Chapter 547: For the Descent of the Goddess
Chapter 547: For the Descent of the Goddess
Well, I could understand her surprise.
Judging by the way she glanced at Silvia as she reacted, it seemed Matilda was also concerned that I hadn't been with anyone but Silvia since the shipwreck.
Of course, I was going to… play with Silvia, too.
But that was that, and this was this.
“What are you so surprised about? You think I’d let you go out alone?”
Even before, I’d made it a point to stick with her whenever she went out.
And now that I’d given her the Apostle Appointment, I was naturally planning to keep her closely marked.
The sight of Matilda sending a loving gaze to any man other than me… I would never, ever tolerate it, no matter what.
“I-I wasn’t planning on going alone….”
As I stared at her, my gaze filled with a resolve that could be called a sense of duty, Matilda murmured in a dazed voice, her eyes flicking toward Leia.
“Still. I won’t forgive you for going out without me.”
“Yes….”
Despite my selfish words, which could be seen as possessive, Matilda seemed pleased, giving me a dreamy look as she gently nestled into my chest.
Holding her lightly, I shifted my gaze to the corner of the dining table.
“Silvia.”
“Hic! Cough! Ye-Yes, si-sir?!”
Silvia, who had been peeking over at us with a look of envy while sipping her post-meal tea with both hands cupped around the mug, jumped as if she’d been struck by lightning at my sudden call and choked. Still, she managed to answer desperately.
Seriously. You’re just too… sigh… Is it even possible to give her the Apostle Appointment?
She was cute, of course.
But her symptoms were getting worse by the day.
Now that even Matilda had received the Apostle Appointment, which I thought would happen much later, I wanted to give it to Silvia as soon as possible, too.
“You’re coming with us. Get ready.”
“M-Me too, sir?!”
“Yes. Why? You don’t want to come with me?”
“I’d love to!”
For someone so incredibly shy, she sure knew how to answer those kinds of questions without fail.
“Good. Then let’s go.”
When I beckoned Silvia over, she cautiously approached me, desperately trying to control her trembling legs.
Of course, her control only lasted for a moment.
“Hyaaaaah….”
As I pulled the approaching Silvia lightly into my arms, her legs gave out as expected, and she began to melt.
“Be careful. Don’t go and kill her by accident.”
Sara, looking a little uneasy at the sight, said in an exasperated tone.
From the way she spoke, it seemed Sara wasn’t planning on coming along.
I thought with her personality, she’d definitely insist on joining us.
Did she see me single out Silvia and figure something out, deciding to step back?
“Like I’d kill her. This adorable Silvia. Right, Silvia?”
“Hyaaaah! S-S-S-Sir… Sir Guwon?!”
I rested my face on Silvia’s shoulder, pressing my cheek firmly against her soft one and rubbing it. The melting Silvia suddenly went rigid and began to vibrate.
“It’s because you’re always like that that I’m worried, you idiot.”
Sara said this, but she just shook her head and didn’t say anything more.
“But, my friend. For Matilda’s class change, isn’t it possible with your power alone, without needing to go to the Temple?”
Watching us, Diana muttered in a small voice.
She had barely spoken during the meal, embarrassed about the video we’d filmed, but her tone suggested she couldn’t resist pointing it out.
“Ah.”
“Don’t tell me you actually forgot?!”
“No. It’s just that Matilda so naturally said she was getting her class change at the Temple that it slipped my mind.”
She was right, of course. In this world, each job had its own specific method for a class change, but for Matilda, who had received the Apostle Appointment, none of that was necessary.
In fact, that’s how I’d changed Leia’s class.
“It’s alright. I was planning on doing it at the Temple anyway.”
But Matilda spoke up as if to soothe me as I made excuses.
“Hm? Really? It’d be easier if I did it. It’s not hard. All I have to do is press a button.”
I said this, thinking she was trying to take the complicated route just to cover for my mistake, but Matilda shook her head, her expression resolute.
“No. I have things I need to do at the Temple anyway.”
Things she needs to do with such a determined look on her face. Don’t tell me she’s…
No. Rather than dragging things out until the curse is broken, this was probably the natural course of action. She’s certainly a woman of action.
And so, it was decided that Leia, Silvia, Matilda, and I would go to the Temple together.
Come to think of it, I feel like I’ve been going to the Temple a lot lately, just with different members each time.
“Alright. Let’s go then. Hey. Vaness—”
“Then, Lady Diana. I have a backlog of work, so I shall take my leave.”
Since we were going with Matilda, a carriage was essential.
With that in mind, I had naturally intended to take Vanessa with us, but she pretended not to hear me, bowed to Diana, and vanished from her spot in an instant.
Th-That girl…
It felt like she’d gotten even colder since yesterday’s incident.
Shouldn’t your relationship deepen after skin-to-skin contact like that?
Sure, it was unintentional, but after seeing how hard I worked, she should at least show me a little more gratitude.
“She took the entire day off yesterday. I’m sure her work has piled up.”
As I scowled at being completely ignored, my angel gently took my arm and soothed me.
Haaah… Since my angel is saying so, I’ll let it slide.
It’s definitely not because of the soft sensation on my arm.
Anyway, we grabbed one of the maids in charge of the horses and took a carriage to the Temple.
As expected, the Temple was bustling with countless devotees, most of them men.
No. Compared to before, it seemed the ratio of women had subtly increased.
Still, it was a fact that the majority of the crowd was male.
“Matilda. You look only at me. Don’t you dare look anywhere else. Just keep your eyes on me.”
“Ye-Yes….”
I wrapped my arm around Matilda’s waist as I spoke. She replied with a voice that sounded like it should have a heart at the end of it, her gaze completely fixed on my face.
But even so, I couldn’t relax.
We had to break through that crowd.
Some random riffraff might try to take advantage of Matilda’s curse.
“What are you looking at?! Grrrrr….”
I began to move forward slowly, randomly directing threats at the people around us.
“S-Sir Guwon. You don’t have to go that far….”
Seeing me, Leia gave a slightly troubled smile and looked around.
The devout followers, who had been overcome with emotion at the sight of the Saint, seemed quite taken aback by my attitude.
But no matter how others looked at me, or even if my angel tried to stop me, I was determined to maintain my current demeanor.
Protecting my Matilda from entering her pink-tinted mode for some other guy was far more important.
“No. I have to. Leia, you know how serious her curse is, don’t you?”
“Truly… I’m a little envious of Cardinal Matilda.”
“What are you talking about? This is for you and Silvia, too. Just imagine if some scoundrel’s hand touches you while we’re pushing through this crowd. I’m confident I could grind him into dust, not even leaving bone fragments behind… Mmph.”
As I spoke with killing intent, Leia raised her index finger and gently pressed it to my lips.
“You mustn’t. You shouldn’t say such things.”
“Hehet. My apologies, my angel.”
Even as I said that, I used my free arm—the one not around Matilda’s waist—to wrap around Leia’s waist and pull her flush against me.
Then I looked at Silvia and gestured with my eyes.
“Silvia.”
“U-Uuuuh… Ye-Yes!”
As if understanding my intent, Silvia came to stand in front of me, wrapped her arms around my waist, and pressed herself against me, beginning to vibrate.
That’s my Silvia. We’re on the same wavelength.
Putting aside Matilda, who was in her pink-tinted mode, Leia and Silvia seemed a little embarrassed to be doing this in front of so many people, but they didn’t try to leave my embrace, staying pressed close.
And so, we pushed through the crowd, a flower in each hand—no, more like a full-body bouquet.
Perhaps I should call it a blessing, but maybe because of the video’s influence, the men in the crowd began to back away as I approached, keeping a certain distance as if they were intimidated, just like before.
But if you were to ask if it was another miracle of Moses, that wasn’t quite it.
Because today, for some reason, there were quite a few women in the crowd.
“Kyaaah! It’s the Saint!”
“Oh my! Oh my! This is my first time seeing him in person!”
“Saint! Please look this way! Saaaint!”
And these women, far from moving away, actually swarmed toward me and began to touch me all over.
“E-Everyone! I’m sorry! If you could please let us through… Kyaa!”
“N-No, you mustn’t! D-Don’t touch…! Please let us pass! M-Make way! Make way…!”
“Aah… My darling… I love you… Aah….”
As the situation devolved, the dynamic between me and my girls completely reversed.
The formation of them clinging to me hadn’t changed, but whereas before I was the one protecting them, now they were the ones shielding and protecting me.
Leia, with one hand wrapped around my arm, wore a troubled smile as she desperately tried to fend off the women clinging to me.
It might be wrong to think this in such a situation, but seeing her use even her tail to desperately push the women away was incredibly cute.
And Silvia, too, while trembling as she clung to me, stretched out her arms and flailed them about wildly, trying to clear a path.
Leia aside, with Silvia’s skills, breaking through a crowd like this would be a piece of cake if she used her full strength, but I suppose that’s to be expected of a knight. It seemed she couldn’t bring herself to use violence against ordinary people, so she just feebly waved her arms.
Of course, there was also the possibility that she simply had no strength in her body because she was pressed against me.
And amidst it all, Matilda was, as expected, completely oblivious to her surroundings, staring intently at my face and whispering words of love.
At this point, I’m starting to think it’s not just the curse.
“Haah… haah… haah… W-We finally made it….”
Only after we broke through the crowd and reached the area restricted to priests could we finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Seeing my angel, who had already modified her priestess robes to be form-fitting, now flushed and sweating… it was unbelievably sexy.
“Hya… haah… I-I thought, I thought I was going to die….”
Silvia, finally able to detach herself from me, leaned against a wall as if she were collapsing and gasped for breath.
Somehow, it didn’t feel like she was suffering because of the crowd just now, did it?
Well, if you put it that way, the same could be said for the one next to her.
“Well then, everyone, shall we go?”
Matilda, now separated from me and free from her pink-tinted mode, wore a resolute expression again, as if her previous demeanor had been a lie, and started walking toward High Priestess Sophia’s office.
“Oh my, Leia. And all of you as well. Hello. I feel like I’ve been seeing you often lately.”
When we entered High Priestess Sophia’s room, she greeted us with the same sentiment I’d had just a moment ago.
“Hello. Yes. Today…”
“Hello, High Priestess Sophia. If you are not busy, could you please assist me with my class change?”
“A class change… you say?”
Hearing Matilda get straight to the point, High Priestess Sophia tilted her head slightly.
“Yes. I… have decided to become a Holy Knight again.”
“I see. Is that so. Now that you have found a sure way to break the curse, that would be for the best in many ways.”
At Matilda’s brief explanation, High Priestess Sophia smiled as if she understood the situation and nodded.