17. These are all my tasks, Little Lu

After I finally managed to calm Nilu, who wanted to “seize the opportunity” while Kephir was away, the continuation of the “test” proposed by Sister Urasilu—asking Kephir and me to temporarily leave before the blessing began—brought the most difficult part along with it.

Clearly, it was nighttime.

Even though we hadn’t been clinging to each other every night when Kephir was around, or making any strange noises to disturb Nilu next door, with Kephir’s departure, I suddenly felt the weight of something called “loneliness” the night before.

What is Kephir doing now? Where is Kephir sleeping? Is Kephir sleeping peacefully? A series of questions flooded my mind, and to be fair, I didn’t use the script to peek at the answers to these troubling questions to “cheat,” which only made me more restless. I tossed and turned in bed, and naturally, sleep was the last thing on my mind.

As long as we can just hold out until Ikusis gives us her “blessing,” everything should come to an end, right? Before that, as long as nothing unexpected happens, everything can…

【Crack】

Just as my thoughts emerged, the next moment… a sound from around me ruthlessly shattered my hopes. Nilu, who had already “recharged,” would definitely not do anything like a “night raid” to annoy me, and Kephiel, who placed great importance on this “blessing,” wouldn’t be able to sneak away from the trial. But upon glancing at the script, I immediately understood who was behind these little antics.

【The Fairy of Light, Ikusis, has appeared!】

It makes sense; it could only be this fairy.

Only this idiot! Damn it!

【Crack, crack, crack】

“Are you an idiot!? The window is locked!”

Looking up, I indeed saw Ikusis’s foolish face outside the window, wearing an anxious expression and waving her hand to catch my attention. Then, as I sighed in frustration and opened the window for her, she slipped in like a monkey sneaking into someone’s house at midnight to steal food.

In no time, Nilu had already sensed the commotion and rushed over. Ikusis, who had just tumbled in through the window, hadn’t even had the chance to rub her backside before she hurriedly clung to my thigh, rolling and crawling.

“Master, master, master! Don’t kill me! It’s me!”

I could tell; after all, this idiot doesn’t have the intelligence to be an assassin.

“It’s me, Ikusis! I saw the prophecy and quietly snuck out to find you!”

Ikusis’s foolish grin appeared alongside the emergence of my script—【The Fairy of Light, Ikusis, uses her prophetic ability to sneak out and meet Oghlid.】

After pretending to meet Ikusis openly, we shouldn’t have any further communication with her to hide our relationship; that would be the safest course for both us and Ikusis.

However, while I somewhat anticipated that this foolish fairy would cause me some trouble, I didn’t expect her… to completely disregard my previous warnings as if they were mere whispers in the wind! Just when Kephiel’s blessing was about to arrive and I was on the verge of making a breakthrough in the church’s internal investigation, at such a critical and dangerous time, she decided to come out and meet me!

“Ikusis, you’re an idiot… Hey! It really seems so! What were you thinking, coming over at a time like this?!”

I was so annoyed I almost grabbed this foolish fairy by the ears to wake her up!

“Ugh… I’m sorry, I’m sorry, Master! Don’t hit me! I’m more afraid of dying than I am of pain!”

Scared by my threat, Ikusis lay down on the ground, hugging her head in surrender.

You’re a dog, aren’t you… Besides, I was just trying to scare you; that’s already being lenient. Look at Nilu beside me. If I weren’t blocking her, the way she looks at you, she’d want to use your body for firewood.

“Icusis, don’t you know we can’t let anyone discover our… extra relationship!?”

“Ugh! I-I know! But it’s dangerous, I can’t help it, Master!”

Crouching down, Icusis spread her fingers slightly, peeking at my expression with caution, and said carefully, “My death prophecy is becoming clearer! I might get stabbed by some strange person soon!”

【The Light Fairy Icusis, judged by the church organization ‘Blade of Order’!】

The script suddenly appeared, and I was momentarily stunned!

Indeed, as time passed, Icusis’s death script had become much clearer! Even the general target of her demise had emerged! It was that so-called “Blade of Order” that had appeared earlier!

I certainly understood what it meant for the death script to become clearer; death was approaching. With her prophetic abilities, Icusis was likely at a point where she couldn’t sit still anymore.

“Y-Yes, right!? Master, you saw it too, didn’t you!? How could I wait until after the blessing to find an opportunity? So tonight, I took the chance to sneak out and find you! After the blessing is complete, please take me away, out of the church, okay!?”

Icusis’s plea came with the emergence of the script, and its content, along with her intentions, made me clench my fists tightly!

“Ugh… What kind of bad luck did I have to encounter this? I just wanted to get by in the church…”

“The more cowardly the waste, the easier it is for death to cling to them, oh, Light Fairy…”

Nilu snorted coldly, scaring Icusis into silence.

Sigh… There’s no helping it; after all, Icusis is my fairy, and I can’t just leave her be.

“Nilu, enough. Don’t blame her anymore.”

I sighed, stopping Nilu from continuing to scare Icusis, and pulled her up from the ground, where she was cowering.

Nilu wasn’t wrong; Icusis, you might indeed not be suited to be a fairy, but rather a beautiful girl being kept by a wealthy man. Just eat, drink, and have fun every day, then offer your body to the rich. That kind of life would probably suit you best.

It’s a pity, though, with the death script closing in, you don’t have a choice, you fool.

“Icusis, I promise I’ll help you with this request. But you need to be careful going back now. If our relationship is exposed, not just you, but we might not be able to leave the church safely anymore!”

“Really!? Then it’s a pinky promise! You mustn’t go back on your word! I’ll head back right now!”

With my affirmative response, Ikusis became noticeably more lively, quickly turning around and wiggling her hips as she slipped out through the window, disappearing completely into the night.

Then, the room fell silent once more.

“Sorry, Mr. Oujilide, I can’t believe I’ve bestowed such… utterly useless fairy upon you… I really want to burn her.”

“Not at all, Nilu.”

I shook my head. “Because we have things to do now.”

“Eh? Ah… you mean…”

“Tomorrow, you’ll pass a message to Kephir. Let her know what Ikusis said tonight. Then, we’ll start ‘preparing’.”

Looking at Nilu, she understood immediately without needing further prompting, then bowed her head in agreement.

“Understood.”

After all, since Ikusis personally came to ask me, it’s time for me to start “preparing.”

In every aspect of “preparation,” that is.

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