Chapter 5

Soaking his hands in the spring water, he scrubbed compulsively to the point of washing. It was his old habit to wash his hands in holy water more than five times a day. Cedric cleared away the chair again and slowly turned away from the statue. The goddess with amber eyes was now his whole life. If I could live like this with the cleanest things in a quiet temple as if time stopped because the shadows of the world did not cast it… Then really, there was nothing more I could wish for.

“It’s such a perfect life.” Cedric Finn Raphael took a step forward with a fresh heart. No one or nothing could interfere with his chaste life. The statue of Theresia was still standing where Cedric had turned. The moment the sunlight shining through the stained glass shone on the statue, the statue’s amber eyes twinkled.

Pride is always useless. The emperor of the Mihadas Empire had six children. The day had come when the entire Holy Knights were shaking. Today was the so-called ‘choice day’, the day when new paladins who have completed a rigorous training course are assigned an imperial grandson to escort. Theresia’s direct line to the paladins who worship Theresia, the goddess of the Mihadas Empire, found it of great honor to escort the descendants of the imperial ancestors.

However, for the past few days, special magics have been taking over in the dormitory of the Holy Knights. Based on the local beliefs, more and more people made wishes to the tree in the dance hall, and in the end, even the magic circle of a quack wizard appeared on the floor of the lounge.

“Goddess Theresia, please understand- His Majesty Selena…”

“It’s not as good as your Highness Hasuda. Do tell everything!”

“As you know, the seniors I tell you, are still okay with it. I wish I could be assigned that way…”

Cedric Finn Raphael, lying on the bed in the common room, gasped at the pathetic sight. Alice, one of the few who treats him indifferently, threw him a rosary engraved with an unknown magic circle and asked. “Fin, do you want it? I will lend it to you.” Cedric was disgusted and threw away the glove that the rosary had touched.

“Don’t lead me into such cheap beliefs. Theresa-nim is watching, I’m embarrassed.”