[Episode 83]
I quickly jumped off the chair. He said he was a cardinal. In other words, he is a person related to the temple side.
There is only one person that comes to mind when thinking of temples.
‘Lucilion.’
Kurno Etam was a faithful believer who devoted everything to God by taking refuge in the temple.
If a revelation from God told him to put a knife to his own throat, he would do so.
However, as there is always a shadow behind the light, the temple was not always clean and tidy.
What the temple pursues within [mouth.yang.gak] is ‘human supremacy’.
It is to think that only human beings are superior and great, and that they are higher beings on a higher level who hear the voice of God.
Because of that, the temple despises, hates, and regards everything other than humans as inferior.
Cruneau Etham was the man at the center of it.
A person who regards even dragon blood mixed with him as horrific, suppresses his true nature to the limit, and repents of his own birth as a sin.
He was also the education officer for high priest candidates.
In other words….
‘That madman is abusing Lucillion…!’
And when Lucillion took over the high priest, he died. Looking at Lucillion, who has awakened with greater power than any high priest…
“Finally, God has called me…”
… and meets death with satisfaction.
However, Lucillion selected and purged only those who did dirty things such as accepting bribes under the name of God or using their position to trample the weak.
Cruno Etam was too cunning and overly religious when it came to corporal punishment, so he acted almost like brainwashing priest and high priest candidates, but he had never done anything dirty like that.
So I was a bit puzzled.
Why Lucillion killed him.
Because Lucillion, among the other educators, was overweight, but he didn’t kill the faithful.
‘Ugh, what do you know about that now?’
Now was the time to ask if Lucillion was all right.
I ran through the hallway. Fortunately, Crunno Etham was not too far away.
“Three third three seconds five-on!”
heck heck heck
What do I want someone to do with my poor stamina?
At my call, Krono Etam’s steps stopped abruptly. He turned slowly in a very restrained motion.
A Bible was tucked under one arm. His gaze was still cold and dry.
He had one eyebrow furrowed as if he had heard something deaf.
“Did you call me?”
“yes.”
“What’s the matter?”
“There’s Lucillion… in that temple, right?”
Even after hearing the name, Chuno Etam looked at me with a more expressionless face.
“I do not know.”
“I’m among the priestly candidates.”
His indifferent gaze looked down at me as if he was not interested.
“I want to know if he is all right.”
“The norm and rule is that priest candidates cannot leave the temple until they become a proper priest.”
“Ah….”
“It is to avoid coming into contact with evil things outside before reaching a state of integrity in dedicating one’s body and mind to God.”
Are you talking about Lucillion?
There was no subject and it was so out of the blue that I had no idea what exactly he was trying to say.
“Those who went outside cannot be called candidates. I will go into closed practice until I am clean again.”
You mean that Lucillion has entered the closed training right now? It was just when I was about to open my mouth in panic.
“It’s all because I met you. The sin of daring to take and use holy relics by being stained with evil is not light.”
“Lucilion is just…!”
“I heard that he was 10 years old, but his body did not grow properly even after he ate so much holy relics. It’s like a monster.”
“…”
“According to the Bible, at the beginning of the world, God created animals, insects, and humans to rule them in the end.”
My lips pursed at the words of Chuno Etam, but I kept my mouth shut.
“And a black serpent tricked the god in an insidious manner. It acted sometimes as a friend, sometimes as a family member, and when God fully believed in him, it swallowed a part of his body.”
“…”
“That’s how the wicked snake tried to become something like a god. However, in the end, it destroyed the world, killed humans, ruined nature, longed for affection, was used by humans, and eventually became extinct.”
I didn’t know it was written that way in the bible. It was too imaginative for it to be only Crono Etam’s idea.
“Even if everyone in the world is fooled, I am not fooled.”
“I didn’t cheat on anything.”
“Where is the guarantee that you won’t become an evil dragon? Any guarantees that you’re not playing tricks? Can you guarantee that you are not a monster?”
I was speechless at the words of Krono Etam.
I couldn’t say anything. It wasn’t that I didn’t think it was right.
I just couldn’t think of anything because I was looking at them with hostile eyes.
he is faithful
A person who considers even his own birth as a sin and has been punishing himself and penitently carving wounds.
“I can not.”
I answered calmly.
Cruneau Etam stopped moving as if he hadn’t expected me to readily admit it.
“As expected, you…”
“But I will try not to. Just like how my uncle regrets ‘that thing’ up until now and is working hard in penitence.”
Chrono Etam’s face hardened.
“I don’t think my uncle is bad. It was just a little misfortune that couldn’t be helped.”
He, like me, had only minor misfortunes.
Chuneau Etam, who had been quietly looking into my eyes, twisted his face like a person who had been caught cheating and turned his head away.
“I’m guessing someone isn’t the incarnation of the wicked snake. reading other people’s minds I am not fooled by your cunning tricks.”
Crunno Etam turned away with a fierce snarl and strode like a man who thought I was unworthy of dealing with him.
“nice! roo! paddle! Three-three-seconds-oh-oh-on!”
I tightened my stomach and raised my voice.
His feet sprained slightly at the sound of his voice resounding in the hallway.
He looked back at me with an expressionless expression on his face, perhaps not hearing my voice.
“I’ll see you soon, so show me Lucy!”
“gibberish.”
With a small sigh, he turned around and quickly disappeared.
‘long time no see.’
such a blatant refusal.
Haha It was a feeling I had hardly felt since I came to this world, so I was even unfamiliar with it.
I understand that Lucillion is in trouble because of me.
[It’s because I met you. The sin of daring to take and use the holy relics because of being stained with bad things is not light.]
[Lucilion is just…!]
[I heard that he was 10 years old, but even after eating so much holy relics, his body didn’t grow properly. It’s like a monster.]
I don’t know why that voice that lingers in my ears hurts so much.
‘Because it’s bad.’
Choose and say only the words that will hurt the opponent the most.
‘I’m not soft enough to be hurt by such words.’
It’s because you’re used to it.
However, he did not live a flat life as Crunno Etam. He too was a victim of the temple after all.
The temple that promotes ‘human supremacy’ despises and hates everything other than humans.
It included beastmen and elves, as well as everything that was not human.
Among the dogs, the one I hated the most was the beast. It was terribly regarded as walking and talking like a human despite being a beast.
The temple takes prisoners and uses them as chores under the pretext of repenting and purifying them.
The horse was a handyman, but in fact he was a slave. Prisoners of the temple were treated worse than beasts while doing all sorts of dirty work.
As Lucillion became the High Priestess, that would no longer happen…
but for that to happen, Lucillion had to come of age. Lucillion would be around 14 now, so it would take at least two more years.
In fact, since it was after coming of age, it might actually take several more years.
Maybe it’s delayed because of me.
“Eirin.”
“dad?”
“Yes, your voice reverberated through the mansion.”
It was clear that I was talking about what I was shouting with my stomach full. As I laughed at my embarrassment, he took me into his arms.
“It’s good to see you’re healthy.”
he patted my back
“So, what did you talk about with that gloomy man?”
“Small man….”
It’s not wrong, but he’s not his brother.
Even though Erno Etam is the youngest, I can see why everyone is fed up with it.
‘He’s my father, but he’s unstoppable.’
I smiled and opened my mouth.
“I just asked to see Lucillion. Your uncle is a high-ranking member of the temple, right?”
“yes. Come to think of it, it looks like your pet hasn’t been seen for a while.”
did you realize that now?
How the hell were you not interested?
He smiled sarcastically, as though he had the rudeness to show he wasn’t interested at all.
“So, which limb would you like me to amputate, daughter?”
“yes?”
“Because the baby would have been the end of you.”
His smile grew even brighter.
I could see why Dad was laughing. He had been in a very low mood ever since he came to me.
“Don’t worry, I won’t kill my brother.”
Is it my delusion that I will do anything other than kill?
It was expected that Dad’s smile would grow even thicker when I didn’t answer.
