After that, the punishment for Pope Yupheon, who had arbitrarily overturned the oracle, was decided.

The high priests earnestly requested that he continue to maintain the position of Pope, but please follow the regulations of the Grand Temple, and with that, the door of the previously closed annex was opened.

“It took longer than I expected.”

Leaving behind the priests who were bowing their heads with embarrassed expressions, Yupheon came out humming indifferently.

In truth, he didn’t care what happened to the position of Pope.

He had become Pope only to protect her.

Of course, if a new Pope were to be appointed, they would immediately discover that the deity had disappeared, and this would cause a lot of troublesome issues…

‘But that’s not particularly important either.’

Only one thing mattered to him.

Jella.

The few weeks they had been apart made Yupheon anxious, to the point where it was hard to believe he had waited for her for such a long time.

This land where he was standing now was too far from her.

He needed to go meet her again soon.

He missed Jella.

“Your Holiness, are you coming out now?”

Damian, who had been waiting outside, scurried over.

“You have no idea how busy and difficult it’s been while Your Holiness was away.”

“Aren’t you going to ask if I’m alright? You ungrateful fellow.”

“How could Your Holiness’s body be anything but fine?”

Yupheon asked as if offended, but Damian answered shamelessly.

“No, I’m not fine. So you need to be even busier and work harder.”

“What?”

“I have somewhere I need to visit briefly.”

But at that moment.

“Where.”

A quietly trembling voice stopped Yupheon.

“Where are you going?”

It was Johannes.

The formal speech was quite unsuitable for addressing his son, but Yupheon didn’t seem to mind.

“Where else?”

Yupheon answered with a smirk.

“You’re asking the obvious, Father. The only place I can go is by her side.”

Yupheon nodded to his father with a grin.

“Then I’ll be going.”

With that, he turned around. Damian followed behind him, chattering in an aggrieved voice.

Johannes watched Yupheon’s retreating figure with numb eyes.

Long ago, the innocent face of young Yuphe, who had insisted that he would marry the princess when he grew up, flickered before his eyes.

After a while, his lips parted.

“…Take care.”

***

A new pharmacy opened on the main street of the imperial capital, Yetrisha.

A slender woman with long black hair opened the pharmacy door with a bright smile.

This languid beauty with slightly drooping, elongated eye corners was none other than the woman who, until recently, had been called “Big Sister” in the capital’s underworld, and the new owner of this pharmacy, Jella Irene.

Jella hummed a tune while looking at the medicines displayed on the counter.

There were common medicines like painkillers, digestive aids, cold medicine, and ointments, as well as the honey-glow skin medicine she had made for Emily and the unfortunate hangover remedy that had been treated as bad inventory in the underworld.

And the most eye-catching display at the entrance of the store was a new medicine that changed eye color, which she was heavily promoting with the opening of her new pharmacy.

She had first created it when disguising Damian recently, and now planned to diversify the colors to appeal to people’s desire for beauty.

Until now, beauty-related medicines had been poorly regarded and were traded secretly in the shadows.

The eye color-changing medicine was no exception.

As a result, when side effects like reduced vision or even blindness occurred, people couldn’t properly seek compensation.

So Jella intended to bring this medicine, along with the honey-glow skin medicine, into the mainstream, even placing advertisements in newspapers.

Regardless of the new medicine’s potential for success, Jella was currently very satisfied.

She finally had her own small pharmacy that she had been waiting for since awakening in Jella Irene’s body, and Niel, Yuphe, and Cail, who had been annoyingly hovering around her for a while, were now nowhere to be seen…

‘Huh?’

But at that moment, she noticed a silver-white hair poking out from between the alleys visible through the clear glass window.

‘….’

It was Cail.

‘Why is he hiding in a place like that?’

Of course, Jella had some idea why.

‘Go away! You’ll bring me bad luck! Stay away from my pharmacy!’

She had driven him away with such angry words recently, so he probably didn’t dare come closer.

Unnecessarily kind and innocent, he couldn’t even properly argue against her words.

Jella quickly turned her head, pretending not to see him.

‘…Let’s ignore him.’

If she weakened and allowed him to approach, it was obvious he would hover around her and refuse to leave, just like before.

She had finally achieved her dream of a peaceful, modest pharmacist’s life, and it was right to distance herself from the connections of her past life.

“Ah, of course, I’m not just an ordinary pharmacist. I’m a pharmacy owner and pharmacist… hehehe…”

Moreover, she was even the owner of this pharmacy building located on this prime real estate!

“Pharmacist, hehehe… building owner, hehehehe…”

While Jella was engrossed in her success, letting out an eerie laugh in high spirits, Felitz asked with genuine concern:

“Um, Big Sister… if you laugh like that, I think all the customers will run away.”

“There’s already a rumor among the street children that you’re a witch…”

“What? A witch?”

In an instant, Jella glared at Felitz with fierce eyes.

“Eek, not a witch, a beauty! A beauty!”

“I thought you just said witch…”

“Aren’t you the greatest beauty of our underworld, Big Sister! Ha ha ha!”

“Why are you stating such obvious things?”

Jella Irene was the only female member of the underworld organization.

“I’m sorry for stating the obvious, Big Sister. By the way, where should I put this?”

Felitz quickly showed her the box he was carrying on his shoulder and asked.

“On the shelf, you’ll see right after opening the door of the room at the very end on the second floor.”

Jella pointed to the stairs leading to the second floor and answered in a disinterested voice.

“Has Felitz upset Big Sister again?”

“That stupid guy. I’ll follow him up and smack the back of his head, Big Sister!”

The organization members who had just entered the pharmacy each had something to say about Felitz.

Like Felitz, they were each carrying a large box, helping move her belongings from her room on the third floor of the underworld building to her new home.

There weren’t that many belongings, but with the pharmacy opening preparations and the move happening simultaneously, their help was invaluable.

“Should I hit him with this box, Big Sister?”

“No. My precious moving items would be damaged if they hit Felitz’s stone head. And Derik, the box you’re holding has many important items, so you need to be especially careful.”

“Well, Felitz’s head is quite hard, that’s true.”

The organization members nodded and agreed with Jella’s words.

At this moment, one of the members looked around the pharmacy and asked in an innocent voice:

“But there’s not a single customer?”

“It’s the first day, that’s why.”

“Aren’t there usually the most customers on the first day?”

“…”

Jella pressed her lips together at this spot-on remark.

But the tactless organization members added unnecessary words, thinking they were comforting her.

“Don’t worry too much, Big Sister! We’ll always keep your place vacant!”

“That’s right! We’ll always be waiting for your return!”

“Come back to the underworld anytime, Big Sister!”

“Why would you keep my place vacant? I’m not coming back there!”

Jella snapped back in irritation.

If they wanted to comfort and encourage her, shouldn’t they say that the pharmacy would flourish and she would never have to return to the underworld?

‘It’s not like they’re praying for the pharmacy to fail.’

At Jella’s fierce gaze, the organization members smiled and tried to appease her.

“Come on, don’t be like that. Oh right, we’ve decided on a new name for the underworld organization.”

“What is it?”

“Guild ‘Jella’!”

Jella’s mouth fell open at the proud announcement from the organization members with their chins held high.