Little Priest's Cat Diary

It was midsummer, and the afternoon sun was scorching hot, making the earth scorching hot.

But even under such a scorching sun, Mia could faintly feel the cold gaze staring at her from behind.

And, from it came a sinister murderous intent that sent chills down the back of the neck.

He didn't look back and continued walking forward.

He didn't stop until he could no longer feel the sight from behind.

On the square where the stone pillars stand, there is no shelter in the sky, and the fiery sun shines directly from the sky, scorching the earth.The square in this white stone land is so bright that it is blinding.

Mia raised her hand to cover her head.

Through the cracks in his fingers, he looked at the cloudless blue sky.

The hot wind passed by him, and the hair on his cheek brushed against his slightly squinted eyes.

The pale golden hair reflects the sun, and every strand of hair seems to be shimmering.

The goal is half achieved.

Mia thought, but there was no joy on his face.

He closed his eyes.

Under the bright sunlight, the slender eyelashes cast a dark shadow on his face, with distinct roots.

When the wind passed, it brought the corners of his clothes and the light-colored short cloak behind him to fly gently.

He came to the palace every day these days, nominally wanting to see Sardis, but Mia, who knew Sardis' paranoid temperament very well, knew very well that Sardis would not see him until the wedding ceremony was announced .

Therefore, his goal is the female Shah.

From the series of things that the female Shah did, it can be seen that she is a decisive, cunning and ruthless person.

Moreover, she is an absolute egoist.

Everything she does is aimed at maximizing her own interests.

In order to survive and climb up, she will do whatever it takes.

Just like the vicious sharks in the abyss of the sea, they grow themselves by devouring the flesh and blood of others.

When she is in a weak position, she will lurk and wait for the opportunity to move.

She doesn't know how to be grateful, let alone the so-called loyalty.

Although she is acting extremely tame now, once she has enough strength and opportunities, she will mercilessly bite and kill her former master, and even take everything from him.

However, Mia knew that even if she told Sardis these words, he would not care too much.

Now Sardis is too confident, or it can be said to be conceited.

He is well aware of the ferocity of the female Shah, but he thinks he can control the female Shah.

Because the current Margaret has no threat at all.

Having lost her power as a Shah, if she wants to live and gain power, she can only be loyal to Sardis.

This is also the reason why Sardis entrusted the Supervision Office to her - because she, who was rejected and completely isolated by others, could only exist by relying on Sardis.

She is good at judging the situation and she will never do stupid things to destroy her backer now.

Miya opened her eyes, and there was a glint in them.

He took a step forward.

——The only way to reveal this ferocious shark ahead of time is to drive it to a dead end.

So he said those things to Margaret, so he was extra tough on Margaret.

Only that kind of tough and stubborn attitude can make Margaret believe that she will really persecute Sardis.

He wanted to make Margaret believe that he was going to cut off all her retreats and not give her any way out!

A trapped beast in a desperate situation is the scariest thing.

Mia knows.

If he really forced Sardis in that way, Sardis would eventually compromise with him.

He knew how much Sardis cared about him.

But even if he got the result he wanted, it would be meaningless.

This approach is only a temporary relief of the crisis, but cannot solve the most fundamental problem.

So, the way to make Sardis open eyes blinded by pride...

A way for him to see himself, and the way ahead...

Mia looked at her hands, a bitter smile appeared in her eyes.

Persecution, framing someone who is doing nothing right now.

Take advantage of Sardis' feelings for himself.

All of the above are the most shameless acts he has ever done.

He told Sardis that one cannot do things by hook or by crook.

And now he's doing the same thing.

How ironic.

But he won't regret it.

He came to this world to protect Sardis.

If we say, before, he just wanted to complete his mission.

So now, it is his own will to protect that person!

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"To Schulte? Me?"

Antiste raised his eyebrows and asked Mia in surprise.

Mia hummed.

"Isn't Fael sitting in charge over there?"

At the beginning, Sardis led the people to go south to recover the royal city, the old sage Artudode was in the royal city of Ston, and the city of Schulte was left behind by the knight commander Fael.

Speaking of this, Antiste couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

"That skinny little brat back then is now a general guarding one side."

No one would have thought that the cowardly and timid little slave back then would be able to reach the level he is today.

He looked at Miya, and couldn't help but think of the time when the young boy firmly said the words 'Faer will be very powerful in the future'.

He thought, whether it was Prince Sardis or Faer, probably only this little guy in front of him could transform them.

Unaware of Antiste's thoughts, Mia handed over a letter.

"Faer sent me a letter, saying that Schulte City has once again formed a team of battle priests. However, although he is a powerful general, I am really worried about letting him train the team of battle priests. "

He says,

"So, teacher, you can only go for a run."

Antiste hesitated.

"If I go to Schulte City, then you are here..."

"This is Wangcheng, it's very safe. It's a waste for the teacher to stay by my side every day."

Mia said with a smile,

"What's more, there is Sardis here."

"Well……"

That's right.

With Sardis around, nothing should happen.

Although someone said that they would announce their marriage, Antiste had the urge to learn from someone who abducted Mia secretly, but he still remembered that the teacher told him that Mia could only be safe if she stayed with Sardis. .

Anyway, he really didn't want to see that scene—he just left and went to Schulte City, out of sight and out of mind.

Thinking so, Antiste nodded.

"I see."

"teacher."

"Ok?"

Mia sat on the edge of the bed, pressing her hands on the bed beside her.

His lower leg dangled in the air, kicking back and forth childishly.

He raised his head and said to Antiste with a smile: "When you arrive at Schulte City, tell Faer that you must become a powerful general and you must not lose my face."

"Go, go, go."

Antiste said angrily, and unceremoniously reached out and pushed Mia onto the bed.

"It's too late, go to bed, or you won't grow taller."

Mia was pushed and fell backwards on the bed, and rolled in the middle of the bed.

Rolled again, and rolled to the side of the bed again.

Rolling around like this, half of the blanket fell to the ground.

"How old are you, why are you still acting like a brat?"

Antiste reprimanded Mia dumbfoundingly, but said nothing, he still leaned over to pick up the blanket, and covered Mia again.

His little disciple was lying on the bed, clutching the blanket with both hands, looking at him with big blue eyes and blinking.

That appearance is so well-behaved that people can't help but soften into a ball when they look at it.

Antiste looked at it, and couldn't help lowering his head, and kissed his little apprentice's forehead.

"Good night."

he said softly.

After the kiss, just as Antiste was about to straighten his upper body, a pair of slender arms suddenly lifted up and wrapped around his neck.

He froze for a moment, and then the corners of his lips could not stop rising.

"This really doesn't look like a high priest."

Although he was complaining so much, the corners of Antiste's raised lips were extremely happy.

Apparently, someone who is duplicity enjoys being acted like a baby by his little apprentice.

"Whether I am the High Priest or not, a teacher is always a teacher."

Mia, who was hugging him, said, her voice was soft and soft, still the same as his youthful face.

Mia said, "Teacher, I'm sorry."

"Ok?"

"For so many years, it's been hard for me to clean up the aftermath, right?"

"It's hard work."

Antiste smiled and rubbed the head of the little disciple in his arms.

"However, who made me your teacher?"

He coaxed the child in his arms who seemed to never grow up.

"Okay, it's too late, go to bed."

The faint fire light in the room flickered, and Antiste stood in front of the door and had already pushed the door open.

However, just as he was about to lift his foot to leave the room, he suddenly looked back again.

He saw his little disciple lying obediently on the bed, looking at him with his eyes open, and seeing him looking back at himself, he waved to him with a smile and said goodbye to him.

So Antiste also laughed.

He raised his hand and waved to Mia.

Then, he turned around and left.

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The next day, Antiste left the royal city and headed for Shult City in the north.

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Time is like running water, fleeting.

Soon, in someone's anxiety, in someone's thoughts, seven days passed.

On this day, people gathered in the palace hall.

Today, the royal palace is going to hold a grand court meeting.

This was the grand court meeting that was finally held in the royal court again after more than a year had elapsed since the death of King David in battle.

All the Portoyas nobles, civil servants, and generals stood in the large courtyard one by one.

They are all in good spirits, radiant and smiling.

The main purpose of this big court meeting is to reward them.

On this day, the sky was clear and the sun hung high above the sky, casting bright sunlight on the earth.

Sunlight shines in through the glazed windows on both sides of the big courtyard, making the whole big courtyard extremely bright.

The huge incense burners one person tall in the four corners of the hall have been lit, and the rich aroma diffuses in the large courtyard, dyeing everyone's body with a faint aroma.

On the tall white jade platform, Sardis sat on the throne.

On his left, Mia sat on a stone seat carved from sea-grained stone with the ripples of the ocean.

At this moment, although the two are extremely close, they no longer have the feeling of intimacy they used to have.

They are clearly sitting together, but they seem to be far away from each other, as if separated by an insurmountable gully.

Sardis kept looking down, never turning his head to look at Mia.

And Mia kept her eyes down, sitting quietly, without saying a word.

When the time was up, Sardis stood up, took two steps forward, and walked to the front of the stone platform.

The servants standing at the bottom of the steps called out their names and read out the rewards given to them.

After the rewarded person is called out by name, he will go up the steps, kneel on one knee at the feet of Sardis, bow his head, and declare his unchanging loyalty to Sardis.

Sardis lightly tapped the shoulder of his subordinate kneeling in front of him with the sword in his hand, expressing that he accepted the loyalty of his subordinate.

The award ceremony is proceeding in an orderly manner.

The loud voice of the attendant echoed in the big courtyard.

At his shouts, one by one, people came up the steps and knelt down to declare their allegiance to Sardis.

Mia was still sitting behind Sardis. Although he kept his eyes down, the peripheral vision from the corner of his eyes swept across the hall without a trace.

In a corner of the courtyard, Margaret was still alone as usual.

She stood quietly below, with her head down, motionless.

That heavy and silent look seemed extremely abrupt among the group of energetic people.

Mia frowned, feeling a little anxious in his heart.

For seven whole days, he thought that he would not leave a way out for the female Shah, and with the fierce temperament of the female Shah, in order to keep his power, he would secretly find an opportunity to attack him.

For this reason, he also specially found an excuse to transfer all the teachers to Schulte City, just to give the female Shah more opportunities.

However, he waited for seven full days until the day when the Great Court Conference was held and it was about to end, but the female Shah did not move.

At this moment, Margaret stood below with her head bowed, with a silent expression as if she felt that she couldn't do it and simply gave up completely.

Mia pursed her lips.

Is it because I haven't forced myself enough?

Is it because I take it for granted?

If the female Shah refuses to do it...

...his time is running out...what to do?

Mia remained silent, because he had something on his mind, so he seemed to be out of his mind.

Unintentionally concealing it, his gloomy mood was revealed on his face, which was noticed by Sardis beside him.

Although Sardis never looked at Mia publicly, he has been paying attention to Mia secretly, including every change of expression on Mia's face.

Seeing Mia's face so gloomy at this moment, he naturally felt that it was because Mia didn't want him to announce the marriage news to everyone.

Thinking of this, he became more depressed, and his eyes became darker and gloomy.

However, while feeling extremely bored in his heart, he also became more stubborn and determined to announce his marriage to Mia at this court meeting.

Even if Mia is unwilling, he will not let go.

He wanted to imprint his own brand on Mia.

Right now.

No one can stop it!

Time passed little by little, and near noon, the sun had risen to the headspace.

The sun is getting brighter.

The big courtyard seemed to be filled with light, it was extremely bright, but there was a feeling of emptiness, and even the vision was slightly affected.

Finally, at last, the footman under the steps called out Margaret's name.

She was the last to accept the award.

Margaret, who had been standing silently in a corner with her head down, finally raised her head, walked to the middle, and continued walking forward after a pause.

She walked under the high platform calmly.

Not many eyes fell on her.

Because all the people who received the reward were in the moment of complacency, so naturally they didn't have the heart to pay attention to a person they didn't like.

Margaret lifted her foot and stepped on the white jade steps.

She lowered her head and walked up slowly, step by step.

The extremely bright sunlight was above her head, but it made it even more difficult for people to see the expression on her face shrouded in shadows.

She walked slowly.

She remembered the day she ran into Shaoji in the corridor seven days ago.

It was also noon that day, and the sun was so bright.

So bright that there is no room for darkness and shadow.

That day, seeing Shaoji's leaving back, she felt a murderous intent in her heart.

Since this young priest is unwilling to give her a way out, she might as well be the first to do it—after all, no matter how high and powerful a dead person is, he can no longer threaten her.

It's just that this idea was quickly dismissed by her.

Because when she went to see the crown prince later, she was waiting outside the room and accidentally heard the voice of General Nadia arguing with the crown prince faintly coming from the room.

She was surprised to hear that the crown prince planned to announce his marriage to Shaoji at the court meeting seven days later.

Even she, after hearing this, was shocked for a long time before she came back to her senses.

After she came to her senses, she realized that it was impossible for her to secretly kill Shaoji.

The king wanted to marry the high priest.

And both are male.

What a shocking thing this is.

Most people in this world will definitely find it difficult to accept it. Once this matter is announced, the reputation of Prince Sardis will definitely be greatly damaged.

But the crown prince would rather his reputation be damaged, and he must do so.It is conceivable how deep his feelings for that Shaoji are, so deep that he would rather face the accusations and doubts of the people in the world, but also be with him.

If Shaoji died suddenly at such a time, Prince Sardis, who had lost his lover, would definitely go to war desperately, overturn the entire palace to find out the truth, and avenge his lover.

If so, no matter how meticulously she planned, she would definitely be caught.

At that time, she will definitely die without a place to bury her.

If she doesn't do it, she has no future.

If you do it, she is still a dead end.

In front of her eyes, there was a dead end.

That being the case...

The last step, Margaret has reached the last step.

She bends her knees.

As in the past, he knelt at Sardis's feet obediently on one knee.

She bowed her head deeply, in an extremely humble gesture.

The female Shah, who is not accustomed to using aromatherapy, also exudes a little fragrance today.

In normal times, it might seem a bit abrupt, but under the cover of the strong fragrance that pervades the hall, the fragrance emanating from her body is insignificant, and no one will notice it.

The blade of the sword in Sardis's hand was shining brightly in the sun, and he reached out and tapped Margaret's left shoulder just like he had done with the others before.

Although his face is serious, but if you look closely at his eyes, you can find that he is a little absent-minded at the moment.

Or should I say, he was still a little nervous.

Because after Margaret went down, he would announce his marriage to Mia.

To him, this is more important than the reward ceremony at the Great Court Conference today.

Margaret knelt.

When the tip of the sword hit her shoulder, she suddenly raised her eyes and quickly glanced at Mia behind Sardis.

There was a very strange look in that look.

Mia, who had been paying attention to her all the time, felt her heart skip a beat when she was stared at by that weird look, and a feeling of extreme uneasiness welled up from the bottom of her heart.

The strong sense of uneasiness made him unable to sit still, so he simply stood up.

He thought, there is really no other way, he can only force Sardis to make a choice according to what he said to the female Shah before.

In any case, he couldn't let this dangerous character stay with Sardis.

"Your Highness."

The point of the sword was still on Margaret's shoulder, and Sardis suddenly heard the kneeling Margaret whispering to him.

"Master Shaoji seems to want to leave."

Sardis was startled, subconsciously looked back.

At this moment, Mia happened to stand up from the sea grain stone seat.

【Your Excellency Shaoji wants to leave. 】

No!

Sardis's chest was suddenly suffocated. At this moment, he was shocked and angry, and there was even a trace of grievance welling up from the bottom of his heart.

Are you so repulsed to be with me in a fair way——

Angry and uncomfortable at the same time, Sardis gritted his teeth and reached out to grab Mia who was "planning to leave".

Distraught, he completely ignored the existence of Margaret who was still kneeling at his feet.

And at this moment, the female Shah, who was kneeling humbly in front of him, suddenly raised her head.

Her hand firmly grasped the long sword that was lightly tapped on her left shoulder just now.

She gripped so hard that the blade cut deep into her flesh.

The wound was deep enough to see the bone, and the gushing blood instantly stained the snow-white blade red.

The face that was extremely docile just a second ago showed a fierce look at this moment.

A desperate look flashed in the female Shah's eyes.

She clenched the sharp knife tightly in her hand and stood up abruptly.

She swung her clenched right fist fiercely.

On the ring finger of the middle finger, index finger, and ring finger of the right fist, three sharp needles popped out at the same time at some unknown time, flashing a strange blue light in the sunlight.

The clenched teeth rattled, and only the madness of a desperate blow remained in her eyes.

The female Shah swung her right fist to Sardis' chest with all her strength.

The left chest, closest to the heart.

There was a howling wind, and Sardis, who had just grabbed Mia's right hand, barely had time to turn around.

And the moment he turned his head, for some reason, his head suddenly became dizzy for a second.

And it is this critical second.

A faint blue arc flashed across the air.

The sharp needle pierced deeply into the flesh and blood.

The female Shah with a ferocious face swung her right hand viciously to one side——

The sharp needle piercing deep into the flesh was like a thin but extremely sharp blade, cruelly cutting the piece of flesh it pierced into.

The slender side of the neck pierced by the sharp needle split a deep bloody hole.

The bright red blood sprayed from the slit throat splashed onto the cold metal mask on Sardis's face which was pushed away by Mia.

The pitch-black mask was stained with blood.

The black eyes under the mask were also stained with blood.

Mia fell forward with her throat slit.

Light golden hair fluttered past Sardis's wide eyes.

But in his blood-soaked pupils, he could only see a piece of blood red.

——The shortcut you thought was actually a dead end——

——What you think is the smallest price is actually the worst price——