The weather is nice… makes me want to kill someone…

  What a nice cell… it would be even better if there were a few terrified faces carved into it…

  Sigh…

  Abrupt and terrifying thoughts kept emerging endlessly in Elysia’s consciousness, as if they wanted to invade her mind and seize control.

  “Y-yo… you… who are you…?” Elysia’s body trembled violently, even speaking seemed extremely difficult.

  The moment Elysia finished asking that question, her body stopped trembling. She raised her head and revealed a face with exaggerated makeup.

  “Me? I am you.”

  “Can… system… cancel…” Elysia finished the sentence with difficulty. Then, a golden light flashed, and the sinister green-haired woman vanished without a trace, leaving only Elysia, panting, in the same spot.

  “System, what was that?” After calming down a little, Elysia asked, with lingering fear in her voice. “I felt like… I couldn’t control my body after the transformation.”

  「Just a white card and you’re already like this? I truly hope that next time we meet, you won’t be someone else(?????)??」

  “What do you mean by that…” Elysia frowned slightly. “Can the character card replace me?”

  「The madness contained within the character card will also affect you. You must resist the mental corrosion while using this character」

  「If you fail, the body changes owners」

  “Then why didn’t you explain this to me earlier?” Thinking that she had completely transformed without knowing anything made Elysia feel more and more that the system was toying with her.

  「The system deemed it unnecessary to explain. If you can’t even withstand the pollution of a white card, then the system believes that changing hosts wouldn’t be a bad thing (???????)?」

  Elysia fell silent as she stared at the text displayed by the system.

  If she hadn’t managed to resist that mental pollution just now, perhaps at this very moment she would already have become a real clown…

  And her original body would instead have become the character of a card—a legendary Saint card.

  Just thinking about it sent a chill down Elysia’s spine.

  She licked her dry lips and looked at the card in her hand.

  The image on the card no longer showed the green-haired clown standing upright, there was now a cage.

  And the clown was inside the cage, gripping the bars with both hands, staring out of the card with eyes full of panic. Even so, despite the fear in her gaze, the corner of her mouth still bore a strange, manic smile.

  That extremely distorted expression between the upper and lower halves of her face was identical to the scene Elysia had just experienced while fighting the spirit of the card.

  As expected, gaining an extra life was not something that came without a price.

  Elysia also noticed that the compatibility rate, which had previously been 0%, had risen to 10%.

  Just for managing to cancel the transformation, compatibility had already risen to 10%?

  It sounded simple, but if she had a choice, Elysia did not want to transform a second time.

  She waved her hand, and the clown card turned into points of light and dissipated into the air.

  Although the side effects of the system’s cards were severe, their functionality was far too powerful to simply abandon.

  A case of content theft: this narrative is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation.

  The best course would be to wait until her body became a bit stronger before trying again. After all, she was still at level zero.

  “System? What does this mean?” Elysia was still patting her chest to calm herself when the suddenly appearing panel left her completely confused.

  「Literal meaning. Run, host. Your time is short(∩?ω?∩)」

  In such a short time, apart from the pope, there were already others who knew that I had become the Saint?

  And the pope had barely left, and they were already moving to kidnap me?

  Thinking about it that way, it actually made sense. If they waited until the pope returned after making all the arrangements, there would surely be strict protection around the Saint.

  They took advantage of the pope having just departed, sent a powerful person to restrain Pope Sharon, while dispatching others to kidnap the Saint.

  Fortunately, the system warned her, otherwise, Elysia would have had no idea that something like this was about to happen.

  She didn’t even have time to complain about her own bad luck.

  Elysia quickly stood up and ran toward the door of the confinement cell, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t open it.

  My god… before teleporting away so stylishly, the pope even helped out by locking the door?

  Thank you so very much!

  Fortunately, it was just a wooden door, she could probably break it…

  But the cell was empty, except for…

  Elysia turned her gaze toward the beautifully carved candlestick mounted on the wall.

  So there’s no escaping the candlestick, huh.

  She took the candlestick, removed the candles, and placed them on the floor.

  Because the cell was underground, the wood was somewhat damp. Elysia tried to pierce the door with the spiked candlestick, and with ease she opened a small hole.

  Thud—thud—thud—

  The heavy sound of pounding echoed without stopping. Under normal circumstances, a guard would already have come to investigate, but today the underground cell was strangely silent.

  “Bang—”

  With Elysia lifting her cassock and delivering a final kick, the door, already weakened by the holes, burst open with a loud crash.

  Not caring whether splinters of wood might injure her, Elysia quickly squeezed through the opening and ran up the stairs, finally seeing the light.

  Elysia had just emerged from the underground cell and hadn’t yet had time to breathe fresh air when, upon seeing the person in front of her, her expression froze.

  Andreas looked at Elysia with a forced smile on his face and asked, “Saint Elysia, in such a hurry… where are you going?”

  Elysia cautiously raised the candlestick, it was the most readily available weapon she had at the moment.

  Damn it… everyone in the monastery is probably gathered in the hall right now because of the divine selection assembly.

  It’s too far. Even if I shout, they might not hear me, and I’d probably be captured before I even got the chance to shout.

  At that moment, Elysia deeply felt her own weakness, and that feeling made her extremely… irritated.

  She needed to think of a way to escape. Elysia slowly retreated, trying to keep her back facing a more open area.

  At the same time, she saw Andreas murmuring something, while his right hand took an object from within his robe.

  It wasn’t divine art.

  It was magic!

  An extremely complex magic circle took shape in Andreas’s hand. With a snap of his fingers, two ice chains covered in spikes shot out like serpents toward Elysia.

  Damn it, you’re the villain! Couldn’t you talk a bit more before attacking?!

  Elysia only had time to hurl the candlestick toward Andreas and leap, trying to escape the spell that had already fully formed.

  Andreas looked disdainfully at the candlestick flying toward him and raised his hand to block.

  But before he could cover his face with his sleeve, he saw something that left him confused.

  Saint Elysia… was laughing madly?

  When the ice chains reached half a meter from Elysia, they transformed into two violent gusts of wind, slamming heavily into her abdomen. The intense pain nearly made her lose consciousness.

  But the powerful wind also enveloped Elysia’s body mid-jump, violently hurling her away.

  Didn’t expect that, Andreas! This is my escape route!

  Elysia, spitting blood into the air, could only shout this sentence in her mind. She was probably the only one who could still joke with herself in such a critical situation.