The Fortune-Teller Saintess - Chapter 62
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The Fortune Teller Saint
Chapter 62
‘If I’m lucky, nothing will happen or the curse will disappear, but if I’m unlucky….’
The image of the original male lead being executed by holy fire flashed through my mind. It would truly be the worst ending.
While I was groaning inwardly, Jacad chuckled and spoke to me.
“It seems you’re thinking the same thing as me.”
“The same thing….”
“You’re worried about my curse, aren’t you?”
His words hit the mark, making my body flinch.
Jacad placed his hand over his mask and spoke in a calm voice.
“I thought about it a lot on the way here. I even left a will in case the holy fire burns me along with the curse.”
“Come on, why go that far. …You’re joking, right?”
Jacad said nothing. Only then could I tell that what he said was true.
After a moment of silence in the solemn atmosphere, I carefully asked a question.
“If you thought it might be dangerous, why did you still come?”
“Because I wanted recognition.”
“For what?”
“That I am dignified.”
I closed my mouth.
Meanwhile, Jacad continued seriously.
“People around me worried a lot. Under the guise of being concerned about the curse, some even suggested sending Yuriel in my place. That’s when I thought: then why did I ascend to the crown prince position?”
“….”
“I can confidently say that I’ve never done anything shameful to myself in my life. That’s why I came this far. Because I didn’t want to run away.”
I was secretly impressed. It was the first time Jacad looked befitting of a crown prince.
‘He looks a bit cool too… no, what am I thinking!’
I shook my head vigorously to dispel the thoughts that had just filled my mind.
As expected of the original male lead. His skill at looking cool was considerable.
Still, I acknowledged this one thing. There was a reason Jacad was the original male lead.
I stared intently at Jacad and spoke seriously.
“Nothing will happen. I don’t think Your Highness is a bad person either.”
“Then that’s fortunate.”
“Just in case, if Your Highness really does get burned by the holy fire, think it’s because of the curse. That I did nothing wrong, and everything is because of the curse.”
“…That’s quite a brutal comfort. Are you planning to turn me into a vengeful spirit?”
Jacad let out a hollow laugh as if absurd.
I scratched my cheek, feeling embarrassed. Was that too much?
Still, as if his mood had improved, Jacad chuckled. He also looked somewhat relieved.
“You know what? Sometimes your quirky side tires me out. You’re the first person like you I’ve met in my life.”
“Well, sorry about that.”
“But thinking about it now, that might actually be your strength. In terms of dispelling distracting thoughts.”
I felt strange at his words that seemed like praise but not quite praise. How should I react?
Meanwhile, a priest approached us. She spoke to Jacad in a respectful manner.
“Your Highness the Crown Prince, it’s time to proceed with the body purification ritual.”
“Is it that time already?”
Jacad followed the priest with a bored expression.
For reference, Jacad was currently staying at the temple and undergoing daily body purification rituals, washing himself with holy water. This was to cleanse his body before the sacred ceremony of the Founding Festival.
Jacad, who was following the priest, suddenly exclaimed “Ah” and turned to look at me.
“Come to think of it, even you, a saint, don’t know. How this ceremony will end.”
“I can’t see all futures.”
“Right, if that were possible, you’d be a god.”
Jacad nodded as if convinced and disappeared following the priest.
Watching his retreating figure, I gazed at the holy fire, lost in thought.
‘Though I know a different future.’
Actually, the Founding Festival ceremony was a scene that appeared in the original work too. It was only briefly described, so it was barely there.
That made sense, because in the original ceremony, it wasn’t Jacad but Yuriel who conducted the ritual.
The setting was that the second prince Yuriel conducted the ceremony instead because Jacad was injured in the previous hunting competition episode.
That’s why I forgot about the Founding Festival schedule and don’t know what will happen when Jacad faces the holy fire.
‘Even in the original, the ceremony passed without any problems. Still, Jacad is the protagonist of this world, so surely nothing will happen?’
As I was thinking carelessly, I suddenly felt a chill in my chest.
…Did I just set up a flag?
***
I immediately returned to my room and took out the tarot cards. This was to check if the ceremony would pass safely.
It definitely wasn’t because I was anxious about setting up a flag!
“Ria? Why the sacred relic all of a sudden?”
Robelina, who was working in my room, asked with a puzzled face.
I shuffled the cards while answering Robelina’s question.
“Mm-hmm. I just wanted to check if the ceremony will proceed safely.”
Saying that, I spread the tarot cards on the bed. Then I asked a question.
“Please tell me how the ceremony will proceed.”
I drew three cards and flipped them over, revealing from left to right: ‘8 of Pentacles’, ‘THE HIGH PRIESTESS’, and ‘DEATH’.
Robelina looked at the last card ‘DEATH’, which particularly indicated the future, and her face hardened.
“That doesn’t look like a very good card.”
“Right.”
I nodded in agreement with Robelina’s words. Then I explained what the cards meant to Robelina, who was curious about the interpretation.
The ‘DEATH’ card could sometimes be interpreted positively depending on the situation, but at least not now. Numerologically, the sum of the three cards was the number ‘5’, which meant change and adversity, making it even more so.
Looking at the overall picture, it seems something will happen to me while preparing for the ceremony, and the ending won’t be good….
“A bad ending, could it be that His Highness the Crown Prince….”
Robelina, who was looking at me with a worried face, trailed off. It seemed Robelina was also worried about Jacad due to his curse problem.
Fortunately, I could shake my head about this issue.
“This time I divined purely from my perspective. It has nothing to do with what happens to His Highness.”
“Then that means something bad will happen to you, Ria!”
Robelina’s expression became worse than before.
Since her words were true, I couldn’t deny it this time. It wasn’t even just ordinary paper cards, but a future revealed by a sacred relic.
‘The question is what exactly will happen.’
I glared at ‘THE HIGH PRIESTESS’, the card representing the present, then drew one more card to check specifically what would happen.
Then I flipped it over and placed it below ‘THE HIGH PRIESTESS’ card.
It was ‘THE MOON’ card, which had appeared before.
Last time I read it as meaning not to let my guard down, but this time it somehow read a little differently.
‘Secretly creeping in… threat?’
“What does that… mean!”
At the sound that suddenly came from outside the window, I stopped what I was doing and turned my head.
When I approached the window that Robelina had opened and looked outside, I could see two priests in the temple courtyard.
But the atmosphere was strange. Priests rarely raised their voices, yet one priest was angrily shouting at another priest in front of him.
And with a very anxious face at that.
“Sacred relic… what! What on earth…!”
“Wait, stop!”
At the jarring word ‘sacred relic’, I shouted without realizing it.
Then both priests looked up at me on the upper floor with surprised faces.
I shouted to the two with a stern face.
“Both of you stay right there! I’m coming down now!”
I could see it even from far away.
I could see the faces of the two priests rapidly turning pale at my words.
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