102. Sisters Lucia and May Plov
When Sister Lucia first crossed the threshold of the sacred and gigantic cathedral, she thought this place would be the warmest and most friendly place on the continent.
For her, the place where she worshiped God was always full of laughter and energy, and it was a space where she was considerate of others.
However, when I came to the cathedral, it was a desolate and cold place that was less affectionate than the common street vendors.
The sensitive woman had no choice but to know that this kind of atmosphere was already prevalent here, considering it was because of the saintess’ election.
“Helios.”
He prayed while holding the sun god’s rosary hanging around his neck with both hands.
Calling Helios by name in prayer from time to time has become a habit for her.
“Lucia, are you ready?”
At the voice of the priest who was waiting for her outside, Lucia took a deep breath and said she was ready.
Today, before the election of saints, the nuns, who were candidates, hid their identities and experienced and experienced the life of citizens in Bhatian.
Based on the realization and experience gained that day, he had to use it as a speech to announce himself to the citizens as well as to appeal to high-ranking positions with the right to vote, such as the pope or paladin later.
Lucia approached the priest who had come with her from the monastery where she was, with a small nod.
“Yes, I am ready.”
Is it because you think you put a lot of power into it?
The bride gave Lucia advice with a small smile.
“Don’t be too rigid. Lucia is wise, so she will go out and naturally attain enlightenment. The sunshine of Helios is illuminating your path.”
“Yes. I just have to follow his guidance.”
With a small smile, Lucia checked her outfit again.
A cheap dress and a wide-brimmed hat topped with braided blonde hair.
At first glance, it looked like a student or a village maiden on a tour to Batian.
Especially this time, I heard that students from AOS Academy came to play in Batian on a school trip, so you should be able to hide yourself appropriately.
“Then I will go.”
Lucia, who bravely stepped outside, strangely felt as if the sunlight was shining on her more warmly than usual.
“yes?”
It was exactly 10 minutes later that she became disillusioned with the streets.
She came to Batian a month ago, but was confined in the cathedral under the name of a candidate saint, and was admiring the town she was seeing for the first time.
They were selling a lot of things related to religion to the point that I wondered if it wasn’t called a sanctuary for nothing, but I saw a few things that even Lucia, who was not greedy for money, was interested in.
As she forgot her original purpose and looked around the streets with a pounding heart, she was able to spot boys and girls in the alley she passed by.
Looking at them who were the same age as me, I thought they were students of AOS Academy.
“……what?”
The atmosphere was unusual.
The students who stand opposite the big students who stare at them with grim faces and fight their flags.
Among them, the reddish-brown bob haired girl who was the first to come forward was holding something in her mouth and was very irritated.
“Are you relieved to be doing this sh*t on a school trip? If you’re going to attack, either attack quickly or sneakily follow him around.”
‘Everything, from cigarettes to gang fights!’
For Lucia, who has been living as a nun since she was a child, her eyes could not help but roll tight as she saw situations she had never seen before.
‘Uh, what? What should I do?’
A situation where a fight could break out anytime soon.
Clutching Helios’ rosario, Lucia shouted.
“Hey, stop fighting! I’ll call security!”
“Hmm?”
“Ah?”
Mei, a bobbed-haired girl, and Telman, a 5th grade bully, both looked at Lucia, who was standing at the end of the alley.
“Are you students on a school trip? What’s your name? I will go and ask the guide!”
The students are fighting like this, but where the hell is the leader? Lucia seems to be getting stronger as she utters a word.
Among them, Telman made a stinging impression, and May smiled and pointed a finger at him.
“This person is one of our guides. I came here as a 5th grade volunteer.”
“Yes? Is the leader fighting? excuse me!”
When Lucia came out stronger, Telman eventually spit and spit out double lust, leading the gang to run away.
In particular, he made eye contact with Lucia and said, “I remember you,” but was it Helios’ protection? Lucia, on the contrary, behaved more confidently.
“thank you.”
Mei, who came to the school trip and stopped fighting pointlessly, raised her hand to express her gratitude, but Lucia’s fight was not over yet.
“Yeah, you too! Don’t smoke!”
“yes? this?”
When he pulled out the stick he was holding in his mouth with a popping sound, a red candy appeared.
“what?”
“It’s candy, don’t worry about it.”
“Yeah, that’s right. That’s fortunate, but…”
A little embarrassed, Lucia scratches the back of her head. Mei came closer to her, giggling.
“I don’t think you are a student at our academy, but you live in Batian? name is?”
“Yes? Well, my name is Lucia. I am 18 years old… I came to Batian for sightseeing.”
She lied because she was in a position not to reveal her identity, but even with such a light lie, she felt remorse in her conscience.
“okay? I am May I was going to ask if there’s anything to see, but you don’t know either?”
“Yes, I do, but… are you guys, by any chance, delinquents?”
momentary silence.
And the laughter of the students echoed after that.
Since she was a naive Lucia, she looked like she wasn’t sure what was wrong with the question I had just asked, but May tapped her on the shoulder and said,
“They are right, but I am not.”
“Wow, look at Mei losing money.”
“It’s too much!”
“He is our best. She conquered the academy with one fist, to the point where she was called the empress of the back alley.”
“hey!”
Embarrassed, May grumbled, but Lucia felt as though she had been hit in the head.
‘Boo, bad student!’
The delinquent student who only listened across the street was really standing in front of his eyes! And that’s the girl who dominates the prestigious Aios Academy!
“Looks like Helios showed me the way.”
“yes?”
What are you talking about? May scratched the back of her head, but Lucia said with her eyes shining brightly.
“Today, I will make you good children!”
The warm sunlight shining on her shimmered around the nun like the protection of the sun god.
*
While nun Lucia and bad student May have a fateful meeting.
Unlike other students on the street, Elise, a blonde girl standing in front of the door of a luxury hotel.
Even with Bertia behind her, she showed a tense look that she had never seen before. To the extent that she, who is always confident, takes a deep breath in front of the door.
smart.
Elise immediately knocked on the door to see if her heart was ready.
A man’s voice rang out from inside the door, and she slowly turned the doorknob to the point where she seemed cautious even to open the door.
“It’s been a while, Elise.”
A blonde man in a bathrobe, but half-naked, sitting on a chair, sipping wine.
The fact that she was not Elise but her real name and the name of the 3rd princess, Elise de Freesia, was spoken right away, indicating that she already knew her identity.
you can’t know
“It’s been a while, brother.”
He was the first man to claim the throne.
Except for the current king, a young man who is closer to the golden throne than anyone else.
1st Prince Oliver de Freesia.
Although they were competing with the second prince, Alois de Frigia, for the throne, they were fighting a war of nerves, but in fact, the difference between the two was overwhelming enough to think that Oliver had already won.
“What did you call me for?”
She had no choice but to be wary of her brother, whom she had been in touch with last night through the maid.
The fact that Oliver is here shouldn’t be known, but he took that risk and called himself.
The kingdom of Phrygia was a kingdom in which the king was sovereign and had all powers, but was uniquely not so with respect to religion.
A long time ago, the Seongguk, which was an independent country, came under the control of the Kingdom of Phrygia and naturally became a single country.
Of course, as time passed, the power itself was stronger in the royal family, but it could not ignore the pope.
Seeing that they still hold the arrogant title of ‘Pope’ while watching the royal family, it means that they have no intention of sacrificing their pride.
Due to the nature of their religion, they received full support from the citizens, so even the royal family was reluctant to touch them, and that history has continued to this day.
Being like this during the holy women’s election period, if there was even a rumor that the royal family had intervened by mistake, the citizens would have stood up right away.
“Isn’t it obvious why I called you?”
Turning the wine glass around, Oliver raised the corner of his mouth.
“You are truly a smart, clever child. Unlike the others, it’s the only blood relative I like.”
“……”
“Elise, what do you think of the name Pope?”
Elise clenched her fists.
It was already clear to her eyes what he would say and what he would propose, so Elise tried hard to hide her dizzying feelings.
An offer that was like a king’s order that one couldn’t and couldn’t refuse.
It flowed down Oliver’s tongue like a snake.