The Freed S*aves Became Obsessed

"Saintess!"

"Saintess, please bless me too!"

Amid the fervent welcome of high-ranking clergymen and citizens, Elise became a saintess.

The duties of Saintess Elise were not much different from when she was a nun. She helped people and spread smiles throughout the Holy Kingdom, reassuring the faithful.

Only, the scale of her responsibilities had grown immensely.

Dressed in her black and white saintess robes, Elise walked the streets. The procession of priests and paladins guarding her had grown longer, and crowds gathered to catch a glimpse of her.

It was as if they had come to see a descended deity.

Yet, Elise’s demeanor remained unshaken. She smiled softly and waved gently at the faithful.

"Did you see? The saintess waved at me!"

"What nonsense are you talking? She was clearly waving at me."

"It’s nice, isn’t it... Even someone like me receives a smile from the saintess."

At the slave auction, with her frail gestures and expressions, Elise had enchanted many a man’s heart and extracted large sums of money several times over. Now, she had the title of saintess to bolster her.

Winning over the hearts of the faithful was hardly a task at all.

‘That’s good.’

Of course, had they known her true thoughts, such a reaction would never have occurred.

To Elise, the reactions of the surrounding faithful felt utterly trivial.

Now they were all 'Saintess, Saintess,' fawning over her, but the moment her true identity was revealed, their attitudes would do a complete 180, replacing affection with murderous glares.

Ridiculous, utterly ridiculous.

Well, she wasn’t particularly bothered. Whether this side or that, it was all the same—each using the other for their own ends.

Elise spread her smile.

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"Wow~ The venerable Saintess has graced me with her presence. I must have lived righteously to finally receive such fortune."

Even as a saintess, what remained unchanged was her visits to Karami. Seeing his reaction to her arrival, Elise found it absurd.

"Master called me here, and now you say such things?"

"With all the annoying people around, I thought I’d ease your tension."

"If you were really considering my well-being, you wouldn’t have called me at all today. Do you know how hard it was for me to come?"

Becoming a saintess had greatly changed her surroundings. Instead of a nunnery, she now resided in the grand cathedral, attended to by serving nuns.