Refusing Your Ex-Husband's Obsession: A Guide - Chapter 165
Chapter 165
Translator: Yonnee
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“Then, Saintess, I will come to fetch you later.”
“Alright.”
Watching as the priest left with a shy expression on his face, Seo-yoon entered the prayer room. She felt compelled to check the prophecy she had been mulling over.
She peeked out of the prayer room door to ensure no one was in the corridor and sneakily headed towards where the prophetic writings were kept.
If the saintess were to be seen walking around alone, some randos would just come up to her and immediately be ‘accommodating’ to her. That’s why she had to resort to sneaking around now.
“I mean, at first it felt nice.”
It was delightful to receive everyone’s attention, but now it’s just annoying.
Why couldn’t those priests just mind their own business and leave her alone? She’s doing fine enough as it was.
It felt almost like…
“…Like I’m being watched. So damn irritating.”
At first, lived however she wanted and did whatever because she was determined to go back to Korea anyhow. She had no plans of staying here for the rest of her life.
But now, she was determined to be recognized as the top Guide in this place—unlike her situation back in Korea.
“Is there no other way to raise my rank?”
Approaching the room where the prophetic writings were stored, she found it guarded by paladins, unsurprisingly.
She quickly checked her appearance and approached them with a smile.
“Saintess?”
“You’re doing a great job.”
“May the blessings of God always be with Your Eminence…”
Though tired of the routine blessings, she reciprocated politely.
“May God’s blessings always be with you too.”
“Being greeted by the Saintess makes it feel like a true blessing.”
“Why have you come here?”
“I’ve got permission from the High Priest. There’s just something I need to check briefly.”
“Ah, I see. Then, please go ahead.”
“Thank you for your hard work.”
Entering the room, Seo-yoon clicked her tongue at the lax security.
“In Korea, this would’ve been unthinkable. People here trust too easily.”
She knew her status as a saintess made it easier, but the lack of security was still a relief.
“I need to go deeper inside, right?”
Following a familiar path, she entered another room connected to the main one. The room, as quiet as a prayer room, was mystically lit by sunlight streaming through ceiling windows.
Approaching the prophetic writings, the tomes of which were placed upon a marble podium, she picked up the second volume.
This part of the prophecy was still unknown to the rest of the world.
“It was supposed to be about me being the only Guide and loved by the Crown Prince and the Duke. But things started to go lopsided, and it all started with the Duke’s unexpected behavior…”
Just the thought was displeasing.
“Why didn’t my guiding work on him?”
Muttering, she quickly flipped through the pages, her fingers trembling as she slowed down.
“This…”
The content she initially saw was gone.
It’s been replaced by something unknown, with the latter half being blank.
But what shocked her wasn’t the alteration—it was the precisely written names in the prophecy.
“That f*cking wretch lied to me?”
The name causing her recent fury was clearly written there.
“Irene de Closch.”
Irene’s name and one other caught her eye. These were the names of the new Guides.
“Who the hell’s this Rose chick supposed to be?”
In the end, these two manifested as Guides, and they even had higher ranks than Seo-yoon herself.
Seo-yoon stared at the prophecy long and hard as she thought it over.
“Seems like no one knows about the changes in the prophecy yet. But they’re gonna find out soon.”
The only option was to act first.
Seo-yoon left and immediately sought out the high priest, intending to perform the kind of display these people relished.
“Saintess, what brings you here?”
Greeted by the ever-kind high priest, Seo-yoon returned his greeting lightly and, receiving the salutations of the surrounding priests, thought to herself that things were going well.
She composed her emotions and began speaking loud enough for everyone nearby, including the high priest, to hear.
“While praying in the temple, I heard the voice of the Goddess[1].”
“O, dear almighty Goddess.”
Seo-yoon’s words caused a significant stir. The priests knelt in unison and began praying towards her.
Only the high priest remained with a calm expression.
“What did She say?”
“…The Goddess has pitied me and said She would send people to help.”
¹ I found out belatedly through the manhwa that Asteras is a Goddess and not a God (pronouns aren’t usually gendered in the Korean language), so from now on, she’ll be addressed as such. ↩
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