A young girl in a village without protection - Chapter 78

Translator: NovelMultiverse | Editor: NovelMultiverse

Soratek’s birthday party was over and now Selesina was worried about the fact that the game was not progressing well. 

It was supposed to be all about Soratek and Meria’s love but a lot of time had already passed and it was just not progressing well.

‘At this rate, the two of them will not come together.’

If that happens then Meria would head to the bad ending and that would result in Selesina getting executed.

It was an unlikely story but she as the villainess was to poison Soratek and Meria out of overwhelming jealousy. That was how the game progressed.

However, as long as Selesina was thinking clearly then there wouldn’t be any problem. But it wasn’t like nothing would happen.

“……………….Haa.”

A villainess had it tough.

“I have to be worry over the love between my fiancé and the heroine Meria.”

She was sitting at her desk while thinking about all this when there was a knock on her door.

“It’s Odette, there a letter for you.”

“Come in.”

“Excuse me.”

Odette bowed cleanly and entered the room. She was holding the letter in her hand—–it was a pretty envelope that was familiar to her.

‘It’s the same envelope as the time when Meria sent the letter.’

She knew who the sender was at a glance.

“Thank you, Odette.”

She took the paper-knife and letter and checked its contents.

The letter mentioned that Meria enjoyed the meeting over tea earlier very much and that she would like to do it again.

Moreover, she had requested to invite Soratek as well this time.

“No, no, no, no. Are you asking the other party to invite their fiancé!?”

It was an accidental hit.

‘…………But it might be good timing.’

Soratek’s birthday party was over and it was winter right now so there was almost no fieldwork at Selin village. The release of the honey was a little way so Selesina’s schedule had settled down a little.

She would become quite busy in the month of water so if she wanted to do something then she had to do it now.

The tea meeting was set for 5 days later.

“Please prepare so that I can send a reply for Lady Meria and a letter to Lord Soratek.”

“Yes, I’ll prepare it immediately.”

As a villainess, she was going to open a dating event for Meria and Soratek.

“Wahhh! Lord Soratek, Lady Selesina, welcome!”

“Thank you for inviting us this time Lady Meria.”

“It’s been a long time.”

Selesina and Soratek had accepted Meria’s invitation and come to the small shrine. Since the crown prince Soratek was also here this time, the tea meeting was held in the guest room at the great shrine.

Hisui had accompanied Selesina as her aide and Wilfred and Olgren were accompanying Soratek.

Watching the frolicking Meria, Selesina realized that it was due to Soratek.

In this game called ‘Asgarls maiden’, Selesina’s future could only go down two paths.

The first path – Meria would end up together with Soratek and achieve the happy end. This would result in Selesina being banished from the country.

The second path – The heroine Meria and Soratek won’t get together and they will end up with the sad ending. Selesina would be executed.

Selesina wanted to avoid execution at all costs. For that reason, she had lent her hand to help the two of them get along better by accepting the invitation and arranging this setup.

‘Actually, I would prefer it if they were to get together without me doing anything at all……….’

Selesina held back her sigh and handed over the souvenirs she bought to Meria. She had got the cake that personally made by the Marquis’s chef.

Meria looked at it and her eyes began to shine.

“Uwahh, it looks delicious! I’ll have it cut right away.”

Meria rang the bell to call a shrine maiden and asked her to prepare the tea and cake. The exchange was well done and the results of her training were steadily coming out.

‘Come to think of it, the letter style was normal as well…….’

That was considerable progress.

The letter that she had written previously for visiting her was such that Selesina almost couldn’t read it………

“Both of you please have a seat. I have been really looking forward to this! I also managed to power up my blessings so I really wanted to speak to you about it………..”

“Powered up you blessings…….?”

Soratek interest was suddenly piqued.

He was blessed by the God of war Thur and he would surely like to use that power more freely. It was only natural that he wanted to know more about it.

“I’ll show it to you as well Lord Soratek. The power of the God of Fertility Frey is amazing.”

Meria brought the flower pot that was placed near the window. She was sure to show the same thing as she did previously by having the flower tremble at her prayer.

That’s what Selesina thought.

However, this time the plant had no flowers blooming. They were just buds.

‘What does this mean?’

Meria folded her hands in front of her in order to pray and slowly closed her eyes.

“—I’m the one that has been blessed by the God of Fertility Frey.”

Selesina was surprised at Meria’s words of prayer. The last time they met, she had only prayed without using the words of prayer.

‘It seems like she really powered up.’

“May the small buds be enriched with life by the spirits of spring and water. Please lend me your power, God Frey…………”

After her prayer was complete, Meria was wrapped in a soft light. The plant placed on the table then began to transform.

The small buds slowly opened and flowers bloomed from there.

“This is………..amazing…………”

Soratek was shocked as well and couldn’t hide his surprise as he watched the buds. His escorts Wilfred and Olgren were the same.

“I have seen the power of blessings used during battle before but………I’ve never seen a plant grow because of it before.”

“Me too…………..”

Hisui, however, had the same expression as before.

He had seen Selesina change the fate of the platinum rose before so he wasn’t really surprised.

However, when she looked at the reactions of Soratek and his escorts—–she understood just how amazing the power of the God of Fertility Frey was.

She had planned a setup but there had already been a setup.

Meria happily looked at Soratek.

“Thank you Lord Soratek. Now I think that even I can be useful to you.”

“That’s right. Come to think of it, Earl Saltimal’s house doesn’t have a great tree.”

“…………….!”

She was instantly dismissed by Soratek when she said that she would like to grow a great tree together with him—— which implicitly meant that she wanted to be queen.

It was decided that only members of the Royal family and the spouses that they welcome could grow the great tree of the Royal family.

Meria was shocked but she folded her hand and prayer once again.

“This time I’ll speak to the God of Fertility Frey. This flower will respond to it. Please look at it Lord Soratek.”

Meria began to silently pray.

It was the same method that she had taught Selesina. Surely the flower would tremble in response just like before.

As expected, the flower trembled in response to her prayer.

“To think that a plant would respond……………. I’m surprised.”

“I did my best! How was it? My power is certainly necessary right?”

Soratek smiled bitterly at Meria who appealed to him without discipline.

“When talking about plants, Selesina had also changed the color of the flower of the great tree. The spectacle at that time was beautiful and I remember it well.”

“Ah………………”

Meria also remembered that time well as she bit her lips.

“Lady Selesina was amazing that day……”

Meria managed to squeeze out as she looked at Selesina. Jealousy was floating in her eyes.

“But this really makes me want to grow a great treetop.”

Olgren said in order to brighten up the atmosphere that had turned pretty bad. He brought the original topic back—–Wilfred immediately called out to him in a loud voice.

“Olgren!”

“Ah, that was foolish. Sorry.”

Olgren said.

The atmosphere became even worse.