Of course it was better not to get involved with a troublesome saint.
Besides, in this life, my type was a pretty lady that was a little younger than me.
I am sixteen years old now, the same age I was when I died.
The Saint was said to be nineteen.
I don't want someone that was older than me again.
So I'm going to support Alvin as much as I can.
“Is it noon already? I wonder if Older Brother Alvin made it to the temple.”
I placed down my pen at the end of my work and stood up from my sit
Through the window it was still raining.
“Yes, I suppose so. If nothing else happened.”
The saints were to move in secret, but only a few people knew about it.
Yuno was one of those who knew about it.
“But it's troubling that the saint's mental state has such an effect on the country.”
“Yeah, I thought so too.”
“It's been a long time since the rain made the castle town lively, but…The saint is feeling sad, isn't she?”
“I don't know. The rain reminds us of tears, but rain may not always equal sadness. If this rain is a 'rain of blessings,' she may be smiling now and accepting Older Brother Alvin's tribute—”
A flash of light came through the window as if to interrupt me as I was speaking.
Then after next moment—
*Doooooooooooooooooooo*
“Whoa!”
“!”
A loud roar as if an explosion had occurred.
Lightning strikes.
The sky was even blacker and rumbling, and the thunderstorms were likely to continue.
“...Is this another influence of the saints?”
“Ah…it might be.”
“I see things didn't work out with Alvin-sama.”
“Hmmm…But, maybe it was a shocking love-at-first-sight moment or something, you know?”
As soon as I finished talking, there was another flash of light, and then a thunderbolt struck.
The rain increased in intensity, and the wind became even stronger.
Suddenly, it became a big storm.
“...seems to be a pretty intense love at first sight.”
“H-Hahaha…”
The only thing that came out was a dry laugh at Yuno's joke.
By all means, it felt like the saint was angry.
“I don't know what Elder Brother Alvin is doing…But, ain’t his good looks a treasure?”
“Unexpectedly, Edward's turn may come around.”
“I'm in trouble. If Elder Brother Alvin is not good enough, Elder Brother Ethan has to do something about it.”
At the same time as the news of Alvin's return, I was called back to the queen's private chambers, the same as yesterday, to discuss the saint.
“Alvin, it seems things did not go well.”
“My apologies…”
I was about to blow out a "pfft" when I opened the door and saw Alvin with a regretful look on his face, but I should praise myself for holding back.
It's a pity that the saint case wasn't settled earlier, but it was good to see that look on Alvin's face.
“We don't have a choice. How was the saint? Can you talk her out of it?”
“This is what I told her through the door…”
『Saint.』
『...Who?』
『My name is Alvin Astraea, Prince of Astraea. I am here to welcome you.』
『...To welcome?』
『Yes. I have prepared a room for the saint in the castle. Please make yourselves at home there, and not in this humble place. I have prepared everything that is appropriate for the saint. I hope I can be of assistance to put your saintly mind at ease.』
『...It’s fine. Please leave me alone…』
『I can't leave you alone, Saint! Will you please open the door? First, let's look each other in the eye and discuss. Then we can build a relationship of trust. Then…!』
『Leave me alone! I am…I am still…!』
“Then lightning struck after she said so…”
“Pfft”
“........”
Oops, I shouldn't have done that.
This time, I couldn't hold back and let out a laugh.
He was so upset that Alvin gave me an icy stare that I had to clear my throat to cover it up.
He said, “let's look each other in the eye” but the whole point is to show off your looks, right?
It was obvious that he was confident that as long as he can get her to look at him, he can get her to fall for him.
Sure, he had good looks to be confident about, but he couldn’t even get them to look at you and ended up getting turned away at the door!
That was so funny, HAHA.
“Ha! You're pathetic, Elder Brother. It’ll be my turn tomorrow, okay?”
“No! And It is not something that can be done in a day. Mother, it must be painful for the saint to see people change from one day to the next. Can't you leave it to me for a while longer?”
“Fumu…I suppose so. I think it's too early to come to a conclusion in a day. Let's leave it to Alvin and see what happens.”
“Thank you very much.”
“...But I want this to be known to the public as soon as possible. We don't want this to drag on too long, do we?”
“I understand…”
“Tsk.”
I looked out the window as I heard Ethan's tongue click.
“This will never stop…”
The queen overheard this and glanced out the window as well, then asked Alvin,
“How’s the Saint’s mental state?”
“She was unstable. I got the impression that she was grieving and depressed about something.”
“Certainly…I sense a deep sadness from this rain.”
Mana was crying…
I'm pushing it to the corner of my mind that it doesn't matter, but from the beginning I felt this rain was tears.
The kid who was sobbing with a towel because they didn't have a handkerchief was no longer here.(1) (I searched about this for hours and honestly, I don’t know what this means sorry…)
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1: Raw version : ハンカチがなくてタオルを持ってオロオロしているガキはもうここにはいないのだ。
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