Hush Now, Saintess! - Chapter 90
Chapter 90
Translator: Yonnee
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The empress headed straight for the Empress’s Palace.
Upon reaching her room, she sat down on the sofa and rubbed her temples.
‘What exactly is happening?’
Just then, the attendant the empress summoned earlier entered the room.
Putting aside the hand she had been using to support her head, the empress ordered.
“Look into Ducal Lady Roella—immediately. See if anything has happened recently that might have changed her mind.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“And one more thing.”
She added, her eyebrows twitching.
Her long nails tapped rhythmically against the sofa’s armrest.
“Find out what the Ducal Lady did at the Crown Prince’s Palace today.”
Who she met, what conversations they had.
As the attendant left with the order, the Empress was left alone. She approached the window and drew back the curtain.
The Empress’s chilling gaze was directed toward the distant Crown Prince’s Palace.
“I wonder, what did she do there…”
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“Ah, I’m so tired.”
After returning home, I changed into comfortable clothes and immediately flopped down onto the bed.
Being around two members of the imperial family felt like it had drained all my energy.
First, the crown prince. Then, the Empress.
‘And I also had to deal with Demos earlier in the day.’
None of the three encounters were easy.
No wonder I felt so drained.
As I was focusing on just breathing, out of nowhere, Jelly appeared and hopped onto the bed.
“Jelly?”
I weakly called his name, and Jelly rubbed his cheek against my arm.
Jelly’s lethal cuteness made me reach out and gently stroke his back.
‘Ahh. Much better now.’
It hadn’t been long since we moved Jelly from the temple to the ducal residence, but Jelly’s condition had noticeably improved.
His once gaunt body finally got sufficiently chonkier, and his fur, previously rough and matted, now gleamed with health.
Undoubtedly, this was all thanks to Mary and Jane.
They were sincerely devoted to Jelly, more than anyone else.
‘…Like hopeless cat butlers.’
I stroked Jelly’s chin, chuckling at my own train of thought.
I’m getting a bit attached now. How would I cope when it’s time to separate?
After all, Jelly was supposed to return to the temple eventually.
With mixed feelings, I withdrew my hand.
The warmth and softness that had been there vanished in an instant.
Idly fiddling in the air, I lightly tapped Jelly’s nose with one fingertip.
“This is all because you’re too cute, you know that?”
Nyaa? Nyaa!
Jelly proudly raised his head at my words that sounded like a compliment but weren’t quite one.
Strutting over to me with a regal air, Jelly then stretched out his soft little paws and began to knead my arm gently.
“Oh my. Is this what they call kneading…?”
Nyaa. Nyanyaa.
Responding with a feigned indifference, Jelly kneaded more diligently than before. With each press of his tiny, fluffy paws, sleepiness enveloped me.
“Huh, this is like… kneading therapy…”
As I drifted into that thought, I fell asleep.
It felt like a light, cloudy nap.
However, I entered a dream where an unknown figure appeared.
They seemed like a woman, yet also like a man.
That person was crying, fighting with someone.
White and black lights emitted by them both clashed ruthlessly.
The world burned around them as their centerpiece.
A black sky and parched earth surrounded us, with agonized screams echoing from all sides.
The one emitting black light laughed.
—Haha, look at that sight. Isn’t it refreshing?!
At the chilling laughter, the one emitting white light cried out in sorrow.
—Please stop. Why are you doing this?!
—Do you really need to ask why I’m doing this?
—…Yes. I truly can’t understand…
—That’s why. You don’t understand me. And I don’t understand you, either.
Within the cold response, their gazes met.
—Then there’s only one way to stop you.
The person of white light spoke with a sad expression.
Soon, the white light began to split.
The divided light rushed towards the person of black light and clung to them.
—Damn it, what are you doing?!
—I’m trying to stop you.
—Until the very last second, you…!
—This is the end. Let’s go together.
The person wrapped in resentment whispered to the person of black light.
Before long, the black light also began to split.
The white and black lights intertwined tightly.
—Don’t think this is the last of me! I will return— Somehow, I will come back and…! Just wait and see. I will surely…!
A scream filled with malice scattered into the air.
The intertwined lights flashed brightly, then dispersed into five different directions.
Where the light vanished, the blue sky reappeared once more.
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