Villainous Husband, the One You’re Obsessed With Is Over There - Chapter 156
Chapter 78.2
“What should we do? He’ll be furious. He’ll try to find me. He isn’t going to leave me alone… he’ll play with me painfully and then kill me.”
Eden knelt in front of me as if trying to reassure me. He didn’t forget to firmly hold both my hands to prevent me from running away.
“He was generous with you, right?”
“It’s because I’ve been obedient all this time…”
He couldn’t deny it. As he closed his mouth and tried to think of something to say to soothe me, he clumsily patted my shoulder, but it didn’t provide any comfort at all.
At that moment, someone’s hand rested on top of my head.
I checked to see who it was.
It was Seraphina.
“Angelica, I’m not exactly sure what’s going on, though…”
I resented Seraphina. Even though I knew it wasn’t her fault, in my head, it seemed like she had ruined everything… but the blame quickly turned toward me.
No, it was my fault.
It was because I was foolish.
Seraphina wiped my messed-up face with her sleeve, now stained with tears and snot. She didn’t care about her once pristine white clothing. Then, she held me tightly and spoke in a soothing voice.
“You said it took you seventeen days to get here, remember? The Emperor’s army will take at least that long.”
“It only took seventeen days…”
“Even if they go there and immediately come back, it will still take another seven days. So, we have more than a month of leeway, right? Don’t you think so?”
Seraphina’s voice was like a soothing tonic. Perhaps it was because I may have lost strength from crying so much, but gradually, I stopped shedding tears in her embrace.
She comforted me.
“I didn’t know that something not going according to your plan would become such a big problem. I’m sorry.”
If you think about it, she shouldn’t have to apologize. It was me who was in the wrong. I tried to pass everything on to her and hide. Even though I thought it was the best thing to do, hearing this apology now, I felt acutely ashamed of being such a terrible person.
“No…”
I said with a whimper.
Seraphina helped me to my feet.
“Would you like to pray? Even if you’re not a believer of the God of Mercy, prayer can be helpful.”
She looked at me and smiled warmly… a face that melted away all worries and concerns. She was a person who perfectly suited the title of Saint of Mercy.
I stared blankly at Seraphina’s face.
“If you follow the procedure with a reverent heart, it might calm your mind. Come on. Angelica, even if you tried to go to Actilus right away, your body wouldn’t be able to handle the journey since you’ve lost too much strength.”
I nodded and followed her. When we entered the prayer room together, she showed me each of the ceremonial items.
My mind was in turmoil, but I nodded blankly for now. Seraphina placed the items in my hands one by one and then led me through a process known only to her. She filled five vessels with holy water and placed them in the designated positions to form a pentagon before she lit the candles on the altar, and we sat in the center of the prayer room.
As Seraphina told me to kneel, I did as she instructed.
“God of Mercy, your servant is here.”
Seraphina prayed.
When I asked if I should repeat what she was saying, she gently told me that I didn’t have to, so I closed my eyes and clasped my hands together.
“Please guide the lost one and lead them on the right path. Please keep them safe and let them be accompanied by a strong will.”
Her gentle voice gradually calmed me down little by little. As her fair and beautiful hand gently touched my cheek, I opened my eyes cautiously to see her smiling sadly once again.
“Now, the God and you are more deeply connected.”
That was the end of the prayer.
Now, it was time to organize the prayer room. The preparations made before the prayer were reversed in order—the candles were extinguished, the holy water in the bowls was poured back into their respective places, and then the bowls were returned to their positions.
Seraphina asked.
“Was that helpful?”
Despite the fact that the prayer hadn’t magically improved my situation, at least it had helped to quell some of the intense emotions that had been welling up within me. Nevertheless, the fact that I was still devastated and helpless remained the same. I was unable to give any clear answers and just stared down at the bowls in my hands.
“For me, desperation has always been helpful, the desperation to hear the voice of God. I always turn to God for guidance.”
Seraphina uttered words that didn’t provide much help to me.
I placed the bowls back on the shelf where they originally belonged. When I looked back, I noticed that her eyelashes were trembling.
“I forgive you, Angelica.”
A chill settled in one corner of my chest. Seraphina knew that I had deliberately omitted information to put her in danger.
Well, I had panicked and shouted like that… she would be a fool to not know.
I felt a growing sense of unease as I gazed at her.
She mumbled something with a wistful smile, though I couldn’t hear it. Then, Seraphina rushed out of the prayer room. It was only then that I realized she, too, had been shaken by the emotional turmoil and had pretended to be calm to calm me down. I immediately opened the prayer room door to chase after her, but Eden was there.
He spoke with a slightly haggard face.
“I won’t let you die. I know I’m responsible.”
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