Chapter 44
“What is this?”
The angry voice belonged to Lewarren. He walked fast, sighing in this ridiculous situation.
“Ah. High priest Lewarren. You came just in time.”
“…….”
Lewarren looked at the empress’s face once, then looked at Anais with a puzzled expression. Anais did not avoid his gaze.
However, it was Lewarren who averted her eyes first.
“That thing is ignoring me.”
“…….”
“I would like you to use the power of the God of Destruction.”
“I beg your pardon?”
Lewarren’s expression became bad when the empress spoke while smiling brightly.
“…….”
“Lewarren.”
“…….”
“Did you forget how that thing tried to kill the High Priest of Death to harm me?”
Her tone was similar to that of the real Anais. The way she and Lewarren talk without formality, and even the way she looks straight at him.
“I really can’t believe you are Anais.”
“Whether you admit it or not, I am Anais. That’s what Kylian wanted.”
After saying that, the empress smiled cynically as she looked at the real Anais. Then she called one of the priests of death around her.
“If you don’t, I will do it.”
“Why are you doing this?”
“That thing doesn’t listen to me!”
Even though the empress shouted in annoyance, Lewarren didn’t seem to have any intention of backing down.
“A priest is a servant of God. Not Your Majesty’s servant.”
Lewarren was being respectful to her again, as if to put on a wall between them. Anais was also aware that he was speaking casually, confusing her for a moment with the fake one.
“No, why are you all saying the same thing? Are you a parrot?”
“…….”
“Fine. I’ll change the words.”
“…….”
“Tell me what you did wrong. Beg for daring to look over mine and deceive Kylian. Otherwise I’ll kill everyone here. Except you.”
When Anais saw that the empress was doing this to her, laughter came out. The empress was already looking at the magic tool around her neck with her eyes. After all, she was doing this because of Kylian.
It was clear that the empress sent Anais to Kylian’s break room because she wanted Kylian to hate her. But Anais wasn’t hurt, and it was Kylian who ran away.
So it was clear why she was doing this. In a hurry, too.
“I’ll give you three seconds.”
“…….”
“Three.”
“…….”
“Two.”
[ ‘Your Majesty is right.’ ]
Anais grinned in resignation.
“The lowly girl has finally found her place.”
Anais sighed and lowered her gaze. Even just acknowledging those words, her mouth felt bitter.
“Your Majesty.”
“I don’t need High Priest Lewarren anymore. Whether you leave the palace or not, it’s up to you.”
“…….”
“Chief Priest Leviathan.”
“…Yes.”
“Take that one, and make her do as told. And in the evening, take off the choker.”
“…….”
Phileal’s expression, pretending to be Leviathan, was hidden by the hood, so she couldn’t see it closely, but just looking at his mouth, it didn’t look good. The empress, seeing his lips, smiled excitedly and said,
“Aren’t you thankful?”
Anais nodded her head. Because she’d rather flatter the empress. She would soon leave this body anyway. Until then, she should not make it difficult for Lilith.
“…….”
Anais looked directly at Lewarren. Then Lewarren met her eyes, bit his lips, and quickly left the room.
He was also being strange. Anais thought she was going to stop Lewarren, who was avoiding her. In the end, she decided to wait, knowing that it would be useless to stop him now.
Her life was at stake. She knew very well that it was Lewarren, not her, who was disappointed.
What the empress ordered was cleaning. The hallway and stairs in front of the audience room.
“It is really boring. Right?”
Said Phileal, wrinkling the tip of his nose. Anais really stood with the broom given to her and moved even though she thought it was ridiculous.
“Ah, I want to release you quickly.”
Since the sun had not yet set, the magic tool around her neck could not be removed. After the empress gave permission, the magic changed a little so that it could be removed in the evening, but now the sun was still up.
“Oh.”
‘What’s the matter?’
“The High Priest is looking for me.”
Phileal looked at Anais, troubled.
‘Go.’
“Alright.”
He watched her, focusing on the shape of Anais’s mouth, then smiled at her permission and waved her hand.
“I’ll be back soon.”
When she nodded her head, he hurriedly left the place. It could have been something important if the high priest called him directly.
Anais looked at Phileal’s back as he disappeared, then fixed her broom. In front of the audience room. Before the sun goes down.
Kylian would be in a meeting with the ministers. The reason the empress sent her here is obvious. The former saintess tried to covet the emperor and failed, and was doing what a handmaid would do, wearing a handmaid’s uniform.
To show this to the emperor and his servants. It was clear that the empress sent her here because she judged that it would be offensive. Her thigh, which had been trampled on, was somehow painful. She was sure everything would have been fine. It was as if the hostility that had been pierced against her remained as a scar.
“Hey.”
“…….”
But she wasn’t the only one who had to clean up. The people who were with her were the maids. Usually, they had to wake up in the morning to clean. But now, by order of the empress, the maids from the main palace had to be called in to clean up with her.
Anais looked at each of the maids approaching her. Although the design was a little different from a handmaid’s uniform, it was almost the same. The only difference is that a handmaid wore a white scarf around the neck.
“Hey. Did you really go to see His Majesty at least once, so you said you would clean up?”
“Are you really trying to get in His Majesty’s eyes as such a great saintess?”
The maids regarded the words spilled by the handmaids of the empress’s palace as the truth.
“…….”
“Huh?”
“…….”
“They said she’s a saintess. What kind of saintess is so stupid?”
Anais had a magic tool hanging around her neck, so she couldn’t respond to the taunts anyway.
They were afraid of Phileal. No, they must be afraid of the priest of death’s robe. It was also evident that they looked at her easily without Phileal by her side that was why they were doing this to her now.
Originally, the priests of the Temple of Goddess Julias were far from destruction. Recovery and purification. Because these two were the power of Goddess Julias. It was different from the priests of death who absorbed vitality and sacrifice endlessly.
“Huh? Saint?”
Besides, she was a woman the Empress disliked blatantly. Even the emperor treated her as just a storage of divine power. Anais let out a small sigh and walked to the hallway she was assigned to.
“Oh. Hey.”
“…….”
Once again, the maids began to rant about Lilith as there was no one looking at them.
“It’s because of you that all four of us came to clean. Aren’t you sorry?”
It wasn’t Anais’s fault. It was the empress who gave the orders. It was because of the empress she cleaned the place that had been cleaned up.
Perhaps the reason the empress assigned the maids was because she wanted Anais to be in trouble. When Anais thought that, she felt even more miserable about her situation. However, it was clear that she wouldn’t have long to be sad, so she decided not to spend her energy over pointless things.
Silently, she started cleaning in front of the audience room door. After all, the emperor was in here. Even if they hated her, the only insult they could do was verbally.
She doesn’t know how Lilith would react if she found out Anais used her body like this, but she had no choice. But that’s why she felt sorry for Lilith because she didn’t do anything.
“Hey.”
A large maid who looked like the chief stood in front of her.
“I heard Her Majesty the Empress hates you.”
“…….”
“It’s because you looked down on us that we were called back like this.”
“…….”
Anais could no longer ignore them while cleaning. Because of the brown-haired maid staring at her with her arms crossed trampled at her broom.
‘Move.’
She mouthed.
“Bwahaha! What?”
‘Get out of the way.’
Anais looked at her with an expressionless face. Then the brown-haired maid said amusedly.
“Come to think of it, I heard that the minions of Goddess Julias will continue to live as long as they don’t die?”
“Monster.”
“Oh my, that’s disgusting.”
Anais forcefully took out her broom. If it was her original body, she could use her sword skills even with a broom. Because she had skills comparable to those of Kylian’s.
“It’s already clean, what else to clean?”
“That’s right.”
While they were talking among themselves, they all glared at Anais. Anais stepped back, somehow nervous that they were looking at her like a prey.
“You did us wrong.”
“…….”
“So why don’t you share what you have?”
“I know. I heard that the temple of Goddess Julias was originally that rich.”
Since they were a temple that was used for healing, they were naturally rich. In addition, the top priests of the temple also have money. It wasn’t common among priests who revealed as much money as Lewarren and dealt with unfair things, but there were quite a few.
“That’s all thanks to the tribute our parents paid.”
Maids in the imperial palace had high salaries. So Anais thought it was strange that they wanted something from her. Originally, they would have earned several times more than they would have earned as a maid for a nobleman.
Besides, unlike working in the noble family, in the imperial palace, there was no need to be dragged around like a bed slave too. Because women in the imperial palace could not be touched by other officials without the emperor’s permission.
“Hold her.”
With the behest of the brown-haired maid who seemed to be the chief, the other maids tried to grab both of Anais’ arms. Anais stomped hard on the center of the broom she was holding.
The broom was separated from the head and became a club. Anais held it menacingly in her hand and said,
‘Let go.’
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