Hush Now, Saintess!

Chapter 52

Translator: Yonnee

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Seeing the situation unfolding before my eyes in an instant, I could do nothing but blink dazedly. A calm voice leaked through the door that’d been shut.

“…I apologize, Milady. I thought something happened to you, so… It wasn’t my intention, but I have interrupted your merriment. I’ll wait here, so please continue enjoying your time, and please be free to shout for joy anytime. You can shout louder if you’d like.”

What merriment are you talking about, Mary.

What do you mean, enjoy my time and shout for joy anytime.

What exactly should I shout louder.

‘Haa, shi… F*cking embarrassing.’

I buried my face in the pile of money I was already hugging and closed my eyes tightly.

* * *

“I’m so sorry, Milady. I really thought that something had happened to you.”

Currently, we were in a moving carriage.

Mary continued to apologize profusely, her expression sullen.

Strangely, however, I was instead the one who was getting depressed every time I received an apology.

I waved my hands, laughing mechanically.

“Ha. Haha. It’s alright, it might’ve sounded that way, Mary.”

“No, I should have been more careful. I shall reflect on my actions.”

“Sure, sure.”

“I won’t ever disturb Milady’s merriment anymore!”

…Hey, by any chance, do you dislike me, Mary?

Doubts rose to the top of my head, but I managed to push them back down.

How long exactly did we stay here in this carriage.

“We’re almost there, Milady.”

“Ah, okay.”

The carriage’s destination was supposed to be the bank, but… No, it was changed to the temple.

“As soon as you received the money, Milady, you thought of going straight to the temple right away to donate. I didn’t think I’d see the day. You’re truly remarkable, Milady.”

Mary’s excited voice made me smile.

You didn’t think you’d see the day?

Yeah, me neither, Mary.

‘I didn’t expect that this kind of mission would pop up right then.’

〈 NEW Mission! Let’s make our first donation!

– Details:

‘280 Million, all in cash.’

Finally, from destitute to money bags!

After getting some money, to celebrate, let’s make a donation.

* Donation amount: 10,000,000 shillings.

– Reward upon mission success: Reputation +2 / Bonus Stats +5 / 1,000,000 shillings (10% of the donated amount)

– Penalty in case of failure: Reputation -5

※ You must go to the temple in person to make the donation.

※ Time limit: ( 05:00:00 )

Would you like to accept it?

( I want to, I really want to / It’s not like I don’t want to ) 〉

Thanks to this, today’s destination was changed from the bank to the temple.

The knights who had been called to move all 280 million shillings didn’t all have to go.

They were tasked to carry a bag containing only 1 million per person, and they also rode carriages following behind mine a while ago.

The majority of them had to leave my room empty-handed earlier.

‘If I knew this would happen, I would have called only one or two people.’

Then, I wouldn’t have seen so many people’s somber expressions.

We could have ended this day with only one or two people looking somber.

Glancing back, I thought about what happened at home.

Accompanying me while carrying bags of money with them were knights of the duchy, Oliver and Gaston.

They, too, had witnessed the scandalously embarrassing sight earlier.

As I looked at them, I spoke softly.

“Isn’t it heavy? Should I have asked more people to come with us?”

As I met their eyes, the two of them were startled.

‘You must be surprised that I’m talking to you, right? You didn’t flinch just now because you were thinking of something else, right?’

My feet felt like they were going numb for no reason.

Oliver replied with a cheerful smile.

“It’s alright, Milady. It’s not heavy at all. We’ll carry your precious money safe and sound, so you don’t have to worry.”

“That’s right, Milady. Nothing to worry about.”

Really, do they all dislike me?

“…Yes. Thank you.”

I answered soullessly and looked forward again.

‘Let’s just look around the temple, I guess.’

I decided to push aside the painful memories and focused on looking around the temple.

After all, it’s my first time coming to the temple after I had possessed Roella’s body.

‘Oh, awesome. This place kind of…’

…looks like a temple.

As I looked around the temple once, this first impression was my only thought.

Green grass.

White columns rising here and there.

Beautifully carved fountains with clear water flowing out, statues depicting the likeness of ‘Luqera’ holding a pair of scales here and there.

Besides that, huge ivory buildings.

Also priests walking around in their holy robes.

Indeed, this was exactly what I thought a temple would look like.

Even if Dionysus would appear out of nowhere, since all my excitement was gone from the get-go, it’s not strange that none of it was striking.

Still, there’s one thing that’s kind of weird.

“Doesn’t it seem like it’s kind of disorderly?”

The mood in the temple felt a bit frazzled.

To be precise, it was obvious to see when watching the priests wandering around the temple quite busily.

I wonder if this is normal…

“Um, I guess so? The priests do look busy, don’t they?”

And from Mary’s reaction, it surely didn’t seem like this was normal.