Chapter 110: – The Lord Is With Us (31)

༺ The Lord Is With Us (31) ༻

An impassioned speech flowed through our mouths to placate Seria.

The Saintess and I babbled on, doing our best to shoot out excuses left and right while stuttering all the while.

While I didn’t know why we had to do this, I just had a gut feeling that we should be trying our best right now.

“Nothing’s going on between me and the Saintess, Seria… R-r-right, Saintess?”

“T-That’s right. As a priestess entrusted with spreading the grace of the Lord, I always make sure to maintain an appropriate distance from Brother Ian.”

Despite our explanations, Seria’s sunken eyes didn’t return to normal, and to make matters worse, Celine began glancing back and forth between us dubiously.

Looking back, the Saintess was on bad terms with Seria and Celine, as she had previously kicked them out of my hospital room.

That precedent seemed to have heightened Seria’s suspicion. Her gaze remained cold as she continued to silently interrogate the Saintess with her eyes.

In the end, the Saintess was the first to give under pressure. She indignantly raised her voice and expressed her dissatisfaction with being caught up in this situation with me.

“….R-Really. I am the Saintess. I don’t know what you think a Saintess is, but I thoroughly distinguish between work and my private life!”

‘What we think of the Saintess? Didn’t she call herself a ‘divine power pouch’ before?’

Normally, I would’ve retorted like so, but we were in a temporary alliance. At least until Seria calmed down.

I nodded and backed up the Saintess.

“Yeah, Seria. The Saintess is a maiden favored by the Heavenly God. Just look at her divine power pou-!”

The Saintess discreetly pinched my side before I could finish my sentence. I clenched my teeth in pain but managed to correct myself.

“I-I mean that you can easily tell just by looking at her divine power. She’s not in a position to carelessly enter a relationship since it could become a religious issue.”