Time-Limited Saintess, You’ve Been Caught by the Tyrant Once Again - Chapter 21

“Priest Erich said so.”

Lisa glanced around as she said that. Even though a soft smile hung over Liliana’s amiable face, those sensitive to her expression could tell that the corners of her mouth were quivering.

Liliana squeezed the hem of her skirt tightly without other Angelia noticing.

“Oh, my God, does it make sense to give away something that precious at will?”

“That’s what I mean. Me, too…”

“And when she looks at us and says she won’t accept it, anyone who sees it might think that we’re harassing her.”

Before they knew it, the prayer meeting had changed from being the nature of a prayer meeting to being a place to gossip about Ellin, and no one even questioned it. In the first place, the Angelias in the temple were actually far from those with religious beliefs. Even the Saintess Liliana was the same, so it might be natural for the prayer meeting to change.

Moreover, for them, Ellin was annoying in many ways—her presence as an ostentatious and unintelligent commoner woman. At first, they were willing to show her ‘mercy’ if she was rather humble and bowed down to them.

Her problem was trying to stand in front of others through her acquaintance with the high-ranking priest.

Priest Erich was young and beautiful. While he was an enchanting being to look at and kind, that was it since he always drew the line gently. Still, the treatment of Elena was different. They weren’t the ones who couldn’t tell the subtle difference.

However, this Golden Bible made their guess a certainty.

High Priest Erich favored her!

“Everyone calm down. It’s not good to be too hateful.”

“Saint…”

“High Priest Erich likes faithful people. Since it was a treasure possessed by him, he just did as a priest wished.”

Her words left them speechless.

What was that Saint talking about? When they thought she was about to express her dislike for him, Liliana said that she felt sorry for them instead.

“Still, I understand your disappointment. As you know, I was once a very ordinary woman, and now suddenly she became a saint… was that why?”

There was a dark complexion in her beautiful blue eyes.

“In fact, it was very difficult for me to be faithful. I’m sure you’re like that, too. Faith actually wears me out sometimes.”

As she became the Saint, Liliana became more cunning as she learned to show off her own human charms.

At that moment, the faces of those who harbored resentment at her words earlier softened as Liliana’s ‘honesty’ evoked their sense of homogeneity. They were human, wouldn’t it be natural?! They couldn’t just be blind to God because they weren’t priests!

As a result, Liliana skillfully expressed the agony of a normal human who became the Saint, embracing the hearts of Angelias and drawing them to her side.

“Ms. Ellin is different from us. She must have been all the more desperate since the only means by which she could be recognized was her faithfulness.”

It was a strange disparaging remark about Ellin, but they didn’t notice… no, even if he noticed, they wouldn’t have cared.

“The Saint is very kind.”

Angelias’ heart was a little relieved at the words that comforted them.

Seeing that, Liliana smiled benevolently. They were leaning towards her ‘sincerity,’ which she had just revealed. Unlike the nobles, who became Angelia by their choices, Liliana was forced to become the Saint. Even they felt sympathy for her like that.

“We just have to show the elegance of the aristocracy during the Holy Spirit Festival.”

“Elegant appearance…”

The Holy Spirit Festival was an event to bless all the priests and a celebration of God. Most famously, the Saint and Angelias would sing hymns in front of all the priests and the people.

After all, could a commoner do well in front of people?

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“Ellin, can you sing a little louder?”

Ellin lowered her head to Henrietta’s annoyance.

She couldn’t sing out loud because the hymns of the Holy Spirit were something she did until just before she died. Though on the contrary, she was so used to it that if she were caught off guard, she would sing even Liliana’s part brilliantly. Even melodies dedicated to God had mystical power in the lyrics, so it was very easy to express her power.

The first song was the official language of the Empire, but the second song was even more serious because it was a ‘Sacred song.’

What if she revealed her divinity in front of everyone? Everything she’d worked so far would be in vain. Because of that, she practiced more cautiously, yet she was just a nuisance like this.

Ellin turned her head and looked around. All of them were unfavorable glances.

“I’m sorry.”

“No, when would a person who was a commoner ever appear in front of so many people like this?”

Liliana spoke kindly and patted her on the shoulder.

“As expected, I… this time…”

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