A young girl in a village without protection - Chapter 69

Translator: NovelMultiverse | Editor: NovelMultiverse

“It didn’t go too well.”

“Maybe my prayer wasn’t enough. It would be great if I can receive a response like you someday Lady Meria…………”

Selesina got up from her seat and looked at Meria.

“Thank you for inviting me today. It was nice to meet you after such a long time.”

“I am also glad that I got to speak to you today Lady Selesina. Let’s meet again.”

“Yes.”

Selesina smiled at Meria’s words and began to walk towards the door. The tea meeting was over so she was planning to return back home now.

It was regrettable that Selesina didn’t receive any information that was more useful to her.

Hisui went ahead to open the door but someone opened the door from outside first.

It was Lucaria who came in.

Lucaria noticed Selesina’s presence and smiled at her warmly.

‘Uwahhh!’

Selesina couldn’t help but scream inside her mind.

Lucaria had requested to become her fiancé even though she was already engaged to Soratek.

Noticing that Selesina had stopped walking, Meria curiously looked over to see why.

“Eh, it’s the chief of the great shrine isn’t it?”

‘Amazing’, Meria muttered softly.

“He isn’t someone that you can easily meet. Lord Lucaria possesses the greatest power of blessings oven amongst all the chiefs before. He had come over here a few days ago but I could only see from afar.”

Meria said that she hadn’t had the opportunity to speak to him at all.

“I never expected to be able to see him up close. Wow, what an amazing person.”

Meria was gushing over him. She seemed to look up to him like he was some idol.

However, Selesina couldn’t look at Lucaria with those kinds of bright feelings. After all, she had rejected his request to become her fiancé through her father.

What kind of a face should she show him?

Her head was spinning as she wondered what to do. Lucaria spoke up first.

“Ah, Lady Selesina. To think that I would be able to meet you…………. I guess I must express my gratitude to God.”

“It’s been a long time Lord Lucaria.”

Lucaria Asgarl. He has a strong power of blessings and reigns at the top of the shrines.

He has a calm and doll-like face. It seemed that his calm eyes that were full of tenderness, wrapped everything in its blessings.

He has shoulder-length golden hair which was tied at the back. He wore a hat and his seal of blessings peeked out from the center of his forehead through his bangs which were parted in the center.

Meria was surprised to see Selesina greeting Lucaria.

“Eh, are you acquaintances with Lord Lucaria?”

“Previously he has been of great help to me.”

“Amazing……….”

Meria took a step forward and greeted Lucaria like a shrine maiden would.

“It’s our first time meeting. I’m Meria Saltimal, a shrine maiden that is blessed by the God of Fertility Frey.”

“Yes, I’ve heard about it. That a young lady who is blessed by the God of fertility has come to learn etiquette at the shrine. Are you facing any inconveniences at the shrine?”

So Lucaria had heard about Meria as well.

“You get along with Lady Selesina right?”

“Yes! She’s my friend.”

“Is that so?”

Lucaria was smiling brightly as he heard Meria speak. As for Selesina, she didn’t mind as long as the topic wasn’t about her.

“Lady Selesina, may I have some of your time?”

‘Hiee!?’

Selesina almost pulled back subconsciously but she came back to her senses and smiled cheerfully.

“Of course.”

“Thank you.”

Lucaria extended his hand out to her when Selesina agreed.

He wanted to escort her.

Selesina took his hand and looked over to Meria.

“Thank you for today Lady Meria. Best wishes to you.”

“Me too………I mean, thank you too. Please let me invite you again.”

“Yes, I look forward to it.”

After exchanging greetings with Meria Selesina walked out with Lucaria.

“………………………”

The silence was terrible heavy.

Hisui who was following behind was sure to have felt it too.

They soon reached a reception room.

“Thank you for coming. I’m sorry for forcibly inviting you Lady Selesina.”

“No………….”

Maybe he wanted to talk about the engagement or maybe he didn’t. She wanted to sigh as she thought about it and run away.

It was a great honor to receive a proposal of engagement from the chief of the great shrine.

No lady that was not already engaged, refuse him. Even if they were already engaged…………. they would probably dump their fiancé and choose Lucaria……………there were surely many women out there that would do that.

‘My fiancé is the crown prince Soratek.’

She couldn’t possibly put her head down and accept this offer.

‘Or more like the timing is bad.’

Selesina was the villainess in the fantasy game for girls called ‘Maiden of Asgarl’. The story that was waiting for her was to be dumped by the crown prince Soratek.

If Lucaria had proposed to her after she was dumped then she would have accepted his proposal.

‘Ah but he may not want to propose to a lady…………….that has been dumped once.’

No matter the case, the timing just didn’t seem to match.

Selesina sat down on the sofa and a shrine maiden served them some tea and baked sweets. The shrine maiden then left the room and the only people left in the room were Lucaria, Selesina, Hisui, and Lucaria’s aide.