I Thought I Didn’t Have Long To Live!

list once more.

However, no matter how much he searched, he could not find any information about a priest named Doha.

As the priest continued to tilt his head, Lariette opened her mouth in frustration and spit out additional information.

“He has long silver hair, he is enchantingly pretty, and he has a strong body.
His eyes are a bit like foxes.
Oh, his eyes are golden.”

As the impressions continued, a person came to mind in the priest’s mind.
At first, there was only one priest in Alteon with long silver hair and golden eyes.

‘No way….’

Even though the situation was so clear, the priest hesitated to answer.
It was because he was such a person that it was difficult to say.

Besides, the woman clearly said that he was a lower priest.
Even if the ranks may have been confused, there was a difference to the extent that a lower priest and a high priest could never be confused.

Mikhail Doha Bellion.

When he recalled the name of the high-ranking official, who had a sharp and terrifying personality, the priest’s face turned pale in an instant.

‘Maybe Doha, Doha Bellion…?’

The priest stared at Lariette with a startled look.
And he opened his mouth to make sure his assumptions were correct.

No, he tried to open his mouth.
Had it not been for someone who suddenly appeared and put an arm on his shoulder.

“Who are you looking for?”

“Hey, Joe, Officer Joshua!”

The priest rose to his feet and bowed to him.
Joshua, a young man with curly red hair, shook his head saying there was no need for that.

Joshua Heimberg.
He was a high priest of Alteon and the exclusive servant of High Priest Mikhail.
The thought of the person who would become the Pope’s right arm made him salivate.

Lariette, unable to understand the priest’s embarrassment, answered naturally.

“Doha.
I don’t know the last name… Anyway, he has pretty silver hair.”

The explanation was quite short because of the cumbersomeness.
At the word ‘pretty silver hair’, Joshua smirked for a moment and then smiled kindly.

“Ah, Doha.
I will guide you.”

“Oh, do you know each other?”

“Of course.
We know each other well.”

I know so much that I don’t want to know any more.
Joshua thought as he thought of his savage boss.

The room we arrived at under Joshua’s guidance was so large and luxurious that it was hard to believe that it belonged to a lower priest.

Contrary to Duke Kandel, the whole was bright and embroidered with gold on a white background.
The floor was covered with a soft red carpet, and the ornaments surrounding the beige sofa were elegant and luxurious.

Lariette opened her eyes and looked around.
Even though Alteon was stronger than the imperial family, it was unbelievable that he would even give such a room to a low-ranking priest.

About ten minutes later, a knock sounded, and soon Doha opened the door and entered.
He came in a hurry, so he looked a little more chaotic than usual.

“Rie, what’s going on without contact?”

Doha welcomed Lariette by trimming his outfit naturally.
There were wrinkles everywhere because of the hastily changed clothes.
It was due to the fact that the colorful high priest’s attire was so difficult to change and his hands were busy.

“I do it on purpose! Are you surprised? I think it must have been difficult for Doha to come to me every time.”

“Yeah, I was surprised.
Very.”

Doha skillfully rolled up the corners of his mouth and smiled in response.

You don’t know how surprised I was.
Upon hearing the sudden news of her arrival, he hastily sent Joshua away and had to hurriedly remove his headdress and change his clothes.

Somehow, I wanted to do less decoration today.
Doha, admiring his intelligence anew, sat across from the sofa she was sitting on.

“So, what really happened? It’s not all meant to surprise me.”

“Um, thank you again for healing me yesterday… Also, I have a request to ask you.”

At the word “request”, her eyes that resembled Doha’s foxes eye’s narrowed slightly.
It was because the annoying humans who cling to him to do her favor came to mind for a moment.

He quickly made a good face again and urged it.

“Tell me, Rie.
If you ask me, I will do anything.”

“Uh, that’s…”

Lariette looked into his eyes for a moment and hesitated to speak.
I felt guilty that I was asking too much from Doha.

But this was something she had thought through from last night to this morning.
So Lariette clenched her fists and spoke in a loud voice.

“Doha, teach me how to use magic!”

Doha’s golden eyes, which had been scanning her with suspicion at the sudden content, shook.
He answered with a soft trembling of his lips, as if in embarrassment.

“I think you misunderstood something… I’m a priest, Rie?”

“Doha is good at handling divine powers.
Holy power and mana are very similar in nature… .
Also, I’m actually a purification wizard.”

Lariette confessed in a stern voice that she was a purification wizard, not a healing wizard.
It was the information that Doha had noticed from the first meeting, despite her wretchedness.

“I have a lot of mana, but I’m not good at handling it elaborately.
I hardly ever learned it properly.”

Lariette reminded me of wizard Joel, who taught me the basics of magic.
He was very sad when he received the order of the Duke of Blanche to stop her classes.

“Without asking another wizard?”

“I don’t know any wizards, and… If it’s Doha, I think I can trust it more than anyone else.”

Doha looked at Lariette, who was looking at him with a straight gaze.
It was pretty easy to understand.
Because purification magic and divine power are very similar in texture.

Lariette bit the soft flesh on the inside of her lips and waited for Doha’s answer.

She wanted to be strong.
Even if life was short, I didn’t want to cause any more trouble to Asrazan or Doha, and I wanted to stand up in front of my family with my own abilities.

Also, even if she left Asrazan and went on a trip later, she needed the strength to protect herself.
She was gifted with great talent as a wizard, but talent alone cannot survive in battle.

When my pockets were stolen by robbers, when I was captured by the Marquis Segreb, and when I was kidnapped by Duke Blanche.

With her mouth and hands blocked, she was so helpless.
Lariette didn’t want to be weighed down by that sense of helplessness any longer.
To do that, I had to improve my skills further, to be able to stand upright by myself.

Doha found a strong will in her purple eyes.
An unspoiled, pure will.
It was not easy to face.

He felt his skin tingling again.
Seriously, she was so interesting.

“Okay, Rie.
I will teach you.”

“Really? Thank you so much, Doha!”

“Don’t thank me.
It’s not free.”

Doha got up from the sofa and put his hands on the table in front of her.
Then, he tilted his upper body to meet Lariette’s eyes more closely.

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“If I do you a favor…”

Red lips curled wildly.
It was as if deep emotions were overflowing under his eyelashes as he lowered it.

“Will you listen to me too?”

Whatever it is.
A whisper-like voice tickled Lariette’s ear.