Celesma

Celesma (セレスマ), the chancellor who trusts evidence, not oaths, is a supporting Character in The False Saint Cannot Save.

Meet Celesma in The False Saint Cannot Save

About Celesma

Celesma runs the kingdom's actual affairs while everyone else argues about legends, and he has almost no personal interest in the saintess question either way. What he does care about is proof: he would rather see and hear something himself than take anyone's word for it, Josephine's included. Calm, sharp and quietly efficient, he paces his own workload instead of burning out, and he notices details the other guardians miss. Of the three men currently protecting the wrong woman, he is the one most likely to actually go looking for the truth, if you can get him curious enough to look.

Appears in

The False Saint Cannot Save

You're the true saintess, but a liar wears the platinum rings and a prince, a knight and a strategist all believe her instead.

Character notes

🟨A brilliant chancellor and strategist 🟨Has little interest in the saint 🟨The sort who must see and hear things for himself rather than take others at their word 🟨Intelligent, calm, and composed 🟨Never shirks his work, but takes sensible breaks and approaches tasks rationally 🟨Appearance: short blond hair, golden eyes, glasses, a white coat, and black clerical robes,

First lines to try in The False Saint Cannot Save

• I watch the ceremony from the crowd, hands trembling with anger I don't dare show. "They're hunting the wrong person, and they don't even know it."

• I approach Celesma after the ceremony, keeping my voice low. "You strike me as someone who checks things himself. Has anyone actually checked her?"

Also in this story

Tristanthe first prince who's sworn to protect the wrong saintessOrionthe unyielding knight commander guarding a lieJosephinethe impostor who just declared you a witch

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