Get ahead of the fallen heroine and make the minotaur the victim.

Being ridiculed in front of others like this, Clotil was certainly not in a good mood, and her expression became very ugly. She stared at Noah's back with eyes full of resentment.

For a moment, she even thought of finding a way to make Noah feel the curse of the lust pattern.

"!? What on earth am I thinking!?"

However, this thought was only fleeting, and after realizing that this kind of behavior was inappropriate in any case, a look of regret quickly appeared on my face.

Although Noah is a rough guy who is not gentle to women at all, fighting violence with violence is not what a nun who believes in the Goddess should do.

She should have chosen to forgive Noah's sins.

Yes, maybe Noah could turn over a new leaf under her influence and become a kind and polite person?

...Although she herself didn't really believe in this possibility, it was better to have an idea than to have no idea at all, right?

"Alas, my future is bleak, but please rest assured, great and kind goddess, I will overcome your trials to prove my piety. That kind of man is nothing big as long as you get used to it! ... Maybe!"

After cheering herself up, the nun put away her embarrassing appearance which she had never shown to others before.

She put on the dignified and graceful demeanor of a nun again, and hurriedly trotted after Noah who was not far away.

As the two men left one after another, the grass in front of the big tree returned to its former tranquility.

Apart from some places being flattened and some places seeming to be wet with dew, there were no other changes.

114. Noah, the foul-mouthed old father

Noah was the first to walk into the village. As soon as he arrived, he looked at the surrounding scenery with great interest, as if everything was new to him.

Thinking about how complicated his mood was, but Noah was so happy, Clotil couldn't help but feel a little dissatisfied and started to find fault:

"Don't you call yourself a human observer? Why are you also interested in the scenery?"

"I am just observing humans. Please, of course human culture, customs, and architecture are also objects that need to be observed. It is better to say that these are more important than simply humans themselves. Or, Sister, do you think it is enough for me to just watch you?"

Noah, who was observing the buildings and facilities in the village, heard this and turned his gaze back to the nun behind him.

Being stared at with that evil smile, the nun felt uncomfortable all over.

She instinctively wanted to refute Noah's nonsense, but because she noticed the gazes of the villagers around her, she finally just put on the posture of a nun, smiled faintly, and replied calmly:

"Sir, you really love to joke, but please stop, because the goddess is always looking at you."

"Oh? Where is it? Why can't I see it?"

Noah looked around deliberately as if he was looking for someone.

If it was someone else, Clothier would still think that he was truly ignorant, but when Noah did this, Clothier just felt that he was mocking her.

"My lady, the goddess lives in the sky, so of course she can see everything on the ground. Could you please not do this? I can say it, but if other believers see it, they will think you are disrespectful, right?"

Clotil suppressed her anger and acted like a serious nun who listened to the troubles of believers, but her smile actually showed her impatience.

"Haha! How disrespectful! The goddess herself hasn't brought down divine punishment on me yet, but the believers are planning to take action first? I think those people are the ones who are disrespectful."

"...I beg you, could you please shut up?"

Clotil, who was about to give up after hearing one more word, had his hands folded in front of his legs, but now they were clenched so tightly that they were shaking from trying to hold back his anger.

Needless to say, the smile was a very stiff and forced one.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that she was holding on.

In response, Noah simply said, "Since the nun has begged me, I'll just be quiet for a while." He spread his hands as if he was very generous, and began to observe the surrounding scenery again.

While the nun felt relieved, she also felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

She really shouldn't have talked to Noah. In the end, Noah was fine, and she was the one who was unhappy.

As expected, I should just ignore Noah and go report the commission directly.

The nun thought so and walked past Noah, then took the uninvited Noah to meet the village chief like a guide.

The village chief was one of those common amiable old men. He was surprised by Noah’s arrival but did not say much. He simply assumed that Noah was Clotil’s companion.

When he heard that Clotil had successfully hunted down the pig orcs, he did not doubt her, but chose to believe her directly.

The feeling of being trusted like this made Clotil, who had suffered great mental torture at Noah's place, feel as if his whole body had been purified.

It turns out that people like Noah are only a minority. The vast majority of people in this world are friendly.

Because they had defeated the pig orcs who would come to steal cattle and sheep from time to time, the enthusiastic village chief invited Clothier and Noah to stay for dinner. Clothier wanted to decline but couldn't get the better of the village chief, so he had no choice but to agree.

She drank some tea and then rested in the house specially prepared for her by the village chief.

She didn't know if it was because she had consumed too much energy in the previous battle, and then because of the effect of the lust mark, but she suddenly felt very sleepy as soon as she lay down.

No, wait, something seems to be wrong. No matter what, I shouldn't be so sleepy... Could it be...

He tried desperately to open his eyes, but they closed uncontrollably. Clotilde seemed to have drunk too much and could not get up after he lay down.

She slept soundly without dreaming.

But on the other hand, she woke up very quickly.

About four hours later, she woke up from her sleep.

The first thing she did when she woke up was naturally to use magic to remove the curse on herself.

"It's so despicable that you drugged me! I don't have anything to steal!"

Clotil raised his upper body from the bed and cast purification magic on himself while muttering to himself in annoyance.

He was angry that the village chief had actually given him a beating.

"…No, you are worth stealing, Sister."

At this time, what sounded in her ears was a leisurely voice of a young man.

Hearing the voice, Clotil looked towards its source in surprise.

It turned out that Noah was sitting on a chair in the corner of the room with his legs crossed, reading a book. It looked like he had been reading there for a while.

Because the thick book in my hand has many pages turned.

"Y-You mean they were going to do that to my body!? Aren't they believers?!"

Although she was surprised by Noah's sudden appearance, she realized after thinking about it carefully that Noah had actually been sitting there for a long time. It was just that her attention was not in the room when she got up, so she didn't notice it at first.

So Clotil was not surprised why Noah was there, but was surprised why the village chief did this to her.

"So-called humans are creatures that can lie without changing their expressions. Sister, have you seen any church with even one room in the village here?"

Noah turned the pages without even looking up, and responded to Clotil's questions casually.

Unlike the rudeness he had shown before, Noah now looked full of rationality, like a wise man who saw through everything.

"I didn't see that...but, but."

After hearing what Noah said, she also felt that the absence of a church was indeed suspicious.

She originally thought that it was because the place was too remote, but now it seems that this is not the case.

But she still couldn't believe that this was done by the village chief. She felt that her vigilance shouldn't be so poor.

Could it be that with her magic power taken away, even her intuition has become dulled?

How, how could this happen...

"But let me tell you a good news, Sister. After you fell asleep, I found a suspicious figure nearby. And it wasn't the village chief. It's likely that someone used the village chief to drug you. This is your fault for not being alert enough. It's really embarrassing, Sister. You were almost tricked by an ordinary person."

Ignoring the sentimental nun, Noah suddenly closed the book, making a 'pop' sound to attract her attention. At the same time, Noah raised his head and gave her a rather sarcastic smile.

"Gu..."

Instinctively, he wanted to refute something, but in the end, Clotil was unable to refute it. He slowly lowered his head and made an unwilling sound.

Because she knew that Noah was right and she was indeed careless this time.

She narrowly escaped humiliation.

"Hmph, remember this feeling of regret now, so that you won't have the same feeling again in the future. Being careless once or twice is acceptable, but if you do it a third time, you'd be a hopeless fool."

At this time, Noah's further ridicule came to her ears, which made the nun's already uncomfortable mood even more uncomfortable.

What? Can’t this man say something nice?

...Huh? Wait, what does that mean?

Noah was reading in the corner of the room. Was he actually watching over her?

The nun suddenly realized this and a look of disbelief and surprise appeared on her originally ugly face.

she?

Protected by Noah! ?

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PS. It’s the third update, and there will be another one around 0 o’clock.

115. You didn’t expect that! I’m going to change my taste!

Clotil felt very surprised that she was saved by Noah.

So she quickly looked at Noah, trying to find the answer.

However, when she raised her head and looked at the chair in the corner again, Noah had already left the chair alone, carrying a book, and was walking towards the door.

"What's so surprising? Last time you went crazy because of the lust mark, it was me who helped you. But if you want to thank me, just provide more data next time the lust mark activates."

Noah gave her the conclusion before she even opened her mouth, using a purely rational voice devoid of any personal emotion.

It was surprising that my thoughts were seen through.

But Clotilde felt more disappointed.

She knew that Noah couldn't be standing by just out of kindness.

As expected, he just treated her as an important object of observation.

Yes, anyway, she is probably the only nun in the world who has been tattooed with lust by the lust demon.

Thinking that Noah actually had good intentions or something was just wishful thinking on her part.

Oh, she is so naive.

"Then I'll take my leave."

"Hmm? Wait! Where are you going?"

Because of Noah's sudden farewell, the nun, who was just trying to calm herself down, reached out her hand to Noah anxiously, as if trying to keep him.

"Since you are awake, Sister, I should go do my own thing. You don't really think I am your stalker, do you? I also have other research to do. What, do you want me to stay and protect you?"

Noah, whose hand had already grasped the door handle, stopped temporarily, turned around and gave a friendly smile to the nun who was still holding out her "Erkang hand" with a nostalgic look on her face.

"No, there's no need! I'm just asking casually!"

Being stared at by Noah with that kind of eyes, Clotil also realized that he seemed to be behaving a little strangely.

So he quickly put his hands away and tried his best to look normal, and his expression quickly changed to a serious one.

"Ha, really? I'm just asking. Well, anyway, Sister, just do your best."

After leaving behind a half-smile, Noah disappeared from the room.

As the door was closed again, Clotil looked at his hands in a daze.

"…I am so anxious that I want to seek help from others. I have really become weak."

Looking at these hands that even the ancient relics given to her by the church could not summon, the nun's expression seemed a little weak.

"As expected, neither the Destroyed Holy Lance nor the Regenerated Grimoire can be summoned... Eh!? Success!?"

She had not held high expectations at first and was just trying it out casually. However, when she felt the familiar and reassuring weight and texture in her hands, the nun could not help but be pleasantly surprised.

"Although it was an incomplete summoning, and only one of the magic books was summoned, this also means that my strength has recovered a little, right!"

There has been nothing but bad news recently, so when the good news came, the nun seemed particularly happy.

She was just like the time when she first got the magic book as a girl. She happily looked at the precious ancient magic book in her hand over and over again, her face full of joy.