The Priest of Complete Dispel ~ Every Time I Save a Cursed Beautiful Girl with My Status Abnormal Cure Skill, For Some Reason Her Dependence on Me Maxes Out ~ - Chapter 6: Shrine Maiden Candidate

Chapter 6: Shrine Maiden Candidate

“Shu~! Give me a massage!”

The sound of footsteps running down the hallway echoed loudly through the quiet church.

The moment the sound stopped right in front of the treatment room—

BAM! The door was pushed open without mercy.

A shadow burst into the room with that momentum, lunging at me like a bullet and looking up.

It was a girl, about ten years old.

Her long blue hair was tied into twin tails on both sides.

Her eyes sparkled with mischief, and a naughty grin played on her lips, the kind she had when plotting something.

“Nora… you again. I’m not a masseuse, I’m a proper priest. Go on, get out.”

“No way! I want Shu to give me a massage!”

Her reply came in a full-on bratty kid mode voice.

Nora hopped onto the treatment table, swinging her legs with an attitude that showed she had no intention of leaving.

Each time her little feet tapped the table, my nerves wore down bit by bit.

“I’m working to heal people. I don’t have time for someone like you who’s just here to kill time. And… you don’t even have money. Go on, get out—”

“You touched every part of my body.”

Her words, thrown out casually without a hint of shame, made my eyebrows twitch.

“Hey, you… that was for treatment, I had no choice. Don’t say it in a way that causes misunderstandings.”

“Hey, I’m pretty cute, right? I bet I’ll be a beauty in the future~”

She had zero interest in listening. She was completely in her own world.

Sure, her face was still childish, but her features hinted at a future beauty.

…But right now, she was flat as a board. I had no interest in kids.

“Whatever you’ll be in the future, that’s got nothing to do with now. Just—”

“Gotcha! Mwah~~~!”

“What!? Let go, you!”

The moment I leaned forward to pull her off the table, Nora yanked me close and pushed me down.

Before I knew it, I was on top of her, my waist firmly locked by her legs.

—Click.

The sound of the door opening.

Cold sweat ran down my back. I had a bad feeling.

I turned slowly and saw a girl in a nun’s habit.

Long blue hair flowed from under her wimple—her face was similar to Nora’s, but her vibe was the opposite. Her sharp eyes narrowed instantly upon seeing the situation.

“…Pervert.”

“Look, you can tell, right? I didn’t do this, you can see that if you look properly.”

“Pervert! Pervert! Pervert! Pervert! Pervert! Pervert! Pervert! Pervert!”

Amelia stormed toward me with a barrage of accusations, reaching out to pull me off Nora.

“Hey! Stop it, you idiot! Amelia, that hurts! Quit it!”

“Let go, you perverted priest! It’s because of people like you that Nora, that Nora—!”

“Mwah~~~!”

Nora tried to kiss me again from the front.

I was being pulled from both sides, completely unable to move.

But Amelia’s strength won out, and Nora’s leg lock finally broke—

“Whoa!?”

“Eek!?”

The recoil sent me crashing to the floor with Amelia.

—Squish.

My right hand felt something soft and warm.

When I opened my eyes, I was pinning Amelia down, firmly grabbing her breast.

“You get it, right? This was an accident. An unfortunate accident.”

“~~~~~~~!”

Amelia’s face turned bright red in an instant, and the killing intent she radiated was sharper than a sword.

Nora, watching from the side, muttered softly.

“Shu, you really have no standards.”

I don’t want to hear that from you.

“Perverted shitty priest~~~!!”

Right after, the impact of a fierce slap to my cheek sent my body flying to the wall.

…Why are so many nuns this violent?

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“What’s that? Something happen?”

That night.

Sitting around my house’s dining table were me, Ouji, Mizette, and Amelia.

“N-Nothing happened!”

Amelia, sitting on the opposite side of the table, deliberately keeping her distance, turned away and answered Granny’s question shortly.

“Well, looking at Shu’s red, swollen cheek, I can guess what happened.”

“Seriously. It was an accident, but she got mad anyway.”

“It’s because you… touched my breast…!”

I tried to explain, but Amelia wasn’t convinced at all.

I didn’t think I did anything wrong since it was really an accident.

The reason Amelia was here today was the golden rosary hanging from her neck.

“Just as the holy beast said, I’m the shrine maiden, and Amelia is the candidate.”

The holy beast—Keryneia—spoke of a shrine maiden.

A being who protected the village and forest by forming and renewing a pact.

Granny and Amelia were the ones grooming its fur.

“Right. Only three of us have this golden rosary, including me. It makes sense that Amelia, who works at the church, is the candidate.”

Amelia Ferenos. Fifteen years old.

She was already working at the church three years ago when I came to the village, probably a candidate from the start.

“Why does this perverted priest… Mizette, isn’t this some kind of mistake?”

It’s not me who’s perverted, it’s the skill’s fault… probably.

“Amelia, Shu’s healing skill is real. Someone who can work such miracles is rare, even in the whole world. That’s why he was given the rosary to receive the holy beast’s protection.”

Come to think of it, Granny was the one who found me in the forest.

There was probably a reason she took me in, gave me a surname, and treated me like family.

“So, how did you know about my skill, Granny?”

“Didn’t I tell you? I have <Appraisal>. I can see someone’s status, magic, skills, even their real or fake name.”

“…I see. That’s why you accepted a shady guy like me.”

“You ody.

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And the next day.

Amelia came down with a high fever that left her on the brink of life and death, and I was woken up by Granny early in the morning—.