Hunting A Priestess

According to information from Alex, the new group of priests will actually arrive tomorrow. But rather than attacking them in the capital, where the risk of being found out was higher, Arina thought that it would be better to target them while they were still in the neighbouring town.

That way not many people would recognize her, and the welcoming entourage wouldn't bother her either. As long as no dragons suddenly appeared, Arina should still be able to sleep for a few hours once she got back.

Going by horse to the next town usually takes half a day. But Arina, who has a private flying black cloud, can arrive in less than an hour. In this kind situation, it sure is nice to have dark magic power.

"Well, now where to look... Hm?" She muttered while looking around. It was indeed already night, but somehow the atmosphere of the city still seemed too quiet.

But after walking for a while, she finally saw that there was a crowd light around the town square. In fact, it wasn't just crowded, it seemed that the entire population of the city had indeed gathered there. Arina wasn't sure what situation this was in, but the sight felt similar to when the poor people were queuing up for royal aid.

Curious, Arina approached a fat mother who was holding her child. "Um, may I ask what is happening?"

"Oh my, I've been waiting since afternoon. Actually, when will the priest treat my child?!" The mother immediately complained. "At this rate my waist will hurt too!"

"Do not say that. The lady has also been treating everyone since noon, so she must be tired too." Said a grandmother who was sitting on the edge of the shower pool. "After all, your child is only scratched from falling. Such injuries don't need a high priest, you know."

"But when are we going to meet the high priest again, right? Like, once she reaches the capital, they will just lock her up in the palace to take care of the royal family only."

"..." After listening to the conversation for a while, Arina decided to leave & move closer to the front row slowly. But unfortunately she had to go inside the city hall building if she wanted to see her, and Arina obviously couldn't go through the front door which was guarded by several soldiers.

Arina had thought about stabbing herself in the stomach so she could pretend to be seriously injured and enter, but she couldn't just suddenly kill her in front of everyone either. Unless she is bothered to kill 'everyone' as well--Although that also applies even if she goes through another door.

Until the priest was alone, Arina didn't want to put herself in harm's way just yet.

Well, in the end Arina is really only good at protecting herself. She's not an assassin who's skilled at planning assassinations. Thinking of that, she wanted to strangle Alex again. 'I'll definitely kill him in the future too!'

After thinking for a while, Arina finally decided to go to the side of the building first to follow the people peeking from the window. And after pushing people here and there, she finally saw it. The figure of a woman who is said to be the incarnation of the high priest.

Arina was a little surprised when she saw that the woman actually looked like the same age as her, considering that the priests who officially entered the palace were usually people in their 30s. The problem is that like any other important position in the palace, you need to spend many years before becoming a priest in the palace. But it seems the incarnation of the high priest is different.

Although rather than an angel, the woman looks more like a puppy who has no idea what sin even means. Seeing her force herself to heal the man in front of him even though she was clearly tired also made her look pitiful…

"Hmph." Somehow feeling annoyed, Arina finally walked away again. She had never been bothered by the auras of the priests, but somehow the aura around the building felt something off.

So after quite a distance, she took out something from her small pocket. Which is a handful of smoked firecrackers that had been stolen from a shop that had no one inside. Arina actually brought a few other things from home, but for the first step, this is the best. Only after tying it into a lump, Arina lit the fire and threw it towards the window on the side earlier.

SHATTER! Everyone turned their heads at the sound of windows breaking, but it wasn't even a few seconds before the firecrackers started exploding and filled the room with a stinking white mist. "Cough, cough!" But instead of immediately panicking, everyone just coughed in confusion.

So after infiltrating, Arina also needs to grab a grandmother by the neck first and make her scream. "AARGHHHH!!" And after the sound of several objects falling too, finally everyone started panicking to rush out.

Arina saw the soldiers leading the priests out including that girl. But before she needed to catch up with them, that girl stepped back to help an old woman who had fallen on the floor.

'Aha, I'm lucky.' Not wasting the opportunity, Arina immediately reached for the small knife she was carrying. And as soon as she was close enough, she immediately raised her hand to immediately stab the knife in her back—

SLASH! But out of nowhere, a knife suddenly flew towards Arina. Before she even had a chance to worry about her slashed arm, a man had appeared in front of her and looked like he was about to throw his sword at Arina's head.

"Kh!" The laces of her robe were cut, but at least her neck was intact. 'Damn it!'

Deciding that the situation was dangerous, Arina immediately abandoned her murder plan and ran out of the building. Although of course the man was after her.

Arina ran into the forest quickly to hide herself. But just as she looked back, thinking that she had already escaped, suddenly a sword seemed to be hurtling towards her again. This time it was her stomach that was slashed.

In fact, not only that, the man was also back in front of her to throw his kick. Arina used her arm to block the attack, but her body kept getting thrown until she crashed into a tree. "Ack!"

The man took his sword and held it out towards Arina who was still sitting in pain. "Who are you? Who sent you to kill Effi?" He asked interrogating.

Arina's cloak was off, but she still pressed her face against the tree—Because she still wanted to hide her identity, also because she wanted to grumble about her bad luck tonight. Even though rather than the man who was going to kill her, Arina wanted to kill Alex more at that time.

"Answer quickly!" Said the man again who had now put his sword on Arina's back. But because the person didn't answer, the man was already going to grab her by the neck and force her to stand up so he could see her face.

ZRATT! But before his hands could touch Arina, something cut his arm first. "ARGH! WHAT THE HELL…?!"

Arina who was still busy clutching her stomach didn't even bother to turn around and left everything to her shadow to finish the man off. Only after the voices behind her grew quiet did she turn around to leave at once.

Was. Because it turns out that Arina still wants to take the time to trample the dead man's face first. "You son of a--What...?"

But when the reflection of the moonlight began to slip through the leaves, Arina finally saw the man's face more clearly.

'The from merchant that time?!'

Her memory was very faint, but it was the boy she had seen at a party about 1-2 years ago. While keeping her feet away, Arina was confused about what sensation she was feeling at that moment. Not sad or sorry, but what is certain is that Arina feels something weird.

"Gin! Gin!" But because someone seemed to have appeared from afar, Arina was forced to interrupt her thoughts. That's the girl from before.

"Tsk." Arina was silent and thought about trying to kill her once again. But apart from being in a bad mood, Arina also needs to heal her stomach immediately if she doesn't want to faint. So with a heavy heart, Arina chose to leave.

"Just watch out next time."