BXBX NOVEL Chapter 75 Reddened Cheek
I got out of the room and saw Indra, who was having a conversation with Aria, though mostly she was speaking and Aria was answering her with head movements.
Well, Aria saw me with some blood on my clothes and appeared on my side in a blur of the moment as if she had teleported while she was just a fighter, not a mage.
"I am completely fine, my dear Aria. You don\'t need to worry about these blood stains." I said and patted her head.
Aria looked at me as if she wasn\'t convinced by my words and said with her usual monotonous tone:
"Are you okay, master? Where did that blood stains come from if you aren\'t injured?"
I opened my mouth to answer but Indra acted more quickly than me.
"They must be blood stains that came from the statues, you don\'t have to worry, sister Aria."
\'Sister Aria? When did they become close enough to call each other like this?\'
"Don\'t call me sister." Aria said while glaring at Indra.
\'So, Indra was trying to get closer to her but Aria was too paranoid to warm up to this crazy female bishop.\'
I looked at Indra with a very sharp gaze and said coldly:
"Indra, We have to talk, it is important."
Indra understand what I wanted and nodded, then she led us to a very simple looking room.
She sat on a bed and patted her side.
I ignored her intention and made ice chair for both me and Aria. I sat on the chair and looked at Indra with a very serious expression.
"My goddess is dying." I said simply without twisting my words and watched her reaction.
Indra\'s breath stuck and she didn\'t even take a breath for a whole minute. Just stood still like a statue because of the shock, then tears began to fall from her deep blue eyes.
Her heart began to beat faster and stronger, I could feel her heart was hammering to her chest strongly even while I was sitting in front of her. Her expression got darker but she stayed still without moving even an inch.
\'Did she break? How boring…\' I thought after seeing Indra\'s state.
I didn\'t have any reason to make her mine as I was going to leave this place for a minimum of 3 years, and 3 years was a long time for her emotions to die with the time I was gone.
She wasn\'t like Lucy who was dependent on me and can\'t live without me, which was pretty normal as I was the one who made Lucy like this over the years while her mind wasn\'t mature enough to resist my emotional manipulation.
Though I still decided to show some of the good sides of me Indra to make our future relationship more beneficial for me than for her.
Hence, I got up from my chair and crouched in front of her face. I put my palms on her cheek gently and pull back, then slap her hard.
She fell onto the bed blankly without any big reaction and looked at me with a confused expression while holding her cheek which had become red after my slap.
"Don\'t give up on your life immediately, I just said that my goddess was dying. I didn\'t say that there was nothing we can do." I said sternly and caressed her reddened cheek.
Indra\'s eyes lightened up after hearing me, then she got up and looked at me with a hopeful look.
"Really? My lady is going to live? Then why did you say it like this?" She questioned.
I slapped her again after hearing that she got my words wrong.
Slap!
This time she didn\'t fall to the bed just confusion appeared on her expression.
"I didn\'t tell you that my goddess is going to live, I just said that we have something to do for our goddess for her to live."
Indra momentarily froze, then quickly took my hand into her hands and looked at me with a look as if she was about to beg.
"Tell me quickly, my saint. Please tell me how I can help my lady." Indra said with sorrow evident in her voice.
I pull my hand from her grip and caressed her cheek gently, then said calmly:
"All you have to do is just do what you were doing before I became the saint. My goddess needs believers to restore her health even for a bit and in the meantime, I will search treasures for my goddess to heal quickly."
Indra was about to speak but I put my index finger on her lips.
"Shuush…" I shut her up like this and continued to speak:
"I know what you want to say but there is no need for you to come with me. This church needs you to gather more believers for my goddess as this will help her more." I said and pulled her head to my chest, then patted her head.
I felt Aria\'s murderous gaze, thus I turned my head and gave her a sharp look, which made her close her eyes tightly.
After that, I turned my attention to Indra again.
"In the inside of that room, I spoke with an angel of my goddess. She was the one who said to me go around the world and search for treasures."
I lifted her face from my face and looked into his moist eyes that were about to cry. I gently wiped them and put my forehead to hers. She didn\'t resist my touch, probably because of her mental state.
"Do what you were doing without thinking too much. You are bishop of my goddess and your job is to gather more believers and make this church stronger. Both strength and wealth wise while I, the saint of Ilelia am away."
Indra pulled her head and nodded with determination.
"That is good." I said and got up.
"I have little to no time, so excuse my sudden depart."
After saying this I went towards the door but stopped before opening it.
\'My job is done here, but I should request subspace magic from Indra before going out a journey like this.\' I thought and turned to Indra, then smiled gently.
"Hey, Indra…"