Chapter 99

I found myself briefly recalling something from the past.

It must have been around four years or so after the Marquis passed away.

Shurin had happened to want a holy power examination, so I'd ended up getting examined right along with her.

The one and only visit to the temple in my whole life.

Even on the way there, I'd been fairly desperate about it.

I remember praying so hard, begging for even the smallest scrap of holy power.

I'd believed that if it turned out I had any, I could devote myself to the temple and finally get away from the Marquis's household.

But of course, the result had been a bust.

I had no holy power whatsoever.

I was so devastated back then, but thinking about it now, wasn't it actually a blessing?

I'd never gotten tangled up with the temple people, and thanks to staying at the…