The Fortune-Teller Saintess - Chapter 14

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The Fortune Teller Saint

Chapter 14

“Oh come on, Rina. Where would I have a man?”

“Why not? You’re this cute.”

Robelina said while stretching my cheeks wide.

“Uhhhhh. Stop it.”

“You really are cute.”

Her grinning expression was exactly like an older sister looking at her adorable younger sister.

After escaping from Robelina’s grasp, I rubbed my slightly numb cheeks and pouted.

‘If only I were taller.’

Whether I was dissatisfied or not, Robelina just looked at me with a beaming face.

Lamenting my fate of having to look up even at the female lead, I changed the subject to satisfy my curiosity.

“By the way, what about that child’s father? Is he doing better now?”

“Yeah. The priests treated him with divine power, so he seems to be doing better now.”

“I see. I should go see him later.”

“Huh?”

“Why? Can’t I go?”

When I asked in confusion, Robelina shook her head with a flustered expression.

“No, that’s not it…”

“Then?”

“Well…”

Robelina, who had been trailing off as if choosing her words, smiled awkwardly.

“You’ll understand when you go out.”

“Huh?”

It was somehow a meaningful statement.

When I went outside with questions in mind, I could understand the meaning of what Robelina had said.

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“Thank you, Holy Lady! Thanks to you, I think I know what I need to do!”

“I’m glad to hear that. I wish you good fortune.”

“Yes! Thank you!”

I maintained my smile while watching the village resident leave. As soon as the resident left, I gestured toward Robelina.

“Break time.”

“Yes, Holy Lady.”

Robelina closed the tent entrance as if she had been waiting for this.

When the tent was closed, I could faintly hear the villagers’ complaints.

“Ugh. Break time already?”

“My turn was almost up, but now it’s break time…”

The voices expressing disappointment all belonged to residents of Periden Village, the village where I had come for the missionary event.

That’s right. I was currently giving tarot readings to the residents of Periden Village.

I wondered what wind had blown to make the village residents who had been so hesitant yesterday suddenly flock here in droves, and it turned out that my finding the village child’s father through tarot reading had become a hot topic.

Because of that, as soon as I came out of the inn, I was caught by the priests and had been giving readings to the village residents.

I couldn’t even visit the child and his father.

“I’m dying from exhaustion.”

“You’re working so hard, Holy Lady.”

“Rina, you look kind of happy?”

“That can’t be.”

Robelina hastily covered her mouth, but her voice clearly contained laughter.

When I glared at her, Robelina finally spoke apologetically.

“Sorry. But I feel proud.”

“Proud?”

“Seeing my friend listening to the villagers’ concerns as a saint makes my heart swell for some reason.”

“…What does that make me when you say it like that?”

Though I said that, hearing Robelina’s words made the corners of my mouth twitch upward.

I cleared my throat unnecessarily and looked at the covered tent entrance.

“Let’s start again. Everyone’s waiting.”

“Yes, Holy Lady.”

Robelina chuckled and opened the tent entrance again.

The next customer… no, the next counselee entered.

The counselee was wearing a robe pulled so low that only their lips were barely visible.

It was quite a suspicious appearance, but I put on a business smile without showing it.

“Welcome! What concerns brought you here?”

“Pfft…”

“Huh?”

At the sudden laughter, my eyes instinctively narrowed sharply.

But the moment I saw the other person’s face, I couldn’t help but be shocked.

“You…!”

“My concern is that my playmate is too busy.”

The owner of the voice full of laughter sat down in front of me with a thud, his purple eyes gleaming.

“What should I do?”

Nine’s gaze fixed on me already held a cool mischievousness.

“Cardinal Robelina.”

“Yes.”

Robelina quickly closed the tent entrance.

The villagers let out confused voices at the sight of the tent being closed again so soon after resuming consultations.

But I had no choice.

My opponent was none other than Nine.

“Why on earth did you come here?”

I lowered my voice and asked, worried that our conversation might leak out.

Nine shrugged and said.

“I told you. My playmate is too busy. So I came to find you myself.”

‘Crazy bastard.’

I couldn’t help but think that.

The Temple was currently holding a missionary event in this village. A mage who would face trouble if he encountered them, instead of avoiding them, was diving right into the center.

At least it was fortunate that he was wearing a robe. Was it some minimal conscience not to ruin the missionary work?

‘Huh?’

While glaring at Nine, I noticed something strange about him.

He was sitting arrogantly with his legs crossed, chin propped up. But the fingers of his other hand that wasn’t supporting his chin were constantly tapping his knee.

As if something was bothering him. It felt similar to when a cat taps the floor with its tail.

“Is something wrong?”

At my question, Nine’s fingers that had been tapping his knee stopped.

He slowly opened his closed eyes and stared straight at me.

“It’s not like nothing’s wrong.”

“What is it?”

“Why are you curious about that?”

Nine asked back.

It was an unexpected question, so I was momentarily speechless. But from my perspective, the question I had asked wasn’t particularly strange.

I mean, couldn’t I be curious?

“Because we’re friends.”

“…”

“Never mind then.”

I added awkwardly to the returning silence.

I thought we had become friends since we were speaking casually and he called me a playmate, but apparently not.

“Friend…”

Nine, who had been muttering as if it were an unfamiliar word, suddenly grinned.

“For being my friend, you’re quite short.”

“Hey, what’s with this guy?”

I got fired up without realizing it and shot up from my seat. Even in my previous life, I was quite short, so this was a comment I absolutely couldn’t let slide.

Regardless, Nine burst into laughter. It was quite a delighted laugh.

Thinking he was using my short height as material for jokes made me feel inexplicably upset.

“Lord Nine, please don’t speak so rudely to the Holy Lady.”

That’s when Robelina, who had been quietly standing by, intervened.

At her solemn voice, I looked up at Robelina with moved eyes.

“Rina…”

Robelina glanced at me, then clenched her fist and said,

“Even if she’s short, she’s still the Holy Lady!”

“…”

So this is what they meant by having no one in the world to trust.

As I let my shoulders droop, Nine, who had been bursting with laughter, whispered and asked,

“You two aren’t actually close, are you?”

“Shut u…”

I was answering through gritted teeth, but soon let out a sigh and shook off all my upset feelings. Then I said to Nine,

“If you don’t have business, please leave. You saw the people outside, right? I’m quite busy right now.”

“As I said before, it’s not that I don’t have business.”

Nine rested his chin on the table used for spreading Tarot Cards and showed a captivating smile.

“Will you listen?”

That sight was so dazzling that heat rushed to my face for a moment. Truly befitting the looks of a male lead candidate.

I subtly pulled my body back and grumbled quietly,

“You said we weren’t friends earlier.”

“I didn’t say we weren’t, did I?”

“Earlier you… you didn’t, did you.”

You said I was short.

Thinking about it again made me heated in a different way. So I crossed my arms and asked Nine,

“I’ll listen. What’s the matter?”

“There’s this old geezer I know, and there’s something this geezer needs to do, but he’s just not cooperating at all.”

Nine sighed and continued,

“Even when I destroy his reagents or blow up his laboratory, he won’t cooperate, so I don’t know what to do.”

‘Crazy bastard.’

I thought it again. This guy was completely and utterly insane.

I had thought he was a decent guy because he helped me yesterday and approached him, but he really was someone I shouldn’t have.

I changed my posture to be respectful and drew a harmless smile on my face.

“I see! Then shall we divine what to do with our Sacred Relic?”

“Holy Lady, you seem to have become gentle somehow?”

“What are you talking about! I was always like this.”

So just let it slide, please.

Before Nine could interfere and make things worse for me, I quickly spread the Tarot Cards.

And before I could even tell him to draw three cards, Nine drew cards.

Exactly three cards.

“Huh?”

“What? Isn’t it three cards?”

“No, that’s right but… How did you know? You’ve never had your fortune told by me before.”

“Because I was watching.”

“Huh?”

My head tilted involuntarily. Did he mean he watched me giving tarot readings?

‘Come to think of it, from Nine’s perspective as a mage, it might be fascinating.’

“So, what’s the result?”

Nine asked.

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