Chapter 409 – Day 57 – The New Saint
“Bah… Stupid princess? What the hell did this happen?”
Hedone opened his eyes wide from morning and looked around. Hedone, who was very anxious about leaving the princess alone with the statue last night, went downstairs with Grace and Lucia as soon as she finished breakfast.
The reason she wasn’t with Ceres was because her princess called her from the early morning.
“What the hell… How did this happen…?”
Lucia, who arrived underground first, did not understand the scene in front of him. No, she was more aware of the situation than Grace, to tell the truth. The basement, which had been desolate until yesterday, was very neatly organized.
The floor, which had to be walked carefully after being crushed by catfish, was neatly repaired and the dust that had been rolling around was neatly removed. It didn’t end there, the huge pillars and walls were adorned with beautiful fabrics.
I couldn’t say it was perfect, but I could feel that it was decorated well enough.
The princess appeared with a lively smile and stood at the entrance of the well-decorated hallway. Beside her, Ceres, who had suffered greatly since dawn, was standing with a normal expression.
“Where is Harlot…”
Unable to imagine what the princess had done during the night, Hedone looked around with her worried eyes. However, ‘Harlot’ was nowhere to be seen. It was natural.
“Hmmmm, did you wash up clean in the morning as I requested. Grace and Lucia.”
“Ah… Yes, I came after washing thoroughly. In fact, even if the princess didn’t tell me, I always wash.”
“Me too. Well, he told me to wash my body as thoroughly as possible, so…”
Looking at the two high priests, who even smelled the faint scent of perfume, the princess was very satisfied and took a step forward.
“Yesterday. I talked about this and that with Harlot.”
“Ah… Is that why you can’t see it? Maybe… Did you return to your original form?”
There was intense regret in Grace’s voice in her. She’s not quite the goddess she hoped for, but she still has the faith she’s had for over 20 years. Seriously, people don’t always get what they want.
Therefore, it is unavoidable that God, a living being, is slightly different from what he believed in. Grace mentally masturbated like that. Lucia was no different in this respect.
Sadly, the two High Priests could not maintain their sanity otherwise. In this world where swords and magic, gods and different races are taken for granted, the fact that the gods were actually… So different from the ones they worshiped had such meaning and such destructive power.
“Yes, it can be said that it has returned to its original form. Expect it.”
“Yes? Yes…? Wait, look forward to it…Wow.”
While Grace was surprised, the princess smiled and threw her saintess’s eyepatch onto her chest her. Beginning her stride, Venus entered the old chapel at the end of the hallway.
The inside was quite beautiful because it was decorated so beautifully by Ceres, the princess, and Harlot.
The stained glass that the princess had wiped clean was shining in a mysterious color, and the chandelier Ceres had painstakingly hung from the ceiling provided beautiful lighting.
Seeing the pure white cloth on the floor, Grace was even more surprised and looked at the princess.
“Be, Princess Venus…! Eh, where did you get this cloth from? Eh, this is a holy relic! A relic!”
“Yes, isn’t it a sacred object called the pilgrimage route of the saint?”
“Wh-what?! You took it out and laid it on the… Floor?!”
Lucia was naturally surprised and glared at her princess her, but her princess her was what she had already expected.
“Both of you, don’t get angry. Should I show my anger in front of your goddess before I can use it?”
“How absurd is that… Not…”
Lucia, who was about to lose her temper, suddenly lost her words. In front of the huge painting she wiped off even the soot, there was a goddess with benevolence.
As if waiting for her two lost lambs, she stood in a space bathed in pure white light.
“Fool princess… I can’t believe the reason you asked Ceres-san for this and that from dawn…”
Haha, Hedone, don’t be like that. Think of it as an early birthday present.”
When the princess even winked and said, Hedone smiled bitterly and stepped back slightly from her.
“Oh my God… God. My God… Goddess of Justice…!”
Lucia was already moved by the appearance of the ‘goddess’, which looked identical to the picture engraved on the book containing her sacred words. Grace, who had been eating her heart her, also became extremely surprised, looked at her princess for a moment, and then cautiously walked in front of her goddess.
With each step she took, Grace’s heart pounded her dangerously. As her High Priestess, she has cared for the pain and sorrow of countless people for a long time. Since she was born, she has never imagined herself becoming a saint.
But since she was born last night, it was the first time she had imagined it. Grace, who thought that there must be a reason why the saint she loved and respected left her eyepatch on her, could not help but imagine that.
“The great goddess who is merciful and righteous. High Priestess Grace dares to see you.”
Grace, cautiously on her knees, grasped with both hands the crucifix hanging around her neck her. Lucia said the same thing and sat down on her knees slightly behind her.
“You don’t have to be nervous. High Priestess Grace.”
“…Do you dare… Ask me a blasphemous question? Great Goddess? Yesterday must have…”
Was naked
The embarrassingly naked goddess was wearing a very beautiful outfit today. She was the cloth that Ceres had saved her, but she looked so holy as she was perfectly covered with just one cloth.
Since her fabric her was also quite rare and expensive, her elegance her radiated like an aura.
“Grace. It’s a sad story, but your goddess got caught up in the war of the gods a long time ago and lost her original body to her.”
“Oh… My God…”
“So I was confined to a statue and delivered the prophecy by only showing this figure to countless saints. However, 10 years ago… A terrible earthquake occurred and I was trapped in this piece of stone forever.”
As the goddess spoke softly in a friendly voice, Grace and Lucia accepted everything they heard as the truth. Of course, the princess knew where and where the truth was and where it was a lie.
She earnestly requested that most of the truth be mixed with suitable lies, and the goddess granted the princess’s request her.
“…I believe I won’t have to tell you about last night’s… Embarrassing incident.”
“Yes, yes! It’s okay if you don’t say anything! Infusion of divine power…”
Grace smiled in surprise. As she had hoped for a long time, the ‘goddess of justice’ she was playing was a very friendly being with a suitable humanity.
“… After everyone went up to the surface, I tested Princess Venus. She passed her test more perfectly than anyone else, and I was finally able to regain my power perfectly. But…”
Her Goddess Showed Her Own Boobs She had her scarlet stigma deeply engraved in the form of a cross, which was not there until yesterday.
…I’m sorry for Grace, but this was also something the princess had asked for in order to direct it to some extent.
“My heart was badly damaged by the great earthquake ten years ago.
“Ah… It’s okay. Goddess just needs you to stay in her basement her just like this.”
Grace’s words she were sincere. She honestly didn’t even want her prophecy of her. What is the problem with a goddess who looks like she jumped out of a book containing her sacred words of her?
Retrieving her saintess would certainly be a huge ordeal, but it seemed that her order of saints her would be maintained somehow, so she was able to relieve a little of the burden piled up in a corner of her heart her.
“Grace. You have been working as a High Priest in the Order of Saints for a long time. I have seen you for a very long time, losing your parents at a young age and living in the Order and building your faith.”
“Hey, Goddess… I-I’m a shameful follower. Even if you say that…”
“Also, the fact that the current saintess entrusted you with an eyepatch… Has a great meaning.”
The goddess deliberately gave a gentle smile.
“You are the one who leads the Order of Saints from now on. You will be my voice.”
“Grace… Sister?”
Even Grace herself was surprised by Lucia’s question and shook her head.
“I-I! I can’t become a saintess! Goddess!”
“Why?”
“That’s it. I’m… Not a girl born from the saintess’ womb…”
“Grace, a new era has come. A saintess no longer has to be born from her womb. You must have seen the eyes of the saintess you know?”
“Yes, I saw it. It was pure white… It seemed like you couldn’t see anything.”
The goddess smiled.
“The new saintess must be someone who can humbly sacrifice herself for the happiness of many people. She must also be someone who keeps the word I have given you.”
“…Then… Then… The saintess…”
“Since 10 years ago, the current saintess prophesied without my help. She really became my voice.”
When the goddess said this, Grace closed her eyes tightly and looked at Lucia after thinking.
“Sister Grace is a saint…”
Lucia murmured briefly and looked at her Grace her and bowed her head.
“…Your tenderness and benevolence have always reminded me of the Goddess, Sister Grace. She will feel God’s grace that she spent her childhood with you.”
“Ah, Lou, Lucia! Sister! You don’t have to say that much…!”
Grace looked at the princess and Hedone while talking in embarrassment.
“She must have thought that the saintess entrusted you with the eyepatch. Is it because she thinks that you are the one who will lead this church and lead more lost sheep in the future?”
“There’s no one better suited to a new saint than High Priestess Grace.”
Swallowing her saliva, Grace looked at the goddess.
“Goddess of Justice. What sacrifice do I have to endure?”
“You will never be able to see the world as normal humans see it. Many prophecies will be seen in your eyes. It will be a very painful and difficult life.”
“Can I save more people?”
“You, whom the goddess has seen, can save more people and turn more sorrow into happiness. There is no need to prophesy.”
Grace finally made up her mind. She cautiously rose from her seat and approached her goddess.
“…You can take my eyes. Goddess.”
As if to put her hands together in prayer, Grace knelt down again. The goddess stretched out her hand to Grace. She stroked her bangs with her soft, warm hand, and she caressed the woman’s eyes her, who she knew how to smile brightly.
‘…I don’t know if Grace can hold on…’
The nervous princess swallowed her saliva. Her goddess hand her slowly fell from Grace’s eyes her. The moment she realized that it had ended more blandly than she thought, Grace instinctively raised her hands.
“Ugh…! Ahhh…! Kuw!!! Hew…!”
Bright red tears flowed out. She couldn’t even scream in pain as her eyeballs burned.
“Grace. You will see countless people’s misfortunes and sorrows with those eyes.”
“Aww…! Ugh… Nu, the eyes…! Ugh!”
“You will see countless happiness and miracles with your own eyes in the future. Just as if you had decided on that power, that ability.”
The goddess grabbed Grace’s face with both her hands. She grabbed her her bleeding eyes, forced them open, and made her eyes meet her own her.
“Ha…! Ha…! Ha…!”
“Can you swear to spend it not for yourself, but for the many followers of the Order, for the lost sheep, and for the many lives of this land?
Shedding tears of blood at the goddess’ question, Grace answers.
“I swear!! The power of prophecy given by the Goddess! Only! I will use it for the happiness of countless people!”
“May that faith last forever.”
A pure white light emanated from the goddess ‘eyes her. As if burning Grace’s eyes, the flashes radiated endlessly. At the end of a time that was by no means short, the goddess dropped her hands from Grace’s bloodied face her.
The goddess didn’t say anything and she stepped back.
“Ha… Ha… Ha…”
Letting out her rough breath, Grace closed her eyes. His lovely pink hair her was unkemptly messed up today. Lucia, who was on her knees, bit her lip.
Helpless, all she could do at this moment, in her heart, was to pray endlessly for a miracle to happen.
“… Oops… Ha…”
Staggering up from her seat her, Grace looked around the room silently, blinking at him without her blindfold on her.
“I see a lot… So many things. Oh, I don’t know how to make a prophecy yet…”
Now able to see countless things, Grace swallowed his saliva and smiled at Hedone.
“A pretty princess will be born. Hedone-sama… Now, at least that one thing can be known with certainty.”
Grace’s first prophecy of her, who she knows how to smile like the bright sun, ended like that.
