My Curse? A Different Yandere in Every Reincarnation-Chapter 14: What...

I stand waiting while the carriage pulls up, and then I see a short, chubby man with graying hair and an arrogant look step out. He's wearing a pure white robe with a gold rosary that has a ruby jewel in the center.

'Great, a narcissistic and proud pig.' I know this type well.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Pope, may the grace of Solaris be with you," I say with a smile as he steps out of the carriage.

"Good afternoon to you as well, my saintly lady," he says, his gaze on my body is disgusting, but I ignore it as he starts walking towards the church.

After an uncomfortable silent walk, we arrive at a meeting room in the church. I've never explored the church much, so I don't know much about it.

Alehandro can't enter since this is a "sacred" place where only the most influential members of the church are allowed.

In the center of the room, there's a large silver sword with a golden hilt. I suspect it's the Sword of Execution.

"My saintly lady, would you mind holding the Sword of Execution? I really want to see this scene," the Pope says, gesturing for me to touch the sword.

I go to the sword and touch it, and the blade starts to glow with a silver light.

'So this is how I was chosen as a saint...' The sword glows, although I don't understand how it supposedly glowed for me, since I didn't witness such a scene on the day I was chosen as a saint.

"I see...it seems you truly are a saint..." He murmurs, not seeming very satisfied with the result.

'So he came just to test me...' I bet he's not happy that another figure of power has appeared in the church, as the Pope, he's the one with all the power here, but now that there's a saint, his power has diminished.

"My saintly lady, what do you plan to do to help the church?"

'...it's not safe to respond in a way that implies I'll become more influential...' I think of the best answer.

'I'll play the innocent, naive saint who's easy to manipulate.'

"I just want to help people...I'll continue doing volunteer work while trying to bring people closer to the goddess Solaris," I say with convincing innocence.

I quickly notice how this pleases the Pope, because by doing this, it means I won't be focused on the church, but only on accumulating followers, which means more money for the church, which is good for the Pope.

"I see, that's good. The goddess Solaris truly chose an exemplary person," he says with pure falsehood.

'Greedy pig.' The disdain in my thoughts is obvious, but on my face, I have only an innocent and pure look.

"My saintly lady, I heard that someone tried to kill you, fortunately the Templar was able to protect you. I'm sorry such a regrettable situation occurred," his apologies hold not a shred of sincerity.

'He doesn't care that I could have died...it seems a saint without powers isn't as valuable as I initially thought...' I bite my lip at this discovery.

It means that the maximum power I could obtain would be if I became more influential than the Pope, but with that, the risk of being eliminated is greater.

"Y-Yes...it was frightening...but I have the protection of the goddess Solaris, if I survived, it must mean my time has not yet come," I say, pretending innocence.

"Hahaha, yes, you're right," he laughs in a false tone.

'I hate this...tsk...' I hate how all these disgusting nobles remind me of my past life self, although I was handsome without the narcissism, I still had a bad personality.

"Pope, do you think..." He looks at me with a strange seriousness.

"You can't fool me, girl," he says, no longer with that fabricated tone.

"!!!"

"It's better not to tell anyone about the gold," he threatens me clearly.

'That bastard told...' Alehandro's brother saw me snooping around and saw that I had seen the gold, so it's certain that the Pope also knows about it.

"I-I don't know anything, I-I don't know what you're talking about, w-what gold? I-I didn't see anything," I try to show him that I won't tell anyone, I have more to worry about than the church's corruption.

"...Yes, you didn't see anything," he decides to play along, which leaves me a little relieved, I don't need enemies when I already have to worry about a crazy yandere who loves me.

"It seems you're not as stupid as you look. You can go, my saintly lady," it's clear to me that he'll kill me if I get in his way.

This world has less morality and ethics than the modern world, people like him don't hesitate to step on others for their own advantage.

"Okay...have a good afternoon, and may the grace..." He waves his hand disdainfully, not even letting me finish speaking before sending me away.

I leave and close the door, soon finding Alehandro.

"Lady Shizune, your schedule is free. Would you like me to read the Bible to you?" Alehandro asks as soon as he sees me.

"Sure..." It's not very exciting to know that I may already be the target of the Pope's observation, but for now, I need to learn more before something really goes wrong.

Alehandro guides me to my room, I open the door and go in, but Alehandro stays outside waiting.

"...?" I look at him, confused.

"Why don't you come in?" I ask, not understanding why he's standing in front of the open door.

"I cannot enter the saint's room without her permission," he says solemnly as he waits.

"You don't have to...in fact, come in," it's better this way, I don't know if he's the yandere, so it's better not to give him free permission to enter without prior approval.

Alehandro enters while pulling a Bible from somewhere above the armor, since it's not a complete armor but only has certain silver plates along with the white fabric, there are many places to hide things.

The Bible is a golden book with a sun symbol in the center, I guess it was obvious it would be something like that, considering the goddess they worship.

'Alehandro is important...but what does the goddess want me to do?...and should I really help Alehandro? I don't gain anything from it besides a chance to die.' My altruism doesn't outweigh my cowardice.

I don't want to die, so if it's to help in exchange for my life, the answer is an undoubted no.

I sit on the bed while Alehandro sits on the chair, although I had to tell him to do so, or else he would have remained standing.

"Let's start by talking about the beginning in more detail," he begins to recount.

"There are two Bibles, the first was destroyed and rewritten since it was from the time when the Solarians were the dominant race and only had pure Solarians."

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"The second is the one we use, and it was written by Amarant, who wrote the word of our goddess in a book, the Bible itself has had several alterations made when new saints wrote in it."

"Alehandro, can each saint write in the Bible?" I ask him.

"Yes, although they can only write prophecies or the word of the goddess Solaris."

'There are limits...' I was planning to write some things, but forget it.

"In the history of the Bible, many events occurred, I will mention the most relevant ones and give my opinion."

"It begins with the defeat of the first witch by the hands of Amarant, the first saint, who fought her in a decisive battle that prevented our world from falling into darkness," he starts to recount the story according to the Bible.

It seems the part that tells how everything happened was not written by Amarant, only the beginning and the commandments.

"In my opinion, if Amarant had lost, humanity would have been extinct or corrupted to unimaginable levels, and we would have been abandoned by the goddess Solaris," Alehandro concludes with his opinion.

"Then the next major event was the goddess's prophecy that a saint received. The prophecy said that amidst the corruption of what is sacred, a new being would be chosen to purify what is now impure."

"Alehandro, has this prophecy already occurred?" I ask while thinking about the goddess Solaris's request.

"It has not occurred yet, although we don't know for sure what it means."

'I wonder if this prophecy is related to Alehandro? After all, the goddess said he is important and that I, who am supposedly a saint, should help him.' I'm not sure, but maybe it is.

The church is corrupt, and Alehandro is someone with strong faith, and the goddess has already confirmed his importance, so I should help him cleanse the corruption of the church.

"Alehandro..." I call his attention to me, I'm not sure how to approach the subject, after all, it's about the corruption of the church.

"Yes, Lady Shizune, do you need something?" He asks me with a patient tone for my continuous interruptions.

"About this prophecy...have you thought that maybe it's close to being fulfilled?" I say indirectly about the prophecy.

"...In what sense, Lady Shizune?"

"Well...the corruption of the sacred is already quite...prominent, if you understand what I mean, and it's closer than the goddess Solaris would think tolerable," I say indirectly about the church's corruption.

"...I see," he speaks as if he's had an epiphany.

"Lady Shizune, you are the one who will cleanse the corruption of the church," Alehandro says with excitement.

"...What?"