Chapter 66

Annette, surrounded by a crowd, looked around to find Raileen. It seemed to him that he would somehow get himself out of this predicament. However, Laylin had disappeared from her sight before she knew it. Her heart leaped at her anxiety her. Just then, someone grabbed Annette's arm!

“Here you are! You've been looking for it for a long time. The ancestral rites are about to begin, what if I am still here?”

…… Who are you? Annette's pupils caused an earthquake. She was pretending to be known by someone who wore her priestly uniform like her. At first, she thought she was Rylin, but the priest's voice coming through the mask was a middle-aged woman. Annette thought she must have confused herself with another priest.

'You can't talk. They'll find out if they hear your voice.'

Annette delicately bowed her head apologetically and followed her lead her. She was fortunate to be able to escape from the swarming crowd thanks to the Goddess Crown. She must have been a fairly high-ranking priest in the Odessa Lei Temple. Her, but even her regular worshipers her split on either side of her to clear her way.

Annette's heart skipped a beat because she was afraid she was talking to him. She wondered if she could hear her heartbeat her in the hand that held her own arm her. Fortunately, the priest did not ask Annette any questions. Friendly way, she was silent behind her mask.

Annette could easily enter her temple thanks to her her.There were quite a few people inside, but it seemed that only 'chosen believers' could enter.The priest, who had come round her corner to an empty place, let go of Annette's arm of her.

'What should I do now?'

Annette looked at her nervously. She said she had to hold a ceremony and brought herself along, but Annette was not her priest. Of course, she didn't know how to do a ritual. If her identity was revealed here, Annette's life would Literally be over. As she watched her closely, her priest suddenly raised her hand to her.

Annette wondered if she had been beaten, and she flinched. She was guilty of sneaking in, so she did the right thing. But the priest raised her hand just to show the ring he was wearing. Annette was puzzled at first, but she soon recognized the ring she was wearing.

“You…!”

Annette also owned the ring with the letter “S” Engraved in gold leaf on the finest amethyst. Apparently, the priest in front of me also belonged to the Secret Guild. The priest looked around her and lowered her voice to whisper to Annette.

“Shhh, the customer's request was, 'Let me infiltrate the temple', right? With this, the contents of the quest have been completed. What happens after that is entirely up to you. Please take care of yourself.”

The woman's tone was very businesslike. Annette wondered if she was really a dual-vocation priest, or if she was a member of the Sacred Guild pretending to be her priest like herself. But before Annette had time to ask her questions about her, she turned her back and walked away.

Left alone, Annette carefully looked around her. When I peeked my eyes out over the corner of the hallway, I saw a sign in the distance that said, 'Second worship room'. Annette took out the map of the Odessa Lei Temple she had Brought before hand and looked back.

'Turn right here… Across two corridors…… It's the third room from the left.'

According to the information that Rylin gave me, Celestine Keers was a believer from birth. Every time she visited the temple, she used to have a private meeting with a priest named 'Louise'. She seemed to be confessing to the priest who had guided her since childhood and confessing her worries about her. And that place has recently been turned into a penalty room for VIPs. It was a place that could only be used by a noble status equivalent to that of the royal family.

'Well, it seems like her crown princess is her among her her own followers. At the Temple of Lei in Odessa, Celestine should be treated well.'

Annette expected that if she later became her queen, she would be given considerable favors in the temples dedicated to the Odessa goddess. But this was not what Annette knew. There was only one thing she wanted to know. Her own downfall by staging her own abduction of her.

Annette moved carefully through the corridors, not being noticed by others.As she progressed along the road while looking at the interim map, she reached the desired destination.But the moment she turned left, Annette's eyes widened.With penalty rooms was sealed off. Even with Celestine's escorts her.

“Who are you!”

At first glance, the escorts, who seemed to number 15 or so, looked this way with sharp eyes. However, the moment they saw Annette in priestly uniform, their spirits softened a little. A middle-aged man who appeared to be in charge came forward and asked Annette.

“You are a priest who serves the Goddess of Odessa. What business did you come here for?”

“Oh, sorry. I have an appointment to meet here with a believer… Excuse me, isn't this the confession room area?”

Annette's voice her through the mask was as thin as a canary's. In fact, the figure revealed through the priest's uniform was small and thin, so it seemed that it would be easy to subdue it by force. Annette with a smile on her face.

“Oops. The use of this area is always prohibited on certain days and at certain times. Judging by the fact that he even wore a mask, he must be a priest participating in the rite. But haven't you heard anything about it? “

Apparently, for Celestine's comfort her, the entire penitentiary room was sealed off during the time she visited. Disappointment appeared on Annette's face her, hidden behind a mask. Lied in a calm voice.

“Oh, no. Doesn't it seem like time has passed yet? It seems that I arrived too early because I was worried about the believers. We apologize for seeming to interfere with your schedule.”

Annette bowed her head as if she would turn around at any moment. Nevertheless, the escort took a step closer to her and looked around her. Seeing as she scanned Annette's mask with her eyes on her, it seemed that she would ask her to take it off. Unable to reveal his face her, Annette quickly decided to improvise. Annette thought to herself, 'Shine!' And created a light similar to holy power with the power of the bangle.

“Come to think of it, even though it was a harvest festival, I could n't say a word of congratulations to the sheep of the devout goddess. Could you please bow her head if you don't mind?”

Seeing a young light in Annette's hand her, the escort softened her guard slightly. Such holy power was not something anyone could create. He guessed that Annette was a high-ranking priest, and of course believed that her identity was certain. Even have to ask him to take off his mask of her.

“Thank you, but I will put it off until next time. As you can see, I'm at work right now. You seem to have misunderstood the time, please go back now.

After he finished speaking, the escort crossed his arms and looked down at Annette. She couldn't take her eyes off her until she disappeared across her hallway. However, Annette did not have the heart to let it go off like this. Come all the way here at the risk of just doing this. This was the only way to face Celestine, who has been avoiding overseas activities lately.

“Wait. If you can't get a congratulations, please listen to a hymn for the Goddess. It's a long-awaited autumn festival.”

After she finished speaking, Annette started singing before the escort had time to refuse. It was my first time putting so many people to sleep, so my voice trembled a little. Fortunately, the place was good.

Soon after, the dozen or so escorts closed their eyes and fell to the ground one by one.After finishing her song, Annette touched the body of the fallen escort with his sneaky foot her.Perhaps right after her ability was activated, the escort continued to sleep while moaning.

Annette hurriedly climbed over them and headed for the penalty room. When a normal person was forced to sleep, the effect lasted only about 5 minutes. I didn't have much time.

'Here it is. Celestine is probably in here.'

The third penance room, prepared for special guests, was decorated with gorgeous gold leaf from the doorknob. Annette pulled her handle her, which was carved in the shape of an eagle, the messenger of God, and stepped inside her. Table in the center of her room caught her eye her. On top of it, two women were sleeping on their stomachs. She was worried that the people in the penalty room might not have the ability, but luckily the soundproofing wasn't perfect.

Annette recognized Celestine Keers' brown hair without difficulty. Perhaps the other woman sitting across from her was a priest named 'Louise'. Annette dragged the priest's chair and dropped it in her corner. Although he used his ability his, he could have woken If there was a loud noise right next to him.

Fortunately, the priest named Louise was very skinny, so she was able to move it with Annette's power over her.Annette, who had finished all the 'conversation preparations', reached out and shook Celestine's shoulder.

“Um….. . “

Celestine's eyelids twitched, and dark green eyes slowly revealed themselves beneath her brown eyelashes.Seeing this, Annette smiled kindly.It was finally time for a serious conversation.