Time-Limited Saintess, You've Been Caught by the Tyrant Once Again - Chapter 55
Chapter 28.1
Marquis Kasmin clicked his tongue and spoke, perhaps aware of Arkan’s displeasure.
“Are you sure you didn’t bring the real saintess with you? Is it possible to not be so greedy? Moreover, from what I saw earlier, it was definitely not normal for her not to be afraid of Your Majesty. Isn’t she truly an intriguing person?”
Then, he shook his head in disbelief at the idea of speaking to an enraged Arkan like that.
At that moment, Arkan opened his mouth.
“Do you still not know?”
“What do you mean?”
“She must be a noble from an extinct family.”
“Now that you mention it…”
She was something strangely composed and elegant, typical of nobles… yet it also seemed somewhat different? Marquis Kasmin furrowed his eyebrows at the thought.
“Could it be a family we’ve destroyed?”
“The lineage we’ve destroyed? Were there any survivors?”
His red eyes stared at Kasmin.
“No, there’s not something like that.”
Marquis Kasmin replied with a bitter smile.
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For Lilliana, service was truly arduous.
Despite the fact that she had mentally prepared herself to some extent since the time she began impersonating the Saint, witnessing these impoverished children was more dreadful than she had anticipated. Setting aside everything else, if one thing had to be singled out, it was the smell. They emitted a foul odor. Their hygiene standards surpassed her imagination.
Children.
Lilliana didn’t hate children. On the contrary, she liked them. No matter how selfish she may be, she didn’t hate everything.
Enduring the filth, she served diligently. She forced a bright smile and blessed them. She couldn’t help but feel a slight sense of pride as she saw the children, who seemed to embody the prophecy that the blessings of the Saint make everything go well.This was truly a good choice. Even the Angelias praised her. Those who volunteered for service were loyal nobles or wealthy commoners, and they seemed to have formed a favorable impression of her.
Even Maynard, who had been looking at her stiffly, gradually softened his expression.
The service lasted for three days, and she wandered through other cities. Lilliana felt delighted to witness their absolute adoration. Although she was a saint who couldn’t wield divine power, she was an absolute presence. If it weren’t for what happened on the last day before returning, her service, although unpleasant, might have remained a pretty good memory.
The last place she visited was the most rundown of all.
Liliana, who had become accustomed to their filth, gently stroked the children’s matted hair and offered words of blessing along with the priests.
“Sa, Saint!”
“Saintess!”
However, the condition of the children wasn’t good. They even had their mouths wide open, drooling continuously. They were children with peculiarities in their heads.
“These are children who were abandoned due to illness.”
“Poor thing.”
Lilliana bit her tongue.
Just as she suppressed the creeping disgust and handed out supplies to the children, one of them tightly embraced her. It was when she forced a smile and looked down at them that she saw that the skin of the child with one damaged eye resembled fish scales. Was that all? Every inch of the child’s skin was filled with yellow pus.
The child looked like a monster, not a human. She didn’t dare to scream at the hideous appearance of the child.
When she didn’t refuse, the other children all surrounded her. A sour and filthy smell wafted through the air. There was a child with a missing arm. Some seemed covered in scales all over their entire bodies, and some had rotting arms and legs.
It was too terrifying. Too frightening.
As the first child who hugged her pressed their face against Lilliana’s hand, she let out a scream she had been desperately holding back.
“Kkyaaaaaak!”
“Saint!”
Since Maynard wasn’t there at this time, another paladin separated the child from Lilliana, who shivered uncontrollably.
“Go away, quickly take that thing off me…”
“What insolence!”
The child’s mind wasn’t intact. They just wanted to experience the warmth of someone who was pretty and smelled good, feed them, and love them. Some priests had said it would be good to do so. After all, they did it because they longed for touch, hoping someone would stroke them.
Thud!
The paladin’s kicks sent the child sprawling across the floor.
“What’s going on?!”
Maynard, who had been patrolling the village from a distance, shouted. The child’s face was stained with blood.
“S, Sir!”
He looked back and forth between the fallen child and the paladin.
“Th, that child just attached themselves to the Saint… I just took them off.”
“You just took them off…”
Maynard muttered in an angry tone.
In this village, there weren’t only paladins and priests but also those who volunteered for service in the name of faith. Wealthy merchants, commoners, and nobles murmured as they looked at her.
“Please treat the child.”
At Maynard’s instructions, the priests treated the fallen child. Then, he sighed as he glanced at the trembling Lilliana.
“Let’s go back.”
How could she call a child ‘that’?!
One priest among the astonished priests raised the corners of his mouth. It went as planned. All that remained was to report to High Priest Erich.
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Arkan couldn’t enter the room and wandered around. Even though he didn’t know why it was like that, that was how it was.
At that moment, the door burst open.
“What brings you here…”
As Ellin asked with a puzzled expression, he spoke with a stiff expression.
“I’ve come to pay the price.”
“The price? What for?”
“In exchange for your earrings.”
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