I cried for no reason.
I got emotional for no reason and cried in front of Ione.
My crying must have been quite shocking, because since then, Ione had been constantly sticking to my side.
It was burdenso.
No.
Isn’t it a bit too much to try to follow even to the bathroom??
But what can I do?
I can’t carelessly push away the future holy woman of the White Order and the current Emperor’s daughter just because I don’t like it.
I had no choice.
I had to live with Ione attached to my side while teaching her various common sense things.
Emotional stability was just a fancy term; it wasn’t much different from what I had been doing with her in the separate palace.
Playing with her, reading books to her, staying by her side when she slept, and eating als together.
“Together! Together!!”
Refusing to bathe together.
“Together! Together!!”
Refusing to sleep in the sa bed.
“Marriage! Marriage!”
Refusing when she insistently asked to get married when I said I couldn’t do that. That was how I had to spend my ti.
When I refused, she would glare at full of dissatisfaction, but if I stroked her head, her expression would quickly soften and she would grin.
I taught her how to hold a fork and knife, how to deal with people, how to speak. Such everyday things, and things that were difficult for a man to teach, like how to bathe or keep the body clean, she learned from female priests of the White Order.
While spending ti with Ione like that.
I hurried to prepare for my escape from the order.
I received 10kg of gold bullion from His Majesty the Emperor, so the secret fund problem was now solved.
For Ti Stop, I could use the unicorn necklace to supply ntal power once it was completed.
Now all that was left was to find out how to avoid the miracle of tracking.
“A way to avoid the miracle of tracking, you say?”
There were always combat priests and holy knights from the White Order guarding Ione.
And Ione was always clinging to my side, which ant there was always a priest from the White Order attached to my surroundings.
Since they were an order that dealt with professional evil god worshippers and demon worshippers, I thought they might know this field well, so I casually asked one day.
“The miracle of tracking is cast on the soul itself, so unless you use powerful curses or black magic, it’s absolutely impossible to avoid.”
“Is… that so?”
It’s ruined.
It can’t be avoided?
“Yes. However, as powerful as its effect is, it also has many drawbacks. It consus a lot of holy power and is greatly affected by distance. Usually, beings more than 1km away cannot be detected. Moreover, to specify a soul, the caster of the miracle must have personally seen the being they’re trying to find before.”
Thank goodness!
It’s not ruined!
“I didn’t know it had such characteristics.”
“If it were omnipotent, all the evil god worshippers and demon cultists in the world would have been caught long ago. Direct sighting and distance limitation. Because of these two factors, combat priests and holy knights periodically go around rural areas where public authority or temple influence is weak, or high-cri areas where resentnt supply is easy, to inspect if there are any evil god worshippers or demon cultists they’ve seen in the past.”
“You always work hard.”
“It’s nothing compared to what the Saint has done.”
1km distance limitation.
And rural or high-cri areas where priests from the White Order or other temples might regularly patrol.
This ant I needed to run away considering these two factors, right?
Then what did this an…?
It ant I needed to escape to a big city.
Not rural, and not a high-cri area where public safety is well maintained.
And a place so enormously large that it would be difficult to find even if multiple priests used miracles simultaneously.
And the kind of big city that was traditionally negative towards religion, making it difficult for holy knights or priests to visit easily.
I should go to such a place, find a suitable house, change my face, and live quietly like a dead mouse before leaving.
Let’s see.
A few nas of big cities that et the conditions co to mind, but which one should I choose?
While I was pondering such thoughts.
“Saint. Erpha has co to see you.”
Erpha ca to see .
Originally, she used to visit every day.
It was stranger that she hadn’t co for a few days since the evil god’s fragnt incident.
“I’d like to talk with her alone for a mont. Could you leave us?”
At my words, the White Order and imperial knights who were guarding Ione carefully went out of the room.
After that, I thoughtlessly told her to co into my room, and Erpha entered my room as always and smiled at …
…She’s not smiling?
“Like! Like!!”
Ione was clinging to my side as always.
Erpha didn’t greet affectionately or blush as usual.
She was silently looking at Ione with an expressionless face.
“Welco, Erpha.”
I greeted her, but she still didn’t answer.
Her gaze was firmly fixed on Ione.
“I greet Your Highness the Princess.”
Erpha greeted Ione politely.
But with an attitude that seed to draw a cold line, and then turned her gaze towards .
“…It seems you’re treating the Princess?”
A quiet and subdued voice.
I nodded.
“I’m conducting emotional treatnt. They say they’ll perform a procedure to restore her mind when she’s stable.”
“I see.”
Ione seed to notice the gaze and turned her eyes toward Erpha.
The two won’s gazes clashed in mid-air.
It felt like sparks were flying.
This…
It seems like jealousy.
“Kyaaaa…”
Did she read sothing from Erpha’s expressionless gaze?
Ione bared her teeth and snarled.
I quickly stroked Ione’s head to calm her down and then approached Erpha.
When I boldly got up leaving her behind, Ione looked considerably flustered, but what could I do?
Erpha’s a woman I’ve known longer than you.
“The treatnt will end tomorrow, they say. After that, she’ll go to stay at the imperial palace. She’s only by my side for treatnt until then.”
At my words, Erpha’s expressionless face softened a little.
And she carefully approached my side.
“…I too.”
“Pardon?”
“I want to be by your side too.”
Ione snarled even more at those words.
I quickly stroked her head.
And at the sa ti, I took Erpha’s hand and sat together on the bed.
Erpha leaned her head on my shoulder with a feeling that anyone could see was jealousy.
Thanks to having four hands, she could hold my hand while simultaneously wrapping her arms around my waist and firmly grasping my arm.
Ione’s snarling reached its peak.
Ione raised her nails to attack Erpha’s hands, but I carefully blocked her attack.
I was going to disappear soon.
I was going to leave the order, stop pretending to be a saint, and live quietly like a dead mouse.
So before that, it seed necessary to create as many good mories as possible for Erpha.
But Ione, who couldn’t know my inner circumstances, looked at with wide eyes as if resentful.
Please understand, Princess.
Erpha will have to live without for the rest of her life after I disappear soon.
I need to make her as happy as possible before I leave.
“You told to love myself more than you not long ago, didn’t you?”
“Yes. I did say that.”
“When you were fighting with the fragnt of the evil god. I rembered those words and didn’t go to save you. I believed in you. The fact that you would return to my side safely.”
Erpha fidgeted with her fingers.
She pressed even closer to my arm.
A good fragrance wafted over.
“I’m glad I listened to your words. You ca back to my side as I believed.”
I’m sorry.
Actually, it should have ended without coming back from there.
It was strange even thinking about it again.
It was a fragnt of an evil god.
Not just any ordinary fragnt, but a fragnt of an evil god.
But why had it entered my body and suddenly scread…?
It was sothing I had never heard of even when studying about fragnts at the White Order.
I had read stories about renowned heroes, holy won, and saints suffering and dying from fragnts of evil gods, or eventually going mad and falling, but I had never heard of a story where it suddenly died after entering the body.
What’s the real reason for this?
I wanted to ask the order people, but I couldn’t do that either.
It was obvious they would just praise as a saint.
For now, it was best to cool down the attention towards as much as possible.
Just thinking about it made angry, so I stopped thinking about it.
“I don’t doubt anymore. Even if you leave for a while. Because I know now that you’ll co back to my side,” Erpha answered with a happy smile.
Hearing those words made even more depressed.
She had four arms, but to think I had to leave soon when there was a woman who liked and loved so much right next to .
Deep in my heart, a sense of unfairness welled up.
I didn’t want to stop at just holding hands.
I didn’t want to end with just a kiss.
Beyond that.
I wanted to do much better things with her too.
But I couldn’t.
If I went that far, I might not be able to control my emotions anymore.
Yeah, damn it.
To be honest, I think I like Erpha.
No, isn’t it natural to be like this when there’s a woman who cos to visit every day with such infatuated eyes and blushing face for a virgin like ?!
In my imagination, I had already lived a married life with Erpha and had even seen grandchildren.
But for her sake, I had to leave.
Goddess Lilia, really…
I really dislike you.
Why are you doing this to ?
Why.
“I’m just a cane. A cane that’s used briefly for your stability and then discarded.”
I stroked Erpha’s head as I did for Ione.
“Don’t be obsessed with . When we’re together, be happy together, and even if I disappear, live healthily and splendidly while caring for yourself. Understand?”
Erpha nodded.
She held my face and then pulled towards her.
A kiss.
A soft and shy kiss continued.
Happiness ca along with unhappiness.
It was sad.
It was really sad.
Why couldn’t we choose to be together when I liked her and she liked ?
I should stop at just kissing.
If I go any further, really…
I think it’ll be too hard when I leave.
Erpha’s kiss was long and lingering.
I could feel Ione watching the scene, frozen stiff as if shocked.
After about a 30-second kiss.
Erpha separated from with a lted expression.
“Saint…”
“…Erpha.”
“Maybe… maybe that…
She fumbled around, touching her pocket with one hand.
What is it?
Do you have a condom in there?
Are there even condoms in this era?
If it weren’t for the Goddess, I would have suggested it first, but in my current position, I shouldn’t cross that final line with her.
I clenched my fist.
I shouldn’t progress any further than this.
I’m not Sim Young-do, and all my limbs are fine, and I even modified that part to be no worse than the protagonists appearing in top-tier pornwhas…
To think I have to act like such a frustrating impotent person.
“I’m sorry, but please go back for today, Miss Erpha.”
“What? B-but……”
“Princess Ione’s treatnt isn’t over yet.”
At my words, Erpha made a disappointed expression.
It felt like my heart was being torn apart.
I’m not impotent.
I want to do it too.
But I can’t.
If I do, you will surely beco unhappy because of my choice.
I don’t want that.
Erpha deserved to be happier after all she had been through.
It was right to push her away now.
Erpha hung her head with an expression full of sha and embarrassnt, then stood up.
Erpha left the room quietly without saying goodbye.
After she left, I hung my head in regret and depression.
But before I could dwell on those emotions, Ione grabbed my head.
When I turned my head towards her, Ione’s face was full of anger.
“Kiss.”
She demanded firmly.
As if ordering.
“ too. Kiss.”
She tried to pull my head towards her.
I hurriedly blocked her.
“Ione. Don’t do this.”
“Kiss!! too!!”
She rarely shouted.
At her behavior that was almost at the level of pouncing on , I had to quickly push her away.
“Y-you’re still sick! Your mind is sick! You can’t do it when you’re in a sick state!!”
At my desperate words, she stopped trying to pull my head.
“If not sick?”
Her eyes were very serious.
“If not sick!! Kiss?”
I smiled awkwardly at those words.
Right.
I’ll give you a kiss on the forehead, Ione.
“Okay. I’ll do it.”
“Promise.”
Ione panted.
“Promise.”
Anyway, the mont her mind recovered, she would live as a princess.
As a holy woman of the White Order.
I’d completely disappear, so she probably wouldn’t have a chance to et .
So before I left, I could give her a kiss on the forehead as a sort of farewell greeting.
You too, Ione.
You have to live hard without .
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