren, who had been following a few steps behind, stepped forward.
“Who exactly do you think you’re blocking?”
“In this case, Lillian was first-”
“She’s my fiancée, Kail Tarandia.”
This time Evren spoke sharply with a humorless expression.
“Even considering order, do you think you can dare speak down to Lillian?”
“You’re quite desperate in your doting, aren’t you.”
“If you haven’t learned basic etiquette yet, why don’t you return to the Imperial Palace.”
Lillian didn’t want to waste energy on those two useless people.
She grabbed Evren’s sleeve and pulled him aside.
“Your Highness, Your Highness.”
Instead, she whispered so only Evren could hear.
“The Temple’s atmosphere is a bit strange right now.”
“…It seems like they’ve set up quarantine barriers.”
“Don’t you think so?”
Golden particle lines that high-ranking priests cast when ill began to show faintly.
‘In this Silverin, the only high-ranking priest of that level would be-‘
Ambrosio, the Priest they had come to meet.
And Kail and Iris noticed it too.
‘But we rank higher in the hierarchy.’
It seemed they had the right to assess the situation and investigate first.
The Villain asked the servants in the corridor.
“Is Ambrosio, the Priest’s condition critical right now?”
“Th-that, uh, how did you-”
“Is it a contagious disease?”
“N-no, it’s not!”
“Then we can check first. Follow me, Lillian.”
Faint moans could be heard from the bedroom.
“Ugh… Uh…”
It was an old man with fluffy white hair and beard.
And white milk-like spots were spreading across his cheeks.
‘It’s similar to vitiligo, but it couldn’t spread that quickly…’
The opponent was a priest, elderly, and likely had weakened immunity.
A body that couldn’t be imprinted.
Then the answer was already there.
The priest’s attending physician came and explained earnestly.
“This seems to be due to nutritional imbalance. If we adjust the diet…”
Lillian waited for a moment.
Experts should be respected, after all.
“…If not that, we should suspect eczema. There’s absolutely no problem with this temple, Your Highness!”
Yes, the time for respect was over.
Lillian looked at this and said.
“This looks like priest’s disease.”
What a truly intuitive name. The physician beside the patient flared up.
“Look here, a disease that was eradicated 500 years ago-!”
“Yes, Physician. And don’t you know why it was eradicated 500 years ago?”
“That’s… Ah…!”
“Because artifacts for divine power users developed from that time.”
Divine power had almost no penalties among abilities, so it was also called God’s blessing.
It manifested as healing abilities and also gave strength when fighting demons.
Because it was God’s power, the frequency of going berserk was also low.
But nothing could be perfect.
“The weaker the immunity of the priests, the less they can withstand the divine power inside. Since they avoid contact, they also keep Controllers at a distance.”
“Hmm…”
“This disease only disappeared after divine power artifacts were improved 500 years ago.”
Lillian nodded to the physician.
It’s better not to crush an expert’s pride too much.
“So it’s natural that you thought it was an eradicated disease.”
The physician gaped, and the priests around were also amazed.
“Ooh…”
“The Tillard Family is indeed knowledgeable about artifacts.”
“They knew so well about the ailments of divine power users too.”
The Villain bowed his head and asked Lillian.
“Lillian. Then can’t this person be cured?”
Lillian tried sending out a bit of control power.
…It seemed to clear up slightly, but there was no real improvement.
‘I didn’t have high expectations.’
Because this grandfather had pale burn marks on his ring finger.
“Did this person perhaps use a ring-type artifact?”
“…! Yes, that’s correct.”
“Where is it now?”
There’s a saying sometimes, isn’t there.
Objects used for a very long time seem to have a soul dwelling in them.
Many items used by Ability Users were like that too.
They had consumed part of the user’s power for a long time.
Even if thrown away in a corner, they would conversely affect the user.
“We need to find it right away. Please search this entire area!”
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