3. My Power as a Saint has Disappeared, Therefore I’ll Leave Before my Engagement is Annulled
By proceedings through the woods, Melissa had managed to avoid those men. As long as she walked towards the West sun, she could return home. However, once the sun finished setting, she would likely lose her sense of direction. It was a road the villagers seldom partook.
I wonder for how long Knight Captain Jill will stay there for. I should refrain from going to the market for the time being.
Back in the royal castle, Jill used to be Melissa’ exclusive escort.
He was expressionless, a man of a few words, and was unreadable. At the same time, he was also kind, considerate, and had a strong sense of justice.
When Melissa planned to visit a plagued village, it was Jill who strongly opposed the idea. The memory was still fresh—how Melissa was adamant about going, and Jill finally relented. He decided to prepare a large medical staff for the visit.
He couldn’t bear to look at me as I kept caring for those sick people without care to my own health. It reached the point where he forced me to sleep by threatening me with his sword…
She thought of those days nostalgically. Involuntarily, a smile had appeared on her face.
Melissa was blessed. She had been surrounded by a gentle prince and his encouraging aids. Because of that, she could give her everything as a saint for the sake of the kingdom.
But why…?
She had no regret, but guilt remained in the corner of her heart.
One day, His Highness said to her;
“Once the kingdom becomes peaceful, you should focus on your own life, and wish for your own happiness.”
At that time, she was already happy enough, so why would His Highness say that? Melissa tilted her head.
Due to being pensive, Melissa was late to notice.
Someone was approaching behind her. She immediately quickened her pace, but it was too late.
The hand of a well-built man grabbed her arm.
“Lady Melissa!”
“!”
When she thought of the mighty knight captain, she was strangely unafraid.
Melissa gave up.
“…Lord Jill.”
“F, finally, I’ve finally found you!”
It was very unusual for him to be so expressive and talkative. Jill spoke in a voice mixed with impatience and relief.
“Why are you in a place like this…?”
“Lord Jill, it hurts. I’m sorry, but you’re too powerful, My arm feels like it is about to break.”
“…! Forgive me…”
In a hurry, Jill relaxed his grip, but still didn’t let go. Melissa could feel his stubborn will to not release her now that he had finally found her. Melissa smiled as if troubled.
Even though she went as far as entering the woods, she still couldn’t escape.
She immediately recalled that Jill was so skilled, he wouldn’t even fail to detect the hint of a mouse.
Jill knelt in the same gesture as when he offered his pledge of allegiance to Melissa. He placed his sword on the ground and extended his hand.
“My life belongs to you. Why did you abandon me?”
“I didn’t… Lord JilI, I—”
“You left the castle without a word! Did you give up on me!?”
“You’re mistaken… none of it is your fault…”
“If so, why did you disappear!? You disappeared and left the kingdom in an uproar! How much do you think we’ve been looking for you!?”
Melissa apologized with a wavering gaze due to being swept away by Jill’s passionate eyes. She felt remorseful for making them so worried. Then, she gently took Jill’s hand.
“Don’t cry, Lord Jill… I’m sorry for making you worry so much… but as Lord Jill knows, my role is over. You’ve met the new saint, I assume? I’m no longer the prince’s fiancée, nor am I a baron. I’m just a commoner. A commoner like me doesn’t deserve to be served by someone like you.”
“I, finally understand… I used to think that humility was your virtue, but for you to say that… it seems that mindset of yours has to go.”
“Eh?”
At that moment, Melissa’s body floated in the air. She fluttered as her feet left the ground, but Jill began to walk without care.
She was being forcibly taken away. She sensed danger and rampaged, but her resistance was futile. Compared to his sturdy built, she was like a small animal.
“Lord Jill, let me down…!”
“…”
“For you to go back to being silent at such a time, how terrible!”
“…”
Was his roaring voice and those tears a mere figment of her imagination? Jill, who had returned to his usual self, didn’t listen to her.
For eight years, I didn’t know you can speak so fluently!
She pounded on his chest and resisted as long as she could, but she eventually grew tired and gave up. They returned to the main street where a carriage had been left.
Melissa had no way of escaping from Jill who silently stood in front of a closed door.
With his arms crossed, he stood firmly. Jill then ordered the men to start the carriage.
Melissa was impatient. She had no intention of returning to the castle.
“…Are we heading for the royal capital? Lord Jill, stop the carriage.”
“…”
“Didn’t you pledge your allegiance to me?! Why won’t you listen to me!? Please, I beg of you!!”
Pleading was her last trump card. Jill’s expression distorted and then crumpled when he saw her cry.
“Lady Melissa, did you hate the royal capital…?”
“Hate…? There’s no way—”
“Why then?”
“Because I’m no longer a saint?”
It was an already a well-known fact that she was no longer a saint. But when she had to say it herself, a sharp pain pierced her chest.
“…All the more reason for Lady Melissa to be in the royal capital.”
“W, why?”
“…”
“You’re back to being silent again!? Lord Jill, you’re an idiot!!”
“…”
With his subtle face, Jill, who had made a silent decision, said nothing more.
***T/N: Oh no, another one has appeared! Another one with impaired communication skill!!!
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Given how surprised Jill is at her leaving along with the dialogue he dropped, I’m starting to get a clearer picture as to what happened…
Interesting concept.
Deploying decoy next and previous (non-links) to frustrate all readers.
Oh well. At least you can get to the main page using the link at the top.
For now anyways.
If you visit the main page that often, I think it’d quite difficult to miss the disclaimer about how the link is added manually by the site admin, hence need time to be activated.
Having done as the main page requested and notified of broken links in a comment on chapter two, what am I to think when none of them have been fixed?
Instead new broken links are introduced as chapter three is presented?
Yeah, bureaucracy is unpleasant. Guess I need to start singing that song Carly Simon sold to the catsup/ketchup company. “Anticipation is makin’ me late, is keepin’ me waitin’ ”
BTW, my wording was off. While I have been to the MAIN page, I meant the page where the posts for just this story can be found. It isn’t like a TOC. But it is sorta the main page for this story. The link is the blue words in the white background right above the chapter name. The words are the name of the story. The word ‘translation’ is a different link.
Also, I don’t assume anymore that broken links are necessarily mistakes. I am presently reading a story translated five years ago that still hasn’t fixed their broken links. Before I learned to look for original translations I became frustrated reading bunged up novels on those massive find all the novel sites. From missing words to missing chapters, they must not pay anyone to double check anything. And they often all have the very same errors. Must prefer to steal from each other than to do the work to find and steal it for themselves.
These may be necessary tactics to protect your hard work. Or they may be simple mistakes. Or process issues. I sure do find them frustrating. I have even found busted links posted at NU. (Not from any story on this site.)
Finally, the main purpose of my comment was to inform others of alternatives. Getting my wording off may have lead to more frustration for other readers. And for that, I apologize to anyone who I sent on the longer route.
I do wonder how many people have book marked any of these pages and are repeatedly checking to see if the next page has been added, only to find next still doesn’t work. If people can’t find, or aren’t given alternative ways to get here, they will eventually give up, never knowing that you have been adding chapters.
To know if I’ve been adding chapters, they go to >Latest Release, usually.
When do you read the very first sentence, what do you make of it, Jim?
And when you start accusing us of being underhanded, or, in your word, ‘simply a bad wording’, when is the chapter you’ve commented on is posted, Jim? Is it a month ago? If it is, then yes, that’s a broken link. If it isn’t, then my dear friend simply hasn’t find the time to add the link, yet. And no, no one is being paid anything to double check those link, because as you can see, this is a site run by two people assuming multiple roles at once as of the present. The one you accused of intentionally frustrating readers is also a person like you, with a life, and yet still make the time once every few days to add links despite the huge load of editing they had to do to present you with new chapters, without being paid anything. The same goes for those other translation sites you go to, Jim. Most of them aren’t getting paid a dime, it’s merely a hobby on their part. So please put that brush you keep holding to paint everyone the same down.
I put Previous Chapter> and Next Chapter> to make it easier for my dear friend to add the link in weekend. In no way it is meant to mislead reader, I mean, did the non-link somehow lead you to some kind of payment page so you could access the next chapter? Did the non-link somehow redirect you to an endless barrage of ads? Did the non-link lead you to a fluke new chapter? In fact, could a non-link be chalked as a ‘decoy’ when it leads you nowhere, and can’t even be interacted with?
Also, please stop downplaying your intentional, sarcasm-laden, and presumptuous remarks as ‘bad wordings’, because they are clearly insults, and meant to take a jab at someone.
At the end of the day, all I could see is please be nice, and have patience.
Damsel has been captured and is now in distress? Pretty interesting… and communication is overrated ?