Chapter 5 (1/2)

Astein’s eyebrows went up and down. His eyes were full of doubt.+

So he answered, “They have no reason to aim me at all…”

“It’s the Emperor.”

Astein stared at me again. It’s hard to believe even though I sold God’s name, right? Would it be better to bring up about my father, Marquis Futor?

“I understand.”

I opened my eyes to Astein’s answer, he answered easily. He believed what I said.

“I will strengthen my guard, but if I say that I am a paladin, His Majesty will not be wary of me.”

Why was he so relaxed? The Emperor wanted him dead. I shouldn’t have left it like this. To be alert, I had to tell the truth.

“In fact, my father is also aiming at the Grand Duke.”

I closed my eyes and spit them out. Leading his actions with lies, let’s finish with just what a real saint should do.

Astein had always trusted me.

“Is it because of yesterday?”

I quietly nodded. And the answer that followed was creeping into guilt.

“I’m sorry. You shouldn’t get involved, it’s my fault…”

“The Emperor had a lot of antipathy towards me. So I came here… it’s never Lady Freya’s fault.”

“Yes?”

What did he mean? No, did he believe my words again? Without a single doubt?

“Anyway, don’t worry. Blue Rose can’t hurt me.”

They couldn’t? Before I even realized the meaning, I flinched at Astein’s actions. He looked around, bowed his head, and whispered a sweet word in my ear.

“Don’t worry, I’m not going to die before I become a paladin of the Prospective Saint.”

His tenderness, unlike yesterday, couldn’t prevent my face from turning red. A blunt, faithful, diligent knight was a gentleman today. As he was like before the reversion.

“From now on, not here, I will hide in the prayer room of the prospective saint. They’re going to kill me if I meet you in a public place like this… Then, I must go.”

Astein bowed to me and left. He left me a sweet lilac scent.

I was fascinated to watch his back as he left. Later, I realized that the robe he put on my shoulder was still there. The robe I wore was full of his scent and warmth.

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First, I returned to the prayer room. Astein’s robe was finely folded and placed in a corner.

Just then Sir Solar returned. It took time because the Saint was busy.

“The Saint said if you come now she’ll have time for tea.”

Fortunately, he didn’t seem to know that I had gone outside.

“I get it.”

After hiding the robe further, I went to drink tea with the Saint.

After I was taught by the Saint for a long time, the lunchtime passed. The Saint looked pleasant, but I was slightly exhausted. I couldn’t wait to lie in bed.

“I’m going back home.”

“Yes, My Lady.”

I leaned back comfortably in the carriage. Somehow, I felt Astein’s lilac scent hung around me.

Thanks to his efforts to help me, the search for Ellaner went smoothly.

Now it was time to think about how to persuade Ellaner when I found her. If she also blamed her father for abandoning her and her mother, things would be easier.

As I was thinking, the carriage suddenly stopped and I heard a loud voice from the horseman.

“Be careful! Do you know whose carriage is this?”

“I know! Isn’t she the Prospective Saint? Please, please save my daughter!”

What was she talking about? It looked like she’s looking for me.

At the moment, I hesitated to go out. I realized what the Marquis said. This was the reason why I shouldn’t go outside.

People who wanted miracles from the Saint. It shouldn’t be revealed that I was a Prospective Saint who couldn’t work miracles in contact with them.

“My daughter was dying of a freak. Not just my daughter, but all the children in the slums!”

What? Why were the children dying?

I couldn’t pretend I didn’t know. I was also from the slums. I was a child who barely saved my life in an orphanage sponsored by my father while wandering the slums.

I didn’t have any good memories of the slums, but it was a home for me.

“What is happening?”

I opened the carriage door and went out. I could just have to call the Saint.

“Oh, Saint, help me. Save our children.” (Sometimes, the people called her the Saint)

“Lady, the Marquis is waiting for you.”

The knights who escorted me seemed displeased. Even though I was a Prospective Saint, I had been thoroughly ignored by the Marquis.

“Is there anything more important than a person’s life?”

The two knights’ dissatisfaction subsided from my resolute attitude. I looked at them and then turned to the woman.

“Please explain the situation.”

The woman in old clothes gave me a tearful cry.

The fact was the children suddenly collapsed in the morning with bubbles in their mouths. When the woman called a doctor, he didn’t come to the slums. So she came to the temple in a hurry and saw the pattern of the Futor family. And my blue hair was seen through the window of the carriage.

“Please help me. There is no place to ask.”

I was convinced that I asked the woman a few more symptoms. Even without divine power, I could save the children.

“I’m going to the slums right now.”

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There was still a shadow of unhappiness in the slums. The children used to laugh full of hope. But today, only the children’s cries were heard.

“Hwaa… mother!”

“It’s all right. I’ve brought you the Saint.”

Honestly, I was nervous. I was afraid if I did something wrong. Then, I thought again if only I had divine power.

Still, I had the only gift God gave me, reversion, instead of divine power. I went through a similar thing before the reversion. So I could do it.

“Did the kids go to the mountains this morning?”

“That’s right.”

“Hasn’t she eaten anything at home yet?”

“Yes, my daughter said she wasn’t hungry, so she ran around, and suddenly she broke down with a cold sweat and vomited.”

It’s like then. This wasn’t a freak. I quickly glanced through the garden near the slums. Fortunately, they grew up a lot.

“It’s spring, and you probably didn’t expect there were poisonous mushrooms. First, let the children sit down in the right position and help them get rid of what they ate. But don’t allow the vomit to go through the soil.”

After I quickly explained, I ran to the garden and squatted in front of the plant with purple buds. Exclaimed to the people by digging the soil with bare hands.

“I need the leaves and roots of Belladonna grass, so we have to dig as much as possible.”