The Fortune-Teller Saintess - Chapter 22

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The Fortune Teller Saint

Chapter 22

“Right now…!”

“Rina, calm down! Calm down!”

I hurriedly rushed over to Robelina.

Robelina, who had barely calmed down, asked in a sullen voice.

“So, what business brings the Tower Master here so suddenly?”

‘Rina, you’re really angry.’

I glanced at her nervously, then stole a look at Nein.

Nein answered Robelina’s question with his usual smiling face.

“You said to call anytime, right? So I contacted you in advance and came.”

“Are you perhaps misunderstanding the meaning of the word ‘advance’?”

‘I’m dead.’

Is this what they mean by a shrimp getting its back broken in a whale fight?

‘At this rate, instead of romance, won’t these two become mortal enemies?’

Where did the female lead and male lead candidate who showed friend chemistry in the original go?

Tears welled up a little.

Meanwhile, perhaps realizing she shouldn’t expect normal conversation from Nein, Robelina said with a sigh.

“Ellia must be tired right now. She just returned from going out with me. So please leave for today.”

“What kind of outing?”

“We went on a date, just the two of us.”

I could faintly sense pride in Robelina’s tone as she spoke with a grin.

Nein narrowed his eyes upon hearing those words.

“Sorry, but I can’t just leave. The Holy Lady was looking for me.”

“Ellia was?”

“Yeah.”

Nein turned to look at me and smiled brightly with his eyes.

“She was so happy she hugged me really tight.”

“When did I ever!”

I shouted in disbelief. Of course, I did grab on tight because I almost fell off the bed!

“Ria, I haven’t even gotten a hug from you recently…”

In the midst of this, Robelina muttered as if feeling left out.

I was weak to Robelina. When she acted like that, though I was flustered, I hugged her tightly.

Feeling her arms embrace me back, I spoke while still in that position.

“Let’s stop fighting here. I have a favor to ask Nein.”

“What favor?”

Nein, who had already wiped away his smile, asked sullenly.

‘Why is he sulking again all of a sudden?’

Though puzzled, I picked up the bottle on the bed and asked him.

“Do you happen to know what this is?”

“It’s powder from Opina flowers.”

“Oh.”

I was impressed by his immediate answer.

“Flower powder. Do you also know what it’s used for?”

“It’s commonly used as medicine. But on neighboring islands…”

Nein took the bottle from my hand and poured a little powder onto his palm.

“Huh? Wait, that’s not mine…”

Whoosh-

“Eek!”

Flames erupted from Nein’s palm.

As I stepped back in surprise, an even more amazing sight unfolded before my eyes.

After the flames disappeared, flower-shaped sparks began crackling and blooming above Nein’s palm.

As I watched with fascination, Nein smiled and continued.

“It’s often used for events like this. When you apply heat, it shoots up in flower shapes.”

“That is fascinating.”

But still, for events. What could that have to do with the tarot cards reacting?

While I was lost in thought for a moment, Nein’s question pierced my ears.

“By the way, why does the Holy Lady have this?”

“Is there a problem with me having it?”

“It’s not something that suits the Temple.”

Nein looked at me and smiled meaningfully.

“It’s a drug.”

“…What?”

“I told you. It’s commonly used as medicine.”

‘That medicine was a drug?’

I opened my mouth in shock and quickly turned my head.

Robelina was also muttering with a completely stiff face.

“Then that mage was carrying drugs…?”

“Mage?”

Nein paused.

I hurriedly opened my mouth to explain what had happened.

“Well, you see…”

Nein’s reaction after hearing the explanation was clear.

“Crazy bastard.”

That was it.

Feeling somewhat scared, I slipped behind Robelina’s back and mumbled.

“He didn’t seem like such a bad kid though…”

“A bastard carrying drugs?”

“I’m sorry.”

Even I couldn’t defend this one.

Anyway, this gave us one more reason to find the young mage we met on the street earlier.

Since Nein also seemed intent on finding him to beat him up… no, to find him, it probably wouldn’t be too difficult with his help.

‘He probably hasn’t gone far yet, should we go back out on the road to look for him?’

That’s what I was thinking when.

“Holy Lady.”

“What?”

“Is that him by any chance?”

Nein asked while staring out the window.

Puzzled, I went to the window and looked outside.

And I let out a hollow laugh.

“…Why is he there?”

A black silhouette was hanging at the edge as if about to climb over the Temple wall.

Surprisingly, it was the young mage we had been looking for.

Then I heard an ominous muttering from beside me.

“So that’s the little bastard.”

“Huh?”

When I turned my head, Nein was already gone from that spot. Only the lingering traces of magical energy proved he had been there.

‘No way.’

I turned my head back to look outside and shouted in horror.

“Rina, let’s hurry outside!”

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“Ugh. Why can’t I see?”

The young mage Kail, wearing a hood, poked his head over the wall.

He felt embarrassed knowing how he must look to others, but there was someone he desperately wanted to see.

“Eek.”

Just then, priests passed by beyond the wall.

Startled, Kail quickly loosened his grip and hung from the wall.

“So I…”

“Haha, really?”

Fortunately, he didn’t seem to be caught as the voices of the chatting priests grew more distant.

‘What a life I lead.’

His resolve to meet her wavered for a moment. But just as he steeled himself again and poked his head over the wall.

Whoosh-

“Ah!”

Something grabbed his arm and yanked him down.

The feeling of his body falling lasted only briefly.

Thud-

Kail was thrown to the ground.

A sharp pain shot up his back, making him groan involuntarily. But what came out first was anger.

“Which bastard was that!”

“Bastard?”

“What? …Huk.”

Kail, who had reflexively looked up, suddenly stopped breathing.

In the Mage Tower he belonged to, there was one person he absolutely must never encounter.

That was their leader, the Tower Master.

Kail had only seen his face from afar. But now that Tower Master Nein was standing right before his eyes.

‘If I run into him, I might die.’

‘Come on, surely he wouldn’t kill you? Though he might inflict pain worse than death.’

‘…’

The half-joking conversation the mages of the tower used to have still lingered in his mind.

Kail swallowed hard and tried to regain his composure.

“T-Tower Master, how did you come to be here…”

“Why I’m here isn’t particularly important.”

‘Not important? This is the Temple though?’

He himself had been lurking in front of the Temple, but that wasn’t what mattered right now.

Because Nein looked very displeased.

“Did you just call me a bastard?”

“…Hic.”

“Want to die?”

“I’m sorry, Tower Master! I didn’t know it was you!”

Kail, who valued his life, quickly prostrated himself and pressed his head to the ground.

But Nein still looked displeased.

“Ignorance is also a sin.”

Judging by those words.

Kail, who hadn’t been in the Mage Tower long, didn’t know how to behave in such situations.

He could only tremble and wait for Nein’s judgment.

‘How can I appease the Tower Master?’

That’s when it happened.

“Stop right there! Stop it, Nein!”

“Tsk.”

Nein clicked his tongue. At the same time, the murderous aura swirling around him subsided.

Kail let out a sigh of relief as if a blocked breath had been cleared, looking at his lifesaver running toward him.

And he was surprised.

“Huh? You’re that priest from earlier…”

“You?”

“…What brings you here, Priest!”

Seeing Nein’s displeasure, Kail quickly changed his form of address.

When Kail suddenly used formal speech, Ellia tilted her head. Then she glared at Nein and asked.

“Nein, you didn’t do something again, did you?”

“Unfortunately, I couldn’t. The Holy Lady got in the way.”

“Nein… This is in front of the Temple.”

“So?”

“Haah…”

Ellia shook her head and sighed.

Watching this, Kail couldn’t hide his shock.

‘The Tower Master and a priest are close? No, wait, did he just say Holy Lady…?’

“Excuse me.”

“Y-Yes!”

At Ellia’s call, Kail unconsciously answered with a voice full of energy.

Ellia, who glared at Nein once more, spoke to Kail.

“I was actually wanting to meet you again, so this works out well.”

“Me?”

“Yes. This.”

Handing Kail the bottle containing the problematic powder, Ellia’s expression hardened.

“This is yours, isn’t it?”

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