135: You Delivered Yourself Right to the Doorstep
In the Church's exclusive rest area, our Demon Miss was completely unaware of just how thick the dark clouds hanging over this orphanage truly were. Right now, she was busy asking the other practitioners in the rest area about their views on Jasmine.
To Evelia's surprise, Jasmine's reputation was truly remarkably good. So good that Evelia could clearly feel just how... conservative Harrison's words had been earlier.
"You're asking about the Lady Saint? Ah! Now that's something I can talk about! The Lady Saint is simply a true angel! Don't get me wrong, I don't mean those higher beings in Heaven right now, but the kind of kind, pure, holy, and beautiful angel from human myths and legends!"
"This young lady, I won't hide it from you. Actually, when I heard about the Lady Saint's fine reputation before, I was quite dismissive. I thought, how could such a young girl possibly bear such a heavy burden? But after I truly came into contact with the Lady Saint, that very night, I slapped myself over a dozen times right in my room! I simply couldn't forgive my past self for viewing the Lady Saint that way!"
"The Lady Saint? Oh! You beautiful young lady, do you want to join our Jasmine Sect too? Praise the Lady Saint, she is simply our faith! What? You ask about Yahweh? Well, our Lord has long since vanished. We practitioners must learn to keep up with the times, mustn't we? We have to learn to optimize away those backward concepts, right? Therefore I declare, the Lady Saint is our new faith! Jasmine Sect☆~"
"How do I view the Lady Saint? Heh, I am the Lady Saint's dog!!!"
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In short, not only did the other practitioners have no negative evaluations of Jasmine, they were practically overflowing with praise. Among them were even several extremely abstract and heavyweight practitioners. Especially that guy who shouted "I am the Lady Saint's dog." Evelia genuinely suggested he find time to visit the psychiatric department at a hospital.
After all, when the illness has progressed this far, if he drags it out any longer, there probably won't be any hope left...
"Seriously, Eve-Eve, Miss Jasmine's reputation is so good it even surprised me! I've never seen anyone whose evaluations are so uniformly all praise. After all, jealousy is an original sin that every intelligent being carries. This is especially obvious in humans. Yet even those few nuns we just asked had surprisingly good things to say about Miss Jasmine..."
"Mm... perhaps some people do hold hostility toward Jasmine? We just haven't encountered them. Look at Lina. Her view of Jasmine is... quite firm, isn't it?"
"Um, that's true... but Lina obviously has bigger issues, doesn't she?"
"You two, what are you chatting about? Would you mind if I joined the conversation?"
"Eh!?" ×2
Just as Evelia and Amya were discussing enthusiastically, Jasmine's voice, carrying a hint of laughter, suddenly came from behind them. Startled, the two turned their heads! They saw Jasmine holding a transparent folder filled with paper materials, walking toward them with a beaming smile.
"Ja... Jasmine!? When did you get back!?"
Being caught red-handed while talking about someone behind their back was the most awkward thing. At this moment, Evelia was extremely nervous too. They had mentioned Lina during their conversation just now. If Jasmine heard that, wouldn't it be the same as exposing her own cover?
"Just got back~ And when I came back, I saw you two eagerly chatting about something, so I curiously decided to chime in~"
"Then... did you hear what we were talking about?" Evelia asked nervously.
"No~ How could I hear clearly from so far away? Why? Were you discussing something you can't tell others?"
Jasmine revealed a seemingly innocent smile, but Evelia felt waves of chill from it. Watching Jasmine approach step by step, Evelia looked toward Amya beside her as if begging for help. In response, our Miss Angel gave her a "it'll be fine" look, then said something shocking:
"It certainly counts as something we can't tell others~ It's just about tonight's exercise program~"
When Amya said this, Evelia, who had been preparing to drink some water and relax, nearly sprayed the water from her mouth. She struggled to swallow the water, then started coughing uncontrollably because it went down the wrong pipe. However, she soon recovered. While fiercely glaring at Amya, she viciously pinched her thigh.
This guy really was getting more and more audacious.
But to Evelia's surprise, Jasmine actually believed such a clumsy lie! She even thoughtfully asked in return, "Oh? In that case, do you need me to provide some small toys for the two of you?"
"No need! Rather than relying on external objects, I prefer hands-on practice myself!"
"I see~ Jasmine understands now~"
『Hey! You two! How far off track has this gone!』
Evelia was depressed, but after all, she had been the one to ask Amya to speak up and rescue the situation. If she denied it now, the question would definitely circle back to "what were you just talking about."
Therefore, no matter how much she wanted to refute in her heart, Evelia could only endure it silently and settle the full account with Amya after they returned later.
"Miss Jasmine, let's put the small toys matter aside for now. I remember you went to gather more evidence? How did it go?"
"Don't worry~ It's all right here~ That person's efficiency is still quite high. Now I have one hundred percent confidence to make that Mr. Victor speechless~"
"..."
Looking at that brilliant smile Jasmine wore on her face at all times, Evelia suddenly remembered that the traits of scheming and sister-complex could actually overlap. Jasmine was indeed very attached to Lina, but that didn't mean she wasn't a schemer!!!
"In that case... shall we go now and..."
"Lady Saint! You've returned! Bishop Sauron has been looking for you for quite a while! He, Mr. Victor, and the two from the Watchers are all waiting for you in the orphanage backyard now. They said there's something to discuss."
Just as Evelia was preparing to drag Jasmine off to directly take out Victor, the Church's professional toolman Harrison once again timely interrupted. This time, Evelia and Jasmine looked at each other. Both saw the corners of their mouths gradually curling upward. There was no helping it. The development of the situation was truly laugh-inducing.
The backyard? With just those few people? Jasmine had originally been worried about whether publicly exposing the things Victor had done would cause relatively large negative impact on the Church's reputation. But now it seemed she had indeed been worrying unnecessarily.
This really was like wanting to sleep and having someone hand you a pillow. Whatever you wish for just comes true!
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