Count Meirin Ars' daughter.

She is a famous person in the Kingdom of Granoa.

A skinny squeaky daughter with pale face, always dirty, smoked gray hair and gray eyes. Because servants are abused as lowly people and can't get close to being touched if they are unclean, their hair and skin are not cared for and rough. I'm nervous and have a tantrum. A weirdo with a high level of spirit with his status on his nose.

Meirin's mother died when she was young, and Count Ars remarried Mirya, the widow of a distant baron family. Meirin has been hostile to Yumia, the younger sister-in-law, who is the second wife's stepchild and has been harassing her a lot. He repeatedly bullied Raid, the legitimate son born between Count Ars and Mrs. Miriya, and sometimes seriously injured him.

The reputation when she went to the school where her daughter, the aristocratic son of the Kingdom of Granoa, attended, was also terrible. Count Ars and his wife were lamenting Meirin's frustiness, nastyness, and treatment for their younger sisters at the night party, so none of the sons and daughters who knew it through their parents approached her. The students of the common people were afraid that they might be bullied for their low status, but Meirin tended to be absent from school, and even if she went to school, she often stayed quietly and quiet in the classroom, so there was no damage because she didn't try to get involved with anyone.

But that was also until Meirin's sister Yumia entered the school. Meirin also harassed her sister-in-law insidiously in the school. It was more intense than when I was at home. It seems that Meirin didn't like the fact that she was in a position to be protected by the country as a saint, or that she was stained by the crown prince and became a fiancée by the magical aptitude test she received when she entered the school.

"Meiryn Ars! Your mis deeds are obvious! She is a saint recognized by the country, and the sin of harming my fiancé is heavy! I'll deport you!"

During the school meeting, Crown Prince Kaizen Granoa, the highest grade and student council president, declared from the stage. The beauty of shining blonde hair and sparkling blue eyes did not have the usual calmness, and it was slightly flushed with anger. Meirin's younger sister Yumia was holding a pretty body to Kaizen beside Kaizen. Pale blonde hair and moist green eyes had a fleeting desire to protect.

The buzzing and noisy students naturally left Meirin's side, so there was no one around her. When I looked at it from the stage, Meirin looked beautiful like an actor on the stage.

"Insense...? I don't remember it."

A squatting and grating voice falls like trembling. Meirin is pointing straight at the crown prince with a face with little expression, but her eyes were empty as if nothing was reflected.

"It's no use falling in love! I heard that you are constantly cursing Yumia at home or at school, stealing and destroying your belongings, and even using violence! I heard that not only Yumia but also her young brother has been seriously injured! Shame on you!"

The reprimand of the crown prince is looked at with contempt and malice from people around him. That pretty humorous and his young brother oppressing her younger brother are serious behaviors of ladies. I'm suspected of common sense.

"To oppress Yumia, who will be my queen, means oppressing the royal family!" This is also a treason. Yeah, I won't forgive your remarks. This place is not a place to hear your unsightly excuses! The king and your father have already admitted the judgment for you! Knight, take this bad woman!"

Under the order of Kaizen, the knight rushed to Meirin and violently caught his arms.

"Take me to the border and throw it away!" I don't care if the monster eats me."

Yumia held on to Kaizen, who was cold and threw away, and shed tears. Even after being oppressed that much, the students were touched by Yumia, who cared for her sister-in-law and shed tears. Yumia, who is kind-hearted, really wants to reduce Meirin's sentence. However, you can't go against the king's approval as the crown prince's fiancée.

"Sister, please take care..."

Yumia's sad voice arrived on Meirin's back, who was taken to be dragged by the knights, but Meirin didn't say a word.

Kaizen was just stunned by the sight of the woman sitting in front of him.

"It's been a long time."

The beautiful silver hair that shines and the silver eyes bordered by long eyelashes are moist and wet and give off a mysterious shine. The pure white and light blue robe, which was allowed to be worn only by the highest-ranking saint, complemented the purity and beauty of the woman and brought out its charm to the fullest.

"Oh, is it really Meirin Ars...?"

When I couldn't believe the woman with a gentle smile, the woman laughed like a bell. When Kaizen last saw Meirin in the Kingdom of Granoa, she wasn't such a beautiful and mysterious woman. It was dirty, thin, rough hair and skin, and ugly like an old woman.

"Yes. It's definitely Meirin Ars you know. The Count Ars family's family has already been missing, so it's just Meirin now."

"I'll soon become my queen and Meirin Crocus."

Jude Crocus, a man with black hair and blue eyes sitting beside Meirin, strongly says it without hiding his grumpy appearance. Because of his strength like a fierce god on the battlefield, the crown prince of the Crocus Kingdom, who is also known as a black lion, opposed this interview until just before.

"Mr. Jude. Please don't get so angry."

Meirin appeases Jude like she's in trouble, but Jude doesn't stop staring at Kaizen.

"I can't be friendly with the man who tried to feed you to monsters. This guy is also this guy. Don't you have any pride to hold on to someone who even deported you?"

"Mr. Jude. The outside is peeled off."

I was amazed at Jude, who didn't want to do diplomacy, and Meirin knew it was useless even though she blamed it. Jude, who dotes on his fiancée, is merciless to those who harm Meirin. It doesn't matter whether it's dealing with the crown prince of the neighboring country or not.

Kaizen twitched his eyebrows with anger for a moment, but he squeezed his fist tightly and held it down. I remember what I'm here for. I was in a position where I had to go out badly now.

"I said something rude. Let's apologize. ...Once again, I wish you help with our country, Saint Meirin."

This place Kaizen visited was a great church in the neighboring Crocus Kingdom. Meirin is enrolled as the highest-ranking saint in this great church that enshrines the goddess Siris. With extraordinary holy magic, she instantly purified the Kingdom of Crocus where air and soil were contaminated by the miasma of the monster. For this achievement, the people worshipped the saint of the salvation country, and captured the heart of Crown Prince Jude and unofficially decided as Crown Princess. No, it's too modest to hit your heart. It's right to say that Jude, who fell in love with Meirin, forcibly enclosed Meirin and hit on her.

"Even so, what kind of help do you want from a sinner like me, the Crown Prince?"

Yes, Meirin asked, but she knew the answer. The Kingdom of Granoa is also contaminated by the miasma of monsters like the former Crocus Kingdom.

It's been two years since that conviction. In the past two years, the Kingdom of Granoa, which was filled with clean air, is covered with miasma, and on the contrary, the Kingdom of Crocus is avoiding miasma.

The saint of the Kingdom of Granoa, who was the former queen and the grandmother of Kaizen, passed away. Saints regularly purify the country, but in recent years they have not been able to purify because the former saint was asleep at an age. It became a miasma, and the monsters became active, and now they are fighting for an hour.

".....I wish for the purification of our country."

For Kaizen, Meirin is an unforgivable villain who oppressed her beloved wife and crown princess, Yumia. Even though it was for the sake of the country, it was humiliating to bow to this woman. But the pollution of the country is progressing so much that I can't say such a thing.

"I'm sure your crown princess was certified as a saint, wasn't she?" Why don't you purify your saint before you ask our saint for help?"

Jude said something very reasonable, putting a lot of effort into the word "Our country". Certainly, when Yumia entered the school, her holy power was confirmed and was acclaimed as a saint.

"It's Mr. Hidari. I am a saint recognized by the great church in this country. It makes sense that the saint recognized by the Great Church of the Kingdom of Granoa, which also enshrines the goddess Siris, purifies the country."

When Meirin was expelled in her clothes, it was the Great Church of the Kingdom of Crocus that accepted it without asking for anything in return. For a few days from the border, she continued to walk without drinking or eating, reaching out to Meirin, who collapsed in front of the church, and warmly welcomed and cared for Meirin's background as a poorly reputable daughter who was expelled from the neighboring country. Meirin was saved by the warmth and kindness of the great church. When Meirin found out that she had the power of a saint, she chose to do her best for the church without hesitation. I purified the Crocus Kingdom for the suffering people while being begged by the church.

"My wife just gave birth to a child. I can't force you to do it."

Yumia just gave birth to her first child, a boy a few months ago. The progress after childbirth is going well, but I wanted to take good care of it.

"Huh! That's why you want to impose dangerous work on my queen, that's a convenient story."

Jude stands up and hugs Meirin in her arms.

"I also have my queen more important than anything else. After all, it's a horrible country where one weak woman expells herself to the border where monsters and thieves frequently occur. I can't let an important princess go to such a place."

Kaizen was irritated by the way he said it like he was rubbing us. I was expelled in the first place because Meirin did something wrong. But I can't argue with that. If you deny Meirin as a sinner, it will be involved in the dignity of the Kingdom of Granoa who saved such a woman's life. You have to pretend not to know it and to ask the saint in the neighboring country to spare her life.

"Mr. Jude. Please don't say such a thing. I'm not going to refuse the church's wish for the saint."

Meirin received a request from the neighboring church.

"And there was an imperial decree to accept help from the king."

Meirin stroked Jude's shiny hair to condemn the child for his selfishness. Crown Prince Jude was ordered by his father, the king, to help the neighboring country. Jude will go to the neighboring country with Meirin as a guardian and escort. Jude, the crown prince, plays such a role in person, which shows how important Meirin is in the neighboring country.

"...I know. I don't want to relentlessly relent my relationship with the Kingdom of Granoa. It's just... If you simply take on the role of hi-high and saint, the Kingdom of Granoa may be disadvated that you work as a saint because you want to atone for your former sins, right? Even if you pay the miasma, you might think it's natural to work instead of being grateful."

Kaizen's heart throbbed. It's exactly because I was guessing what he was thinking.

"Aha, I knew it. The Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Granoa is very easy to understand."

Kaizen bit his back teeth to the ridiculous Jude.

Meirin was thinking about something, but she looks radiant whether she came up with something good or not.

"That's right. Then, how about this kind of taste?"

The saints of the Kingdom of Crocus decided to stay at the great church enshrining the goddess Siris, not the royal palace of the Kingdom of Granoa. I heard that it was Jude, the crown prince of the Crocus Kingdom, who accompanied me, and recommended him to stay at the royal palace, but Jude stubbornly didn't give up.

"In the unlikely event that Meirin is enshrined, there is no fool who goes out of his way to go. You don't have to worry about me. I'm camping when subjugating, and it's enough to have a roof. The shrine maidens, chamberlains and maidens who accompanied me and the saint take care of me. You don't have to worry about us."

Having said that, I forcibly decided to stay at the big church.

The priests of the Crocus Kingdom who accompanied them were smiling bitterly, but Jude's doting was a well-known fact, so there was no particular opposition.

The Great Church of the Kingdom of Granoa is very different from the Great Church of the Kingdom of Crocus, which Meirin knows well. He treats Meirin politely, a saint, but he can see and hide his sleek attitude like he drew a line. That's probably because love like the story of the crown prince and the crown princess of this country has penetrated nobles and the common people, and Meirin is known as a terrible villain who oppressed the crown princess in that story.

"Then, your highness Kaizen. This is the first problem."

Meirin handed the white card to Kaizen. Kaizen receives the pattern of the goddess Siris engraved on it nervously.

"If you know the answer to this question, please answer it. If it's correct, I'll purify the first city."

Meirin made a quirky proposal to Kaizen that day, considering Jude, who was relentlessly purifying the Kingdom of Granoa.

"There are five cities that need to be cleansed in the Kingdom of Granoa. After all purification, you won't have to worry about miasma for a while."

Meirin folds her beautiful fingers one by one with five pins.

"I'll ask your highness Kaizen five questions. If the answer is correct, let's purify the city every time we get it right."

"Hmm...? What if I make a mistake? Are you going to stop purifying?"

When I asked Meirin as if Jude was interested, a glamorous smile came back.

"No? Your highness Kaizen will do his best until you get it right. Of course, in order not to injustice, we will ask you to judge the truth about the correct answer as a Shinto priest of both countries. Then your highness Kaizen is safe, isn't he?"

The judgment of truth is to ask the goddess Siris if there is a lie in what the person said. If you lie, you will be burned by the flames of divine punishment from the goddess. Usually, the priest writes the answer to the question on a piece of paper, declares that it is correct, puts in magic, and puts it on the magic circle of judgment of truth. If there is a lie, the paper will burn up, and if it is correct, the light of blessing of the goddess Siris will light up.

"If you make a judgment of truth, you have an obligation to let all the people know."

Kaizen's face said why it's necessary to do such a thing. As Jude said, the expression is easy to read.

"The Kingdom of Crocus has the same obligation. The Kingdom of Granoa and our priests will judge the truth together, so we will announce the same content to both countries."

In other words, the five questions Meirin gives Jude and their answers are known to both the Kingdom of Granoa and the Kingdom of Crocus.

"Are you going to laugh at me for not being able to answer the question?"

Meirin shook her head at Kaizen, who was exuding her anger.

"No? Questions are not that difficult. Even if you make a mistake, you can answer as many times as you want.”

After hesitating for a while, Kaizen nodded with caution.

I didn't even know that would determine his fate after that.