A young girl in a village without protection - Chapter 91

Translator: NovelMultiverse | Editor: NovelMultiverse

“Well, please have a seat.” 

“Thank you.” 

The next day, Selesina entered Lucaria’s office. She wondered why it wasn’t the drawing room, and the reason was because some documents weren’t allowed to be brought out of the office. 

When Selesina sat on the sofa, Lucaria gestured with his raised hand to clear out people from the office. 

“——-!” 

Selesina was upset and at a loss by seeing Lucaria’s entourage who served for him leave. If Hisui also left the room, she and Lucaria were only two people there. 

Selesina couldn’t be alone with a man in a room… since she had a fiance Soratek and was unmarried to begin with. 

‘It means this is an unusual situation.’ 

Lucaria’s entourage’s exit from the room was regarded as its evidence. 

Priests must have known that an unmarried woman shouldn’t be alone with a man. 

“Hisui.” 

“…My lady.” 

As Selesina called to him, Hisui who had attended on her at the back bowed himself out of the office. That left only Selesina and Lucaria in the room. 

“I’m sorry. I normally shouldn’t do this, but I think our talk should rather be kept between us.” 

“Yes, I understand that.” 

“I appreciate your understanding.” 

Lucaria’s smile with relief told that he also had been concerned about the same thing. 

‘He must have wavered in whether he should clear out others.’ 

She supposed that she had bothered Lucaria more than enough already with her blessings. 

“Thank you so much for taking time for my blessings today.” 

When Selesina made a deep bow, Lucaria hurriedly said, “Please don’t.” 

“The great shrine was to blame in the first place because it couldn’t see your blessings. It must have been difficult to live with the forced inconvenience, I assume.” 

“Well…, it wasn’t. I was lucky to have my family and people around me who treated me nicely.” 

Nobody had abandoned her because of no blessings, and Soratek didn’t break off their engagement. 

While aristocrats backbit her, the royal couple were kind to her. She was now the lord of a territory and had had a fulfilling life. 

Despite no blessings, she could tell with confidence that she had had happy days. 

Lucaria smiled too as he saw Selesina’s facial expression soften. 

“Let me tell you about the ceremony before I talk about your blessings.” 

“——! Yes, please.” 

She nodded as ‘Of course’. 

Selesina was six years old when she had the ceremony of blessings about eleven years ago to see if she had blessings. 

Selesina’s ceremony of blessings took place at the small shrine in the Albard Kingdom. A man who worked as a priest told her, “You don’t have any blessings.” 

How cruel it sounded in this world where everyone was supposed to have blessings. 

“The one who took charge of the ceremony of blessings was a priest of blessings named Carter. When I talked to him, he told me that he really didn’t find your blessings.” [Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the “Novel Multiverse dot com” website @ novelmultiverse.com]

“………” 

Selesina listened to Lucaria quietly. 

It seemed those concerned at that time were still alive and well. Although they didn’t introduce each other formally, she vaguely recalled his name like that. 

‘I don’t even remember his face…’ 

“Of course I talked to not only Carter but also the priests and shrine maidens of those days. All of them remembered well since no blessings were unprecedented.”

A Marquis’ daughter who is engaged to the crown prince of the Albard Kingdom. 

That was enough to be remembered, adding to which Selesina got branded as a person with no blessings. How could people forget about it? 

Yet—–it was difficult to give a clear answer to the question that she really didn’t have any blessings at all. 

‘I myself didn’t notice my blessings.’ 

“Everything was due to the shrine’s lack of ability. Carter’s instant judgment was also inappropriate. I’m really sorry, Lady Selesina.” 

“Please raise your head. The shrine’s judgment doesn’t mean your fault, Lord Lucaria.” 

“……You’re so kind.” 

“Regarding the punishment,” Lucaria continued. 

“Carter was deprived of his position at the shrine and became an apprentice priest at the small shrine. He won’t rise in rank in the future. You may wish a more severe punishment, but this was all what we could under the circumstances.” 

Lucaria apologized again for his inadequacy. 

When she learned she had the goddess’ blessings, she had wondered what kind of punishment the priest of blessings who judged no blessings would receive. 

That decision was preposterous considering Selesina’s status. If the shrine hadn’t been a neutral institution, Carter would have had a death sentence. He wasn’t a noble even though he was a priest of blessings. 

However, it was the shrine here. 

The shrine had its own position and its own rules. 

‘I thought he might… have been suspended for a few months at most.’ 

Carter was probably in his forties when he performed Selesina’s ceremony of blessings. He could have secured his position in the shrine and had a peaceful old age without worry about money. 

To have lost the position and spend the rest of his life as an apprentice priest… seemed a very harsh punishment for Selesina who was reincarnated. 

She couldn’t possibly regard it as a light punishment. 

“That’s enough. Thank you for dealing with it.” 

“Not at all. We made you experience a hard time.” 

Lucaria took a sip of tea after he finished talking and Selesina did the same. She was thirsty more than she had felt maybe because she had been tense. 

‘Delicious…’ 

She finished her cup of tea while she took a breath of relief. As luckily the teapot was handy, she refilled Lucaria’s cup and hers. 

“Oh, forgive me. You’re the guest here.” 

“I don’t mind at all. Please let me do at least this much.” 

“…Thank you so much.” 

She calmed herself down just a little by having cookies as a short break.[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the “Novel Multiverse dot com” website @ novelmultiverse.com]