4. The Saint’s Lone Journey
“So, Lady Saint, where are you heading to?”
The Knight Leader asked me.
“Good question…”
I placed my hand against my mouth and thought again.
I had no particular destination.
Nor did I have any reliable acquaintances.
Then, should I travel around and get a glimpse of the world?
Well… with my power as a saint, I could manage to an extent… but the outside world was dangerous.
I hated the idea of experiencing pain.
…but still.
“Should I go to the neighboring kingdom, then? If it’s there, I might be able to slip inside.”
The neighboring kingdom, Lynchgiham. Since ancient times, my kingdom had been warring with that kingdom.
But now, they had a peaceful relationship.
At least, on the surface, it seemed that they were keeping an amiable relationship with each other to an extent.
The most defining trait of that kingdom was that there were many foreigners—a wide variety of ethnic groups and races existed along each other.
Because of the diversity, Lynchgiham was prosperous…
“Lynchgiham, huh!? Isn’t that a good idea?!”
“Right?”
The Knight Leader agreed with me.
Great.
Because if he told me that kingdom was bad, instead, I would have lost my destination.
“I will prepare a carriage.”
“I am no longer a saint, though? Wouldn’t that be a problem?”
“Doesn’t matter. This is the only thing I can do for you.”
Also, the Knight Leader continued.
“Even if the prince said you’re a false saint, from the bottom of my heart, I know you’re a magnificent saint. Even if the entire world becomes your enemy, I shall be on your side. Therefore, please lift your face.”
“~~~~~~!!!”
If he showed me such a serious face, there was no way I wouldn’t turn red!
Aaah, it was truly disappointing I had to leave such a handsome guy behind!
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With that, I was able to leave the castle safely thanks to the carriage prepared by the Knight Leader.
“I will be in your care.”
I bowed my head towards the coachman.
“Haha, you’re too polite, child. When I heard that you’re the Knight Leader’s acquaintance, I expected some tough woman, but it’s such a cute girl…”
I was stared at.
By the way, I hid the fact that I was the saint—or ‘former’, to be exact.
It would be better if the Saint’s banishment was unbeknownst to the people of the city to avoid unnecessary worries.
Therefore, I wore the clothes of a commoner and told them I was going to visit my aunt in the neighboring kingdom.
“Alright, let’s head out.”
“Yes.”
Pakara, pakara, pakara…
The horse began to gallop steadily.
It seemed that the journey itself would take about a month. Alright, my journey had started. It wasn’t like I was in a hurry or anything.
“Even so, your hair is so beautiful, it’s almost as if you aren’t a commoner…”
“I, is that so?”
Claude had said so;
“If you’re truly my fiancée and a saint, you must always appear beautiful!”
That was why I always used first-class cosmetics and shampoos.
However, when I was told that I was beautiful to my face… as I thought, I became bashful.
“Could it be, you’re an aristocrat?”
“T, that’s not true!”
“Hahaha! Sorry, I’ve pried on too much. Don’t worry, if I do anything careless, I will be killed by the Knight Leader, just think of me as a doll.”
The coachman laughed.
Fu… I thought I was going to get exposed for a moment, but I survived.
I wiped away the sweat on my forehead using my arm.
***T/N: So there exists a kingdom with diverse population… do they even have a saint? I began to think that Eliane’s kingdom is the one with faulty method here, to depend solely on ONE GIRL equipped with only defense and support magics for their safety and livelihood.
alright first off, just cuz the knight said he cant leave bcause he serves the king doesnt mean he lacks decent sympathy for innocent people. at most he should be thinking about getting his family and maybe his team out of the country as fast as possible stealthily. The biggest thing thought is that she did acknowledge that other people will experience pain and suffering, she makes logical arguments to the prince about that exact thing, but he doesnt care, furthermore once the king dies, the prince is just going to concoct a scheme to get away with executing her so he can get his way, your arguments about going to the king cease to function once the prince becomes king, and they cease to function IF THE PRINCES FATHER THINKS THE SAME. In MOST situations MOST people will try to save themselves because that is how people are, if she stays what awaits her is potential death at ANY moment, and once that happens countless INNOCENT little girls will then be murdered by the royal family. You expect a person to stay and be murdered, as thats what will await her if she does, and expect her to give a damn about a kingdom wherein even the crown prince, who should have access to the most knowledge in the kingdom, doesnt believe that saintess’s actually do anything. To stay is to be murdered, and subject countless other women to death, to leave is to prevent such a fate for you and other countless people and simultaneously finally have some actual freedom for yourself. you’re just upset she isnt a selfless doormat.
Eh! …. one on hand, yeah. That is a pretty d1k move on his part.
On the other, he’s nobility, and probably has a family that’d be executed for being traitors if he outright left the employ of the King to run away with an exiled Saintess. So he has to think of others, other than himself. (Heck since he’s the leader of the Knights that protect the King, him running off could possibly lead to his entire team being killed off in his place.)
[Even if the entire world becomes your enemy, I shall be on your side. Therefore, please lift your face.”]
but you won’t go with her when asked… the hypocrisy
Just picked this up… and…
“Alright, let’s head out.”
“Yes.”
Pakara, pakara, pakara…
The horse began to gallop steadily.
Pakara in my native language means ass cheek… I am wheezing laughing at that galloping ass cheek ?
This is directed directly at the translator:
It isn’t what Eliane should or could do that is the issue with her personality, (even though arguably she could have just told the king and he would have put a stop to what the Prince was doing) it is her way of thinking that makes her more of a psychopath villain than it makes her a good person that readers can root for. This however thus far seems more to have to do with the authors lack of ability/understanding than it does the actual character though as they failed to make the Knight seem like a “good guy” either. Sure he is your classical “actually good looking guy that believes that women don’t like him” type of cliche male hero character… but he actually lacks the fundamental part where he cares about the lives of innocent people. But well, maybe I am wrong here and this is the authors plan? Maybe they want to show us a world shown out of the eyes of people that only think of “duty” as important? But will that really work? It is kind of like that other story I read where the author painted his protagonist as a complete monster deliberately and yet non of his readers seemed to understand that she actually WAS a bad person all along. So if an author fails to convey and make his audience see what they show them, then the failing does not lie with the audience but rather with the author not understanding the readers. That said:
Man, I kinda wish the Knight Leader hopped on and went with her now. He seems kinda cute.
This is how this scenario should have went.
The king learns of his sons foolishness…immediately the knights assemble to place the prince under arrest, as the saint is a precious existence, she is guarded by her own knights who reported to the king what transpired, Leticia has been placed in prison awaiting Interrogation, the saint is waiting for her kings judgement, because she like the prince is subject to his authority and rule.
But nothing happened…did they think the stupid prince wouldn’t be that moronic? Eh? Author really does not think at all, they are just moving the plot forward regardless, expecting the reader to be retarded…
While I dont blame the saint for leaving since she was threatened, but what the hell? Why wouldnt she have any protection or a team dedicated to her? Why did a person like Leiticia even get close to the prince? What proof of her saint abilities? The MC knows her power is real they all know…why is the author relying on zero IQ readers to sell this? They would never let her leave period… this goes beyond plotholes… The hole is so large that it even sucks in a blackhole…
Wow, you sure seem to be some sort of literary genius!
Mayhaps you should have more fun reading Dostoevsky or somethibg?
My aim is to outsell the bible.
Fudgin kuq ku strikes again.
Lol
Either the author is an idiot, or the King will find out afterwards and become outraged… but by then it will be to late. I am leaning towards that the author being an idiot though since… the Knight even mentioned that he was loyal to the KING, not the prince… so why did the Knight not simply inform the king? If the Saintess is so important, since when would he prince have he authority to exile her? Why the hell did the Knight not tell her to wait for a bit? In fact, if she insisted to leave he should simply tell some more Knights to detail her while he clear things up with the king!
If I was the king, not only would I Immediately fetch the Saintess back by force, I would then imprison and punish my son, and execute the idiotic Knight for not informing me and just allowing the Saintess to go.
Then again… maybe THIS is why the kingdom actually needs a Saintess? because everyone in it are retarded? Maybe the demons she is protecting them against are people with actual normal intelligence?
Well, this kingdom is short-sighted when it comes to military and governance. They think its cost-effective to depend on a powerful saint and have become complacent. It may have seemed foolproof, at first, but I guess they didn’t factor in that they a doofus for a crown prince. Oh, well, can’t wait for this kingdom to fall apart, but I do hope that those innocent citizens and that Knight Leader can evacuate safely. Leave the crown prince and that fake saint there to perish.
Miss translator can you set up the links between chapters better, it is not showing up ?
Muh editor is the one who set up the links. He is probably busy if the links aren’t showing up.
Ok, sorry to disturb you on a issue you have no control over. Keep up the great work miss translator.
Hola!
When I read her destination (Lynchgiham) I saw Lynching-ham and thought: isn’t that a big ol’ Red Flag?!?
I don’t blame you sis
Not entirely sure but I think they said something before about how the land the country is on was uninhabitable until the saint came around so I would assume that means that other countries don’t have saints and that this country is just unique like that.
The demons to their demon warriors : happy invading guys!
Also to the demons and demon warriors: Just let the knight captain escape with his life, he’s good people.
We need to know more about the geography before coming to that conclusion. It could be that this Kingdom is basically the one thing in the way of demons invading the rest of the human territories. By losing the saint, the line in the sand gets pushed back a few metaphorical feet.
Yeah! Hooray for the journey and new adventure 🙂 thank you