Chapter 1 (2/2)
“Saint……Celiastina”
“Right Adored in your world, sent by the God Veda to be his voice Girls born with a enerations, haven’t they?”
“Of course, I know that I also know that Celiastina is our generation’s saint No e for everyone”
“Good Then you also know it is custoeneration to ether they serve their king for life?”
Of course, said Yuna with a nod of her head But what does that have anything to do with me now?
“About that holy saint, you see—and this is just between the two of us…”
Angelica’s voice dropped low, and she approached Yuna so that she could whisper in her ear Even if she wasn’t worried, there wasn’t even a single ant in here besides the two of them
“She tried to kill herself by drowning”
“—–Whaat?!”
Yuna leaped aith great astonishment The saint, the person closer to God than anyone else, co a development Until now, this has never happened before, likely not even even once
“H–How is she?”
“Yeah, uh, she wasn’t spared froe”
“N-N-No way”
“Thing is, she was ot sick and died, then whatever But this was suicide We can’t send another saint to replace her My point is, Celiastina must not die”
The angel’s flippant tone bothered Yuna, but she understood the gravity of the situation Losing the saint definitely spelled trouble A saint killing herself would be a blow even to God
“Y-you’re right”
“Of course I a exceptions, Celiastina will have to be revived Fortunately, the place she tried to kill herself has yet to be discovered Weout”
Prevent it fro In other words, hush it up? Will that really be OK, oh my Lord Veda——Overcome with surprise as she was, it was all Yuna could do to endure so that what little faith remained did not waver
“In other words, it’s easy for God to play with life and death, but it’s a big burden, too In Celiastina’s case, her spirit is completely separated from her body Whichabout it—this is where you come in”
“M-me?!”
“There’s still soain I’ll look after her soul in the divine realm for a while—it needs to be purified But I can’t leave her body empty, can I? So”
“So?”
“Yuna, you’ll take over Celiastina’s body in the meantime and live her life”
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“——Wait a, haaaat?!”
“Celiastina is basically dead If we leave her body as it is, it’ll soon rot There will be no point if that happens, right?”
It ist of it Though why did it have to be her? It was too huge a responsibility It was the one thing she couldn’t agree on
“A miracle happened”
A miracle?
“The very same moment Celiastina tried to kill herself, se Some sort of distortion was created due to it That’s why it’s possible to connect your soul to Celiastina’s body A h His will”
“Wa-wait, wait a minute! Th-there’s no way I can do it! Isn’t it the sa me to be the saint?”
“It’s only te it will be, but I suppose it’ll take half a year to a whole year”
“I’er of God is—”
“No Why not? It’s a once-in-a-lifetiets it You’ll be richer than some peer Besides, Celiastina is quite a beauty That alone is a merit, if you ask me”
“Th-that’s blasphemous! The saint is someone to be venerated!”
“Oh, irl so reveres Him”
“L-Lady Angelica!”
“Yuna, please This isn’t a personal request The great God Hi you ‘per’ you know? At least temporarily”
“Th-that can’t be…”
Wasn’t that a rather underhanded way of talking to someone? But Yuna wasn’t in a position where she could refuse, and she was slightly beginning to understand She was already dead to begin with Even if she were pushed down to hell, if that was His judgment, she’d have no choice but to accept And if that was the case…
“You’ll do it, won’t you?”
“……”
Angelica wasn’t asking It was an order God’s will
“——Oh, no! We’re running out of time OK, Yuna, I leave it to you Well, don’t be so stiff, just stick with it for a while and enjoy your life as the saint!”
“No, wait!”
“See ya! When the tiet you!”
Suddenly, Yuna’s body was covered in a bright light Angelica’s sht and disappeared——
O God, if it was e——then I wanted to rest in peace at least