NOVEL NEXT Chapter 6
The man frowned at the voice which was interrupting him and looked back. He didn’t seem to be able to guess who I was because I was wearing a one-piece dress, not a priestess’ suit.
But looking at the two maids of the temple behind me, it seemed that he was contemplating for a moment whether I was a high-ranking priestess or not.
I said it once again.
“Can’t you hear my words?”
“…”
Still, he didn’t budge. I spoke again as I looked at him.
“If you want to meet a woman, go outside, not to the temple.”
A girl who looked a lot younger than him suddenly appeared and spoke cheekily, yet he opened his mouth and frowned, as if he felt somewhat uncomfortable to yell hastily.
“I was just sharing here because I wanted to have a conversation with the apprentice priestess, but what are you doing… ”
It didn’t seem like he was the right person to be treated with good words.
“This apprentice priestess doesn’t seem like she wants to talk to you.”
At my words, the apprentice priestess’ eyes shook. She hurriedly opened her lips.
“Priestess! This saint is unilaterally harassing me.”
She also urgently asked me for help as if she didn’t even recognize that I was the Saintess.
At those words, the man hardened his eyebrows.
“To think that you say harassing. These days, it seems that Elium chooses apprentice priestesses in vain. It’s true that I lied that we were talking to each other.”
He seemed to have gained some courage as I stood still, staring at the covers of the book next to him. He was confident that he could overcome me, even if I was a high-ranking priestess, since he knew a few priests.
‘Oh, that would be useful, too. [Imperial Banquet Etiquette].’
Of course, I was just skimming through the necessary materials.
“It’s absurd to put such an insult on a normal person.”
At the man’s sarcastic remarks, Daisy, the apprentice priestess, glared at the man as if she was soaring in anger.
“The saint just asked me to go out and have a drink!”
Nevertheless, he was alone with his arms crossed, pretending not to know.
After picking the books I needed roughly, I asked him with a light smile on my lips.
“Excuse me, but which family are you from?”
“I’m Hans from the Baron Ragefield family. ”
‘Hm. The Ragefield family.’
Judging from the fact that I had no memory of reading it in the book, it wasn’t a famous family in central politics. Hans was a name I had never even heard of.
He raised his chin and said to me, “I have revealed my name, so please reveal your name as well. I will put the insults I experienced today, the name of the priestess, and the name of this apprentice priestess in the temple under the name of my family.”
Then at those words, the maids behind me interrupted in angry voices.
“It’s rude!”
“Who do you think she is!”
I raised one hand and silenced the maids. Then, he said, staring straight at the apprentice priestess, who had no idea what to do with an anxious expression as she was wondering if I would be disadvantaged.
“Since you’re an apprentice priestess, let me ask you one question.”
At my words, Hans flushed as if he thought I was ignoring him, who was standing in the middle. But I continued to speak without hesitation.
“Can you name the three people who have the authority to expel saints from the Temple of Elium?”
I could see Hans’ face hardened at the word ‘expel’.
It was because, although he said that he would put silence in the temple, in fact, Baron Ragefield wasn’t in a position to do so.
And expulsion!
It means that he won’t be able to enter the temple again, and to be expelled from the Temple of Elium was equivalent to being expelled from the mainstream of the capital aristocrats.
Besides, if it’s the three people who have the authority to expel…
Daisy had a puzzled expression on her face, but soon opened her mouth with a calm voice.
“Yes, Priestess. Those with the authority to expel are the Chief Priest, the High Priest, and… the Saintess.”
The Saintess was located at the top of the triangular ranks that made up the Elium Temple.
‘The Ariel I saw in the book didn’t step out of the temple on her own feet and did something naughty, and in the end, she was expelled by the real Saintess, Camilla.’
I opened my mouth, remembering what Camila had said in the original.
“That’s right. A saintess is able to expel people with her authority.”
The man said, “Huh,” and rolled his eyes as if it was nonsense.
“What kind of strange words are you making fun of me with now? Well, are you going to tell the Saintess to get me expelled? She isn’t such a free perso… Ha! What you guys don’t know is that I’m really not going to get over this!”
He didn’t seem to even think about the possibility that the Saintess was in front of him.
Well, I think the plain dress I’m wearing right now was too light for a saintess to wear, so I understand that part.
‘Since I was said to be not feeling well and had been locked up in the temple, he would’ve never seen my face properly.’
However, the hoarse voice that was annoying to listen to more, was unbearably annoying. I strode in front of him and twisted my lips.
“I’m also not going to let this go. Sir Hans Ragefield.”
At that moment, the air around the area became chilly as I spoke coldly.
“Because I’m that Saintess.”
I glared at him and spoke clearly, word by word.
“…!”
After a while, Hans’s face hardened completely, understanding the words.
He looked at the maids behind me as if he couldn’t believe what he had heard, but the maids just stared at Hans with exhilarating expressions.
‘This person is really our Saintess, you know?’
Meanwhile, the apprentice priestess Daisy’s eyes widened so much that they couldn’t get any bigger. It must have been quite a shock to her that the Saintess appeared to her as well.
Their gaze rested on my blonde hair and then turned to my eyes.
And flinch again.
Um. As expected, in a priesthood society, it’s best to push ahead with it as a priestess!
I really liked his distorted expression.
“Y-You are…?”
Hans trembled in disbelief.
If there were two mountains of the Empire, one was the Imperial Palace and the other was the Temple of Elium. And the Saintess was like an emperor in Elium.
Because of her weakness, she rarely engaged in external activities, but she was still the daughter of a great god.
“Let’s formally file a petition with your family through the Paladins of the temple.”
At those words, Hans immediately bowed his head to me as if he had just come to his senses.
“I apologize! To think that you are the Saintess! I’ve never even dreamed of it!”
I’m saying it tastes this good when I use a cape.
I looked down at him slowly with a look that asked him to continue talking.
“I apologize, I apologize! I didn’t know you’re the Saintess. I have committed a great sin.”
The word ‘expulsion’ must be floating around in his head right now.
Being expelled from Elium is equivalent to being expelled from the aristocratic society, so if there was a son in his family to replace him, he could probably be kicked out of the family.
“Please! Please forgive me. Saintess.”
He forgot his pride and pleaded in front of me.
“There must be something you need to get before my forgiveness.”
At my cold words, he hurriedly shook his head.
“What is that?”
I lifted her finger and pointed at Daisy. Still, he had to make sure what he had to do.
“The victim is her, you know.”
At that, he took a breath.
Not to mention the Saintess, she was above him, and she was above his family.
However, most of the priestesses are daughters of commoners, and even though she was a priestess of Elium, there were no nobles who volunteered for the priestess unless they were as young as a minor commoner.
I can’t believe he was begging for forgiveness to an apprentice priestess whom he was trying to seduce into the night’s cradle.
From his point of view, it would be absurd.
“I-It wasn’t a harassment…”
As his vanished self-esteem soared along with resentment, I narrowed my eyes and asked.
“Ah, my eyes and ears with the Nine Gods are wrong?”
“…!”
Then he hastily bowed his head to the apprentice priestess and begged her forgiveness.
“I-I’m sorry!”
Daisy’s black eyes twinkled as if she didn’t think she’d even get an apology.
Things seemed to have settled down properly, and I glanced around at the maids and ordered.
“Bring the [Imperial Banquet Collection] and the [Imperial Banquet Etiquette] book behind that man.”
When I came to the library to get at least a sniff of what I could do for the maid, I thought it was quite annoying.
And at that moment, a blue chat window appeared in front of my eyes again.
[The ancient beings who were bored are deeply curious about your justice.]
[The ancient beings who were bored are deeply curious about your will.]
[‘Oracle’ is unlocked. You can get an oracle.]
[You have become the first person to receive an acquired oracle.]
[The ancient beings became deeply curious about your existence.]
‘Oracle’ unlocked?
‘How… What is this?’
I blankly read the message.
The messages seemed to stop for a moment, and then the messages started pouring out like bombs.
[Oracle LV.1]
[The God of Love, Odyssey, has entered your oracle.]
[Garden 1/3]
[The God of Knowledge, Hessed, has entered your oracle.]
[Garden 2/3]
[The God of Art, Mond, has entered your oracle.]
[Garden 3/3]
[▉▉▉ ▉ ▉▉, who failed to enter the oracle, is angry.]
[▉▉▉ ▉ ▉▉, who failed to enter the oracle, inflates their cheeks.]
[▉▉▉ ▉ ▉▉, who couldn’t enter the oracle, sighs.]
In a place that can only be described as a ‘chat window’ no matter how I look at it, unknown names were popping up one after another.