The Fortune-Teller Saintess - Chapter 91

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“Ah….”

Close. Incredibly close.

My heart began beating so fast I couldn’t control it.

Whether he knew what was going on inside me or not, Nein just stared at me intently with enchanting eyes.

I wanted to turn my head away from those eyes that seemed to see right through me, but I couldn’t. I knew all too well that I was already captivated by that gaze.

“Why… are you, looking at me like that?”

Since I couldn’t turn my head away, awkward words just tumbled out.

Nein didn’t answer and brought his face closer and closer.

Without realizing it, I asked.

“Are you going to do it?”

Only then did Nein hesitate and let out a hollow laugh.

“What do you think I’m going to do?”

“What else would a man and woman do when their faces are this close together?”

I answered calmly, but my heart was pounding.

“That’s true. Then, Holy Lady.”

Nein narrowed his eyes and asked leisurely.

“Would you like me to?”

“….”

I silently studied Nein’s face.

A mischievous smile as if he would do it if I wanted. Seeing that, I could tell.

That I was the only one burning with desire in this situation.

“No.”

I answered firmly.

“I don’t want a kiss without heart in it.”

At my words, Nein’s expression hardened slightly.

“Ellia!”

Just then, Robelina came running from afar, calling my name loudly. Jacad followed behind her.

As soon as Robelina arrived, she pulled me toward her and glared sharply at Nein.

“Don’t tell me you two were kis…!”

“It’s not like that.”

“It’s not?”

“Yeah. Nothing happened. Right, Nein?”

I asked Nein with a deliberately nonchalant expression.

But something was strange. Nein was frozen stiff, his gaze fixed on the spot where I had been standing just moments before.

“Nein?”

“…Ah.”

As if coming to his senses belatedly, Nein let out an exclamation and shrugged with his characteristic fox-like smile.

“Right. Nothing happened.”

“….”

Even with our answer, Robelina still looked at Nein with wary eyes.

Then she grabbed both my shoulders and said.

“Ria, there’s an order to everything. You can’t start with kissing someone you’re not even dating!”

“R-Rina! Your voice is too loud! And I told you it’s not like that!”

Embarrassed by my friend for the first time, I hurriedly covered Robelina’s mouth.

Thanks to my efforts, Robelina quickly calmed down. She positioned herself between Nein and me while glaring at Nein sideways.

Jacad, who had been standing quietly in the back until then, interjected with a clearing of his throat.

“Is the conversation finished?”

“Oh, Your Highness. You were there?”

“….”

Jacad glared at me, then cleared his throat again and spoke.

“Moriel says he has something to tell us.”

“Something to tell us? Gasp, don’t tell me he’s finally going to reveal who the Seer is?”

“That’s correct.”

I quickly turned my head at the voice that suddenly joined in.

Moriel, the sculptor from House Fesport, approached with an awkward smile.

“I want to reveal everything I know about the Prophet’s Sect and Sister Isabel.”

“Oh, we’d be grateful if you would… but why so suddenly?”

Wasn’t he the person who had been avoiding answers out of fear of potential retaliation from the Seer later?

At my question, Moriel made an awkward expression, then hesitated before speaking.

“I was moved by the Holy Lady.”

“By me?”

At Moriel’s answer, everyone’s gaze focused on me.

I was also flustered, pointing at myself with my finger and making a bewildered expression.

‘Me, why?’

Of course, I am quite cute, kind, and a capable Holy Lady, but I didn’t do anything that would move Moriel, did I?

“I felt it when the Holy Lady was helping the villagers. How radiant a person who walks the path they believe is right can be. And conversely, how ugly a person like me who hides their conscience is.”

“Oh, you were a bit ugly.”

“….”

“Holy Lady, being too honest isn’t good either.”

“Both the Holy Lady and the Cardinal, stay quiet.”

Jacad frowned and pushed both of us to the back. Robelina and I made aggrieved expressions but obediently moved back.

Meanwhile, Moriel wiped away tears and continued speaking calmly as if nothing had happened.

“Anyway! That’s why I decided. I too will walk a path I can be proud of, like the Holy Lady.”

“Wow! That’s a great decision.”

I sincerely applauded him.

The venomous look from before could no longer be found on Moriel’s face after making his decision. It was as if he had been exorcised.

“So, who is the Seer? What was Isabel’s relationship with him?”

Jacad, who wasn’t swept up in the atmosphere, asked coldly.

Moriel, who had been scratching the back of his head as if embarrassed, finally came to his senses and answered.

“There’s someone who instructed me to make sculptures through Sister Isabel. I’m not certain if he’s the Seer, but… he’s definitely one of their people.”

“Who is it?”

Gulp-

As if fear was washing over him again, Moriel’s body began to tremble finely.

But no one rushed or threatened him. They just waited quietly.

And finally, Moriel opened his mouth.

“C-Count Evis….”

Moriel, with his eyes tightly shut, stammered out the words.

“Count Arjes Evis.”

***

‘Again! To fail again!’

Arjes ground his teeth.

Their plan to eliminate the obstacles by destroying the entire village had failed once more.

Both the plan to kill the Holy Lady and the Mage Tower Master, and the plan to use them as sacrifices to further strengthen the Crown Prince’s curse, all of it.

Even Moriel Fesport, who was supposed to be bait to lure the Crown Prince, had fallen into the Crown Prince’s hands.

If Moriel had readily spilled everything he knew, the Crown Prince would have figured out his identity by now.

‘But he won’t be able to arrest me immediately. Even if he suspects I’m connected to Isabel, there’s no evidence that I tried to eliminate the Crown Prince himself.’

But he didn’t know how long this would last. Perhaps the Crown Prince, having lost his reason, might summon him immediately.

So he had to finish it with his own hands before then. Even if he couldn’t set everything right.

At the very least, they had to eliminate the major enemy that was obstructing them.

Arjes clasped both hands together firmly and prayed toward their emblem.

A low murmur flowed from his lips.

“Everything is according to God’s will.”

***

On the way back to the Temple.

The more I thought about it, the more chills I got, and I couldn’t stop thinking.

I tried to look at the scenery outside the carriage to cut off my thoughts, but it wasn’t easy.

‘Count Arjes Evis might be the Seer.’

Anyone in my position would feel the same way. Who would have thought that someone I frequently encountered was a villain.

‘They say the enemy is close by, and there wasn’t a single wrong word.’

I finally understood Nein’s advice too. The enemy really was closer than I thought.

Looking at the seat across from me, Robelina also had a dazed expression, as if she hadn’t recovered from the shock.

I carefully spoke to her.

“Robelina, are you okay?”

“Huh? Oh, yes! I’m fine. It’s just that someone I never expected turned out to be the Seer…”

“We can’t be certain yet. Moriel said so too. He said it’s not certain whether Count Evis is the Seer.”

“But it’s certain that he’s related to them.”

‘That’s true.’

I couldn’t argue with that statement, so I closed my mouth.

Robelina let out a deep sigh and continued as if lamenting.

“To think someone who believes in God would do such things.”

“It’s a misguided belief.”

I replied to Robelina’s words while recalling the conversation I had with the group in Trivia Village.

Jacad expressed anger as soon as he heard Arjes’s name, but declared he wouldn’t arrest him immediately.

This was because the evidence that Arjes was involved in this incident and the curse on Jacad wasn’t certain.

Instead, Nein agreed to help with this matter.

This was possible because Nein had captured the group of intruders who had cursed the entire Trivia Village and attacked the Mage Tower.

We decided to leave the interrogation of that person to Nein and return to our respective places to wait for the results.

“Oh, we’re here, Robelina. It’s the Temple.”

I said to Robelina, looking at the Temple that began to appear outside the window.

The carriage stopped and we immediately got out. The Priests who also got off the carriage were about to move the luggage when Priests who came rushing out of the Temple stopped them.

“Wait a moment! Could you move the luggage a little later?”

“Why? Is something wrong?”

At my question, the Priest who came out of the Temple answered restlessly.

“An honored guest has arrived. Cardinal Barion ordered us to serve him well until he leaves…”

“An honored guest?”

“Ah! He’s coming out just now.”

I turned my head at the Priest’s words. Someone was walking out from the Temple entrance.

Cardinal Barion was having a friendly conversation with someone with a gentle face.

And the person standing next to him was…

“Ah!”

“…Prince Uriel?”

Prince Uriel’s face brightened when he spotted me.

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