I will not die a Villainess's death

"Elysia Dirac, do not think you will be able to survive much longer if you do this? Your end is near and only I can help you out."

For the first time in his life, Head Preist Yohan felt the feeling of desperation when it came to Elysia. The person who had never spoken against him was suddenly acting up.

And Elysia was not showing a small resistance she sometimes did before falling into her place. No, this time it was different.

Head Priest Yohan had no way of telling you why he felt like it, but he was sure that if he let Elysia go now, then she would be gone forever. It was not a good feeling to feel for someone who was sitting in such a high posting as him.

"I am grateful for the Head Preist. Not only did you raise me but you also provided me with everything I needed at that time. This debt is something I will never be able to repay you for."

A smile broke out on the Head Priest's face before Elysia's next words made them vanish completely.

"However, I am no longer part of the temple officially. I am now under the Dirac name and Lucas Dirac is my family head. I will listen and obey everything he will ask of me. And right now, I have to accompany him wherever he wants to go."

Elysia's eyes were tough when they looked at the Head Priest. This was the first time she had ever spoken back to him and it had taken him aback.

He could not imagine this Elysia being the same child who had followed after him and hung on to his every word.

"You!"

"I think we have spent enough time conversing here when we could have been spending it anywhere else. We need to leave now or we will be late."

In the end, it was Lucas Dirac who managed to navigate them away from the talking. There was no way this talk would have ended this early if not for Lucas's timely interference.

"Oh, and one more thing. Everyone inside the Dirac estate is a guest of mine unless I say otherwise. And you will not force any of them to do anything they don't want to. Do you understand?"

Head Priest Yohan did not agree but he could not go against Lucas's wishes openly as well. He was in a bind and he had no way to get out.

Not that it mattered to Elysia any longer. She was going to cut herself off from this troublesome relationship anyway.

Elysia made sure not to look back once she was out. She could not even allow herself to entertain the thought of giving the Head Priest a second chance because she knew she could cave in.

Her heart was weak against people she liked and Head Priest Yohan had a big place in Elysia's heart.

"You are doing well. Do not look back now."

Lucas encouraged her more, knowing that it was tough for Elysia not to look back. It was through his encouragement that Elysia was able to walk out of the gate.

She could feel a pair of angry eyes looking at her and it made Elysia run away faster. Maybe that was why she did not notice the other two people looking at her from the top floor of the Dirac palace.

"My luggage is not packed. Will we have to come back for it?"

Elysia started that topic in hopes to lighten the mood. Lucas gave a small scoff, finally calming down.

"We have enough funds to purchase another two wardrobes in Akatsuki if you want to. But if you do want your luggage then I will arrange it. Sorias will bring it with him when he will come later."

'Ah, I forgot about him and others.'

There were a lot more people who were supposed to accompany Elysia and Lucas to Akatsuki. But their abrupt leave had caused that to change.

Sorias and Enma will have to come alone later but maybe that was for the best.

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"Elysia is taking a very long time. Do you think I should go and get her?"

Eve finally asked the question after a few hours had passed. She had been waiting for Elysia all that time but the other female had never shown up.

At the same time, Adam had gone quiet. His eyebrows were pulled together and his expression was troubled. He knew something that Eve did not and that same knowledge was burdening Adam.

"Adam, out with it. What foolish thing did Elysia do now?"

There could be hundreds of reasons Adam could have made that expression but Eve was somehow sure that it was related to Elysia. It was always Elysia that caused such emotions to appear in Adam's eyes.

"She's gone. I can feel her leaving the estate and it does not seem like she will be back soon. I also sensed the Head Priest in the Dirac estate but we don't need to be concerned about him."

Eve's breath was knocked out of her chest as soon as she heard Adam's words.

But it became easier to breathe on and realized that no one had stormed into the room to take her away.

That likely meant that the Head Priest Yohan was not here to take her home. He was here for some other purpose and she had a feeling it had to do with Elysia.

"I don't want to make you sad but you need to know that truth. Eve, your father is a problem and I don't like him."

Eve did not speak, nor did she defend herself against Adam's accusations. She loved her father but even Elysia had realized that her father could be a bit much at times.

She did not want to move much but Adam had started to move. The treatment of his injuries should be having a backlash now. Adam was about to be knocked out but he was still determined to stand up.

"Are you an idiot? If you keep moving like that then your injuries would get worse and-"

"Elysia is getting too far away. We should catch up to her and-"

The poison finally kicked in. Eve had to use a lot of it to get Adam sedated since he was resistant to most magic and other forms of relaxation.

But it had done so at the worst time possible. Eve had to move forward to catch Adam and it buried her under Adam's weight. She could not move anymore and had to admit defeat.

"Adam, you chose the worst time to knock yourself out. If you are going to give me bad news then I would appreciate it if you do not stop me from making things right."

Never mind that it was half of her fault which had caused Adam to lose consciousness now. Eve was pissed and needed someone to place the blame on.

In her heart, she knew that Elysia was gone for now and it would take a long time for them to meet again. And one of the contributing factors to this was her father.

"Saintess is here. We found her but she's trapped under the crown prince. What should we do now?"

One of the priests who had accompanied Head Priest Yohan cried out as soon as they saw Eve. they had broken into the inner part of the Dirac palace.

It was not right from any angle and Eve was annoyed to see that happen to her. She could not believe that the temple that always called itself virtuous and right would do something like this.

It went beyond human reasoning and Eve was beginning to see their bad side slowly.

"Did Head Priest Yohan send you after me? Did you have permission to be here from the Dirac family head?"

Eve questioned, her temper rising as she watched this humiliation happen in front of her. The Priests looked taken aback by her sudden snapping.

As Eve had always been nice to the priests, they had never seen her angry or seen her dark side. This was a first for them so they had no idea what to do now. They did not want to anger Eve further but she was not going to calm down.

"You all, out. Everyone get out right now and leave me alone. I will come back to the temple when I want to."

The priests were taken aback but they could not force Eve to come with them. Not only was she the Saintess of the temple, but she was also the current crown princess and their emperor's finance.

They could not risk angering her since they had a lot to lose.

And because Eve knew that, she could take advantage of the situation and drive the priests away.

Her body sagged down in relief as soon as the priests were gone but her mind was a mess. Eve was utterly exhausted and heartbroken over what had happened.