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Chapter 14
“It’s a waste of time.”
Lyxion dismissed my opinion with a tone that seemed to pity me. My pride was slightly hurt, and I felt strangely bad.
However, I couldn’t openly say that the Holy Kingdom put the Red Rat’s antidote in the holy water.
“It’s much better to take him to the doctor…”
“Oh, there it is!”
Fortunately, the temple came into view through the carriage window just as Lyxion was about to turn the carriage around.
The pure white temple, boasting its magnificent grandeur as if to show its past glory, was getting closer and closer.
I pretended not to notice the suspicious gaze that was reaching me from the side and opened the window wide.
Well, I’m the one who started this, so… all that’s left is to take responsibility for what I can do.
I took a deep breath and glared at the huge temple in front of me.
‘Those damn bastards.’
Thanks to them, I was in the middle of this original story, and my insides were boiling.
I felt like I wanted to kick and scream like a calf with its ass on fire… but.
There was no need to fight with them and get more entangled with the original story here.
What I need to do now is to clean up the mess I made myself.
I just have to use the cards I have to do what I can.
* * *
“No, I’m telling you, Jade! Jade!”
I shouted at the wall that stood before me, as if I were frustrated. To be precise, I was shouting at the temple knights who were blocking the entrance.
“I’ve told you several times, but there is no priest named Jade here.”
The largest of the three knights repeated what he had said with an expressionless face. I looked up at the man with suspicious eyes and asked him.
“Are you sure you checked properly? Are you not just lying because you don’t want to let me in?”
“It’s true that we are not receiving visitors at the moment for a reason, but it is also true that there is no priest named Jade.”
“Then, at least give me some holy water!”
“As I said earlier, the sale of holy water is currently suspended.”
The man and I stared at each other, neither of us backing down an inch.
A familiar gaze fell upon me. It was the gaze I had received countless times when I visited the Setra Guild. It was a gaze that looked at me like a very persistent and annoying customer.
I was currently in a standoff with three knights at the entrance of the temple.
Not only was I denied the sale of holy water, but I was also blocked from entering the temple, and I was secretly panicking inside.
I knew that the temple was keeping the holy water under wraps at this time, but I never thought they would even block the entrance.
I was worried about the condition of the children I had left in the carriage. I could imagine them suffering from a high fever that even adults would find difficult to endure.
I was desperate to get them to drink the holy water as soon as possible, but I was so frustrated that I ran into an unexpected wall.
There is one of my few acquaintances in this temple right now.
His name is Jade.
He is a low-ranking priest whom I met and got to know by chance at this temple when I was young. Like me, he was an extra among extras, completely irrelevant to the original story.
Even though I was friends with Jade, there was no risk of getting involved with the original story, so he was the only one I could call a friend.
However, Jade had to rely on the temple from a young age and go through the process of becoming a trainee priest and then a low-ranking priest, so he was always busy.
In the past 10 years, I had actually met Jade very few times or for very short periods of time. There were many times when I only saw him once or twice a year.
Instead of meeting often, we continued our relationship by exchanging letters, and I recently heard that Jade had returned to the Kaiden Empire.
So, Jade must be in this temple right now.
Even a low-ranking priest might be able to sneak out a bottle of holy water if he played his cards right. That’s why I came to find Jade, but the answer I got was that there was no priest named Jade here.
It was strange.
In the letter, it was said that Jade was in the temple, and whenever I asked a priest near the entrance, Jade would soon appear before me with a welcoming face.
But why is there no such priest with that name now?
The only difference is that I didn’t inform Jade of my visit in advance by letter today.
Even at first glance, the stubborn priest, who seemed to like arguing about principles, didn’t seem to be lying. However, I couldn’t let go of my suspicions because I couldn’t trust the people of the temple themselves.
“They don’t sell holy water, and they don’t receive visitors.”
Flinch.
I noticed that the priests, who had been standing there like a wall without changing their expressions when talking to me, were visibly nervous.
It was the moment when Lyxion, who had been silently watching the confrontation between me and the priests from a step back, opened his mouth for the first time.
As he slowly moved next to me, some of the priests who had been standing tall flinched and took a step back.
The opponent was a famous person known throughout the Holy Land, a monster who could destroy not only this temple but also the entire Holy Land right now.
I couldn’t help but understand their feelings, but it was true that their attitude towards me was too different from how they treated me.
“Are you preparing something interesting inside?”
Unlike me, the overwhelming power difference was felt from the moment he looked down at the large priests.
After taking a quick look around the temple, a smile spread across his blue eyes as he looked down at the priests again.
“I can’t help but be curious when you’re acting so suspicious.”
“Please watch your words, Your Grace.”
No matter how afraid they were, it seemed that they couldn’t just let the words that insulted the temple they had sworn allegiance to go by.
The priest at the front made his already ferocious impression even more ferocious. The other two priests behind him also had quite murderous expressions.
Their momentum was so fierce that even I could see it, but Lyxion lightly ignored it as if a dog was barking and looked at me.
“Lady Kristenner.”
“Yes, yes?”
“Is it true that the priest named Jade is really here?”
When I answered in surprise to the question, he still looked at the priests with a smile.
“Hear it? Go back and find out properly.”
Strangely, I felt like he was forcing them. I’m sure I never said that.
The priests exchanged glances with troubled expressions.
In fact, they had already checked twice by grabbing the trainee priests.
The results of the two trainee priests who ran diligently and found out were the same. There was no priest named Jade here.
However, it was difficult to ignore the fact that Lyxion also came forward and said that, even though he didn’t know. When the priest who seemed to have the lowest social status was about to turn around and walk back into the temple,
“Excuse me for interrupting your conversation, but I heard a name I know.”
Another priest in a different robe than the trainee priests I had seen before approached and intervened.
The priest with impressive large, black eyes like a puppy looked at me and Lyxion cautiously and opened his mouth.
“Are you here to see Sir Jade?”
I, who had been staring at the priest with a suspicious look, was relieved when I heard a familiar name.
“Oh, yes! Do you know Sir Jade?”
“Yes!”
The puppy priest nodded his head vigorously and then spoke quickly with an expression that seemed restless for some reason.
“I… Lady Kristenner, right? Sir Jade told me to bring you in as soon as you arrive.”
Then, he looked up at the priests who were blocking our way.
The priests looked at each other with embarrassed faces as if the priest was telling them to step aside now that the guest was confirmed.
“Since Priest Lennon said so, there’s no doubt. Please come in.”
The priest, who had seemed somewhat disheveled at first glance, appeared to be of a fairly high rank. At his word, they allowed us into the temple without any further verification.
However, Rachel, who had accompanied me as my escort, and the escorts of Lyxion were not allowed entry and had to wait outside.
“Follow me. This way.”
I followed after the priest, Lennon, with Lyxion naturally following behind me.
Huh? Wait a minute, is this guy coming too? I stopped for a beat, realizing a bit too late.
I had come this far with him, but the thought of the male lead meeting my acquaintance made me feel a little uneasy.
As I turned to look at Lyxion, who was now walking beside me, he met my gaze with his characteristic languid smile.
Why? His eyes seemed to ask, and I felt inexplicably embarrassed, averting my gaze.
