I Became the Maid of the Lout Prince - Chapter 279 [Saint? Woman]

“So, you’re saying there are two people up on the altar now? And besides Lara, the other one is that Lizzy from House August?”

“Yeah. Oh, and for reference, Lizzy is someone who originally wasn’t in the main story because she got caught up in the Palace Invasion Incident, but after I intervened and saved her, she joined the Pharmacy Department….”

“I know who she is. I told you, I read your walkthrough.”

“Ah right, you did. Anyway, that’s how Lizzy tagged along with Lara’s witch test, and now they’re in Week 4. She’s practically on the verge of becoming a witch. Also, from what I can see, unlike the original, there might be two witches now. Even if Lara can’t join the party since she wasn’t a heroine in the original, just keep in mind that you might be able to recruit Lizzy if you persuade her well.”

“…I’d rather not play in ways that deviate from the walkthrough.”

“The world itself is already different from the walkthrough, so what’s wrong with adding some positive variables?”

While mumbling “Well, that’s true,” Gyeongmwajogyegigwat was walking with me toward the altar when he suddenly lifted his head to look at me and asked.

“Wait. If what you’re saying is true, then that means Lizzy is also sitting naked on the altar like Lara right now.”

“Yeah. That’s obvious since she’s taking the witch test.”

“…Then, I’ll stop here. Since we need to have a discussion with everyone anyway, could you go get Ethan?”

“……Huh?”

Why is he suddenly acting like this when we could just go together and talk?

…Don’t tell me, is he feeling guilty about potentially seeing Lizzy naked?

“Hey, Gyeong.”

“……”

“They’re so focused on their test that they won’t notice even if we go right up to them. It’s not like looking will wear them out, so there’s no need to be that concerned.”

“…Whether they know or not isn’t really the important part. While it might be fine for Lara since she’s a witch, Lizzy probably wouldn’t want me to see her.”

“Well, that’s true, but is it really that important? Besides, Ethan and Prince Antonio have already seen everything, though we’ve agreed not to talk about it outside. Also, if she wants protection from others during the witch test, it’s an unavoidable choice.”

“…Still, if possible, I want to stick to my principles.”

“Principles? What principles?”

“The principle of not doing anything in this world that I can’t take responsibility for.”

“Huh?”

When I tilted my head in confusion at what he meant, Gyeongmwajogyegigwat briefly explained his personal principles that he maintains in this world.

“To put it simply, it’s like this. Since I’m someone who will leave this world after defeating the Demon Lord anyway, I don’t want to form deep relationships with the existing heroines.”

“Ah, so you’re saying you won’t hit and run?”

“…Do you have to put it that way?”

“You’re always calling me ‘LilGirl’, anyway.”

“That’s because it was your gallery nickname… Anyway, while the expression is crude, what you said is correct.”

No wonder he seemed to avoid relationships with heroines even after maxing out their affection. It was inevitable with this kind of thinking.

As I always say, since Luminor Academy was originally an adult erogame, you could progress in terms of scenes throughout the story. While the CGs used similar compositions, the backgrounds changed slightly depending on the location, so there was some fun in collecting them.

From my observation, the three people who have reached nearly maximum affection levels at this point (Seriste, Selena, and Seraphine) are at a level where Gyeongmwajogyegigwat could take them to bed anytime if he wanted to.

Honestly, for a man, even if he had to return eventually, it would be normal to want to do it at least once with game characters, so looking at this aspect, his self-control was truly remarkable.

“With such a rigid personality, how did you even play the original? Were you more into pure love routes than harem routes?”

“…While I do prefer pure love over harems if I had to choose, when it was just a game, it was natural not to care because it was just a game. …But now that it’s reality and people like Seriste and Selena are living and breathing beside me, I just feel I can’t do anything irresponsible.”

“Well, alright. It’s not like we were close in our previous life, so I don’t have anything to say about your judgment.”

If I were also in a situation where I had to return to reality inevitably, I probably would have made a similar judgment.

As a unicorn, it would make me feel somewhat guilty if I were to take these girls’ virginity and then completely disappear back to the original world.

Of course, if I had possessed the protagonist, I wouldn’t have considered the option of returning to reality at all, so it was a meaningless hypothesis. There was no reason to escape from my favorite game’s world.

“Then, I’ll go get Ethan from there… Oh, if we’re having a meeting, we might as well all gather together, except for those who don’t know I’m the Saint. If you won’t go to the altar, go back there and get Knight Colt and Prince Antonio. Tell the two of them to guard with Caraham.”

“Knight Colt? You mean the orange-haired female knight who was next to Antonio earlier?”

“Yeah. Oh, by the way, that’s Natalie’s sister.”

“…Just how twisted has the story become? Why is Natalie’s sister appearing in Part 2? Hey, you’re still planning to help with my walkthrough, right?”

“This got twisted because you forced me to go to the Witch’s Forest! If you had just gone to the Witch’s Forest from the start, I wouldn’t be going through all this…!”

“Ah, alright. Let’s say that’s the case, then.”

…It’s somehow irritating. He helped twist the story too, but he’s talking like he’s forgiving my mistake.

“Ah, right. And when we have the meeting, we need to think about our position as fighting partners too, right? Because of that excuse you made, half of the summer break in the Witch’s Forest….”

“…It’s a bit late to say this, but I don’t think we need to do that anymore.”

“Huh? Why so suddenly?”

“Seriste suddenly awakened as a Saint. Since we don’t need to transfer the Saint’s power to you anymore, there’s no need to practice fighting as partners either.”

“……What?”

What? What kind of nonsense is this now?

The Hero’s party that returned from the Northeastern Plains met with us who had been helping with the two women’s witch test in the Witch’s Forest.

Among them, excluding Knight Colt, Prince Antonio, and Caraham, the rest of the members gathered at one table to continue the previous ‘Saint Discussion.’

“…So, you’re saying that Miss Seriste has truly become a Saint?”

“Yes, Master Blackwood.”

“Can you take responsibility for those words? While I’m happy if Miss Seriste has become a Saint, considering your actions toward Lilith until now, it makes me a bit uneasy to believe it hastily.”

“We clearly witnessed Saint Seriste using her authority, Light’s Sanctuary, during our territorial battle in the plains, Master Ethan. Besides that, Miss Seriste’s authority and overflowing divine power showed their worth numerous times in the northeast, and as the princess, I saw it with my own eyes, so my eyes are the proof.”

“Hmm….”

Despite knowing he had to believe Seraphine’s confident words, Ethan’s expression showed he still couldn’t completely rule out the possibility that Gyeongmwajogyegigwat might be deceiving him.

And Agnes too, though she wasn’t saying anything, still had a questioning expression, so naturally, an explanation that both of them could understand had to follow.

“Well, it’s natural to be suspicious. Until just a month ago, LilG… Lilith was the real Saint. Seriste, could you show them that authority you used during the territorial battle one more time?”

“Y-Yes, Hero!”

Seriste stood up from her seat to use Light’s Sanctuary at Gyeongmwajogyegigwat’s request.

She gathered sacred light in her hands and lowered her posture to dye the surrounding ground with a Holy Light’s boundary.

Whoosh!

“She really is… a Saint….”

“…It was true?”

Ethan and Agnes quietly muttered, realizing something that anyone would have to acknowledge even if they had never seen a Saint’s authority before.

Now, both of them must understand that Seriste had acquired the full qualifications of a Saint.

“It seems what you said about awakening as a Saint is true, Saint Seriste. Congratulations, Your Holiness.”

And that meant I no longer needed to maintain the Saint’s power.

“Yes, Lady Lilith. It’s all thanks to you.”

“No, it’s thanks to your own efforts, Saint Seriste. Surely, Goddess Aurelia must have thought you were more suited to be the Saint.”

“But still, if it weren’t for you, Lady Lilith, I wouldn’t have easily accepted that I could become a Saint.”

“…Pardon?”

What is she suddenly talking about?

“Actually, I gained the belief that I could become a Saint thanks to your words.”

“What words did I…”

“When you said you would pass on your Saint’s qualifications to me, I was happy but also anxious. I questioned whether I truly had the qualifications to be a Saint. I had thoughts like whether I might be punished for acting against the goddess’s teachings.”

“……”

“But even then, you and the Hero kept telling me I had the qualifications to be a Saint, and I learned that being a Saint isn’t about being upheld by others. Not hesitating to think of oneself as a Saint and wanting to act in a way befitting a Saint – that was the mindset I needed to have as a Saint.”

“…Is that so?”

“Yes. And in the meeting before departing for the plains, you also said you would give me the Saint’s power once everything was over. That probably strengthened my resolve the most.

Since I was going to become a Saint anyway, I didn’t need to be afraid and constrained by my current position as a fake Saint. When I believed that my abilities were no different from a Saint’s, I suddenly found myself able to handle the Saint’s authority.”

“Um… well….”

Well, I’m happy that she became a Saint thanks to me, but… what’s this somewhat uncomfortable feeling?

It felt like when you plan to buy your nephew a NinXdo Switch Lite for New Year’s, but they show up already having received a NinXo Switch from their parents – that kind of strange feeling.

T/N

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