Time-Limited Saintess, You’ve Been Caught by the Tyrant Once Again - Chapter 51

Chapter 26.1

At the sight of the Princess desperately covering her ears, it seemed like she didn’t want to hear any sound.

The problem was her ears. To be precise, ‘hearing’ was the issue.

Ellin, who finally remembered, approached Charlotte slowly, just like a cat walking lightly, with a slowness in her steps.

The maids who saw her like that shouted sharply at her.

“Who are you?!”

“Who are you… Your Highness Charlotte!”

“Shh!”

When she raised her index finger, the maids and servants reflexively shut their mouths. And with the silence, the Princess’s scream ceased.

“Huh…?”

“Aaaaahh!”

Just as the Princess was about to scream for the second time, Ellin spoke under her breath in an urgent voice.

“Shh! Don’t speak.”

The maid completely sealed her own lips.

When people didn’t say anything, the Princess’s expression relaxed. Her face, which was almost demonic, suddenly took on a gentle glow as she looked around.

As Ellin stared at the Princess for a while, memories of the records she had read in passing came to mind.

At the time when she had been forcibly made Arkan’s wife, the imperial palace’s records of the duties of an ‘empress’ were presented to her. She hadn’t read it. Or, more accurately, she had read it but tried not to let it get into her head. At that time, as she looked at the perplexed face of a maid, she let out a sigh and ‘just read it.’

Among those records, there was one that had caught her eye.

It was the death of the Princess.

She had heard whispers about Arkan’s growing hatred for the temple due to the death of the Princess, so it was only natural that she would read the records.

According to the records at that time, during the modest funeral of Princess Charlotte, something had flowed from her ears when they laid her to rest. As physicians were called to examine her body, they found a severe infection in the Princess’s ears. It was truly dreadful.

The cause of Princess Charlotte’s ailment was an ear disease. She had been afflicted with it from a young age, and it had grown to the point where it was untreatable.

As a result, all ‘sounds’ brought her pain. Everything she heard became a source of suffering.

Ellin, who used her divine powers to heal people, had also studied medical literature, so she understood the connection between the ‘ear infection’ and the ‘ailment.’ Severe ear infections could make even the act of hearing sounds painful. As the disease progressed, Charlotte’s suffering from hearing sounds became even more excruciating.

When ‘hearing’ became a source of pain, the Princess threw herself into the water, taking her own life.

At that time, she was heartbroken, but before her death, she was preoccupied with bidding farewell to her fate and the world. As a result, the death of this young Princess was forgotten.

However, upon seeing the living Princess, she felt pity for her.

The reason for her death was apparent.

The imperial court wouldn’t have been so kind to the daughter of the fallen Normatian slave… especially not a priest. No, the priest responsible for her treatment might have even known about the disease from the beginning and still turned a blind eye.

She knew how widespread the hatred against the Normatians was in the temple.

‘But now that Arkan has become the Emperor, why can’t they properly diagnose her illness?’

She was puzzled.

In her previous life, Arkan was just a prince, but things were different now. If he had become the Emperor, there was no way the council members wouldn’t have examined the Princess.

Anyway, she decided to reveal that Charlotte had an ear infection.

It was when she stood up from her seat—

“Ah!”

Charlotte grabbed her hand. Even though she tried to pull her hand away in surprise, the young girl had quite a strong grip.

“….”

Her red eyes met her gaze.

Her eyes looked desperate. It was as though they were pleading for help, begging for an end to this suffering. It seemed that she knew that Ellin had noticed something and quieted the others. Even in her agony, she made her own judgment.

It was clear that Charlotte hadn’t lost her mind.

A glimmer of hope began to emerge.

‘The Princess isn’t crazy.’

Ellin realized as she looked at the Princess. It didn’t seem like Charlotte would easily let go of her hand, and she sighed.

Pitiful child.

In the end, she carefully approached Charlotte, took her in her arms and gently stroked her head.

‘What should I do?’

Her heart was pounding.

Ellin hesitated for a moment as she gazed at the Princess, who was shedding tears from pain. It must have been unbearable, so painful that she threw herself into the water to end it all. She recalled the brutal record, which broke her heart, but she hadn’t given much more thought to it because of her own tragedy.

It was heart-wrenching that a child suffering so intensely would ultimately be remembered with just one line.

‘She died.’

Come to think of it, there was no guarantee that summoning a priest would completely cure the ear infection. It might be too late, having left it untreated. Or maybe they might be afraid to be reprimanded if they finally diagnose that she had an ear infection.

She knew that using her abilities on the Princess was a grave offense. Still, if she wanted this child to get better quickly, how could she refuse it?

At her thought, Ellin gently stroked Charlotte’s disheveled golden hair and carefully placed her hand on her ear. Then, she embraced the young girl more tightly and used her divine power, praying for the infection in her ear to be healed.

God, please save your young child.

‘…To suffer from illness all one’s life and die in agony, this child’s life was too pitiable. She was so young and vulnerable, and didn’t you send me here to do this?’

It had been a long time since she had used divine power, and she also needed to make sure no one noticed. Despite the fact that the light emitted by the divine power was faint, the treatment should be as quick as possible. As Ellin focused on her delicate task for a while, Charlotte clung tightly to her body.

In the meanwhile, those who had intended to stop her all stood there dumbfounded, witnessing Charlotte’s tranquil demeanor.

A white light flowed gradually into Charlotte’s ears.

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