I Wish You Well In Your Next Love, My Love - Chapter 55
âShe wouldnât lie over something as trivial as a dress color.â
âRight. She probably wouldnât lie. But she changes dresses every hour. Sheâll say sheâs wearing yellow, then an hour later she comes out in a pale sky-blue dress, Iâm telling you.â
âThen if it overlaps for about an hour, that canât be helped.â
âBut she always calls over the girl wearing the same color dress and stands her right beside her, like a bridesmaid! Do you know how humiliating it is to be compared like that?â
As if it had happened to her several times, Chelsea shouted until her face turned red.
âMy, Chelsea, she did that to you too?â
âShe even got me photographed!â
The Purifiers who had been eavesdropping on our conversation suddenly cut in.
I was the only one left out, unable to relate because I had never once been invited to a banquet.
And with Arvina not here, the level of the Purifiersâ gossip began to rise in earnest.
âSheâs definitely doing it on purpose. Iâm sure she enjoys completely crushing people and then watching their expressions.â
âShouldnât someone at Arvinaâs level have graduated early by now? I heard even the priest suggested it several times.â
âShe says she doesnât like early graduation because it feels like a shortcut. She says she wants to climb up properly from the bottom just like everyone else. Itâs ridiculous.â
âWhile weâre always the ones getting hurt because everyoneâs busy taking care of that precious Saintess.â
It seemed they all had quite a bit of resentment built up inside.
âTo be honest, the way she acts so cold toward Lord Castion is ridiculous too. Who does Odriann think she is.â
My ears, which had stayed indifferent the whole time, suddenly perked up.
I hated that my body reacted the moment Gerard was mentioned, even though it was the same kind of gossip as before.
âI also think itâs all a lie when she says sheâs not interested in Lord Castion. She just likes that Lord Castion is so desperate for her, thatâs all.â
âIs Arvina really the woman Lord Castion forgot?â
âWait⌠Hasnât Lord Castion been quiet lately? He hasnât even been coming to the temple. Donât tell me, that ArvinaâŚ? Maybe she thinks she got dumped, and sheâs only now panicking and hurriedly threw this banquet and sent invitationsââ
BAM!
âWhat do you all think youâre doing right now!â
A sharp shout rang out thunderously.
The Purifiers who had been chattering away in excitement all froze and turned their heads.
It was Reverend Edmond, glaring fiercely with anger blazing in his eyes. Beside him stood Arvina, her face expressionless.
Arvina, who had no business with the west annex.
A blade-like silence fell over the waiting room. No one could so much as let out a breath carelessly.
Arvina tried to maintain her composure, but the tension in the teeth biting her lower lip, and the fingertips clutching her skirt hem, revealed her agitation in full.
ââŚâŚâ
In the end, moisture welled in her eyes.
With a face that looked as though she were holding back tears, Arvina turned and left the waiting room.
* * *
The purification practice was canceled in its entirety.
To be exact, the higher ranksâ practice went on as scheduled, and only the lower ranksâ practice, where the problem had occurred, was canceled.
As an exception, only Arvina returned straight to the estate immediately after the incident.
âAre you all out of your minds?!â
The furious roar came flying down over the crowns of the lower-ranked Purifiers, who stood with their heads bowed.
We had done nothing but remain shut in the waiting room of the annex for over an hour, under the charge of daring to insult the templeâs Saintess.
âArvina came here on purpose and insisted on practicing here with you because she thought it was unfair that only lower ranks like you were being pushed into the annex, and this is the level of your thinking?!â
The scolding, laced with contempt, showed no sign of ending.
The loud yelling was enough to make my ears ring.
Still, there was only one thing I prayed for desperately.
Please, just donât give me demerits.
