‘After all, the reason why either Lady Momo or I must become a witch was in following an ancient tradition, right?’
Although circumstances of ancient times might have needed that, making human sacrifices at this day and age would be beyond ridiculous. Chloe narrowed her eyes and spoke with a resentful tone on purpose, but Yello didn’t deny her words.
‘I was short of time after all. The plan was to promptly restore your honor and have you seal Lady Momo as a witch, but you, borrowing Saintess’ the first’s strength, and returning Lady Momo to normal without letting her kill anyone, was an unexpected fortune.’
‘Unexpected fortune… you say that quite lightly, sir. Telling a villainess like me to suddenly do a saintess; his highness and Cherry asks for the impossible.’
‘Well, it was a good fortune. After all, even if I would not get judged for it, I was fully intent on carrying the burden of turning a blind eye on Lady Momo’s witchery and eventual death for life. Everything worked out in the end, though.’
As the prince spoke of carrying such a heavy burden like nothing, Chloe, who had been stuffing her cheeks with sandwiches, lightly choked. Perhaps aware of how difficult it was to react to what he just said, Yello did not reproach her lack of manners. He just swore in himself to never do such a thing ever again.’
‘The Sacred Church zealous regard for this systematic sacrifice does not conform to the present day. Even if it was made with forefront technology or knowledge from the otherworld, it will still be left behind by the times after hundreds of years.’
‘Is reformation of the Church, his highness’ objective?’
According to what Chloe heard from him, Sacred Church was an organization made by the royal family. However, now that it managed to take its roots throughout the whole country, it wouldn’t be a simple matter to transform something that has now become synonymous with the ‘Saintess’, who is akin to a god.
However, having its “True Saintess”, Lady Momo turned witch, and together with her divine power, was driven away by Chloe, the Sacred Church was put into turmoil. Although there likely won’t be any problems related to miasma anytime soon, the time has come to question the nature of this country’s “authority.”
‘Traditions are important, that much is certain. However, it is also important to match with the times by looking into the current affairs of the world. I know that it’s not something so simply done. But the only thing we can do is to lay the groundwork for years, or decades, in order to change everything one step at a time; as daunting as it proves to be.’
‘Uhm… are you sure you’re just fifteen, sir? Could you perhaps actually be a reincarnator of a politician who lived considerably long?’
As Keith heaved a sigh while crumpling his eyebrows, Chloe who was supposed to be older than him felt him much more aged. His ambiance was far too different than that of the game, or before she was banished. The corners of his eyes raised, seemingly irritated at the Lady’s question.
‘Well, I had to grow faster to cover up for someone’s lacking!’
‘Ah, that’s true. My apologies, sir.’
‘Fufu… but I’m still powerless. Right now, I still can’t get rid of the Sacred Church’s pus. Forceful means would naturally be met with opposition and would lead to considerable bloodshed. I would need a lot of time and manpower, as well as people willing to help in realizing that.’
Yello’s vexing prudence could be ridiculed as ‘indecisiveness’ or ‘cowardice’. He lacked the decisiveness of his older brother Leddorio, in crushing injustices without so much hesitation. However, what saved the condemned and banished Lady Chloe, was exactly Yello’s refusal to paint everything as evil. As for which would be the right approach; Chloe cannot unconditionally decide.
‘So then… what does sir Yello requires of me?’
‘Huh? Nothing at all. Why not do what you want?’
Lady Chloe who was bracing herself to be asked for cooperation was flatly and anticlimactically denied.
‘After all, the reason why either Lady Momo or I must become a witch was in following an ancient tradition, right?’
Although circumstances of ancient times might have needed that, making human sacrifices at this day and age would be beyond ridiculous. Chloe narrowed her eyes and spoke with a resentful tone on purpose, but Yello didn’t deny her words.
‘I was short of time after all. The plan was to promptly restore your honor and have you seal Lady Momo as a witch, but you, borrowing Saintess’ the first’s strength, and returning Lady Momo to normal without letting her kill anyone, was an unexpected fortune.’
‘Unexpected fortune… you say that quite lightly, sir. Telling a villainess like me to suddenly do a saintess; his highness and Cherry asks for the impossible.’
‘Well, it was a good fortune. After all, even if I would not get judged for it, I was fully intent on carrying the burden of turning a blind eye on Lady Momo’s witchery and eventual death for life. Everything worked out in the end, though.’
As the prince spoke of carrying such a heavy burden like nothing, Chloe, who had been stuffing her cheeks with sandwiches, lightly choked. Perhaps aware of how difficult it was to react to what he just said, Yello did not reproach her lack of manners. He just swore in himself to never do such a thing ever again.’
‘The Sacred Church zealous regard for this systematic sacrifice does not conform to the present day. Even if it was made with forefront technology or knowledge from the otherworld, it will still be left behind by the times after hundreds of years.’
‘Is reformation of the Church, his highness’ objective?’
According to what Chloe heard from him, Sacred Church was an organization made by the royal family. However, now that it managed to take its roots throughout the whole country, it wouldn’t be a simple matter to transform something that has now become synonymous with the ‘Saintess’, who is akin to a god.
However, having its “True Saintess”, Lady Momo turned witch, and together with her divine power, was driven away by Chloe, the Sacred Church was put into turmoil. Although there likely won’t be any problems related to miasma anytime soon, the time has come to question the nature of this country’s “authority.”
‘Traditions are important, that much is certain. However, it is also important to match with the times by looking into the current affairs of the world. I know that it’s not something so simply done. But the only thing we can do is to lay the groundwork for years, or decades, in order to change everything one step at a time; as daunting as it proves to be.’
‘Uhm… are you sure you’re just fifteen, sir? Could you perhaps actually be a reincarnator of a politician who lived considerably long?’
As Keith heaved a sigh while crumpling his eyebrows, Chloe who was supposed to be older than him felt him much more aged. His ambiance was far too different than that of the game, or before she was banished. The corners of his eyes raised, seemingly irritated at the Lady’s question.
‘Well, I had to grow faster to cover up for someone’s lacking!’
‘Ah, that’s true. My apologies, sir.’
‘Fufu… but I’m still powerless. Right now, I still can’t get rid of the Sacred Church’s pus. Forceful means would naturally be met with opposition and would lead to considerable bloodshed. I would need a lot of time and manpower, as well as people willing to help in realizing that.’
Yello’s vexing prudence could be ridiculed as ‘indecisiveness’ or ‘cowardice’. He lacked the decisiveness of his older brother Leddorio, in crushing injustices without so much hesitation. However, what saved the condemned and banished Lady Chloe, was exactly Yello’s refusal to paint everything as evil. As for which would be the right approach; Chloe cannot unconditionally decide.
‘So then… what does sir Yello requires of me?’
‘Huh? Nothing at all. Why not do what you want?’
Lady Chloe who was bracing herself to be asked for cooperation was flatly and anticlimactically denied.
