Time-Limited Saintess, You’ve Been Caught by the Tyrant Once Again - Chapter 60

Chapter 30.2

At that moment, the sad and pained expression he showed her was nowhere to be found. Just now, even his pitiful explanation seemed to be ‘a lie.’

“You knew about me.”

“I won’t deny it. I knew about you, Elena.”

“No way. Could it be that you approached me on purpose?”

“Ellin, that’s not the case.”

Erich looked impatient.

‘Could he have figured out that I am a saint?’

No, he probably wouldn’t know that she was the real saint. There was no way Erich would leave her alone once he found out. Ellin tried to remain calm and make a reasoned judgment.

“Ellin, trust me. I need you.”

“How can I trust you, who deceived me from the beginning?”

“You too…”

“Yes, that’s right. So, we can’t trust each other.”

Ellin spoke calmly.

Until now, everyone thought separately of her who wasn’t a saint and her who was. So, how could she believe that Erich was different from them?

The next moment, Erich turned away from her.

It seemed that the distrust that began from that wound didn’t easily fade away. Moreover, the fact that he knew who she was and pretended not to know means there was a reason. Could that reason be explained by affection for a faithful believer? Even though she was a saint, it was naive and foolish to believe that.

Let’s admit it, she had trusted him too much because they had a connection in her previous life.

Ellin’s heart began to pound.

“You need me? For what reason?”

“That’s… for the temple.”

“Ha.”

Her sigh turned cold.

The reason he wanted to take her was to use her… For the sake of the temple and for the sake of life, she had to die in the most painful way, and even when she woke up again, she was exploited by him for the sake of the temple.

“For the sake of the temple…”

“Ellin, do you intend to leave the fake saint as she is? Are you going to let that deceitful woman take that position?”

Liliana was out of her mind. That was right. Erich wanted her to bring about Liliana’s downfall.

“How, how did you know?”

He hesitated a moment, then spoke as if exhaling a sigh.

“I just overheard that woman talking with her maid.”

Why didn’t he drive her away for deceiving him with a false name? There was a reason for that.

“I… can’t follow you, High Priest.”

She would rather be with Arkan, someone who was honest about his intentions and feelings.

Erich has never been honest.

As she finished her words, Ellin took a step back and ran, holding onto her skirt. She could hear Erich calling her from behind, but she ignored it. Her heart, which she thought had already broken once, was breaking down once again.

‘…Erich.’

He was the one who was with her until the end, so even though she hated Erich, she trusted him. So, when she met him in her second life, she was genuinely happy. She was happy that their relationship had become healthy and fell for him.

Of course, she was also at fault for deceiving him.

It was her mistake. Still, even knowing that, was it possible to trust him, who built a relationship with her while aware of that?

When there were no signs of Erich pursuing her, she walked slowly. Since it was the imperial palace anyway, he wouldn’t act recklessly and catch her. Even though she tried not to think about it, Erich’s face came to mind—the desperation painted on it didn’t seem fake.

‘Could it be real? It could be sincere. Erich has always been a kind priest. He’s the same. Let’s go back now, whether it was in the past or now… Maybe I should go back and listen to his story.’

Ellin glanced back as if she had lingering regrets.

‘No, don’t believe it. Can’t you see it now?’

…She was no longer the Saintess who had to trust in the goodness of people.

Ellin then took a deep breath and thought to herself. What could be the reason for Erich wanting to take her away from here now? Knowing about the existence of ‘Elena’ meant that he knew that she and the current saint, Liliana, were from the same region. What was he going to do with Liliana, the fake saint, now that he knew of her existence?

She remembered Erich gently encouraging her to look into Liliana. In addition, the selection of Angelia was also very unnatural. However, because she trusted Erich, she didn’t think that was the reason he chose her as an Angelia.

‘As expected, he was planning on using me to get rid of Liliana.’

She denied it once, but that was the only reason.

Ellin clenched her fist.

Erich had tried to use her… This seemed to be the answer given by the gods.

‘…How cruel, to reveal this truth to me in your own space.’

“Are you coming from the temple?”

Startled by the voice, she turned her head.

Arkan emerged from a side street.

Although he always had a group of people trailing behind him wherever he went, it seemed that he was alone today. At the same time, Ellin realized how he would feel about this place. It was certain that he would express displeasure.

“Greetings to Your Majesty.”

“You have great faith.”

She bowed her head before raising it.

Surprisingly, his mocking tone was filled with disapproval, but he didn’t seem angry.

“Do you always pray like this?”

“…Yes.”

Perhaps because the official duties hadn’t yet begun? He was dressed comfortably, perhaps because the official duties hadn’t started yet. Even his loose white shirt, which wasn’t thick, couldn’t hide his sturdy physique.

Arkan, standing alone in the imperial palace garden where the morning fog had not yet disappeared, somehow looked dreamy.

“What’s going on? Your face is red.”

“No, it’s nothing.”

As she hoped that tears wouldn’t well up in her eyes, Ellin remembered that Erich was still in the temple.

“Are you going to pray?”

“Me?”

Ellin was relieved when Arkan asked back with a look of absurdity.

Arkan and Erich didn’t get along. After all, didn’t Erich kill him in the end? So, in the meantime, she wanted to avoid their meeting.

“That d*mn temple should have been destroyed a long time ago, but it’s too noisy, so I can’t get rid of it.”

“….”

“You don’t need to know. I’ll bring it down someday, so until then, do as you please.”

Destroying the only temple in the imperial palace that was touched by the temple was itself a declaration of war against the temple. He was hinting at a war against the temple.

“Is it okay if I pray?”

“What?”

He asked with a frown.

“No…”

Arkan, who hated the temple so much—even married the Saintess in his previous life and even went as far as to send a fake saint in this life to mock the temple, didn’t care about her prayers? What happened?

“Come here.”

Upon his words, Ellin approached him cautiously.

Could it be that he was trying to impose some kind of punishment? No, even though he seemed so calm, he might abruptly change his mind and try to kill her…

For some reason, she felt scared.

The next moment, something warm was placed on her hands, which were cold in the cool morning air. It was slightly warm, soft, and fluffy…

“…Bread?”

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