I Am a Pure Saintess, Don't Tarnish My Innocence Out of Nowhere! - Chapter 20

Chapter 20: The Uncle Endured It, and the Aunt Endured It Too

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This was wonderful.

The sorrow in her heart was swept away, and Verose turned to look at Susie beside her. In the face of Susie’s confused gaze, she excitedly grasped her hands.

All this happiness was actually brought to her by Susie.

If she hadn’t discovered that Barna’s brother was suffering from food poisoning, Verose might still be worrying about the healing spell issue.

Moreover, Susie had brought so many people with her. After witnessing today’s truth, the possibility of them spreading rumors was greatly reduced, and there might not even be any unfavorable comments about her at all.

Goddess above, Susie was truly her angel!

She had to thank her.

“Thank you, Susie. If it weren’t for you, Barna’s brother might still be suffering, and I’d still be blaming myself, and might even have to face punishment from the church later.”

“It’s alright, this is what I should do…”

For some reason, Susie smiled, but her smile seemed uglier than crying, even though she wasn’t unattractive.

Verose didn’t understand, just assuming that Susie was naturally not suited for smiling.

“If you encounter any difficulties in the future, just tell me, and I’ll do my best to help you solve them.”

“Mm, I understand, Verose.”

Verose meant these words sincerely. Susie had helped her so much, and she was good-looking too. If Susie ever had any troubles, she would definitely choose to help her.

However, these words sounded completely different to Susie’s ears.

She felt that Verose was mocking her, taking on the posture of a victor to ridicule her. What difficulties could she possibly have? Her difficulty was that she couldn’t solve Verose!

Damn it, this scheming woman…

People always remember the first, no one remembers the second. She could already imagine the scene in the small town of Avik in the future, where no one would know her, Susie, reputation.

If she were to really fight with Verose, perhaps her former self would have had the courage, but now, after experiencing this incident, she was truly intimidated.

Their levels might not even be on the same plane.

In the future, when she saw Verose, it would be better to run far away. Her reputation might not be great, but at least she was still a nun. If she were tricked out of the church by Verose’s schemes, she would have nowhere to go.

At this moment, Verose was very concerned about Susie. Seeing her face alternating between pale and flushed, she couldn’t help but squeeze her hand and asked worriedly:

“What’s wrong? You don’t look well?”

“…Maybe I’m just tired.”

Verose was taken aback.

Yes, how could she not have thought of this?

Susie had been dragged out of the rest room by her, walked all the way to Barna’s mansion to help examine his brother. Even she was a bit tired, so how could Susie not be exhausted?

She had been inconsiderate.

“That’s true, I made you come out to see a patient during your rest time. I’m sorry for troubling you. If you’re tired, you can lean on my shoulder.”

“…No need.”

Is she mocking her? This girl must still be mocking her, right?

Can’t she see whether she’s tired or not? And she still wants to let her lean on her shoulder? Is she mocking her for being weak?

Susie shook her head, gritting her teeth slightly. Even if she were asked to jump off from here, die outside, or end up in a monster’s mouth, she would never lean on Verose’s shoulder!

Just seeing Verose made her feel sick!

“Thank you, you’re so kind.”

A voice like a clear spring tinkling entered her ears. She instinctively looked up and saw Verose smiling and tilting her head slightly. Her slender hair swayed gently, like the pendulum of a clock, hypnotizing her heart.

The people behind the girl began to blur in her eyes, and the noisy sounds gradually disappeared. Without realizing it, her eyes were left with only her. The remnants of the setting sun only lit up half of her, but it didn’t affect her sweetness at all.

She just sat there on the sofa, smiling at her, quiet and beautiful, like a flower blooming in a spring garden. Whether people looked at her or not, she was always there, blooming.

Even if passersby casually picked her, she wouldn’t be upset. The flower would continue to bloom in those people’s hands until it withered and decayed…

At this moment, Susie seemed to understand why she couldn’t win against the girl in front of her.

“Susie? Your face is red?”

“…No, it’s not!”

Covering her chest, Susie averted her gaze from directly looking at Verose. She felt her heart beating faster, or in other words, her heart was fluttering.

Pah! What fluttering heart!

Susie admitted that Verose was very good-looking, but that was all!

When she said she was very kind, it must have been a provocation, giving her a “nice person card”! Saying her face was red was just teasing her, she had no good intentions!

Right! That’s how it is!

This girl, this girl…

Change the subject, quickly! Change the subject!

Verose originally didn’t know what she was thinking, but after feeling her own rapidly increasing magic power level, she knew that Susie was praising her in her heart.

The smile on her face became even more radiant. In her view, Susie’s heart was as beautiful as her appearance.

Finally, Susie remembered something. She raised her head, looked towards Barna outside the crowd, and then snorted coldly, saying:

“By the way, Mr. Barna, for the medical fee plus the cost of medicine, you need to pay 10 gold coins.”

This bastard called Barna must be in cahoots with Verose, setting up a trap together to frame her! So dealing with Barna was actually the same as dealing with Verose.

Hmph, let them team up to set her up, watch her make Barna’s wallet bleed!

She’ll teach him a lesson!

Sure enough, upon hearing that the fee would be 10 gold coins, Barna’s face changed dramatically, and he exclaimed, “What? 10 gold coins?! Why don’t you just rob me?!”

In the small town of Avik, the annual salary of an average adult was about 6 gold coins. This sudden 10 gold coins was equivalent to a year and a half’s salary.

Moreover, although the adventurer profession generally had a higher income than other jobs, because the risk factor was really too high, many adventurers didn’t have the habit of saving money.

After all, if they saved so much money and something unexpected happened one day, wouldn’t it all be in vain?

So, Barna could afford 10 gold coins, but it was really bleeding him dry, almost killing his wallet.

However, just a second after his exclamation, he was once again locked in place by a strong man.

One-Eyed Wolf, like a caring big brother, leaned close to his ear and whispered:

“Susie came out to help your brother when she was resting, it can be considered an emergency consultation. Moreover, this incident has caused a very bad influence, and everyone has made the effort to come here. 10 gold coins is not expensive.”

One-Eyed Wolf also had his own motives. He said these things actually wanting to get revenge for Verose, but to Barna’s ears, it almost made him die of anger.

What do you mean everyone made the effort to come here? Did he, Barna, ask them to come?!

Not only did they ruin his plan, but they also made him nervous to death, and now they’re forcing him to bleed money. This uncle could endure it, and the aunt could only… endure it a little more.

There was no choice, he couldn’t beat One-Eyed Wolf. Even the most unendurable things had to be endured.

“…I’ll pay, I’ll pay!”

Tremblingly taking out his money pouch from his pocket, Barna painfully counted out 10 gold coins. They hadn’t even warmed up in his hand before One-Eyed Wolf snatched them away and handed them to Susie.

After getting the money, Susie fed the poisoned young man two mouthfuls of medicine, then hurriedly stood up. Not daring to even look at Verose, she pushed through the crowd and walked out.

From her back view, it looked completely like she was fleeing in panic.