Rules of the Temple (4)
“High Priest.”
Lucia, seeing the face of High Priest Maximus, was immersed in sadness.
‘ sorry.’
He was the most revered priest after the Pope, but he was seriously injured.
‘I didn’t mean to hurt you.’
Maybe it was because I couldn’t control my mind.
He was angry when he objected to his association with Glenn, and believed that the devil’s power was manifested due to his impious mind.
‘This is a test given to me.’
I will subdue the devil in my left hand and prove my innocence to High Priest Maximus.
“huh?”
As memories from the past unfolded, Rukia found Maximus making a blank expression as he looked at his seventeen-year-old self.
‘Is that so?’
I don’t remember.
Because at that time, I didn’t know how great a person named Maximus was.
But now that she knew a lot, she noticed a strangely disturbing feeling in the high priest’s eyes.
‘I’m not the type of person to make an expression like that.’
At that moment, time was distorted again and the past of the high priestess, not her, unfolded.
“Irene.”
The sight of Maximus as a young man blushing in front of a woman caught my eye.
‘That woman…
they are not identical like twins, but Rukia sensed that she resembled her.
cause.
Time flows backwards again….
“Baby needs to eat.”
As Maximus was toddling around, he saw his mother feeding him soup.
‘ why?’
A woman who resembles Irene and Rukia.
‘Why are you showing me this?’
cause.
The scenery changed again to an educational center.
“What about that kid?”
When Maximus pointed to Lucia, the senior nun said proudly.
“He is the most outstanding priest candidate at the training center. “It has great divine power.”
“Right.”
This time, I remembered Rukia too.
Maximus had a short conversation with her and left a good message that if she worked hard, she would be able to work for God in the Vatican.
‘Those were the words that changed my life.’
That night, I saw Maximus lying on the cot and having trouble sleeping.
‘I don’t want to see this. ‘Spying into someone’s bedroom.’
“Irene.”
Although she loved him very much, Maximus was ambitious.
‘If I could turn back time.’ If I could go back to the time when she confessed her love for the first and last time.
Maximus got up from the bed and left the room.
Rukia was shocked to see him heading towards the female trainee dormitory.
Even if you are a high priest, trespassing on Geumnam’s territory is a serious crime.
Maximus, who was walking down the hallway, carefully opened the door with a sign saying Rukia.
A 17-year-old girl was fast asleep.
Maximus, who was staring at her, let out a long breath.
Years of running solely for success.
Why did God take only his soul and leave his body in reality?
When Maximus first saw Lucia in the chapel, a thought occurred to him.
Wouldn’t it be possible to turn it back?
The real Rukia gasped as she looked at the high priest’s hand slowly extending out.
He clenched his fists.
‘no! What…
Even if I could turn back time, I would have chosen the high priest.
‘Don’t make foolish choices. Now that I’m a high priest, I just have regrets.’
He looked back at the mirror.
A man with the lifeless appearance of youth and an authority in the Holy See who has everything in the world.
“Ugh!”
Maximus turned around roughly, walked down the hallway, and returned to the bedroom.
Until dawn, he knelt down and struck his thigh with a wooden needle.
“Oh God.”
Blood was congealed on my clothes.
“Reject the devil’s temptation.” My muscles cramped.
“Purify my soul.”
He didn’t stop self-harming even until the night was up.
“no.”
Rukia held her head.
“I don’t want to know. “I don’t want to know this.”
-Ah, my God.
The voices of countless people working at the training center sounded like auditory hallucinations.
-Please punish my desires. I want to go to the Vatican. I want to become a high priest. Please give me strong divine power.
cause cause cause.
-Mites. Woong-ae.
If life is the totality of causes accumulated from the moment of birth.
“Do humans really have the ability to determine the outcome?”
The pyramid-headed man said.
“O causeless one, are you trying to become a god?”
Sirone shook his head.
“Wrong. “Even if there is no cause, the will is connected.”
It leads to the heart.
“I also went through a lot of troubles as time went by. “I am here through countless choices and mistakes.”
“But you don’t waver. Are you denying the basis of all your life?”
“It’s not denial. The cause of all the people who have ever existed in this world is in my memory. “It’s definitely confusing and sometimes murky.”
The person called In held out his hand.
“Realize your insignificance.”
As the waves of time surged, Sirone radiated the light of Agape.
“I forgive you.”
An explosive brilliance filled the interior of the pyramid with white light, and once again the son-in-law was immersed in darkness.
The seal was not visible.
“Do not underestimate the human heart.”
Shirone, looking ahead with sunken eyes, became convinced after meeting Yin.
That there is a God here.
High Priest Maximus, who was recuperating in his room, recalled an event from a long time ago.
‘Rukia.’ When did everything start to fall apart?
‘I wasn’t going to the training center that day. ‘I ended up hurting that kid.’
If I had chosen Irene, would Rukia also have been just a trainee?
‘How shabby are humans in the face of life?’
There was a harsh knocking sound.
“High priest. “High priest.”
Maximus frowned.
“Please come in.”
As soon as permission was given, the priest who opened the door and came in had a pale look on his face.
“What’s going on?”
“Well…
there was a look of confusion in his eyes when he heard what was currently happening in the Vatican.
“Yahweh… clashed with the Heresy Management Department?”
“yes. There are such rumors going around. “Even if we try to investigate the truth, the Pope is out of town and the only person who has access is the high priest.”
He rolled his eyes for a moment and then smiled.
“I understand. I’m going up. “Could you please summon the paladins?”
“yes. “I’m sorry you’re not feeling well.”
Although the area hit by Rukia was fatal, it had been completely healed with divine power.
“Don’t worry. “I am here to do this.”
The priest left and Maximus sighed.
“Damn it!”
I can at least guess why Yahweh remains here.
‘What a troublesome guy.’
As I was getting ready to go up to the castle hall, I heard a sound from the wall.
“Oh, you look busy today?”
Maximus’ body flinched, and a moment later a slender hand caressed his shoulder.
“Are you sad? “I tried to make you feel much better today.”
“…I told you I was going. “If you get caught, it’s over.”
The woman’s face touched Maximus’ cheek.
It was Irene.
“you hate me?”
Of course, it wasn’t the real Irene, but seeing her look the same as when she was in her 20s made me feel like I had stepped back in time.
“You are not Irene.”
Elka, a member of the Yahweh assassination unit Catacombs and a Satanist preacher.
It was a demon with the ability to mirror the human mind and visually show what it wanted most.
“Ho Ho! Yes, that’s right. Dirty demons. But who was it that gave that demon the bachelor label?”
“Hmm.”
Maximus’ face distorted.
“go away. “I don’t give in to the devil anymore.”
Elka pushed Maximus toward the bed.
“Okay, I’ll disappear. But will you mind? “The emotional illness may relapse.”
Maximus had many more things he could not give up than others, and among them was the position of high priest.
“Aren’t you the one who decided to follow the doctrines of Satanism? It’s an achievement I’ve achieved by suppressing my desires all my life, so I can’t just throw it away now, right? “Once you leave the Vatican, you will be just another old man.”
“no! I…
“This is a reward for my hard work so far. “You are still the high priest of the Ramic religion, and now you have a woman you love.”
She laid Maximus down on the bed, and when she put out her lips, he turned his head.
“Please God. please.”
“are you okay. I’ve endured enough. “I endured it for 60 years.”
Evil digs into human weaknesses.
“now stop.”
Maximus shed tears.
“It’s my fault. “Please don’t do this to me.”
“I don’t want to break your heart, but…
A face that looked just like Irene had a sad smile.
“I didn’t do anything?”
“iced coffee.”
Feeling like his mind was breaking down, Maximus’ eyes rolled back and Elka’s lips touched the back of his neck.
“Moon Kingdom! Entrance!”
As the procession entered, the eyes of those in Delta’s headquarters moved.
‘The author is King Wen.’
Instead of a carriage, there was a cloud serpent riding alone on a horse, wiping down his beard.
“joy! Are you hiding in the building and spying like a rat? “It seems like he doesn’t even have the dignity of a king.”
If Paras is the source of Kashan, the Kingdom of Mun is the source of Jincheon.
Also, the thing they handled best, like Paras, was the study of astrology.
Flew said.
“Both countries use hexes. “Unless you have a lot of information, you have to be careful.”
“The most threatening thing is when Paras and Moon join hands. “Send it to Yonglei to stop it.”
Sirone still remained silent.
‘The temple is not open yet.’ Compared to the complex events taking place at the same time, the temple was peaceful.
But even for a moment, Sirone’s eyes lit up as another country passed through the inner castle.
“Gustavian Empire! Entrance!”
Habitz abandoned his country and joined Kashan, but Gustav was still a powerful nation.
A long procession as long as Kashan could be seen from afar and they finally appeared at Delta’s headquarters.
‘Habitz is gone. Then what about the current king?’
Until recently, I had heard that the position was vacant, but it made no sense to participate in the crusade without a representative.
“Who is that author?”
When it finally got close enough to be seen, the leaders of each country murmured.
“Gustav 4 skills? “Isn’t he dead?”
A Vulcan wearing a crown was seen in the carriage in which the emperor was riding, and three people sitting inelegantly next to him.
Sirone’s expression became serious.
‘Sumodo Zetaro Natasha. Of course, with their abilities, they can take control of Gustav. Political trust is also considerable. But…
the question is.
‘Why did you come to the temple?’
Everyone’s eyes turned to Havitz as if they were thinking the same thing.
“Hoo?”
Habitz, who was ravenously eating the food in the banquet hall, approached the window while munching on grapes.
“I can hear it, I can hear it.”
Gustav 4’s heart was conveyed through God’s frequency.
Clear intent to kill without any sympathy.
“Kkkkkk.”
Habitz opened the window wide and put his face out.
“Are you going to kill me? “What are these things?”
While the people in the main office were buzzing, Balkan pointed his index finger at Habitz.
“As expected, there was.”
“what? “Are you here already?”
Then the three remaining people stood up and looked at the direction Vulcan pointed.
Silence followed.
“…there is. there is.”
A smile appeared in Gustav 4’s eyes.
“Havetz sunset!”
Habitz’s face when he heard their voices.
“Kkkkkk!kkkkkk!”
“That crazy thing…
It had such a bizarre shape that everyone in the main office turned pale.
