I Became a Fake Priest the Saintess Is Obsessed With

59 – Volcano (2)

Meanwhile, the women’s bathhouse was next to the men’s bathhouse.

All the women who participated in the trip, including Amelia, were soaking in the hot springs.

“Ugh… Because it’s warm, the alcohol goes away…”

Tina is lying down and enjoying the hot springs.

Turning her head through her hazy vision, Tina saw Amelia squatting in her bathtub.

“Amelia, is something troubling you? Why is she in that position?”

Tina, who has lived for a long time, has seen many saints and knows what kind of hardships they live with, so she takes care of Amelia, who became a saint at a young age.

“Ah… It’s no big deal. You don’t have to worry about it…”

“What~ It’s a secret between us~ Really, that’s it? You weren’t even thinking about Ivan, were you?”

Amelia was very embarrassed by those words.

Actually, she was thinking about Ivan just now.

“What was that reaction? Were you really thinking about Ivan?”

“Oh, no!”

“Hmm… Okay, I won’t question you any further.”

When Tina stopped pursuing her, Amelia dipped her mouth into the water and thought about her Ivan again.

Specifically, the way she looks at Ivan.

As Amelia looks at her Ivan, she feels guilty about remembering her old friend.

It is clear that her Ivan and her old friend are different people, but she continues to identify with him.

‘Why is it like that…? It’s a relationship that I can’t even remember the name of now… ‘

As she became a saint and cut off ties with her past, it was impossible for her to recall the names of her precious relationships.

She remembers everything, the appearance, the voice, the memories, but for some reason she can’t remember the name.

One day, without the church’s knowledge, she used her saintly privileges to investigate her friend, but could not find out anything.

Of course, she said, it was hard to find a poor child, but she thought that if it was a child with such a beautiful appearance and special abilities, there would be a trace of her somewhere.

In the end, without anyone knowing, I went to her hometown and went to the place where I remembered my memories with that child.

When we broke up, I remember writing letters with each other’s names in that place.

Amelia found the letter easily, but she still couldn’t figure out her friend’s name.

The letter was definitely the one in my memory.

But for some reason, only the friend’s letter was erased cleanly.

She felt suspicious and looked at other objects that might have had her name written on them, but her friend’s name was nowhere to be found, as if this world had erased her name.

“Come to think of it, Amelia, there was a curse on her thighs, right? I can’t see it anymore, can I?”

“Curse?! Gwae, are you okay?!”

As Tina became worried about Amelia, who somehow became more distraught, Dorothy joined the fight.

Dorothy had a similar value to Tina: ‘Anything that is beautiful is right’, so she couldn’t help but be worried when she heard that Amelia, a beauty, was cursed.

“Yes… The priest treated me and I got much better. Well, I still need continued treatment.”

“Hmmm… Right…?”

Tina nodded her head, looking suspiciously at Amelia’s white thighs.

“Dorothy, I’m sorry, but could you tie her hair?”

“Oh, you saint, you can’t do that without me, so what will you do if I disappear?”

Dorothy gaslighted Lecia’s simple request.

Amelia glanced at Dorothy and thought, ‘If that boy were a boy, he would have become a huge libertine.’

Luckily, Lecia doesn’t think anything of Dorothy.

Dorothy went behind Lesia’s back to tie her hair and saw a sphere floating on the water.

Looking at the two spheres that looked very soft, Dorothy swallowed her saliva.

When Dorothy sees her companions, they all have a huge burden on their hearts.

It’s not like Dorothy doesn’t exist, but compared to them, she looks light.

“Everyone, you are all amazing…”

“Hmm~ What~?”

“It’s nothing!”

Dorothy quickly tied Lesia’s hair.

Of course, Tina knows what Dorothy saw and said was amazing.

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How could I not notice that Dorothy’s gaze keeps coming this way?

‘That kid is just looking at the bottle. ‘My drinking capacity is quite amazing!’

Tina misunderstood and took a swig of the drink in her hand.

***

The second day after the trip.

I could hardly sleep because I was suspicious of Ivan’s last name.

It’s not a big deal that Ivan has a last name.

Well, it could be from a fallen noble family, or from a fallen family like Kuclet, the target of the fall.

He may be from a noble family who lost his family while running away during the war.

But what I wonder is why I never once questioned the surname ‘Ira’.

I don’t own every noble family, but I have memorized the names of most families on the continent in order to attract attention from celebrities.

And ‘Ira’ is a surname I have never heard in 12 years of my life.

But why didn’t I question Ivan’s last name, ‘Ira’, and didn’t other people who heard my name question it either?

‘Tama seemed to know something… ‘

Looking at yesterday’s reaction, it is clear that Tama knows something about Aira.

But to find him, I asked the innkeeper about Tama.

“Tamayo…? No one has booked a room with that name…”

They had the same reaction.

‘There’s no Tama at the inn? Then, I’ll have to ask Lord Brielle first.’

I went to Sir Brielle, who was the only one who saw me and Tama, and asked him about Tama.

But Brielle said she wasn’t sure.

“Tama…You mean? Who is that?”

“Don’t you remember the man you saw in the bathhouse yesterday? That person is Tama…”

“What are you talking about? I used the bath alone yesterday…?”

I couldn’t help but feel like I had been hit hard in the back of the head.

‘Was the man I saw yesterday a mirage? No, the man’s face is so clear in my memory, but is it really a mirage?’

Now I began to doubt my own memories.

When I was in deep trouble, I heard Dorothy’s cheerful voice.

“Are you all ready to go to your destination today?”

The group was ready to follow Dorothy.

I slapped myself lightly on the cheek.

Yes, didn’t we make a promise earlier?

I came on this trip to rest, not to worry about these things.

I cleared my complicated head and followed the group.

“Today’s destination is the famous volcano! We will go near the peak of the volcano, and on the way down, we will visit the dragon village!”

Dorothy said, pointing to the huge mountain.

“Isn’t it impossible to go near the dragon village because there is a barrier?”

“Yes! But I heard that a festival will be held in front of the barrier, so I’m only going to participate in the festival!”

“Ah, it’s already Bongryong Day? That’s great! Bongryong Day is a day when picky dwarves drink expensive alcohol!”

I picked up the conversation between Tina and Dorothy as a tip.

‘Bongryong Day’ is a holiday that I also know.

Bongnyong Day (封龍日) is the day when the dragon that threatened the world with its overwhelming power was sealed.

It is mainly a three-day event to celebrate the liberation of the volcano from the oppression of the dragon.

“Now, from here is the entrance to the volcano!”

As the group laughed and chatted among themselves, we soon reached the threshold of a huge mountain range.

The mountain that seemed overwhelming when viewed from a distance becomes even more threatening when viewed up close.

The gigantic energy of Mother Nature itself and the fiercely proud energy of the dragon mix.

That huge mountain looks down on us, and we have no choice but to look up at it.

I can feel how uncivilized humans are in front of the pinnacle of all things, Mother Nature.

“It’s a little… Scary…”

The saint held onto my arm, her delicate body trembling.

Honestly, I’m a bit scared of climbing such a vicious mountain.

However, the volcano will be safe.

Due to the energy of the dragon, the pinnacle of the living world, the demonic beasts left the volcano a long time ago, and the road was paved by dwarves who are expert in road paving, so it is very safe.

“Don’t worry. If anything happens…”

I quickly covered his mouth.

I almost said a flag-like line again.

‘I’ve been through a lot of trouble because of the flag…’ ‘I almost made a mistake again.’

Flag is a power that is activated on a similar principle to chanting a spell.

No, I think it is a power that can almost be equated with mystery.

Words have definite power.

Even in the case of chanting a spell, it is clear that there is a difference in output depending on whether it is performed or not.

Spell chanting can manipulate mana because it is words with intention, but mana plays tricks on words spoken without intention.

Mana’s pranks like that are called ‘flags’.

I’ll give an example of when I was in a back alley or when I was a clown, and I was in trouble because a flag was triggered for something I said for no reason.

“You two~ I’m going to climb the mountain now, but aren’t you coming~?”

Tina is gesturing to come here among her group who have gone ahead.

I grabbed the saint’s shoulder.

“It’s absolutely safe.”

“Ah… Yes.”

I chose words that would not trigger a flag as much as possible and told them to the saint.

If something happens like this, it’s just me being a pest…