“I know that the saintess cares about him. But Ramuta’s evil spirit has already eroded his heart. When this happens, there is no turning back.”

My heart thumped at the ominousness of the Pope’s words.

“Then……what happens then?”

“The war from a hundred years ago will happen again. I have no choice but to face him, praying for the goddess’s mercy. If you stay here, you’ll get caught up in the fight. Hurry up and avoid it.”

“No, Heath!”

My cry did not reach him, and when I kept moving towards him, the Holy Knights held me up. I spoke to Jeremy, who came close.

“Jeremy, help me. We need to save Heath.”

“No, if you get close to the Demon King now, Lady Julia will be in danger.”

“But!”

Then, a black snake suddenly caught my eye. The black snake that was shot by an arrow earlier did not die. It was trying to hide itself in the bushes.

“…… wait a minute.”

“Lady Julia?”

I shoved off the Holy Knights and chased after the Black Snake. I tiptoed and approached it and stepped on the snake’s neck.

“Kyaaak, kyaaak!”

The black snake screamed and ran wild. I pressed the snake with more force on my foot. The snake flapped and bit my leg.

“Ugh!”

I felt a sharp pain. The poison began to spread from the bite. But it’s okay. At this point, I can purify myself with divine power.

“Sword.”

I beckoned to the knight of the temple near me. Unable to wait for him as he panicked, I pulled the sword from his waist. And I put it right in the back of the snake’s neck.

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”

The snake screamed as divine power penetrated through him from the sword. Soon there was smoke and the snake stopped moving.

“Saintess, what’s this?”

“It’s Grand Duke Keith’s alter ego, a demon from the Demon Realm. He’s the demon who dominates hallucinations and delusions. He must have manipulated Sir Leo.”

I thought it was strange.

Heath said he had hallucinated me several times. At first, I thought it was just because I suddenly disappeared and it was because of the pain, but what Heath saw was a fairly specific hallucination. My hallucination blamed Heath. I won’t blame Heath.

I thought it might be a hallucinating magic. If Grand Duke Keith was alive, he would have tried to mislead Heath like that.

‘This… this… me… It’s late… It’s all…….’

A voice was heard in the smoke that spread out. The low voice that followed from time to time was clearly the voice of Grand Duke Keith.

‘The evil spirit… Ramuta will soon…… Resurrection… He is doing….… It’s late, human.….’

“Hahahahhahaha”

Almost at the same time as the smoke disintegrated, Leo, who was facing Heath, screamed. The smoke flew to Leo and entered into his mouth. His silver armor and golden hair have already been dyed black. The words from his lips were no longer Leo’s.

“Wake up, my lord. The keys to the resurrection are all in place. It’s time to revive the power of the evil spirit Ramuta and wipe out those hateful humans.”

“No, it’s not too late.”

Heath’s purple eyes are out of focus. The pattern on the back of his hand seemed to glow. As the Pope said, the power of the evil god Ramuta was eroding Heath’s body.

But he still has me.

Although I wanted to run away due to my poor salary, poor meals and harsh working conditions…….

I’m the only reincarnation of Goddess Gremia, the alter ego of the golden goddess, Julia El Rojas.

I really don’t want to. I’m unwilling, but it might be possible to get Heath back in this way.

I walked towards Heath. The snakebite throbbed on my ankle. My divine magic prevented the spread of the poison, but it has not yet been completely purified. Purple eyes followed me slowly. I don’t see myself in those eyes yet. Reason had been completely eroded.

“Heath.”

“…….”

I put our lips together while clasping his cheek. I felt Heath’s shoulders stiffen. Just rubbing my lips didn’t work, so I put my tongue in and breathed in. The moment our tongues became entangled in a sticky way, I heard a gasp in the background.

“……!”

Oh, I tried to keep it a secret, but in the end, I revealed it in front of the Pope that I had a relationship with Heath. I don’t want the Pope to go to see the goddess Gremia right away.

After the long kiss, Heath let out a slow breath. Heath caught my eye as I took my lips off. My face is reflected in his purple eyes with light. Heath was startled and clasped my cheek. Gently patting my cheek with his fingertips. He’s my favorite person, Heath.

“I’m sorry, Julia. I’m again….”

“It’s all right.”

I said it again with force.

“It’s all right, Heath. And let’s talk about it later. For now, first of all, I’ll have to deal with that somehow.”

Grand Duke Keith, who swallowed Leo’s body, stepped forward and shouted.

“I can’t believe you’re interfering with the resurrection of the evil god. Saintess, should I have killed you myself instead of relying on poison at that time?”

Angrily, Heath stopped Leo from trying to jump at me. I have to do this. I’m the only one who can undo it. I was convinced of that.

“It would be worth seeing the reincarnation of the goddess die by the sword of the Knight of the Temple.”

“Prince Keith, you can’t kill me.”

“That remains to be seen.”

I stepped forward, maximizing all the sacred power left in my body. My head throbbed when I suddenly used strong force. Heath’s wistful gesture and the call of Pope, Jeremy, and Dale sounded distant. Only Leo was clearly visible as I was surrounded by white light. He was moved by the magic of purification.

Since when did he get hold of Leo’s heart? Demons exploit a tiny gap in the mind and feed suspicion, anxiety, and anger. Once lit, a fire devours the beautiful part of the mind and grows in size. That’s how Grand Duke Keith would have misled Leo.

However, Leo had a wick that had not yet caught fire. Grand Duke Keith dazzled Leo but failed to completely dominate him. As evidence, this black knight was just standing like a stone.

Leo swung the sword. Instead of avoiding the sword, I leaned forward more. The sword didn’t cut me, but it was slanted away. Grand Duke Keith screamed, borrowing Leo’s voice.

“Die!”

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