The Cursed Child (5)

“...A demon.”

Lady Yuris's expression as she murmured softly was unusually tense.

From our conversation in the carriage, it seemed that even Lady Yuris, a ‘candidate for Saintess,’ had never known demons existed.

“....”

Though the ‘Saintess’ stood outside the Church's official hierarchy, she was generally considered second only to the Pope.

I thought someone in that position might have access to even ‘sealed’ materials, but...

Lady Yuris wasn't the ‘Saintess’—she was a ‘candidate for Saintess.’

As I mentioned before, candidates for Saintess hadn't existed until now.

The position of Saintess was essentially for life, and the previous Saintess personally chose her successor upon retiring.

This was the first time the Church had chosen its own ‘candidates for Saintess.’...