Time-Limited Saintess, You’ve Been Caught by the Tyrant Once Again - Chapter 23

“Here is the arrangement layout.”

Saying so, Rondson handed Erich a chart of the choral arrangements for this year’s Holy Spirit Festival. For some reason, Erich was in charge of the festival, so as a consequence of the High Priest’s unusual action, the priests under him also worked diligently in preparing for the festival.

“What is this?”

As if sympathizing with his question, Rondson sighed.

“Yes, that commoner Angelia and the Saint are going to stay together throughout the whole performance.”

They would sing three songs. Still, despite the arrangement being slightly changing arrangements as they sang, Ellin and Liliana remained next to each other.

“No matter how I look at it, it looks like bullying. From what I can tell, the commoner girl won’t be able to perform well because she will be too nervous.”

“Our saint is very smart.”

Erich raised the corner of his mouth and smiled coolly. The arcs drawn on the corners of his mouth made the chaste priest look bewitching.

“I can’t believe she would do this to humiliate a commoner woman.”

Rondson replied.

He, a follower of Erich, was a priest who hated Liliana more than anything else. As he uttered those words, a thick hatred crept into his eyes.

“It’s not just disgrace.”

“Yes?”

“Isn’t she doing this because she has something to gain?”

He spoke kindly.

While Rondson put on a look of disgust as if he had just realized something at those words, Erich stared at the arrangements again and muttered.

“Their songs won’t end safely.”

Cracks were etched across his beautiful appearance, like a creature of God, as he smiled twistedly.

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The Angelias looked at each other and laughed. True to the word Angelia, they were truly like angels.

Wearing white clothes that showed off their shoulders, their white skin stood out, making them dreamily beautiful. Their beautiful bodies were visible in sleeveless clothes that exposed both shoulders and chest. In addition, they adorned themselves with silver jewelry that wasn’t too flashy, and they all wore round silver coronets.

They were beautiful to begin with, but they were more beautiful than ever when they wore the same clothes.

Ellin, who was alienated from the group, quietly clasped her hands together. Rather than feeling embarrassed or lonely, she was only focusing on when she was going to start singing.

Knock, knock.

There was a knock at the door.

When she turned her head, Liliana, who was splendidly groomed, came in.

Liliana was gorgeous. With her beautiful blonde hair loose and flowing, her jewelry, including a leaf-shaped gold crown, was almost hurting her eyes. It was double the amount of jewelry Ellin had worn for this occasion when she was the Saint.

All of the Angelians praised her beauty.

As she and Ellin’s eyes met, Liliana smiled an angelic smile.

“Ellin, how could you not ask me for any help?”

She then clicked her tongue as she looked at Elin, who was wearing only white clothes.

“I’m fine.”

“How could that be?”

Liliana smiled and winked at Linda, who brought a gold necklace, before opening her mouth again.’

“A necklace would be enough.”

It was an unusually beautiful necklace of sparkling peridots.

“Thank you, but I’m fine.”

“Ellin, if you go out unpretentiously like this, the Angelias will be criticized for excluding commoners, and moreover, I, who sings with you, will also be criticized.”

“….”

“So come on.”

In the end, Ellin knew it would be useless for her to refuse as Liliana admired the necklace as she put it on her.

Looking at herself in the mirror, she was wearing simple clothes and an ornate necklace. It was rather classy. She didn’t think Liliana would be this nice to herself. Still, there was no aura of any curse in this necklace.

Just as she was in doubt, there was another knock on the door.

It was Maynard and Erich.

Maynard’s gaze flickered to Liliana, then settled on Ellin. However, she didn’t notice the stare because she was glancing at Erich.

Erich looked at Liliana and spoke exaggeratedly.

“Saint, you look very beautiful today.”

“Thank you.”

Liliana replied, pleased by his compliment.

“It looks like the ornaments the Saint is wearing will shine brighter than the sun today.”

Both Angelia and Maynard stiffened their expressions at that bony remark. It was because the sun symbolized God.

In other words, he was being sarcastic to her.

Liliana’s face hardened as she realized what he meant. Nonetheless, Erich turned his head and looked at Ellin.

“Ellin! It seems like the merciful saint took care of you. You’re beautiful today.”

As he uttered those words, his orange eyes didn’t seem to be lying at all.

“Since you’re so beautiful like this already, are the earrings I prepared useless now?”

“Earrings?”

“Yes.”

The next moment, he held out an earring. The silver earrings were dangling with tiny white gems. While it may look simple like this, it would sparkle with every movement.

“But, it must be difficult to combine silver with gold, isn’t it?”

Hearing his words, Elin shook her head desperately as he looked downcast.

“It’s okay! I’ll do it even if it doesn’t suit me.”

Since it was prepared by Erich for her, she didn’t want to refuse.

That was when Maynard finally opened his mouth.

“High Priest Erich, you’re showing too much favouritism.”

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