You're a poor little girl.
When Lloyd first saw Liz up close, the sentiment he had was that.
It was when I picked up Emilia, the Virgin's candidate, to a village far from the king's capital.
Liz wore tinted boots to an old piece and looked important holding a basket with wood strawberries. Clear white skin is eye-catching, but that's all when it comes to it.
A maid at Emilia's mansion told me beforehand that there was a strange daughter named Liz who could find a lost object. That's why I hurried to push the key under the guest's bed on purpose.
It was a mild feeling to make sure the maid's words were true.
"I hear funny things, but don't you know the little silver keys? I've been looking for you, but I can't find you."
Lloyd is a cleric from the King's Capital, and such a rural villager would normally be somewhere to shine his face and get excited.
And yet Liz looks like a nagging, even slightly annoying face, and I've seen Lloyd.
(Interesting)
Just got a little interested,
"It's a silver key with a yellow string, isn't it? Master Carfen's mansion is under the bed on the right. I feel that way."
(- You're lying!?
I told him I hadn't even seen the real thing. And even about the strings. I'm not surprised.
It had been said by the present Virgin in the Temple beforehand. "If you become one with a little holy power, you will always see the key. But the strings on it don't look that easy," -.
The vessel of the Virgin.
That's when I was sure.
Even after I took her to the temple, Liz had changed anyway. I'm not even supposed to have met Prince Wang, but he seems to know him, or suddenly he starts digging holes, or growing unsatisfactory holy trees. It was fun. I never get tired of watching it.
And at first they attracted the people around them, who were a mass of hostility.
Liz is the next Virgin.
Whether it's magical or not. The certainty just got stronger.
Since when did you become aware of Liz? Not as a candidate to watch, but as a woman.
It wasn't that early. Rather, it's too late. So by then, already, Liz loved Keefa.
(His Royal Highness Keefa is a good man again, so he's a bad tach)
I wish Keefa didn't like people. It's like wearing power and not thinking about the people around you.
But it wasn't. Sometimes I don't really know what to say and do to confuse people around me, but he's kind from the core.
Even when the present Virgin and the Cleric Chief were endangered by a fake Virgin ploy, he scorned Lloyd for not having to do that. He tried to cheer me up.
(... something, like previous life?
There is a secret between Liz and Keefa. The two seem to be hiding it, but if we connected the leaky, audible conversations, we could assume that the two were lovers to each other five hundred years ago in their previous lives.
(Previous life)
I only laugh bitterly. Besides, it seems that the Duke of Eigner is also involved there.
(You can do too much)
How deeply did they get along?
Or do you think Liz, who is powerful enough to be the next Virgin, drew her with that power? Most likely Liz herself doesn't have that kind of awareness.
(Well, it doesn't matter)
Because Liz likes Keefa in this world and Keefa loves Liz in this world again.
So it was too late for Lloyd to realize how he felt. That's all.
From the courtyard aisle of the temple, Lloyd looked up into the sky. It's still sunny today.
I don't want to get Liz in trouble. Lloyd loves to tease and tease Liz about small things - well, Liz hasn't moved at all - but I really don't want to get her in trouble on the important part.
Never put it on the table, but that's what I mean.
After the crowning ceremony, Liz seems busy becoming the Virgin in both her fame. For the time being - he said he would go around about the former Virgin and remember her duties.
A vast section on the west side of the First Temple is given as a living space, with a large number of samurai and clerics following Liz. Lloyd is one of them, but only "one of them". Not the closest position as ever.
So if Lloyd wants to stay the same distance as Liz, it's conditional on Lloyd becoming the next Cleric Chief.
(Next Cleric Chief Hey)
I didn't know I was going for it. It makes me laugh when I think about it. It was so remote.
Lloyd, who was an orphan, was taken to the temple at an early age. I don't even know the face of my real parents. Still, the former Virgin, the Clergy, and the clergy were always nearby. So I wasn't lonely. Because I have always been a substitute for you. So it was also a natural path to become a cleric. Though I hate my job.
I thought it was going to stay this way. He said he would perform his duties as a cleric in due course and spend every day. Until I met Liz...
It was only the other day that I heard that the selection of the next chief cleric would take place.
"They're going to recruit candidates, and they're going to vote for the executive clerics from among them."
Unlike the Virgin candidates the priests see for the first time, I thought it would be a voting system because it was a familiar pattern.
(Shit. You can't do this)
Even though Lloyd is not trusted by the clergy. Especially from the executive clerics, who are only ten or twenty years older than Lloyd.
(I need to think of something to do... do you want me to serve it?
As I walked down the hall with my arms around me, I met the clergyman and the clergymen accompanying me as I walked from the other side. Honestly, I don't want to see you right now. Because your clerics consist almost of executive clerics. But...
"Hi."
Put one hand up and make me laugh lightly, "You're busy!" The priests' faces swelled.
Only the clergyman smiles.
"Lloyd, they ran for the next chief cleric. No, congratulations."
"Are you sorry?
"But we have to work hard. Have you seen the other candidates' blushes? Unlike you, they're all serious, diligent, working on their own initiative, full of other clerics. Unlike you."
"Hard work, nothing, it's a ballot system, right?
"It was.... You can't do this"
The chief cleric slapped Pisha on the forehead with one hand. Sounds good for nothing. Again, the sound is good when the area is large.
"But why are you after the next Chief Cleric again? You didn't seem most interested."
"... if I can help Liz, I just thought I'd give her a little support."
The Chief Cleric looked out for him as surprised. So are your priests.
Probably because it was a non-Lloyd-like word. So much so that Lloyd himself thought. Still...
"Otherwise, because I would immediately start digging holes with a shovel or jumping into a pond"
Let them wrap their arms around themselves at the crowning ceremony. The chief cleric stares at Lloyd, who remembers and laughs. Noticing such a clergyman, Lloyd laughed small.
"Surprised?
"Right...... no, but I guess not"
Which way. In front of Lloyd, the clergyman laughed.
"Not surprisingly. That's who you are. I've seen it since I was a young girl, so I know it well."
Now it's Lloyd's turn to keep an eye out.
"But more than that, it's not serious and appropriate."
"Anyway.... yes, Chief Cleric. At this time, the method of selecting the next clergyman will be changed."
"I don't like it."
……
The same goes for the former Virgin, but I think the Chief Cleric has a pretty good personality as well. They say Lloyd's personality is distorted or not honest, because I'm sure he was probably influenced by these people he grew up with, I'm sure.
"Well, you work hard."
The Chief Cleric has gone with a laugh.
Your priests, who were staring at Lloyd, finally turned away and followed the Chief Cleric.
"That, Mr. Lloyd"
A few days later, in front of the Ninth Tower Gate, I met Liz this time. Liz, wearing the Virgin's robe, is still unfamiliar with Lloyd.
Liz had a fed up face and a ton of paperwork in her hands. It has one of the executive clerics behind it, and there is an even greater amount of official documents in both hands.
"All of this, he says, needs to be confirmed and signed by the end of the day."
Liz blurred in a slightly tired tone.
"Don't look, you just have to sign it all appropriately"
Sneaking a whisper in his ear, Liz's eyebrow root stopped. I guess you're wondering if it's okay.
"Liz is still the new American Virgin, so the clergy will review her later. He said he'd tell me if there was a flaw."
The moment Liz's red eyes shined invincibly, an executive cleric who refrained behind him shouted out.
"Hey, Lloyd! I would've blown something in right now! Dear Liz, please don't put it on a mouthpiece like this. She's the Virgin."
"... Yes"
Liz nodded reluctantly. And I guess Liz herself hasn't noticed, but she sighed small. Looks tired.
I guess so. Because they teach the work of the Virgin at once, from formal to informal.
"Lloyd, they ran for the next chief cleric, but no one can vote for you for this!
Liz opened her eyes to the cleric's angry words.
"Mr. Lloyd, did you run for office?
"Yeah."
"I didn't ask."
'Cause I didn't say so.
"I didn't ask."
The red eyes opened up.
"... something majestic has come up."
"Above all."
He kept staring, and Lloyd distracted himself.
"Well, but," Liz said softly,
"Good. Please hurry up. To the next clergyman."
Red eyes smiled. Clear white skin. It's terribly fantastic to have a jewel-like red eye smile in it.
I could see it for a moment because I'm sure Liz is wearing the Virgin's robe. I'm sure it's because of that.
"See you later,"
Liz, who brought back the paperwork, leaves. The hindsight was detached, as it changed and rejuvenated from the tired appearance of earlier.
The cleric looks out for him as surprised and rushes after Liz.
Lloyd, who was left behind, blinked slowly, also against the hallway wall.
That way Liz's smiling face might disappear from the back of her eyelids as if it had burned in her eyes.
"... can't you"
I smiled bitterly and lifted my black forehead with one hand. And as it was, I kept touching my hair so that I could not feel like spitting out.
It was then ten days later that I heard that the next Chief Cleric's vote had been completed and that the results of the opening had been obtained.
In order to be fair, they did it without informing anyone other than the executive clerics of the due date.
Lloyd's colleague, a slightly tall cleric, came running to teach me how excited he was.
"Lloyd, did you hear that? The next Chief Cleric has been decided!
"To whom!?
"That's it -!!"
The festival where the vote took place had already been cleaned up. When Lloyd ran and jumped in, there was only one executive cleric left inside.
"Oh, Lloyd."
"How did you decide that for me?!?
An executive cleric, about twenty years older than Lloyd, frowned at the things that would eat him.
"What, you don't like it?
"Not really, but I just wonder"
Lloyd decided to be the next chief cleric.
The executive clerics are supposed to hate me.
The executive cleric in front of me seems to have figured out what Lloyd was trying to say.
"Sure, you're capable, but you're not serious, and your job goes right back. I'm just making fun of people, and I'm kidding about my attitude, so I get really upset sometimes."
"... Then why?
"I thought you were the one among the candidates who wanted to help Master Liz. And you're the one that Liz thinks she is."
Lloyd looked out.
"Of course, some executive clerics don't think so. But I thought so, and there were a lot of other people like that. That's all we're talking about."
Words don't come out. Confusion is bigger than unbelievability. The customer's chest got hot without being in the pattern.
An executive cleric gently slapped Lloyd on the shoulder.
Nice to meet you, next clergyman.
That night, Lloyd visited Liz's private room. There is no such thing as a holy dragon. The Holy Beast of the Virgin also provided a special room for the Holy Dragon. I'm sure he's sleeping there with his pompous belly out.
A samurai left the room with a cup of tea in front of them.
The two of us silently rinsed the tea as we heard faint bugs from the outside.
Liz, you know what?
"Yes?"
Staring back, Liz stared back without hesitation. A blue stoned ring through the string emits a dull glow on Liz's chest.
And on Liz's right ear was a golden hair ornament made to mimic red little fruit and green leaves, worn like a treasure.
I heard that was a gift from Keefa.
My chest squirted.
Before the crowning ceremony, I wanted to give up on Liz now, but I haven't given up on her at all. I felt sorry for my weakness. Still, I desperately pushed my feelings to death and said it in mild condition.
"You look great. its hair decorations."
"Thank you"
Liz laughed happily. Really happy.
In my chest, I squirmed even more.
What would happen if I reached out now? I'm sitting across the table. Reach out and you'll be within reach.
The coronation was preceded by Liz's hair, neck and clavicle, and that's all I could touch.
But now, if I want to touch it, I can touch it. Down more than the clavicle, to every corner of the body.
I can contain it by force. If you seal Liz's hands with one hand, you go behind Liz's body with the other -.
Lloyd closed his eyes, exhaled slowly, and raised his face.
- Oh, my God.
"Huh?"
If I was drinking tea across the street, Liz is pounding on Lloyd, who suddenly uttered words that don't make sense.
"I'm kidding. Imagine that."
"What is it?
"So, a joke. imaginary."
"So what is it?
Lloyd laughed small in front of Liz, staring at her face.
I know exactly what it is. That's not what I really want to do. Just to do what I want, hurt Liz and smash everything, that's not it.
As a cleric chief, I want to support Liz for life. I want to keep supporting you. Any time.
That's what I really want. From the heart.
Before the crowning ceremony, Liz, with an invincible grin, let her point straight at the place where the clergyman was. At that time, my mind decided.
Liz asked for Lloyd, at that time.
"I'm the next Chief Cleric."
"Really?"
I can't see how surprised Liz is. On the contrary, Lloyd was surprised.
"... you knew?
"No."
I don't know what that means. Then why are you so calm? Liz laughed slowly at Lloyd, who frowned. Just like then, with a smile that could be considered invincible.
(- Oh, well)
I could tell by that grin.
(You believed me)
That Lloyd will be the next chief cleric.
As Lloyd always believed Liz was the next Virgin...
"Best wishes. Always will be."
to Liz, who smiles and stares straight at me,
"Yeah. Nice to meet you, Virgin"
Lloyd laughed and snapped, too.