How to Subdue the Masochist Princess 102

Chapter 102 – Between a Girl and a Woman

The past and the present began to intersect faintly in my head as old memories suddenly came to my mind.

But at that time, the child and Ophelia looked like completely different people.

‘Why did you save me? Just let them die.’

With empty eyes that don’t suit his age, a scruffy little guy who gave up his life as if he had given up.

“Hmmmm! The Holy Father says that evil forces are scheming in every corner of the Empire, threatening the peace we’ve barely regained! So, let’s join forces and defeat the evil!”
“So… You’re saying that’s what you’ve been looking for.”
“Yes! The angel gave me a stigma and whispered to me to defeat the evil. Of course, I can’t do it alone, so I need a companion, but the elders of the church said you’re the right person!”

It was because this gorgeous girl who proudly reached out to me and smiled brightly as if she had jumped out of a children’s book had no resemblance anywhere.

Anyway, subjugation of evil. What kind of nonsense is that? What else is there to say that I am the right person? I feel like I’ve been caught up in something unexpected.

I tried to smile at Ophelia, who casually uttered such a huge statement, and said,

“I see… Please sit down for now.”
“Yes… Ah! These cookies look delicious. Can I eat them?”
“It was originally brought out for guests to eat, so there’s no need to notice.”

— Crunchy, crunchy!

“Hmm… It’s delicious! I’ve never eaten anything like this at the convent. I feel like I’ve lost my life so far…”
“Holy lady! Keep your dignity!”
“Yes, yes… Sister Scarlett…”

I lost myself in thought for a moment, glancing at the girl who was diligently munching the cookies full of various nuts like a squirrel.

First of all, aside from everything, the most important thing is that Ophelia knows Lieutenant Laurent.

It was as if a great connection had been formed between her and me.

Only a few of her former comrades-in-arms remember her as she died in battle without even leaving her corpse behind because of her fatal mistake made by her past self.

‘Her appearance changes, but her memories don’t. Then she really thinks she’s the kid.’

If that’s the case, it’s not enough that that gloomy little boy has grown up in a few years, and she’s saying that she came back to me after becoming a saint of the Celestial Church.

It was a story that was somehow organized in my head, but it was a very difficult story to accept easily.

“Hey… Why are you staring at me all of a sudden?”
“Excuse me. Because I was so tired, I stopped talking and stayed in a daze for a while.”

First of all, I looked at the saintess who was tilting her head while looking into my eyes gently and evasively evasive.

Just a moment ago she had cut her line like her knife, because she was doing a little to pretend that she was coming.

… By the way, no matter how much she grows up, doesn’t her hair color and eye color change?

I remember that the child’s blonde hair wasn’t that bright and her eyes were closer to brown.

Did her body change due to her divine power? It is strange in many ways.

“Ah! Somehow, you seemed to have a bad complexion… Ho, could you give me a hand for a moment? I’m confident in healing and rejuvenation!”
“Yes, saintess.”

Meanwhile, as I held out my hand to Ophelia, instead of doing something, she began to look at my hand curiously.

— Casting casting

“It’s so big… The scars and calluses are like this… It’s more than twice the size of my hand?”

I’m fiddling with them with both hands, and I’m spreading my small hands out wide and overlapping them on my palms. I am having fun playing with it like a fun toy.

They squirmed so much that even the poorer priestess named Scarlett screamed loudly.

“Saintess! What are you doing in a manly way?”
“Ehehe… It’s a healing act, a healing act! Then… Yap!”

At that, Ophelia pretended to be unable to withstand her nagging and gave off her spirit in her cuteness, generating divine power.

I recalled the moment ago when she used her holy power storm instead of her blessing, and she carefully raised her spirits to prepare for her unforeseen catastrophe.

—Hwaaaaak!

“This…”

However, Ophelia’s divine power contained far greater power than she thought.

The tiredness from yesterday’s all-night bonding with her teacher is completely gone, and it feels like the vitality in her body, which had been squeezed and emptied out, is instantly recharged.

Overwhelming feeling of fullness. At this level, it is on par with the blessing of the World Tree that nestled in Master’s kiss.

Is it true that a saint is a saint no matter how clumsy she is?

“Huh, how is it? Does it feel like your fatigue is relieving?”
“Yes, that’s much better. Thank you.”
“I’m glad I was helpful!”

All of a sudden, she looks different. She wasn’t completely lax.

The girl’s bright smile gives a sense of refreshment just by looking at it, and her long curly blonde hair sways as if she wants to be touched.

—Sweet

I put my hand on her messy hair and gently stroked it. It was an inadvertent act because I was at the right height.

“Huh… It’s been a while…”

Then, Ophelia makes a pleasant snort like a pet.

“Hey Sir Wolfgang. It’s troublesome to touch the saintess’s body carelessly.”

‘Ah, dear.’

It was only later that I realized whose hair I was petting, but it didn’t really bother me. Because I have never been able to stroke the hair of imperial princesses and generals to my heart’s content.

If you don’t hate it, that’s fine.

Anyway, now it’s time to talk about work again.

— Jerrit!

“As expected, there are rumors that the leader of the Knights of the Black Lion reveals a woman…”
“At this rate, even the saintess is in danger…”

For some reason, I slowly opened my mouth, ignoring the gazes of the priests and paladins who were beginning to feel a little warm.

“Well, saintess. Certainly, just a while ago, the angel said that I was the most suitable person to be a companion for the mission. However, I don’t think I can give you a definite answer right now.”

Ophelia asked back with an expression as if she had lost the whole world when she hinted at her subtle refusal.

It was unfortunate, but it was unavoidable. Apart from the personal crush you have for the little boy you reunited with like fate, you have to make sure that you move on.

“Yeah?! Why?”
“As the commander of the Imperial Knights, the main body is loyal to His Majesty. In other words, for a cooperative military operation with the Celestial Church, you must go through the Unified Command and make a formal request for cooperation.”
“Uh…? I haven’t heard anything like that from the Holy Father or the Grand Inquisitor…”

Ah, this saintess is also true.

After talking for a while, it seems like you really don’t know anything. If that’s the case, you’re literally no different than a kid.

He is thrilled with a sense of mission, but he has a lot of authority and responsibility, but he knows nothing compared to that.

Something seems to overlap with her appearance in her first officer days, which was foolish from her.

“As far as I know, the Celestial Church does not have the authority to give me a mission. In peacetime, not in war, submitting and approving a joint operation plan comes first, as there is a separate chain of command between the two groups.”
“I-I understand what you mean. Ha, but I…”

I smiled and decided to leave room for Ophelia, who was intimidated with her shoulders completely drooping.

“It’s not that I’m refusing it. But, we just need more time to do things together. If the saintess does things immaturely, she’ll be in trouble, not the saintess, but her subordinates.”
“Hey…”
“Looks like you’re not used to the position of a superior yet. Gradually you’ll need to get used to this kind of formal handling of work.”

In the first place, if the Eclipse guys were plotting to cause another accident, I had no intention of refusing to stop it.

As knights and bureaucrats of the empire, I feel very sorry for those who dare to join hands with the damned North Koreans and threaten the peace I have built with my own hands.

Besides, the new greatsword he had just acquired had the property of perming, and the devil strategy book he had received from his master was also a car he had been reading with interest.

Even though it’s clumsy, if you get help from a saintess, you’ll want to make them kinder.

I left the saintess with her teary face behind and spoke to the red-haired priestess next to her.

“Did you say Priest Scarlett? You seem to be the actual leader of this group, but I’d like to talk to you instead of the still inexperienced saint.”

Then she answered with a twinkle in her eyes.

“Yes, I do. I heard that you are a very wild and wild person. After all, rumors are not to be believed.”
“Haha. I’m used to that kind of misunderstanding. This is how it looks.”

Ophelia, who was so naturally treated as a child in such a big subject, pursed her lips and grumbled.

However, the problem is that the content was of the kind that was very offensive to my ears.

“Ugh… They look like a man and a woman…”

I would have done it once or twice, but even while talking about work next to me, I kept muttering as if I was singing a spin song by myself.

The age difference is so big that they must be only five or six years old, so how can they act like children?

I couldn’t stand it any longer and fired at him.

“What, you kid?”

Then, the saintess continued to grumble as if she had deliberately listened to me.

As if she had never done that before, she closed her mouth and rushed at me with her eyes shining.

“Mister! You remember me, right!”