The Fortune-Teller Saintess - Chapter 90

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“How…?”

I stared at the priests with a dazed expression, completely bewildered.

They glanced at us and then surrounded us with a protective barrier.

Among them, Dale, who stood beside me, spoke as their representative.

“Your words seem to have moved everyone’s hearts, Holy Lady Ellia.”

“Ah…”

“To be honest, we haven’t fully accepted the mages yet.”

The one who spoke next was the priest who had earlier told me it was awkward to help the mages.

He wore an awkward smile at the corner of his mouth as he continued.

“But we can’t fall behind them.”

“…You made the right decision!”

I gave him a thumbs up and smiled brightly.

“So, Holy Lady Ellia, what should we do?”

“Ah!”

I belatedly came to my senses at Dale’s question and placed my hands on the barrier again.

“Everyone, please channel your divine power into this! Only then can we weaken the curse!”

“Understood!”

The priests answered loudly and placed both hands on the barrier with determined expressions, channeling their divine power into it.

As divine power poured in from all directions, the black hands inside the barrier hesitated. It was a completely different reaction from when just Robelina and I were channeling divine power.

Lucian, who had been fighting them, seemed to sense this too and began wrapping his sword in divine power to fight back.

-Kieek!

The black hands rushed at Lucian desperately.

However, their momentum was much weaker than before. The divine power we were channeling seemed to be effective.

As a result.

Slash-

Lucian, who had been engaged in fierce combat with the black hands, finally cut through the cursed hand.

“Hooray! It’s working!”

“It’s not over yet, so concentrate!”

At my sharp words, the priest who had raised both hands in celebration startled and quickly placed his hands back on the barrier.

The size of the black hands gradually decreased, and Lucian swept across the battlefield, cutting them down.

If we continued this offensive, it seemed possible to completely break the curse.

“Holy Lady!”

That’s when it happened. One of the cursed entities turned to look this way.

Thinking this wouldn’t do, it rushed toward us. The force with which it struck the barrier was alarming.

Crack-

And finally, the barrier shattered.

I could see the mages, who had been relaxed behind the barrier, hurriedly flying this way. But everything seemed to move in slow motion to me.

Just as the curse was about to swallow me with its black claws.

Snap-

With the sound of fingers snapping, a flash of light blazed before my eyes.

Crash!

And lightning poured down, striking the black hand directly in front of me.

My eyes and ears were ringing, making it hard to assess the situation. After some time, I could faintly hear people murmuring.

But what brought me back to my senses was a different voice.

“Didn’t I tell you?”

Flinch-

I unconsciously shrugged my shoulders and slowly raised my head.

Nein’s face was dark in the shadow cast by his lowered head. In that state, his purple eyes flashed as he spoke.

“I told you not to do anything reckless.”

“…I’m sorry.”

I had no choice but to say that while avoiding his gaze.

The aftermath had arrived much sooner than I expected.

***

With Nein and Lucian working together, the curse was quickly eliminated.

By completely destroying the last entity, the curse was finally broken. Without anyone’s sacrifice.

The villagers were also moved by this fact and wiped away tears of joy.

“Thank you so much.”

The village chief grasped both my hands and said.

“We not only turned you away at our door but even pointed fingers at you calling you shameless, yet you saved not just us but the entire village. How can we repay this sin and this grace…”

“Oh, then could you make a donation to the temple?”

“Holy Lady Ellia.”

“Holy Lady.”

Dale and Robelina spoke simultaneously from behind.

I pouted my lips at that.

‘I wasn’t trying to take it for myself, I was trying to get it for the temple.’

“Haha. Very well. I’ll make a donation.”

Then the village chief burst into hearty laughter.

Dale, startled, quickly stepped forward.

“No, Village Chief! The village restoration will cost money too, so we can’t accept donations…”

“Thanks to the priests protecting us, there isn’t much to repair. Please think of it as our small token of gratitude and accept it.”

“Still…”

“Come now, doesn’t the Holy Lady want it too?”

At those words, Dale stared directly at me. I quickly turned my head, but the gaze boring into the side of my head was piercing.

“Ahem! …Then we’ll gratefully accept it. It’s not much of a trade-off, but we’ll help with the village restoration.”

“We’d be grateful for that.”

The village chief and Dale shook hands and smiled.

The hostility I felt when we first arrived in the village was nowhere to be found now.

The unity of the temple and Trivia Village. Everyone was smiling in that heartwarming atmosphere when.

“Village Chief.”

…Nein and the mages from the Mage Tower interjected.

“In return for helping with this incident, the Mage Tower should get some donations too.”

“I don’t want money, I’d like to receive supplies!”

“Idiot! Don’t you have any sense? Take the money and buy what you need yourself!”

“Oh right!”

“…”

The village chief’s wrinkled eyes trembled as he looked at the Mage Tower mages. Behind me, the temple people were whispering.

I finally let out a deep sigh and walked over to where the mages were gathered, dragging Nein away.

“How ridiculous. Why drag me away when I was just standing there…”

Nein grumbled.

I glared at him sharply and scolded him.

“That’s what you call just standing there? The atmosphere was so nice for once, but you ruined it by bringing up donations.”

“So it’s okay when the Holy Lady talks about donations, but not when I do it?”

“…I’m reflecting on that too.”

Embarrassment hit me belatedly and I made excuses. This must be what mirror therapy feels like.

Unlike me reflecting, Nein kept grumbling. I let his words go in one ear and out the other as I looked around.

Buildings throughout the village were damaged from the curse’s attack. Fortunately, it was repairable, so everyone was working together to carry supplies.

It wasn’t just the villagers. The mages from the Mage Tower and the priests from the temple were also helping the residents.

By joining forces together.

“Should I put the lumber here?”

“Ah, yes! That… thank you, Mage.”

“Oh, not at all. …This is my first time receiving thanks from a Priest.”

“Haha…”

The awkwardness emanating from them almost made me feel awkward too, but the atmosphere wasn’t bad.

Rather, there was a look in their eyes as if they found it refreshing to see each other from a new perspective.

“Hey. Why aren’t you paying attention to me and looking over there?”

Nein, who had been chattering away, stopped talking and turned his head toward where my gaze was directed.

Then he raised his eyebrows and turned his gaze back to me.

“Why are you looking over there?”

“Because it looks nice.”

“What does?”

“The Temple and Mage Tower are working together to help the village.”

I grinned as I looked up at Nein.

“Just like us. Maybe they’ll reconcile and become friends soon!”

“…”

“Nein?”

When Nein stared at me silently, I tilted my head and called his name.

He suddenly turned his head forward and muttered in a subdued voice.

“Is that really something to be so happy about…”

“Of course! If the Temple and Mage Tower reconcile, we won’t have to worry about what others think anymore.”

I said to Nein while watching the Priests and Mages restoring the village in the distance.

“Aren’t you looking forward to it? That path we’ll walk hand in hand together.”

“What. If you wanted that, you should have just said so.”

“Huh?”

Nein suddenly grabbed my hand.

Surprised by his sudden action, I widened my eyes, and Nein smiled enchantingly as he spoke.

“I can hold your hand right now too.”

“That was just a metaphor…”

“Should I let go then?”

“…”

I looked back and forth between Nein’s face and our clasped hands, then shook my head.

“No.”

I squeezed our joined hands tightly as I spoke.

“Why not?”

It feels so good like this right now.

Hiding the rest of my words, I looked up at him, and Nein let out a hollow laugh.

“Holy Lady, you’ve become quite cunning while I wasn’t looking.”

“What do you mean?”

I felt a pang of worry, wondering if my feelings for him had shown.

Nein looked at me intently with a mysterious smile, then suddenly lowered his head.

The distance between us narrowed to a span.

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