The Fortune-Teller Saintess - Chapter 49
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The Fortune Teller Saint
Chapter 49
“This way.”
I guided the way while glancing back behind me.
Robelina was supporting Jacad as she followed me. I wanted to help too, but I was leading the way ahead, thinking I might just get in the way due to my small build.
‘This is really heartbreaking.’
I swallowed back my tears and walked forward.
Then Jacad, who was being supported by Robelina, asked me.
“Where are we going? This isn’t the direction to base camp.”
“What if we run into monsters on the way there? We’ll stay somewhere safe nearby until Nein and Count Lucian deal with that monster. I spotted a place when we came earlier.”
“I can handle lower-grade monsters myself…”
“Oh my, the patient is talking back.”
Even without turning around, I could tell Jacad was glaring at me. The back of my head felt quite hot.
I stuck my tongue out slightly where he couldn’t see and boldly led the way.
“Just a little further…”
Wooong-
I stopped in my tracks while walking. The tarot cards were reacting to something.
As if warning me of something.
‘What is it?’
“Ria, what’s wrong?”
Robelina stopped walking and asked with a puzzled expression.
I took out the tarot cards from my pocket and explained the situation.
“Well, you see, this sacred relic is acting up again…”
“Ria!”
Then Robelina shouted at me with a horrified expression.
More precisely, pointing behind me.
“Why are you… Huk.”
When I turned around, I froze in place.
Behind me stood people all holding sharp weapons. They wore black masks, so their faces weren’t visible.
As I stepped backward, I bumped into Jacad. Jacad placed his hand on my shoulder and tried to step forward.
“Attackers.”
“I didn’t expect this…”
“Stay back with the Holy Prelate.”
Jacad drew his sword with a swoosh. His single golden eye gleamed with determination as he stared at the attackers.
“I’ll handle them.”
“No, what are you saying! A patient doing what! Besides, they’re after Your Highness!”
“Then is there another way?”
“Well, no, but…”
While Jacad and I were bickering, the attackers rushed at us. They took advantage of the moment when Jacad’s attention was on me.
Seeing this, I stopped talking and urgently pulled Jacad’s arm.
“Ugh, whatever!”
“Urk…!”
Jacad, with his broken ribs, was helplessly dragged by my strength. Because of that, the person exposed to the attacker changed.
What does this mean?
“Hiik!”
It meant the attacker’s weapon was flying toward me instead of Jacad.
“Saint!”
“Ellia!”
With Jacad and Robelina’s horrified voices behind me, I squeezed my eyes shut.
‘I should have run away the moment I saw the tarot cards in the Room of Selection!’
If I had, I wouldn’t have suffered this humiliation.
The events I’d experienced in this world flashed through my mind like a panorama.
The memory of first seeing Robelina, the memory of escaping the temple out of boredom, the memory of becoming a saint…
But something was strange.
Even for a life flashing before my eyes, time seemed to be flowing too slowly.
It was when I slightly opened my eyes at this strangeness.
“Huh?”
The attacker had stopped in front of me. With a dagger aimed at me.
But it never cut or stabbed me.
‘Does time stop when you experience a life flash?’
With that question, I lightly tapped the tip of the dagger.
Flinch-
Then the attacker visibly panicked and stepped back.
Staring blankly at that sight, I turned around and asked my companions.
“…What’s going on here?”
“Uh, I wonder?”
“…”
Robelina and Jacad also looked at the attackers with bewildered eyes.
Perhaps feeling ashamed, the attackers rushed at us again.
Precisely targeting Jacad behind me.
“No!”
But I was standing in front of Jacad. I spread my arms to try to protect Jacad.
And at that moment.
Stop-
“…?”
The attackers all stopped in place as a group.
‘These bastards… could it be?’
My suspicion gradually turned into certainty.
I hardened my expression and walked toward the attackers.
Then Robelina urgently shouted from behind.
“Ria, it’s dangerous…!”
Swoosh-
“…Ah?”
“Ha! Just as I thought.”
Unlike the flustered Robelina, I smiled triumphantly as if I had expected this.
When I took one step closer, the attackers all stepped back as a group. Seeing that, one thing became certain.
I don’t know why, but these guys…
“Can’t attack me, can you?”
“…”
There was no answer, but the trembling sword tips were answering for them.
‘Can’t they attack me because I’m a saint? In case they incur the temple’s wrath?’
Whatever the reason, it was good news for us.
I linked arms with Jacad. Then Jacad looked down at me with a displeased expression.
“What are you doing right now?”
“Can’t you see the goosebumps on my arm? I’m not doing this because I like it, you know?”
“Then?”
“Those guys seem unable to attack me, so I’m trying to protect you!”
Jacad looked back and forth between me and the attackers with complicated eyes.
As if to test whether this method actually worked, the attackers were just hovering around us.
That fact seemed to convince Jacad.
“…Ha.”
Seeing how docile she had become.
“Lina, you come here too. Stay close to His Highness.”
“Got it.”
Robelina also grabbed Jacad’s other arm without complaint. Jacad flinched at that.
I stood close beside the two of them, hovering in front to prevent the attackers from approaching.
It might look ridiculous, but I didn’t care. We had to survive first, didn’t we?
‘More importantly, can we make it to base camp like this?’
Given the situation, we had to get to the safe base camp. The problem was that the attackers were keeping their distance while continuing to pursue us.
Moreover, as if they had found some method, the attackers who had been gathered in one place began to spread out widely.
“What are they trying to do?”
I glared at them with eyes full of wariness.
While we hesitated, the attackers surrounded us in a circular formation. Then they began walking forward slowly.
As the encirclement gradually tightened, Jacad ground his teeth.
“I really should step in….”
“Ah, Your Highness, please just stay still!”
Though I pulled on Jacad’s arm, I couldn’t think of any proper solution myself.
‘What should I do? How can I….’
“What are these things now?”
Just then, a voice came from above.
At this moment, it was the most welcome voice of anyone.
“Nein!”
I smiled brightly as I looked up at Nein standing on a tree branch.
The attackers also flinched in surprise and looked up.
Nein swept his frowning eyes over the attackers, then leaped down from the tree to stand beside me.
“After the monster, now it’s these guys? Holy Lady, you’re quite popular with strange creatures.”
“It’s not me, it’s His Highness the Crown Prince!”
“Why me when I’m just standing here quietly….”
“Then do you think these things came targeting me?”
Jacad covered his face and sighed.
Nein looked at Jacad and chuckled, then turned to look at the attackers.
At that moment, Nein’s eyes changed.
“Nein?”
Being the first to notice Nein’s change, I looked up at him with a puzzled expression.
Nein didn’t hide his murderous gaze and instead added a smile to it.
“You bastards, so it’s those scumbags.”
“Those scumbags…?”
“Yeah. Those creepy bastards who were watching us in Rotosu.”
“What?”
Rotosu—that port town we went to find the key figure in the drug case?
‘What does he mean those bastards were watching us?’
“Perfect timing to meet like this.”
Before I could even form questions, Nein moved.
Nein walked slowly toward the attackers. I could see purple magical power rippling over his body.
Coming here meant he had defeated a high-level monster, and despite having fought an intense battle, his aura was tremendous.
The attackers must have felt Nein’s magical power too, as they scattered their killing intent.
Nein looked at such attackers and smiled as if satisfied.
“Since you’ve appeared before me, you’d better not think about just leaving, you morons.”
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