GDC 138

The villagers exchanged confused looks.

“Does Lady Annette have divine power?”

“But Lady Annette is… a fake saint, isn’t she?”

Just as Miel’s lips trembled at the whispered murmurs, an old man standing in front suddenly raised his voice.

“Watch your tongues! Don’t you know that only one chosen by the Goddess can lift a holy relic?”

His eyes were so clear that he looked almost like a madman. Then, he suddenly dropped to his knees and shouted,

“A humble servant of Pogen greets the Holy Saint!”

Overwhelmed by his fervor, the villagers all followed suit and bowed deeply.

“We… we greet the Holy Saint!”

‘It’s fine. These people live deep in the mountains. There’s no one for them to tell anyway. Maybe I can still fix this somehow, I thought—right when—

“What’s going on here?”

The knights outside the temple rushed in after hearing the commotion, their eyes widening…