The Fortune-Teller Saintess - Chapter 24

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The Fortune Teller Saint

Chapter 24

He arrogantly sat on the sofa, tapping the armrest before suddenly asking.

“Have you finally developed the desire to apologize to me for that day’s rudeness?”

That day’s rudeness referred to the incident where I had interfered with him using the Sacred Relic as an excuse.

‘The Sacred Relic says you shouldn’t live your life like that!’

‘Additionally, if you want to benefit from the Sacred Relic next time, you should come after chanting “I was wrong, Holy Lady” three times.’

…Let’s stop remembering that.

Anyway, that day’s events must have left a solid grudge in his heart, as Jacad’s gaze toward me was far from kind.

Of course.

“Oh my, what are you saying? I should be the one receiving an apology.”

“What…?”

“You agreed to chant ‘I was wrong, Holy Lady’ three times, didn’t you?”

I wasn’t someone who would be intimidated by that.

When I spoke with a gentle laugh, veins bulged on Jacad’s forehead.

“Do you think I would do such ridiculous nonsense?”

“If you don’t, well, Your Highness won’t be able to benefit from the Sacred Relic.”

“Ha! I’ve done perfectly fine without such things until now.”

“Then who was it that asked me for advice on whether there was a way to break the curse?”

Crackle-

Sparks flew from Jacad’s eyes. I probably looked similar in his eyes.

It was Jacad who lost in the battle of wills.

“Did you request an audience just to have this kind of pointless conversation?”

“Of course! Not.”

“Then?”

“It seems drugs have been imported into the Empire.”

At my words, Jacad’s expression completely changed.

His face hardened as he asked me in a stiff voice.

“Evidence?”

“Here.”

I placed the opina flower powder I had received from Kail on the table.

“They said it’s powder from opina flowers. I had it verified by an expert too.”

“Where did this come from?”

“It’s a long story to explain…”

I explained everything about meeting Kail, picking up his belongings, and what happened afterward. I didn’t forget to exclude Nein’s story and defend Kail throughout.

After hearing my explanation, Jacad showed a surprisingly bland reaction.

“How unusual for the Holy Lady to cover for a mage.”

“I don’t have prejudices in that regard.”

“Fine, so the one who had this drug in his possession is a mage named Kail from the Mage Tower?”

“That’s right, but Kail also said he bought it from some merchant…”

“That’s not particularly important.”

Jacad shook his head and spoke coldly.

“What’s important is that the source of this incident lies with that Kail person.”

I unconsciously hardened my expression. I had an ominous feeling for some reason.

Jacad collected the drug and stood up as if his business was finished.

“Thanks for the report. I’ll investigate the rest myself.”

“You’re not planning to search the Mage Tower, are you?”

I asked him in an urgent voice.

Jacad nodded as if wondering why I was even asking.

“It’s necessary.”

“As I mentioned earlier, Kail is…!”

“Whether what he said is true will become clear after interrogation.”

Jacad glanced back at me and spoke indifferently.

“Don’t you think you might be being deceived?”

‘I’m being deceived?’

Of course, that possibility wasn’t entirely absent. I was just a third party who didn’t know much about Kail.

However.

‘The relationship between Kail and Unice can’t be fake.’

If it appeared touching even to a third party’s eyes, then Kail’s feelings for Unice must certainly be genuine.

And the Kail I had seen directly wasn’t someone who would get involved with drugs. That much was certain.

‘But saying this won’t stop the search.’

I knew it too. My conviction was merely speculation.

And above all, I had no justification to interfere with the search.

All I could do was just.

“…Kail didn’t deceive me. That much is certain.”

Believe in Kail.

Jacad, who had been staring at me intently, only gave a bland response of “Is that so” and left the room.

Soon I could hear Robelina approaching and saying something, but nothing entered my ears.

***

After returning to the Temple, I threw aside my work and lay on the bed.

I had no heart to work because of the matter concerning Kail.

Though when did I ever have the heart for it anyway.

“Lina, what do you think? Do you really think Kail knowingly brought in drugs?”

Robelina, who had been organizing documents in the room, looked up at my words.

“Well. No one knows the truth. But…”

“But?”

“At least he didn’t seem like that kind of person. Above all, Kail is still young.”

“I thought so too, right?”

I bolted upright and crossed my arms while sitting.

“Isn’t there a way to help Kail?”

“You want to help?”

“If I could.”

“But this isn’t something for us to interfere with. Ria, let’s leave this matter to the Imperial Palace and just pray that Kail is innocent…”

“What changes by praying?”

“Ria, a Holy Lady shouldn’t say such things.”

My body flinched at Robelina’s stern scolding.

“But it feels somehow unsettling to just wait while praying.”

“In what way?”

“Well, the Tarot Cards… Ah.”

While answering Robelina’s question, a sudden realization struck me.

‘Come to think of it, I can just ask the Tarot Cards!’

Even if they won’t answer why they reacted to the drugs, couldn’t they tell me how I should act going forward?

‘If a card telling me to stay still comes out, then now would be the direction the Sacred Relic wants, but if not…’

I shuffled the Tarot Cards and spread them out on the bed with a swoosh.

Robelina stopped working and approached with a puzzled expression.

“Ria, what are you trying to do?”

“I’m going to ask the Sacred Relic.”

“What?”

Instead of answering, I asked the Tarot Cards a question.

“That rotten brat… I mean, His Highness the Crown Prince says he’s going to search the Mage Tower over the drug matter. Is it okay to just stay still like this?”

Then I drew three cards.

From left to right, I got ‘THE MOON’, ‘THE HIEROPHANT’, and the Six of Wands card.

The ‘THE MOON’ card representing some chaotic past was actually accurate, so I’ll skip that.

‘The Hierophant in the present, and Six of Wands in the future…’

Numerologically interpreted, The Hierophant card means change and progress, while the Six of Wands signifies reorganization and stability.

In other words, stability would come to this incident only if I took action.

It was certain, seeing The Hierophant card, which represents mediation, appear in the present position.

‘By the way, this time it’s not a blank card.’

I don’t know why, but this time the Tarot Cards didn’t evade with blank cards and clearly told me what I needed to do.

Anyway, one thing became certain from this.

The Tarot Cards reacting to the drugs wasn’t simply because it was connected to crime.

If that were the simple reason, they would have shown me cards meaning danger. Or they would have answered my current question by telling me to stay put.

But since they answered the opposite, telling me to move, it seemed like there was something they wanted to gain by having me get involved in this incident.

‘I don’t know what that is right now, though.’

“Ria, what do the cards say?”

Robelina’s question snapped me back to attention.

I looked at the cards once more and answered her question.

“They say don’t stay still, but move.”

“Really? But how?”

“Looking at the future card, it seems there’s someone who will help us. It appears we’ll achieve our goal together with that person.”

“Who is that?”

“That’s…”

I couldn’t tell. It’s difficult to deduce an exact person from Tarot Cards.

But our question was surprisingly resolved quickly.

“Holy Lady.”

“Eek!”

I screamed involuntarily at the voice that suddenly interrupted.

Robelina glared at the person with narrowed eyes.

“Are you visiting again without prior notice, Lord Nein?”

“I have my own circumstances too.”

Nein shrugged his shoulders.

Meanwhile, I calmed my startled heart.

Still, perhaps I’d grown accustomed to Nein’s sudden visits, as my pounding heart quickly settled down.

‘No, this is kind of sad though.’

He’s the one startling me, so why am I the one adapting!

Of course, it was something I could never say in front of Nein.

I pushed away my dejected feelings and asked Nein.

“What brings you here so suddenly? And what circumstances are you talking about?”

“There’s something I’d like the Holy Lady to do for me.”

“You mean… you have a favor to ask of me?”

I widened my eyes in surprise.

Looking to the side, Robelina had the same expression as me.

At my question, Nein raised the corners of his mouth. It was a smile that somehow felt full of irritation.

“An investigation came to the Mage Tower regarding that drug incident from before.”

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