Vol 3 - Chapter 25 - ※ Saintess’ Point of View (Rozalie)
Volume 3 Chapter 25 ※ Saintess’ Point of View (Rozalie)
Rozalie couldn’t stop snickering.
She succeeded in thoroughly blackening Lidianne’s name, and Amalda fell for it without suspecting anything. She now believed that Lidianne was an evil woman.
Even the priests and the other saintesses who adore Amalda, the saintess of the Supreme God, were the same.
Lidianne lost her position within the Shrine and was completely isolated.
‘No, she was hated even from the start.’
‘Show some restraint’, ‘have some self-respect’ — Lidianne had been depressingly naggy and loud before Amalda entered the picture.
She kept on yammering that excessive extravagance was not needed, that the deities didn’t desire such things — well, that was just her scheming to get the support and exert influence over the priests and saintesses that she could use.
Lidianne was close to the royal family who harbored hostility against the Shrine. When Adoracion-sama decided to choose her as his saintess, the Shrine became noisy, and people everywhere speculated that it would be troublesome.
‘The duty of the Shrine is to serve the deities. A suitable way of living was necessary for the deities, and for the saintesses they favored. Excessive extravagance? This isn’t even enough for them.’
Everything was better before Lidianne came.
Rozalie was ranked first, and no one dared to nag her about restraint and whatnot.
Moreover, everyone even advised her that more money was necessary in order to humor the deities.
She petitioned the royal family for an increase in the Shrine’s budget, compelled the people to make more donations, and confiscated the resources for the useless, low-ranking saintesses. Nevertheless, it still wasn’t enough.
‘Lufure-sama isn’t satisfied with the current situation of the Shrine. That’s also the reason why the other deities don’t appear. The deities protect the country, but what are they going to do if the Shrine that is supposed to welcome them is shabby? Everything must be magnificent.’
For the sake of this country, the Shrine shouldn’t be stingy.
The fools didn’t realize that this Shrine and the saintesses living here bound the deities so that they would continue blessing this country.
This saintess of the supreme god was also a failure, because she could only spout ideals all day long.
The second rank saintess was also a failure, prioritizing the royal family and scorning the worth of the Shrine.
Rozalie was the only saintess worth honoring here.
‘There are a lot of Saintesses here who never even saw the deities that they serve, most especially the high-ranking deities.’
The deities were capricious and they lived freely.
They weren’t necessarily in the Shrine — Rozalie learned about that when she first came to this place.
In reality, there were only a handful of deities living in the Shrine.
Only Adoracion-sama lived permanently here among the high-ranking deities.
The twin deities – Lufure-sama, the god of light, and Soiree-sama, the goddess of darkness, would appear from time to time.
‘It’s outrageous being chosen as a Saintess by a deity who doesn’t even come. But I’m different. Lufure-sama is watching over me even from afar.’
Her deity was concerned about her.
He loved her properly.
He would run away when she tried to meet him, but that’s the fault of the Shrine for not giving him a proper reception.
He told her that ‘I don’t have any recollection of choosing you’, but that was only because he was testing her.
If that’s not the case — if he didn’t come here to meet her, then there was no reason for him to visit the Shrine.
It was bad that his residence was smaller than Adoracion-sama’s just because he was ranked third.
They should have prepared a grander mansion fit for the deity who had the true saintess as his own.
If that happened —
‘Lufure-sama will appear before me, and he will give me all the love that I deserve, even until now — I’m absolutely sure of that!’
That was what she believed.
It was just after midnight, near Adoracion-sama’s mansion, that she witnessed that.
That day, the words of the incompetent god’s saintess swirled through her mind, gnawing at her until she could no longer stand it. She ended up following after her.
‘She’s just spouting nonsense. There’s no way she would know anything about Lufure-sama.’
It was just a bunch of rubbish. It was nothing more than a whimper of a loser.
She just came here to check things out and verify it.
That was it — supposedly.
‘— noisy! Ugly! Hag!’
‘Haaa!? Except for your face, everything else about you is the worst, isn’t it!’
‘I got this perfect face, so whatever! I’m definitely better than that guy who comforted you!’
She heard two rowdy voices bickering. Lidianne was there, staying behind at her mansion and waving her hand — at the two shadows that were walking side by side while carrying the huge baskets.
One was the unpleasant, irritating proxy saintess of the incompetent god.
The other one was —
‘I’m the God of Light! There’s a huge crowd of girls dying to be my Saintess, you know!? Be more respectful! If you do that then —’
…Lufure-sama
The God of Light figure shone brightly even amidst the darkness of the evening road.
This cold, sharp, beautiful young deity would always glare at her with an aloof and sarcastic gaze that didn’t match his boyish appearance, but there wasn’t a single trace of that in his current expression. He was merrily frolicking, acting like a boy his age — and it made Rozalie stand stock still.
“Why…”
She unwittingly whispered.
The sound of her voice was drowned out by the boisterous voices that were fading away, melting into the darkness of the evening.
“Why”
She stared unblinking as their backs faded away into the night.
Unbelievable. Unacceptable. This shouldn’t happen.
Betrayal. She was the true saintess. She was the one supposed to stand beside Lufure. And yet —
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‘Impossible.’
Muddy emotions sprouted within her heart.
‘This is just a mistake.’
It spread further, swirling inside her, dyeing her black with those thick, dark emotions clinging to every part of her, slowly burying her heart with not a single gap.
‘I’m the only true Saintess here.’
Something black started to control Rozalie, spreading from the tips of her fingers to the top of her head.
It wasn’t unpleasant; it was even comfortable.
All the swirling, mixed emotions vanished, leaving behind a single thought etched in her mind. This thought consumed her.
‘Unforgivable. There’s no way I’m going to forgive them.’
Gooey, sticky mud started to trickle from her fingertips.
It dripped to the ground, mixing with her shadow, but not a single soul noticed how it flickered in the midst of the darkness.
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T/N: Another deluded Saintess XD
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