85 – Unblessed Wedding (1)

It may be a bit chaotic, but I usually enjoy puzzles.

After being selected as the exclusive subject of the saintess, I couldn’t go out of the monastery without permission, and I became a thorn in the eyes of all the priests in the monastery. Entertainments like chess or poker that needed a suitable partner were like a piece of cake in the picture. .

Until I was allowed to go out, indulging in reading alone in my room or enjoying a jigsaw puzzle brought by a nun was my only pleasure.

Because of this, I have become a body that cannot be satisfied with puzzles of moderate difficulty.

It’s been a long time since I’ve been through all the puzzles sold around here, including jigsaw puzzles and three-dimensional puzzles, and I used to quickly learn the tricks just by touching the first type of puzzle a few times.

However, even I had no choice but to panic in front of a bizarre puzzle that I had never seen before in my life.

Not because of the difficulty of the puzzle, but because of the risk of not getting this puzzle right.

Unlike other puzzles where you can give up halfway and don’t care if you lose a piece, this puzzle does not allow giving up, mistakes, or failure.

Because it was a puzzle that depended on one person’s life.

”Whoa…”

It was dark before my eyes when the stuffed robber suddenly shattered into pieces.

Perhaps thanks to the past days of spending all of my free time on puzzles, my hands naturally completed the puzzle in front of me even without my head giving orders.

Like that, it takes dozens of minutes to assemble a high-strength puzzle that fits perfectly just by putting the pieces together without any glue.

After I had succeeded in restoring the strength that had been like a collapsed stone wall just a moment ago to its original form, I finally let out a sigh of relief from my mouth.

But I couldn’t slow down the tension.

Whether or not this human puzzle I’ve completed is really complete, it hasn’t been deciphered yet.

”how about it? Does it look like something?”

”Hee, hee! Now, I was wrong! I’ll give you everything I have! please! Please take your life!”

”No, it’s like a spice…”

The man, startled by my implicit question, suddenly fell to the floor and begged for my forgiveness.

It was an unexpected fortune that the man whom I had knocked down for threats was acquainted with the stuffed robber.

No matter how advanced I was at puzzles, I was never able to assemble an object with a complex shape like a human without an accurate answer sheet.

It was simpler than I thought to properly connect visually prominent parts such as the body or limbs, but assembling a part that requires sophistication, such as the face, with only the memories of seeing it at first glance was quite a daunting task.

So I tried to ask him for help from time to time, who could accurately remember the robber’s face, but it seemed that he couldn’t fully accept the current situation, where an acquaintance he knew was hardened and fragmented like a stone.

Every time I asked for advice, he let out an ear-splitting scream that, rather than helping, only hindered him.

However, I couldn’t just blame him blindly.

If I had witnessed such a terrifying sight without knowing the context, it was clear that I would have reacted not very differently.

”this.”

”yes?”

It was then.

Suddenly, the saintess stabbed me in the shoulder and handed me something.

Its identity is a man’s finger, one of the puzzle pieces that he inadvertently left out.

The image of a young girl calmly holding a person’s finger in her hand was unusually hideous.

I couldn’t frown in front of the saintess’ rare good deed, so I accepted the hand with a bright smile.

”Thank you. You did a great job.”

”Did I do well?”

”of course. I’m alive thanks to you.”

Although I was a bit concerned about the man’s eyes looking at us exchanging human body parts like objects, as if we were watching a murderer in a horror movie.

Now, no matter what I say, the impression the man has on me seems unlikely to change, so I decided to continue working in silence.

clap.

”Creepy!”

It was then.

When I put his fingers together, which was the last piece of the robbery puzzle, the robber breathed heavily, as if the stopped time had moved again.

”Huh! Huh!”

”D-D-Roy!? What, what!? you! I-was he alive!?”

The fear of death and the fierce longing for life were clearly overflowing in the figure, holding his own throat with both hands and gasping for breath with the momentum to vomit out even his internal organs.

”Hey, there…”

It was around the time I was about to say a few words to him, feeling sorry for the robber who was not able to control his own body and mind.

”Ahhh!”

A vivid emotion flickered in his eyes as he looked up at me stuttering, causing my consciousness to pause for a moment.

It was a familiar look.

When you look at a transcendent being with great power, fear naturally springs from a corner of your heart. fear. scare.

It was exactly the same as the way I used to look at my colleagues.

”aaa!!!”

”Hey! Go, go together!”

Right after that, their escape from the place with a shrieking shriek as much as they could, reminded me of a group of small sparrows running away at the sight of a scarecrow.

◈◈◈

My heart was not at all clear.

In addition to successfully defending the money and valuables from a sudden robbery, she successfully prevented a crisis in which the identity of the saintess was almost exposed to the public.

Why?

I couldn’t shake off the faint uneasiness that something had gone wrong somewhere.

”come fast. Quickly.”

While holding the ring box she had taken from me with one hand, the saintess tugged at my finger with the other hand, urging me on and on.

”Lady. Because the nun hasn’t returned yet. Wait a little bit…”

”I waited a long time. Gotta go fast. Wow. come here. Quickly.”

”ha····.”

The nun, who went to buy the bread she wanted to eat, hadn’t returned yet, but the childish look of the saintess who was desperately teasing me like a person whose foot had fallen on fire was an unmistakable child.

Was it my mistake to feel that the saintess’ mental age had matured a lot lately?

How dare you promise to grant a wish to a saint like this? Did I just do something wrong?

A sense of helpless regret passed through my thoughts for a moment.

Right after that, the only thing that came to my mind was a small question.

”Holy Maid… Can you tell me what your wish is now…?”

At first, I thought it was just because she wanted to go out with me, but I was able to infer that it wasn’t because of the saintess’ behavior of continuing to drag me somewhere even after she came out.

but.

”Still a secret!”

”Ah yes····.”

Those bright eyes full of bloated expectations didn’t allow me to ask any questions.

I tried to roughly infer the outline of the wish in the direction the saintess was leading me.

From the image of the saintess eagerly looking around the streets, there was only suspicion that she was looking for the right place to achieve her goal, rather than having a clear destination.

”Ayu! Aww this is true! timely! I met you just in time! Priest bachelor!”

”uh? old lady?”

It was then.

A warm and familiar voice suddenly caught my consciousness, and the identity of the voice was that of a lady at a bar that regularly delivers wine from our monastery.

”Oh, how are you? You were healthy…”

”Priest bachelor! It’s no different! What time is it now! busy!?”

Before I could even finish saying hello, the lady holding my shoulder with both hands asked an urgent question.

”Hey, Mrs. In fact, I’m a bit…”

”No different! My daughter-in-law is getting married today, well! The pastor who was supposed to officiate was unable to come because of unavoidable circumstances! That’s what I mean, bachelor! Couldn’t you officiate for the pastor instead!?’

”ah····.”

Even with that fragmentary information, the series of circumstances was roughly drawn.

If you were asked to pick the luckiest day in this system, it was clear that anyone would answer like this.

The day of the blessing ceremony. say.

For this reason, the number of lovers who promise each other a future during this gracious period during which the blessing ceremony is in progress is by no means small.

The story that a man and a woman who marry at this time can live happily ever after is a famous tradition in this system that even a three-year-old child knows.

As a result, the priests who are in charge of blessing the future of such a couple are also very busy during this time.

Some high-ranking priests who are known for their high virtuous lives are often scheduled for several years by nobles.

”sorry····. Aunt… I also want to do it like a chimney, but right now I have urgent business…”

”That’s right! Oh, how, how not! bachelor!”

”If it’s tomorrow, how can I free up time, but no matter how much, right now…”

It was around the time I was about to politely refuse the lady’s request, pretending to push the air out with my hands outstretched.

”let’s go.”

Without even a word of warning, the saintess rang loudly.

That resolute yet radiant voice seemed to convey this intention to me.

found.

Called.