I Became a Fake Priest the Saintess Is Obsessed With

50 – Blue roses among daffodils (4)

When Lesia regained consciousness, she had collapsed in a back alley of a village.

She barely remembered what happened after Riley’s betrayal.

What I vaguely remember is that Riley dragged them to the Demon Cult’s lair.

There, Lesia heard from Riley that the Demon God Church had kidnapped children by disguising themselves as people from the Demon Tower in order to conduct an experiment to turn northerners into demons.

Lesia managed to escape from there with all her might.

Soon, Demon God Gyo tracked down Lesia, and after doing her best to escape, she was able to hide somewhere in the frontline city.

“Ah…”

I was very tired.

Maybe it’s because I’m hungry and because it’s so dark here, with barely a handful of light coming in.

Above all, her spirit was so devastated.

Family disappeared from the world, trusted friends betrayed everyone, and colleagues were in danger of becoming demons.

In the meantime, Lesia alone barely survived.

I wanted to go back.

To her family, to her colleagues, to her friends.

But she has nowhere to return.

All she has left is the time waiting for her death in this dark space.

This is all the fault of the unwise northerners.

If only they had been a little more sensitive to the disappearance of children, if only they had used their wisdom to change the situation.

Lesia would not have been forced into this situation.

The more she thought about it, the more something rose in her heart and it was so painful.

“Why…Why on earth…”

At that moment, Lesia felt like something in her heart was disappearing, as if she was drifting away in a river.

It is an emotion.

In order to protect Lesia’s spirit from suffering from her emotions, she took her emotions away from her.

Although the emotions at the core of her self were abandoned, she was able to await her death rather calmly.

As time passed, her world became very quiet.

Neither the loud cries of mice nor the flapping wings of flying insects can be heard in her world now.

Someone’s footsteps are heard in that quiet world.

Someone who seemed to be wandering around without a destination gradually approached Lesia and soon stopped in front of her.

Lesia looked at someone who stopped in front of her.

He was a boy with silver hair and black eyes.

“Is it you? A young boy who came into the city recently.”

The boy stared at Lesia and came closer when he saw her scar on her cheek.

“What is this…? Why are there so many scars on my body? How long have I been starving to be this gaunt?”

Lesia did not answer the boy’s question.

“Hey… You don’t speak the Empire language? Is it because you’re a foreigner…?”

Of course, Lesia could use the imperial language.

But she didn’t say anything.

Because she had neither the strength nor the will to answer that question.

The boy sighed as he looked at Lesia, who looked at him with her dead eyes without blinking.

“I can’t leave this alone, and it will hurt if I treat it… Why does that guy leave all the troublesome work to me…!”

The boy passed his teeth and held out his hand to Lesia.

“Follow me. I’ll give you a place to rest and food, so let’s just do chores at the church until you get settled.”

Lesia just looked at the hand blankly.

“What’s so frustrating about him… Come, follow me!”

The boy sighed and snatched Lesia’s wrist and took her somewhere.

Although there was anxiety that the boy could hand himself over to the Demon God Cult.

Because it didn’t matter now, I dragged along without resisting.

As I crossed the alley and entered the street, starlight poured down and illuminated the city.

“Hey… There are a lot of stars today.”

The boy looked up at the sky in admiration.

His black eyes were like a small universe filled with hundreds of stars.

However, Lesia felt an unknown emotion in the boy’s eyes full of excellence.

He is not looking at the stars.

I am looking somewhere in the sky, somewhere in an empty space filled with darkness.

***

“… Why did you bring that child, Ivan?”

In front of a church with a shabby sign, a large man asked the boy at the door.

He was looking at Lesia next to her with great spirit.

“Chris, how about we take this child with us for a moment?”

The boy was not broken by the man’s spirit.

“My orders were to investigate the movements of a stranger who entered the city… Do you remember?”

“Of course I remember. The cute visitor to the city was a mute girl from the north.”

“Then why are you suddenly making such a fuss about bringing in that northerner and raising him?”

The boy snorted.

“If you look at the child’s condition, can’t you get an estimate? It looks like he hasn’t starved for a few days and he has a lot of injuries. Can we just overlook it?”

“You can handle that with your own strength.”

“I’ve said this many times, but I don’t plan on using my abilities carelessly, right? And at least this person can be accepted into the church.”

“I’m sorry, but I can’t.”

Chris crossed his arms.

“Why? A guest room is enough.”

“No. A few days ago, the number of injured on the front lines increased due to the Demonic Cult’s entry into the war. Thanks to this, the sick people came over the front lines and came here.”

Ivan looked at Chris.

“… So you’re saying we can’t admit him because the hospital room is full?”

“Yes, you can’t accept that child unless you heal the people inside.”

Ivan glared at Chris for a long time.

He looked at Chris who stubbornly stepped forward and then lowered her head.

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“Ha… If that’s the case, there’s nothing we can do.”

“Are you trying to give up your child?”

“What are you talking about? Don’t ask strange questions, just tell me about the conditions of the people inside.”

“About nine soldiers came. Most of them were seriously injured. Some had their limbs amputated, and some were complaining of mental pain.”

“Ugh, it must be hard for a lot of people. First of all…”

Ivan held on tightly to the arm of the girl he was holding.

“I offer this body and soul to my God, Mother Earth. Please raise the Lamb again.”

As the boy chanted a long spell, Lesia’s body recovered quickly.

Minor wounds that occurred during the battle with the demons and busts that occurred during the escape disappeared.

Even her hunger and her thirst, which had been bothering her for several days, disappeared in an instant.

“Ugh… This feels really bad.”

Ivan groaned in pain for a long time, then hit his head against the wall and came to his senses.

Chris looked at him strangely.

“Why are you using your abilities for others? Don’t you only use them in front of high-ranking people?”

“If anyone hears it, they will think that you are only using your abilities to get ahead…”

“Isn’t that so?”

“Ugh… I wonder what they’re looking at me for… Get out of the way for now. The night air is cold, so what makes you stand outside for so long?”

Ivan walked past Chris and pulled open the church door.

Lesia, whose wrist was grabbed, followed him.

“If you’ve treated it, let it go.”

“Leave it alone. I’ll treat the people inside and send them on their way. Let’s let this kid use the room.”

“…Why are you trying to take care of that child?”

Chris asked Ivan, who was entering the church with Lesia.

At that point, Lessa also became curious about the boy’s intentions.

I wondered why on earth this boy was so friendly to the girl he met for the first time.

“You know our church’s doctrine, right? All we have to do is follow it.”

“Are you telling me not to pass by the suffering lamb? Would you believe that you, who can be considered a heretic, follow the doctrine?”

“Wow~ You really see me as trash?”

Ivan sighed.

“It’s because this child doesn’t seem to have anywhere to go.”

“Where to return? How do you know that?”

Ivan let go of his hand and looked at Lesia.

After thinking for a while, he scratched the back of his head.

“Well, I guess it’s just a persimmon… Please take it away for now. If you have a place to return to, you’ll find your way back later.”

After saying that, he opened the door and went inside.

He is a really strange person.

He seemed to be about the same age as me, but his eyes seemed even more empty than Lesia’s.

“What does that person do?”

Finally, unable to contain her curiosity, Lesia asked Chris.

“…? Did you know how to speak?”

“……”

“… Is it silence? Well, that’s good. I can tell you at least what I know.”

Chris quietly squatted in front of the door, took a cigarette out of his pocket and lit it.

“Honestly, I don’t know. It’s been two years since he suddenly invaded the church, used his powers to heal the sick, and said, ‘This is God’s gift to me and my worth!’ And accepted my offer to become a priest.”

“……”

“The story isn’t over yet, so don’t make an expression like, ‘If you’re going to tell me that, why did you bring it up?'”

Chris put a cigarette in his mouth and blew out the smoke.

“That guy is really special. He always lies and calculates the benefits he will gain, but he has a kind heart and doesn’t hesitate to help people in trouble like you.”

“Why…”

“Well, that’s right. We’ve been together for quite some time, but I don’t know his true feelings. Even though he puts on a really happy expression, the emptiness he sometimes shows makes me feel uncomfortable.”

“……”

“Ha, if you want to know more, find out. I have nothing more to say.”

Chris stopped talking after that.

Lesia looked at the handle of her entrance and pondered.

However, it wasn’t long before she opened the door and went in.

This is because I developed some interest in this strange man.