The Fortune-Teller Saintess - Chapter 68

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The Fortune Teller Saint

 

Chapter 68

 

“Woo!”

 

“You coward! Can’t you even say a single word properly before coming out?!”

 

“…Are you ones to talk?!”

 

Kail fired magic spells wildly at the mages.

 

What was annoying was that these were more skilled mages than Kail, so they either dodged or defended against all the magic he cast.

 

‘Damn bastards. Just wait and see!’

 

“Huh? Looks like a letter came?”

 

Someone spoke while watching a person running toward them in a hurry, holding an envelope.

 

At that, Kail also stopped his magic and turned his gaze in that direction.

 

“Is the Tower Master inside?”

 

“He is, but… it’s better not to go in. He’s in mad dog mode right now.”

 

One person kindly explained while spinning his finger in circles next to his head. At that, the letter carrier’s face turned ashen.

 

Kail glanced at the letter he brought and asked.

 

“What kind of letter is it?”

 

“…It’s correspondence from the Temple.”

 

“What? The Temple?”

 

Not only Kail but the other mages present were also surprised.

 

The person holding the letter nodded and let out a deep sigh.

 

“It seems the Tower Master has caused quite a big incident.”

 

“…”

 

Nein quietly stared out the window.

 

The commotion outside was bothersome, but the enormous rage he harbored inside rather scattered his nerves.

 

The anger settled in Nein’s mind in the form of memories.

 

Specifically, in the form of Ellia coughing up blood.

 

‘Ellia!’

 

After the Ritual of Veneration ended, Nein caught and supported the collapsing Ellia. Nein, who had been calling her name in an urgent voice, soon hesitated.

 

‘Poison…?’

 

From the blood Ellia spat, he sensed a familiar scent along with the fishy smell. It was poison.

 

Once he realized the situation, his magical power, unable to contain his rage, finally broke through even the magic stone and spread to the surroundings.

 

Robelina and the priests who arrived late were horrified.

 

‘Why is a mage here…!’

 

‘Wait, isn’t that person collapsed over there the Holy Lady?’

 

If Robelina hadn’t stopped him there, Nein might have turned the surroundings into a wasteland. No, he definitely would have.

 

Recalling that anger, Nein looked down at his palm.

 

It was the hand that had been stained with Ellia’s blood.

 

Nein stared intently at his palm, which still seemed stained with blood, then clenched his fist tightly.

 

“…Stupid bastard.”

 

Nein cursed himself and ground his teeth.

 

It wasn’t the first time he had gotten blood on his hands. Whether it was someone else’s or his own.

 

To that extent, he had developed some immunity to seeing blood.

 

But the moment Ellia’s blood stained his hands, he felt as if his heart was truly collapsing.

 

Even while raging, Nein was puzzled.

 

Why? What is that Holy Lady to me?

 

‘She was meant to be discarded from the beginning.’

 

His remaining reason whispered so.

 

As those words suggested, Nein had intended to abandon Ellia from the start. No, he had approached her with the intention of abandoning her from the beginning.

 

For the sake of a cowardly satisfaction that had continued from the past.

 

But why was he now afraid of losing her?

 

Nein, who had been thinking absentmindedly, hesitated.

 

‘I’m afraid? Of losing that woman?’

 

His mind was in chaos.

 

Conversely, his heart became calm. Thanks to that, he could soon think rationally.

 

No matter how clumsy he was with people’s emotions, he wasn’t such an idiot that he couldn’t understand his own feelings.

 

‘Has she become precious to me?’

 

Because he liked her thinking of him with that small head of hers, because he liked her smiling brightly at him.

 

Had she ultimately become precious to him?

 

Thinking this, Nein eventually laughed helplessly.

 

“…Then I can’t abandon her either, you stupid bastard.”

 

What came to Nein upon realizing his feelings was not relief but a new dilemma.

 

Should he abandon Ellia according to the original plan?

 

Or…

 

Knock knock-

 

Nein stopped thinking and turned around.

 

A mage from the Mage Tower stood in front of the door with a tense face, holding a letter in his hand.

 

“T-Tower Master. A letter has arrived.”

 

“Get lost.”

 

“I’d like to do that too, but it happens to be a letter from the Temple…”

 

The mage conveyed the situation in a tearful voice.

 

Nein hesitated at the word ‘Temple’ and then brought the letter over with magic. He immediately tore open the envelope and read the contents.

 

“…”

 

“Tower Master? What does it say…”

 

“Ha.”

 

When Nein let out a short breath, both the mage who brought the letter and the other mages watching the situation from behind flinched simultaneously.

 

Fortunately, what they were worried about didn’t happen. Rather, Nein threw the letter away with a face that looked slightly more refreshed than before and said.

 

“I’m going out.”

 

“What? Where are you going?”

 

Nein ignored the question and immediately disappeared.

 

The mage muttered a small curse while also letting out a sigh of relief.

 

“At least it’s fortunate that his mood improved.”

 

“Is mad dog mode canceled?”

 

“Seems like it.”

 

At those words, the other mages also let out deep sighs of relief. Then they gestured at the letter with puzzled faces.

 

“But didn’t you say the sender was the Temple? What good content could have been written in a letter from the Temple to improve his mood?”

 

“That… I don’t know either. Right?”

 

The mages belatedly became puzzled and picked up the letter Nein had thrown away.

 

And a moment later, the mages’ faces turned pale and they screamed.

 

“Emergency!”

 

“The Temple says they’re attacking! Everyone prepare!”

 

“What?!”

 

While the Mage Tower was in chaos, the letter they had thrown fluttered down to the floor.

 

Its contents were as follows:

 

[…Although the Holy Lady has safely awakened, this Temple cannot dare overlook this incident, therefore we formally protest to the Mage Tower…]

 

***

 

“Ria, wait!”

 

I ignored Robelina’s call and continued walking.

 

Then I had no choice but to stop due to the pain pressing against my stomach. When I stopped in the middle of the corridor and bent over, Robelina approached in alarm.

 

“Are you okay? See, why are you overexerting yourself…!”

 

“But… I have to stop them.”

 

If I delayed even a little, Nein might have been falsely accused of trying to assassinate me.

 

I had to prevent that. It was partly because of the sacred relic’s warning that I shouldn’t let the Mage Tower fall, but more than that.

 

“Because Nein is my friend.”

 

At my words, Robelina hesitated. While she was conflicted, I tried to hurry my steps.

 

Then a calm, low voice interjected between us.

 

“I’ll help you.”

 

“This voice is… Ah!”

 

With a hand supporting my waist, my feet left the ground.

 

Startled, I looked up and met Lucian’s blue eyes looking down at me with an expressionless face.

 

“L-Lord Lucian?”

 

“Should I take you to the meeting hall?”

 

“…Yes. Please.”

 

The current situation of being held in his arms was quite embarrassing, but I didn’t ask to be put down.

 

I needed to get to the meeting hall right now, and it was true that my physical condition wasn’t good.

 

As movement became easier, my stomach pain also improved. Breathing comfortably, I rested my head against Lucian’s chest.

 

Then Lucian hesitated. Soon he spoke with a small sigh.

 

“Did you have to push yourself this hard to go to the meeting hall?”

 

“I had no choice. It’s for a friend.”

 

“For a friend… That mage is enviable.”

 

“What are you talking about?”

 

I lifted my head and looked at Lucian as I spoke.

 

“Even if it had been Lord Lucian instead of Nein, I would have acted the same way. Lord Lucian is also my friend.”

 

“…!”

 

Lucian looked down at me with wavering eyes.

 

I nodded with a matter-of-fact expression. Then Lucian chuckled and tightened his arms around me.

 

“Then I’ll move quickly for my friend too.”

 

“Please!”

 

“Is it okay to use the Holy Knight Captain like this… Ah, wait! I’m coming too!”

 

Because Lucian suddenly increased his speed, Robelina hurriedly followed behind us.

 

Thanks to Lucian, we were able to quickly arrive in front of the Temple Meeting Hall.

 

I exhaled deeply to calm my nerves, then opened the meeting hall door and slowly entered.

 

Then surprised gazes from the higher-ups poured down on me.

 

“Saint Ellia? What brings you here when you should be resting?”

 

“I came because I have something to say, Your Eminence Cardinal.”

 

Taking a deep breath, I opened my mouth with serious, shining eyes.

 

“Mage Tower Master Nein Opert has nothing to do with this incident. Please withdraw your misunderstanding.”

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