I took a deep breath at the divine creatures who took a hint of me.
I don’t know why there are so many people who are intimidated by me these days.
It was also the high-class being that everyone looks up to.
‘Is this because I’m the child of destiny? Because I am the Light?’
It was too burdensome for me, who has lived my whole life as a small citizen.
“By the way, Ria, why are you engaged to the Duke…?”
Surprised at Aina’s question, I pursed my lips.
“That, that….”
I hesitated for a while, and then came up with an embarrassing answer.
“I thought it was fa, fate….”
As soon as I finished speaking, Nathan’s face rotted away.
I can’t help it! How can I say that I got engaged because I didn’t want to come to the temple?
“When I listened to Nathan, I thought you were being dragged around, but now I see it, you’re not.”
“Look at her blushing face.”
“He should have come with you, but what the hell is he doing, hm.”
The divine creatures made a fuss, saying that they felt sincerity in my reddened faces.
“Fate….”
Aina, out of her mind, muttered with a gloomy face.
“Ria-nim, it’s time to leave.”
Sera, who quietly approached us among the noisy crowd, announced the time to return.
“We’ve got to get going.”
“I’ve seen Ria, so I guess I’ll have to go too. Ria! Next time, come to our temple to play!”
Samiel waved his hand. After that, Hanisha and Mikha also waved together.
Perhaps they had gathered in the Great Temple for a while to see me, then they dispersed one by one.
“See you next time.”
I waved my hand at them to see them off. But Aina steadfastly followed me.
If I stopped her from coming, she was about to be grabbing the hem of my pants to hold me, so I couldn’t stop it.
Worried that the Saintess would show a shameful appearance, I stood next to her and asked what I had been curious about.
“Why do you call me guardian angel?”
“Because he granted my wish.”
Same answer as before. As I tilted my head at the words I still didn’t understand, she let out a small laugh.
“My mission as a Saintess is heavy, and no one understands it, so I asked him to find someone who could understand and care for me.”
Aina stopped walking and looked back at me.
“That’s you.”
Overwhelmed by those hard eyes without a single doubt, I couldn’t say no more .
“Sure you don’t understand what I’m saying. I got it. Even if it were me, I would wonder what’s wrong with her?”
“Yeah, actually, it is.”
Aina burst into laughter at my honest answer.
“Right. That’s right. But you’re really precious to me. Even if you lo, lo, love that Duke of Sinaize! Enough to support you with it!”
I don’t think so…. But the supportive eyes have caught people.
“At that time, I felt angry and hated because it felt like the duke had taken you away, but it’s okay now.”
Aina shrugged her shoulders, capturing her expression so quickly that she wondered when she opened her rabbit eyes.
“We’re friends now.”
Aina, who smiled broadly with her eyes folded into half-moon, muttered quickly in a low voice.
“And is the engagement a big deal? To have you getting married and then getting divorced, breaking the engagement is nothing.”
I was smiling happily, but I stopped at the words I heard in my ears. When our eyes met, Aina blinked innocent eyes.
“Why? What’s wrong?”
“No….”
Isn’t your skill at pretending to be innocent is top-notch?
Laughing, I got into the waiting carriage.
“I’ll go.”
“Be careful. Come play again next time!”
I waved at Aina.
***
Aina, who looked at the carriage disappearing into dots for a long time, turned and headed to the basement of the Great Temple.
“You’re here?”
A shadow with a fairly human form spoke while smirking.
Unlike other clones that move like dolls with commands entered, this guy, who was strongly connected with the Darkness, was able to communicate normally.
In other words, the being talking to Aina was the Darkness itself.
“Don’t pretend to be friendly. Because I don’t want to see you.”
“Ria was here, right? I can feel it. The warmth that penetrates through this disgusting divine power….”
The Darkness, which lightly ignored Aina‘s words, muttered in an ecstatic voice.
It would be painful to be locked in a cage made of divine power, but he smiled as he revealed his teeth.
“So, Aina, have you checked? Am I right?”
“… Yeah. Just like you said.”
“You’ve read it, so you know. The fact that Obelus created the world and created life, classifying it and discriminating against it.”
Instead of affirming, Aina silently listened to the story of the Darkness.
“As you know, I am a failure. I admit it. I am clearly an evil being to you guys.”
“I’m glad you know.”
“But Aina. If I were evil, would Obelus be good?”
“That’s….”
“No, absolutely not. The Obelus who immediately turned his back on me saying I was a failure? It’s funny.”
Bang! The Darkness swept against the iron bars.
“Obelus is not as sweet or kind as you humans think. He’s just a hypocrite.”
“… Watch your mouth.”
“Oh, dear. Aina. Do you still want to believe in Obelus?”