“When are you going to look back at me?”

Here! A masterpiece! Lara cheered inwardly as she slowly turned around. At this moment, she had escaped the stifling reality and was completely possessed by Lillica. “I didn’t know you would say that, Robe Gentleman.”

“I didn’t know that you, who always knows how to raise your voice, had such a timid side.”

“People are like coins, with both heads and tails. You’ve seen good people get eaten by evil forces, right?”

“So you’re thinking of quitting being a magical girl and getting eaten by the forces of darkness?”

“Then you can save me. You’ve always wanted the flower of Erodis, right?”

The nerds looked at the two people standing in the middle of the auction house, reciting their lines naturally, with astonished expressions. They looked like they were wondering if there were such nerds who could memorise entire lines from comic books.

“I only showed you this look. Thank you. So please show me your real self.”

The scene after this was where Lilyka pulled back the hood of the robed gentleman. It was the first time his handsome face was shown, and it was also the one that made many female fans’ hearts flutter.

Lara grabbed the frame of the glasses instead of the robe. Just as she was about to take the glasses off, a large hand grabbed Lara’s wrist and stopped her.

“This is enough.”

As if they had seen something they couldn’t bear to see, the nerds started to get up one by one. Jiin just watched them and eventually gathered her things and got up.

Lara turned around at the sound of loud footsteps, and when she found Jiin mixed in with the crowd exiting the auction house, she came to her senses with a start.

‘You’re crazy! You’re crazy! We have to get out of here quickly… … .’

There was a firm hand grabbing Lara’s hand as she turned around to leave. Is he persistently trying to get the doujinshi back? It was the moment when Lara tried to shake off the man’s hand. Something hard touched her fingertips and she looked down to see that it was the handle of a suitcase. The man’s hand gave Lara the handle of the suitcase and then just let it fall away. Lara, who had gotten the suitcase back, looked up at him in front of her, making an absurd sound, “Huh?”

“I admit it. You are worthy enough to have that doujinshi… … .” “… Can you really give it to me like this?”

“It’s a shame, but you can get it later. Okay.”

He said that, but his strong, wide shoulders were drooping down. It must have been frustrating because it wasn’t something that could be easily obtained. It was the moment when the man turned his back on the empty auction house.

“Wait a minute.”

Lara called out to the man. The glasses with swirling swirl patterns turned slanted toward Lara.

“You seem to be quite the Magical Girl Lilyka fanboy… I’ll lend you one. I’ll read it first.”

“You’re the one who can do that, right? It’s not something you can easily lend to others. A true fanboy would keep two copies, one for your collection and one for reading… … .” “That’s true, but I trust you. I don’t think you’d treat my doujinshi carelessly.”

I wouldn’t lend a doujinshi even to a close acquaintance once it’s in my hands, but this time it was different. When he gave it to me first, Lara couldn’t leave him alone. Although she couldn’t see through his thick glasses, he must have kind eyes.

“I’m only lending it to you, my treasure. Thank you.”

Lara quoted Lilica’s famous line as she passed the tall man and exited the exit.

As she opened the door, warm sunlight poured down on her head and shoulders. The man’s lips, which had been quietly closed, opened in a long arc, perhaps because he had been lost in thought or because he was a little surprised.

“Oh, that’s right. I’ll be grateful for the rest of my life.”

The belated answer touched Lara’s back more gently than the midday sun.

The morning dawned. Lara, who hated going to work so much, dressed up as a man and opened the door to her room. She had been diagnosed as fully recovered and tried to get by for a week, but her ears were itching from the god’s nagging, so she had to return to the Knights.

After the hellish time on the bed, it seemed like it had been a truly happy time. Should I roll down the stairs again? As I stood in front of the stairs, a strong impulse came over me.

‘… No, I can’t sacrifice my body.’

If I made a mistake and broke all my fingers, I wouldn’t be able to hold the doujinshi. As I was about to come down the stairs, I saw my brother and mother talking right around the corner.

“The promotion test is coming up soon. Don’t overwork yourself, and if you just do what you’ve been doing, you’ll definitely get good grades.”

“Yes, Mother. I’ll go to work now.”

My brother, who was supposed to be recovering for four weeks, had a monstrous resilience and got better before me, and he even seemed to be able to handle the Knights’ schedule without difficulty.

“Okay, hurry up and go.”

After bowing, my brother walked past, and my mother stood there and watched his back. Lara was able to cross safely to the other side of the hallway during this gap.

<Okay, hurry up and hurry.> ‘I’m walking.’

<I’m telling you to think there’s a doujinshi over there and run! Puhahaha.>

Since the last Only War, Shin seemed to have a lot of fun teasing herself. Lara glanced at the high, clear sky and entered the downtown area. If she took the family carriage, it would have been obvious that her father would hear about it, so she had to walk all the way to the downtown area and take another carriage. Fortunately, it was a quiet time, so she could easily catch a downtown carriage.

“Whew.”

She didn’t know how long she had to live like this. I dreamed of a daily life where I would wake up late at lunch, get a massage, attend a tea party, chat elegantly and quietly with the ladies, and attend a ball in the evening to find a future groom, but I felt like I was gradually moving away from my romantic daily life.

Starting today, I would have to roll around in the dirt and smell sweat again, and my life was so pitiful.

That was when the carriage suddenly stopped with a jerk, and Lara almost fell forward while leaning against the window frame. When she opened the makeshift window and looked outside, she saw a woman sitting down next to the carriage.

“Whoa, whoa!”

The coachman calmed the surprised horses down, then quickly got out and approached the woman. He was about to get angry, but when he saw her beautiful appearance, he was speechless and became dazed.

Lara could tell who she was just by looking at her back. The woman with rare silver hair and delicately protruding earlobes was none other than Elina. In the first place, who else in the world would step in front of a moving carriage with their wits about them, if they weren’t the heroine?

Lara opened the carriage door and got out, speaking to Elina in place of the coachman.

“Princess Elina4! You almost got into big trouble. Are you hurt anywhere?”

“It’s Elina5.”

Elina5 smiled affectionately and grabbed Lara’s hand, raising her body. Then, the kitten in her arms jumped down onto the ground. “… You were trying to save the kitten… … .”

“I couldn’t bear to see a precious life get hurt. Please forgive my rudeness.”

She was clearly an angel who had come down from heaven. Lara felt awkward at the fact that she was a human being. Elina5, who had been staring blankly at Lara who was standing silently, spoke first with a faint smile.

“Actually, I was on my way to the main temple to take the saint selection exam.”

“The saint selection exam? Oh my, I didn’t hear that right? The saint selection exam! I really want to go. It’s a national exam that outsiders can’t even watch.”

“Yes, if you’re interested, would you like to go with me?” “Ah… … .”

Only then did Lara realise what she was like. Judging from the fact that she wasn’t surprised to see me dressed as a man, it seemed that she had heard about it from Elina3. Lara felt depressed as she realised the reality that she had forgotten for a moment.

“I would like to watch from the side, but unfortunately, I have to go to work at the knights’ office right now… … .”

Lara had to continue talking with tears in her eyes. “I hope there’s another chance.”

“I see. How is life in the knights’ office? Is it easy to adapt to? Elina3 said there were no problems, but it must be hard to live dressed as a man.” “Yes, it’s really hard… … . Haha, I’m doing okay.”

Lara almost revealed her true feelings at those soft words of comfort. It was a moment when she realised that this is why confession is made automatically when standing in front of a priest.

Elina5 seemed similar to Elina1 in that she had a kind heart, but she had a more mature and relaxed atmosphere. If Elina1 was a princess who had grown up well, Elina5 seemed like a seasoned queen who had experienced all sorts of things.

At that moment, Elina5 lightly clapped her hands as if to lighten the mood and gave off a holy smile.

“Then this would be fine. How about you come with me as my escort knight?” “Escort?”

“Yes. If it’s a request from the duke’s family, the knights will agree, and it won’t be a problem if I don’t go to work for a day.”

“But I wonder if I can be a good escort… … .”

“It’s such a safe place, you won’t have to escort me. So, please just sit by my side while the exam is being held. Think of it as a small compensation for the trouble I caused you today.”

In the end, she told me to pretend to be a knight and watch from the side and get some rest. The angel was clear. I could tell instinctively that she was born into this world to become a saint without having to take the national exam.

Lara shed tears in her heart at Elina5’s warm mercy. So, Lara abandoned Elina3, who was in the knights’ order, and followed Elina5 to the Great Hall.

The Great Hall, which is considered one of the most beautiful buildings in the capital, is largely divided into three sections. The space that is open to the public and where believers can come and go, the annex, which is the living space of the priests, and the private central area where the Pope resides.