Chapter 29
Saintess.
As soon as I heard that word, my eyes widened.
“So the Villainess Ring reacting to the word Saintess means the Saintess is a Villainess.”
Thinking back to the Staff of the North, Estella.
“Does that mean the Saintess… is a woman who strongly resents Balleryan falling head over heels for Mirne?”
Getting in touch with the Saintess could be incredibly helpful to me.
The problem was “how to make contact”.
And even if I did make contact, it was questionable what I could actually do.
In the case of the Northern Grand Duke, it was a domestic affair, so it could be resolved internally.
But the Holy Kingdom was completely foreign Territory, so I absolutely needed a justification to intervene.
“It would have been better if the Saint was the one who ruined the banquet.”
Putting that regret aside.
I continued to focus on the conversation between Mirne and the Saint.
“It is not too much. Rather, Mirne, you are more than qualified to become the Saintess.”
“But doesn’t… the Romper Church already have a Saintess?”
“The position of Saintess is vacant. There are only candidates, and you, Mirne, can become a candidate as well.”
“I am not a member of the Romper Church, though.”
“Isn’t it enough to simply believe? The Romper Church does not reject those who wish to believe.”
As soon as the words Saintess Candidate came out, I could roughly guess how things were playing out.
“If the Villainess is a Saintess Candidate rather than the Saintess, that means there”s a battle going on for the position of Saintess.'
But can an outsider intervene in a battle for the position of Saintess?
And the only qualification for that intervention is simply believing in the Romper Church?
“This is quite an interesting story.”
As far as I knew, the Holy Kingdom claimed and worshipped Romper as the only god.
But that didn’t mean they persecuted other gods.
“…If I were to ascend to the position of Saintess, I don’t know if I could handle such heavy duties.”
“It will be fine. I will be by your side… If I am there… I will provide you with a great deal of support.”
“Even so, I don’t think I can make such a light decision here. I will really… think about it seriously, because that is the right thing to do.”
“Mirne… How can you be so thoughtful? I understand. We will discuss this again later when we are alone.”
“Yes, again.”
While I was coming up with various plans.
The conversation between Mirne and Balleryan came to an end.
“The conversation is over, but I can continue to monitor them. What would you like to do?”
“No, that’s enough. There’s nothing good about leaving a long trail.”
“Understood.”
I replied to the Executioner’s words that no further surveillance was needed.
I had already obtained enough information, and I didn’t have the luxury to keep watching them anyway.
“By the way, what is your name?”
“It is Luminix.”
At the answer of Luminix, the Executioner who used Mystic Power, I nodded my head.
“I have not forgotten the Covenant. But from what I hear, the Covenant is a matter of the past… and I know you cannot speak of its details.”
“That is correct.”
I proceeded with the task of lowering the Empire’s Probability of Destruction.
“I heard Arveda needs her true name found.”
The conditions of the Executioners' Covenant would obviously be different for each of them.
I felt like I needed to figure out these conditions to even attempt anything.
Of course, even finding Arveda’s name, whose condition I already knew, was daunting right now.
But it was much better than not knowing at all.
“Since it happened a long time ago, honestly, I do not know the details. So I was hoping there might be some sort of hint to deduce what the condition is.”
So I just directly asked for a clue to figure out the Covenant condition.
There was no need to beat around the bush to find out the condition when the person involved was right in front of me.
“They raise the Probability of Destruction? Then I can just ask them and lower it.”
I felt there was no need to agonize over something this simple by myself.
And indeed.
“…You mean a hint?”
“Yes.”
As if reacting to those words, Luminix slowly looked my way.
Grabbing the hood she hadn’t taken off in the Northern Region.
“This is the greatest hint I can give you.”
She slowly took it off.
“…!”
Luminix’s appearance beneath the hood was beyond imagination.
As if she had been cursed, purple spots were spread all over her body.
Her body itself was shriveled and twisted, as if lacking nutrition.
On top of that, there were those unknown spots.
The sensation of facing an inexplicable monstrosity spread throughout my entire body.
“I cannot tell you anything more detailed.”
It was definitely a big hint, but it was still too lacking to figure out the Covenant condition.
So.
“What about how you get angry if someone calls you a Fairy?”
I really didn’t want to do it, but I had no choice but to touch the trigger.
The moment I pressed Luminix’s trigger, which I had heard about from Arveda.
“IcannoteverforgivethatevenifyouareHisRoyalHighnesstheCrownPrince.”
As if she had been waiting for it, Luminix glared at me as if she wanted to kill me.
“Were you cursed by a Fairy? Or a Fairy…”
As I tried to continue bringing up remarks about Fairies to grasp the condition better.
“Icannotforgiveyou!”
Fwoosh!
Suddenly, my peripheral vision changed.
Teleport using Mystic Power.
Unlike Magic, I couldn’t feel any precursor to it at all.
“Or maybe Mystic Power itself is an unfamiliar concept, so I just can”t detect it yet.'
I was sure I would quickly figure it out after experiencing it a few times.
Because even I still didn’t know the limits of the Crown Prince’s strength.
Anyway.
“YoumustnotcallmeaFairylookingatmycurrentappearance.”
As soon as Luminix moved to an unknown location with me.
“ThatisaninsultandacursetoFairies!”
She rushed at me while pouring out her words.
Her eyes looked as if she had heard a truly unpleasant insult and was looking at an absolutely unforgivable enemy.
And even her attitude of rushing in despite knowing it was disrespectful.
What I could deduce from this was.
“Luminix was originally a Fairy?”
Luminix’s rough identity.
“Looking at her physical mutation, did she receive an unknown curse and turn from a Fairy into another being?”
Luminix’s condition.
And.
“The Covenant condition must be returning Luminix back to her original Fairy form.”
The Covenant condition.
While I was having those thoughts, Luminix closed the distance in an instant.
“I am sorry.”
She threw a punch clearly filled with the intent to attack.
But I understood.
“She was cursed and fell into self-loathing, so she can”t help but get angry if someone calls her by her original form.'
Also, seeing as she apologized unlike when she was spewing out anger.
Perhaps due to the curse, her body reacted first whenever she heard the word Fairy.
Otherwise, what reason would there be to throw a punch while apologizing?
A Fairy is in a Wizard-like position that uses Mystic Power instead of mana.
But she abandoned that and chose hand-to-hand combat?
“I have to see it as her resisting as much as possible.”
In that sense, I also aimed to subdue her as safely as possible.
In fact, it wasn’t even difficult.
Just.
Tap.
I deflected the punch that was visibly flying in without any power.
“Luminix, still, from next time, don’t pour out your words when you speak, and leave some breathing room.”
After casually spitting out those words.
Smack.
I used the ulnar side of my palm to strike Luminix straight up on the jaw.
“Keugh…, keugh… ugh… I-I will keep that in mind.”
Even while her brain was rattling, Luminix seemed to have regained her senses.
Swoosh.
She used Mystic Power to send me back to the Private Quarters.
And the first thing that welcomed me as soon as I arrived at the Private Quarters was.
[ You have discovered Luminix’s Covenant condition. ]
[ Luminix’s Covenant condition is “to return herself back to a Fairy”. ]
[ You must erase the curse placed on her body. ]
It was a System Message that gave me certainty that my assumption was correct.
“It really was a curse.”
But naturally, it wouldn’t be a curse that could be easily broken normally.
Breaking a curse like this would usually require someone on the level of a Saintess.
Which meant.
“It means I have no choice but to make contact with the Saintess Candidate even more.”
Would making contact with the Saintess Candidate really be something that could lower the Probability of Destruction?
Wouldn’t it just end at the level of simply interfering with Mirne?
I had that thought for a moment, but I completely cleared away those question marks.
And in fact, there was a part I wanted to experiment with.
“Just simply stopping the Empire from giving too much to Mirne lowered the Probability of Destruction.”
Then, if I interfered with Mirne’s actions themselves, what would happen to the Probability of Destruction?
Actually, I had a lot of questions regarding the Probability of Destruction as well.
It was at 80% right now.
Considering the description that the Executioner’s Covenant does not advance the Time of Ruin.
It meant that a large part of what made up the percentage of the Probability of Destruction lay somewhere completely different.
“Why hasn”t the Probability of Destruction dropped drastically even though the Empire decided to no longer give so much to Maselin?'
I needed to look into this part properly as well.
But come to think of it, I realized this was also a problem I didn’t need to agonize over too much.
“Since the answer sheet is close by, after all.”
Shall I make a move in the dead of night for a bit?
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The Crown Prince doesn’t appear much in the story of <I’m Full Because They Give Me Too Much>.
He just comes off as a doting older brother who listens to his younger brother’s whining a lot.
As the novel’s story progresses, his presence gradually fades away.
In a way, it was a given.
Since he wasn’t in the role of a Male Lead and was an entity that didn’t participate in the romantic front.
There was no need to specifically pay attention to him within the novel.
But.
“H-His Royal Highness the Crown Prince… Why in the dead of night…”
“Am I not allowed to call you out?”
“N-No, it is not that. I was just worried about His Royal Highness’s sleep.”
“Haha, I am fine. I am just worried that you might be displeased that I called you out in the dead of night.”
“How could I be displeased? Not at all.”
Mirne was in a state of extreme panic at the Crown Prince who had called her out in the dead of night.
A development that didn’t exist in the original work.
Even though she had already been judged as not being a Conquest Target, the Crown Prince seemed to have a lot of interest in her.
No, it didn’t just seem like a lot, it was a lot.
If he had no interest, there would be no reason to start with a public Marriage Proposal and then call her out in the dead of night.
“Why on earth? For what reason?”
Amidst such confusion.
“Mirne, do you know the fact that the Empire’s Former Northern Grand Duke committed treason?”
“…I am aware.”
“From what I know, you were in a close relationship with the Former Northern Grand Duke… How should I think of this?”
The Crown Prince’s quiet questioning continued.
The dead of night.
A garden where it seemed no one would come.
“Nothing like what His Royal Highness is thinking ever happened. We merely… contacted each other frequently on a personal level.”
Even though the surroundings were completely open.
“You didn’t participate in the treason? It was merely personal? Like with the Second Prince?”
“Y-Yes, th-that is correct.”
Mirne felt a pressure as if she were blocked by walls on all sides.
“Starting from the Former Northern Grand Duke, to the Second Prince, and the Former Grand Duke of the East… Mirne, why do you have so much interest in the men of our Empire?”
“Th-That is…”
“You contacted them so personally, yet why did you not give a proper answer to my public Marriage Proposal?”
“It was difficult for a lowly person like me to properly fathom His Royal Highness’s high intentions, so I could not bring myself to answer. I am truly sorry.”
Mirne prostrated herself flat.
The Crown Prince was suspecting her.
At times like this, she had to unconditionally maintain a low posture to Dispel the suspicion and assert her innocence.
Everyone had always only shown her favor.
An unfamiliar murderous intent thoroughly crushed Mirne’s body and mind.
“Haha, right, you keep evading the answer. Well, I suppose that can happen.”
The Crown Prince laughed briefly, as if he hadn’t called her out to blame her for that.
“You say it was personal contact, but isn’t the situation too coincidental? Are you saying the Northern Grand Duke really only talked to you about personal matters? The Grand Duke of the East too? The Second Prince as well?”
He immediately changed his attitude and continued the pressure.
“I-I really only talked about personal matters. How could I tell a lie to His Royal Highness?”
“Right, of course… I see.”
Mirne continued to lie flat on her face.
Then.
'It’s dangerous if this kind of relationship continues. I need to buy his favor somehow.'
Mirne thought that if the story progressed like this, there would be a huge problem with the story of 'Jupeobae' in the future.
She decided it would be better to give him some information right now to buy the Crown Prince’s favor.
“His Royal Highness, I have a topic that is more interesting than this conversation.”
“Oh, what is it?”
“In our Kingdom… there is a legend about a dragon. Would you happen to be interested?”
A story about a dragon.
The Crown Prince probably didn’t know much about the Executioners.
But if he found out even later, it would definitely be a tremendous help.
“Of course, it”s rare for the Crown Prince to be interested in this story right now, since the Northern Rebellion and the legend about a dragon are too disconnected.'
But still, rather than continuing to be suspected.
She thought it was important to just keep saying anything to divert the Crown Prince’s attention elsewhere.
But.
“A legend about a dragon… Are there many such legends in the Maselin Kingdom?”
The Crown Prince immediately showed interest, as if he had been waiting for it.
“So there was a connection after all.”
The Crown Prince, Bellon, thought.
“Were the Executioners ultimately an arrangement… existing for the sake of the Maselin Kingdom?”
He meant that he would have to thoroughly shake down the Maselin Kingdom in reverse.