Genius Warlock-Episode 682
682. nuns (3)
Paterism was broadly divided into three classes..
Priest, Paladin, Nun.
And these three classes were often implicitly compared to human body parts..
head, hands, feet.
I didn't know who made this analogy, but it was a truly appropriate analogy..
The priest commanded from the highest place, like the head..
The paladin moved in the middle like a hand, following orders..
Then why are nuns likened to feet??
Although it had an important role in supporting the Paterism, it was treated as insignificant and below the head and hands. insignificantly.
“i don't think so.”
Paladin Joanna said as she walked down the underground passage following Sister Della..
Sister Della, who was walking escorted by saints, paused for a moment at Joanna’s words..
“······Is that so??”
“yes.”
Joanna answered with a serious expression, as if she meant it..
In fact, Joanna did not think little of the nuns..
Rather, they were respected differently from priests and paladins. In some sense, I even had the thought that it was even greater..
That's because the nuns were the ones who truly did the Father's will..
Showing love to your neighbors, comforting those who are hurt, and helping those who have fallen get up. A being who personally practices God’s love.
From that perspective, priests and paladins fell short of following the true will of God..
It may be an excuse, but due to the nature of my duties, I sometimes had to do things that went against doctrine. In the process, we inevitably had to take actions that deviated from God's teachings..
Joanna was no exception..
Therefore, Joanna respected nuns in a different way from priests and holy men..
Although it is not apparent on the outside, he personally spread God's love to the people below..
The nun smiled as if her sincerity was conveyed..
“thank you I am truly happy to hear such words from the paladin. hmm······. If you don't mind, can I ask you a question??”
“Tell me.”
“Driver, do you know what nuns usually do??”
“yes, i know.”
Joanna nodded despite the sudden question..
“There are so many that it is difficult to explain them all, but the most representative one is helping neighbors in need. Go directly to people in need, whether in slums or war zones..”
As if her respect for the nuns was not a lie, Joanna spoke to the most important point..
As the saying goes, the nuns' biggest role was to take care of the lower class of society in need..
Regardless of orphanages, slums, battlefields, beggars, vagabonds, orphans, widows, and criminals..
The acts were truly diverse, from simply distributing bread, to providing medical treatment, to staying by someone's side and comforting them at the time of death..
At first glance, it seemed like a trivial matter, but Joanna knew that this work undertaken by the nuns was the greatest strength of the Paterism..
Not from a doctrinal concept of spreading God's will, but from practical reasons as well..
This is because the nuns were responsible for providing the minimum welfare for the lower class of society, which was supposed to be provided by the state..
This could be said to be evidence of the fact that the leadership of each country felt quite a burden just because the nuns were leaving..
In that sense, it could be said to be a truly excellent metaphor..
That a nun is a foot.
It is the lowest part of the body, covered with the most dust, and is usually neglected because it is taken for granted. However, without feet, a person becomes a cripple who cannot even stand..
In other words, nuns could be said to be the cornerstone that supported Paterism at the very bottom..
“You know very well..”
“Because I respect you.”
Joanna answered with the same attitude..
Seeing that, Sister Della glanced back again and smiled. However, her smile felt a little different from the first time she saw it..
The stiff feeling disappeared and it seemed more natural..
Sister Della continued speaking with a more natural smile..
“That really makes me happy. I've never received that kind of respect..”
“yes?”
“Respect and gratitude.”
“Is that possible? Both paladins and priests are always grateful for the nuns' dedication..”
“Oh, of course it is. Thoughts and words. But it is also true that it is not visible in action..”
“Action?”
“Yes, action. For example, rather than improving the poor environment of our nuns, we always send them to other volunteer sites. It's a dangerous, barren place. Unilaterally in the name of duty without the slightest consultation. Do you know how I got this idea??”
“······no.”
“I started thinking about this after hearing the news that my colleagues who became nuns like me died in the battlefield. Why are you saying thank you but not being considerate of us?.”
Joanna was silent..
“I found out later that my dead colleagues also sent a rescue request. There is nothing they can do as they have run out of food to eat, medicine and bandages to treat injured soldiers. They say the opposing army is trying to bombard us. So please save me.”
Joanna was silent..
“However, the Pater Church ignored it until the end. To create a beautiful story about the administrative difficulties of rescue and the story of staying by the wounded soldier until his death..”
Joanna was silent again.
However, this time the nature was different from the previous silence..
If the previous silence was a silence for listening, this silence was a silence caused by the shame of not being able to say anything..
If it had been him in the past, he would have uttered empty words saying it was God's will, but he couldn't do that now..
I think I know a little bit about how the nun feels..
“······sorry. I don't have anything to say. My condolences to my colleagues..”
Sister Della shook her head as if it was okay..
“thank you But please don't misunderstand. She has no complaints about becoming a nun. Sure, she's been quite disappointed in the past, but not now. Not at all. By becoming a nun, she learned the truth of the world and the true will of God. She feels like she has opened her eyes that have been closed all her life.”
Joanna flinched. Just inside so that no one notices.
That was the reason I followed the nun who murdered the Holy Knight of the Inspection Bureau in the first place..
To welcome a true prince,
I found out the truth about the world,
I learned the true will of God.
As a Holy Knight, it was a remark that could not be ignored..
Like a cult, or something more..
So Joanna pretended to agree with the nun's wishes and followed her obediently..
Maybe the country is now facing a huge crisis..
This city where Oliver and his brothers are. That situation had to be prevented.
Stop.
The nun suddenly stopped walking. Accordingly, Joanna, who was walking surrounded by her paladin and her paladin escorting her, also stopped..
“I guess you don't completely agree with what I'm saying..”
The nun turned around and suddenly said:.
As if he could see right through Joanna’s thoughts, he pinpointed her thoughts..
Joanna instinctively realized that she couldn't cover it up with shallow lies..
That's why we decided to confront each other.
There was a time when lying was a virtue, but the truth had stronger power because it was the eternal truth..
“To be honest, yes. There's too much content I don't understand. Since I don't understand, it's hard to sympathize..”
“Still, you followed me obediently..”
“I have a question..”
“Hehehe. You're speaking like someone else.?”
Joanna flinched again..
Joanna herself also remembered someone after speaking..
A reckless warlock who did not kill the paladin who came to capture him simply out of curiosity, but even captured him and talked to him..
What was even more surprising was the fact that the nun spoke from the same perspective as herself..
My curiosity grew even more..
“I have a question to ask, can you answer it??”
Joanna gave up on seeing and decided to confront him head on..
The nun’s response was also welcoming..
“Sure. The last thing I want is to ask for unconditional understanding and consent without explaining anything. Because that is deception..”
an emotional answer.
Joanna opened her mouth..
“What is the truth about the world that the nun learned??”
“There is something very wrong with this world. Have you ever thought of something like that? This doesn't seem like something? For example, it is the golden age of humanity, but there are too many people who are starving and sick. more than in the past.”
Joanna was silent. Because she had that thought once.
I had that thought when I officially became a Holy Knight, received a mission, and left this city to go to another city..
There were a lot of factories and rich people, but there were even more abandoned people..
No matter how much they work, they starve, get sick, and are ultimately abandoned..
“I've thought about that countless times. Maybe it's because I physically meet a lot of people like that. I just couldn't understand it. The world is so rich, but why are there so many poor people? Also, why do they abuse the name of God to invade other countries and bring the children of the same God to their knees? Why do officers steal medicine to fill their stomachs even as the flesh of wounded soldiers rots alive on the battlefield? It's full of things I can't understand..”
The nun listed numerous questions based on what she saw and experienced while traveling to numerous places..
Joanna recognized that what she said was not just a problem, but an absurdity to the world as a whole..
An absurdity that cannot be understood, cannot be understood, and cannot be resolved..
“Then, someone answered my question. Why does this incomprehensible thing happen?.”
“······.”
“They say this world is polluted by human sin. To the extent that self-purification is impossible.”
“Midnight is impossible... You put your personal thoughts and feelings into your words..”
“I won't deny it. But it is also true. Have you ever had such thoughts, Mr. Driver? Not even once?”
“······What does the truth you learned have to do with the true will of God??”
“ha ha ha. You are avoiding the question. But, it's also a great question. Of course it matters. If this beautiful world created by God is polluted by humans, what does God really want??”
The end).
When asked by the nun, Joanna remembered that word..
If there was an item that was broken to the point where it could no longer be repaired, one solution was to get a new item. In the process, existing items went through the inevitable process of being discarded..
“Let me ask you one last question..”
“You tell me. What are you curious about? Have you ever wondered how you know if it's truly God's will? Or do you want to know how God's will will be accomplished? I'll be happy to answer them all. Because the driver has a big role to play..”
“Does God's will include Oliver as well??”
We don't know what troubles will happen to the thriving country. Joanna asked about Oliver. Because that was the most important issue.
“Hehe, that’s an unexpected question. Also, it's a question I don't understand... Why are you asking something you already know? Joanna also knows the truth about the world through God’s messenger.?”
the nun said.
Saying the same thing as the person who burned down in the past said.
Joanna answered this.
“yes, i know.”
At the same time, Joanna bestowed sacred law on the fragments of handcuffs secretly held in her hands..
A warm and intense light bloomed in her hand, and then a skeleton was formed, and the light changed its form into a mace..
“He's just a guy named Oliver.”
After confirming Joanna's intention, all of the Holy Knights pulled out blades imbued with sacred law and swung them at Joanna..
Let’s go!!
Several blades cut through the air and approached Joanna. A moment later, there was a loud sound of steel colliding with steel, and numerous steel fragments were scattered in the air..
The mace that Joanna created through holy magic shattered the blades coming from all directions..
Nevertheless, the paladins did not back down and raised their shields to block Joanna's path..
As I have been trained my whole life.
Then, as she had been trained to do all her life, Joanna swung her mace and smashed the obstacle in her way..
The empty relationship between Joanna and Sister Della.
Joanna approached the charging nun and swung her mace..
widely-!
The nun smashed the mace with her bare hands. A mace embodied in the holy law said to have been passed down by God..
No, it was more than that. Even the sacred law in Joanna’s body disappeared..
Surprisingly, Joanna's holy law was shining in the nun's hands..
“You're not surprised.?”
The nun spoke as if savoring the sacred law that Joanna had taken away..
“Usually people are surprised. If the holy law given by God is helplessly taken away. Hehe... It's so stupid. In fact, it is not a power given by God. Does the driver know??”
At that time, Joanna, who had fallen with her sacred law taken away, stood up and spoke. Joanna is now an ordinary woman..
“you······. They look alike.”
“······?”
“I look just like the priests who think they are gods..”
“haha······. Such a bitch.”
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