m was lovely and spacious, and it was nicely decorated, with white as the main color.
As I frantically looked around the room, Lucian said something to me.

“Formal residences will be provided after the Saintess verification process.”

‘This a temporary residence?’

‘How much better would a formal residence be?’

“Do you have any more questions, Saintess?”

“No, I think this is enough for now.”

“If you have any other questions, please call me at any time.
A believer and an escort will arrive soon to serve the Saintess.
Don’t be surprised if someone knocks on the door.”

Lucian left the room with a soft smile, then only silence remained in the room.

‘I am alone.’

As soon as I realized it, my whole body seemed to lose strength.
Because of the incidents that occurred in succession for several hours, I must have been very tired.
I staggered over to the bed and collapsed on it.

“Wow, it’s insanely fluffy”

The bed was more luxurious than any bed I had ever laid on. 

Is this really a temporary residence? I would gladly live here for the rest of my life, if I was told to.

‘I have to consider Ian’s proposal…’

My eyelids quickly became heavy from excessive fatigue.
This was not the time to take a nap.
It was reason enough to forcefully pinch my thighs and try to stay awake.

—Hello, Number 76.

A cold voice rang in my ears.

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“Ugh?”

I covered my ears and looked back.
There was no one there but a dark shadow swaying.

“A-a demon? A monster?”

My heart was beating like crazy. 

As I tried to calm myself down, I could hear a titter from the shadow. 

—Don’t be afraid.
I am here to tell you that you are doing a great job.

“……”

— By the way, you didn’t make a report.

The shadow slowly came to me.
The dark shadow that was just around the corner whispered insidiously.

—The superiors have high expectations of you.
It would be better for you not to delay it further.

“…..”

—Um, Could it be that you’ve changed your mind? No, I don’t think so.
You have nothing in this world, not even your family.

As the shadow drew closer, a chill surrounded my body.
I barely fixed my trembling chin.

—All right, number 76.
I’m looking forward to the future.
Don’t let me down.
A scandal alone will not be enough to bring down one person, right? Make sure you take care of it. 

“……”

—Remember.
Your life is in our hands.
Wherever you go, you can’t get away from us.
You may have forgotten, so we will remind you again.

At the same time, there was a burning pain in my thigh.

“Aaaaah!”

—The curse we placed on you is still in effect.
The deadline is this year.
You have to end him this year.
Politically… well, or his life itself.

—Well then, do it well. 

With those words, the shadow disappeared like smoke. 

“Huh, hu…”

I breathed heavily.
Cold sweat dripped off my body like rain.

‘What-what was that?’

I raised my trembling hand forcing it into a fist and somehow managed to move my heavy head.

‘The owner of that voice doesn’t want to release me.’ 

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Besides, their voice said ‘we’.
It meant there was not only one enemy. 

‘Crazy.’

I struggled to calm myself down.
But to be honest, I was so scared.
The sight of the black shadow with a human-like figure was terrifying when I recalled it. 

If they’re capable of penetrating the church, they must be powerful wizards.

‘What should I do?’

Should I ask Ian for help? No, that was impossible.
Ian wouldn’t believe the story of me waking up in an unknown body in a world I didn’t know.
No, not only Ian, but no one would trust me.

‘If I were to ask for help hastily, it would only provide proof that I was a spy.’

There was no one to ask for help.
A sense of helplessness and fear strangled me.

Simultaneously, memories that did not belong to me flooded my mind.

‘Now let me go.
If it was due to debt that my parents sold me, I’ll make money and give it to you.’

This was ‘my’ voice.
In other words, the real voice of number 76.

‘I’ was begging someone.
Desperation and despair filled ‘my’ heart.

‘A debt? That’s ridiculous.
Your mother has sold you for some money, now you belong to us forever.
If you want to run away, then run away.
Don’t you know that death is imminent for traitors? Even after you die, even your body will keep being ours.’

‘I’ was sad.
It was miserable.

‘I’ had been sold to this dark guild, ‘Nine,’ since ‘I’ was young, so young that ‘I’ can’t even remember.

The moment ‘I’ was sold to Nine, ‘my’ identity was erased.
‘I’ became a non-existent being in this world.
It was worse than being a slave.

The guild treated ‘me’ like an animal.
A life that carries out and fulfills missions received from superiors. 

‘I’ couldn’t even make friends.
Since ‘I’ changed ‘my’ appearance every time ‘I’ was on a mission, no one knew who ‘I’ really was.

‘I’ was unhappy.
‘I’ wanted to escape from this world.

‘I’ wanted to leave for a new world, a new world with no guild nor a God who left ‘me’ in pain.

So ‘I’ said, ‘The night before the mission begins-’

“……Ugh.”

I came out from the flashback. 

‘What was that towards the end?’

‘What did ‘I’ do?’

It was a very disappointing ending.

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