Chapter 65

“Kyaaaaa!!!”

Annette literally fainted. The statue in the tomb is moving! She must have been punished by the Goddess who was enraged at the trespass. After her screams her, Annette backed away from her and collapsed in her place. Her out and she couldn't stand up.

Even in the midst of this, the statue approached with her stiff gait and bent her back towards Annette. There was an eerie feeling, as if the shadow of death was hanging over her head. Annette looked up at her statue her with her terrified eyes At that moment, a clear laughter erupted from her mouth as she looked over at her statue of her.

“Ahahaha! I'm sorry, customer. I must have been joking around too much.”

Her slightly husky yet erotic voice her was ruby-red in color.There was no way she could not hear the voice she had grown accustomed to.Annette looked at her statue with her bewildered eyes.

“La, Mr. Lailin?”

At first I didn't know because it was dark, but now I was sure it was Raileen's face his. Annette genuinely wondered what was going on in his ornate head. No, who the hell is waiting dressed as a statue in a gloomy tomb like this? Annette truly thought her liver she was falling. As she recognized herself, she grinned as Lylene slathered her bronze pigment on her face.

“Sorry for this. In my opinion, I dressed up quite enthusiastically, but I didn't expect you to be so surprised.”

“Of course I should be sorry! I really thought I was having a heart attack.”

When the surprise subsided, it was anger that filled the void. Annette, who had never been so surprised in her life, had uncharacteristically pointed eyes. But the tears were still dripping from the corners of his eyes her, so they did n't pose much of a threat. Seeing Annette like this for the first time, Raileen's smile deepened.

'It's cute.'

The girl that Raileen knew was always calm and aristocratic Impeccable elegance An obscure vague smile Perhaps that was Annette's public face her her Raileen was very fond of her elegant mask her Underworld his taste her his She herself was very luxurious.

But now, the face of Annette, who was sitting on the floor and glaring at her with crying eyes, was also irritating. A more raw, intrinsic feel. She laughed, feeling chills creeping in on her feeling that she had caught a glimpse of her true nature of her. She also seemed like a helpless pervert herself.

Laylin held out her hand as she calmly put on her gentleman's mask

“I will apologize later. I don't have much time. Now, wake up. Sir.”

Annette stood up holding his hand her her and quickly wiped the tears left on her her cheeks her her In an instant her face her returned to her her usual calm her but Annette's voice her still contained a sharp rebuke.

“Don't do that again, Mr. Rileen. I have a small liver. If you do this one more time, you'll have to bury my body in this tomb and leave. Do you understand?”

“Oh, that would be really difficult. I'm not very good at using my body.”

Annette thought that Lailin's brightly smiling face was mean.It was because of his appearance that he did not doubt that he was a statue with only pigment applied in the first place.If Rylin had a slightly bigger head, shorter legs, or if he had legs a human belly ham, he would definitely feel a sense of incongruity. There was none of that, and he was tricked all the more.

“Enough of the joke, are the promised clothes ready?”

“Of course. So here you go. Sir.”

Raileen opened the lid of one of the sarcophagi in the tomb. And from there, Odessar Lee took out the priest's uniform and a mask for ceremonies. The priest's uniform here had very complicated embroidery, so it would not have been easy to make an imitation Annette accepted them, wondering how he prepared the priestly uniform so quickly.

“Ah. It's been stored in a coffin, so it'll smell a bit. Please excuse me.”

“… Yes. It's okay.”

Annette replied with his trembling face her. The priest's uniform that Reileen gave him looked clean on the outside, but the fabric smelled of mildew. But now was not the time to complain. Annette decided not to think about what the fungus had grown on. Then he went into the inner chamber of the tomb and changed his clothes and came out.

“How do I look?”

Annette, wearing a ceremonial hood, tilted her head and asked. She was dressed in a pure white priestly robe, and her elegant face shone like a star in the dark. Rylin, who had taken her step back and scanned Annette's figure, nodded her head in satisfaction. Even without her mask on her, she looked more priestly than her priestess just by her looks her.

“Oh, Mr. Rileen. Are you ready for the 'allibi' I asked for?”

Annette, with the mask in her hand her, asked anxiously. She had asked Raileen to create a little alibi in case something went wrong and she ran away. Of course, Rylin admired her meticulous planning her and she was happy to set it up. Seeing Annette not forgetting her confirmation of her until the end, Rylin replied with a smile on her eyes.

“Of course. No one would think that you would be here at this hour. All arrangements are perfect.”

“That's fortunate. You do a great job as well, Mr. Rileen.”

“Aren't you the best 'errand boy' in Deltium? Now then, shall we depart?”

“Yes. I am ready.”

It was finally show time. Annette, with a very tense face, put on a ceremonial mask. With this, the makeup was completely completed. Then her lyreen took the lead and led her out of her tomb. Towards Lylene.

'Is it okay to come out looking like that?'

Her face and body she were smeared with bronze pigment, and Rylin's figure stood out to her, dressed in a dark chiton like an ancient deity.She felt even more so because it was still a broad afternoon.

Annette followed him, keeping her doubtful face at her at some distance from Lylene For no reason, she was afraid that she would be discovered as well But as her temple she got closer, she fears her naturally faded.

“What are those people? Why is that… Are you pretending?”

Annette asked Raileen, trying not to look around.All around the temple was crowded and noisy.In the seen, several men who looked similar to her Raileen caught my eye.No,in fact,I saw people who looked even worse.

Like ancient demons, there was a man with goat horns hanging from his head and his eyes his painted black, and a woman wearing white wings made of chicken feathers like a bag. Of her, Rylin tilted her head and asked back.

“Oops. You were so surprised to see me earlier, so I thought about it, but is this your first fall festival?”

“Ah yes. It's because it's not particularly close to the temple.”

Annette confessed frankly. The Deltium Kingdom was not a particularly devoutly religious country. Of course, he acknowledged the existence of God and respected the view of priests. However, when it comes to individual beliefs, the story is a little different.

In Deltium, freedom of religion was respected. Rather, they tended to be a bit restrained, fearing that their kingdom would be threatened if they believed too much on religion. Interest in religion. For reference, Annette's father, Allamand, belonged to the 'other'.

'Only the weak rely on God.'

Annette remembered the cold movements of Allamand's lips as she spoke contemptuously.If he said so, Annette, her obedient her daughter her her had no choice but to comply.Because she was more of a property belonging to Allamand than a single person.

Recalling her past her her, Annette's expression her she became a little forlorn Seeing this, Raileen quickly turned her attention to her By grabbing Annette's her hand her her which is none other than that.

“…?”

Surprised, Annette raised her head and looked at Laylin.She told me not to touch her body her like that, but she's like this again.She was just about to scold Annette, frowning.Raileen slipped a slender silver bangle around her wrist her.

“This is a gimmick bracelet. Think in your mind, 'Shine.'”

Rylin urged her, narrowing her eyes like her crescent moon. Annette looked at the bangle on her wrist with her bewildered eyes, pretended to be fooled and thought, 'Shine!' Then, surprisingly, a soft light like fireflies came out of her palm her! At first glance, Annette seemed to be manifesting her holy power in her.

“Use it well and give it back. It's precious. It's not something I'd normally lend, but it's a special person for the customer.”

“Ah, thank you. This is a really strange bracelet. I will keep it well.”

Annette nodded her head and she tightened the loops on her bangle in case it was lost. To think that she even possessed such a mysterious magic item, to Raileen, sometimes she looked like a wizard. Of course, this idea was nonsense now that ancient magic is almost gone.

Just as Annette was about to put on her bracelet, some of the people gathered in the front yard of her temple approached her. But a man who seemed to be about the same age as her father had bowed his head politely.

“Please grant me the grace of the Holy Goddess. You are the servant of the faithful goddess.”

In that moment, Annette realized how to use this bangle. Annette, who cleared her throat, recited a tirade in a lower-than-usual voice. Just as priests do, solemnly.

“Her goddess breath will always be with you. Lamb of the devout Goddess.”

After she finished speaking, Annette placed her hand on the man's head and thought, 'Shine!' Oh, of course I didn't mean to want the man to go bald. Fortunately, the light flowed from Annette's hand as before, and the people around her who saw it exclaimed, 'Oh!'

Annette finished her blessing and slightly rolled her eyes.Because she was wearing a mask, she was free to observe people's reactions.Thanks to her convincing performance of her, no one seemed to suspect Annette.Some side effects.

“Me too, please bless me too!”

“I'm first, get out of the way!!”

“Wait, wait in line! Don't cut in line!!”

In an instant, a long line formed in front of Annette. Annette watched the rows across the forecourt of her shrine with her devastated eyes. Should I bless each and every one of them? If he did, he would not be able to leave this place until the sun went down. In addition, I was worried that the other priests would notice it when people flocked to it like this.

In short, Annette is now in trouble.