Vol 2 Chapter 5 (2/2)

“And then what happened? Please tell me”

“Celia didn’t seeer was laid bare, to the point where one wouldn’t have believed that up to now she had been e to say that she had killed the, she screamed and asked him why he would think she killed theh the royal palace”

Celiastina had cried and screamed What exactly did that mean?

“Celia didn’t forgive Asyut for doubting her But he is the First Holy Knight and Celia’s future husband So no matter what Celia said, in the end she couldn’t punish Asyut directly For that reason, she did an evento him”

“A crueler thing?”

Linus tilted his head to the side a little

“That story won’t be told by s happened and, as a result, Asyut’s little sister was banished fro, and so his sister should be his only fa for her secretly but, because of Celia’s spread out gag order, her whereabouts are still unknown”

She was hearing this for the first time She didn’t know the fact that he had a little sister Celiastina banished Asyut’s sister, his one and only blood relative To think that even such a thing had happened between them

The distance between her and Asyut, which she had thought was closing little by little, opened up again at once The bitter look on Asyut’s face in the historical archive was brought back into herstabbed into it

“Do you not know either, Linus? Where his little sister is?”

“I don’t know I tried a little research myself but, impressively, I couldn’t find her Really”

Celiastina’s sudden change happened only a few years ago meant that the banisho either She was surely alive And no doubt Asyut believed that as well, which hy he was still searching for his sister Because he didn’t show even a hint of this, Yuna could only i

“I wonder why she had to do things to that point What happened to Celiastina? What made Celiastina do that?”

If it was Linus then he must know about the event that happened to Celiastina Because Linus was always by her side and watching over her

“…… Do you know about the “power” that is granted to the saints?”

Linus changed the topic abruptly At least, that hat Yuna thought Or was this topic connected? Unable to hide her dubious expression, Yuna asked back upfront

“The “power” granted to saints?”

“The generations of saints were bestoith mysterious powers that ordinary people did not have”

“I know about that There was a saint who had prophetic dreams and one that had clairvoyance”

All the saints had varying abilities There were saints with surprisingly large powers and saints with modest pohich wouldn’t really be noticed in an everyday life These “powers” were said to have played a role in the rise of the saints beco a sacred existence

“What does that have to do with Celias–……”

Yuna, who had been speaking, was suddenly taken over by a question that arose

Now that it wasthat hadn’t come to mind

What kind of poas Celiastina endoith?

Thud, her heart quickened loudly

(Ah, again I didn’t know even that)

Up to now this topic hadn’t been raised even once, and so she didn’t even know that she didn’t know this She hadn’t heard anyone gossip about it and it wasn’t published in the books she read Yuna herself, in this body’s daily life, hadn’t felt any unusual pheno said to have an extraordinary beauty, there were no particular differences from an ordinary person

Unable to find the answer in herself, Yuna looked up at Linus reliantly

“What do you mean?”

Linus slowly opened his mouth Yuna held her breath and followed the movement of his lips But

“…… ere”

“Huh?”

“It seems someone is here”

Linus looked behind Yuna and said this in a lightthat, also turned around but there was no one However, the ht that, if she stared she couldwithout any noise

“N-Neisan”

It was Neisan, who had not appeared ever since he had officially been appointed as her bodyguard Having been careful about this or that with the people around her, she hadn’t created an opportunity for hiuard her

“Guarding the saint at this time, what splendid dedication”

Linus said this in a manner where one couldn’t tell if it was admiration or sarcasm

“Did I interrupt?”

Neisan also answered ords that could be taken sarcastically, but in his position they weren’t words to think deeply on

“You hid your presence and waited so that you wouldn’t interrupt, no? But it looks like you becah, since your work hours have long past”

“There was a suspicious shadow in this area of the royal palace and, being a little concerned, I took a look around”

“A suspicious shadow, hm”

“Please be at ease I did not hear the conversation between the two of you I saw a suitable time to call out and came closer, which hen you noticed me, Lord Linus”

“Oh well, either way Although Celia ht not be happy”

Being brought up when she was still taken aback, Yuna couldn’t say anything

“Lady Celiastina, should you not return to your room soon? I shall escort you”

“Eh?”

At Neisan’s proposal, Yuna looked up at Linus again before answering However, Linus did not respond to Yuna’s gaze and instead showed a challenging smile to Neisan

“I’d like to escort her back but, unfortunately, I don’t have confidence in ht But if there was so to Celia then, by the time they came, I would have acted For exa, they wouldn’t have any intention of acting at this point Don’t you think so too, Neisan?”

She orried about the hidden s in Linus’ speech But Neisan did not respond to that

“I cannot say for sure”

“If that’s the case then don’t mind it However, just to be sure… Celia, here”

Linus re and handed it to Yuna It had a sieer, but even if Yuna were to put it onto her h to have some leftover space

“This is?”

“Please hold onto it until you return to your roo the way, sht will appear and people will gather immediately”

Neisan was her bodyguard and so she wouldn’t need that She should have said that But Yuna could understand Linus’ intention Linus was telling her to use the ring if Neisan were to make a move He didn’t trust Neisan either That hat he meant

“…… Okay But, I don’t think I’ll need it”

“Of course, I think the same”

Linus smiled as he said this without any embarrassment

“Now then, good night, Celia You can return that ring when you co”

Was he saying that she had to coain if she wanted to hear the continuation of the topic? Yuna nodded vaguely and left with painful reluctance

Although it was not a long distance, there was a little aardness in walking alone with Neisan in the corridors at night

Especially when, just a while ago, Linus showed a blatant caution towards Neisan Nonetheless, it was undeniable that she herself was tightly gripping the ring that was given to her at that ti a distance from Neisan for some reason

That Neisan alking a bit ahead of Yuna Looking at that tall back, she wasn’t able to tell what he was thinking…… In his case, even if she were to look at hiine as in his head

She wondered why Neisan appeared here While being treated as a bodyguard in name only, he worried about the saint and took the initiative to patrol late at night Was that really the truth?

–Hey, did you understand anything since then? About what is hidden inside of Celiastina

If she tried asking such a question, hoould he respond?

Whether the darkness of the night was hts appeared and disappeared In order to break away froh and stepped resolutely up to Neisan’s side

“I’ you escort me at such a late time”

“It is nothing However, next ti out alone”

Neisan gave Yuna a glance

“This royal palace is dangerous, perhaps more than you yourself think, Lady Celiastina Duo was talked down, but it is best for you to think that there are still er Because there are certainly ”

“By that, are you basically saying so me?”

Neisan did not answer With pursed lips, he only dropped his gaze onto Yuna

“We’ve arrived at your room”

As soon as she thought to open her ain, they had already returned to her rooht shi+ning through a , held no emotion as usual However

“Please rest tonight”

–Ah, as she thought

Yuna’s heart was hit with a terribly out-of-place thought

Under the ht, Neisan’s eyes were… a beautiful amber