Chapter 107 – -106- Saint Cecilia’s Special Confession ♥ (1)

“Goddess, hear the prayer of your lowly servant…”

Magic

As the cursed power that even blinded her god grew thicker, she felt her connection with the goddess Lumina blur.

Long, sparkling white silver hair swayed like a wave in the air with golden holy power.

Filled with her divine power, her saintess was offering her prayers to her own deity.

“Goddess Almighty Lumina, merciful Lord of Light, where are you…”

As she prayed with tears in her eyes, she was very anxious.

From the day she was chosen by Goddess Lumina, she has always lived a life connected to her main god with her extraordinary divine power.

Always, every single day, every day.

She was confident that the Lord was with her no matter what she did, and she lived her life feeling that the goddess was always with her servant.

Because she was like that, she felt very uneasy in the cursed land where the divinity of the goddess was not felt.

A life in which the gaze of the goddess is not felt, times in which the existence of the goddess is not certain…

“I know that those who believe without seeing are most blessed, but this servant is so weak, Lord…”

The divine power gathered in her hands transforms into a beam of light, and a golden beam of light shoots into the sky.

The spear of light that flew as if breaking the curtain, temporarily breaks the magic barrier thanks to the enormous divine power contained within.

In the darkened sky covered with dark purple fog-like demonic energy, a passage through which one could communicate with the gods was opened.

Her connection with the Goddess was established thanks to her capturing her divine power and driving the demons away for a while.

“My child, why are you afraid? Why have you foolishly wasted the divinity I shared with you?”

Responding to her follower’s call, the goddess rebuked the disobedient follower with her stern voice.

“Ah…! Goddess…!” Saint Cecilia, with her face about to collapse, clung to the goddess who answered her.

“My little lamp, Cecilia, did you doubt again or be anxious again?”

“No, no, Goddess, it’s just… I’m, just, anxious…”

The light of her goddess surrounds her.

Her bright glow blankets her warmly.

With the light of her Goddess hugging her, she cried and confessed her sins to her Goddess, trembling with her anxiety like her puppy wet in her rain.

“My faith is, so weak…I can’t feel the goddess, I’m…*Sigh* so anxious…”

“If you don’t advance, this cursed land that blocks my will will become wider.”

Her goddess, Lumina, stroked her own saintess and comforted her, admonishing her warmly.

“Cecilia, my sweet child, will you be all right?”

“No, no! Lord…! Never, no…!”

The goddess was so sorry that the paper she cherished so much was trembling with anxiety.

“My child, Cecilia, I will be with you”

Lumina presented the pillar of her faith to her saintess who was trembling with anxiety and to her most cherished follower.

“Take it, Cecilia.”

“Lumina-sama, this is…!”

From the cracked sky, a jewel shining with seven colors of light descends.

The presence of her goddess, Lumina, was felt in her jewel that reached her after cutting through her magic.

“It’s a sacred object that contains a part of my divinity. It’s proof that I’m always with you, so don’t be anxious.”

The Goddess gave the source of her divine power to her saint so that she could freely use her divine power even in the depths of the cursed land, where her connection to the gods was completely cut off.

“Ah… Lumina-sama…!” Holding the holy relic in her hand, she thanked the goddess.

Goddess Rumina responded with her benevolent smile and said to her,

“Do you remember the orders I gave you?”

“Yes, I remember. Join the warriors, free them from sin…”

“Yes, be their lamp and guide them to the right path of faith. Let them become Lumina’s sword and try to return to the right faith.”

“I understand. As a servant of the goddess, I will fulfill my role as a saint.”

As soon as the goddess finished speaking, the magi that had been split by her divine power roared again and began to block the connection with the god.

“Let my name be known everywhere, don’t look forward to the day we meet again, my ■ three ■■■”

Magi swayed again, shaking the connection with the goddess. The sky, which had been split by her divine power, was again covered with an ominous purple color, and the goddess’s voice faded.

However, the faith of the saintess who had been bestowed with her holy relics was no longer shaken.

***

Cecilia did not tremble with anxiety, even though even the single ray of light that had come through the magi’s curtain disappeared, and the voice of the goddess could no longer be heard.

“My savior, be with me…”

For even though she no longer heard her voice, her proof that a part of her goddess was with him boasted a heavy presence in her hand.

With a daunting expression on her face, she no longer felt fear as she stroked the holy relic in her hand.

Despite the fact that she will no longer be able to communicate with the goddess by going deeper into the cursed land, she can be bold.

“Goddess, thank you…”

Afraid that she doesn’t feel Him, to give such a gift to her tormented, ugly saint…

To repay the kindness of Goddess Lumina, she vowed to clasp her jewel. Her gaze went to the place where the other warriors were staying.

“Goddess, according to the will of the goddess, I will lead them into the bosom of the Lord.”

***

“I’m done”

“Oh really! It doesn’t hurt at all! Holy Lady!”

The cuts she received while dealing with monsters healed in an instant when touched by the golden glow radiating from her hand.

The saintess tried to propagate the elf warrior who was curiously touching her scar.

“Whoa, is this all the grace of the Goddess, Sister Estelle? Today, the words of the Lord…”

“Oh no, the treatment is over, right? Enough then!”

After confirming that her wounds are gone, the elf girl with her hair tied up in her pigtails returns to her sister’s arms in an instant.

“Oh, Estelle. I should give her thanks to her saintess,” Laura, her older sister, scolded her politely.

“Chi-Laura-sister, too, was going to preach a strange sermon again!”

“It was just a recommendation, and if you received treatment, you should say thank you, Estelle.”

“Ah, I see, sister!”

Estelle, an elf archer, crouched over to her older sister, Laura, who was smiling with a thin arc through her eyes.

“Thank you! Saintess. You healed me…”

“Huh, it’s okay. Of course it’s something you have to do. Rather, if you have time, have a cup of tea and talk about the grace of the Lord…”

“Oh, that’s fine! Really!” It was Estelle who shook hands and hid behind Laura’s back.

“…Yeah, well…It can’t be helped”

‘Is today also a failure…’

The warriors were all self-conscious, and it was not easy to spread their faith.

The invitations given to the musketeers were ignored, and the invitations given to the elven sisters were rejected every time.

Cecilia preached true faith to the warriors several times, but the reaction that came back was cold each time.

‘The only one who listens is the Lord of the upper ranks…’

The only thing that returned a positive response was Lois, the owner of the Lunar Merchant Merchant.

As she sighed and said her prayers, a knock came on her door.

When she opened her door, Lois greeted her warmly, wagging her tail.

“Saintess! Hello!”

“Huh, hello, Lois. What’s going on? Maybe a question about the Goddess…?”

“Whoops, it’s not like that, I have some good news.”

She, in charge of distributing the party, gave me good news with a smile on her face.

For those of us who have to subdue the demon king, we have very welcome news.

***

“You’re going to put the party back together…?”

“Yes, that’s the proposal I made earlier. Now that the demon castle is right in front of me, there’s no advantage to splitting the party into two.”

“That’s good news, but… What about the conflict in the party?”

Obviously, it is natural that it is advantageous for the warriors to unite as one rather than being divided into two.

But in reality, wasn’t it because there was a conflict that could not be resolved?

As if anticipating her question, Lois answered while sipping her teacup.

“Huh, the party over there gave me a big concession. Master of the Magic Tower? Princess?”

At her call, as if they had been waiting in front of the door, the owner of the tower and the princess, Ellahe, entered right away.

“These two said they apologized for their rudeness last time.”

“I-I’m sorry. Saint maiden. I won’t deny that there is a person more noble than a woman.”

Elahe hesitated and apologized for denying the goddess. What was more surprising than the change in the princess’s attitude was the change of the blue mage tower.

“I’m sorry, saintess. Did I say too much? I said something too arrogant with an unverified hypothesis.”

With her expressionless face and the attitude of a madman who knew nothing but magic, she politely apologized.

“…The statement that the goddess is a magical creature that has not yet been proven…”

“Oh hey, stop it. I’m all ashamed. At that time, I was so arrogant. With a hypothesis that hasn’t been verified yet, why was I so arrogant…”

She was embarrassed, fanning her hand with her face as if she had no face.

“I’m sorry. Now, I know that there is a great phenomenon that cannot be explained by magic. Here, I would like to formally apologize.”

The blue mage lord, Irina, took off her hat and bowed down to apologize to me.

Did her life-and-death experience in her cursed land give her an epiphany? Irina showed a higher level of social skills than before.

“… I will accept your apology. Get up.” Although she didn’t like her for insulting the goddess, she accepted her apology, thinking of her sincerity in bending her will first.

‘There are still problems. Even if my relationship with them improved, Musketeers and Amelie?’

“Even if the two of you say it’s okay, Knight Amelie…”

“Ah, Knight Amelie has already agreed. You said you can sacrifice small things for a nobler cause.”

As if anticipating the question in advance, Lois answered quickly before the question was finished.

“We all agreed. Because of our trivial conflict, the people of the continent shouldn’t suffer, right?” The Magic Tower Master and Elahe nodded, adding confidence to their answer.

She was Cecilia who was ashamed of herself, who hesitated for a moment to forgive.

‘Even a noble knight who gave everything to save her own country, put aside her personal feelings for the sake of the cause of subjugating the demon lord…’

Although I was moved by their sincerity, I did not understand their sudden change of heart. Is there any special reason?

Her doubts were quickly dispelled.

“All of this would have been impossible if it wasn’t for Prince Leon.”

“Huh, that’s right. Yeo, if it wasn’t for his persuasion…”

“Yes, that’s right. I, too, was able to broaden my knowledge thanks to Young master’ persuasion.”

With a friendly expression, the three pointed to one person as the reason for the change.

‘Leon Souders…’

Unlike her party, the other party seemed to be centered around Leon Souders.

‘Then, if I lead him to the right path of faith, other warriors will naturally…!’

Perhaps, she thought, all of this might be the result of the guidance of the goddess.

“I will convince the Musketeer and the Elf Sisters.”

Blessing her for her difficult decision, her Saint Cecilia saw them off.

“Next time, I’ll see her at one of her parties,” The three of them greeted her with a warm smile, waving her hand and seeing her off.