I was so taken aback by the sudden confession that I just blinked blankly.
Why are you suddenly confessing that you've always been single when I never asked?
Moreover, in the thousands of years that he has lived, he has never mated before.
“Is that possible...”
I muttered softly because I didn't understand at all, and Delton nodded as if he understood.
“Yes, you won’t believe it. With such a tall and handsome appearance, I have never found a partner.”
“Tall and handsome...?”
“I understand how you feel, but unfortunately this is true.”
“No, I don’t think so at all...”
I tried to argue, 'I never thought about that at all, I just wondered what kind of flaw it would take to be stuck in a single-parent family for over a thousand years,' but Delton didn't seem to have any intention of listening to me.
“Oh, I don’t know your heart.”
Instead, he patted my shoulder and comforted me, then began to reminisce about his unfortunate past.
“Actually, I have such a cool appearance now, but in the past, I was a very unattractive lion. I was small and skinny, and although you may not believe it, I was also very timid at the time, so I was the weakest member of the group. Naturally, I wasn’t popular with the females.”
“...”
“But I didn’t give up and kept trying. I tried and got rejected, tried and got rejected again. But not a single one of those females accepted me.”
As I listened to Delton's past, which I wasn't particularly curious about, I clicked my tongue inwardly.
'Hearing it, it seems a bit harsh.'
Even though it is a female's instinct to follow a strong male, if he keeps trying like that, someone will likely accept him, but how come not even one...
It was just then that I was about to pat Delton on the back with a pitiful heart.
“So I decided!”
Delton, who had been looking into the distance with a pitiful face and his chin buried in the grass, suddenly sat up.
“I will become a god! I will become the strongest male in the world!”
“Wait a minute, then the reason you lived in a cave for a thousand years, eating only moss...”
“Yes, it was because of my ambition to make all the females in the world mine! That’s why I endured such pain for so many years!”
“...”
I took my hand away from patting Delton's back with a cold expression.
It was disappointing to learn that the only reason he wanted to become a god was for that reason.
'It's like Delton, it's like Delton.'
Just as I was bursting out laughing at the absurdity, Delton cried out, clutching his head with his forelegs.
“But after a thousand years, I haven’t even had a chance to mate with any of the females! How can I possibly tolerate their impudent behavior?”
Delton, who had suddenly gotten up, glared at the two men and women who had just annoyed him and slammed his front paw down.
'Oh, that's dangerous.'
I was salting the flesh in front of a lion that had not been able to take pity on him for a thousand years, so if he left it like this, something really big might happen.
The look in their eyes was already so bright that it looked like they were going to rush in and tear them apart at any moment.
I was suddenly scared that Delton might have a big accident, so I quickly licked my lips.
“Oh, I never imagined that Delton would have such a tragedy. I’ve never seen such a magnificent white lion before, so I thought you would be so popular. Why do all the lionesses have no eyes for you? You may be weaker, but you still look handsome. How could anyone reject Delton?”
Delton's expression softened slightly as if my dedicated acting had worked.
“...Do you think so too?”
“Of course! Oh my, there’s no such thing as a blind person with open eyes!”
I was so shocked that I jumped up and down, but soon I comforted Delton affectionately.
“That’s better, Delton. Those ignorant lionesses who only pursue power would never have gotten along with Delton in the first place. After enduring a thousand years of hell, let’s quickly find a goddess and become a divine beast! That’s why we’re meeting a lioness who is just right for Delton! The most beautiful lioness in the world!”
“Yes, you are right! Females who only covet strong lions while I am so wonderful cannot be my spouse in the first place! Yes, that is true!”
Delton lifted his chin with a proud expression as if he had finally felt completely relieved.
'Oh, that's good.'
I clicked my tongue at the simplicity and offered my deepest apologies to the lionesses who had excellent taste but had no choice but to strike to appease Delton.
'I'm sorry, lionesses. If I were to make one wrong move, two good lives could be lost.'
Then I quickly recruited Delton.
“Well then, shall we go for a change of pace? There is a forest behind the temple that is good for a walk. It is a place with few people, so no one will dare to dirty Delton’s eyes with impudent acts.”
“Yes, let’s do that. If I stayed here just a little longer, all my thousand years of effort to avoid killing and even give up eating meat would go down the drain!”
So I took Delton to a place where there were few people.
A cool breeze gently caressed my skin and the faint scent of the forest mixed in it.
It was enough to appease Delton's anger caused by a thousand years of sympathy.
No, that could have been enough.
If only it weren't for the two men and women who had already taken over that place.
“Whoa!”
“Ah, why is Saintess here...”
Messy hair.
Dirt and leaves scattered here and there.
A woman covering her face in shock and a man lost in thought.
Anyone who saw it could tell that it was the sight of a couple caught having a secret meeting outdoors.
Moreover, the clothes the man was wearing were none other than those of a priest.
A priest who has sworn devotion to a goddess has the marks of a woman's lips all over his face.
But there was something even more surprising.
That's right.
“Sister... Could you please put your hand down for a moment?”
The silhouette of the woman who was sharing a forbidden love with the priest seemed very familiar.
When I called out with a trembling expression, the woman who had been burying her face in her hands slowly raised her head.
“Ah, Saintess...”
Although she couldn't fully reveal her face and only peeked out her eyes, I recognized her identity at a glance.
Because there is no way I wouldn't recognize the woman who serves me every moment from morning till night.
'Come to think of it, I still don't know her name.'
It's been a while since I've seen her, and I still haven't asked her name.
I burst out laughing because I thought it was too indifferent.
But the priest, who had been deep in thought, suddenly fell flat on the floor, perhaps misunderstanding the laughter.
“My Lord, I have committed a mortal sin, Saintess. I have neglected my duty as a priest to remain chaste and have dared to covet a woman, so I have nothing to say even if you dismiss me. If you tell me to take off my priestly garb, I will. However...”
"However?"
“Please protect Martha. This woman is innocent. I was blinded by long-term abstinence and forced her into taking it. So please protect Martha...”
Dismissal was the highest punishment a priest could receive. It was the worst disgrace, making it impossible for him to ever set foot in the religious world again.
And yet, he was only begging for the comfort of the maidservant.
As I was looking down at him with a slightly surprised expression, the maid, who had been keeping her head down on the ground the whole time, hurriedly intervened.
“No, my lady! It’s all my fault. I, a lowly person, was swayed by his kindness and tried to seduce him. Please punish me severely for daring to covet a priest, and please forgive me. For the love I have shown him for so long, please just once...”
Oh my.
It was truly heartbreaking to see them take upon themself all their sins and only ask for mercy for the other person's sins.
The sight is so admirable that I would gladly give it a go.
'Actually, it's not a sin that deserves death.'
Of course, it cannot be said that they are free from sin since they broke the rules of religion, but with corrupt priests who drink, dance, and even gamble, what can we do about this?
I could have just laughed it off, saying that even though he was a priest, he couldn't castrate his mind.
But unfortunately, I wasn't the only one who witnessed their secret meeting.
“Hey, you guys! How dare the servants of the goddess do such obscene things in broad daylight! I’ll kill you!”
“Gyaaaah!”
The maidservant screamed in surprise at Delton's loud roar.
Although they only heard the roar of a beast in their ears, they could feel its ominous aura and the two men and women were so frightened that they trembled.
“Yes, I was wrong, Mr. Delton.”
“Please, put all the blame on me and close your eyes to Martha.”
Even in the midst of all this, the priest desperately pleaded for forgiveness for the maidservant's sins.
But to the thousand-year-old virgin, such pleas only added to his anger.
“Shut up, you bastards! I’ll seal your lips so that you never mix your tongues in lewd ways again!”
Oh my, what should I do with this?
I sighed as I watched Delton approach them, burning with jealousy.
I had to stop it somehow, but I couldn't think of a way to cool down that thousand-year-old rage.
That was when I was scratching my cheek with an embarrassed expression.
The maid, who felt a sense of crisis as Delton approached her without her knowledge, shouted.
“Sir, Saintess! Actually, I saw the previous Saintess make contact with a suspicious person on the day the previous Saintess passed away!”
...What?
Why are you suddenly confessing that you've always been single when I never asked?
Moreover, in the thousands of years that he has lived, he has never mated before.
“Is that possible...”
I muttered softly because I didn't understand at all, and Delton nodded as if he understood.
“Yes, you won’t believe it. With such a tall and handsome appearance, I have never found a partner.”
“Tall and handsome...?”
“I understand how you feel, but unfortunately this is true.”
“No, I don’t think so at all...”
I tried to argue, 'I never thought about that at all, I just wondered what kind of flaw it would take to be stuck in a single-parent family for over a thousand years,' but Delton didn't seem to have any intention of listening to me.
“Oh, I don’t know your heart.”
Instead, he patted my shoulder and comforted me, then began to reminisce about his unfortunate past.
“Actually, I have such a cool appearance now, but in the past, I was a very unattractive lion. I was small and skinny, and although you may not believe it, I was also very timid at the time, so I was the weakest member of the group. Naturally, I wasn’t popular with the females.”
“...”
“But I didn’t give up and kept trying. I tried and got rejected, tried and got rejected again. But not a single one of those females accepted me.”
As I listened to Delton's past, which I wasn't particularly curious about, I clicked my tongue inwardly.
'Hearing it, it seems a bit harsh.'
Even though it is a female's instinct to follow a strong male, if he keeps trying like that, someone will likely accept him, but how come not even one...
It was just then that I was about to pat Delton on the back with a pitiful heart.
“So I decided!”
Delton, who had been looking into the distance with a pitiful face and his chin buried in the grass, suddenly sat up.
“I will become a god! I will become the strongest male in the world!”
“Wait a minute, then the reason you lived in a cave for a thousand years, eating only moss...”
“Yes, it was because of my ambition to make all the females in the world mine! That’s why I endured such pain for so many years!”
“...”
I took my hand away from patting Delton's back with a cold expression.
It was disappointing to learn that the only reason he wanted to become a god was for that reason.
'It's like Delton, it's like Delton.'
Just as I was bursting out laughing at the absurdity, Delton cried out, clutching his head with his forelegs.
“But after a thousand years, I haven’t even had a chance to mate with any of the females! How can I possibly tolerate their impudent behavior?”
Delton, who had suddenly gotten up, glared at the two men and women who had just annoyed him and slammed his front paw down.
'Oh, that's dangerous.'
I was salting the flesh in front of a lion that had not been able to take pity on him for a thousand years, so if he left it like this, something really big might happen.
The look in their eyes was already so bright that it looked like they were going to rush in and tear them apart at any moment.
I was suddenly scared that Delton might have a big accident, so I quickly licked my lips.
“Oh, I never imagined that Delton would have such a tragedy. I’ve never seen such a magnificent white lion before, so I thought you would be so popular. Why do all the lionesses have no eyes for you? You may be weaker, but you still look handsome. How could anyone reject Delton?”
Delton's expression softened slightly as if my dedicated acting had worked.
“...Do you think so too?”
“Of course! Oh my, there’s no such thing as a blind person with open eyes!”
I was so shocked that I jumped up and down, but soon I comforted Delton affectionately.
“That’s better, Delton. Those ignorant lionesses who only pursue power would never have gotten along with Delton in the first place. After enduring a thousand years of hell, let’s quickly find a goddess and become a divine beast! That’s why we’re meeting a lioness who is just right for Delton! The most beautiful lioness in the world!”
“Yes, you are right! Females who only covet strong lions while I am so wonderful cannot be my spouse in the first place! Yes, that is true!”
Delton lifted his chin with a proud expression as if he had finally felt completely relieved.
'Oh, that's good.'
I clicked my tongue at the simplicity and offered my deepest apologies to the lionesses who had excellent taste but had no choice but to strike to appease Delton.
'I'm sorry, lionesses. If I were to make one wrong move, two good lives could be lost.'
Then I quickly recruited Delton.
“Well then, shall we go for a change of pace? There is a forest behind the temple that is good for a walk. It is a place with few people, so no one will dare to dirty Delton’s eyes with impudent acts.”
“Yes, let’s do that. If I stayed here just a little longer, all my thousand years of effort to avoid killing and even give up eating meat would go down the drain!”
So I took Delton to a place where there were few people.
A cool breeze gently caressed my skin and the faint scent of the forest mixed in it.
It was enough to appease Delton's anger caused by a thousand years of sympathy.
No, that could have been enough.
If only it weren't for the two men and women who had already taken over that place.
“Whoa!”
“Ah, why is Saintess here...”
Messy hair.
Dirt and leaves scattered here and there.
A woman covering her face in shock and a man lost in thought.
Anyone who saw it could tell that it was the sight of a couple caught having a secret meeting outdoors.
Moreover, the clothes the man was wearing were none other than those of a priest.
A priest who has sworn devotion to a goddess has the marks of a woman's lips all over his face.
But there was something even more surprising.
That's right.
“Sister... Could you please put your hand down for a moment?”
The silhouette of the woman who was sharing a forbidden love with the priest seemed very familiar.
When I called out with a trembling expression, the woman who had been burying her face in her hands slowly raised her head.
“Ah, Saintess...”
Although she couldn't fully reveal her face and only peeked out her eyes, I recognized her identity at a glance.
Because there is no way I wouldn't recognize the woman who serves me every moment from morning till night.
'Come to think of it, I still don't know her name.'
It's been a while since I've seen her, and I still haven't asked her name.
I burst out laughing because I thought it was too indifferent.
But the priest, who had been deep in thought, suddenly fell flat on the floor, perhaps misunderstanding the laughter.
“My Lord, I have committed a mortal sin, Saintess. I have neglected my duty as a priest to remain chaste and have dared to covet a woman, so I have nothing to say even if you dismiss me. If you tell me to take off my priestly garb, I will. However...”
"However?"
“Please protect Martha. This woman is innocent. I was blinded by long-term abstinence and forced her into taking it. So please protect Martha...”
Dismissal was the highest punishment a priest could receive. It was the worst disgrace, making it impossible for him to ever set foot in the religious world again.
And yet, he was only begging for the comfort of the maidservant.
As I was looking down at him with a slightly surprised expression, the maid, who had been keeping her head down on the ground the whole time, hurriedly intervened.
“No, my lady! It’s all my fault. I, a lowly person, was swayed by his kindness and tried to seduce him. Please punish me severely for daring to covet a priest, and please forgive me. For the love I have shown him for so long, please just once...”
Oh my.
It was truly heartbreaking to see them take upon themself all their sins and only ask for mercy for the other person's sins.
The sight is so admirable that I would gladly give it a go.
'Actually, it's not a sin that deserves death.'
Of course, it cannot be said that they are free from sin since they broke the rules of religion, but with corrupt priests who drink, dance, and even gamble, what can we do about this?
I could have just laughed it off, saying that even though he was a priest, he couldn't castrate his mind.
But unfortunately, I wasn't the only one who witnessed their secret meeting.
“Hey, you guys! How dare the servants of the goddess do such obscene things in broad daylight! I’ll kill you!”
“Gyaaaah!”
The maidservant screamed in surprise at Delton's loud roar.
Although they only heard the roar of a beast in their ears, they could feel its ominous aura and the two men and women were so frightened that they trembled.
“Yes, I was wrong, Mr. Delton.”
“Please, put all the blame on me and close your eyes to Martha.”
Even in the midst of all this, the priest desperately pleaded for forgiveness for the maidservant's sins.
But to the thousand-year-old virgin, such pleas only added to his anger.
“Shut up, you bastards! I’ll seal your lips so that you never mix your tongues in lewd ways again!”
Oh my, what should I do with this?
I sighed as I watched Delton approach them, burning with jealousy.
I had to stop it somehow, but I couldn't think of a way to cool down that thousand-year-old rage.
That was when I was scratching my cheek with an embarrassed expression.
The maid, who felt a sense of crisis as Delton approached her without her knowledge, shouted.
“Sir, Saintess! Actually, I saw the previous Saintess make contact with a suspicious person on the day the previous Saintess passed away!”
...What?
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