15. Who killed whom? (Beginning of the month, asking for monthly votes~)

The script that appeared in my mind left me dumbfounded; my hand had just reached out to the Saintess Ikusis, ready to be a good person and help this silent, pure-looking Saintess up, but the result was hanging in the balance.

After all, the content of the script was so… surprising and bizarre.

It wasn’t this foolish Saintess who stabbed me, but rather I who stabbed her? How is that possible! Not to mention whether I, a noob, had that ability, more importantly: I had no reason to do so!

I had no time to think further, as this Saintess was still right in front of me! Even if she was a fool, she was one of the hostile BOSSes towards me right now!

“Ah! Were you just looking at my panties!?”

Ikusis, who had fallen on her buttocks, concluded that I hadn’t moved for a while, and in her panic, she shouted out while begrudgingly covering her skirt with her hands.

Sister, your panties are exposed from the side of your skirt; covering the top with just your hands is useless!

“No! I just thought you were too beautiful, and I couldn’t help but get mesmerized!”

Even though she was just deceived and was still counting money for the church, I had no need to offer any meaningless advice, and I also hadn’t forgotten that the Saintess herself was considered one of the “BOSSes,” and had appeared in my death script before.

So I decided to suppress my doubts for now and just play along without reminding her of anything.

“This is the first time I’ve seen the real Saintess of the church, and I was a bit startled; I was too shocked to speak.”

This ordinary pretense… the great Saintess didn’t seem to understand at all!

She seemed to think I was complimenting her beauty and grace, and even as she took my outstretched hand to stand up, her actions became a bit shy and awkward, resembling a child putting on airs after being praised.

However, the reputation of the Saintess is not just a facade, because at the moment our hands touched, the previously shy Ikusis suddenly frowned and stared at me like a little puppy, her little mouth pouting high!

“Ah! I see it now! You’re lying to me! You were just thinking: I’ll just fool her a bit! Right!?”

So this is the Saintess’s “prophecy”? It’s not too bad, but… it’s clear that she couldn’t even foresee the dangerous situation where she herself would be stabbed by Oujilide; all she discovered was that “I was just brushing her off.” This shows that Ikusis’s prophetic abilities don’t seem to be as exaggerated as the rumors suggest.

As a result, Ikusis quickly shook off my hand, displaying a hint of silliness along with her hostility towards me, clearly coming at me on purpose.

“Hmph, fine, I usually wouldn’t bother with someone like you, a little nobody~”

In the midst of my mixed feelings of amusement and exasperation, Ikusis lifted her head and pointed at me: “I came here to command and ask you in the name of the Saintess: how did you see through my lie that day!?”

“……”

Sister, even if I was lying back then, didn’t you just expose yourself with that remark?

Of course, I couldn’t reveal that “I have a script, and it’s much more powerful than your useless prophecies.” During this time when the Queen of the Summit of Nations is clearing my name, it’s best not to get entangled with dangerous individuals, especially someone like this Saintess who can indeed do a bit of “prophecy.”

“Uh… it was your Archbishop who let it slip, so I guessed it~”

Next, I thought I could just say something random and send the Saintess away, right? That was my plan, but… sometimes things just don’t go as expected.

“I didn’t lie to you.”

The tone of Saintess Ikusis suddenly became serious, and her usual silliness vanished without a trace.

“Well, although the Archbishop did ask me to make something up, what I saw in my vision was that Oujilide really will appear in the Great Ying Empire!”

What nonsense! That’s because Oujilide himself is right in front of you!

I didn’t have time to laugh at the unexpected seriousness that Ikusis had just displayed; she truly had a bit of the Saintess’s aura. The key point was that my script became even more specific the moment she mentioned “Oujilide’s appearance”!

【Oujilide appears in the Great Ying Empire, killing the Church’s Saintess Ikusis.】

What does it mean to appear? I’ve been right here in the Great Ying Empire!

And it’s not over yet! This dangerous script has now entangled me because of this foolish Saintess!

【Resulting in the failure of the proposal at the Louisi IV Summit, Oujilide’s reputation worsens!】

Up to this point, the previously dangerous content in the script has now connected with the content of “I killed this foolish girl in front of me.” In other words… if no intervention occurs, something must happen soon! But why? Why would I want to harm the Saintess and worsen my own position!? Unless…

Someone is using Oujilide’s bad reputation to frame and incriminate, or even… is the Church trying to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs?

“I… I came to warn you: don’t think about rescinding any arrest warrants, because it really won’t work! And don’t look down on me! Idiot!”

The Saintess was still throwing a tantrum at me, but now because of the recent script, I had zero mood left to tease her.

“Your Highness Saintess.”

“Wha, what is it!?”

Startled by my suddenly serious demeanor, Ikusis hurriedly covered her chest. What did she think of me?

“Since you know Oujilide will appear in the Great Ying Empire, do you know what he will do next?”

Ikusis’s expression suddenly turned tense, and her gaze began to wander.

“Of course I know~ shh~”

Very well, it seems that this saintess’s ‘prophecy’ skills are not that high; she doesn’t even know what will happen next. Since she doesn’t know, it also means that the saintess Ikusis is just another victim kept in the dark .

“Can you tell me about it?”

“Heavens, the secrets of heaven cannot be revealed! Don’t casually ask me about prophecies; I’m very busy!”

At first, I wanted to brush off this troublesome person, but now I had to change my mind. Because I had no way to guard against anyone using Euclid’s name for evil. If I sent the saintess back and she encountered any danger, the blame would surely fall on Euclid, and then… Louis IV, who proposed to “revoke the arrest warrant” at the summit, would also be implicated.

I couldn’t stop the former, but at least… I could nip the danger in the bud; there were ways to do that.

“Kefir, help me with something.”

I pressed my ear and sent my intentions to Kefir.

Just then, as Ikusis, feeling guilty, was about to turn around and climb over the wall to leave, I grabbed her arm.

“What, what are you doing!? I already said prophecies aren’t something you can just toss around!”

“Miss Saintess, you should be aware that the Church and the Great Yingtian Empire are at odds right now, right? So, for the time being, we are enemies.”

“Uh…”

“And you are recklessly barging into someone else’s home, waving your hand and trying to leave. Doesn’t that make our Great Yingtian Empire look bad?”

I pulled Ikusis’s hand and executed a reverse hold, followed by a throat lock.

“So, from now on, you are our hostage~”

“Ah… wh-what!? No, let me go! I am a saintess! Be careful, or I’ll use my prophecy to kill you! Ahhh! This is assault ahhh!”

Kefir, who rushed over upon hearing the commotion, glanced at me.

“Quack, what are you up to this time?”

“Help me tie her up.”

I pulled my hand away, which had already been bitten by Ikusis.

This foolish saintess’s life didn’t matter much, but if I didn’t keep her here first, I feared that I… or even the Great Yingtian Empire, would be affected and endangered next.

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