The Fortune-Teller Saintess - Chapter 5

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The Fortune Teller Saint

Chapter 5

The second card, and the third card I drew were the same. They were all blank cards.

I stopped drawing cards and covered my mouth.

Sometimes there were people who mixed blank cards into tarot decks, but I wasn’t one of them. I didn’t use blank cards.

And most importantly, these cards.

There were no blank cards mixed in from the beginning.

“It wasn’t a coincidence.”

I picked up one of the blank cards. Then, a picture gradually began to appear on the pure white card.

It was the ‘Wheel of Fortune’ card.

“The tarot cards have gained a special ability.”

I didn’t know if it was truly the power to see the future, but that one thing was certain.

Knock knock-

The sound of knocking brought me back to my senses with a start. I organized the cards I had spread out and told them to come in, then heard a familiar voice.

“I greet the Saint.”

I raised my head to look at the person who entered the room.

The person with brilliant pink hair flowing down was the original female protagonist and my friend, Robelina.

“Rina!”

I greeted Robelina with a bright smile. After being tense in the hectic atmosphere all along, I was very glad to see her.

But Robelina’s attitude was somehow strange.

“I’m sorry for visiting without notice. There was something I couldn’t say earlier.”

“Why are you talking like that, Rina? You’re going to make me feel hurt.”

“Lady Ellia is now a Saint. Please understand that I cannot speak casually to you.”

Robelina’s words brought a wave of disappointment.

I bit my lips tightly and spoke in a sulky voice.

“Speak casually.”

“I cannot.”

“Even if it’s an order from the Saint?”

“Please forgive me, but I must refuse.”

“I’ll starve myself until you speak casually.”

“…”

Robelina flinched. From the way her eyes looking at me became defiant, it seemed to be effective.

I grinned and said.

“Should I just enter the Mage Tower while I’m at it?”

“Ellia!”

“Yes, Rina.”

When I responded with a bright smile, Robelina let out a deep sigh.

“You’re a Saint now. You’ve become someone I can’t speak casually to. You should show appropriate behavior for that.”

“Is there a law that says Saints must be kind, elegant, and perfect? As you said, I’m a Saint now, so whatever I do from now on will be the Saint’s behavior.”

“Still…”

“And Saints can make friends too.”

I looked at Robelina and spoke seriously.

“If you don’t want to make me lonely, Rina, please remain as my friend.”

“…”

Robelina, who had been opening and closing her mouth as if looking for words to respond, finally sighed as if giving up.

“Fine. But I’ll only speak casually when we’re alone. You understand, right?”

“That’s enough!”

I jumped down from the bed, took Robelina’s hands, and smiled brightly.

Perhaps secretly pleased, Robelina also had a smile on her lips.

“Oh, by the way, what was it you couldn’t tell me?”

“Ah.”

At my question, Robelina let out an exclamation as if remembering.

“I couldn’t congratulate you.”

“Huh?”

“Congratulations on becoming a Saint, Ria. I came to tell you that.”

Robelina said that sincerely.

I slightly distorted my face.

Originally, this position was supposed to be Robelina’s. It should have been.

But somehow the original story went wrong and I became the Saint.

That fact kept weighing on my heart like a burden.

“Ria?”

“Oh, it’s nothing. Thanks for the congratulations, Rina.”

I forced a smile and accepted Robelina’s congratulations.

It felt like another burden had been added.

I held onto Robelina who was about to leave and made her stay for dinner too. Robelina’s eyes widened as if this was her first time seeing such a luxurious spread while living in the Temple.

While the two of us were forcing ourselves to finish the excessively large amount of food, Robelina suddenly brought up a topic.

“Oh, I met a Mage earlier?”

“Cough!”

As soon as I heard those words, food got stuck in my throat.

Thanks to Robelina handing me water, I avoided dying from choking.

But the color was draining from my face in real time.

“A, a Mage?”

“Yeah. He said he came to see the Saint. For some reason, he thought I was the Saint.”

“So what did you tell him?”

“Of course I said no. I don’t know why he was looking for the Saint, but I told him to go back quickly.”

“…By any chance, did that person seem like he might kill someone?”

When I asked with a serious face, Robelina’s eyes widened and she laughed.

“Oh Ria. Even if Priests and Mages don’t get along, would he really kill someone who belongs to the Temple?”

‘Nine might be capable of it.’

It was something I couldn’t say in front of the innocent female protagonist.

I slightly lifted my chair and scooted closer to Robelina. Then I stuck close to her and acted cute.

“Rina, you’ll stay close by my side, right?”

Because even Nine, a male lead candidate, wouldn’t kill me in front of the original female protagonist.

When I asked while hiding my ulterior motive, Robelina burst into laughter.

“Of course. I’ll always be by Ria’s side.”

“No take-backs?”

I linked arms with Robelina and grinned.

It was going according to plan.

***

After finishing the consecration ceremony and sleeping well, I had to answer the Cardinal’s summons from the morning.

Wearing neatly pressed Saint robes, I went to see Cardinal Barion and unexpectedly ended up in a Temple meeting with other Cardinals.

The meeting content was mostly about divine artifacts. Not knowing about tarot cards, they questioned me about ‘how far into the future I could see’ and ‘how detailed the visions could be.’

Thinking there must be a reason why the divine artifact took the form of tarot cards, I answered based on my past life knowledge.

‘I can usually see up to 3 months into the future from the present. Beyond that, the accuracy tends to drop.’

‘…Can I catch the thief who broke into the Temple last month? I cannot see through specific people or events like that.’

Anyway, after desperately using my brain like this, my condition had become completely worn out since morning.

“Ugh… I’m tired.”

“You’ve worked hard, Saint.”

The Priest assigned to attend to me today spoke respectfully.

As I nodded weakly, I suddenly realized that outside the Temple was noisy.

“It’s particularly noisy outside today. What’s going on?”

“They are people who have come to see the Saint.”

“Me?”

“After hearing the news that the Saint can see the future, nobles, merchants, and citizens alike are coming to ask you to look into their futures.”

‘Hmm. I think I heard something I shouldn’t have.’

I slightly covered my face with the stole draped over my shoulders. In that state, I secretly asked the priest who was looking at me with eyes that seemed to say ‘what are you doing right now?’

“Do I look like a Saint to you?”

“You are undoubtedly a Saint. You revealed yourself extensively during the consecration ceremony.”

“Damn it.”

“Did you just use profanity…?”

“Oh my, what are you talking about? Profanity in the Temple that is closest to God? You must have misheard.”

The priest smiled warmly, thinking ‘of course that’s right.’

Looking at him reminded me of a dear friend.

‘I miss Robelina’s nagging. If it were Robelina, she would have slapped my mouth asking what kind of speech habit that was.’

Sniff. I was swallowing tears inwardly when.

“Saint!”

Could my wish to see Robelina have reached God? Robelina came running from the opposite side.

And with quite an urgent-looking face at that.

As Robelina ran around in the sacred Temple, the priest assigned to attend to me for the day scolded her sternly.

“Priest Robelina, you must not run around in the Temple! How could you do something that even an apprentice priest wouldn’t do…!”

“I’m, I’m sorry. I was in such a hurry that I…”

Robelina, who obediently acknowledged her mistake and offered an apology, glanced at me.

Understanding the signal, I spoke to the priest beside me.

“Could you excuse us for a moment? I have something to discuss privately with Priest Robelina.”

“Understood.”

The priest obediently stepped away.

Once Robelina and I were alone, I opened my mouth with a bright smile.

“Rina! I was just thinking about you, how did you know my heart…”

“Ellia.”

Robelina cut me off and called my name in a serious voice. And with my full name, not a nickname.

Since I apparently had something to feel guilty about, I slightly avoided Robelina’s gaze.

“Uh, yeah. Why are you calling me?”

“From your reaction, it seems you know why I came.”

“Hmm, I have a guess?”

“I heard the news.”

Robelina continued with a stern face.

“That you chose me as your Holy Guardian.”

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