Chapter 132: The Lord Is With Us (53)

༺ The Lord Is With Us (53) ༻

People cannot be trusted.

Such was the long-held conviction that a girl, who had been chosen as the ‘Saintess’ after having grown up in an orphanage, had developed after witnessing all sorts of rotten sides of people as she became intertwined with the Holy Nation’s politics.

Her twisted belief had never once proved her wrong, and it was precisely because she didn’t trust others that she was able to climb to her current position.

Orphanage directors who publicly pushed for philanthropic ideals were, in reality, devising ways to line up their own pockets while bishops who preached the faith were power-hungry and suspicious.

She herself was no different.

Only those adept at concealing their thoughts and deceiving their opponents were able to survive in the political field.

In this world, only two knew her true self.

Her bodyguard, Yuren, who she had grown up with and was practically no different from being her brother, and Ian Percus, who she had recently started bickering with like cat and dog.

If she was being honest, Yuren was the type of person she couldn’t deceive even if she tried. Therefore, it wasn’t wrong to say that Ian was the first person she had truly revealed herself to.

This fact had initially irked her.

There wasn’t anyone who didn’t fear the unknown. This was especially true for politicians and merchants since unknown variables could cause major disruptions in their carefully calculated plans.

It went without saying that she was the same. On top of that, at that moment, Ian was truly someone who she couldn’t comprehend using common sense.

Not only was he able to use the Church’s Secret Techniques, but he also skillfully displayed the Secret Techniques of the Sword Circle.

That wasn’t even the end. He was someone who had been gifted the Dragonblood Scripture, something reserved for only the closest associates of the Emperor.

His identity and capabilities were cloaked in mystery, but given his ability to overpower both her and Yuren in an instant, she assumed that he was, at the very least, an expert swordsman.

Honestly, it felt shitty.

Even if she had ulterior motives behind doing him the favor, the fact that it was repaid with threats and violence angered her. She even felt devastated and miserable when she was forced to admit complete defeat in both brute force and information gathering.