# 57
You are beautiful.
Dearyn couldn't say it, but Sirius said:
“In the morning, the flower was a bud, but after the sun came up, it seemed to bloom red.”
“…….”
Ah, enough of this.
What do I do with this person's expression?
I've never been into the Velvet Society before, so I don't know if this is good or bad.
From the priest's point of view, the appearance of his hands and feet was as twisted as the petals of a shamrock that withers in the evening.
He was using every rhetorical device possible, and it was sincere even.
Even the expression alone was making him feel uncomfortable, and combined with the sincerity, he didn't know where to put himself, and his whole body was in a state of discomfort.
Maybe this person, Sirius, is very skilled.
Is he trying to confuse people like this, then make you stay by his side, not leave him, and try to brainwash you?
At this moment, it seems like it would be okay somehow, and my feelings are also weird.
I felt weird about myself.
"I love you!"
“?”
Hema: Brothers, how are you? My heart is gone. This is not Sirius. This is someone else (TT)
At that moment, a man's screams rose loudly from the side of the square.
The sound was so loud and majestic that all the passersby turned towards it.
"What's going on? What's going on?"
“It looks like a public proposal for marriage!”
"wow!"
Dearyn's eyes naturally went towards the sound.
When Dearyn's eyes turned, Sirius's followed.
In the middle of the square, there was a man and a woman standing facing each other.
"From the first moment I met you! My whole world! Was dedicated to you!"
“Waaa!”
People cheered enthusiastically.
The man's face exuded confidence after hearing the applause.
"Now! I want to be with you! Forever!"
“Waaa!”
The man nervously took a ring out of his pocket.
The woman standing across from him took a step back.
But the man rushed towards her violently.
"Marry me! Please!"
The man knelt down like a knight of ancient times and extended his hand with the ring.
Their heartbeats quickened.
People's eyes were full of curiosity and anticipation, surrounding the couple.
"No! You crazy person! Did you think I would say yes in a crowded place like this?! Oh, I can't stand it!"
“Um, what?!”
But the result was a miserable failure.
The woman did not look back and left the square.
Strong winds filled the empty square.
The man was left alone, standing like a statue with his hand held out with the ring, unable to move.
“What do I do now?”
“He looks miserable.”
People felt sympathy but laughed at the man as they passed by.
The crowds that had gathered dispersed in an instant.
The miserable man remained alone.
Deyarin let out a sigh and shook her head.
"Well, you see, Sirius? The relationship between people doesn't have to be one-way."
But Sirius' mind was occupied with something else.
Marriage.
Attention sparkled in Sirius's eyes.
He knew what marriage was from books, but he considered it something that had nothing to do with him, so he ignored it amicably.
Marriage is a promise to stay together.
“Marriage.”
"……Yes?"
Sirius's tone of voice was full of meaning.
“If that woman has accepted the marriage, does it mean that we will always be together?”
“Yes, exactly. Therefore, we must make sure that the other party is mentally prepared for marriage before embarking on it. Because the marriage cannot be annulled after it is completed.”
In fact, divorce does not exist in this world.
To get official recognition of the marriage, the marriage ceremony must be performed in a temple.
This process is equivalent to presenting certificates before the ruler that the souls have been united.
The couple then receives a certificate from the priest to present as an official declaration of marriage.
The ruler has already been informed that we have become one, so how can we separate later?
Therefore, there is no official divorce, and the marriage contracted continues until death. If a person cannot continue life with their partner, they start living separately as an alternative to divorce.
Official divorce only occurs in cases of national marriage. In this case, the temple gets involved and the priests effect the divorce even if it means finding a non-existent ruler.
Since ordinary people do not usually participate in national marriages, the marriage that is concluded is meant to last a lifetime.
“How can Deyarin marry me?”
“…….”
Even though I say that, I feel uncomfortable.
Why did you talk about marriage in detail?
Dearyn closed her eyes tightly and covered her mouth tightly.
But the words that came out of her had already leaked out… and Sirius gathered them together quickly and completely.
As if he was collecting grains of grain without any of them falling.
“Dyaren.”
“…….”
Deyarin ignored the matter as if she did not hear him, and increased the speed of her steps.
Didn't hear. There was nothing.
But even though Dearyn tried to run, Sirius' steps were much faster.
“Huh, huh, huh…….”
Deyarin took intermittent breaths and finally stopped running.
Sirius stepped forward quietly and came to her side.
Of course, there was no trace of fatigue on his face.
“Dyaren, how can we get married…….”
You annoying creature!
Although I'm grateful I'm not crazy, now I'm annoying!
"No. I don't want to. I can't!"
“Why?”
"I am a priestess. A priestess cannot marry!"
“Why?”
“The life of a priestess is dedicated to the ruler!”
Sirius became very serious upon hearing that.
“So, should we fight the ruler and win?”
"……What……?"
Dayaren almost collapsed from shock due to the most unbelievable words she had ever heard in her life.
Even if it was a joke, she would have collapsed, but it was a serious statement.
“Is the ruler skilled in combat?”
“……what……you…….”
The title "Seres" is no longer even used.
When a person is in a state of extreme surprise, he seems to forget how to speak.
Deyarin's fingers pointing at Sirius were trembling, unable to continue speaking.
While Dyarin's thoughts stopped at the border of astonishment, Sirius calmly reviewed what Dyarin said and came up with a solution.
“I can bring the money.”
“……What are you saying, Sirius?”
“If I bring the money, you will quit fortune telling…….”
“…….”
From where did these words come?
Is it my mouth? Damn him.
Deyarin began to wonder, in a contemplation she had never before considered, whether there was another figure in her mouth.
Hema: I meant it here because in the previous chapters I talked about money, priests, and so on
“Priests cannot leave their jobs easily, Sirius.”
“How could they leave it?”
“How could they, you say…….”
Sirius' question was completely innocent.
It didn't have any specific intention, it was just a normal inquiry.
It was not obscured by social rules.
Sometimes, this clinging was not only destructive, but infinitely pure.
It was a purity that Deyarin, who had been exposed to life's shocks and wounds, could hardly bear.
Is this the feeling a person experiences when meeting the ruler?
The weight of existence that makes you contemplate the depths of yourself, like immersing yourself in the well of your heart, reaching the bottom in an instant.
'Does this mean I will give up divination?'
She had never thought about that in her entire life.
Since she entered the temple, she has considered this to be her new forever home.
She had a family, but she had nowhere to return to.
Moreover, the life of a priestess suited her greatly.
While she sometimes had to do things she didn't want to do, and sometimes faced cheating and discrimination, those things made her feel frustrated, but she never thought about leaving divination.
However, fortune telling is different from marriage.
There is what is called “the shift to secularism.”
Letting go is not easy.
You can simply take off the priest costume and put it back on, and say that you will live as a human being instead of a ruler.
The position of priestess was not obligatory.
When many could not enter the temple as priests, the temple would not hold on to the priests so tightly.
If a person resigns from his position, the loss will be on the priests only.
But no one was leaving the position completely.
Usually, it concerned girls from noble families.
If there are no problems in their daily lives, they are often taken back by their families when the number of girls in the political marriage between brothers is short.
On rare occasions, there were girls who felt exhausted and ran away from the position.
However, because they were of high status, there was not much indifference from society toward those who converted to secularism.
'What about me?'
If a day comes, even though it is a distant fantasy, the time may come to abandon fortune-telling?
Deyarin thought deeply as she walked.
“First, I must have a home in which I can live comfortably for the rest of my life…….”
"house."
Sirius repeated the word 'home' as if he had it in mind.
“Yes, a house. Not just a house for rent, but a house that is mine. A house that no one can evict me from for the rest of my life.”
She wasn't thinking about the palace she lived in now.
It is sufficient that the house be free of water leaks or mice, and that it is well taken care of to the point that it is not difficult to open and close its doors.
When you lay on the bed with your arms and legs stretched out, it was enough not to touch the walls.
It is preferable that the house be spacious enough to separate a desk for reading and food at the dining table.
“Then comes the money, right?”
“Yes, money.”
Deyarin is not one to entertain herself excessively.
Sure, she may sometimes desire luxury, but her desires are not overwhelming.
Some people have desires so strong that they would get sick if they didn't get what they wanted.
Money, although Diarine desperately seeks it, for her is more like a luxury-preserving activity.
Money that allows her to buy the food she wants when she's hungry, and repair or replace things that break, so she doesn't feel uncomfortable.
‘What else might I need…….’
When she felt that the basic matters of life were secure, nothing else came to her mind.
'I look humble.'
How could I be so pure?
Deyarin was impressed with herself.
Is this what it means to be a true priestess?
If you believe in what it means to be a priestess, then you can say, “I am someone like Dyaren!”
She is satisfied with the life of a priestess. Is there really a need to leave the position?
“Ah. I remembered what it takes to quit divination.”
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