The Mind-Reading Mate Why Is the Lycan King So Obsessed With Me novel Chapter 568

Chapter 568: The Saintess Who Defied the Gods

Edmond looked like he wanted to push the matter further, but he held himself back because the last thing he wanted was to make Rose feel uncomfortable.

In the end, the Captain simply said, "If someday—just someday—you change your mind, my offer will still be waiting for you."

Rose smiled gently and answered in a soft voice, "I’ll remember that, Captain." Then she added, "Thank you."

After that, neither of them spoke again. They simply sat together on the balcony, leaving a respectful distance between them. Every now and then, the Captain would quietly glance at the Saintess, thinking she looked like an exotic bird trapped inside a beautiful golden cage.

[I really want to take her away from here,] he thought.

Primrose was certain the only reason Edmund didn’t do anything reckless and was still waiting for the Saintess to accept his offer was because he had no idea what kind of nightmare she had been living through.

In Edmund’s eyes, the Saintess looked sad simply because she was trapped inside the Temple and could never see the outside world as freely as he could.

But if he ever learned that the sadness in her eyes came from being tortured by her own followers, he would probably lose control and go on a rampage right then and there.

And for some reason, Primrose couldn’t believe that the high-ranking nobles were the only ones who used the Gods as an excuse to hurt her.

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Over the next three months, the anti-God faction caused chaos all across the Kingdom of Sorex. Sometimes they burned down God’s temples. Other times, they attacked the Holy Temple at the center of the kingdom with explosion magic.

They kept spreading the same message wherever they went. They said they no longer wanted to be controlled by the Temple and that the Cardinal had no right to interfere with the kingdom’s politics.

They complained about everything.

They claimed the Temple collected too many offerings while ordinary people struggled to survive. They accused the priests of living comfortable lives without understanding the hardships of commoners. They argued that the Cardinal had far too much influence over the King and should never have been allowed to interfere in the kingdom’s politics.

They also spoke against the Temple’s teachings. They questioned why women were expected to obey their fathers before marriage and their husbands afterward, while men were rarely held to the same standard. They mocked the rules that praised women for being quiet, modest, and obedient, calling them nothing more than chains disguised as virtue.

Some demanded that nobles should no longer receive special treatment simply because the Temple declared them blessed by the Gods. Others questioned why people had to confess their sins to priests at all, arguing that faith should be a personal matter.

As the movement grew bolder, some even began asking the question that had once been unthinkable.

"Do the Gods truly exist?"

Rose sat quietly inside the confession room. It was a question that faithful followers of the Temple almost never dared to ask, yet this young woman had spoken it aloud without hesitation.

"Why are you asking that?" Rose asked gently.

The follower, a young maiden, spoke through the wooden screen that separated them.

"My father beat my mother all the time. But whenever she begged the others for help, they only told her to be patient and continue serving her husband."

She lowered her head, her voice growing quieter. "They said that if she endured her suffering without complaining, the Gods would reward her in the next life."

The young maiden continued, "She prayed every single day, but the Gods never came."

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