What on earth is that paper that can single us out from all these people?
I felt my vision go dark and buried my head in the Crown Prince's hard stomach.
Even if I twisted my body just a little, the Crown Prince, who used to flinch and make a fuss, seemed to be still right now, so it seemed like the crisis was a crisis.
As I was straining to control my body, trembling with fear, the elder asked in a low voice.
“Little brother, can you hear this bell ringing now?”
"Yes."
“Do you know what this bell sound means?”
“No, I don’t know.”
“Hmm, I guess you misunderstood what I said earlier. I clearly said that this bell is a sacred relic that conceals remnants of the old era.”
“I remember what the elder said. But why did this bell ring for me? I am just a pure believer who serves the goddess Ibis...”
The voice of the Crown Prince answering like that was extremely innocent. Like a child who had not been touched by the world at all.
'As expected, he's a natural-born conman!'
I couldn't close my mouth because of that natural and virtuous acting.
How can the Crown Prince, who grew up in a royal family and walked the path of perfection, lie so well?
'He was a talented person who could have easily ruled a country if he hadn't been the Crown Prince of the empire. What a pity, what a pity.'
Although I couldn't hide my regret, I held a glimmer of hope inside.
'Maybe they can just let this go?'
Who could continue to have doubts after hearing that pure voice?
Even if the heretical god Ibis, who was not an elder, had come, she would have said, 'Oh my, I made a big mistake!' and thrown away the bell, which was either a holy relic or a water bell.
And, as expected, my prediction was right.
“Hmm, I definitely don’t feel Hethel’s touch on you, brother.”
Wow, this is crazy.
I couldn't hold back my tearful mouth at the words that came out of the elder's mouth.
'As expected, Your Highness! Why have you kept such great talent hidden until now?'
I was so touched that I caressed the Crown Prince's abs with my chubby feet.
Then, the abdominal muscles that had been quiet for a while began to shake like crazy.
'Oops, that was a mistake! I'm sorry, Your Highness.'
I quickly apologized in my heart and crouched down again.
I hope that my minor mistake will not cause even the slightest harm to the Crown Prince's great fraud and that we can overcome this crisis safely.
But as always, my wish did not come true.
“But this is a sacred relic containing the power of Ibis. There can be no mistake.”
The elder who had spoken firmly opened his mouth again.
“Little Brother, I’m sorry, but I would like to do a quick search, so could you please stand up for a moment?”
“Search?”
“Yes, brother, it is possible that remnants of the old era may have crept into your body without you knowing. This is absolutely necessary to prove your innocence, so I ask for your understanding.”
“Yes, I will.”
What a very innocent answer.
Rather, I was the one whose heart sank at that answer.
'No, what if I just take that at face value! It'll be discovered right away if I search your body! Why is a smart person suddenly acting so stupid? Can't you fool the Emperor's bloodline?'
I punched the Crown Prince in the stomach to bring him to his senses.
But contrary to my worries, there was no problem with the Crown Prince's intelligence.
Just before I could get up, he lifted his clothes and dropped me to the floor.
Then he kicked me with his foot as if telling me to run away.
'Well, if I had said I wouldn't get up in this situation, people would have been more suspicious. Man, Our Highness is really smart.'
I apologized inwardly for briefly putting this clever man on the same level as the Emperor, and quickly left the place.
“Hmm, that’s strange. I don’t feel any life other than yours, brother, so why did the holy relic react?”
While the elders searched the Crown Prince's body, wondering, I was crawling past people and running away. Fortunately, no one noticed my presence.
'Well, now the question is how to get through that door.'
Just as I safely arrived at the back seat and was looking at the tightly closed door, someone suddenly shouted.
“Whoa, what is that!”
I put my foot down on the chair and it was wiggling around when I accidentally stepped on my tail.
'No, I was the one who got stepped on, so why am I screaming and making a fuss!'
As someone who couldn't even scream in pain and felt like my tail was going to snap because of my situation, it was so unfair that I could've jumped up and down.
But there was no time for that now. Now that I had attracted attention, it was only a matter of time before I was caught.
I started running with a feeling of, "Ah, I don't know."
“Oh my, what’s that cat?”
“How did you get into the chapel?”
“A filthy beast in such a sacred place, get out of here immediately!”
The believers, who had been screaming at the sight of me running around, started to push me out the door without saying a word.
'What the heck! I was already worried about how to open that door!'
The crisis turned into an opportunity.
Just as I was about to leave the door, humming the tune "Lulu Lala".
“That cat is the culprit! It’s Hethel’s dog! Catch that cat right now!”
The elder shouted.
'No, how did you know that?'
I opened my mouth in embarrassment but quickly ran out the door.
As I ran down the hallway, the elder's voice followed me again.
“Chase it! Whoever catches Hethel’s dog will become the hero of the new era!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of heavy footsteps echoed.
It was the sound of thousands of believers chasing me, hoping to become a hero of the new era.
“Catch the cat!”
“Catch the impudent Hethel’s dog who dared to step into the territory of the goddess Ibis!”
“Let’s become heroes of the new era!”
All the believers gathered in the chapel, adults and children alike, stood up and chased after me.
I desperately ran away, mustering all my strength, but it was virtually impossible to escape safely from the thousands of believers who were squeezing me like a net.
Before I could get very far, I was captured and hung by the hand of a strong man before being handed over to the elder.
“The stench of Hethel is stinging my nose.”
The elder furrowed his brow as he looked at me, then hit the bell he was holding in his other hand against my forehead.
At that moment, I felt a purple light surround my body and my body began to swell.
The transformation spell that Delton gave me was lifted and I returned to my original form.
“What, what is that!”
“The cat turned into a human?”
“You were hiding your appearance? How?”
“Is that possible with human ability?”
Somehow I felt like I was trapped and became a spectacle.
But before I could even feel that emotion, my breathing became suffocated.
“Ugh!”
The elder grabbed me by the neck.
“You little rat-like woman. I was already worried about what to do with you, the four-year-old who dared to follow in the footsteps of a goddess, and now you come to me on your own two feet.”
He spoke without taking his eyes off me, his mouth widening like a predator that has found prey it has been chasing for a long time.
“Brothers and sisters, this woman is the maid of Hethel. She is the Saintess whom the whole empire praises so much.”
“Sa, Saintess? Is that true?”
“Are you saying that Hethel’s daughter herself invaded here?”
“Have you ever seen such a crazy woman!”
“Where the hell do you think you are, setting your filthy feet in here?”
Disgusting voices flew in from all over.
But no sound reached my ears.
“Hey, that... Let go. Breathe, hold...!”
I was still held in the elder's hands, writhing in excruciating pain as if my throat was going to burst and my eyes were going to fall out.
I struggled like crazy to somehow escape his grasp, but he showed no sign of loosening his grip.
“Oh, by the way, didn’t I say that this Saintess can’t handle her powers properly? How funny. A woman who is supposedly the daughter of a goddess is struggling like this because she can’t defeat a mere human.”
He laughed at me as I struggled, and tightened his grip on my neck.
“Ugh!”
My eyes literally went dark as even the air that had been flowing in was completely blocked.
I swear I've never experienced anything so painful in my life.
If I had known this would happen...
“I wish you had gone when I told you to. What the hell is this?”
That's right!
'That's exactly what I was going to say... Huh?'
I unconsciously agreed with the words that came from somewhere, but then my body suddenly froze.
It was because the voice of the Crown Prince, ringing in my ear, was heard too close.
The moment I raised my head, wondering when I had gotten here.
“Huh!”
The tightly closed airway expanded and a huge amount of air rushed in at once.
‘What on earth is going on...’
I looked around to find the cause, my legs giving out and collapsing to the floor.
And then I found out.
A man pointing a sharp dagger at an elder's neck.
“I don’t know why you don’t listen to me.”
The one who was scolding me with annoyance, furrowing his brow, was none other than the Crown Prince.
Declan Garnacho is an adult who has returned to his original form and not the child he had been disguising until now.
I felt my vision go dark and buried my head in the Crown Prince's hard stomach.
Even if I twisted my body just a little, the Crown Prince, who used to flinch and make a fuss, seemed to be still right now, so it seemed like the crisis was a crisis.
As I was straining to control my body, trembling with fear, the elder asked in a low voice.
“Little brother, can you hear this bell ringing now?”
"Yes."
“Do you know what this bell sound means?”
“No, I don’t know.”
“Hmm, I guess you misunderstood what I said earlier. I clearly said that this bell is a sacred relic that conceals remnants of the old era.”
“I remember what the elder said. But why did this bell ring for me? I am just a pure believer who serves the goddess Ibis...”
The voice of the Crown Prince answering like that was extremely innocent. Like a child who had not been touched by the world at all.
'As expected, he's a natural-born conman!'
I couldn't close my mouth because of that natural and virtuous acting.
How can the Crown Prince, who grew up in a royal family and walked the path of perfection, lie so well?
'He was a talented person who could have easily ruled a country if he hadn't been the Crown Prince of the empire. What a pity, what a pity.'
Although I couldn't hide my regret, I held a glimmer of hope inside.
'Maybe they can just let this go?'
Who could continue to have doubts after hearing that pure voice?
Even if the heretical god Ibis, who was not an elder, had come, she would have said, 'Oh my, I made a big mistake!' and thrown away the bell, which was either a holy relic or a water bell.
And, as expected, my prediction was right.
“Hmm, I definitely don’t feel Hethel’s touch on you, brother.”
Wow, this is crazy.
I couldn't hold back my tearful mouth at the words that came out of the elder's mouth.
'As expected, Your Highness! Why have you kept such great talent hidden until now?'
I was so touched that I caressed the Crown Prince's abs with my chubby feet.
Then, the abdominal muscles that had been quiet for a while began to shake like crazy.
'Oops, that was a mistake! I'm sorry, Your Highness.'
I quickly apologized in my heart and crouched down again.
I hope that my minor mistake will not cause even the slightest harm to the Crown Prince's great fraud and that we can overcome this crisis safely.
But as always, my wish did not come true.
“But this is a sacred relic containing the power of Ibis. There can be no mistake.”
The elder who had spoken firmly opened his mouth again.
“Little Brother, I’m sorry, but I would like to do a quick search, so could you please stand up for a moment?”
“Search?”
“Yes, brother, it is possible that remnants of the old era may have crept into your body without you knowing. This is absolutely necessary to prove your innocence, so I ask for your understanding.”
“Yes, I will.”
What a very innocent answer.
Rather, I was the one whose heart sank at that answer.
'No, what if I just take that at face value! It'll be discovered right away if I search your body! Why is a smart person suddenly acting so stupid? Can't you fool the Emperor's bloodline?'
I punched the Crown Prince in the stomach to bring him to his senses.
But contrary to my worries, there was no problem with the Crown Prince's intelligence.
Just before I could get up, he lifted his clothes and dropped me to the floor.
Then he kicked me with his foot as if telling me to run away.
'Well, if I had said I wouldn't get up in this situation, people would have been more suspicious. Man, Our Highness is really smart.'
I apologized inwardly for briefly putting this clever man on the same level as the Emperor, and quickly left the place.
“Hmm, that’s strange. I don’t feel any life other than yours, brother, so why did the holy relic react?”
While the elders searched the Crown Prince's body, wondering, I was crawling past people and running away. Fortunately, no one noticed my presence.
'Well, now the question is how to get through that door.'
Just as I safely arrived at the back seat and was looking at the tightly closed door, someone suddenly shouted.
“Whoa, what is that!”
I put my foot down on the chair and it was wiggling around when I accidentally stepped on my tail.
'No, I was the one who got stepped on, so why am I screaming and making a fuss!'
As someone who couldn't even scream in pain and felt like my tail was going to snap because of my situation, it was so unfair that I could've jumped up and down.
But there was no time for that now. Now that I had attracted attention, it was only a matter of time before I was caught.
I started running with a feeling of, "Ah, I don't know."
“Oh my, what’s that cat?”
“How did you get into the chapel?”
“A filthy beast in such a sacred place, get out of here immediately!”
The believers, who had been screaming at the sight of me running around, started to push me out the door without saying a word.
'What the heck! I was already worried about how to open that door!'
The crisis turned into an opportunity.
Just as I was about to leave the door, humming the tune "Lulu Lala".
“That cat is the culprit! It’s Hethel’s dog! Catch that cat right now!”
The elder shouted.
'No, how did you know that?'
I opened my mouth in embarrassment but quickly ran out the door.
As I ran down the hallway, the elder's voice followed me again.
“Chase it! Whoever catches Hethel’s dog will become the hero of the new era!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of heavy footsteps echoed.
It was the sound of thousands of believers chasing me, hoping to become a hero of the new era.
“Catch the cat!”
“Catch the impudent Hethel’s dog who dared to step into the territory of the goddess Ibis!”
“Let’s become heroes of the new era!”
All the believers gathered in the chapel, adults and children alike, stood up and chased after me.
I desperately ran away, mustering all my strength, but it was virtually impossible to escape safely from the thousands of believers who were squeezing me like a net.
Before I could get very far, I was captured and hung by the hand of a strong man before being handed over to the elder.
“The stench of Hethel is stinging my nose.”
The elder furrowed his brow as he looked at me, then hit the bell he was holding in his other hand against my forehead.
At that moment, I felt a purple light surround my body and my body began to swell.
The transformation spell that Delton gave me was lifted and I returned to my original form.
“What, what is that!”
“The cat turned into a human?”
“You were hiding your appearance? How?”
“Is that possible with human ability?”
Somehow I felt like I was trapped and became a spectacle.
But before I could even feel that emotion, my breathing became suffocated.
“Ugh!”
The elder grabbed me by the neck.
“You little rat-like woman. I was already worried about what to do with you, the four-year-old who dared to follow in the footsteps of a goddess, and now you come to me on your own two feet.”
He spoke without taking his eyes off me, his mouth widening like a predator that has found prey it has been chasing for a long time.
“Brothers and sisters, this woman is the maid of Hethel. She is the Saintess whom the whole empire praises so much.”
“Sa, Saintess? Is that true?”
“Are you saying that Hethel’s daughter herself invaded here?”
“Have you ever seen such a crazy woman!”
“Where the hell do you think you are, setting your filthy feet in here?”
Disgusting voices flew in from all over.
But no sound reached my ears.
“Hey, that... Let go. Breathe, hold...!”
I was still held in the elder's hands, writhing in excruciating pain as if my throat was going to burst and my eyes were going to fall out.
I struggled like crazy to somehow escape his grasp, but he showed no sign of loosening his grip.
“Oh, by the way, didn’t I say that this Saintess can’t handle her powers properly? How funny. A woman who is supposedly the daughter of a goddess is struggling like this because she can’t defeat a mere human.”
He laughed at me as I struggled, and tightened his grip on my neck.
“Ugh!”
My eyes literally went dark as even the air that had been flowing in was completely blocked.
I swear I've never experienced anything so painful in my life.
If I had known this would happen...
“I wish you had gone when I told you to. What the hell is this?”
That's right!
'That's exactly what I was going to say... Huh?'
I unconsciously agreed with the words that came from somewhere, but then my body suddenly froze.
It was because the voice of the Crown Prince, ringing in my ear, was heard too close.
The moment I raised my head, wondering when I had gotten here.
“Huh!”
The tightly closed airway expanded and a huge amount of air rushed in at once.
‘What on earth is going on...’
I looked around to find the cause, my legs giving out and collapsing to the floor.
And then I found out.
A man pointing a sharp dagger at an elder's neck.
“I don’t know why you don’t listen to me.”
The one who was scolding me with annoyance, furrowing his brow, was none other than the Crown Prince.
Declan Garnacho is an adult who has returned to his original form and not the child he had been disguising until now.
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