The Elf Saint is a NEET, so I Forced Her to Work in Another World

Return of the Seductress (Part 1)

**Kuro**

"Y-You..." the Lady Hinwe's eyes were filled with horror, as she looked at us. "You guys tricked me for you gain!"

Everyone was so shocked at her sudden appearance that we just stood there, frozen. When Meanor did move to console her mistress, and explain our words, Her Lazy Holiness uttered a spell and teleported out of the place.

It took us several minutes before realizing what just happened. The elf servant then turned to me, "Milord, it's been pretty hectic lately, but I ask of you to explain to me what's going on later. I still have lots of questions that remain unanswered."

"Yes," I nodded. "But we have to find the Lady Hinwe first!"

"I'll go check the cosplay tents," Maddie offered, and teleported herself.

Ruro changed into her wolf form, and told us she'd track the Elf Saint through smell, with Natasha coming with her.

Seirna, for her part, said to me, "I'll leave the Lady Hinwe to you. Umberto and I need to go to Cherwoods to look for Cerdan."

"Something happened to him?"

It was Umberto who answered, "He failed to regularly communicate with me for three weeks now. I'm worried something must've happened to the young elf and his spy ring back there."

"What about this letter?"

"It was the last of his report. Her Holiness the Lady Seirna is afraid of his report on the 'dark smoke with no smell' his spies have observed rising from the tree palace in Cherwoods. Even the Elf Saint's Life Guards and servants are never bothered by it."

"I suspect they are under the Seductress' spell," the Saint of the Flame added. "She's not called by that name for nothing, after all. In any case, we're heading for Dorian to check on things, and also try to drop by the tree palace to confirm Cerdan's report. You fix things back here so we get over this as soon as possible."

"Thanks for the hard work,": I tapped their shoulders. "I'll join you once we find Her Holiness."

And with that, Seirna and Umberto disappeared as well. I was left with Meanor, and we agreed to split up and look for the Lady Hinwe in places we knew she'd love to stay.

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**Hinwe**

What am I doing?

When I finally found Meanor and Kuro, they were talking to the other saints, even the greatest among us...Lady Seirna Stephanie of the Flame. I thought it was just some random conversation. However, I was surprised when I heard my name being called out...

"...the Lady Hinwe is your next target, since she already trusted you! Get her god-powers as soon as possible, we can't delay—!!!"

At that moment, I made myself known. What does the Lady Seirna mean by 'getting my god-powers'? And Kuro's targeting me to get my trust? What's going on?

"..."

Looking back, that human's behavior finally made sense. On why he was so obstinate and stubborn to push me. On why he kept on 'encouraging' me to do something to regain my powers. All of it was to gain my trust, and throw me away once he's done with me.

I'm a fool to trust such man...

"..."

...and to think, my heart flutters whenever I see him.

But then again, it's not my first time in this situation. My people threw me away when they got no use for me. My palace officials and other servants, they only see me as someone whom they could stick to so they could gain power and influence. And, Meanor...I don't know what she's doing there, but they must be convincing her to side with them.