Chapter 1 (1/2)

Gray snowflakes fell one by one in the sky.

If I was a pure child, I would’ve been happily playing with snowflakes like a puppy. But now, I was screaming at the red blood that was spreading through the snowflakes.

“No! Astein!”

A knight that dared a fake saint.

Only for me who had hidden a fake identity.

An arrow was stuck on Astein’s abdomen.

But still, he didn’t step out in front of me. He didn’t even collapse.

After Astein pulled out the arrow silently, he fought against the holy knights of the temple, who were going after me.

Still for me.

“She is a sinner who deceived God and made a false representation of a Saint! Step aside, Astein!”

“For me, she’s the real saint!”

I felt a sense of guilt by Astein’s words that believed me to the end.

I was a fake saint….

An object to maintain the power and honor of my family. Now, I’d become a swindler who was abandoned even by my family.

The real saint had appeared.

The family’s knights were intermingled in the temple knights. Everyone tried to kill me.

And because of me, Astein had thrown away the solid future he had in mind.

“Astein, you’re still fighting now. Everyone was deceived by the witch. You can be forgiven!”

“Don’t talk nonsense! Who’s the witch?!”

Astein again struck the arrow that flew at me with a large sword. It was a sword I gave him with my heart. Without knew what kind of gift it was, he held it up and kept fighting for me.

But it was obviously a reckless fight.

As I looked at his back and bit my lips, I barely decided. Immediately, I told my will to Astein.

“Do as they say. Everything will be fine if I die.”

I didn’t think I could survive and escape. I just wanted to save the person I loved.

If only I died, he would survive.

“That’s impossible. Lady Freya is the real saint.”

I heard something that I didn’t even hear from my family. Why on earth was he… (I’m unsure with this)

Gradually, Astein’s movement became sluggish. As they rushed to the edge of the snowy valley, the number of knights increased.

I looked back at the cliff. A valley of dizzying heights. It seemed enough to save Astein.

The amount of blood flowing over the white snowflake increased. I couldn’t delay any more time.

“Ha ha ha…. Too bad. I have to deceive and corrupt more people.”

“Lady Freya?”

“You have a kind heart that’s easy to be deceived, it was sad I didn’t make it (to deceive him) to the end. After I die, I’ll pray hard for you, you are really a faithful knight.”

I smiled brightly at Astein, who looked at me as if he was fascinated by my voice.

I reached out and touched his face for the first and last time. Then I jumped into the valley behind.

It should’ve been like this.

When the people of the family said they had found the real saint and completed the admission process, I should had followed their demands then.

“Goodbye… I love you, Astein.”

That was when Astein’s shadow cast over me. His arms seized me at once. A large hand wrapped my head and pulled it into his chest.

He hugged me tight like he wouldn’t let me go.

It was me who jumped first, but it was Astein who hit the ground first.2

I was trying to die, but it was he who died.

“Haah…..”

I was passed out in Astein’s arms and it wasn’t until the night that I regained my senses. I felt a great deal of pain like I was broken somewhere. But it was nothing compared to the pain of my heart.

“No!”

If I had divine power, if I was a real saint, he wouldn’t have died. Everything was my fault.

I wished I hadn’t been born.

“There, there’s the witch!”

“Don’t miss her this time!”

There was no time to grieve. The knights who came to me pulled their swords again.

I stood up with difficulty and looked at them. Then, I shouted like crazy.

“Yeah, kill me! Kill me quickly!”

So that I could go by his side.

The sword of the knights stabbed me in the stomach. I stepped back. I had a heat feeling on my body that had already been fractured and become completely inebriated.

“She survived when she fell off the cliff. Don’t be careless and attack her to the end!”

“For nothing, that wicked witch killed the innocent Astein!”1

I felt the blackness of those who hated me for taking their colleague away. But I could understand their anger.

I was a twisted witch without being loved. A fake, cursed saint who killed even the man I loved.

I didn’t blame God.

“Please, to … As…tein’s… side….”1

At that time, bright blue light spread out before my eyes. Then the painful memory of my past came into my head one by one. It was a phenomenon experienced by people who went to the side of the God Thea.

The warm energy spread at the end of that memory.

Why did it appear late? After I lost everything now.

“What? Divine power?”

“Don’t be fooled! It’s a witch’s illusion.”

I wasn’t already trusted by anyone, I couldn’t even save my loved one.

My body couldn’t stand still now.

The moment I fell down, I covered the body of my most precious person. I gathered all the divine power that came late in his cold arms.

And I gave my command to the divine power.

“Save Astein, and make him happy.”

Was it a difficult wish? All the divine power in my body had been scattered.

Perhaps,because of my lack of strength, Astein’s life didn’t return. The last time Iheld Astein’s face, I got cold too.

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“Lady Freya, wake up quickly. Or you’re going to get into trouble with the Marquis again.”

Familiar smell and voice.

I raised my body upright.

Why was I lying here?

“Quickly. You don’t want to be scolded again, do you? Then you may have to pray all day long in the attic again.”

“Selemion? Why are you…?”

She was a maid who had been with me until I went to the temple. Why was that kid here?

“My mother’s funeral was over. Although you’ve been considerate of me to take more time off, I have to work. I have a lot of brothers to feed.”

I looked at Selemion, who smiled with folded eyes, with a little bit of excitement. The only maid in this mansion who stood by me.

Selemuin’s mother’s death.