Chapter 82: – The Lord Is With Us (3)

༺ The Lord Is With Us (3) ༻

Like most people, the Saintess followed a simple daily routine.

She would wake up at dawn to offer her prayers. Following that, she would have her breakfast before going to the shrine and attending to the sick. Then, she would attend her lectures, read through the scriptures, and pray again before returning to her patients.

Her life was like a treadmill. Each day was repetitive and similar to the day before. However, she never complained.

Compared to her childhood days in the orphanage, where she had to endure the cold and hunger, her current life was infinitely better.

Her bed was warm and she no longer had to worry about meals. People even looked up to her in reverence. It was something she could never have imagined in the past.

She felt a sense of pride. As an orphan who grew up without any parental love, she secretly yearned for recognition.

Externally, she projected an image of benevolence and gentleness. However, such naïveté had no place in the political battles within the Holy Land. Contrary to popular belief, the Saintess was calculating and clever.

However, that didn’t mean she was deceiving the public. She only showed specific facets of her persona to others.

Her concern for her patients was genuine. She always did her utmost to help them, sometimes even secretly treating those who were otherwise unable to get treatment elsewhere.

Her status as a “Saintess” wasn’t limited to the academy but also followed her everywhere she went.

Whenever she went outside, she was surrounded by people who would sometimes even attempt to grab onto her clothes. Many of them were the poor who couldn’t afford to visit the temple.

Yet, God’s grace didn’t shine fairly upon all, and sometimes, the world was cruel to the powerless.

Like all other things, holy power was a finite resource. The Saintess knew that she couldn’t help everyone and that there were proper timings and occasions to use her powers. Even then, she sometimes thought that the world was too cruel to the powerless.

Many were in difficult situations where they could live just by receiving treatment but could only wait for death.