I Don’t Want This Bad Ending

Chapter 129: KEEPING YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER: PART 6

They have roles that Evelyn gave before they arrived here.

"Sil, will befriend the Saint as Edickart has said, Sir George and I will be with Sil."

Silvester has the look of annoyance when he receives the plan. 

"I know it's unlikeable but bare with it and used that flattery tongue you got and honed in the royal Palace" Evelyn said to Silvester who started to smirked.

"Alright, it's been so long since I pretended to be someone with good nature..." Silvester smirked mischievously.

Evelyn felt chills when she heard Silvester's mumble and decided to ignore it as she looked at Gil and Chrisfold, her earth and wind contracted spirits.

"You need to do something for me" she said before she paused and continued.

"Gil and Chrisfold will stay in the carriage as a guard and when the temple of light sees that you're nonchalantly guarding the carriage that's when you will use your powers."

"And what about Commander Gab?" Silvester questioned as he remembers that Gab is with them in the rose palace in the morning.

"He has a different goal, he needs to go to the duchy and talk to father." she replied.

'He has a keen sense as he is a part of the beast clan, he will immediately notice if the Duke is acting strange just like what I speculate. And besides, he knows the structure of the mansion, he will know if there's an item with a dark aura.' she thought. 

Then snapping out of her thoughts, she heard a familiar voice.

"Do we have your permission, Eve?"

Silvester looked at Gil who asked this and he turned his head to Evelyn who is looking non-chalant.

"Permission to what?" Silvester asked with one of his brows raised.

Evelyn ignored him and looked at the two whose eyes are sparkling with anticipation.

'They're asking if I've given them permission to use their powers?' she thought before she replied.

"Isn't it obvious? Of course, I'll let you use them as long as you don't get caught and no property is destroyed."

Silvester was confused at the exchange of words between the three. Chrisfold who is known to be the Protector of the west gate has a smile on his face.

"It's been a while since I used my powers with your permission."

"Don't worry, I won't use that much power but I can't guarantee"

Silvester knit his brows, and thought of the exchange.

'Why does they need permission from Evelyn? And what do they mean about destroying property?' he stares at Evelyn who is staring outside the window before they arrive at the temple of light.

But his thought was cut off as he heard George who is outside and is beside the coachman.

"We're here, your highness"

The white walls of the majestic temple of light can see the history that it wants to portray. The castle-like temple with a crystalized dome in the center looks like it was built to show how prosperous the temple is.

"Welcome to our temple, your highness" The bishop says.

Looking at the middle aged man from head to toe, you can see that he lives a life of seclusion and only the necessities are what he spends, but the fabric of his white dress is made from high-quality materials with a diamond gem around the fabric of the neck and his sleeves.

His benign smile will tell you that he lives a life of simplicity.

Evelyn wants to scowl but stop because she needs to act her part as a knight. She then heard Silvester.

"It's nice to see the people who bring light to the citizens of the Levinsgtone Kingdom." 

What Silvester said can be preposterous if the Royals and other nobles heard him, because the Royal family only considers themselves as the light that the sun guided, so this kind of praise can be offending to others but not for the Bishop.

"Your highness is too nice, this temple of light only shines because of the citizens and our beliefs."

This Bishop considers himself as equal to the Royal family that is why he felt nice that someone is praising him like the sun of the Royals, the King.

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"It's nice to see familiar faces" Now, Saint Elise said.

Silvester stared only at the tea that the attendant gave. And he looked forward to meeting the ocean blue eyes of Elise who is smiling like a warmhearted person.

Evelyn is keeping herself from frowning as she stares at the Saint who is graciously sipping tea and looking at Silvester with shiny and kind eyes.

'What a green tea bitch!' she thought.

Silvester started to activate his charming smile that is different from his business-like smile and he praised her like he really admired her.

Elise has these thoughts as she stares at Crown Prince Silvester who kept on rambling about her kind action towards the citizens.

'That's right! Praise me, admire me! I'm the Saintess after the third saint died! I'm that important! Should I get this Prince for myself? I need to throw away that Edickart who doesn't have an ounce of sweetness in his body!' Elise thought as she smiled at Silvester.

Of course, Silvester and Evelyn who don't know what's inside her head are also thinking about her in a different way.

'Tsk! Why am I doing this with this ugly bitch!' Silvester thought, he was still smiling, his charming smile pasted on his handsome face, he looked more handsome as he did that.

Elise blushed at that and Evelyn started to also think of something.

'Yes dive yourself in the honey trap that I made for you. Soon, you will know what awaits you and this temple.'

Evelyn then heard a loud bang!

BOOM! BOOM!

"What was that?!" 

The panicked voice of the attendant said as she looked at the window.

"Oh Oh holy light! Someone- the temple in the east wing has a hole on the holy walls!"

"Is it an attack?" Elise mumbled.

Evelyn looks at the attendant who spoke "holy" two times in her sentence. She also saw Elise walking to the window and staring at the now open wall of the east wing with knitted brows and gritted teeth.

"What happened? Are you alright, Saint?"

Elise looked back as she heard the concerned voice that was coming from the person who came here to have a chat with her. It was Silvester. 

"I'm alright, I think I need to excuse myself and see what happened." she said and she walked out of the door without looking back.

She started to think back on her guest actions. The Crown Prince of the neighboring Kingdom, Silvester.

Elise became wary of Silvester's action at first as he was close to Evelyn, it's because before Evelyn died she got into a fight that all the young nobles heard of. But seeing the man with a concerned face and voice, she shrugged the thought of Silvester becoming the enemy.

And because the attack happened when he was here, it would be stupid of him if he attack the temple of light when he can become the suspect as he visit the temple. and the Pope and Bishop are in a meeting in the secret hall.

She decided to agree as the bishop and the pope said that they could guarantee their influence in the East where the Perspiru Kingdom is located.

When Elise the Saint walked out of the room with her attendant, she also walked through the window and saw the big hole that was left. She turns her head where the carriage of the Crown Prince is located.

She narrowed her sight and saw the two people who were in front of the carriage with a smile on their face, they were still abiding the order of "faking guard the carriage" scene. 

Evelyn felt a chill in her back seeing those smiles. She then heard a voice in her head, it was her contracted spirits.

'I'm sorry, Child, I didn't get to control my power...' Gil said and Chrisfold chimed in.

'Me too princess, my hands are itchy that I unconsciously tear the wall off.'

She sighs inwardly, she wanted to let out a sigh but didn't do it because Silvester is looking at her and Sir George is also doing the same.

She then speaks her mind.

'I need an explanation from the two of you!' she was stern when she replied.

It was because a wrong move can make the temple notice their mana and they can trace where the magic came from. When that happens there's a possibility that they can distinguish that it came from a greater spirit.

Spirits that are rare to see in the naked eye. She doesn't want them to be in danger. 

She then heard a voice again.

'Don't worry princess, we didn't do anything that would make it look like it came from us.'

'Chrisfold is right, Child. Don't get angry. We know what we are doing' Gil said to Evelyn through their connection.

Gil showed a benign smile when he saw that Evelyn was looking at them.