I blinked several times, unable to believe that I'd summoned a villainess and she was appreciating me.
It felt strange. The back of my skull was warm where her hand held it, and my heart began to thunder, hard enough that I honestly thought I might keel over the next moment.
"Get your hands off him! You vermin!"
Maggie lunged forward to meet her. But by the time she moved, both the lady and I were already standing well away from her. It was as if she'd used Feather Step, except she hadn't. She'd only walked, and her walk was instantaneous, far faster than Feather Step had ever been.
"Ara? What is the commotion about?"
Maggie stood her ground and jabbed a finger at her, her whole arm shaking with it.
"That woman, you don't understand, she adulterated Divinity, we were taught about her! The Death Priestess, that murdered over three hundred thousand people!"
The lady tilted her head.
"You were taught about me. Ah… eh? A Saint? You're a Saint too?"
