Watching Shilo’s retreating back as he scurried away from the wooden hut with two palm prints on his face, Lintis blinked and let out a quiet snicker.
Truth be told, her consciousness had been clear long before Mr. Shilo leaned in close.
She hadn’t opened her eyes afterward because she wanted to see what this guy would do to her.
A few times before, she had vaguely felt someone being handsy while she slept, but she could never tell if it was just a dream.
This time, she finally caught him red-handed!
Who would have thought Mr. Shiro was such a closet pervert~
Though, to be honest, she didn’t really mind…
Over these past days, she felt she had come to understand Mr. Shilo fairly well. Seeing this other side of him was oddly refreshing.
As she thought about it, Lintis unconsciously touched her own cheek and muttered:
“Come to think of it, is it really that nice to touch? I don’t feel anything special… Mr. Shilo’s tastes are really strange~”
Shrugging indifferently, she ran out after Shilo.
Chasing him, she called out, “Mr. Shilo, Mr. Shilo, shouldn’t we start the lesson? Feels like we’ve delayed quite a while.”
Hearing the commotion behind him, Shilo, who was just about to practice his sword alone, paused. He had thought the Saintess probably wouldn’t bring it up today.
After all… she was lazy…
And he had just offended her…
Looking at that familiar smiling face, at the Saintess who seemed no different than usual, his lips moved slightly. He didn’t say anything, but the corners of his mouth lifted a few imperceptible degrees.
“You finally remembered that was a thing? I thought you’d forgotten all about it.”
“What do you mean ‘finally remembered’!” Lintis ran up to Shilo, puffing out her cheeks unhappily.
“Wasn’t I sick yesterday? Do you want to force a patient who’s too weak to even walk to work?”
“The quality of teaching would definitely be terrible then, right?”
“‘Too weak to walk’…” Shilo’s mouth twitched. Recalling how lively the Saintess was yesterday, he felt a bit speechless. “You’d better really have been unable to walk.”
“Hmph, I was totally unable to walk!”
Lintis grunted twice in dissatisfaction, then gave Shilo’s back two heavy pats.
Caught off guard, Shilo staggered and nearly fell, turning back to glare at her with annoyance.
“Violent maniac…”
“Hmm? What did you say?” Lintis narrowed her eyes slightly.
“…Nothing. Let’s start the lesson.”
Seeing his cowardly demeanor, Lintis nodded with satisfaction.
“That’s more like it. Alright, alright, let’s get started quickly.”
“Later, I need to make lunch, then go ‘work’ at Sery’s place in the afternoon, and open the ‘clinic’ at the association… Why does it feel like I’m getting busier and busier?”
“So weird… Never mind, let’s not think about that now. Let me first think about where to start the lesson.”
‘You’re only starting to think about it now?’
Shilo silently complained in his heart, while his face wore an expression of patient waiting.
Fortunately, the Saintess didn’t ponder for too long.
“Hmm…” Lintis stroked her small chin, then reached out her hand toward Shilo. “Let’s start with this step. Please hold my hand, Mr. Shilo.”
After she spoke, several seconds passed. Mr. Shilo remained standing there, looking hesitant. This made her raise an eyebrow and reveal a mischievous smile.
“Mr. Shilo~ Don’t tell me you don’t dare now~”
Provoked, Shilo’s mouth twitched. He snorted coldly, grabbed her hand firmly, and even gave it a petulant squeeze.
To all of this, Lintis covered her mouth with a muffled giggle, not saying anything more, and slowly closed her eyes as if sensing something.
After about ten seconds, she opened her eyes and nodded thoughtfully.
“Hmm… Pretty much. It’s about the same result I expected.”
“What result?” Shilo looked utterly confused.
Lintis was about to speak when she suddenly glanced at their still-joined hands. She couldn’t help but blink and say:
“Before that, Mr. Shilo, your hand… aren’t you going to let go? Does touching me really make you that happy?”
“Tsk… And here someone kept saying how annoying I am~ Who would have thought… Mister Shi—lo~”
She deliberately drew out the syllables. Shilo’s face instantly darkened, and the next second, he tried to pull his hand away, but it was gripped tightly by an even greater force.
He looked up and saw the Saintess’s face wearing an utterly unconcealed look of teasing. Realizing he’d been tricked again, a wave of intense shame made him try to yank his hand free with more force, but it remained immovable.
“Hehe, alright, alright, just joking~”
“Don’t be so angry… I even let you hold my little hand, so don’t pull such a long face~”
“More importantly, Mr. Shilo, aren’t you feeling anything?”
Seeing he couldn’t pull free no matter what, Shilo silently grumbled ‘brute of a woman’ and replied irritably:
“Feeling what?”
The corners of Lintis’s mouth curled up. “My holy power, of course. What did you think it was, Mr. Shilo? Don’t you feel how it’s different from the holy power inside your body?”
Reminded by the Saintess, Shilo suddenly realized that, at some point, he had started sensing something strange.
That something flowed slowly along with the warmth from her palm. It was somewhat similar to when the Saintess had held his hand to swing the sword before, but not entirely the same.
Back then, his holy power had been completely guided. Now, it was a completely foreign energy intruding into his space.
Forceful, scorching, and lively…
This was the Saintess’s holy power. Just like its owner…
Glancing at the smiling Saintess, Shilo hesitated for a moment but still voiced his perception.
After listening, Lintis let go of his hand, took a few steps back, then waved her small hand. A white-gold holy power materialized, swirling around her like a dancing serpent of fire.
From that seemingly ordinary “fire serpent,” Shilo sensed a level of danger he had never felt before. His eyes widened involuntarily, his hair stood on end, and his body trembled.
All of this vanished in an instant as the Saintess’s voice rang out.
“Mr. Shilo, this is the third-stage form of holy power. Unlike your loose, featureless holy power, mine, even in equal quantity, can contain energy dozens of times greater than yours. Moreover, it possesses an additional property.”
“This property grants the holy power the ability to burn evil. Once it touches even a speck, unless the holy power’s energy is exhausted, it will pursue relentlessly until the evil is completely incinerated. Such power has a special name.”
“—Purifying Flame.”
As she spoke, Lintis grinned.
“I imagine, Mr. Shilo, since you don’t even know about reinforcement techniques, you probably aren’t aware of this knowledge that’s considered basic for knights. So, your teacher here will explain this part of the knowledge as well.”
Lintis proudly put her hands on her hips and continued, “Knights and priests use the same holy power system.”
“From low to high, they are: Radiance, Sacred Nectar, Purifying Flame, and Divine Glory.”
“Mr. Shilo, your holy power is currently at the lowest stage of this system, which is—Radiance, this tier.”
“And to master reinforcement techniques, you at the very least need to have your holy power undergo its first sublimation, to complete one promotion.”
After finishing, Lintis blinked, looking at Mr. Shilo who stood there dumbfounded.
“Mr. Shilo, you look completely dazed. Did you really understand anything I just said?”
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