Me, a priest? How could that be!

Chapter 88 No such thing!

I never expected that the elder was a true elder.

He thought he could be the older brother, but inexplicably became the father. Xia Luo is so young and doesn't want to be a ghost... cough cough, it's nothing.

"Your Highness... no, Alice, you can call me brother."

"May I!?"

"certainly."

"Yes, brother!" Alice exclaimed with delight. "Brother was so handsome before. When he was cheering everyone on in front of the capital, he had a style just like Father! After giving that speech, he led my brother... my real brother, to the front lines to fight against the Demon King's army."

It turned out to be the case.

Perhaps she saw a reflection of her father in Charlotte, but Alice didn't seem like a child lacking love; she seemed more like—

"I really want to go out. I want to leave the city and see the crowds. I also want to fight alongside the knights against the Demon King's army, and afterwards celebrate and laugh with them."

A caged bird that lacks freedom.

Her Highness stood on the balcony, gazing into the distance, her long golden hair fluttering in the wind, her eyes filled with a longing to leave the castle.

have to say.

Alice truly embodies the classic beautiful girl archetype: petite and adorable, with a longing for the outside world. Due to her identity and various other reasons, she cannot attend school peacefully, cannot go out, and doesn't even have friends her own age.

"Then let's go out."

"...Claire won't agree."

She said this with a sense of loss.

Oh right, Alice is a good girl. Even though she knows how much trouble her identity will cause others, the princess has never thrown a tantrum. Although others see her as a dutiful and good princess, isn't that a bit too repressed?

"Alice, have you asked her?"

"I don't."

The princess shook her head blankly.

Charlotte placed her hands on her shoulders encouragingly, "The teachings of the Church of Eris say that it's unwise to give up before you've even started something. Even if you know the probability is almost impossible, there's still a chance of success, and Lady Luck will smile upon you. So don't be afraid, boldly express your desires, and Miss Claire will definitely give them serious consideration."

"Really?"

"certainly."

Alice fell into thought.

Just then, Claire and Rhine appeared at the end of the corridor. Upon seeing Alice, they visibly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly walked towards the balcony.

"Your Highness Alice, where have you been? Leaving the banquet without a word is worrying."

She instinctively blamed him.

To put it simply, Charlotte saw the image of her nagging older sister in Claire.

Alice first looked at Charlotte, and after receiving encouragement from Charlotte, she also mustered up her courage.

Claire.

"Yes, Your Highness Alice?"

"Um... I... I want to leave the royal city and have a look around, is that alright?"

"No problem! I'll make the arrangements right away and have the knights prepare. Indeed, the residents of the capital are still somewhat fearful after just defeating the Demon King's daughter, and it's our duty as royalty to go—"

"No! That's not what I meant!"

"What?"

"I... I mean... I want to go out for a walk, just by myself... all by myself..."

"No!"

Claire rejected the idea without even thinking.

Alice's hard-won courage immediately vanished, and her expression was extremely sad. Claire's heart was breaking, but even so, she did not give in.

"Claire... I hate her."

"What?!?"

Claire was struck dumb.

Alice left, ignoring Claire who had collapsed to her knees clutching her chest because of her words, and quickly walked away from the balcony until she disappeared around the corner.

Charlotte twitched the corner of her mouth.

He felt that staying any longer wouldn't lead to anything good, so he secretly tried to take the opportunity to leave. However, his thinking was correct; he left too late.

"Wait a moment."

Claire grabbed his arm, slowly raised her head, glared fiercely at Charlotte, and said, "Could you please not say such nonsense?!"

"I didn't... Okay, okay, I just told Alice not to keep her thoughts to herself, and that I would never agree to anything if she didn't speak up. I just didn't expect that as soon as Alice spoke up, you would reject her so ruthlessly."

"That's it! It's all your fault for saying those useless things to Princess Alice!"

"How can you blame me for this!?"

Charlotte felt that she was completely taking her anger out on her.

However, from Claire's perspective, Charlotte is the villain who is encouraging Alice to leave the capital and leave her protection.

"Besides, Alice has always wanted to go out, what's wrong with agreeing to it once?"

"Are you serious? Now? We don't even know if the Demon King's army and the Demon King's daughter have really left! What if it's a fake retreat? Princess Alice could be in danger!"

"Why not just repel them one more time?"

"Varied……!?"

Charlotte spoke casually, yet Claire couldn't refute it, since before the other party arrived, no one had successfully repelled the Demon King's daughter.

Neither of them would back down.

In the end, it was Rein who intervened. While comforting him, she explained, "Mr. Charlotte, we are not being stingy. We just want to find a way to resolve the problem without damaging Lady Alice's trust, without incurring blame, and without causing any harm."

"You're treating yourself like a grandson!"

Charlotte couldn't help but complain.

Ultimately, isn't it because we couldn't properly protect Alice that things turned out this way? But that's completely unnecessary, since Alice is the strongest among humans; once she changes her class...

Just as he was about to say that, Alice suddenly peeked out from around the corner of the corridor.

"Claire..."

"Yes, Your Highness Alice, what are your orders?" Claire, who was still injured, immediately said respectfully.

"Um..." Alice glanced at Charlotte before saying, "I'd like Charlotte to stay in the palace, is that alright...?"

"Absolutely not!!"

Claire loudly refused.

She knew that if Charlotte stayed in the palace, Alice would not only lose all interest in her studies, but would also be indoctrinated with all sorts of inappropriate ideas, and if she became rebellious as a result...

The image that involuntarily surfaced in my mind was no longer the lovable Alice, but a rebellious girl sticking out her tongue and raising her finger.

I don't want that kind of thing!

Alice was a little disappointed after being rejected again. She whispered, "I thought I could talk to Charlotte about professions. I'm also very interested in the priest profession."

"Priestess? Wait a minute, Princess Alice, do you perhaps wish to change your profession to priest?"

"……no?"

"Of course not! You are royalty, and His Majesty the King even specially prepared a divine artifact for you... cough cough, that magical artifact! The most suitable profession for you is a sword master! Besides, how could a priest be worthy of you!?"

"I can't pretend I didn't hear that!"

Charlotte grabbed Claire's shoulder with an unfriendly expression and shouted irritably, "What's wrong with you, Priestess?! Is it my fault that I'm not a Grand Magister? Is it because I don't want to change jobs?!"

"...No, I didn't go that far." Claire was puzzled. She couldn't understand why the Archmage profession was being brought up.

"And another thing, are you looking down on the priests a provocation against the Church of Eris? I'll give you one more chance to rephrase your words: who exactly defeated the Demon King's daughter? Think it through before you speak!"

"I……!"

Claire opened her mouth.

She desperately wanted to deny it, but she couldn't lie. And with Alice's heart-meltingly pleading eyes, she could only reluctantly agree in the end.

From this day forward.

Charlotte lived in the palace.