That Man’s 101st Bad Ending

Chapter 10

Coincidence-3

It was okay to say that the life of a saintess was the most boring life among all that humans could do.

Even if it is admired by people, that is all.

What does it mean if a person you cannot even see face to face admires you?

Instead of gaining God’s protection, he lost his eyesight.

The world that I remember from birth is only the difference between light and dark, and I learned what color flowers are only through learning.

The name of a saint, the position of standing tall as the pinnacle of the church and blessing the people of the empire.

Although he never had any doubts about it, ‘the world’ was always one of the things that aroused Adrian’s curiosity.

An unknown world where you don’t know what it is, even though you’ve heard it through books or fairy tales.

Adrian had always wanted to talk to someone other than a priest or pope.

For that reason, the first time I escaped the church was when I was 13 years old.

The world where I had to go out with a priest who was close to me because I was blind was a very mysterious place.

The sounds that reached my ears were different from the sound of bells.

It wasn’t the organ sound that I always hear, but people were really talking about something.

princess? Imperial Palace? I didn’t know it at the time, but it was later that I found out that the first friend I made outside the world was the princess.

If he hadn’t accidentally run into the princess’ carriage, what would he have been doing by now?

Perhaps he met a strange person and got caught up in something suspicious- Adrian laughed lightly at the memory that suddenly came to him.

“Saint?”

“No, just thinking about the old days.”

I escaped once and was caught and scolded, but after that I was able to go outside freely.

However, she had to hide her identity as a saint, so she wore such shabby plain clothes.

Adrian was out and about, so it was simple.

Sometimes I climbed the hill without thinking and stared blankly at the sun, and sometimes I stopped by the slum where young children live together and became their companion.

While doing so, he heard what was going on in the world, but the child who cursed at Mirazen was often scolded by her.

Today was the day I stopped by the nursery school where such children live.

It was an outing once a week, so I headed with high expectations, but Adrian was puzzled by the tumultuous atmosphere.

I couldn’t see it, but I could feel the atmosphere.

Normally, the children would come running when he came, but today, only a few children came and it was just noisy.

“Is something wrong with you?”

When Adrian bent his knees, a child who was chattering next to him answered.

“Hans got into a fight with Cato and ran away. He’ll probably be back in a little while.”

ha. Adrian let out a small sigh and stood up.

There were often cases of children fighting, but shouldn’t we find them because they ran away?

Besides, Hans was a child who often had accidents.

If you go out and get caught by a noble with a bad personality, things will go wrong, so it was better to find out before that.

“Since my sister will be looking for you for a while, is there anyone hurt?”

“Yes, no one was hurt.”

That’s it. Adrian left the children behind and wandered the streets looking for Hans.

But it was true that it wasn’t as fast as I thought.

It wasn’t easy to walk unless there was a person next to you, so it would be better if you used divine power, but you couldn’t use that power in a place like this.

“Where is Hans?”

Adrian, who listened to the sounds around him with that thought, should have found it before it got dark.

My shoulders trembled at the sudden voice.

“Um, over there. Who are you looking for?”

“Hey!”

Silence fell over the screams that burst out without my knowledge.

For the saintess, who did not always raise her voice to maintain fidelity, it was nothing more than a very embarrassing ‘accident’.

Calming his pounding heart for a moment, Adrian carefully pursed his lips.

I’m sure I’ve heard that voice before.

The name that came to mind was quite unexpected.

I thought we’d meet later, but I really didn’t expect to see you this soon.

“…Awesome Taylor.”

Her voice, which answered as calmly as possible, trembled slightly.

Perhaps you haven’t noticed

With such thoughts in mind, Adrian’s expectations of waiting for an answer soon collapsed miserably.

“Ah…yes, that’s me.”

Even an idiot would notice the voice mixed with faint laughter.

Adrian’s expression crumpled at the voice that was about to laugh openly.

“You were looking for this child.”

What Adrian was looking for was the kid I had just bumped into.

I remember where it was, so when I brought it to her, she smiled brightly and stroked the child’s head.

Maybe he was a guy who had a lot of accidents.

Rather than the joy of finding it, seeing that he was relieved that there had been no accident, a smile leaked out for some reason.

“You are laughing again.”

Then Adrian glanced at me.

His eyes were closed, but if he had good eyesight, he would probably look glaring at me.

Maybe it was because she had laughed a little after hearing the scream earlier, but she was reacting a little sensitively to my laughter.

“I laughed because it was nice to see. The picture is pretty good, isn’t it?”

“If it’s like that… I don’t have anything to say…”

“Well, I think people might scream when frightened.”

“I-I never screamed.”

I think I just screamed a little while ago, but I thought it was unexpected that I screamed.

Isn’t it the girl who is always aloof and doesn’t even raise her voice well at official events?

Looking at it, there was a little bit of an easygoing side.

I never thought I would be working at an orphanage while taking care of the children.

Is it really a saint?

It wouldn’t be that easy to go out, but I was admiring the fact that he was using even that small opportunity as a volunteer service.

I’ve never encountered anything like this around. If you have a person like this, you can trust him completely.

I had a sudden thought like that.

I’ve been through countless episodes, but this is the first time I’ve met a saintess, if I had built up a relationship with her before.

I wonder if my ending would have been a little different.

It wasn’t that he hadn’t tried to meet the saintess.

It was just odd that I couldn’t meet him.

When I tried to meet her, the saintess had already fled to another country.

When they could barely meet, they were surprised and caught off guard.

I almost gave up my expectations of meeting, but it was the saintess of this episode that I met twice because of coincidence.

…It was a little futile, but I don’t think there’s anything bad about it.

“By the way, where was Sir Taylor on his way?”

“I came because I had something to do. By the way, aren’t you heavy?”

When I asked as he watched as he struggled to lift and move the heavy load, Adrian nodded saying he was really okay.

It’s probably something like a child’s blanket.

Even then, seeing him stumble a few times by himself, of course I couldn’t stay still.

“Give me this. I think it would be faster for me to do it.”

“It’s okay, you can rest- oh.”

“No, it’s because I’m not okay.”

At first glance, it was a risky move.

It was amazing that he had been doing this until now, but on the other hand, he glared at the attendant who was just watching.

No matter how much she had to be like a commoner outside, she was her own saintess, isn’t it too much?

However, the attendant shook his head as if it was unfair.

It was as if he knew roughly what was going on.

Perhaps it was her stubbornness, to come to a place like this and use her strength alone.

“You really don’t have to help.”

Adrian pursed his lips and grumbled.

It must have been that I couldn’t carry the heavy load, so I finally got quiet when I took the one on top of me.

I thought I was an unusual woman.

Ordinary nobles would be reluctant to come to a place like this, but to come to a place like this with the status of a saint.

Several children began to attach themselves to Adrian, who moved with a blanket.

Then she spat out what she had to say, and as she listened to those words, she responded by tossing things around.

“Guys, if you keep clinging to me, I won’t be able to move forward.”

“Sister, Hans has been beating Kato ever since!”

“I didn’t hit you, I just touched you!”

“Hans, if you keep doing that, your sister will leave early.”

Then, a guy named Hans shuts his mouth.

It seemed that Adrian’s influence in this orphanage was considerable.

No matter how you look at it, it’s nothing more than a mess, but to hear her words so well.

The person believed to be the head of the orphanage was just watching this spectacle with satisfaction.

Adrian was very well integrated among those children.

I don’t know when she started doing this, but it can’t be denied that she finds joy in it.

At that thought, my expression was a little, very little. It was getting dark.

It felt like seeing someone from another world.

She was laughing with the children, even though she couldn’t see her eyes, she was worthy of being called a saint.

It’s different from me. The light from the sky seemed to shine upon her.

I laugh bitterly at the sight of a shadow cast where I stood, and only the light directed over Adrian with his child.

Don’t you feel like you’re being discriminated against?

After all, since she was a saint chosen by God, it was only natural that her treatment was different from mine.

“Sir Taylor, can you help me with this for a minute?”

Adrian said to me standing in such a shady place.

She didn’t even make a sound, but her gaze was directly in the direction I was standing.

After flinching for a moment, he responds in a calm voice.

“What are you doing?”

“The children are not leaving. Can’t you just look at me for a second…?”

With so many children clinging to her hem, it seemed that the situation was quite difficult in her own way.

Even so, it seemed that he was sorry to ask me, so I readily replied that I would understand and took the children off one by one.

Maybe a guy named Hans who knows me has already told me, but the children got away from Adrian as soon as I came forward.

I’m glad I didn’t listen at all.

As for how to deal with small children, I had never really experienced it until now.

Adrian bowed slightly to me and then disappeared with the attendant.

It was quite surprising that he was able to walk so well as if he was familiar with the terrain around here.

By the way, if Adrian comes, shouldn’t I go too?

Originally, I moved with the thought of going to the guild.

Maybe if she came, I wanted to go to the castle to do my job.

“mister.”

Then a child tugged on my sleeve.

Uncle, that wasn’t a bad title. If I were to judge my mental age, it would be a corpse.

When I glanced at it, the surprised guy cautiously opened his mouth while looking in the direction where Adrian disappeared.

“Do you know your sister?”

“…we only know each other by name. Why are you asking that all of a sudden?”

“I was wondering if we were dating. Unnie and uncle are adults too.”

“That’s not it, so don’t worry.”

Then some of the children let out a sigh of relief.

Do you think Adrian and I don’t get along very well?

Of course, I had no intention of becoming a lover with her, but I felt very uncomfortable when this reaction came back.

“Is it still posted there?”

It was because of a voice from the other side that those thoughts were scattered.

Adrian and his attendant, who had brought a full water bottle, were approaching this way.

Since it was summer after all, some of the children were sweating profusely, so maybe that was the reason.

“There are still.”

“Ah, maybe you went first. Thank you for helping me earlier. Even water here, huh?!”

Adrian’s body began to lean forward.

It seemed that he couldn’t bear to think of the stone beak in front of him as he hurried toward me.

His calm expression crumpled, and the water bottle in his hand went into the air.

The sight of hair flowing like sunlight flying in the air seemed like a scene of light fading.

Perhaps if I hadn’t caught her, she would have been badly hurt too.

“Huh.”

Adrian, propped up in my arms, let out a short breath.

I had no choice but to hug her tightly because I was barely holding on to it before it hit the ground.

I felt a warm breath in my ear.

With his neck hanging over his shoulder, Adrian’s heart in my arms was pounding.

For a moment, Adrian, who had gripped my shoulders, pulled away and slowly moved his lips.

It was embarrassing to see him fall, but his cheeks were lightly flushed.

“Okay, you caught me. Thank you…really.”

“Are you okay? Sorry for touching your body. To catch him falling.”

“it’s okay. It was something you couldn’t help it. Ugh, I don’t usually fall well.”

As she stood up with my support, she groaned and grabbed her ankle.

Apparently, he must have sprained his ankle while falling, so Adrian muttered softly as he stood up with the help of an attendant.

The expression of lamenting that there was a lot to do today was very regrettable, and the children also only looked at Adrian with a sullen expression.

Then, suddenly, the eyes of the children reach me.

The eyes with the blatant intention of ‘If you are an uncle, can you help?’

I would have ignored it anyway.

If it had been a woman other than a saintess with me, I would have certainly ignored it and gone about my business.

“ha.”

I accidentally touched my neck.

The wound that Adrian had treated the last time he was wounded, the cut had disappeared without any scars.

So shouldn’t I help out once in a while?

…Perhaps, this was also a move to build friendship with the saintess.

“If it’s not something that takes a long time, maybe I can help you a little.”

“really?”

“…Yeah, I’ve been helped before, haven’t I?”