The Saintess is So Cute~

"Ah?" Freya flushed, lowering her head in agitation. "Do you really have to see it?"

"Yes." Ansu nodded as if it were only natural. "Isn't that what you said? That no matter what I asked you to do, you would do it for me."

Back when he played Eternal Night Sword, Heart of Holy Radiance-Freya was a very popular female character, mostly thanks to her righteous, kind personality and her adorable beast-ear girl appearance.

It was just a pity that Freya rarely showed this side of herself, which was a source of great regret for players.

Now that he had the chance, Ansu certainly wasn't going to let it pass.

"But..."

Freya lowered her head even further. She truly couldn't understand why the Chosen One insisted on seeing this other side of her demi-human heritage.

It was clearly a filthy lineage, the very thing the Church constantly labeled as "impure, fallen, and a symbol of savage bestialization"...

But in the end, she let out a helpless sigh.

"Alright, if it's for you, Chosen One..."

"It's not impossible."

Freya lifted her head slightly, speaking with caution: "But you must promise not to tell anyone about this!"

"Of course..."

Before Ansu could finish his sentence, he saw the pink hair on both sides of Freya's head begin to bulge slightly.

Then, as if by magic, a pair of fluffy, adorable cat ears popped right out.

"My mother's clan comes from the Staya tribe in the north of the continent. They migrated to the Tallin region over a hundred years ago..." Freya spoke softly, recounting the stories of the previous generation.

"As for my father, he was a young nobleman from a declining family. When he was wandering through Elvin Village, he met my mother. It was love at first sight; he even voluntarily left his family and gave up everything just to be with her..."

Ansu thought to himself, it seems your father was also a fan of demi-human girls...

He had good taste.

He smiled as he observed the Freya before him.

The young girl stood there timidly, her smooth, pink hair cascading down to her waist like a waterfall. Amidst the parting of her hair, those fluffy, pointed ears twitched sensitively, perhaps hearing some movement nearby, looking exactly like a real-life feline.

He just wondered how she possessed such heaven-defying senses of smell; that trait really should have come from a dog...

"Are, are you done looking?" Freya blushed, wishing she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into. "If you're done, I'm going to change back!"

"I haven't shown this form in a long time, so I'm a bit rusty. I'm afraid I might not be able to change back..."

"Mm." Ansu nodded.

Seeing Freya eagerly revert to her original appearance, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed...

Freya truly was resistant to her demi-human identity.

"Freya." Ansu tried to comfort her. "I know you've always been afraid of your demi-human identity being exposed, and so you've lived your life in human society with such caution, but I don't think you need to feel inferior about your lineage."

Freya looked up, staring at Ansu in a daze.

"Honestly, isn't this cute?" Ansu curled his lip. "The Church really has no taste. Those old men don't understand aesthetics."

Then again, the old geezers in the Church probably preferred cute little boys...

Ansu was struck by this dark joke out of nowhere.

"C-cute?" Freya's expression was one of confusion.

Ever since she was a child, her mother had always demanded she hide her identity to avoid unnecessary trouble. This was the first time she had ever heard someone describe her demi-human appearance this way...

But looking at Ansu's expression, the Chosen One seemed to be genuinely sincere...

This left her deeply perplexed.

"Freya." Ansu suddenly posed a question to her.

"The people in the Church have always claimed that only the Church can save the world from all its suffering and bring eternal light and happiness."

"So, I want to ask you: does this 'saving the world' include demi-humans?"

"Of course..." Freya spoke instinctively, but she quickly hesitated.

"This... according to our doctrines and the Church's scriptures, it seems... it has never explicitly mentioned demi-humans, but I feel that it should be included..."

Ansu smiled faintly. He said nothing, simply watching Freya quietly.

For a Saintess to be this cautious, the truth seemed self-evident...

"The Goddess shouldn't be that narrow-minded..." Freya would never question the divine. "After all, She existed before the birth of humanity and all things. Her holy light blesses every living creature in this world..."

"The divine is the divine, and the Church is the Church." Ansu broke it down in one sentence. "Freya, you must not confuse the two."

"Ah!" Freya's eyes suddenly widened. "You mean..."

Ansu didn't continue the topic, stopping while he was ahead.

On one hand, what he said was indeed the truth; the current Church was far from "saving all sentient beings," and even its upper echelons were a mess of corruption. On the other hand...

There would certainly be many situations in the future where he would need to use Freya, and he didn't want her to feel conflicted between him and the Church.

After all, he was a genuine Chosen One, so there was no need for the Church to act as a "middleman" between the two of them anymore...

Seeing Freya looking so preoccupied, Ansu didn't continue to lecture her. After agreeing on a time and place for their next meeting, he left the small chapel.

After Ansu left, Freya remained with her brows tightly furrowed, all sorts of strange thoughts constantly popping up in her mind.

The words the Chosen One had spoken today had caused her once-firm worldview to waver for a moment.

It also planted the first seeds of doubt within her regarding the self-contradictory Church...

"I really want to join the faith..."

"The benefits for their theology students are just too good! To be able to see the beautiful Saintess wandering right in front of you every single day..."

As soon as Ansu returned to the classroom, he heard the group of people around him whispering about Saintess Freya.

"Is that wanting to join the faith? That's just you being sexually repressed, alright?" When it was finally Kevin's turn to retort, he looked at those classmates with a mocking expression. "And you said I was delusional! I think you guys are the ones dreaming every day, aren't you?"

The classroom became even more boisterous as a result.

Ansu couldn't help but think that Saintess Freya's residency at the academy had indeed caused quite a stir. He suspected that seventy percent of the students currently attending Bishop Paul's lectures were there solely for Freya...

But who could have guessed that the Saintess, who appeared so holy, beautiful, and reserved, had such an unknown side to her in private...

Seeing them arguing more and more intensely, Ansu pulled Kevin back.

"Right, you have a performance on Open Day, don't you?"

"Yeah." Kevin nodded. "Our drama club definitely has to put on a show for the guests. Why?"

"Who are the guests from the Church?" Ansu stared at Kevin. As the campus "know-it-all," Kevin had always been his primary source of information.

"Besides Saintess Freya and Bishop Paul, there's also Bishop Terry and Bishop Leonard..."

Those three again...

Ansu frowned slightly, his suspicions regarding those three deepening even further.

There were only four days left until Open Day. If he wanted to prevent this tragedy that concerned his own life, he had to pick up the pace...

He had to work with Cecilia to dig out the mastermind behind this and eliminate them.

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