Chapter 88 – People Are Most Unhappy When They Let Go of the Happiness They Were Holding Onto.

Mei Ruina’s irritated laughter.

It was natural that the Vatican conference room, where scheming tricks were rampant, would be agitated by the sound of empty laughter that made the atmosphere strange the moment it broke out in a group of ordinary people.

The annoyance of Saint May Ruina, who was no other person, is that she took on the title of saint based on her ability alone and, despite the behind-the-scenes machinations of numerous high-ranking clergy, led by the Pope, she did not show any slack and firmly maintained her position and power. Everyone in the hall was momentarily dazed by the irritation.

But it was only for a moment that Saint May Ruina missed this golden opportunity to show her emotions just because she was dazed. It seemed ridiculous to the dark-hearted old people present, so one of the cardinals who was by the Pope’s side quickly opened his mouth.

“Hehe, saintess. Is there anything that makes you feel uncomfortable? How can you say something so full of emotion in a conference hall that should always be solemn and reverent? You are not like a saint. Hot, perhaps there are still some aftereffects from the past incident…?”

A point full of dark and insidious intentions, befitting a person so skilled that he was even made a cardinal in the Vatican, where a clumsy person would never survive.

To put it in an easy-to-understand way, ‘the little bastard is finally showing his emotions like this. She stretched out like a saint and I knew she would do that. It’s perfect to frame it as an aftereffect of seeing a bitch who wasn’t like this before suddenly act like this, right? Kihihihi! It was like saying, ‘Now we have to make a fool of ourselves with this and reduce the influence within the Vatican little by little!’

······At least that’s what it sounded like to Mei Ruina.

The tone of speech became frivolous, but the underlying meaning of the cardinal’s comments was not much different.

······Phew. You need to calm down, May Ruina. Even if you show a gap here, you will only do good things for those snake-eyed old men. When I sit at the top of this Vatican, I show my emotions to those old men. It has to be then.

Rather than provoking May Louis, the cardinal’s point calmed her down.

This was due to the effect of cooling the head and calming the mind when the other person openly encouraged one to be angry.

And… If I say here that the reason I got better is because of Stay, not because of that illusory god, it would only put Stay in danger.

May Ruina, who had been working at the Vatican as a gift from heaven before her awakening, knew what the people in front of her were capable of.

It is a self-evident fact that Stay, who is only an F-class awakened person and is no longer even a hospital employee, will be unable to resist the magical power of snakes disguised as humans.

Therefore, Mei Ruina simply swallowed her retort for her own satisfaction, erased her emotions, and responded with a fake smile.

“Haha, I don’t know what you’re talking about. “I’m fine?”

“Hehe, the saintess too. Sacrifice is certainly a virtue of the Order, but since the Saint saved the world, wouldn’t it be okay to take a little rest now? In addition to the fact that you seemed disoriented just now… It seems to this old lady that you are overdoing it.”

However, it is a virtue of a high-ranking priest of the Vatican to endlessly ignore the gaps once revealed.

The cardinal said, ‘You are not normal! So take a break! We’ll take care of the work you’ve been doing!’ And continued to frame it.

“You’re right. It looks like that to me too.”

“Saint, didn’t you save the world? “Why not rely on us too sometimes?”

“If, after putting so much effort into it, something happens to her health and she ends up bedridden again, these old people will lose the honor of praying to the Lord as priests.”

Really, they are doing evil things. Is it sane to tell a saint to rest because if she overexerts herself, her health will suffer? No. That’s not crazy. These people have never been sane.

It was the cardinals sitting there who happily ate the scraps the Pope scattered and, as his faithful dogs, did everything he told them to do without any objection.

As the Pope’s dog, he will do whatever it takes to destroy anything that harms his absolute power.

Because Mei Ruina is a saint who came to earth after hundreds of years, they cannot show her teeth in public.

I really want to beat you up…

Even though she became a hero who saved the world, it was natural for Mei Rui and I to be so upset that her blood pressure rose.

“Thank you for your concern. But I’m really okay. “If you’re still worried about me after saying this, I guess I’ll have no choice but to show you in person that I’m fine.”

But that doesn’t mean she can’t open her heart to those in front of her in this situation, so speaking out her threats was all Mei Ruina could do in defiance.

“Oh, well… There’s no need to do that…”

“Well, if the saintess says so much. We will also take an hour off for now.”

“Yeah, that’s right. The saint is a hero who saved the world. “There are probably some parts that we, as writers, cannot understand.”

But that little rebellion paid off.

The reason the cardinals were able to keep such a blatant check was because of the Pope who supported them, and without the Pope, they were just A-class awakened people who were sure to be annihilated by a single swing of a chain from May Ruina.

The saint’s words to stop severing her brains before she used her power were literally like a notice of murder to the common people, and today’s check, which had begun without warning, came to an end.

After that, it was just a formal meeting.

“······Hmm.”

With the Pope’s quiet sigh that no one can hear.

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After her grand meeting, May Ruina, finally free, turned her steps to a place other than her own office.

“If you stay still, you will only become depressed. No, no, right? There’s no reason to be depressed, right? If you’re angry, I don’t know! Okay, why am I depressed? It’s not me who should be depressed, it’s Stay! Ah, anyway! I need to move a little. Because my body is stiff, my mind and heart also become gloomy!”

Under the belief that ‘a healthy mind resides in a healthy body, you must move to have healthy thoughts’, May Ruina left the Vatican with a confident step that was just a short distance away from the image of an ideal saint.

“I change my mood by taking a walk in the park. Mmmm!”

With her dream of taking a walk, May Ruina left the Vatican Diocese and arrived at the main street. As she left her conference room, she got into the limousine she had called for.

After all, it’s a limousine rather than a sacred carriage. Although the sacred chariot exclusively for saints is pretty and symbolic, it cannot compare to the convenience of modern civilization.

“Then, I will take you to Liberty Park. “Saint.”

“Yes, thank you.”

Enjoying the smooth ride with her body resting on her comfortable backrest, Mei Ruina let go and arrived at Liberty Park, the park where she would be taking a walk today.

“We have arrived, saintess. Then I’ll be waiting here, so have a nice day.”

“Thank you. It won’t take long.”

After smiling and thanking her driver (a real dick), Mei Ruina crossed the park entrance into Liberty Park with light steps.

It was a beautiful day with birds chirping, flowers in full bloom, and the sun shining brightly.

She was cursed and couldn’t see a single inch in front of her, and when she was a vegetable and couldn’t even talk to anyone, she was given the freedom she had longed for. Mei Rui forgot that she had been depressed all along, and she was just excited.

“Is it so. This is it. After all, people need to see sunlight, right? If you breathe good air and expose yourself to sunlight, your mood will not get worse. It’s good. Mmmm. Because of Stay, my bad mood is getting better. Hehe, while I was changing my mood like this, Mr. Stay, you must be regretting being hit by reality, right? It was an F-level life that I had forgotten for a while when I was with us. It’s terrible to even imagine.”

At the same time, Stay did not have any regrets, but she was thrilled by her incredible ability to manipulate the status window, but was frustrated by the reality that her skills were still the same and nothing had changed. Mei Rui My delusion was not entirely wrong.

“People are most unhappy when they let go of the happiness they were holding on to. I wonder how long Mr. Stay, who missed out on the happiness that was me, will be able to endure… Hehe, I feel better when I think about Mr. Stay, who spends every day regretting his wrong choice.”

Of course, this was just a delusion that was wrong from beginning to end.

Stay didn’t have any regrets about her choice, and she even felt relieved that she had chosen to break up with the three of them, as if losing a sick person.

Mei Ruina, who doesn’t know that fact… No, she is forcing herself to the point of deceiving herself and pretending not to know the reality, Mei Ruina just smiles darkly and regrets her stay so much that she becomes completely devastated and ends up clinging to herself and apologizing. I imagined coming back.

“Ughhhhh… Mr. Stay. They won’t accept a mere verbal apology. I have to give it my body, mind, passion, and soul for it to be accepted. “You will pay the full price for making me angry, so brace yourself.”

Of course it was nonsense.

“What, a month at most? If you can endure that much, I think you will last a long time. “I will be happily waiting to see you ruined with so much regret that I am not around.”

After finishing her walk, May Louis, refreshed after her baseless delusion, took her limousine and returned to her office.

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A week has passed since my walk full of baseless delusions.