004. The service priest is so good!
Early in the morning before the sun rises.
Leon’s voice echoed through the dorm.
“Arise, warriors! Every minute you waste, your faith wears away!”
The loud sound started waking the children one by one.
“… … .”
“… … .”
Philip and Ed woke up in a hurry and stared blankly at Leone.
“Oh God. Please catch him.”
Charles spit out his thoughts in his sleep.
“uh?”
Oops, I looked at Leon.
“Charles, what did you just say?”
It seemed certain that he had heard.
“Oh no! sorry!”
However, Leon’s reaction was completely different from what he thought.
“The juniors are thrilled with the growth of the seniors. How can you see such results in one day? I’ll give you a compliment mark for senior Charles.”
Praise came out of nowhere.
“I am not being sarcastic. I mean it sincerely.”
Leon’s expression was serious.
Everyone looked at him in bewilderment.
“Well. Don’t you all know why I praised you?”
Leon asked as if to confirm.
No one answered.
“It’s better. I’ll take this opportunity to explain. How does this training help?”
It’s only been a day since we met to blindly trust and follow him.
I needed to explain as much as I could to motivate him.
“The reason I praised Charles is simple. You asked ‘God’.”
“Request?”
The kids didn’t catch on at all.
“Of course. The words you asked God to take me away are important.”
“I do not get it.”
“You don’t have to think too hard.”
It was not a difficult or complicated story.
“Charles, why did you ask God? Give me a serious answer.”
At Leon’s question, Charles pondered for a moment before carefully opening his mouth.
“It came out without me knowing. Not for any particular reason.”
“Did you come out unconscious? Unknowingly.”
“That’s right.”
“Yes, that’s it!”
Words that came out without knowing.
That was the point.
“Yes?”
“uh?”
“… … Incomprehensible.”
It was time to enlighten these bewildered children.
“Charles has a difficult problem, so he asked God to solve this. Why? Why did you ask God?”
The reason is simple.
“Because I believe. I believe that God might solve this situation, so I asked God.”
Belief was not difficult.
“That is faith. That is not knowledge or imitation, but a real belief in the unconscious.”
“… … is that?”
Ed, who desperately wanted faith, looked shaken up.
“why? Is it different from what you thought?”
“yes.”
“Then, what if I am the demon king and Charles is the saint who protects the world?”
“That is different.”
A saint who prays to get rid of the demon king for the sake of the world.
Charles prays to take Leon for his life.
The two seem completely different, but not that different.
“It doesn’t matter what reason or purpose you believe in. The important thing is that I believed in God and remembered it.”
The important thing is ‘faith’, not the reason or purpose of believing.
“Isn’t that a reason or purpose?”
“yes. You can do it for whatever reason or purpose you like. The important thing is whether you have faith or not.”
“… … Strange.”
There was a big difference between what the church taught and the truth Leon taught.
It was natural to be confused.
“Then, why don’t you trust me?”
“Leon?”
“I am the proof. I’ll bet you. This training really works.”
Leon was the proof itself.
I was a fool to keep thinking about it when the results were right in front of me.
“I’ll believe it.”
“What about the others?”
“I like it!”
“Of course I agree.”
All responded readily.
“Then let’s go to early morning training!”
A smile appeared on Leon’s face.
‘Everything goes according to plan.’
In the first place, I had no intention of giving him any other option other than consent.
* * *
Priest Ruth witnessed an amazing sight from dawn.
It was the sound I heard while patrolling that made me see the amazing sight.
“In a healthy body, upright faith is the law!”
‘It’s a true story.’
Unlike the young voice, what he said penetrated the core.
‘It seems like a child, but how… … .’
Curious about the owner of the voice, Priest Ruth looked where the sound came from and was surprised.
‘haha. It must have been that child.’
There was an unexpected child there.
Despite having great talent, Irion wanted to become a volunteer priest.
Leon was the owner of that voice.
“Senior Charles, your posture is messed up. No cheating!”
“I-I can’t do it!”
“You can! It is not a lie to say that God is with us.”
‘To think that the child who just arrived yesterday is leading another child.’
It was amazing to become a leader in one day.
“Sacred power, the power of God, is always with us. trust. If you have faith, God will help you directly. Guys, you can. Trust me!”
“Aww! I believe!”
“Do you really believe it?”
“I believe!”
What he said was even more surprising.
‘It’s really clever, it’s really clever.’
I could feel the brilliance in every word he spoke.
“The seniors just took a step back. If you get through this time, you can take another step forward.”
“I believe!”
“God will guide and help us!”
“I believe!”
“I believe in seniors too!”
“I believe!”
even.
‘You could be arrogant with that talent, but you even care about your colleagues. There’s nothing to blame.’
Even his personality was perfect.
‘The church’s future is really bright.’
Seeing the children overflowing with energy, even Priest Ruth’s heart skipped a beat.
‘I’ll make a foothold for you, Leone.’
Priest Ruth left quietly without disturbing the children.
His steps seemed so light.
* * *
After morning training.
When traveling to receive training for service priests.
“I have one question for you.”
Charles said with a serious expression.
“Is it true that you applied for volunteer priests?”
Leon nodded.
“right.”
“You’re not lacking in talent, so why did you choose to be a service priest?”
The reason why I came to the place where the dropout came.
The reason was curious.
“Of course I came here because I like it the best.”
“Yes?”
“Service priest. Of course, isn’t this the best?”
“It was the first time I had heard such a thing. Could it be that you have misunderstood?”
It wasn’t that I was wrong.
I knew better than anyone else.
Rather, there were too many reasons, so the problem was what to talk about.
“There are so many reasons why I chose to become a service priest, but I’ll tell you just one first.”
I decided to tell you just one of them.
“Do you think the Healing Priest is higher than the Service Priest?”
“Yes. Because talent doesn’t compare.”
“That’s what you think because you’re a priest, and have you ever thought about what it’s like in the eyes of the residents?”
Charles shook his head.
“Well. I never thought of that.”
“In the eyes of the villagers, whether it’s a healer priest or a service priest, they’re just the same priest. They care about us, nobody else cares.”
“… … you’re right.”
Service priest or healer priest is a classification within the church.
In the eyes of the residents, all priests were just the same.
“Now, think about it. When residents ask for something from the church, where are they accepted?”
“It will be handled by the Volunteer Priesthood.”
“Then where do you directly communicate with the residents?”
“That is also the Volunteer Priesthood.”
“Worship to the residents?”
“Sometimes the High Priestess attends, but mainly the Volunteer Priests are in charge.”
Charles’ expression changed strangely as the story progressed.
“Looks like you noticed it because you’re from the top. Volunteer priests are responsible for or involved in most of the church’s income.”
Charles nodded.
“Then the Church will be maintained… … .”
“okay. It’s all thanks to the service priests.”
This time, Leon asked Charles.
“If you could choose again, where would you go? healer? Or a service priest?”
“I was stupid.”
Charles realized that a service priest was better.
“I don’t know about anyone else, but you’re not falling behind, Charles. You got lucky.”
Charles couldn’t help but nod.
Luck, not failure.
A smile appeared on Charles’ face.
* * *
Education for pre-service priests.
It was a name that you would learn by reading a book in the classroom, but it was not.
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Most of the education for volunteer priests was closer to ‘practice’ than classes.
Upon arrival at the clinic.
“Your job today is to help heal the Healing Priests.”
After listening to a brief explanation.
“There is nothing difficult about it, so learn by doing the rest.”
immediately put in
He was not interested in the new Leon.
Contrary to what he said elegantly earlier, this was the reality of being a service priest.
But there was a smile on Leon’s face.
‘This is the land of opportunity!’
Few people were as easy to ingratiate and swindle as the sick and the sick.
Besides, the patients were very sympathetic to the priests.
It was a land of opportunity for Leon.
“Rion, can I tell you something?”
Phillip sneaked over and asked if he was worried about Leone.
“it’s okay. I’ve done something similar.”
“okay?”
“yes. You don’t have to worry. Are there any patients you don’t like? Early morning training must have been difficult, but I will help you with this.”
Just by looking at the movements of the children, it was clear which patient they were reluctant to treat.
‘Because my target matches the patient the kids hate, the first thing I do is show condescension.’
Not knowing what Leon was thinking, Philip was moved.
“Leon is really a good person.”
Leon turned around as if he was embarrassed.
“The elders seem to be having a hard time, right?”
“That’s right.”
“great. I’ll mark the seniors exclusively, so you don’t have to worry about this one.”
“Thank you, Leon.”
I was more grateful to Leone for being so moved.
Leone walked all over the inside of the clinic.
“Senior, are you not sick anywhere?”
“here! It hurts here!”
“I will take a look.”
“What does the little priest know about what he sees?”
“Ah, just show me.”
“Is that so?”
“nice. It must have been amazing when you were young that your back is still strong!”
“This little priest has eyes to see! That’s when I… … .”
I quickly became friends with difficult patients.
“Old man, give me your hand.”
“No, done. Call the priest!”
“Hey, give me your hand. I’ll take care of you until the priest comes.”
“greatness! What do you know when you see it?”
“You know that holy power is good for the body, right? Even if you can’t use healing magic yet, this is just fine.”
“know! know!”
“Give me your hand. I’ll put it in.”
“Big!”
Patients called the truth were easily dealt with.
“How far have I been talking?”
“He even talked about the chief of Flöna Village.”
“Little priest, this is a secret, but then in Flöna Village… … .”
I was able to get even trivial information with frightening affinity.
After the treatment, the elderly always called Leone separately.
Although older seniors are picky.
“Little priest, thank you earlier.”
“greatness. This is given to the little priest as a thank you.”
“You know what we talked about earlier is a secret, right?”
“Little priest, thank you.”
I had a lot.
Whether it’s information, gold, or emotion.
‘Salty, salty!’
The salty side income was basic, and there was something else that was really important.
[Mission: Villager Healing Assistant 5/15]
Clearing missions was necessary to develop unique abilities.
‘I told the kids differently, but here’s the real reason I chose to become a volunteer priest.’
A service priest who could do a variety of things was the best choice for Leon.
‘This is the power of a service priest!’
Think again.
The service priest was the best.