# 6
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“Hmm?”
Timo's features hardened even more.
As expected, the crystal, which was shining brightly as soon as the children laid hands on it, showed no reaction now.
"What is there?"
The mutterings of children and priests who were monitoring the situation were heard.
The bushy-haired priest approached the crystal with a pale face as he watched Timio's reaction.
“Is...is it broken?”
The priest roughly removed my hand and put his own down. Suddenly, a light emanated from the crystal, brighter and clearer than it had been, after it had been completely quiet when I placed my hand.
With that light, the priest's face grew pale and became like a corpse.
“No…impossible.”
He looked at me and the crystal alternately and began to tremble violently.
"Who is this."
Timio muttered in a horrified voice as he saw this.
Everyone's eyes in the hall turned to Timo.
Timio's face turned red, as if he was angry.
"Who is this!"
He suddenly shouted like an explosion, trembling, and then smashed the crystal that the priest was holding, scattering fragments.
The shattered crystal was scattered across the marble floor.
“Who brought this useless girl to God’s Sacred Square!”
“Timio” shouted at the top of his voice, causing the hall to shake, as he looked at the thick-haired priest with deadly looks.
The priest's face was turning from pale to black from extreme fear.
“I asked you who brought it!”
The moment he screamed, the veins in his neck bulged out.
"I."
A pure, quiet voice echoed inside the hall.
"You! And who... are you?"
Timio, who was screaming angrily, suddenly stopped moving.
The thick-haired priest looked towards the entrance of the hall, where the sound came from, and was shocked and immediately knelt down.
“The Servant of God ‘Dilmil’ salutes the Sovereignty of the Messenger who conveys the Voice of God!”
Everyone in the hall followed him, as they prostrated towards the entrance of the hall behind the priest.
“We salute the sovereignty of the envoy who conveys the voice of God.”
I turned towards the entrance, and there I saw the grey-haired girl who had disappeared to bring my food, with Mrs. Celadia and a man standing beside them.
He was the handsome man who held my hand and cried hard while saying incomprehensible words.
“Kh…servant of the god ‘Temio’ salutes the sovereign envoy who conveys the voice of the god.”
Even Timio, who was trembling with anger, prostrated himself on the ground as soon as he saw the man.
I was left alone, standing in amazement among everyone prostrating.
Do I have to prostrate now...?
While I was bowing my head and trying to bend my knees hesitantly, this handsome man, known as the Envoy, walked towards me with steady steps, as if this situation did not concern him.
“Is your body okay now?”
The man asked me kindly, smiling warmly.
When I saw his exquisite, statuesquely handsome face up close while I was fully conscious, I couldn't get the words out.
“Yes…! I’m fine.”
Maybe this is what it feels like to meet your favorite celebrity in real life.
My heart was pounding and my mind stopped thinking completely.
'Wow, isn't this cheating?' Is there anyone this beautiful?'
It was surprising that the beauty of this person, who was never mentioned anywhere in the novel, was so enchanting.
“That's good. Is there anywhere that bothers you?”
“No, not at all!”
“Hohoho, well. Since you look healthy, my heart is at peace now. Ask me anything you need. This place is your home and your sanctuary. I will grant you everything you desire.”
Although the style of this handsome young man in his twenties was similar to that of elderly grandparents, it was somehow refreshing.
Just look at his face; His beauty forgives everything.
His strange manner was no problem for me.
While I was captivated by the man's radiant beauty and answered stammeringly, Timo, who was bowing his head behind us, spoke up.
“Mr. Envoy, how can this place be a refuge for that little girl! This is completely against the rules! How can someone who does not have an ounce of holy power stay in the temple? Please reconsider!”
The priest raised his head slightly and looked at me with hatred.
The bushy-haired priest and the others who were watching Timio supported him in this.
“Reconsider, Mr. Envoy!”
Upon hearing this, the face of the man nicknamed the Envoy froze, after he had been smiling gently.
“Timio, you bastard! How dare you mention the laws of God before me when I am the one delivering his words!”
The handsome man, whose face was red with anger, shouted loudly.
Tension spread throughout the room because of his great prestige.
“If God has given you eyes, then look at this little girl well. Do your eyes not see the sacred white hair and red eyes!”
White hair and red eyes.
In this world where there are strange eye and hair colors, I have never seen anyone with white hair and red eyes except me and this man standing in front of me.
“Even after seeing the sacred mark that God only bestows on those he himself created, do you dare to deceive God’s will!”
Suddenly, a sound of thunder was heard in the sky that had been clear just before.
As the envoy’s scolding continued and the strong sound of thunder sounded, the man named “Temio” began to tremble in terror.
“I...I apologize. I was short-thinking, Mr. Envoy! So please, calm down!”
“Calm down, Mr. Envoy!”
“We have sinned! Please forgive us...!”
The rest of the prostrate priests began to tremble and beg the angry envoy to calm down.
“I call these fools servants of God... What will I do with them?”
The man sighed after screaming for a while.
“Sister Kai, let’s go back now.”
Mrs. Celadia suddenly approached me and bowed her head.
“It's not good to see things like this.”
Then the gray-haired girl took my hand and pulled me along.
“Come on, let's go back to the room.”
I left behind the handsome, angry man and the pleading priests, and followed Mrs. Celadia and the girl into the room.
“You can ignore what that priest said.”
The girl said while smiling.
“As Mr. Envoy said, this place is Sister Kai’s sanctuary. Don’t worry about anything and live in peace.”
Mrs. Celadia corroborated the girl's words.
“Is that the person who brought me here?”
"Yes."
She said that this handsome man, called the Envoy, was walking with the priests when he found me floating in the river.
Despite the objection of the priests who said it was a corpse and there was no point in saving it, he insisted on taking me out, and it was strange that I was still breathing.
He was the one who considered it a divine miracle, brought me to the temple and took care of me during the three months of unconsciousness, using expensive holy power.
Considering the situation, it seems that he intends to let me live in the temple.
How long have I not felt such a clean bed and such good-smelling clothes?
Despite the presence of a heroine who would grow stronger to kill me, I loved this place free of the evil adults in the orphanage who sold me for a high price, and from the Duke “Roseblier” family who was persistently pursuing me.
If I can stay here, I am willing to forget my former religionless life, and gladly embrace the religion of Tirena.
While I was deep in thought, we arrived in front of my room.
“Sister Kai, go in and rest. I will prepare breakfast and come over.”
Mrs. Celadia gently opened the door, bowed, and went toward the end of the corridor.
"If anything happens, call me! I'm in the next room!"
The gray-haired girl also ran to the door of the next room and called me animatedly.
Right, what is this girl's name? I knew the name of the priestess Celadia well, but I did not know the name of the girl who seemed to be my age.
I should at least know your name to call you, right? I called her before she opened the door to her room:
"My name is Kai. And you, what's your name?"
The girl who was about to enter her room stopped
She said:
“Barre...no, not that. Barre, my name is Barre.”
“Bri...”
a beautiful name. When I silently murmured her name, she smiled and shouted:
“Then I'll go get some rest. Call me if you need anything!”
Bree's door was closed, and I was left alone.
I entered the room slowly and threw myself on the bed.
I saw the clean white ceiling.
Haha, when I first woke up in this world, all I saw was a crumbling ceiling and cobwebs.
The Temple of Terena in Geronia, very far from the capital.
According to the original plot of the novel, Kay, an orphan, was supposed to enter the Rosebelaire family and take the path of a villain until she was horribly killed by the heroes.
But since I incarnated into this body, I have completely changed course.
Yes, if the villainess of this novel quietly disappears, the heroes will give up their desire to take revenge on me and live their lives.
Isn't this a win-win?
Knock, knock, knock.
“You must be hungry, Sister Kai.”
The priestess Celadia appeared with her soft voice, carrying a steaming tray.
“Sister Bree told me that your body has been temporarily restored by the holy power. You will be able to eat a full meal unlike yesterday.”
In the tray she brought was warm meat soup, soft white bread, and sausages.
“However, chew your food well and slowly.”
Priestess Celadia smiled.
When I remembered the past days when I used to eat the smelly leftover porridge, my tears suddenly fell.
I really escaped from that hell.
“Oh my God! Do you feel pain somewhere?”
Priestess Celadia asked with a worried face as she patted my back.
How long have I not felt someone's affectionate touch?
My tears continued to flow like a torrent and did not stop.
“You have suffered a lot during this period, Sister Kay.”
I fell asleep in the arms of Mrs. Celadia, who was patting me.
Thus began my life in the Temple of Terena, Geronia branch.