The Fortune-Teller Saintess - Chapter 93

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But the second crisis came immediately.

“Then what do you think my face looks like in women’s eyes?”

“I’m not a woman, but… I think it would be a similar impression.”

Duke answered in a blunt voice.

Though I didn’t want to admit it, Nein’s face was one that people of all ages and genders would like. Whenever he went outside, gazes filled with favor would pour down on him.

‘Everyone’s being fooled. What’s so good about that damn bastard. Ugh!’

“What a coincidence. I think so too.”

“Yes… I suppose you would. But why are you suddenly asking that?”

“The Holy Lady pushed me away.”

“The Holy Lady?”

“Yeah. She seemed to like me.”

Nein furrowed his brow and muttered the rest quietly.

“She pushed me away. Why?”

“Well… I don’t know what happened between you two, but it’s obvious.”

“Obvious?”

“Yes. One hundred percent, Tower Master, you must have done something wrong. …Uwah!”

“Say that again.”

Nein said with a grinning smile.

Duke, floating in the air again, pointed at Nein’s face with the feeling of wanting to jump around even in mid-air out of frustration.

“That smile! That smile that makes people angry is the problem! There’s no sincerity in it!”

“Sincerity? I was sincere.”

“Then show it with an attitude that matches that! Don’t brush it off playfully! Ugh!”

Nein unconsciously released his magic. Because of that, Duke made a loud noise as he embraced the floor passionately, but Nein didn’t have the mental capacity to care about that.

‘How annoying.’

To be hit right on the mark by such a guy.

His face naturally frowned.

Certainly, when he faced Ellia that day, Nein had worn his usual mask.

Pretending to be relaxed, pretending to be casual. Because without doing so, it seemed like he wouldn’t be able to let her go easily.

‘I’m always on your side, Nein.’

…Because he didn’t want to feel those emotions from that time again.

Now he knew. He definitely liked Ellia. But he didn’t want it to deepen any further.

However, emotions were still something difficult for him to control.

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

Seeing how much he was agonizing over those words Ellia had spoken.

“Damn it. Then what am I supposed to do.”

“What do you mean? Go back and grovel. Then the Holy Lady will accept you too.”

“Hey.”

“Yes?”

“Shut your mouth.”

“Yes sir.”

When Duke cast a silencing spell on his own mouth, it finally became quiet.

Thanks to that, he had time to think, but Nein ultimately couldn’t find an answer and ruffled his hair.

“Ah, I don’t know. It’ll work out somehow. That’s not what I need to do right now anyway.”

Duke cast a look that said he was pathetic.

But because Nein suddenly whirled around to look at him, he had to immediately make his eyes look docile.

“You said the magic circle was ready. Guide me.”

“Mmph mmph. (This way.)”

Nein, who entered the room Duke guided him to, narrowed his eyes.

A magic circle that filled the floor so completely that no gaps were visible. Several mages stood surrounding the magic circle, casting tense gazes at Nein.

Fortunately, checking if there were any mistakes, Nein said curtly.

“They weren’t complete idiots.”

‘Phew.’

‘I hate that I’m relieved by those words.’

Whether the mages were each feeling relief inwardly or shedding tears of humiliation, Nein didn’t care.

He simply moved his steps toward the center of the magic circle.

And there he grabbed the hair of the Mage Tower intruder who was kneeling and yanked it up.

“You’re ready too, right?”

“…”

The intruder with a gag in his mouth only glared at Nein with bulging eyes.

Looking down at that sight, Nein chuckled. It was a smile as if a noble being was looking at the pathetic struggling of a lowly creature.

But that smile was soon erased.

Nein lowered the corners of his mouth and explained to the intruder with a chilling gaze what was about to happen.

“From now on, I’m going to look through your mind carefully with mental magic. Do you know why I’m kindly explaining this to you?”

“Mmph…!”

The intruder let out a fearful groan at the magic power invading his mind.

Nein looked down at that sight calmly and added indifferently.

“It means try to endure it well.”

“…!”

Shortly after, the intruder began to convulse with his eyes rolled back. It was a side effect of the mental magic that forcibly looked into his mind.

As it was a high-level dangerous magic, this spell also affected the caster.

That’s why they prepared a magic circle to act as a shock absorber. So that the caster, Nein, would be affected as little as possible.

Of course, even so, the magic couldn’t be cast for long. About 3 minutes passed and Nein removed his hand from the intruder.

The intruder collapsed with a thud. Nein wiped the blood flowing under his nose and frowned.

“Tower Master, are you alright?”

“Yeah.”

The surrounding mages were amazed at his appearance, which looked better than expected.

Thinking that Nein was probably the only mage in this world who could cast such high-level magic for 3 minutes.

Meanwhile, Nein stared down at the unconscious intruder. Eventually, with a serious expression, he quietly let out words.

“This is…”

***

Not many days after returning to the Temple, a letter arrived from the Imperial Palace.

Saying that Nein had discovered something from interrogating the intruder, he summoned us to the Imperial Palace through Jacad.

As soon as we received the letter, Robelina, Lucian, and I immediately headed to the Imperial Palace.

When we entered the Crown Prince’s office, Jacad sitting upright on the head seat of the sofa and Nein sitting comfortably on the sofa next to him greeted us.

“The guy who invaded the Mage Tower confessed his crimes?”

“Holy Lady, that’s what you say as soon as you arrive?”

“Is there anything more important than that in the current situation?”

I plopped down next to Nein and thrust my face forward.

“So, is Count Evis really the Seer?”

“…”

“Nein?”

Nein stared at the area under my eyes, then suddenly turned his head away.

“I’ll explain from now on, so move away for now.”

“Ah, okay.”

I obediently pulled my body back.

Then I touched the spot where Nein’s gaze had lingered with my fingertips.

‘Was he… looking at my lips?’

“Let me start with the conclusion first – I still don’t know who the Seer is. I couldn’t see his face.”

When I heard Nein’s words, I stopped thinking and quickly raised my head.

Nein glanced at me and added,

“But I did hear his voice. The voice giving orders to that intruder I caught.”

“Wait. What do you mean you couldn’t see the Seer’s face but heard his voice?”

“I rifled through that guy’s memories with magic.”

‘You can do that with magic?’

I was surprised, but since that wasn’t what was important right now, I didn’t ask.

Nein also seemed unwilling to discuss that topic at length and hurriedly continued.

“It was him. Arjes Evis. The owner of the voice that gave orders to the intruder.”

“Are you certain?”

“Yeah. Especially since he’s someone I’ve met before.”

“Evis Count, that man…”

Jacad clenched his hands that were resting on his knees. I could feel his anger from here.

“Your Highness, please calm yourself.”

Robelina calmed Jacad down. Then I could see his hardened expression soften a little.

I watched the two of them and carefully interjected.

“Will you arrest Evis Count immediately?”

“I’d like to do that if I could.”

Jacad rubbed his brow and continued as if troubled.

“But doing so would cause severe backlash from the Second Prince Faction nobles. Arjes Evis is practically their leader.”

“Then…”

“We need evidence that will shut their mouths. Right now, all we have is the memory the Mage Tower Master saw.”

“You mean we need tangible proof we can present directly.”

Jacad nodded.

In the heavy atmosphere, I continued my thoughts calmly.

‘Visible evidence, huh. Would there be such a thing? Evis Count probably only gave orders without moving directly.’

It would be nice if at least that intruder would confess.

That’s when I was thinking this.

“What if there were evidence that Arjes Evis is connected to that intruder?”

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