10: “I’ll Summon the True Saint”
- This time, it’s the story of the prince and the princess
“Haa… haa…”
“Your Highness, what’s the matter?”
The princess was found exhausted and slumped over an hour after she began cleaning.
She had just finished wiping the vast ballroom, and was cleaning the knights’ lavatory when they rushed in and found her. The princess, who had never cleaned in her life and had little physical strength, was in tears.
“There’s something strange about Her Highness… Could this be the Subservience Curse?!”
“Summon Prince Andrea!”
The royal family of this kingdom had special magical powers. Similarly, the Subservience Curse could only be used by royalty. However, just like the Saint Summoning Ritual, there were conditions for casting the curse, it wasn’t easy to use.
Voldred’s curse had originally been placed by King Fenzel.
In fact, Voldred wasn’t a native to the kingdom. When the king visited another country in the past, he took a liking to the young Voldred. The boy possessed an incredibly rare talent for both swordsmanship and magic.
Thus, the king cursed him, saying, “This talent rightfully belongs to Fenzel.” Afterward, he brought the boy to his own kingdom and had his name changed. Since then, the king had lorded over Voldred, saying, “As a citizen of Fenzel, it’s only natural that you serve Fenzel.”
Anyone of the royal family’s lineage could use the curse. Moreover, they could remove it at will (unless said member of the royal family was the one cursed).
In other words, even though the prince and princess could dispel Voldred’s curse at any time, they left it alone because it was convenient.
Anyway, the princess’ curse was lifted by Prince Andrea.
“—How frustrating! I’m so angry!”
The princess stomped her feet in anger in the prince’s room.
She looked down on everyone except her brother and a select few. She complained about how cruel the saint was and appealed to him, hoping he’d do something about it.
“Brother, she isn’t a saint, but a villain! She should be executed! You think so too, don’t you?! I’ll order my knights to torture her and then execute her!”
“…Hey, Izarine.”
“Yes?”
Izarine was the name of this princess. Her eyes sparkled, fully believing that her brother was on her side.
“The day I summoned the Saint, I heard her words and thought… maybe I was wrong.”
“What?! What are you talking about?! We, the royal family, can’t be wrong! Everyone else is wrong!”
“But don’t you think the Saint has a point? We thought that the legendary saint would selflessly use her powers for the kingdom and do whatever we say. But in reality, she’s just a human from another world.”
“So what?! Her world must be more vulgar than this one! Besides, she was summoned by you, so it’s only natural she’d do anything for us!”
“That’s what I thought at first too. But after she hit me… That was the first I’d ever seen such a reaction. At that moment, I realized—I’d taken the life of a human from another world.”
Andrea was definitely a foolish prince, but that was because up until now, he’d been pampered and sheltered, without anyone ever calling him out on his mistakes.
To him, everything about Mia—the way she had honestly expressed her opinions to him, or confront him without giving in—everything was a new experience and a shock. Andrea had never met anyone like Mia before.
At first, I was angry, thinking she was rude… but her unyielding eyes looked so beautiful.
Since then, Andrea hadn’t known how to face the saint, and had been unable to show his face to her. Meanwhile, Izarine had been hurling abuse at Mia, and even used the dying Voldred as ammunition.
“As she says, shouldn’t the people of this kingdom solve their own problem?”
“That’s not right! Open your eyes, Brother! Saints are those who would save this country with selfless benevolence! That saint is defective! At this rate, our kingdom will be taken over by that foul woman!”
“But that saint might not necessarily be evil…”
Andrea lowered his gaze. The royal family was rotten to the core, but their faces were beautiful. His sad expression made him look like a young man experiencing love for the first time—which infuriated Izarine even more!
“That’s enough! I’m disappointed in you, Brother! I’m also royalty! I can also summon a saint!”
Izarine flipped her skirt and stomped out of Andrea’s room.
“Just you wait, Fake Saint…! I’ll summon the true saint and banish you!”
For her, summoning the ‘true saint’ wasn’t to save people, but simply a way to get back at Mia.
“But what should I do? Summoning a saint requires an immense amount of magical power, and it can’t be done multiple times… Oh, that’s right. There should be forbidden magical items and other things sealed away in the treasure vault!”
Izarine thoughtlessly went for the treasure vault, unaware that it’d lead to her own downfall.
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