She’s a Saint Who Was Banished for Being a Late Bride, but She’s Being Spoiled to the Fullest by the

Chapter 35: Blisters hurt like hell

When His Highness Alex gave me the unimportant information that Mary healed finger blisters, I naturally decided to pass on the information.

“…That.”

Theodore-sama stopped.

I looked in the direction he was staring and saw a familiar girl sitting opposite to Mary at a food stall some distance away.

My eyes widened.

(Karin-chan!)

Today, she’s still firmly dressed like a boy, but she’s surrounded by kids her age who seems to be her friends… For some reason, they are a little distant from this Karin-chan.

Because…

“I can’t believe it! Why, why are you doing this…!”

Karin-chan’s slender shoulders were shaking and her face was bright red.

It was the first time I saw Karin-chan, who is usually so quiet and shy, like this.

I wanted to run to her immediately, but Theodore-sama gently put her hand on my shoulder and said, “It’s all right.”

“But, Theodore-sama. Maybe Mary did something terrible to Karin-chan…!”

“…No. I think it’s more the other way around.”

(The other way around?)

I raised my eyebrows, wondering what he meant.

“You are a liar, Oneesan. You don’t know how to handle finger blisters at all!”

I heard such a shout.

I looked over in surprise at Karin-chan, who was looking at Mary with a devilish expression on her face.

“He-!”

“It’s not hee. Why don’t you take this sober pain thing more seriously! ?”

“He-!”

“Saint-oneesan even took the time to heal my ankles!”

“H… He..a…He, [Heal]…!”

“It’s not just about mixing things up! Are you licking the wisps off my fingers! ?”

“Ugya! ! !”

Maria cries like a regressed toddler, and Karin-chan watches her with a cold stare.

Karin’s bravado and Maria’s mistakes seem to frighten the children who have come to play with her.

(I’m scared too, but…).

I’ve been thinking about this for a while, but I didn’t realize that Karin-chan had such extraordinary feelings about the wisps on her finger.

If I had made even the slightest mistake when I first met her, she would have been furious with me. I’m scared.

Then one of the priests flanking Mary’s booth noticed me and approached with a smile.

“Good afternoon, Evelyn-sama. Are you enjoying the Evelynsama summer festival?”

“Yes, yes, it’s a lot of fun.”

I nodded, and the priest told me about Maria.

“Maria Safka is a great sinner who betrayed the Saint. We will ask her to work in the service of healing magic for the next few years.”

“I see. So …”

I turn my attention back to Mary.

Although she had tears and snot running down her face after being scolded so much by Karin-chan, Mary seemed to be practicing her healing magic as intensely as she could.

Even if she can only heal the touch of a finger now. With practice, perhaps the range of what can be healed with healing magic will expand.

(We weren’t close enough sisters to be able to send positive words like “good luck,” but…)

Mary and I have different mothers, and we are a few years apart.

When I left my parents’ house, Mary wasn’t even born yet.

Therefore, I was very happy when one day a young girl came to the Great Temple claiming to be my sister.

Even if it was just to ridicule me, who was forgotten by her family and treated like a tool to make money… I was still glad she came to visit me.

(My parents never visited me, not even once.)

“Speaking of which, how are my parents?”

Somewhat curiously, I asked him this question.

The priest lifted his lips and smiled.

“…The two are in a faraway land.”

“A faraway land?”

“Yes. Really… Really in a faraway land.”

I tilt my head at the vague, incomprehensible expression.

“Well. What land is far away …?”

The priest smiled insistently.

“…Evelyn-sama, it is a distant land whose name I do not know.”

My not-so-sharp intuition told me.

(I don’t think I should ask any further…!).

“Theodore-sama, let’s see the next event!”

“Wha! Ah—yes!”

Impatiently I grabbed the arm next to me, but for some reason, I got a panicked response.

I didn’t have time to worry about it and just kept walking.

“There… There are quite a few people over there!”

“Th-that’s right. Should we go?”

“I wonder where Kira, Jackson-sama and the others are… It will be hard to meet them in this crowd.”

Aside from the quiet Kira, I thought Jackson-sama would stand out because he seemed to be bursting with energy beyond his years.

With that thought in mind, I walked toward the crowd.

“Evelyn-sama. Well …”

“Yes?”

“My arms…”

At those words, I paused.

After examining his arm, I jumped to my feet.

(Gya!.)

It’s like pressing my chest against Theodore-sama’s arm.

Even though I was desperately trying to get away from there, what a shame I had done to the Count.

I shook my head and clasped my hands at my sides to dismiss any suspicion of me.

“No, that’s not true! It is not true! I am not a lustful woman!”

“Pervert…!”

“I didn’t mean to be a lewd act! Really I didn’t!”

“Lewd…!”

Every time Theodore-sama moans, a murmur goes around him.

“Pervert!”

“Pervert here?”

“Female pervert!”

“There’s a female pervert here! ?”

“By pervert, do you mean hot, pervert? !”

(Everywhere I have been insulted several times…).

More and more I back away.

But for some reason, Theodore-sama gently took my hand, which had turned red and was face down.

He lifted me to eye level while interlacing the fingers of both hands.

I looked up at him anxiously, unsure of his intentions.

“No, I mean. I’m sorry. I’m just glad you took my arm so naturally…”

“Wa-“

“If it’s possible, I will be even happier if you could do that for a while longer.”

(W-What’s that?)

He said that to me with slightly flushed cheeks and a dissolute smile on his face.

Is there really a woman in this world who can turn that down?

(No…The only person who can say that to me is…)

I was about to think of something else, but then quickly dismissed the thought.

“It’s all over. From now on, let’s just, um… hold hands.”

Theodore made a disappointed face for a moment and then smiled happily.

“Even if we just hold hands, I’m ridiculously happy!”

It took me a while to realize that I had been successfully deceived.

…I thought it would be okay if he did that. Just a little bit.