Refusing Your Ex-Husband's Obsession: A Guide - Chapter 171
Chapter 171
Translator: Yonnee
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“Then you mean that girl has already gone back?”
Seo-yoon asked loudly at that moment. Ciel’s eyes twitched slightly.
“That’s a bit of an inappropriate way to refer to her. ‘That girl’?”
“…Ah, I couldn’t quite remember her name.”
Jace watched her stumble over this clumsy lie. This was a side to her that’s unfamiliar to him.
“Ahh, I see.”
Ciel responded emotionlessly, masking any trace of feeling. Seo-yoon, feeling displeased with his reaction, spoke up,
“Actually, I came to meet her, but it’s a shame.”
“…Why did you come to meet her?”
“Do I need to explain the temple’s confidential matters to you, Duke?”
“Ah, so it’s a confidential matter that brought you here so early. You don’t have to tell me. I’ll speak with the High Priest myself.”
Seo-yoon quickly confessed, fearing the situation might go awry if Ciel met with the high priest.
“Well, uh, since you’re the Duke of the Stern Empire and an Esper… It wouldn’t be bad for you to know.”
“It’s alright.”
“The woman who you brought as a partner at last night’s ball—that woman has been chosen by the Goddess to be my hands and feet. To be my servant. So, I came to fetch her myself, but… I didn’t know she had already returned to her domain.”
Ciel’s eyes twitched again at Seo-yoon’s words.
What kind of bull was this woman saying right now?
“Did the Goddess truly say that?”
“Are you implying that I am lying?”
“May I ask why the Goddess chose Irene to be your appendage?”
Seo-yoon glared openly at Ciel for casually using ‘you’.
{ t/n: it’s considered disrespectful in Korea for people to refer to others—who they’re not close to—as ‘너’ or the informal version of ‘you’. }
Now she was certain. This man disliked her.
But why?
“Did you know? That woman is a Guide. Maybe you fell for her without even realizing… An Esper rejecting a Guide is not easy, I know.”
Surprised by her words, Jace’s eyes flitted to Ciel.
Ciel, on the other hand, quietly observed Seo-yoon, then slowly opened his mouth,
“So you’re saying it’s all because she’s a Guide?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“You’re a Saintess because you are a Guide. Then why should she become your servant?”
“What do you mean?”
Jace watched her reply sharply, as if witnessing something terribly unfamiliar.
Ciel replied with a twist in his lips.
“If Irene is a more powerful Guide than you, shouldn’t she be the Saintess? Maybe the Goddess pointed her out because she’s more fitting than you, who might one day vanish from this world.”
“…What are you saying!”
Seo-yoon trembled with rage.
What is this man saying? Everyone respects and admires me! All because…
Suddenly, a thought struck her like an electric shock, causing her to shiver. The only reason the empire respected her was because she was the Saintess, the chosen daughter of the Goddess.
But what if she were to lose that title?
“It’s not impossible. And since the voice of the Goddess can be heard by not only the Saintess, we can confirm more accurately by consulting the High Priest.”
“…I am superior. Say something that makes sense.”
“Oh, I don’t know about that. Didn’t you fail to guide me, Saintess?”
“…That woman didn’t guide His Highness the Crown Prince either, so you don’t know yet!”
“…Well.”
Ciel’s brow furrowed as he recalled Irene, who had already guided another Esper. He would have preferred her to guide only him, but that wasn’t the main issue at hand right now.
“Your Highness.”
“…Go ahead, Duke.”
Jace snapped back to attention at Ciel’s call. He looked at him sternly, and Ciel’s clear eyes glinted sharply.
He knew well when his friend, the duke, had such an expression. It was the cold, predator-like gaze reserved only for those he considered enemies.
Jace was sure that gaze wouldn’t be directed at him.
Then, who did the duke consider an enemy?
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