Chapter 24

As expected, Leo must have obtained demon’s medicine from Keith. It would have been a great opportunity for Keith to change the medicine.

Somehow, my head got cold. Even the sadness of being on the verge of death felt distant, and my mind was just calm. I just wanted this pain to end quickly.

“Keith, you……!”

Heath cried in a heavily breathing voice. His remaining words were muddled with anger. His anger was unfamiliar. Why? Didn’t I have to sacrifice myself to release the seal? Or is it because of the pain that is making me dizzy and hallucinate?

“The whole plan went awry because of her. If she was gone, everything would have gone the way it was.”

“So you poisoned Julia?”

“It was necessary to awaken the power of the evil spirit Ramuta. Open your eyes….”

Grand Duke Keith couldn’t even finish his sentence. Black smoke rose from Heath’s hand and quickly became a flame and attacked Keith’s body. However, even as his body was burned by the fire, Grand Duke Keith burst into laughter.

“Hahaha! Setting me into flames, isn’t it cheap if the price of reviving the incarnation of evil is my life? Don’t forget, you have the power of the evil spirit Ramuta in you…….”

After the flames died down, there was not even a body left.

I hate the thought that such a guy is my comrade.

Now I can go and tear Grandpa Winder’s hair. Oh, my grandfather doesn’t have hair, so should I tear his beard instead? I closed my eyes thinking that. I felt someone holding me. I knew it by the warmth on my shoulder. It was Heath.

Scared, I tried to push Heath away.

“Uh, Julia…….”

Heath’s arm fell off me, even though it was a very weak force.

But he embraced me with more force. My arms trembled as if I were enduring something very scary. At the same time, he didn’t let go of me.

I don’t know if he tried to trick me or not. But the emotions that touched me now were as real as they were. I wanted to believe this tremor.

When I forced my eyelids to open, I saw Heath’s purple eyes right in front of me.

“……Heath.”

I opened my lips to say something, but only breath escaped from my throat.

“Julia, don’t say more. The antidote… I’ll get an antidote, so if you hang in there a little bit.”

I shook my head. The poison had already spread near my heart. My body was cold, and my fingers were numb. Even though I opened my eyes, the view was blurred, so I couldn’t see Heath’s face well.

I had a lot to say.

I closed my eyes again.

“…… Julia? Wake up, Julia!”

But at that moment, light burst out from my chest. The purple flash grew bigger and covered my whole body.

I lost consciousness.

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I had a dream.

In a small room with simple furniture, there was a white bearded Daishin coffin lying on the bed. I recognized him right away. It’s Grandpa Winder. My only family who brought me to the temple. And I realized that the scenery in front of me was a dream. Because Grandpa Winder is already dead.

“Goddess, please save Grandpa Winder.”

I was praying in front of the bed. It was when I was working as a maid before I became a saint.

Grandfather Winder’s illness did not disappear, and I could not call a foreign doctor with a maid’s small salary. The only way left for me was to pray.

Grandpa Winder uttered a painful moan. I mumbled with my hands together with a more desperate look.

‘Grandpa Winder is a faithful servant of the goddess. Please don’t take away Grandpa Winder’s life…….’

At that time, a pale light shone in front of me, and the goddess Gremia appeared. At first, I fell asleep while praying and thought I was dreaming.

However, the goddess, who had long silver hair and was surrounded by bright light, looked exactly like the mural in the temple. I knelt at the feet of the goddess and said, in surprise.

‘Goddess, please save Grandpa Winder. He’s like a family to me.’

My chin trembled. Rather than the surprise and excitement at the fact that the goddess had appeared, I only thought that I had to cure Grandfather Winder’s illness somehow.

“What a poor child.”

The voice of the goddess Gremia sounded not through her ears but directly in her head. It was a stern, benevolent, mysterious voice.

“I will share my power with you. You are my reincarnation now. The light that heals the sick and purifies the darkness will be with you.”

At the end of the sentence, a white light circled over my head and absorbed into my body. My body was filled with divine power like water rising from a spring. Never learned divine magic, but I naturally knew how to use this power.

I straightened myself up and poured out my divine power on Grandpa Winder. When the white light touched his body, his expression gradually changed.

I felt at ease. Soon I heard an even breath. I was so thrilled that I knelt down again.

‘Thank you. Thank you, Goddess……!’

‘Raise your head. I have a favor to ask of you instead.’

‘Say anything. I’ll give my life.’

‘I don’t need your life.’

I gave a deeper bow. My forehead touched the floor.

“Then what should I do?”

‘But help one child. He’s a poor kid, too. You’re the only one who can save him.’

‘What kind of kid is he? How can I find him?’

‘You’ll know when you meet. He’s asleep now, but he’ll see you soon.’

The goddess disappeared, leaving the words behind.

The Pope made a fuss about me, saying that the miracle of the goddess had been accomplished. I have acquired the rank of second only to the Pope from a maid who does chores. But I didn’t even care about him. The only thing that matters is the fact that Grandpa Winder is alive.

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