ALAITD

Chapter 6

Chapter 6: The Pleasure of Saint Meldiana

Time rewinds a little.

Saint Meldiana is in a good mood as she returns from sending the sinner Lysette to the Dungeon Realm.

The carriage is as luxurious as royalty, with thick cushions to absorb all of the road’s shock and fatigue.

The carriage is now on its way to the capital, where a ceremony will be held to repair the barrier.

—Ah, Onee-sama is finally gone! How refreshing!

She is overjoyed but does not express it.

—Poor Onee-sama has to live in such a deplorable environment.

Meldiana and the church were “kind” to her and did not force her to enter the dungeon.

However, they are considering selling her body to unscrupulous adventurers. And let her body and soul be shattered.

Because Lysette has committed a heinous crime.

—Onee-sama had everything I was looking for… Onee-sama is the one who is being unjust. This is the punishment she deserves. Punishment for being the only person who lived in luxury without me until I returned. She deserved it.

Meldiana’s mother worked as a maid in the Claudis household. She had a child with the head of the family’s son-in-law, ran away, and raised Meldiana alone while working in a tavern.

When the head of the household died, Meldiana’s father, who was now acting as marquess, came to the slum to pick her up.

Her mother, however, had died not long before.

Her mother had faith in her father until the end, but he did not arrive on time.

The Marquise took Meldiana in, but the reception of Meldiana, who did not have a drop of the Marquise’s blood in her veins, was not flattering.

But, Meldiana was treated well by her father, the acting head of the family, and her sister Lysette.

…Meldiana, on the other hand, was unable to accept this.

Her father and sister gave her everything she wanted.

Because they recognize Meldiana as a weak being, they can love her as if she were a pet.

She holds a grudge against Lysette in particular.

—How could Onee-sama have everything while I was left with nothing, despite the fact that we shared a father?

That’s how she made her decision.

She desired to take everything she possessed.

Her father assisted her in this endeavor. He was an ordinary man, but he had a deep love for Meldiana. Perhaps he was atoning for her mother’s death.

“Hahaha.”

Meldiana burst out laughing.

This was the pinnacle of Meldiana’s happiness.

The saint’s group stops at a church between Norun and the capital to perform a blessing ceremony and break.

The blessing ceremony is a holy ritual that can only be done by Saint Meldiana.

Meldiana mulls over this as she and her attendants make their way to the guest room.

—It’s a rural church… I wish we could just leave this place.

Meldiana thinks that the pilgrimage would be easier if they only had to protect the area around the royal city and the rich lands.

“You must be exhausted from your long journey—please rest here to recover from your exhaustion.”