The Ugly Wife of the Shady Duke - Chapter 52.2
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She doesn’t know if she should thank him for his honesty, or resent him for telling the truth and causing her distress?
In any case, she felt a selfish emotion.
“But there is a bigger problem at the moment.”
“A problem?”
“Yes.”
Benjamin’s expression showed his frustration like he had hit a roadblock.
“The temple is strongly opposing the use of the gate.”
“The temple?”
‘It shouldn’t be..’
Grace vividly remembered the original story.
After the gate rampage incident, some priests from the temple had sent disapproving glances towards Benjamin, who was on the expedition as they couldn’t use the gate anymore.
‘Aria scolded them and sided with Benjamin at that time.’
According to the original story, the temple did not oppose the use of the gate; rather, they found it convenient.
‘Is it because of the divine power?’
Divine power and magic power conflict with each other.
‘More accurately, we can say that it only conflicts with the power of magic tools.’
Many priests in the temple experienced motion sickness due to magic power. Magic tools in the temple were unusually prone to breaking.
The exact cause of this phenomenon had not been clarified, but since only priests showed symptoms of magic motion sickness, the speculation that divine power and magic power were in conflict became an established fact.
However, the magic that caused the symptoms of magic motion sickness was limited to magic tools, not pure power that wizards draw from nature.
‘That’s why magic tool users are actively researching the issue.’
However, most people who suffered from magic motion sickness were inexperienced novice priests who hadn’t yet mastered divine power.
Given the seriousness of the Western Region Contamination Incident, they couldn’t just take a bunch of novices like going for an exercise.
‘Since it’s a significant event involving the Saintess Aria, they can’t just take novices together.’
Looking at the events that have unfolded so far, it feels like many things have changed from the original story, yet the major events described in the novel are still happening.
‘The fact that I ended up falling out with Benjamin at the festival, and the fact that we couldn’t use the gate in the end despite checking the gates at the gate management office. Will this time also we will eventually end up following the original plot?’
“My Lady?”
“….”
Grace felt a tingling fear that no matter how hard she tried, she might end up facing the predetermined fate.
“My Lady, are you not feeling well? Then, it’s better for you to not go to the expedition after all…”
“No, no, it’s okay. It’s not like that.”
‘Well, nothing is certain yet…’
Grace continued to ponder other significant events that occurred in the story. She tried to maintain a calm expression and thought hard.
However, since most significant events revolved around Aria, Grace couldn’t easily come up with other occurrences.
‘As the protagonist of the novel, Aria was the center of attention, so many events and incidents aren’t highlighted much.’
Grace had a rough idea of what would happen to Aria. Besides, based on Duchess Felton’s memories, she could gather some information about the world. However, it was challenging to know the detailed future that was about to come.
The focus of the novel was Aria and Sylvester’s romance, so most of the incidents and accidents were related to Aria.
‘That’s why she concluded that Benjamin was the cause of Duchess Felton’s death.’
While she could change minor events, could she alter the events recorded in the novel? That thought crossed her mind.
Since the story did not include details about the orphanage, Grace felt she might have some leeway to change things.
‘Even if I have access to the information, I may not be able to change the future based on that.’
As Grace reached this conclusion, she shook her head vehemently. Benjamin looked at her strangely, but he didn’t say anything.
“…Anyway, because of that, the current expedition’s progress is not going smoothly.”
“….”
Upon seeing Benjamin’s report, Grace asked, seemingly hesitant.
“Um… Can I ask a question?”
“Two, ten, or even a hundred would be fine.”
“No, there’s no need for that many.”
Feeling uncertain if someone had already made such a suggestion or if it was a foolish idea, Grace hesitated for a moment before speaking again.
“If the reason for prohibiting the use of the gate is due to the friction between divine power and the magic tool, couldn’t we divide the expedition team into two groups? One group could use the gate, and the other could take the train. It would also be advantageous for the Saintess to embark on an expedition to the western region using the train, which would be quite appealing to the public.”
As Grace continued to speak cautiously, Benjamin listened attentively with a serious expression.
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