Hush Now, Saintess! - Chapter 109
Chapter 109
Translator: Yonnee
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A round, blue pill.
‘Is this the medicine?’
Given the situation, it seemed likely that their condition was closely related to the medicine.
I quickly picked it up and put it in my pocket.
The second piece of evidence was secured.
“All these people must be victims of the pawnshop, right?”
“Most likely. It’s unforgivable.”
Even his voice conveyed Hildeon’s anger.
“For now, we don’t have much time. The people the prophecy mentioned needing purification seem to be these people. There are many of them, so we need to purify them quickly.”
“Do you have a method?”
“Yes. I just need to spray them with holy water.”
I reached into my magic pouch and took out the holy water.
It was the holy water provided by the mission earlier.
‘Is this Febrxze or what…?’
Who would have thought the holy water would be in a spray bottle? It looked like it would even smell nice.
Well, it would make it easier to spray.
‘Oh, since it’s come to this… should I try using that here?’
With a good idea in mind, I let go of Hildeon’s hand to use both of mine.
“Oh.”
He sighed and looked at my hand.
He seemed worried about disobeying the prophecy.
I quickly linked arms with him to reassure him.
I could feel his muscles stiffen in surprise.
“I need both hands for this. Just for a moment, okay?”
“…As you wish.”
Hildeon nodded in response to my excuse.
I moved my hands as quickly as possible to complete the perfect version of the holy water.
“Is it ready?”
“Yes. Let’s begin.”
After readjusting our grip, we moved swiftly.
Luckily, the doors were made of bars, so it wasn’t difficult to spray the people with the holy water.
Spritz, spritz—
“Aargh! Ahhh!”
Spritz, spritz, spritz—
“What the… buhh!”
The people who got sprayed in the face flailed about, disoriented.
But over time, the people who got sprayed gradually calmed down.
And the dark aura surrounding them dissipated too.
‘I doubt this will detoxify the medicine, but…’
It seemed that as the bugs disappeared, it gave them temporary stability.
〈 Hidden Mission: Eliminate Misfortune!
– Mission Progress (30%) 〉
35%
43%
52%
.
.
.
82%
There weren’t many people left.
‘Wow, why is spraying this so tiring?’
I wiped the sweat off my forehead and sighed.
“Can’t I do this instead?”
Hildeon asked worriedly, probably seeing how exhausted I looked.
He’s always so kind.
But this was not a task I could pass on to someone else.
“Purification is something only I can do.”
“I see. Only you can purify.”
“Yes. So, please focus on keeping watch.”
Hildeon’s role was to use his exceptional senses to keep guard.
“Is it still noisy outside?”
“Yes. Someone might come here soon.”
“Oh no. We need to hurry.”
It seemed that the employees, aware of the intruder, were searching everywhere.
Luckily, no one had come here yet…
‘If they can’t find us out there, they’ll probably search this place too.’
We needed to finish quickly.
I busily sprayed more holy water.
〈 Time remaining: 00:03:12 〉
Finally, with just three minutes left on the timer.
Spritz—
“Ugh!”
I finished purifying the last person.
〈 Hidden Mission: Eliminate Misfortune!
– Mission progress: 100% complete!
– You have completed the mission by fulfilling the conditions! 〉
Ding!
〈 Mission: Eliminate Misfortune, Success!
– Successfully removed the bugs from those trapped in the warehouse!
– Successfully collected evidence of ‘Illegal Documents’!
– Rewards: Reputation +10 / Bonus Stats +5 / Rare Item (???) acquired 〉
Ding!
〈 Mission: Prevent Bugs from Attacking Hildeon, Success!
– Successfully removed nearby bugs, preventing Hildeon from going berserk!
– Rewards: Bonus Stats +5 / Hildeon’s Curse Weakened / Life Preserved 〉
Only after seeing the successive success notifications did I feel relieved.
‘Phew, my heart.’
I sighed in relief, feeling like we had just crossed a major hurdle.
Now, we didn’t need to hold hands anymore.
I gently withdrew my hand and spoke,
“I think we successfully completed the mission… I mean, the prophecy’s task.”
“Already?”
“What?”
Already? We almost used the full two hours to succeed.
“No, um, I mean I’m just surprised it went so smoothly.”
Oh, that.
True, it had gone much more smoothly than I expected.
We quickly gathered the evidence, and although the intruders were detected, we didn’t encounter anyone.
‘In my past life, whenever someone said, ‘There aren’t many customers today,’ more customers would flood in.’
Why did that thought suddenly come to mind?
But, as always, bad premonitions never fail to be wrong.
Bang!
“There! The intruders!”
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