Why Do You Obsess Even After Death (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 168

I tightly shut my mouth at the filthy truth I could never have imagined.

This empire has a founding myth.

The myth tells of the one chosen by the gods and the Guardian Houses who vanquished the evil that coveted the land.

The nobles cared less about donating to the temple that served the gods and more about currying favor with the imperial family and the Guardian Houses.

The temple needed funds to serve the gods and to spread their name—and it had a useful weapon: the “Saintess.”

The imperial family, who carried the bloodline of the one chosen by the gods, never looked kindly upon the temple.

As proof, recall how furious the Emperor was when Princess Reflio declared she would hide herself in the temple and become a priestess.

Thus, no one was there to help the Saintess as she was exploited.

“My mother lived like that her whole life. After my younger sister Julia died, she suffered a mental breakdown. I had to take responsibility for her. One day, I came home from work to find her gone. I heard someone saw her leaving, saying she was going to meet Julia… And after that, I could never find her again. That’s how I lost my mother.”

The man glared at Cardinal Solnis with bloodshot eyes and clenched his fist tightly.

“I wanted to find my mother. But I couldn’t ask anyone about her name, her appearance—anything. I was afraid that if it became widely known I was searching for her, and if those bastards at the Imperial Temple discovered our mother was the Saintess who had escaped, they’d do something terrible again.”

Now I finally understood why no one had ever looked for Grandmother. It wasn’t that they hadn’t tried—it was that they couldn’t openly search for her.

“…So please, let me take her and go now. Mother… Mother surely wouldn’t want to stay in this empire any longer. I want to take her as far away from the empire as possible, as soon as I can.”

At the man’s words, neither I, nor Laches, nor Cardinal Solnis, nor Viscount Hillos could offer any reply.

I fully understood his desire not to remain in this empire even a moment longer.

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