<The Adopted Saint of
the Grand Duke> Synopsis
1. Summary
Esther, an orphan from
the slums, happened to be noticed by a priest and became a candidate to become
the saint. Even though she was a candidate to become the saint, she had to take
care of all the hard chores because she was a low-ranking student, but it was
nice just to be in the temple. However, everything turned upside down once
Esther was awakened as the saint. The temple didn’t want to accept an orphan of unknown origin as the saint. They had
already named Lavienne, the only daughter of the duke, as the next saint.
Eventually, Esther was locked up in prison and her blood was fed to Lavienne,
the fake saint. (Lavienne originally had some divine power, and the blood of
the saint would help amplify that in the short term.)
Esther decided to die
and took the opportunity that came by chance. However, when she opened her
eyes, she found herself back at the point just before everything started. She
couldn’t go back and escape just after the death of
the previous saint. All she could do was enter her self-inflicted imprisonment.
Exhausted by the repeated regression, Esther begged to die.
Then, something changed
on the 15th return. The date of her return had been pushed back by a
year. Realizing she had time to escape, Esther searched for a way to die. She
thought of the Grand Duke DeVine, knows as the Grim Reaper on the battlefield,
and believed he would kill her. When he came to the temple she attacked him,
but instead of killing her he offered to adopt her.
Eventually, Esther
accepted the Grand Duke’s offer and became his daughter, leaving the
temple to live in the Grand Duchy of Tersia. Contrary to the rumors, it was a
warm place where she was able to learn love from her father Grand Duke DeVine
and her two brothers. Love began to bloom in her desolate heart, and her desire
to live again grew. However, she also felt a desire for revenge against the
temple and Lavienne who had made her feel this way.
Esther eventually
regained her confidence both as the daughter of the Grand Duke and as a person.
Additionally, she realized that her divine power had accumulated with each
repeated regression, and she learns to properly control it.
Eventually, the previous
saint died and Lavienne was named the next saint. Once she was named saint, the
crystal ball made by the first saint to protect the empire that resided within
the temple cracked. Infectious disease spread through the empire, and Lavienne
frantically searched for the real saint, Esther, in order to steal her blood
and not be exposed as a fake.
However, Esther earned
the nickname the Child of Light for healing people from the plague, the the
Presbyterian Church of the Temple stood behind her. Eventually, the temple
became suspicious of Lavienne and made her take the qualification test. Esther
also took the qualification test and her status as the true saint became known
to the temple.
Esther didn’t fix the crystal ball, so the temple tried to bring her in, but
Grand Duke DeVine’s refusal made it impossible for them. After
Lavienne was arrested for impersonating a saint, her father tried and failed to
kidnap Esther. In his trial, he tried to prove that he was her biological
father but was convicted of harming the royal family and attempted kidnapping.
Later, Lavienne and Brawns were tried together and punished severely, and both
died miserably.
The temple, which
revolved around the saint as its centripetal point, continued to regret their
actions and beg for Esther to return. However, Esther only agreed to fix the
crystal and continued to live with her family is Tersia.
Instead, she only
helpede when they needd a lot of power and instead left matters to the newly
elected ministers. The temple no longer coveted power but became an open space
where everyone was welcome. Additionally, the temple and the royal family
reconciled their feud. At the center of everything was Esther.
After that, Esther lives
a happy life loved by her family and her people.
