V2C5 Part3

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The High Priest lightly moved the tip of his finger to close the opened door then continued to speak.\n\n“The exact purpose is still unknown but the curse inflicted upon the Crown Prince is believed to be a trap designed to cause a rift between the Holy Church and the Imperial Family.”\n\n“…, what?”\n\nSuddenly I couldn’t comprehend what the High Priest just said. A trap?\n\n“Uh, could it be the curse was fake?”\n\n“No. What I mean to say is the situation itself was a trap that was difficult to avoid.”\n\nThe High Priest continued his explaination in a calm voice.\n\n“At that time, for Sir Roel to enter the barrier all alone was a very dangerous thing to do.”\n\n“…, but there wasn’t enough time back then.”\n\nWe’re running out of time to break the barriers and entered it with my comrades.\n\n“Yes, it was. If Sir Roel was spared, then the Crown Prince definitely wouldn’t be saved. And the Imperial Family would condemned the Church.”\n\n“But I still entered in the end.”\n\n“And you died.”\n\n“I’m still alive though.”\n\n“You almost really died. The leader of Holy Knight Squad was sacrificed due to the Crown Prince’s fault for not receiving the blessings in time. The Church couldn’t help but expressed its regrets.”\n\nWell… there’s no mistaking it. No matter what I chose, there would be a crack in the relationship between the Church and the Imperial Family.\n\n“Then, are you saying that Demon clan is behind this?”\n\nThe contract to curse the Crown Prince was suspected to be either the Count or Countess Epheria’s doing, but was it actually the Demon clan’s doing all along behind the scenes? Not another high-ranking nobles? The High Priest lightly shook his head to my question.\n\n“The Demon clan is without doubt related to this, but there’re still many suspicions to draw any conclusion yet, there should be more into it. Lets meet with adjutant Siegfried first.”\n\n“…, do I have to see him?”\n\nIt seemed like I would get scolded for many things when we met. The High Priest gave me a blaming look.\n\n“So you don’t want to meet him when you’re still alive?”\n\n“No, that’s not it.”\n

“As a matter of course, for the time being, it would be better not to meet with anyone except for a few trustworthy people. I’ll call for adjutant Sieg. Please wait patiently here.”\n\nI reluctantly nodded. I’m worried about Captain Jullius, but all I could do for now is be patient and endure it a bit. The matter here shouldn’t take a long time.\n\nShortly after leaving, the High Priest soon returned together with dark grey haired man. Siegfred Katar. My adjutant looked at me who was standing hesitantly. I awkwardly raised one of my hand to him.\n\n“So… actually I’m still alive. Though my body has changed.”\n\n“Captain.”\n

Adjutant Sieg sighed and approached me. Argh shit, here comes again another one who need to lower his head to look at me. We used to have the same eye level in the past.\n\n“First of all, I’m relieved that you’re safe.”\n\n“Haha.”\n\n“I heard you’re engaged.”\n\nHis voice sounded cold. I subconsciously hid my hand which was wearing the ring behind my back.\n\n“That’s… the fastest and easiest way for me to meet with the High Priest.”\n\n“Then, you can annul the engagement now.”\n\n“What? You don’t have to go that far!”\n\nWhat did he mean by annulling the engagement? That’s such a hasty desicion! Despite my objections, adjutant Sieg kept talking in a cold voice.\n\n“If it’s an engagement of convenience, it’s only a matter of course to annul the engagement now that you’ve attained your purpose and you’ve no need of it anymore.”\n\n“But still, annulling the engagement after made use of him is bad.”\n\n“Just pay him compensation fee will do. Your current name is Lady Epheria, isn’t it? Anyway, the reason for Captain to be involved with Captain Jullius must be because he wants to get the noble title. Just give him the Count title then.”\n\n“That, that’s right but… they said it’s difficult for Captain Jullius to get a noble title.”\n\n“It’s nothing difficult.”\n\nI raised my head up and looked blankly at adjutant Sieg. Indeed, if Captain Jullius is given the noble title, then he doesn’t have to marry me… that’s true, but…\n\n“…, can’t we just stay engaged?”\n\n“Captain.”\n\nAdjutant Sieg’s eyes turned gentle then said.\n\n“Of course you can do that if you want to.”\n\n“…, just now you asked me to annul the engagement.”\n\n“If the engagement was done just so you could meet with the High Priest, you should definitely annul it. But if Captain wish to keep the engagement, it’s a different matter.”\n\n“Then I’ll just stay engaged.”\n\n“Why?”\n\n“…, huh?”\n\n“Why does Captain want to keep the engagement with the Captain of Special Task Squad, Jullius Rizar?”\n\nUh… that’s…\n\n“Because if I have to get married, I think it’s okay if my partner is Captain Jullius…?”\n\n“Do you love him?”\n\n“No, that’s not it. I like him, but I think because he’s a good person? That’s why, I think it’s okay to marry him. We suit each other well.”\n\nI looked at adjutant Sieg like a student who submitted a blank answer sheet.\n\n“…, can’t I?”\n\nAdjutant Sieg gently smiled.\n\n“You can’t.”\n\n“Why?!”\n\n“It can’t be help if Captain loves him, but you shouldn’t keep the engagement just because you think he’s a good person so it’s going to be okay. Most of all, Captain considered someone as a good person if the said person gives you some sweets for a few times.”\n\n…, it’s not entirely like that. Although Captain Jullius did gave me his pudding, but I didn’t consider Ortzen as a good person even though he gave me a box of chocolates.\n\n“Captain Jullius is truly a good person.”\n\n“That’s just Captain’s opinion.”\n\n“It’s true!”\n\nMy fiancee is a kind-hearted person! Then the High Priest who was watching from the side for the entire time, cut in between us.\n\n“Both of you, that’s enough. And adjutant Sig, I know a little about Sir Rizar, he’s a good person.”\n\n“What kind of person is he?”\n\nThe High Priest widely smiled and replied.\n\n“He’s like Sir Roel!”\n\n“As expected, it won’t do.”\n\n“Why?!”\n\nInstead of answering, adjutant Sieg just sighed in distress. Ah whatever, I won’t break off the engagement! I will never ever do that!\n\n\n\nAlthough adjutant Sieg kept opposing it until the end, but eventually he chose to respect my decision to keep the engagement. In all honesty, I’m not even a child and I can do whatever I want, be it getting engaged or married. Even so, the reason I can’t be recklessly stubborn…\n\n“You must absolutely keep it a secret from Prime Minister Mord.”\n\nIt’s to avoid my fussy guardian.\n\n“But he’s someone you can trust.”\n\n“I know that, but anyway just keep it a secret from him.”\n

Rather than for my sake, I couldn’t let him know for Captain Jullius’ sake. To my repeated pleading, finally Sieg nodded compliantly then he looked at the High Priest who was boiling the tea. It may seemed inappropriate for the youngsters to just sat like this and being served the tea by an elder whose age was many times older, but even so, we’re not allowed to help him. The High Priest would get angry at us for snatching such an easy task from an old man who had nothing to do and lived a secluded life inside the church. The thing this grandpa -who retained his youthful appearance- hated the most was being snatched of his hobby and being said ‘Aigoo, did the High Priest do this kind of trivial things by himself?’\n\n“Anyway, we should hide the fact that Captain is still alive as much as possible. Keep it a secret even from the holy knights, except for a few very trustworthy people.”\n\n“I believe in my comrades.”\n\nTo my words, Sieg’s eyebrows turned into a frown as if he’s in trouble.\n\n“It was fine to do so in the past… but now it’s difficult. Captain. Just because they all served the same Goddess, it doesn’t mean all of them can be trusted. Honestly speaking, there’re also rotten followers inside the Holy Knight Squad.”\n\n(T/N: 썩은 종자는 means rotten followers referred to morally corrupt people)\n\nSuddenly something came to my minds after hearing adjutant’s words. I crossed my hands on the table and opened my mouth.\n\n“Was it Palma?”\n\nThe holy knight that was expelled due to Cain Silac’s defamation of him. In response to my words, adjutant Sieg was surprised.\n\n“You knew?”\n\n“…, not long ago.”\n\n“We received Sir Silac’s assistance to handle it quietly.”\n\n“Why didn’t you tell me?”\n\n“That’s what Sir Silac requested of us. He said Captain didn’t need to know about the filthy backstory.”\n\n…, why on earth did he do that? I felt somewhat uncomfortable when I recalled that Cain guy’s worried face towards Silla who is actually me. Damn it, if it’s like that, I felt sorry for misunderstood him all this time. I wholeheartedly assumed that he’s an asshole, but what’s with this sudden revelation?\n\n“Then, who else should I inform to about my existence?”\n\n“First, I will call the Vice-captain and Sir Vatein over.”\n\n“They are both reliable.”\n\nBoth of them had trained to become a clergyman along with me since we’re still children. Adjutant Sieg left to call them over and shortly after, Vatein came in and his eyes widened looking at me.\n\n“No way, you can’t be Captain right?”\n\n“Yeah, that’s right. I changed a little.”\n\nHis face was completely astonished.\n\n“Captain becomes a woman!”\n\n…, this bastard.\n\n“I’ve always been a woman.”\n\nVatein’s expression rapidly changed from astonished to sceptical, then from sceptical to acknowledged.\n\n“Oh well, that’s right. I completely forgot it.”\n\nHow dare you to forget you superior’s gender? Although my appearance did caused others to mistaken my gender, but we had gone through thick and thin together. I always bathed seperately because I’m a woman!\n\n“Sir Vatein, come here and have a seat.”\n\nThe High Priest beckoned to him then placed the bowl he was holding onto the table. Inside the white porcelain bowl was full of flat-square- black things. Ah shit, this again. When he saw the dried kelps sprinkled with bitter powder, Vatein’s footsteps came to a halt.\n\n“…, don’t eat weird things.”\n\n“It’s delicious.”\n\nThe High Priest sat across of me and ate a piece of dried kelp, then he looked at me with a pleading eyes. I still won’t eat it even if you look at me like that.\n\n“It’s delicious.”\n\n…, I was defeated by that look and so I’ve tried eating them for a few times, but it tasted totally awful. Just eat it by yourself. As I firmly resisted, this time the High Priest’s gaze turned to Vathein who was standing hesitantly.\n\n“Sir Vatein, come here and eat this.”\n\n“Ah, no, I…”\n\n“Does Sir Vatein also think that my taste is weird?”\n

“That’s not it…”\n\nIt’s indeed weird, but Vatein couldn’t bring himself to answer honestly. That face was too pretty to refuse. Furthermore, currently the High Priest was like a snow rabbit with soft white hair and big red eyes. He would often fed weird foods to the people who came to meet him with his innocent face.\n\nIn the end, Vatein approached the table and fed a handful of dried kelps that were offered by the High Priest, into his mouth. His face crumpled like a wad of paper that was thrown into the trash can. It tasted bitter and salty, then turned mushy when it came into contact with saliva… it’s not something that people could eat, but that grandpa claimed it’s delicious. In the first place, dried kelp was collected and eaten when there’s a famine, otherwise nobody would sought for it.\n\n“De, it’s delicious.”\n\nVathein quickly recovered his crumpled face and said. The High Priest widely smiled hearing Vatein’s words.\n\n“Right?”\n\n“…, yeah.”\n\n“There’re still plenty, so eat more.”\n\n… aigoo.\n\n“It’s true that the High Priest’s taste is weird though? Please don’t bother him anymore.”\n\nWhile said so, I put away the bowl filled with dried kelps to the end of the table. It won’t affect me because I purposely didn’t look at the High Priest’s sullen face. Actually, my heart was slightly pricked but it’s not just a day or two I encountered this kind of situation so I just ignored him.\n\n(T/N: the ‘heart’ here means her ‘conscience’)\n\n“Please eat it by yourself.”\n\n“Delicious food must be shared.”\n\n“It’s not delicious.”\n\n“It’s delicious…”\n\nThose round eyes drooped sadly. Vatein was flustered and blamed me for the High Priest’s gloomy look.\n\n“Captain! You’re too much!”\n\nDamn it, I was just telling the truth! Nonetheless, the guilty feeling slowly started to emerge. Fine, I’m guilty.\n\n“I’m sorry. But please just don’t give it to me.”\n\n“…, Sir Roel.”\n\n“Captain!”\n\n“…, I’ll just eat one.”\n\nDamn, this grandpa was uselessly pretty. Inevitably, I forcefully shoved a dried kelp into my mouth and swallowed it down through my throat as quick as possible. Ugh, it’s bitter. I frowned at the typical fishy taste of the kelp followed by a bitter and salty taste, then I fiercely glared at Vatein.

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