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“So, the count can’t keep it any longer.” Ron hums.
“Make sense.” He continues.
When the others asked him about Saint of love, his memory drifted to a certain person with red hair.
“Why are you looking for him?”
Ron needs to make sure their intention. Even if both of them don’t have the same relationship as before, He still feels indebt to Cale. After all, the red hair is the one who helped him when he’s injured. From the other side of the room, Beacrox listens to the conversation carefully. When he heard his father’s question, he understands completely.
“I want to make sure about the ‘saint’ identity and ask him to join with other healers. Tomorrow I will come to Henituse Territory, after all the count owns me an explanation. But before that, I want to know what you know.”
Ron already heard about today’s incident. It seems they’re lack of competent healer, so they want to take the saint of love to the next battle. They’re not wrong though, divine healing doesn’t get call divine for no reason. But they’re wrong if they think Ron would snitch the red hair. He smiles at him, it makes some people turn their gaze.
“He’s indeed the saint of love, I can guarantee. Sadly for you, that’s the only thing I can tell you, you highness. This oldman and his son owe the Henituse and the saint himself.” Ron says while bowing at him.
Alberu smiles to hide his irritation. After listening to their conversation, Choi Han quietly asks Rosalyn about this saint of love.
“In this world, there’s a god named God of Love who only have saintess. People usually call their saintess with the term ‘saintess of love’. From what I have read, saintess of love always born in eastern continent and always has been a woman.”
Rosalyn glance at Ron and Beacrox then back at Choi Han.
“So, it’s not weird for hannah to think that Pendrick is lying. But, I don’t expect Sir Molan to say it. In my opinion, I don’t think he’s lying.” Roasalyn ends her words.
Choi Han nods, hinting that he understands. Suddenly, he remembers something from his memory in Hanituse Territory. The memory that he thinks doesn’t matter.
“I guess I have to find his identity by myself, don’t I?” the crown prince sighs.
Alberu thinks for a moment before talk again.
“Say, if I propose a deal to him so he will follow us to the capital, do you think he will agree?”
“On the first try, he will not take your offer.”
“and why is that?”
“He’s afraid to end up like his predecessor.” Ron says calmly.
Alberu doesn’t say anything further. As the crown prince, he learns about history including the history about saintess of love. What needs to be said is, it was very depressing.
“Pendrick, didn’t you say you met him before?”
Pendrick nods at his question.
“does the Saint of love has white hair and blue eyes?”
“Yeah, why..? Oh! Did you meet him by any chance?” Pendrick asks excitedly.
“Yes, when I’m about to leave the Count’s land. He followed me to the border. But he didn’t do anything, neither do I.” Choi Han mutters.
Beacrox and Ron look at each other.
‘So that’s where the young master went.’
“Don’t take it seriously. That guy maybe just curious about you, after all you beated the count’s son. I’m surprise he didn’t do anything to you.”
“Shut up. You don’t need to remind me.”
Beacrox rolls his eyes at the swordmaster’s reaction. At least after all this years, Choi han manages to hold his temper. If it’s three years ago, they would have fight right here and right now. Thank god they’re now more mature.
“white hair? Does his hair also short?” Lock’s voice break their staring contest.
“He does. Why?” Pendrick and Choi Han ask in unision.
Lock’s mouth curve in the shape of ‘O’. He waves his finger, trying to remember unusual case that happened in capital’s bombing incident years ago.
“If I’m not wrong, I’ve seen that man before. But he wore a mask, so I can’t see his face. He saved one of the nobles that day. After that, I recognized the noble as Basen Henituse from golden turtle symbol in his carriage.”
“Right! At that time, I thought he was trying to kidnap him but I was busy to bother. Fortunately, he was saving him from the bomb.”
Rosalyn’s expression becomes sour.
“I also thought he was cruel because he didn’t help other people at that event. Now that I know he’s a saint of love in disguise, I cannot judge him anymore.”
Everyone in that room becomes silent. Eruhaben looks at Ron, he notices the sadness in Ron’s eyes that he’s trying to hide. At that moment Eruhaben realize their relationship is more that a person in debt.
“I’m sorry if I’m ruining the mood. But can you tell me the saintess of love’s history? Honestly I never knew anything about it. I immediately can tell you feel sympathy for because he’s saint of love. But for what?”
Choi Han also nods his head in curiosity. Other people beside both of the look at each other, theiy’re are clearly uncomfortable about the topic. The crown prince clears his throat to get their attention. It’s rare to see the crown prince blatanly express his discomfort.
“Well, because both of you already grown up, maybe Miss Rosalyn can tell you the detail.”
He throws the explaining duty at Rosalyn, he wouldn’t dare to pass it at the gold-white dargon. Rosalyn looks at Alberu, she feels betrayed. Alberu just smiles at her and gives thumbs up. She looks at the others, trying to get help. They avoid her eyes. At the end he glance at Eruhaben, giving him a hint. The dragon just sighs and shake his head. He looks at two man-child in front of him.
“Listen carefully, I will not repeat it after this. Preapre yourself, because this part of history is really nasty.”
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‘It’s been more than two hundred years after the last Saintess from God of Love was born. in that time until now there’s no prophecy or God’s word that appear in God of Love’s temple. Is this a sign that God of Love has finally become mad at us?
If we take a look back, we can understand why the God is mad at us. We can take a look at the last saintess of love, Lady Rosebelle. She died from slavery. Lady Celine, she was killed in front of the crowd after civil war. Lady Marienne, she was killed by a man she refused to marry. Lady Ruby, she was poisoned by a jealous noblewoman after she managed to become a crown prince’s fiancee. Actaually there’s more but let us stop here. Clearly God of Love is not happy because the saintess always died unnaturaly.
So the question is, what’s the general cause of their death?
In my opinion, it’s their beauty. We all know saintess of love has a beauty that surpass a dragon. I think, their beauty makes everyone obsess with them, to the point they get harmed. I know saintess of love has divine ability (Siren’s Song: allow them to control or manipulate people, the time’s according to the energy the saintess have.) but is it enough? We can look at the history and the answer is not.
Now, we have other question. Is their beauty is a blessing or curse?’
Cale almost throw the book in his hand.
“What the, of course it’s a blessing. Who wouldn’t want a good face and nice voice?” Cale says to himself.
“Hey, human. What kind of book is that?” a cheerful voice can be heard from behind.
Cale immediately put the book in his spasial bag, which he’s grateful that he carry it at the moment.
“Nothing.”
Cale will not let the kids look at that kind of book, the one twho contain the dark part of history. He’s not planning to keep it forever, he thinks now is not the the right time. Cale can still remember that awful feeling when he read the history of saintess of love.
He feels scared.