I Tamed the Black Duke as a Terminally-Ill Saint (3 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 67

After parting ways with Elishia, I walked for quite a while before I finally couldn’t hold back my question any longer.

“Weren’t we supposed to stay at the temple?”

Iscariel turned to look at me.

“Why do you think we aren’t heading to the temple, child?”

I bit my lip, realizing my mistake. Right—I was visiting the imperial palace for the first time. Of course, I shouldn’t have known the way to the temple.

The problem was that I inevitably did know.

“It’s just… if it’s the temple, wouldn’t we need to leave the palace grounds? But we’ve been going deeper inside the whole time.”

Iscariel chuckled softly.

“Half right, half wrong. There is a temple within the palace itself. Though it’s true we’re not heading there.”

“Why not?”

Iscariel looked straight at me.

“There’s someone I want you to meet.”

I swallowed hard. Truthfully, what I really wanted to ask wasn’t why we weren’t going to the temple. More precisely…

‘Why are we heading toward the underground mausoleum?’

But I couldn’t ask Iscariel outright. If I did, he might start doubting my true identity. So I kept quiet and walked obediently—until I spotted the entrance to the mausoleum, at which point I pretended to be shocked.

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