Time-Limited Saintess, You’ve Been Caught by the Tyrant Once Again - Chapter 62

Chapter 31.2

“Besides, I heard that child was hideous, wasn’t they?”

“It was my mistake. I shouldn’t have pushed them.”

Erich shook his head at Liliana’s self-blame.

“No, it was certainly surprising.”

‘…Why is this person acting like this now?’

He softened her guard with a warm smile.

“Don’t look at those people in the future.”

“…Alright. Is there anything else you want to say?”

So, Liliana tried to quickly end her meeting with him.

“If you have anything else to say…”

Erich smiled, stroking his chin.

“Why didn’t you use your divine power?”

“Yes?”

“Divine power. If the child was hurt, shouldn’t you have used your divine power to heal them?”

“I…”

“It’s a little strange.”

He looked at her with a smirk. Although his orange eyes seemed full of kindness, in reality, they were filled with profound malice.

As Liliana looked at that blatant twist, her breath caught in her throat. Yeah, it was like this. That was how Erich was. Now that she thought about it, he had always mocked her with a smiling face. Yet somehow, it was so natural that she hadn’t realized he was being sarcastic.

However, now even his expression seemed unnatural as if he was forcing a smile.

“You don’t seem to be in a good mood.”

Seeing his eyes widen at her observation, Liliana went on with her smile suppressed.

“Wasn’t it known to you as well, High Priest, that I can’t freely use divine power? Why are you suddenly bringing it up and shaking it for no reason?”

“….”

“It’s like you’ve been beaten up somewhere, and you’re taking it out on me.”

‘Please, just leave me alone.’

Erich smirked at Liliana’s comments.

“Well, why do you think that?”

“….”

“If that person* were in the same situation, she would’ve embraced the child.”
[ T/N: Even though the author used the word ‘그분,’ which has no pronoun, as we all know, he was talking about the real saintess, so we could assume the pronoun here is ‘she/her,’ and that’s what I’ll be sticking with! ]

Erich approached Liliana.

‘…Wait a minute. What did he just say? What does he mean by ‘That person’?’

Then, he gently grasped the clothes she was wearing. It wasn’t a tight grip like he was lifting her by the collar, but even that alone left Liliana so startled she couldn’t breathe.

“Did you mention I was in a bad mood today? You saw it right.”

“….”

“It’s because of your unexpected stupidity that things turned out like this. I couldn’t help but lose my temper.”

“….”

“Keep struggling in the future as well. Pitifully, and miserably.”

While Erich’s fiery eyes were like flames, Liliana shuddered and accepted his anger in stride.

‘No, no, no… no…!’

When she looked at him, she finally realized.

…This high priest knew she was a fake.

Tears began to well up in her eyes, and as soon as she realized it, there was only one thing she could do.

“Kkyaaaak!”

She grabbed his hand and pulled it away before she grabbed her own collar tightly and screamed. At the same time, Erich looked at her in bewilderment.

“What’s going on?!”

“Sir Maynard… High, High Priest Erich!”

Saying so, Liliana pointed at the crumpled front of her shirt. Maynard stared at Erich with a stern expression.

“What is this, High Priest?”

“The situation is exactly as you see it. Let’s see what the Saintess has to say.”

At the sight of him speaking calmly as if he was talking about someone else’s affairs, Liliana shouted.

“He grabbed me by the collar all of a sudden and pushed my body down!”

She spoke through tears. The skin below her collarbone was stained red.

“High Priest.”

Even at Maynard’s words, Erich remained calm. The faces of the paladins standing behind Maynard hardened. They had no idea what this situation meant. The High Priest using violence against the Saint?! Even the location where he grabbed her was ambiguous. It could mean something unspeakable may have happened.

“High Priest Erich, please explain.”

“Are you going to capture me?”

Erich smiled.

“I don’t think I should be taken in for questioning, do you?”

“…High Priest Erich, it seems you’re not aware of the seriousness of the situation.”

At Maynard’s words, Erich burst into laughter. He sounded like he was laughing at a comedy.

“I know very well. This saint is trying to silence me.”

“Trying to silence you?”

“I don’t know, Sir Maynard! He keeps saying strange things! He’s out of his mind!”

Liliana looked at Maynard with a desperate expression. To him, she appeared nothing more than a pitiful, sobbing woman clinging to her clothes. On the contrary, Erich seemed cheerful, while Liliana looked like this.

What on earth was this situation?

First, he decided to sort out the situation.

“Take him first.”

At his command, the knights hesitated before seizing Erich. In the meanwhile, Liliana sobbed uncontrollably. It was when Maynard, who had been looking at Erich, suddenly glanced behind him.

Was he mistaken?

The corners of Liliana’s mouth seemed to curl up as she lowered her head. He furrowed his eyebrows.

“You haven’t changed.”

“Say it more here, and I’ll cut your fingers. You should know that I’m being generous by letting this slide. When you do something like that, they usually cut off your hands and tongue.”

He remembered the conversation between Ellin and Liliana. From that, he knew that the Saintess didn’t have a pure heart. Of course, Liliana was human. So, there was no need to suppress her emotions just because she was a saint. Nonetheless, wasn’t their conversation back then excessively vicious?

So, the current situation was also a question to him.

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As usual, Ellin went to Charlotte’s room. Seeing that the child was asleep, she kissed her forehead before waking her up.

At that moment, a knock was heard.

“What is this?”

“It’s the bread from His Majesty the Emperor.”

“…Why would His Majesty give it to me?”

“Perhaps it’s because the miss has been having a hard time?”

The bread basket seemed somewhat heavy for an elderly servant to carry, so Ellin accepted it. The basket was filled with bread—all kinds of bread. It looked appetizing at a glance.

Still, her stomach was already full from breakfast.

Ellin looked at the bread with a troubled expression.

“Please tell them I’ll eat them well.”

Ellin sighed.

Why was he abruptly fixated with bread? Why was Arkan behaving like this?

She stared at the basket, lost in thought for a while.

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