Reincarnated Without a Body

chapter 20: Incarnation of the legend?

"Oh holy lady, please bless us."

"O savior, please protect us."

"O ancestor, Please watch over our child."

"Please give us bountiful harvest."

Please this, please that. Bla bla bla.

This whole situation is ridiculous. I tried my best to maintain a soft, serene smile in front of the crowd of people worshipping us.

What is happening?

Apparently, Jing wasn't screwing with us when he said the Savior was similar to us. And apparently, that's why Bear bought us in the first place.

Right now, we are wearing a pure white gown with a transparent veil over our heads. Bear is passing us as the incarnation of the Savior to take advantage of these poor people.

At the corner of my eyes, I saw Emi's sour expression. It's clearly showing on her face that she's not liking this even a bit. Bear told us to wear a smile while in front of the people, but Emi doesn't give a damn about Bear's order. She's still a kid after all. So Bear give up. He said it's fine this way too. One head smiling while the other is not. Emi's sour face will add an element of uncertainty to the whorshipper's belief whether they get our blessings or not. Or so he said. I don't really get what he mean by that.

"It's time." An said while bowing his head towards us, playing his role as a devoted whorshipper of ours. An turn around, facing the door. He and Jing then strengthen their body with magic before escorting us out of the hall through the crowd of people, holding back anyone who try to touch our 'holy' body.

We got out of the bustling cathedral, only to find more people has gathered outside of the cathedral.

"Holy maiden! Please grant your blessing to us!" The crowd burst into an uproar and swarm us. Dozens of people closing in from every direction, but An and Jing effortlessly push them aside with one hand and continue walking towards the waiting carriage while holding us with their other hand. Their strengthening magic is way stronger than ours. Once we are safely inside, the carriage began moving and we rode back to Bear's mansion.

. . .

"Ugh, I'm beat. Hey, we are thirsty." I told An as we flop into the soft sofa.

An stopped counting the pile of coins in front of him and look at me for a while with his brown eyes. I think he find me annoying but I'm not really sure as he's really good at making a poker face.

"Hey, bring us something to drink." An ordered the servant girl that have been standing by the door silently.

"Yes, sir." She answered short and hurriedly left the room.

An continued counting the coins with Jing. There's a lot of coins. Most of them are copper coins. With a few silver coins mixed in the bunch.

I continue observing them doing their work. We have been doing this once every week for the past three weeks. We go to the cathedral and start a gathering. I don't know how they gather up all those people, but there's more and more of them every time. They just keep increasing, even when they're obliged to give out "donation".

They finished counting and start putting everything back into a leather pouch.

"Hey, how much did we get this time?" I finally gathered enough courage to ask.

I'm actually afraid of ask anything related to money. After all, money can make people commit crimes. Such as, kidnapping kids...

" It's over two thousand Leammies!" Jing beamed happily.