What Happens When the Second Male Lead Powers Up

It was going to be for just a moment.
But then……”

Her pupils started shaking uncontrollably.

“A blue light shot out of the divine item and fell onto my daughter.
I thought the Almighty God really was listening to my wish.
It truly seemed like a miracle.
I hugged Christelle with joy when she woke, but then…… I realized that I could not see the Blessing of the Blue Sea anymore.
And then……”

I quickly organized my thoughts.

The Blessing of the Blue Sea, the item that should have been a wedding gift for the Imperial Prince and Christelle’s wedding.
An item that was probably a macguffin in ‘QNW’ that had disappeared in the beginning.
(TL: In fiction, a MacGuffin (sometimes McGuffin) is an object, device, or event that is necessary to the plot and the motivation of the characters, but insignificant, unimportant, or irrelevant in itself)

It was because Lady Sarnez prayed for her daughter to be saved.

It seemed like a scene out of an old Disney movie, but from the author’s point of view because Christelle was the main character and therefore had to wake up.

Even if the author didn’t want to do it, the handle had to be turned a bit to increase the probability of her waking up.

“My daughter…did not recognize me.”

[Mm.]

That was to be expected.
She was Christelle, but not ‘Christelle.’

However, Lady Sarnez did not know this.

“At first, I thought that it was because she was still sick.
My daughter, who does not have her memories, who does not seem to know a lot of things she used to know…… My husband thinks that our daughter has ‘become more mature’ but I have a different thought.”

Lady Sarnez’s lips were shaking.

It sounded as if Christelle had a hard time adjusting after transmigrating into this body.

It made sense since I already knew that this was a novel but she just suddenly fell into a different world.

“What if…because I made such a difficult wish to the divine item…… What if Christelle is being cursed because I could not understand the Almighty God’s will and was greedy?”
“Are you seriously asking that question?”

Imperial Prince Cédric responded before I could do so.

“The Almighty God’s curse is not a joke.
If you are thinking about using that word as a shield to lessen your burden-”

[Your royal highness, please wait.]

I stopped him.
The Imperial Prince seemed disgruntled but did not say anything else.

[Lady Sarnez, why do you feel that way? It is possible that the young lady is showing such symptoms because she had been sick for so long?]

“No, my daughter…… is now able to control a scary ability.
Water…she can control water with her fingertips.
A large drop of water moved according to her will right in front of my eyes.”

‘I guess this part is finally being discussed.’

The Imperial Prince and I made eye contact.

I could see many emotions quickly floating through his orange eyes.

“I told her the following.
I told her that I committed a grave sin to save her and that although I should have been the one to be punished, she received it instead…… Christelle then responded like this.”

She kind of scoffed in disbelief.

– Someone who was pretty much dead had come back to life.
She told me to stop crying because it was not a curse.
She said that she would personally pay the price to the Imperial family if it really was a sin that she absorbed the divine item that should have been given to the Imperial family……”

It was a very bold and understanding response as expected of the main character who Eunse liked.

Lady Sarnez then started crying.
She buried her face in her handkerchief.

“Please forgive me, your highness.
Many people were harmed because of my extreme greed.
Christelle, my husband, and even his royal highness…… I heard that his royal highness really needed that wedding gift, but I still……”

The Imperial Prince had a stoic expression on his face.

I couldn’t tell whether he was thinking that there was nothing to be done about a past happening, or if he was hiding his anger.

I repeated what she said twice in my mind so that I would not forget it.

I then took a deep breath.

[Oh merciful Almighty God, please forgive Lady Sarnez for the lies she has said to me.]

The balcony was quiet.
My Holy Domain showed no reaction.

I then smiled.

[Everything you said until now was the truth.
Thank you very much.]

Lady Sarnez’s lips opened wide in shock.
The Imperial Prince scoffed in disbelief.

Using a confession as a lie detector.
I learned how to do it from Cardinal Boutier.

My Holy Domain would have shown an ether reaction and washed away Lady Sarnez’s sin if she had lied, but everything she had said was true.

[I apologize, but I had to account for the possibility that you were lying.]

I smiled bitterly.

[And I…… do not believe that you have committed a sin, Lady Sarnez.
You had no intention of destroying the divine item, and simply prayed for your daughter’s wellbeing.
It weighs on me that you did not inform your husband about it, but that is something for the two of you to slowly work out.]

Lady Sarnez tightly clenched her handkerchief.

The Imperial Prince then silently handed her his handkerchief when she went to use her wet handkerchief once again.

I was quite shocked, but maintained a poker face as I continued with the sacrament.

[I do not agree that young lady Christelle was cursed.
The power of water is an Authority of the Almighty God and is a holy blessing.
They say that Holy Knights are only born in the Holy Kingdom, however…… they also could have received their powers after they were born.
The Almighty God could be capricious as well.]

Lady Sarnez smiled a bit after hearing that.
I could feel the Imperial Prince staring at me.

[Please share the story you shared with me with her Majesty and her Eminence.
Make sure to talk with your husband and young lady Christelle as well.
This is your penance.]

My Holy Domain slowly lost its glow.

[Please do not worry about your daughter.
She will be fine.]

Lady Sarnez bowed deeply after hearing my final Divine Oracle.

I quickly changed topics because she seemed as if she would start crying again while mumbling about how thankful she was.

There was also something else I was curious about.

“By the way, Lady Sarnez, how was young lady Christelle…… how was she planning on paying the Imperial family for it?”

I took a peek towards the Imperial Prince as I said that.

The situation made it feel as if their engagement would be broken, but I was curious to know whether Christelle still had plans to marry this punk.

Maybe it would be the type of romance where she offers herself instead of the divine item?

“It is exactly as you just mentioned, your highness.”

The corners of her lips struggled but slowly tilted upwards.

“She said that she would proudly become the Empire’s first Holy Knight to pay back her debt to the Imperial family.
She thought that the weight in my heart might become a bit lighter as well……”

‘Wait a minute.
Umm, esteemed author-nim… I think you turned the handle a bit too much……’

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