The Fortune-Teller Saintess - Chapter 72

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The Fortune Teller Saint

Chapter 72

As my expression hardened, the priest who had delivered the news continued while watching my reaction.

“Priest Rowen suddenly left only a note saying she would resign from her priesthood and disappeared. It was so sudden that we were all confused too…”

“Did she mention where she was going?”

“No. There was no such content.”

“Ugh, this is troublesome.”

While I crossed my arms and groaned, Lucian, who had been standing quietly beside me, added his thoughts.

“It seems she realized we would come looking for her and ran away.”

“What? Ran away?”

“Something like that.”

After giving a vague explanation to the surprised priest, we left the temple.

Then Nein, who had been hiding nearby, revealed himself.

“How did it go?”

“We were wrong. She already ran away.”

“Tsk.”

Nein clicked his tongue with an annoyed expression.

Similarly troubled, I tried to think of an alternative.

“What should we do? Should I use the sacred relic to divine her direction like when we found the merchant in Lotosu?”

“Back then the range was limited to Lotosu Village, but this time it’s the entire Empire. Since we have no idea where Priest Rowen went, that would be impossible.”

Robelina spoke coldly. Since she wasn’t wrong, it was even more troubling.

Then Nein, who had been thinking about something, suddenly spoke.

“No. It’s not a bad method.”

“What? Nein, you were with us back then. It’s too unreasonable a method.”

“If we leave it only to the Holy Lady, then yes.”

Nein glanced at me and grinned.

“If we use my magic together, it wouldn’t be such an unreasonable method.”

“What do you mean? What are you planning to do?”

“If you’re curious, bring something that belongs to that priest named Rowen.”

Tilting my head in confusion, I went back into the temple to get Priest Rowen’s belongings.

Thanks to the help of those who were close to Priest Rowen, finding her belongings wasn’t too difficult.

When I came out with a cup that Priest Rowen frequently used, Nein took it and handed me a paper scroll he had been holding.

“Take this.”

“This is… a map of the Empire, isn’t it?”

Why is he giving this to me?

When I looked at him questioningly, Nein pointed to my pocket containing the tarot cards and said.

“Use the cards to divine which region that priest is in. Then I’ll take care of the rest.”

“That’s a piece of cake.”

“I’m telling you in advance, don’t look at random regions, just look around the capital. She’s only been gone for a few days, so she couldn’t have gone that far.”

I, who had been about to spread cards across the entire Empire, flinched at those words. Then I looked at Nein with admiring eyes.

“You know how to use the sacred relic efficiently? Nein, do you want to be the saint instead of me?”

“Stop talking nonsense and spread the cards.”

“Yes.”

As Nein instructed, I placed one card each in the regions around the capital where we were. And when I flipped them over, the card images were revealed without duplication.

“How is it? Can you tell where Priest Rowen is hiding?”

“Hmm.”

After scanning the cards, I pointed to one region with my finger.

“Here.”

The card above that region was ‘THE HANGED MAN’.

Looking at that card which signified being bound in one place, I spoke seriously.

“She’s definitely in this place.”

“Good. Then let’s go.”

“Huh?”

Right now?

Before I could say anything more, Nein cast spatial movement magic. After blinking once, the surrounding scenery changed.

While I was dazed by the wondrous magic even after experiencing it several times, Nein lifted up Priest Rowen’s cup.

And while injecting mana, he chanted in a low voice.

“Guide us to where the owner is.”

Swish-

Purple mana stretched out from the cup like a thread.

Surprised by the sight that seemed to guide us somewhere, I asked Nein with an amazed face.

“What kind of magic is this?”

“Magic that tracks the owner of an object.”

“Oh.”

So that’s why he said to leave the rest to him.

If we could just specify the region, we could find Priest Rowen with this magic for the rest.

“Let’s go. We don’t have time.”

“Right.”

We walked aimlessly following Nein’s magic.

Then we entered a village. It was clearly a village with a barren environment.

Nein’s magic guided us to a secluded spot even within the barren village. And the place we arrived at was in front of a dilapidated house.

Nein’s magic was passing through the door as if telling us to enter there.

“Here? It doesn’t look like anyone lives here.”

“Where would someone on the run have the luxury to choose a nice place?”

“That’s true, but… Ah!”

While I was hesitating, Nein kicked open the door and went inside.

Following him in belatedly, I was soon able to spot a familiar face.

It was Priest Rowen, who had been caught by me watering the sacred relic before the Ritual of Veneration.

She had been frozen in shock at Nein’s sudden appearance, but when she belatedly spotted me, her eyes widened.

“H-Holy Lady? How did you get here…”

“I came to see you, Priest Rowen.”

I approached her with a cold expression. Perhaps because she had committed a sin, Rowen’s shoulders trembled.

“You know what you’ve done, don’t you?”

“I-I don’t know what you mean…”

“Playing dumb won’t help.”

Bending down to meet her eye level, I looked straight into Rowen’s eyes and said.

“You’re the one who poisoned the sacred relic.”

“…!”

At that moment, all expression disappeared from Rowen’s face.

That eerie chilliness was enough to make even me hesitate.

‘What? The atmosphere changed…’

“Oh my. I never thought you’d come all the way here to find me.”

“Holy Lady!”

Along with Nein’s shout, my body was pulled backward. At the same time, light flashed and disappeared before my eyes.

What Rowen held in her hand was a knife.

‘If Nein hadn’t pulled me back…’

My spine went cold thinking about what could have happened.

Meanwhile, Nein scattered mana filled with rage as he glared at Rowen.

“That bastard dares…!”

“Now you don’t even hide that you travel with a mage.”

Rowen looked at Nein with contemptuous eyes as she spoke. That gaze soon turned toward me.

It was a look filled with betrayal.

“You are unfit to be a Holy Lady. Now I understand why He abandoned you.”

“He?”

I was puzzled by the word that seemed to refer to someone.

He, she said. Was she referring to the nobleman from the Second Prince Faction who ordered this?

‘For that to be the case, the way she’s speaking is somehow…’

“Holy Lady, is now the time to be lost in thought?”

Nein’s shout snapped me back to attention.

As Nein said, now wasn’t the time for such thoughts.

I hurriedly got up and stepped back. Lucian blocked my front as if he had been waiting.

No matter how armed they were, ordinary priests couldn’t face the Mage Tower Master and Holy Knight Captain. The situation was entirely in our favor.

Rowen seemed to realize this too, as her eyes grew fierce.

“Hey. Will you come quietly, or do you want to get beaten up first? For reference, I recommend the latter.”

‘That nasty-tempered bastard.’

I looked at Nein with an exasperated gaze.

On the other hand, Rowen didn’t fall for Nein’s provocation. After pondering something carefully, she finally opened her mouth slowly.

“I have no intention of being dragged away.”

“Right? I thought so. Then…”

“Rather than be dragged away by you bastards…”

Rowen raised her sword. However, the blade wasn’t pointing at us.

Even Nein’s leisurely expression hardened at the sight of her holding the sword in reverse.

“That bitch, don’t tell me…”

“Everything is for the Prophet!”

Rowen cried out reverently and pulled the hand holding the sword toward her own body.

“Kyaaah!”

“That crazy…!”

In that moment when all sorts of screams and shouts erupted.

Flash—

“What…!”

Light burst forth from the floor.

It was the spot where I had been kneeling.

Rowen’s eyes, hit directly by the light, became hazy and she collapsed. As she fell, the light faded as well.

Only when I saw the fragments of the mana stone scattered where the light had disappeared could I understand what had happened.

“Ah! The mana stone that Wilrend gave me!”

It seemed the mana stone in my pocket had broken when I fell on my bottom earlier due to Nein pulling me back.

Nein also looked at the mana stone fragments and clicked his tongue as he spoke.

“The old man cast magic on the mana stone. It’s magic to subdue opponents.”

‘So that’s why he told me to use it when I met Rowen.’

Though in all the chaos, I, who had actually received it, forgot about its existence.

While I was admiring Wilrend’s foresight, Nein moved the unconscious Rowen somewhere. Then he turned to us and said.

“I’ve got her, so let’s head to the Imperial Palace.”

“Treating a person like you’re packing luggage…”

“There’s no need to treat trash like this as human, Holy Lady.”

“Now that you mention it?”

“Ellia.”

“S-sorry.”

I flinched involuntarily at Robelina’s stern gaze.

Nein gathered his mana to use spatial movement magic. Meanwhile, I glanced around the house.

‘…Hm?’

What’s that?

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