Genius Warlock-Episode 683
683. nuns (4)
The smallest country in the world is thriving.
True to its nickname, Seonghwangsi-guk had a population of less than a thousand people..
Among those thousand people were priests, paladins, and nuns, so it was concluded that there were no more than a few hundred civilians who were not given positions in the church..
However, hundreds are hundreds. By no means, the number was not small, and Seonghwangsi-guk prepared a separate residential area for them to live in..
Although it was not a very good location, next to the convent and on the outskirts of Seonghwang City,.
However, because of that, some high-ranking officials of the Seonghwangcheong built a safe house in this residential area and had secret meetings..
Like the two cardinal priests and one red man wizard right here..
“The nuns started getting weird a few years ago. Ever since a hole was created in the land of ice.”
Cardinal Priest Roderick, who brought Zeno to the center of the continent and who may be the culprit of all this, said:.
Kevin listened silently..
Roderick pointed at Armand with a hand as thick as a pot lid..
“Armand, you must have noticed?”
Perhaps because it was a private meeting, Roderick’s tone was much more relaxed..
“······The influence of the nuns grew to extraordinary proportions..”
Armand went beyond simply agreeing and even pinpointed what was strange..
“So much so that you hold my hand.”
match. match.
Roderick clapped his hands twice in exclamation..
“answer. It's become so incredibly influential. So much so that it's hard to reject their outstretched hand..”
“I have a question.”
Kevin, the red-skinned wizard who had been quietly listening, slightly raised his hand and intervened..
“Ask. Professor Kevin.”
“I also understood that the influence of the nuns had become stronger, and I also understood that because of that, His Majesty Roderick had nuns as his attendants... However, I don't understand how the nuns gained such influence. They say the nuns take care of the dirty work, but that would be difficult due to the structure..”
Roderick slightly opened his eyes at Kevin's sharp question..
It was a question that could only be answered if you knew it in detail, not just roughly..
As expected, the archive didn't send it as an agent for nothing..
“Professor Kevin is right. It's structurally difficult. Even though the nuns do the dirty work, they have no right to be involved in decision-making, so they cannot speak for them..”
It was like that. The nuns did a lot of work in the Pater Order, but they had no voice, no friends to speak on their behalf..
The people the nuns dealt with were the lower class of society who had nothing to boast about other than their numbers. There was nothing they could do except gather the lower classes and start an uprising..
“However, recently, I have gained many friends who represent the voices of nuns. Through a series of events.”
The series of events was surprisingly one that treated and comforted the sick..
A task that was originally undertaken by nuns. However, if there was a difference, it was in the object..
This is not the lower class of society that the nuns originally dealt with, but the upper class of society that can give voice to Paterism..
“An unidentified disease has spread sporadically among the classes that have a voice in Paterism, centered around the center of the continent..”
“This is my first time hearing this..”
“Because it’s not a good story to tell. The disease was so severe that even doctors, wizards, and priests could not touch it..”
“The nuns must have treated them like that..”
If you pretend, you're good. Kevin got right to the point..
“I like it because it’s quick to understand. Among them, there are those whose families have turned their backs on them. Like a nasty old man who has nothing but money... Thanks to this, those who survived the deaths at the hands of the nuns returned the favor with sincere gratitude, and over the past few years, the nuns have been able to indirectly make their voices heard..”
I roughly understood what you meant..
Thanks to its unique policies, Paterism was able to indirectly influence the world, but in other words, it could also be influenced by it..
That's what influence was all about in the first place..
It seems like it was given unilaterally, but it was received only to a different degree. This is an undeniable fact.
It was as natural and natural as tomato sauce was created under the influence of colonial food..
Priests scattered across each country and region also needed help from local forces, and if there were those who supported the nuns, the priests were also bound to need the help of the nuns..
If you receive something, you also have to give it..
“So, did His Highness Roderick maintain a close enough relationship with a nun as an attendant??”
“exactly. This is because the hard-line cardinal priests who wanted to exert a lot of influence on the outside had such a relationship with the nuns. As the leader of them, there was no way I could not accept it..”
“If you act differently, words will come out from within..”
Roderick's opponent, Armand, spoke for him..
It could be said to be an ironic sight..
A moderate leader defends a hard-line leader. But in fact it wasn't really like that..
There were some people who made a fuss about the different routes, but there were also others who cooperated separately..
The only difference is whether the route is a ‘purpose’ or a ‘means’. Armand and Roderick were only close to the latter..
Moderate fans, hardliners, for them it was just a means to fight against the end..
So, it was also about protecting Oliver by maintaining a cooperative relationship with Merlin..
“To be honest, I'm surprised..”
After hearing the vague explanation, Kevin suddenly said:.
Even for a wizard, it was an inappropriate way to speak to a cardinal priest, the leader of the Church of Pater, but Roderick and Armand did not take issue with it..
The uniqueness of the current situation and Kevin's status as the person in charge of the archive made this acceptable..
As if to prove this, rather than being displeased, Roderick reacted willingly..
“What do you mean??”
“The person who wanted to use Zeno to escape the apocalypse said those words..”
Kevin mentioned [Deus Ex Machina].
A top-secret project being carried out exclusively by hardliners within the Paterism to escape the apocalypse by artificially creating the son of an angel..
Roderick was targeting Zenon as material for the project, and Merlin told Kevin about this..
“Could it be that the nuns persuaded him to carry out that absurd plan??”
“exactly.”
Roderick readily admitted..
Kevin saw through Roderick's emotions through Zenon's opened eyes..
he was sincere.
“Although he did not directly propose an agenda, he reinterpreted the eschatology and encouraged some cardinal priests. The cardinal priests who passed over proposed the agenda and made it an official project of the hardliners. And I thought about it pretty seriously too..”
Sincerity.
Surprisingly, instead of making the excuse that he had no choice, Roderick admitted that he viewed [Deus Ex Machina] itself positively, regardless of the nuns' condition..
“There were clear means and goals, not just random nonsense. Above all, in the face of the absurdity of the end, that was all we could do. So I viewed the project itself positively. No matter the motivation or process, as long as the results are good,.”
What a shameless claim. But Kevin couldn't say anything..
Since you admit all of your own shame, what is there to say??
Although there are more problems than anything else, the Chugi priest in front of us was a person who tried to face the disaster called the end. Instead of giving up everything.
I couldn't just criticize him for that alone..
“But that doesn't mean I lost interest in the nuns. That's that and this is this.”
“Thanks to you, I found traces of devil worship.?”
“You were lucky. No, should I say it's bad? ······ I thought he would do something when he came here, so I watched him more closely, but I was caught just in time..”
Kevin understood at that moment what I meant..
If the nuns were the ones who actually came up with [Deus Ex Machina], which was to use Oliver as material to turn him into an angel's son, there was no way they would have missed this moment..
This is the time when Zeno is here in a prosperous state..
“Plus, as I just found out, they also raided the Inspector General and took away Sir Joanna..”
“If it's Joanna... Why on earth?”
“I don't know the exact reason. The important thing is that the situation is urgent. The fact that I have done something so unbearable means that I have no intention of paying attention anymore. What that means is that the current situation is prosperous... No, it means that a silent crisis has befallen Seonghwangcheong..”
“······Moreover, it is also a crisis that must be dealt with quietly..”
Armand added.
It was as they said..
I don't know the details, but the fact that the nuns attacked the official organization of the Holy Emperor's Office meant that they did something without looking back, and that meant that something on a scale that would overthrow the Holy Emperor's Office would happen..
However, this could not be officially announced..
Not only is there no time, but it will cause even greater confusion in an already confusing situation..
No matter how much I thought about it, it seemed like the situation would get worse and not get better..
“Therefore, my opinion is that whether we succeed or fail, we must resolve this matter among ourselves. Failure is the worst, and success can be no fun. It'll be okay.?”
“I'm sorry, but why are you asking that??”
Kevin asked Roderick.
“Didn’t you ask for support thinking you would accept it anyway??”
“······To be honest, I asked for support because I thought Armand would accept it. The same goes for archives. One, Professor Kevin, you don't know..”
Roderick spoke directly without hesitation..
“No matter how much you think about it, there is no reason for you to go out. Even if you are a disciple of the archive and a wizard of the magic tower, you are ultimately a red person... I don't want to make any discriminatory remarks, but there is no reason for you to be actively involved in this matter.?”
As Roderick said, it was a discriminatory remark, but it was also a remark that struck the core point..
There was no particular reason for Kevin, a red man, to actively intervene in this matter..
There seems to be enough reason to participate, such as being a student at the Archive or a professor at the Magic Tower, but that's only because I don't know how to treat red people..
Moreover, if we knew the background of Kevin and Merlin's relationship as priests, such questions were bound to be further amplified..
From anyone's perspective, Kevin seemed like a person who wanted the end of the world..
Kevin said this.
“It's not wrong. Personally, I have no reason to be concerned with this matter..”
Kevin said he doesn't care if the apocalypse happens.
Armand and Roderick said nothing. Not because I was considerate of Kevin, but because it was realistic..
Considering what happened to the red people, the end wouldn't be so bad..
“One, I am now a disciple of the Archive and a mage of the Magic Tower. I'm just doing my job now.”
short and clear words.
From those words, Roderick and Armand read Kevin's will..
A simple but difficult will to keep, not to neglect the task at hand due to personal feelings..
“Could you please tell me where those devil worshipers are? Looks like I don't have time.”
Roderick immediately unfolded the map. It was a city map of a thriving city..
In the center of the map there was a hill and Seonghwangcheong, and around it there was a huge park, a temple, a theological college, a school for holy knights, etc..
Roderick is a large but shabby building on the outskirts of them all. pointed to the convent.
“The heart of the convent is the convent. I'm preparing something here right now. Sir Joanna was also taken here..”
“No way, summon the devil?”
Armand guessed..
Youth, wealth, strength, hair loss treatment. There were many things the devil worshipers wanted, but for an accident of this scale, that was all they wanted..
It was pretty bad news..
Summoning the demon itself was bad, but it was even worse considering Zenon was in this city..
A situation too exquisite to be a coincidence.
However, Roderick only tried to see what they could do in the situation..
“There are 40 paladins in total that we can mobilize without being noticed, 20 each under Armand and I. We must use this to surprise the convent and stop what is happening. In addition, they search for evidence of devil worship and rescue Joanna..”
“Is there an operation??”
Kevin asked.
“I plan to secretly infiltrate the center of the convent through a secret passage and end it quickly. The most reliable strategy is to use your skills to shoot and press quickly..”
Roderick answered. Coincidentally, it was also Kevin's preferred strategy..
If you had the ability, that option had the fewest variables and was most certain..
“However, this time it is the opposite..”
“What is the reason??”
“If the nuns were really devil worshipers, they would have prepared enough for that. Instead, they might wait for you to come that way..”
Roderick did not object..
It was more than reasonable, and the possibility was strong. Nevertheless, this strategy was chosen because it is the best for now..
In other words, if there is a better way, it means that I am willing to move to it..
“Do you have other plans??”
Roderick's question. When Kevin tried to answer.
Squeak······!
The paladin in civilian clothes who was guarding the outside of the door hurriedly opened the door and came in..
“majesty······!”
“what's going on?”
“······Now, let's go out for a moment... I have something to report to you..”
Seeing the Paladin unable to hide his embarrassment, Roderick, Armand, and Kevin went outside..
and could see.
Why is the Paladin so embarrassed?.
A small but cleanly maintained Seonghwangsiguk residential area. The intersection fountain in the middle of it.
The fountain where clean water was supposed to flow turned red and gave off a fishy odor..
It was blood.
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