Chapter 87 (1/2)

Translator: Wawaa

Editor: WilsonWilson

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After finishing her conversation with God, Lara, who had been standing in front of the statue, turned her back without hesitation and walked toward Demian.

“Did you hear it all?”

“Yeah.”

“Your Imperial Highness, did you hear it?”

“Yes, saintess.”

Acerus was about to shed tears. When he was about to open his mouth to bring out the praise he had prepared in advance, Demian grabbed Lara’s hand and pulled her.

“You came all the way here from Hautean. He should let you rest.”

“Oh… Oh no, I was not thinking straight. Saintess, please take a rest until your fatigue is relieved.”

“I’m fine.”

“I am not.”

Despite Lara’s insistence, Demian clearly objected. What’s more, the problem was that even Acerus agreed with him.

“I will take the Sidhar demon or whatever with me. For now, I’m going to treat him as the Prince of Hautean. I will still lock him up though. So don’t worry, he won’t be released.”

“Yes, please.”

Lara lightly bowed her head to Acerus. Even though it was fine just a few moments ago, as soon as she finished her conversation with God, her body was ridden with rapid fatigue. It seemed that she had loosened up. Lara slowly blinked her heavy eyelids. She thought she should sleep until tomorrow afternoon after going back to the hotel.

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Acerus returned to the palace without calming his excitement. He promised Lara that he would hold a grand welcome party that could even make Dandelion excited someday, but Lara immediately refused.

It was already dawn when she came back to the hotel.

“I’m so sleepy…”

Lara was about to collapse. Before going to the temple, she took a long bath in hot water and even enjoyed her dinner. It was impossible to endure any further after that.

Demian held her in his arms. Lara hung from his neck and drooped down. As she became sleepier, her words became slower.

“Hurry up and go…to your comrades.”

“Yeah.”

“I’m sure they have been waiting for a long time.”

“Knowing that guys are waiting for me, I’m not happy at all.”

“Go. Everything here will be fine.”

“Ha… Yeah.”

“You can bring them all. I’m rich. I will…feed them all.”

“They eat so much that they’re practically mooching off you though.”

Lara laughed, then let out a sigh. Then she fell asleep with a smiling face. Her chest went up and down evenly. A steam of breath came out of her slightly parted lips.

Demian stood still in front of her bed with Lara still in his arms. The eyes that looked sharp and chic when they were opened were tempting and lovely when they were closed. His dry mouth was now watering. After looking at her sleeping face for a long time, he approached the bed with a long breath.

‘Lara.’

Demian put Lara on the bed and kissed her lips gently. He had a lot on his mind. He could not believe that the only woman who managed to keep him in this world was God’s vicegerent. She was also the saintess whom the God of Fate cherished so much at that.

What in the world is about to happen?

For Demian who thought demons and gods were useless, he was not pleased at all with Lara getting near to them.

After looking at Lara for a while in the dark room, he went outside only after the dawn sky had slightly brightened.

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As soon as the next day came, Acerus’ aide and knights visited Lara’s hotel. They treated Prince Sidhar politely but at the same time moderately ignoring him. It seemed that only the aide knew that he was the demon Valac.

“The priests will come out of the temple and take a look. How many people know about the demon’s pattern on his body?”

The aide asked. Lara replied that all of her party knew.

“We could lock him up in the Temple of Glory but then the knights will have to carry weapons into the temple so we decided to just hide him in the Crown Prince’s palace.”

Actually, they did that because they could not trust the temple. But the aide and Lara feigned ignorance about that part and exchanged conversations.

“We will also contact the Royal Palace of Hautean. Sa…Lady Lara, you have come a long way, so you should at least go sightseeing in Dandelion.”

“Thank you.”

“You don’t have to thank me!”

After having been talking in a businesslike manner, the aide suddenly became surprised and waved his hands politely.

“Don’t say that. I’m just doing what I’m supposed to.”