The Fortune-Teller Saintess - Chapter 94

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Everyone’s attention turned to Nein at his words.

Jacad asked Nein with surprised eyes.

“Is there such a thing?”

“Please answer first.”

“…That intruder tried to curse me by sacrificing the villagers of Trivia Village. If we can just prove that Count Evis is his accomplice, we can arrest him immediately.”

“That’s what I mean.”

“Nein, what are you trying to do?”

When Nein grinned, I felt uneasy for some reason. He always made that expression whenever he had dangerous thoughts.

To my question, Nein shrugged and answered.

“That intruder bastard had the Seer’s emblem tattooed on him. Arjes Evis probably has the same emblem too.”

“So, are you suggesting we strip Count Evis’s shirt off?”

“Holy Lady, were you the type of person to strip just any man’s shirt?”

“No…!”

“Please don’t speak rudely to the Holy Lady.”

Lucian interjected with a serious expression. I looked at Lucian with grateful eyes.

Nein looked at Lucian with half-closed eyes, then spoke in a sighing voice.

“The basement of Count Evis’s mansion. There’s a small prayer room there. A place covered with the Seer’s emblems. If that place were exposed?”

“…We could arrest Count Evis on the spot. Did you see that in the intruder’s memories too?”

When Jacad asked, Nein shrugged. It meant yes.

“But would it be possible to enter inside the mansion? If it’s such a secret space, Count Evis would surely be guarding it.”

“That’s why we need to sneak in when he’s not there.”

To Robelina’s worried words, Nein answered as if it were obvious.

But that wasn’t really a solution.

To target when the mansion’s owner is away, that’s too…

“It might be possible?”

“Ria?”

When attention turned to me, I took out the letter envelope I had in my pocket and placed it on the table.

It was the birthday banquet invitation that Yuriel had given me.

“The 2nd Prince’s birthday banquet is coming soon. Count Evis will surely come to the Imperial Palace to attend. How about we target that time?”

“Not a bad idea. The entire city will be in a festive mood that day, so security will be lax too.”

“Right?”

“Then it’s decided.”

Nein stood up from his seat, stretched, and said.

“On the day of the 2nd Prince’s banquet, we raid Arjes Evis’s mansion. And we find the Seer’s emblem. Got it?”

“No. We need to make a detailed plan…”

“His Majesty will surely handle that properly.”

When I glanced to the side, Jacad was looking at Nein with a reluctant expression. But he didn’t deny it.

Nein chuckled at that sight, then turned his gaze to me.

“More importantly, Holy Lady, I have something to say.”

“Something to say?”

“Yeah.”

Nein walked toward the door and said curtly.

“Come out for a moment.”

***

“What is it?”

Having come outside alone with Nein, I deliberately asked the question calmly.

At my question, Nein, who had been walking ahead, stopped and turned around to look at me.

“Holy Lady, why did you push me away that day?”

“That day?”

“When I tried to kiss you in Trivia Village.”

“You were really going to do it?!”

Without realizing it, I stepped back and covered my lips with both hands. I could feel my face heating up.

Nein looked at me with a bewildered expression and asked.

“Didn’t you push me away because you knew I was really going to do it?”

“Of course I thought it was a joke! In the first place…”

I trailed off and recalled that day. Remembering Nein’s mischievous smile, my emotions surged up again.

“You were always like that.”

“…”

Nein moved his lips but closed them again. Then silence settled between us.

After a moment, Nein spoke in a voice devoid of playfulness.

“Then if I approach you seriously now, unlike that time.”

Nein, who had approached step by step, carefully held my chin.

Then he met my gaze with serious eyes.

“You won’t push me away?”

I stared at Nein with wavering eyes.

A face showing no trace of playfulness, unlike that time. It was certainly different from that day.

But.

“…No.”

I removed Nein’s hand and shook my head.

“We’ve never been in sync, have we.”

“…!”

“Since we’re talking about it, do you like me?”

At my question, Nein hesitated.

His tightly closed lips didn’t open immediately. Seeing that, I spoke calmly.

“I like you. And I think you have similar feelings for me too.”

“…”

“I don’t know what you’re hesitating about, or why you’re hiding those feelings…”

I swallowed hard. Clasping my damp, nervous hands tightly, I continued slowly.

“If you don’t show me your heart, I have no choice but to push you away.”

“…”

“Nein, what are your true feelings?”

“My true feelings…?”

Nein let out a hollow laugh.

It was closer to a self-deprecating laugh, full of confusion.

“That’s right.”

Gazing into the distance, Nein muttered calmly.

“What do I want to do.”

Whoooosh-

Just then, wind blew and scattered his hair.

I watched Nein like that intently, then slowly approached.

“I’ll wait.”

Nein turned to look at me.

I smiled with effort and took Nein’s hand.

“I’ll wait for you to finish thinking, to find your answer. Even if the answer you reach isn’t what I hope for, that’s okay.”

No, actually it’s not okay. How could being rejected by someone you like be okay.

But I had to say that.

“Find your answer, Nein. That’s what I want.”

Apart from liking Nein, I wished for Nein’s happiness.

As a reader who loves this world.

***

‘I said that, but…’

Seeing my worried expression reflected in the mirror, I couldn’t help but sigh.

‘I can’t help being nervous.’

What if Nein concludes that he doesn’t like me? How should I treat Nein from then on?

I tried not to, but negative thoughts kept creeping up. I should have known better than to confess.

‘Stupid Ellia. Foolish Ellia. Sea cucumber, sea anemone Elli…! Hmm, that seems too harsh. I’m not that bad.’

“Holy Lady, are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?”

The attendant who was tightening my dress from behind asked worriedly.

I was currently at the clothing store.

Today was Prince Uriel’s birthday banquet. I had stopped by to change into a dress beforehand.

Was my expression that bad? I forced a smile at the attendant’s worried question.

“No. I just have something to think about.”

“Perhaps…”

The attendant looked around and whispered carefully.

“Is it because of that person called the Seer?”

Even though the word ‘Seer’ came from an outsider’s mouth, I wasn’t surprised and smiled awkwardly.

Recently, we had gathered at the Imperial Palace to plan our strategy. And spreading information about the Seer to the outside was also part of the plan.

It was to gain justification for capturing Arjes by letting the outside know that there was an enemy called the Seer.

‘Even so, the rumors are spreading faster than I thought.’

Jacad must have pulled some strings.

When I remained lost in thought without responding, the attendant, thinking her guess was correct, chattered excitedly.

“They say that bastard was behind the attack on His Highness the Crown Prince during the hunting competition and putting Trivia Village in danger? How can such a dangerous person exist! Doesn’t he fear God?”

“Haha…”

“Holy Lady, please be careful too. From what I can see, that man is no ordinary dangerous person.”

“He’s probably that type.”

After that, the attendant continued to badmouth the Seer without pause. Meanwhile, her hands were diligently adjusting my dress.

“Please let me know anytime if you’re uncomfortable.”

“Yes… Ack! I-I’m uncomfortable!”

“Oh my, a lady should endure this much tightness!”

‘That’s different from what you said earlier!’

I felt unfairly treated by the attendant’s response, who changed her words like flipping paper.

Finally, the torture-like time ended and I came out from behind the partition.

Robelina, who had finished preparing first, looked at me with wide eyes.

“Holy Lady, you look so beautiful!”

“Holy Prelate Robelina, you’re the beautiful one.”

No matter how prettily I dress up, could I ever match you?

I was moved by the sight of Robelina showing off her beauty with the female lead buff. To think such a pretty female lead is my friend.

I suppressed the urge to applaud and looked around. Come to think of it, one person who came with us was missing.

“I am here, Holy Lady Ellia.”

“Ah, Your Eminence!”

When I turned my head toward where the voice came from, Cardinal Barion was just entering the room where we were.

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