Chapter 67

“Ah, the head… Did I fall asleep, Priest Louise?”

Celestine didn't come to her senses right away. She squeezed her left temple as if she had a migraine and made an odd noise. It seemed that she mistook the Annette in front of her for another priest she had consulted with a few minutes ago Annette was wearing a priest's uniform, so it was understandable.

Annette calmly took off the mask she was wearing, suppressing his slightly trembling hands her. Then Celestine's eyes widened as she looked up at her Annette. She was staring at her Annette her, almost forgetting to breathe. , Who sat across from Celestine, tilted her head and smiled kindly.

“Long time no see. Lady Celestine. No, now Her Her Highness Her her her, the future Crown Princess… Should I call you?”

“Dang, what do you think…… What the hell is this?! Me, what else are you trying to do to me?”

Annette was puzzled by her words. What are you doing 'again'? I swear Annette had never done anything to Celestine. So she rather assumed that Celestine had staged her abduction of her and that she had framed herself. Celestine might find out about her misrepresentation of her.

But the Celestine in front of her eyes was just as if she was the perfect victim. Celestine shuddered at her terrified eyes, and she frantically backed her. Crown Princess to break the back of the head her, so she grabbed her arm her once she did.

“Calm down, Celestine. I'm going to get hurt like this.”

But when Annette's hand her touched it, Celestine shook it off halfway through the match. It seemed to have the opposite effect. She luckily did n't break her head her, but Celestine gave it a bang instead! She tried to crawl across her floor like someone who couldn't feel her pain.

“Hand, don't touch me!! I mean get away from me!! Why are you doing this? Is it not enough for what you did in the past? Is there anyone out there?! Help me…… Eupup!!”

When Celestine tried to scream at her, Annette hurriedly covered her mouth. Startled by Celestine's vehement refused her, her heart her skipped a beat. Fortunately, Annette, who had her Celestine's mouth shut just in time, listened to her for a moment, observing the trends outside her. It didn't look like the escorts outside had woken up.

“Huh!! Eupup!!”

Annette had her mouth shut and Celestine struggled with all her might. The two of them were similar in size anyway, so Annette couldn't hold her down by snapping her with her power her. Celestine was so excited here that it seemed that conversation itself would be impossible at this rate. Annette tried to calm Celestine in as soft a tone as possible.

“Shh, I'm not here to do anything to you. Celestine. I just needed time to talk with you, just the two of us, just five minutes. So can you just calm down and answer my one question? Then I' ll leave right away. Really.”

“Oops! Town! Ugh!!!”

However, Celestine did not readily believe this. Well, it was natural for her. Who would believe that an old kidnapper would suddenly break into the temple, incapacitate the others, and just talk?

Excited Celestine struggled, biting Annette's hand through her sleeve. Even though she was wearing her gloves, it hurt to bite her so hard. Annette, who had not expected Celestine to react so close to a seizure, was taken aback inside. Came up with a lure of her own that would calm her Celestine.

“Listen to me for a moment, Lady Celestine. I swear by the name of Odessa Goddess. I won't do you any harm. Well, look. I am also a person who believes in and follows the Goddess just like you.”

After Annette thought to herself, 'Shine!', She used the bangle to radiate light from her hands to her. This method was the most effective for Celestine, who was a believer from birth. She struggled with her dubious gaze on her, then she let go of Annette's clenched hand on her.

“Thank you, Lady Celestine. Then I'll let go of it now. I will never hurt you so please don't scream. Just one question and I'll be right back.”

Celestine shuddered, but gave her a small nod. Annette slowly removed her hand her, intending to stop her mouth again if necessary. It took off one of her gloves, caught in her Celestine's teeth her. Annette glanced at it, but she didn' She purposely came wearing mass-produced gloves whose source could not be identified, so it didn't matter if she threw them away.

Annette removed her hand her and carefully watched Celestine's reaction her to her her. Instead of letting out her screams her, she cleaned her teeth into her bluish face her. The expression on her face of her, which showed that she was trying to contain her Fear of her, was not made up. Seeing this, Annette was really confused.

“…What do you want to know?”

Celestine said in a hoarse voice. After she quickly answered the question or what she was, she seemed to want to let Annette go. Seeing this, Annette cautiously opened her mouth.

“Thanks. Well…… There's something I'd like to confirm with you. That day, the incident in which you were kidnapped. I actually thought that you married my coachman to stage a play. But looking at your behavior now, I think…”

“I beg your pardon? Now, I said it was my own play?!”

Celestine, who had heard Annette's soft words of her, interrupted her halfway through. She was so stunned that her face was turning red. She had been trembling with fear until just now, but it seemed that fear had turned into sinful rage. Celestine's slender body her trembling in excitement.

“Since that day I…… Do you know how hard it was? Do you know the feeling of your heart sinking just hearing the voice of a stranger in the wind? Even in such a familiar house, I sometimes look in amazement at the furniture around me. I wonder if someone is hiding. It's even harder to go outside, so I… It's really, really hard…….”

A sob suddenly mingled with Celestine's voice in her, which had been shot quickly in a high-pitched tone. Her thin lips twisted to hold back her cry. Thanks to that, her pale pink rouge she got a bit on her front teeth her, which was ugly. Celestine, however, didn't care at all, and fired at her tear-stained eyes.

“But you, who made me like this, actually get married and live well, right? I'm having such a hard time, but I'm anxious every day like this… Why are you living well? Listening to that story , how much did I…… How hard was it!!! Talking about it would be like spitting in my face, so I couldn't tell anyone, and I prayed to the goddess and tried to calm my mind… You came all the way here, and in gear I…… !!”

Celestine, whose emotions exploded, collapsed in tears at the end.The sight of her tearing at her own breasts and shaking her head and crying seemed so painful.Seeing this, Annette felt her head her go blank from her her shock her.

Of course, she could be that Celestine was determined and that she was deceiving herself. But the way she looked in front of her now didn't seem like that. The emotions she vomited were so raw that Annette felt exhausted watching her.

Something was definitely wrong. Annette reviewed her hypotheses step by step. She thought that Celestine's recent strange behavior was to avoid her.

'But it's true… Was it because of the kidnapping trauma?'

It was a completely unexpected situation for Annette, who assumed that Celestine was the real culprit.However, she was also a sufficient explanation for Celestine's actions in her past.

She is the reason why Celestine avoided her social activities even though she was chosen as her crown princess at best. Plausible if all of this was due to the aftereffects of the kidnapping trauma.

Annette was so confused that it felt like her feet she were going far away. Neither her choice that Celestine was innocent, nor her choice that she was the culprit and shamelessly acting out, were all circumstantial hypotheses. Unfortunately for Annette, there was no ' real' evidence to prove which one was true.

'I need some more time to think.'

Anyway, now was not the time to leisurely play judgment. Annette found the priest wriggling in her chair her, who had been asleep. She must have been awakened by Celestine's cries her. If so, the escorts outside must have been in a similar situation It seemed like the outside of the door was getting a little bit cluttered, which made me nervous.

Annette looked down at Celestine, who curled up on her floor and sobbed. And she sat down on her knees in front of her. Celestine, started by Annette's approach her, lifted her tear-stained face. Met for the first time. Not missing this moment, Annette whispered with sincerity.

“I'm sorry, Celestine. I didn't even know you were in so much pain…… I suspected that all of this was up to you. But just as you are innocent, so am I. I wear by the goddess, I never instigated your kidnapping. If it had been me, I wouldn't have taken such a risk to sneak in to see you. Isn't it?”

Annette, who finished his words her, let out a small sigh. He said everything that came to his mind her, but it was questionable whether or not it was conveyed properly to Celestine. Celestine could only glare at her Annette with her wet eyes as she let out her unsteady breath. It was clear that he was conflicted over whether to believe Annette's words her or not.