“It seems that the deity will grant your wish, believer. To witness such a miraculous moment, it’s simply touching.”
He traced the holy sign, then knelt before the altar.
And began to pray for Prodia.
“Lord ‘Aido’, please bless this believer’s future…”
Prodia also knelt beside him and pretended to pray.
“I believe.”
The two offered devout prayers to the deity for a while.
She peeked at Paphier during the prayer.
Sure enough, he had put all doubts away.
Done, let’s move on.
Let’s end it here. Goodbye, handsome priest.
(This is a time delimiter.)
Prodia left the prayer room with Paphier.
“I was grateful today, Priest.”
“May the deity’s grace always be with you, believer…”
They greeted each other and parted.
Prodia’s expression suddenly turned cold as she turned away.
Just as she was about to step into the waiting room, someone was seen walking towards her.
It was the young priest who had guided them earlier.
“Ah, Miss? What are you doing here… huh?”
The young priest’s eyes caught Paphier in the distance.
He rushed toward Prodia with a surprised look.
“Miss, you were with him all this time?”
His eyes twinkled as he asked.
She knew right away.
That Paphier, the priest, was rather popular in this apostolic vicarate.
“Shall I find out who he is?”
Prodia asked calmly.
“Yes, but do you know him?”
“Ah, you didn’t know? He is the famous senior priest, ‘Dopher’!”
‘Huh? Isn’t his name Paphier?’
Oh right, priests call each other by baptismal names.
But a priest with the baptismal name Dopher.
‘I’ve heard that name a lot…’
But her curiosity was soon satisfied.
The young priest eagerly explained, even snorting.
“I also became a priest by following Dopher. If I tell you his story, he is a walking miracle…!”
Wait, a walking miracle…?
‘There’s only one person who is a walking miracle in this empire!’
She finally remembered who he was.
At the same time, Prodia’s face turned thoughtful.
The priest of an unprecedented miracle in the imperial land.
The one who was born with the most powerful divine power in history.
The socalled next apostolic vicar candidate, senior priest Dopher!
‘Status window, you XX! You should have shown the baptismal name too, how can I know with just the real name!’
Then Papier was currently the one with the most powerful divine power in this world.
It was only natural that he could detect the energy of the status window.
Prodia’s heart throbbed.
How troublesome it almost became to try to recruit such a celebrity.
It’s a great relief that he gave up quickly.
Then, when Prodia’s eyes met those of a young priestess, she was taken aback.
She quickly spoke with a calm expression.
“Oh, I didn’t know because he didn’t tell me his baptismal name separately.”
“Excuse me……?”
The young priestess asked in surprise.
“Did you, by any chance, have a conversation with him?”
“Yes. But……?”
What’s wrong? Did I make a mistake?
However, the young priestess’s face flushed even more.
“Is that really true? If it’s not rude, may I ask what you talked about? You might be the first believer to have a conversation with him!”
At those words, Prodia was surprised as well.
“I’m the first?”
“Yes, that’s right! He’s usually alone because he’s very shy. Among us, only a few have had a conversation with him.”
“Ah.”
I see.
A case where one was promoted to full level with zero social skills but high abilities, something like that?
‘Then there’s no need to worry much?’
He won’t go around talking about me. That’s good.
Prodia lightly brushed off the young priestess.
“We just exchanged greetings. He seemed very busy.”
“Oh…… I see.”
The young priestess seemed slightly disappointed.
That’s when it happened.
Suddenly, a voice echoed in Prodia’s head.
[……Prodia.]It was telepathy sent by Irtis.
She quickly exchanged greetings with the young priestess and moved to another place.
Walking down an empty hallway, she sent telepathy back in her mind.
‘Yes, I’m listening.’
[Nothing happened? I’m on my way after confession.]‘Did you succeed?’
Prodia let out a small laugh.
For some reason, she could see him grinning confidently.
Irtis continued his explanation for a moment. Fortunately, there seemed to be no problems.
‘You worked hard. Where are you now?’
[We’re all moving to the main building of the palace. The oath ceremony will be held at once with all the participants who arrived today.]‘Got it. Contact me again.’
[Yeah, contact me right away if anything happens.]The telepathy was cut off.
I have nothing to worry about on this end.
The oath ceremony should be fine, too.
Irtis’s current state is ‘Life is vain, so what’s the use of killing.’ buffed.
The effects of mind training are still there.
There’s a reason the phrase “fleeting resolution” exists.
Anyway, Irtis’s situation has been confirmed.
‘Let’s hurry back to the waiting room. Ah, it’s so scary I can’t even turn on my status window inside the palace.’
She hastened her steps.
In the opposite direction from where Papier had disappeared earlier.
It was while she was walking for quite some time.
Swoosh.
Suddenly, there was a suspicious presence behind her.
Startled, Prodia turned around and bumped into someone’s chest.
Thump!
“Ouch!”
Rubbing her forehead and looking up, she saw familiar golden hair.
She was not mistaken.
It was Papier, whom she had parted with a little while ago.
Prodia’s eyes widened.
‘He was here so suddenly…… Did he follow me?’
No, there’s nothing to panic about.
As long as I don’t open the status window again, I’ll be fine.
But something about him felt off.
She could definitely feel an entirely different energy from earlier.
And the strangest thing was the color of his eyes.
‘Red……?’
Weren’t Papier’s eyes gold?
‘Did I see it wrong earlier?’
That’s impossible.
How could she mistake such pretty golden eyes?
Besides, even after bumping into Prodia quite hard, he hadn’t said a word.
She quietly called Papier.
“Um, senior priest?”
But he just stared intently at Prodia without responding.
Hmm, this time it’s not like he felt the divine power from me.
At the moment when she was about to call his name again.
Suddenly, he thrust his face in front of Prodia.
Startled, Prodia staggered back.
Then, Papier quickly reached out and wrapped his arms around her waist, saying,
“Sister, you’re totally my type. Want to go on a date with me?”
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
