‘Anyway, need to start cleaning or else nothing will happen!’
It’s the day after I assumed my post as the reluctant saintess substitute.
I slapped my cheeks hard inside the room prepared for me by the Shrine.
I should set aside all my anxiety regarding the duration of my proxy role and my life from now on. Before anything else, Kami-sama’s room should be purged first.
Thinking about other things could be done after that.
Even if I overthink things, there’s nothing I could do about it in reality.
Already told the Shrine about my fiance, and I have no choice now but to trust in Father’s words when he said ‘I’ll do something about this’.
Besides, I already sent a letter to my fiance himself, explaining the various happenings and asking him to work with the Shrine.
Had to be of noble lineage in order to persuade the Shrine, but even if I’m a rotten one, I’m still part of the Count’s Household.
I didn’t think I had absolutely no power.
That timid father of mine was worrying, though.
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If worst comes to worst, I still have Elder Sister as a last resort.
I didn’t want to disturb her, especially since she finally got away from Amalda… but if all else failed, I’ll beg in tears.
Whatever, until Father sends word, I’ll maintain this status quo.
I could only be Amalda’s substitute here in the Shrine.
‘Nothing would come out of worrying. Rather than that, I should work harder in this kind of situation!’
At least I could improve the physical state of Kami-sama’s room if I work now. Didn’t manage to finish yesterday, even though I already cleaned the whole day, so had to continue today.
‘My current situation’s pitiful, but Kami-sama’s situation is definitely worse. I want to tidy his living environment before quitting being a substitute, even if that’s the only thing I can do.’
Don’t know how he lived in that body, though!
Well, if the room’s all clean then there’s nothing to worry about.
If I wiped those windows, the sunlight would probably brighten that gloomy room somehow.
‘After cleaning, I should dispose those tattered furniture and buy new ones. In the first place, why did that room have furniture? Kami-sama has that body, after all.’
Did Kami-sama use those tables and chairs even though he’s surface was so sticky?
‘Maybe it’s for the Saintess? A saintess who was intimate with a deity usually lived in the same room. They’re husband and wife, after all’
There was a lodging house for the saintesses, but currently they stayed the night in their respective deities’ rooms.
If the deity had a higher status, a room for the saintess would be prepared near the deity’s room.
In short, only saintesses with special circumstances stayed in their own rooms in this lodging house.
Either things didn’t go well between them and their deities, or they were rejected even though they were saintesses.
That’s the kind of place this was, so –
The moment I opened the door and went outside, water fell down on me from the sky.
I was drenched without knowing the reason, so I whipped my head to look around me.
“Hey, look, that’s the ‘Incompetent God’s Saintess’ I was talking about.”
“Ah, so unrefined just like her master, huh. Look at that face, looks like mud.”
“She’s unfortunate for passing directly under the water spirit, but maybe it’s a good thing that she’s been washed a bit?”
A group of giggling girls stood in a spot a bit far from here.
When I looked up, I saw beads of bluish light – must be the water spirits – frantically running away.
‘How wicked!’
Water dripped from my bangs as I glared fiercely at those girls.
This lodging house was filled with saintesses who had nothing to their name except their special circumstances.That’s why, it was only natural that these things happened here.
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