Episode 72 High Priestess Aklay’s
meeting went according to their wishes.
It was thanks to the perfect movement of public opinion based on Iriel’s support.
No, public opinion did not move, only their attitudes changed.
I don’t want to buy hatred, so I can’t help but think that I agreed.
So, the plan began to go smoothly.
It was a bit unreasonable to change the farming method at once, but I decided to set one territory and implement it on a trial basis, and then gradually apply it to other territories.
What was unexpected was that the resistance of the priests was not severe.
When the decision was conveyed carefully, they also seemed to like it, as if they wanted to experience things outside.
Priests raised in Holy Nation do not grow in free temples like priests in other countries.
They seldom went outside, so it was worth going out at least once.
Besides, what they were doing was that they only needed to be treated in the rear of the battlefield, and the paladins who would protect them were also following them, so they didn’t have much to worry about.
As he expected, he roughly packed up and hired people, and there were quite a few countries looking for them after hearing rumors.
It wasn’t just countries that were looking for.
Countries and nobles who wanted to expand their territories by reclaiming areas occupied by monsters were also their customers.
When he offered a lot of money and borrowed mercenary priests, Seongguk truly enjoyed luxury.
He was able to raise funds to develop the manor. Ray had no intention of sharing it with the nobles.
The money earned by using the priests was invested in agricultural development.
It was not that the people could immediately follow their plan.
I’ve had to have the money and time to go into it, so I’m thinking of funding the Milpa sola system.
It would take time to harvest and see the results, so all that was left was to lead the mercenary priests well.
The mercenary use of priests was already a success, and it was steadily reaping good results.
Now, whenever a meeting is held, the eyes of nobles looking at Ray are those of ardent followers.
It was because the profits from the priests were great.
The aristocrats were also in favor of using most of the money to develop agriculture.
If you eat it anyway, it’s money that will get you behind.
In that case, wouldn’t it be better to watch the saints develop their territory as they do now?
As much as the aristocrats thought so, Ray’s right to speak only increased.
After three months of coming to the Holy Kingdom, it was about the same as Iriel’s right to speak.
At this point, there were also aristocrats who were worried that they would try to fill their stomachs.
However, Ray had no intention of doing so.
He was thinking only of the shortest route to bring the Holy Kingdom to the highest position.
‘Once agriculture is on track to a certain extent, you have to pay attention to the people’s studies.’
If the people were ignorant, it was good from the point of view of the nobles, but that was a dangerous idea.
Even in the Lessian Empire, the standard of living of the people was much higher than that of the Seongguk.
The people are given opportunities to learn as well as become knights through martial arts, so those who sit in key positions are left with truly unusual characters.
In this way, the national power will naturally become stronger.
That’s what Ray thinks too.
If funds were to be raised, it was good to devote oneself to schoolwork and to seat able-bodied people in government offices.
If someone has to do it anyway, wouldn’t it be better if someone more capable did it?
Ray nodded his head in satisfaction as he thought about the plan that was gradually progressing.
* * *
If you are the person with the greatest authority in the Holy Land, you will be able to pick the Pope first.
After that, a saint or a saint could be mentioned, but most people know that there is another person above the saint or a saint.
He is highly trusted by God.
Excluding saints and saints, even though they were ordinary people, they were the only ones who received divine power directly from God.
She headed to the library in the castle.
The librarian, who had been yawning and chasing sleep, swallowed the wind and stood up when she entered.
“Eclay-sama, are you here! You are here today!”
A woman called Eclair answered with a frown.
“okay. But how come the way you talk seems to ask if you came today?”
“I can’t believe that!”
“Hmm… by the way…”
she said, looking around the library.
“How come there are so many people today?”
“As expected, it’s a library that our Seongguk is proud of, so there are a lot of people, right?”
No, even so, isn’t this kind of crowd a bit overbearing?
In addition to the priests and paladins snooping around the bookshelves, the people who gathered and filled the library table were very different from usual.
It was absurd that the place he frequented had so many people in an instant.
That is, as long as you don’t get a disease that will kill you if you don’t read the book as a group.
Eclay said to the librarian, still looking around the library.
“Is it that the number of people visiting the library increased just because I didn’t come for a week?”
“That’s all because Eclay-sama is always arguing… Eup…!”
The librarian shrugged his shoulders as he spoke, but when he saw her shaking his fist in front of his eyes, he hurriedly shut his mouth.
“Your liver has grown a lot since I haven’t seen you in a week?”
“no. lol.”
A coward who cunningly rubs his palms and talks is an unmistakable chore.
He smiled and pointed to one side.
“I think the reason why there are more people than usual is because of the saint.”
she asked him.
“saint?”
“yes. A few days ago, the saint came to the library and has been reading books.”
“What does the coming of the saint have to do with that crowd?”
“That’s…”
said the librarian, pointing with his finger at the center of the crowd.
The figure of a young man who stood out among the people came in.
Even from a distance, I could tell at a glance that it was a fairly decent appearance.
Eclay, who had a strange expression on his face, gave a fishy laugh.
“So you’re saying you’re here to see a saint with a smooth face?”
The librarian nodded.
“Most of them are.”
“Then, are the rest of them clinging to the saint and trying to suck up even the dripping bean curd?”
Then the librarian shook his head.
“It is not.”
“no?”
“The Holy Son has done many things for the Holy Kingdom. All of the proceeds from it were used for the sake of the Holy Kingdom. Because we know that, I think that people who genuinely respect the Holy Son gathered.”
She’s good at criticizing others, but when the librarian, who is one of the best to praise others, praised her to the point where her mouth watered, she said as if she was surprised.
“Hoo. Is it good enough for you to be so well received?”
“Because I also fell in love with the Holy Son’s appearance. ha ha ha.”
“…”
At the last word, I glanced at the librarian, but it was interesting enough.
She headed to the table where the saint was sitting.
I bought it and watched it with interest.
Those around Ray looked at the other person with frowns as someone pushed them in.
The opponent they saw was a face they knew well.
And then, in an instant, he roars and leaves.
As Ray’s eyes widened in an instant, he stopped reading and looked up.
Then, a strong-looking woman caught my eye.
The woman with short hair and strong impression seems to have a problem with her eyes because one eye is hazy.
The other eye was normal. Like her hair, her red eyes looked clear.
She started talking to herself.
“Are you a saint?”
Until now, Ray, who had only heard honorific words while living in the Holy Land, felt embarrassed by the sudden short speech.
“Yes, what about it?”
“Hmm… You sure have a look that the librarian fell in love with.”
“yes?”
As far as he knew, the librarian was clearly a man. We chatted a few times every time we entered the library, and we formed some friendships.
Ray hurriedly turned his head to look at the librarian.
The librarian thought as his eyes met.
‘Still, Eclay-nim must have said something nice about me, right?’
Smile as brightly as possible to express your liking for the saint.
Ray looked at it a little differently.
‘Dangerous. I’d better keep a little distance from the librarian from now on.’
Seeing the saint tremble at the sight of the librarian, Eclay laughed.
When I looked down at the book the saint was reading, she was startled for a moment.
“…Have you been reading these all this time?”
“Yes, but…”
Those books were related to medicine.
Even if it was related to medicine, it was not as systematic as it is in modern times.
she said, pointing to the book with interest.
“If you’ve seen it all, you must know what it is about?”
nod and say
“To some extent.”
“If you are cut by a corroded sword, how can you treat it?”
“There is a way to heal the symptoms of addiction with Holy Cure.”
She said, slightly disappointed when she heard such a textbook answer.
“yes. Is that your idea?”
Then, this time, he shook his head.
“no.”
“okay? So how are you going to treat such a patient?”
Ray spoke without thinking a word.
“If it were me, I would cut out the poisoned part.”
Ecclei was taken aback by that.
Have you seen this madman! I told you to treat the wound, so you’re going to cut it out?
Is this the sound that comes out of the mouth of a saint!
she asked again.
“Why did you think that?”
Ray was very speechless.
I haven’t met anyone to share my medical knowledge with, but since it’s been a while since I’ve been able to talk about my area of expertise, I’m like a fish in water.
“If you get cut by a corroded sword, symptoms of poisoning may appear, but it cannot be said to be completely poisoning.”
“Hoo?”
“It is not poisoning caused by being cut by a corroded and rusted sword, but to be precise, germs infecting the wound.”
In other words, it is tetanus.
When tetanus is infected around a wound, neurotoxins act on nerve cells, causing symptoms such as muscle spasms.
“That’s why Poison Cure and Heal alone can’t cure it perfectly. In order to treat it perfectly, it is the right way to cut out the infected area and heal it.”
“…what is that germ?”
Oops. There was something about her words.
There was no definition of a germ here.
I don’t know if it has a similar meaning, but it’s because germs were purely a modern word.
