Refusing Your Ex-Husband’s Obsession: A Guide - Chapter 214

Chapter 214

Translator: Yonnee

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He approached Irene, who was present at the scene, just as she had before as well.

“My lady.”

“Greetings to Your Highness the Crown Prince, the small sun of the Empire.”

“Greetings to Your Highness.”

Starting with her greeting, everyone present bowed or prostrated themselves. Jace responded loudly enough for all to hear.

“That’s enough greetings now. I don’t wish to receive them in such a situation.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

Irene straightened up and cast her eyes down. It was improper to look directly at the face of an imperial family member.

Jace spoke in a voice tinged with admiration towards her.

“Ah, you’ve done a great deed again.”

“No, it’s not me, Your Highness. The citizens fled here on their own. I joined them later.”

“No, it’s certain you did something.”

Jace had an untraceable belief in her words, a conviction that her presence had prevented the situation from worsening.

He smiled, feeling like he had discovered a capable person.

“Your Highness, there’s a matter I wish to discuss.”

“Go ahead, tell me.”

Irene decided it was better to address the fundamental problem rather than seek a personal solution.

“These people have lost their homes, their livelihoods to a disaster called monsters. It would be good if Your Highness could lend a helping hand. They are the driving force of the nation, after all.”

The words, which could sound risky, made the Imperial Knights, Aiden, and Lacie around her tense.

However, as Jace was willing to listen to anything from Irene, the crown prince readily agreed.

“Yes, you are right. If they are citizens of the Empire, then they naturally fall under the jurisdiction of His Majesty the Emperor, and therefore mine as well. It’s my duty to take care of you all.”

The conversation between the two was overheard by the citizens standing behind. While they believed the imperial family would help, being commoners, they also harbored concerns.

Even nobles often looked down on commoners, so why would the royals be any different? However, such doubts vanished as hope filled their previously despondent hearts, and they erupted into cheers.

“Wahhhh! Your Highness the Crown Prince!”

“Thank you!”

They then addressed Irene:

“Thank you, Saintess!”

“May the Goddess’s grace be with you!”

“If it weren’t for the Saintess, we might have had to spend the night on the streets. We are so grateful!”

Irene, flustered, quickly waved her hands.

“No, I am no saintess…”

“We will pray every day for His Highness the Crown Prince and Your Eminence the Saintess, for Astera’s blessing to always be with you!”

Overwhelmed and unsure how to react, Irene was looked upon by Marco with eyes full of reverence. With his exceptional hearing, he clearly heard the shouts of the people.

Without a shred of doubt, they regarded Irene as the saintess. It was a cry that sprung sincerely from the heart, not something they were told to say.

Realizing this sent chills through him, and he understood what the high priest had said.

In truth, Marco was a paladin of the temple disguised as a commoner, sent here on the high priest’s orders.

The temple could not have been unaware of the monster wave. It was a dire situation, akin to the breaking of the Goddess’s blessing, and the temple was in turmoil.

But the high priest was not flustered and had instead summoned Marco, who had recently developed strange abilities after suffering a high fever. From that moment on, he had been called an ‘Esper’.

At first, he was skeptical, but he became convinced after witnessing the situation before coming here and felt a strange sensation upon seeing Lady Closch.

He also realized that not only the crown prince and the duke were gifted with the power of Espers, but others as well.

What he experienced in the prayer room was indescribable. With his heightened senses, his heart pounded with the piercing scent of roses and the ringing of bells.

The voices intertwined in them were certainly not human.

So, who was the existing saintess who was known by all? The idea of two saintesses was unimaginable, so he began to doubt the concept of a saintess for the first time.

That’s why he was rather glad when the high priest instructed him to find Lady Closch. It was an opportunity to confirm the truth.

And now, he realized that everything had been the Goddess’s will. The real saintess was none other than…