The Fortune-Teller Saintess - Chapter 81

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The Fortune Teller Saint

Chapter 81

“I showed you an unsightly display. I’m truly sorry about that.”

Mage Crowell, with a dark bruise around one eye, spoke with an embarrassed expression.

I awkwardly told him it was fine. When I glanced to the side, I saw Nein glaring at Crowell with his arms crossed and an irritated expression.

‘I really shouldn’t come to the Mage Tower.’

“If it’s alright with you, shall I guide you around the Mage Tower?”

Crowell made the suggestion with a friendly face.

We would have been grateful for that, so I was about to nod when—

“No need. Get lost.”

Nein issued an order to leave.

Crowell spoke with obvious bewilderment on his face.

“Huh? Wh-why…? The Tower Master isn’t going to guide them himself!”

“I’ll guide them. So get lost.”

“What?! The Tower Master will do it personally?”

Crowell asked back with a shocked expression.

Nein started walking with us without responding. Then Crowell, who had been standing dazed, grabbed Nein’s leg and shouted.

“D-don’t do that, please take me along too! This is my first time seeing the Holy Lady! I want to observe from the side…”

Thwack—

‘Looking at this, he’s the type who gets beaten up a lot.’

I looked at Crowell sprawled on the floor with a pitying expression. Then I sighed and said to Nein.

“Don’t be like that, let’s tell him to follow us. Anyway…”

I glanced up at the upper floors of the Mage Tower.

“It doesn’t seem like we can stop the stares from following us.”

At my words, the mages who had been secretly peeking at us from the upper floors all flinched and pulled their heads back. Did they think I wouldn’t notice when they were staring so obviously?

At my words, Nein also looked up at the upper floors, then smiled and suggested.

“There’s another way. I could make them all get lost.”

“…Then I’d feel too sorry for them, so don’t do that.”

“A-angel…”

Crowell, who had somehow raised his upper body, looked at me with moved eyes.

Nein looked displeased but didn’t refuse my request.

And so the mage named Crowell joined our Mage Tower tour.

Crowell was a mage suitable for being a guide. Wherever my gaze landed, he explained it with a cheerful voice.

“Are you curious about that lever? That’s a tool for rotating the stairs floating on the ceiling.”

“That’s a research lab, but it’s better not to go in. It’s full of various potions and test subjects, so you might get attacked if you go in carelessly…”

Everything he explained was extraordinary though.

Feeling drained from listening to the explanations, I changed the subject and asked Crowell.

“I have something I’m curious about.”

“Please ask!”

“I heard from Nein that the mages here were curious about me. What’s the reason?”

Even after touring the Mage Tower for quite a while, I could still feel burning gazes.

When I asked for the reason, Crowell let out an “Ah” and said.

“When the Tower Master was falsely accused of trying to poison the Holy Lady, we heard that you stepped forward to help him. So we were curious. We wondered what kind of person the Temple’s Holy Lady was, who helped our Tower Master when even we had our doubts.”

“Haha…”

“Now I think I understand a bit why the Holy Lady helped the Tower Master. Who would have thought you two would be this close.”

Crowell glanced at Nein, and when their eyes met, he was startled and lowered his head.

‘How much has he been through usually.’

Feeling sorry for him, I patted his shoulder knowingly, and Crowell sent me a moved look.

Seeing this, Nein clicked his tongue, pushed Crowell away, and pulled me toward him.

“Don’t listen to useless talk and come here.”

“Is saying we’re close useless talk?”

“No. Whatever comes out of that guy’s mouth is just useless.”

“Tower Master…”

Whether Crowell was hurt or not, Nein fixed his gaze on me and asked.

“If you’re curious about something, ask me instead of that guy.”

“Hmm. Then…”

After thinking, I threw out a question I’d been curious about.

“Earlier, Crowell asked if Robelina and I were new mages when he first saw us. We shouldn’t have any detectable magic power, so why did he ask that?”

“Because you entered the Mage Tower.”

“Huh?”

“Entering the Mage Tower itself means you’re a mage.”

…What does this mean?

I looked at Nein with confused eyes, then shifted my gaze slightly. I made eye contact with Crowell.

Crowell looked at us with an ‘of course’ expression, then butted in.

“As the Holy Lady must have felt when coming here, ordinary people can never find the Mage Tower. Only those with magical talent can notice the distortion of space and enter the Mage Tower.”

“It did seem that way.”

“So the condition for becoming a mage of the Mage Tower is being able to find the Mage Tower on your own. This is the same for all Mage Towers.”

“All Mage Towers? There isn’t just one Mage Tower?”

“Of course! Mage Towers are scattered throughout the Empire. They’re mainly built in places where the Temple’s influence isn’t strong.”

‘So that’s why there was a Mage Tower near Trivia Village.’

While I was thinking to myself, Crowell cleared his throat and pointed at Nein, shouting.

“And the person who manages all those Mage Towers is our Tower Master! Ta-da!”

“Get away.”

Nein swatted away Crowell’s hand pointing at him as if annoyed.

Despite acting scary and rude, the mages here seemed to hold respect for Nein.

Feeling this, I grinned and whispered to Nein.

“Nein, you were an admired mage?”

“Shut up.”

Nein frowned and turned his head away. How embarrassed he is.

I was giggling when suddenly I recognized the face of someone walking toward us from the opposite direction.

Seeing him, I opened my eyes wide and called out happily.

“Wilrend!”

“Oh? Isn’t that Holy Lady Ellia!”

Wilrend welcomed us warmly.

As Robelina and I exchanged greetings with him, Nein, who had been quietly watching, bluntly interjected into the conversation.

“Why are you here, old man?”

“Even though I stepped down from the Mage Tower Master position, I’m still a mage of the Mage Tower. Is there any reason I shouldn’t be here?”

“I don’t like it.”

“Y-you brat!”

“Wilrend, please calm down.”

Your opponent is Nein, after all.

When I whispered quietly, Wilrend, who had been fuming, barely suppressed his anger.

“Right. That’s right. Just seeing that brat makes my stomach turn…”

“I understand.”

We clasped hands and sent each other sympathetic looks.

Nein frowned as if he didn’t like this sight.

“So why did you come? Usually you’re holed up in your research lab and don’t even come out.”

“I’m planning to stay at the Mage Tower for a while.”

“What? Why?”

“Don’t act so obviously displeased, you brat! It’s not like I want to be here either.”

Wilrend, who had burst into anger, let out a deep sigh and continued speaking.

“Some bastards broke into my laboratory.”

“Intruders? Into your laboratory, old man?”

“That’s right. Some of my research journals disappeared too, so it’s been quite a headache.”

Nein furrowed his brow and fell silent with a thoughtful expression.

I, who had been reading the mood between the two, carefully joined the conversation.

“Wilrend’s research… was it about investigating the origins of divine power and magical power?”

“That’s right. You remembered that.”

Wilrend looked at me with a pleased expression.

I smiled gently, then raised a question with a serious face.

“Why would the intruders take that?”

“How would I know? Well, anyway, I’m planning to stay here until I find a new place. So don’t even think about kicking me out, you brat Nein!”

“Tsk.”

Nein clicked his tongue as if displeased.

Even though there had been a break-in, neither of them seemed too serious about it, which put me somewhat at ease. Though some uneasiness remained.

“Holy Lady!”

Just then, a familiar voice came from somewhere.

I turned my head and was able to meet another welcome person.

“Kail! It’s been a while. How have you been?”

“Hehe. I’ve been fine. How about you, Holy Lady? I heard you were poisoned.”

“I’m fine too. Thank you for worrying about me.”

Kail smiled brightly, then suddenly looked around. He seemed to be on guard against something.

“Kail? What’s wrong?”

When I asked in confusion, Kail cautiously inquired.

“Holy Lady, no strange people have approached you, have they?”

“Strange people? No?”

“Phew, that’s a relief.”

“Why are you asking such a question…”

That’s when it happened.

Suddenly something fell rapidly from above and landed with a thud in front of where we were standing.

When I looked in surprise… it was a person.

One with very intense eyes at that.

He quickly looked around at our group, and when his eyes met mine, his gaze flashed brilliantly.

“Holy Lady!”

“Y-yes?”

I answered reflexively in my confusion.

The Mage strode toward me and knelt on one knee. Then he looked up at me and opened his mouth.

“Please…”

The Mage, who had been trembling slightly, soon spoke with a determined face in a resounding voice.

“Give me… your thing, Holy Lady!”

“…What?”

Thwack- Crash!

At that moment, with a dull sound, the Mage’s body went tumbling across the ground.

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