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I looked at the young man in front of me with nervous eyes.
I don't know why I was staying at Elad Palace instead of the Marquis' Palace, but the person my father was talking about was none other than the person who declared me the 'Lost Princess' yesterday.
The former high priest recognized me as his daughter without having to go to the temple and take a separate paternity test….
'The great sage, Raizel.'
I knew well the name and reputation of the great sage.
This was because many people had tracked his location to seek advice and wisdom from him, who was wandering the continent without a special base, and Terenceum was also keeping an eye on him.
‘But his identity is actually a former High Priest.’
I don't know if the gentleman knows, but obviously most people don't know.
Moreover, according to my father, he suddenly resigned from his position as chief priest to fulfill a certain mission, and the temple urgently appointed a new priest, but they are still looking for him secretly.
“Why are you looking so intently?”
Since I could not take my eyes off the great sage I had only heard about in this way, he asked me frankly.
“Yes? Oh, this...”
Yesterday, I saw that he clearly looked like an old man, and I also heard from my father that his real age is very old.
However, the figure in front of me was strange, because despite his white hair, he looked like a young man.
But there was something else I really wanted to ask.
“I heard that the Great Sage showed me my true f for a moment yesterday.”
When I asked why everyone was surprised after I held Lie's hands, they all said that they temporarily saw me with pink hair and pink eyes.
I was also surprised that he said he could see me, my soul specifically, and that such a thing was possible.
“It was so amazing and wonderful how something like this was possible, that I saw it without even realizing it. I'm sorry if you feel bad.”
“Huh, huh!”
He was someone who might be my only hope.
When I brought my hands together and looked up politely to avoid offending him, the corner of Lie's mouth twitched.
“Well, if that's the case, there's nothing we can do about it, it's not like I don't understand why you're surprised.”
“That's right, I thought the holy power only healed me, oh, of course it's really great that it increases vitality!”
“Hmph, holy power is originally amazing. Not everyone can realize their true power, when holy power reaches its peak, magic becomes ridiculous.”
“Awesome! Really?”
“Then, how else could a Saint protect this world from Satan?”
“Wow, I get it.”
As we clapped and clapped, Lie's behavior became softer and kinder.
Somehow, I remembered the bosses who were overjoyed whenever I praised them, and I also felt more at ease.
'Well, they say he looks young on the outside, but on the inside he's an old man.'
At that time.
“I need to see your face regularly for purification purposes in the future, so I'm glad you have a friendly personality, well, he's maintained such a clear spirit despite being under the terrible illusion, so it's impossible for you not to be kind…. What happened? Would you like to come a little closer? I need to check the pendant, I sense the strongest magic there.”
I froze as Lie spoke at length.
'purity? A terrible illusion? The necklace. …?’
Nothing he said was surprising, so I didn't know what point to ask.
“What are you looking at? Please come here.”
“…Yes, I understand!”
With my mouth open in shock, I hurriedly walked towards him and stood up. Without thinking, I raised my hand to take off the necklace.
“…I can’t solve it.”
When she spoke with a tearful face, Lie nodded.
"Is it also brainwashing? Well, in order to preserve the genjutsu, or....?"
At that time, Lie, who was inspecting my necklace, stopped nearby.
“This is strange, it is too strong to be just a vehicle for illusions...”
“Illusion broker?”
“Yes, illusion magic that deceives another person’s perception and awareness is indescribably difficult, and moreover, in order to maintain this without leaving a trace for as long as you have, a medium is necessary, no matter how much demonic power is used...”
“Now, wait a minute!”
I was shocked and interrupted Lie.
"What did you just say? A—what kind of power?"
“I said it was the devil...”
“Impossible...” said Lie, who was blinking in confusion.
he asked.
“You, do you have any idea who kidnapped you and how it happened? Didn’t your father tell you?”
As I nodded in amazement, Lie started running and screaming.
"What a damned scoundrel! He brought you before me without any explanation? To convey to me what is difficult for me to say!"
He was so excited that he forgot I was in front of him and cursed my father for a long time.
Then he looked at me with a troubled face and finally opened his mouth.
A long story continued after that.
After a while, she asked in a daze.
“So, what my father did to make the emirate completely independent from the empire...”
“It was a matter of exterminating the demon group active in the empire. However, we couldn’t kill them all. These guys are good at hiding like rats. Well, if it is revealed that you have made a contract with the demon, you will be burned at the stake, so they must have acquired the talent of escaping.”
“…Satan’s group.”
It was the first time I heard that.
According to Lie, they are souls that can never be saved because they contracted with Satan for their personal glory, greed, and long-term desires.
She swallowed and asked.
“Are they really sacrificing people?”
“Yes, they offer human mana to the devil.”
Since mana is connected to the heart, it is the same as saying that it takes life.
but.
“How in heaven’s name is that possible?”
I don't understand why demons take people's powers or what the connection is.
When I tilted my head and asked, Lie snorted.
“They can do worse, and one of their specialties is to brainwash people and manipulate their minds. Those who fall under the spell betray their friends, lovers and families, but they do not notice anything strange.”
From Lie's answer, I felt like he was rambling, as if he didn't want to tell me the details.
I opened my mouth again, thinking I should take a closer look.
“Then the reason why I deflected the Holy Power before is...”
“Even if you clear the traces, there is nothing you can do about the incursion of demonic energy, young people these days don't know how to use holy power properly, so they might end up confused without knowing why.”
I was speechless.
As I listened to the story, my mind became confused.
I thought my condition was similar to a “curse,” but it could not be related to the devil.
“But...why didn’t they kill me?”
After listening to the story, I understood their desire to take revenge on my father, and I was also able to completely understand why they wanted to sacrifice me, since I was full of mana.
But why didn't they kill him?
Lie answered with a slightly surprised expression, as if he had never thought that I, as a child, would ask such a direct question.
“I don’t know about that, I thought I would be able to get proof if I saw you again, I don’t know why I left you alive with that necklace...”
At that, Lie frowned as he examined my necklace again.
“I think this is broken?”
“Oh, that's right, it's a little broken.”
I, who had been answering casually, stopped.
Only when I went back to my younger days did I remember that I discovered that my necklace was broken.
I closed my mouth for a moment and looked at him.
This person answered a lot of things I don't understand yet.
'Maybe I came back from the dead...'
“Fortunately it's not completely broken.”
After Lie's words, I forgot what I was thinking and tilted my head.
"Are you happy? If this is a genjutsu method, wouldn't it be better to destroy it?"
“No, even if it is just an intermediary, it would be beneficial for you to go through a purification process instead of destroying it immediately, as there might be some side effects, but...”
Lie paused for a moment, then his face hardened.
“Why do I feel such a strong force….?….”
He looked alternately at the blood-red beads of the necklace and at my heart, which lay nearby.
“...seal.”
Lie's low, mumbled voice sounded rather strange.
When I flinched, Lie looked at me with trembling eyes.
“I'm sorry, I didn't mean to surprise you.”
Lie added hurriedly, holding my hand lightly and muttering something.
At the same time, a white light came out and a strange feeling arose and disappeared inside my body.
I felt like I felt a little more comfortable.
“What can you do by being impatient? I don’t know exactly what their evil plan is yet, but I will gradually learn more about it, and just as I found your parents, you must now find your true f.”
Although it was a harsh tone, it was very comforting to me now.
More than anything, my eyes lit up when I thought that I could truly find myf.
“Great Sage, honestly, I never thought this day would come, I always thought my eyes were strange.”
“Then, who has sacred ability like me?...”
“When Diana said she could see me, I was really happy, but at the same time I had no way to prove it...”
"What?"
"Yes?"
“What now?”
"Yes?"
I was crying and looked at Lie who suddenly stopped talking.
His eyes were as big as a flower lantern.