183 – 36. Proof
Not Archbishop Carlella, but Cardinal Carlella.
Cardinal Cassandra, who understood the meaning of those words, glared fiercely at McLaren.
“McLaren! You dare…!”
“Don’t blame me so much, Cassandra. Didn’t you always tell me to live a life worthy of my means? I just followed him faithfully.”
“On the subject of the great fortune’s dogs and pigs!”
“What can we do? A rich man’s pig can live a more prosperous life than a cardinal in the church.”
To Cassandra, who was truly angry, McLaren just sneered.
Rather than looking at Cassandra, she glanced to the side and looked at me, so it seemed like she was done.
He fulfilled all his promises, so it was my turn to return the favor.
“Former Cardinal McLaren is here.”
“Oh, oh oh…!! Is this…?”
“I own a mansion in a good location and land in the surrounding area. Not only do I receive various tax exemption benefits, but I also have ample bank savings.”
“Thank you! Thank you!!”
No matter what, the man who was a former cardinal and stood above hundreds of millions of believers continues to lower his head.
Cassandra, Squall, and even the saint who received help looked disgusted at that action.
However, Carlella, who seemed to have hated McLaren from the beginning, had a complicated expression on his face.
That would be because she found out why McLaren was greedy for her money.
──I have a daughter. These are the daughters born from her breasts.
──That means…… ?
──Cardinal McLaren supports young girls who cannot enter orphanages to grow up properly without anyone knowing.
──Well, then, if we tell the church officially……
── When he was a bishop, he was rejected because he did not have the budget. I heard that he is the child of a prostitute and that he wants to prevent others from becoming like his mother.
──…………
──Sponsoring girls around the world costs a lot of money. For that, McLaren is calling himself a pig of a wealthy person and collecting her money.
──Ha, but.
──I know what you want to say. It is also true that McLaren has personal wealth. Do you know what he asked for in this matter?
──I don’t know.
──Church priests cannot own land. He asked for a mansion and land where he could build an orphanage. He was thinking not only of becoming a cardinal, but of leaving the church altogether.
──…………
──Could the money he personally saved have been used as operating funds for the orphanage? Or is it just personal greed? We don’t know because we’re not McLaren, but…… One thing is clear.
──Well…… Right?
──That McLaren handed over the position of cardinal to you.
──Ah.
──Okay, let’s go.
McLaren Schwarz. She is a cardinal who was neutral, and she is considered the most corrupt of all cardinals.
Was it just a disguise, or was she truly corrupt?
She said she would set up an orphanage, but no one knows what will happen to the mansion and the land.
What was the reason for requesting a mansion in a mountain valley with no people around?
Cardinal Carlella was weighed down by all those thoughts.
‘Originally, I had no intention of coming here.’
Carleya is like this, so I have no choice but to come too.
There were so many stairs that I had a hard time…… Only.
It seemed like quite the right timing.
“Wait, wait. Archbishop Carlella. Even so, why are you a fortune teller?”
“Cardinal Cassandra, you are a cardinal, not Archbishop Carlella. And I came here with you to represent the words of Cardinal Carlella, the new cardinal.”
“How dare an outsider enter the proof room…!!”
“The Proving Room is a place where faith is judged, not a place where worldly interests are considered. That is possible even in the court below. Proving oneself before God, isn’t that the purpose of this room’s existence? …So, this means that it doesn’t matter whether I come in here or not when Cardinal Cassandra undermines the meaning of the Proving Room’s existence.”
“……………….”
“You look strange in many ways. Well, it’s a bit different from what I said yesterday, isn’t it?”
“Does even the richest man know this…?”
“You’re always considering worldly interests. If I had to answer, it’s true. I know very well. I’m a close friend of her.”
“You…Deceived me…!!”
“Please consider this as part of a political fight.”
As I lightly lowered my head, Cassandra’s roar rang loudly in the room.
But she has no choice but to be on that terrace. She doesn’t really have her staunch faith or self-control – if she moves carelessly, the Pope will move.
‘That utilitarian is crazy in many ways.’
It is truly a pain in the ass to see that such a man is also the strongest in the world.
Anyway, I left Cassandra screaming and looked back at Cardinal Squall, who had a shaken expression on his face.
“Cardinal Skoll, it’s been a while.”
“How…? The top of the cathedral must be guarded by priests and paladins.”
“I went behind Cardinal Carlella and bribed the priests and knights. Those with the economic ideas that Cardinal Skoll likes so much let me in.”
“……………….”
“More than anything, it is unusual that a person with such a keen sense of economics has his office plastered with gold. Are you looking at it secretly by yourself? If I may dare say, Cardinal Skoll is probably more likely to have secretly amassed wealth than McLaren. “I think there are a lot of them.”
“…It’s already too late, fortune teller. Even if Carrella came in instead of McLaren, the result wouldn’t change.”
“No, it varies.”
Tap.
Well, actually, what Squall said is not wrong. Instead of McLaren, which had been in favor from the beginning, another supporter came in.
In the end, the structure of 3 against and 1 in favor does not change.
But still, the reason why I chose Carrella instead of McLaren.
That’s because there is someone here who can persuade.
“Cardinal…Cardinal? Ha! Cardinals are elected on the Feast Day. Right now, Carlella is nothing more than a temporary replacement for McLaren! Everyone who can interfere with Carlella’s hereditary succession to cardinal is gathered here. Take advantage of the gap…!!”
“Cardinal Cassandra, what you said is correct. Anyway, Carlella is the cardinal here, so it doesn’t matter.”
“Ugh…!!”
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Of course not Cardinal Cassandra.
“……….”
Not even Cardinal Squall looks at me with suspicion.
“Sinner…Comrade.”
“Saint, do you remember what I told you before?”
“Before…?”
“Eileen said I would save her, so just trust me and leave it to me. It’s the same this time too.”
“……….”
“It will be over soon.”
There is only one person who will take the side of this saint who had high ideals but was frustrated by reality.
It’s just that old man with a kind smile.
“His Holiness the Pope.”
“Oh, distinguished guest. Even this old man had no idea that we would be reunited like this.”
“I didn’t know either. I just came to hear some very good words.”
“hehehehe. You really seem like a fortune teller. Okay, tell me. But I can’t give you much time.”
Pope.
A crazy utilitarian in both a good and bad sense.
In order to persuade him…… You only need one.
Happiness of the many.
“One trillion dollars.”
“…Hmm?”
“We have prepared 1 trillion dollars (approximately 1,300 trillion won).”
“……………….”
“How much was the annual budget of the Vatican this year? I remember it was roughly $1 billion… But it’s about 1,000 times more than that.”
“That…What?”
“To be exact, the anonymous wealthy person’s budget is about $400 billion, the Korean Empire’s temporary diplomatic budget is about $360 billion, and Arthur’s letter of introduction sales cost is about $240 billion.”
“……Huh.”
“With this amount of money, how many people could be happy? At the very least, it would be able to accomplish literally everything that the Vatican has been unable to do due to budget issues.”
“……………….”
“In return, the Holy Father only needs to nod lightly. That is enough.”
The Pope closed his eyes.
If he was doing this to bring down the saint like Squall or Cassandra, he wouldn’t have blinked.
But the Pope merely followed the happiness of the majority.
So, to change his mind…… There is no choice but to guarantee some level of happiness.
“Holiness the Pope…?”
“Oh, you’re not……?”
That time when Cardinal Skoll and Cardinal Cassandra’s anxious gaze turned to the Pope.
The wrinkled old man opened his closed eyes.
“It’s not enough, sir.”
“……………….”
“1 Trillion dollars… It is a large amount of money that this old man cannot or will not touch in the future, but this proof is not enough compared to Raphael Martina’s resignation from the position of saint and unification of the will of the church. Political position, decision. “Unifying the two is impossible even with money.”
“…I see.”
“Of course, it may be insignificant compared to worldly values, but if we unify the will of the church, we will be able to make more people happy more efficiently than simply spending money. So──”
“$2 Trillion.”
“──Can I nod my head right now?”
“Of course.”
…… It was a good thing I asked Liu to get more.
In other words, Liu also had real estate and stocks instead of usable cash, so he had to sign a body waiver, saying he had to have collateral…… What.
Are they really going to threaten me?
Anyway.
“Holiness the Pope! What do you mean by that!!”
“Cardinal Skoll, $2 trillion is not child’s play.”
“Are you saying that unifying the will of the entire church is a child’s play?”
“Of course. If you make it all together like that, will it last 10 years? At most, it will last a few years and then be torn apart again. In that case, $2 trillion is much better.”
“His Holiness the Pope!!”
“Please don’t be so angry. In that case, shouldn’t Cardinal Skoll and Cardinal Cassandra guarantee something beyond the VIP’s offer?”
“……………….”
“……………….”
2 Trillion dollars, 2 trillion dollars.
Even if Squall’s secretly accumulated wealth were to be gathered by the opposition, including Cardinal Cassandra, with all their might, would they be able to collect even half of that amount?
No, it might be possible if you really shake it off. The position of cardinal is not a decoration.
But instead, everything. You really will have to take everything.
In the end, we do these things because we want to make a living, because we want to live comfortably, and because we want to live richly, but if we give everything we have, wouldn’t it be the end of the story?
That’s why Squall and Cassandra had no choice but to keep their mouths shut.
“Okay, so now it’s 2 to 2. But it can’t end with such an ambiguous result, right?”
“……………….”
“……….”
“Of the two of you, I will forgive the sins of the one who comes over first. Naturally, the remaining one will bear all the sins, right?”
“……………….”
“……………….”
As expected, you can’t get over this?
Even if your sins are forgiven if you come over, you are still outside the eyes of the saint anyway. Even if Squall, who already betrayed the saint, goes back, will he be able to maintain his position as a cardinal?
Moreover, if Cassandra, the leader of the saint’s opposition faction, falls for the saint, she will lose the cause of her faction. At the very least, a fall in support and a fall from office will be certain.
‘Well, there’s no problem if it ends like this.’
2 To 2. There is no conclusion to the proof, but this is enough.
Anyway, if you go down the tower and show the saint’s
In front of the public, you can gain both legitimacy and justification.
A saint can use , But he did not allow proof? Squall and Cassandra will absolutely have to step down from their positions as cardinals.
No matter how one does this or that, the situation is one-sided.
It was very tricky and difficult for me to design a situation like this…… Even if it’s a foul, I have enough money that it’s not a problem, so it’s just resolved.
‘…… I remember that Korea’s annual budget was originally around 600 trillion won.’
What’s more, with the Korean Empire, the most powerful country, Arthur, who rules Europe, and the world’s richest man, 2,600 trillion won is collected like a kid’s pocket money.
Anyway, this solves everything.
Just take a short break and then go down the tower of proof──
──Huh?
I can hear your voice.
Voice.
Your voice?
Voice…… Go.
A voice that resonates throughout the proof room and at the same time goes straight into your head.
It wasn’t difficult to find the origin of the voice.
Everyone in this room looked up as if they had made a promise.
There is a throne in that place.
It must be a chair that is close to showing off, as if God is watching the proof.
Someone was sitting there.
“…What about you?”
“……………….”
“……….”
“………No way.”
“Oh, oh…!!”
The presence is overwhelming.
Even though he is only sitting on a chair, and most of his body is not visible because it is covered by the chair.
Arms and legs covered in cracks flail, and a truly strange voice rings out.
That’s how he calls himself.
He is God.
“…God?”
“How are we here?”
God, that former god bastard who has now been usurped by Ji Soo is unstable even in his own existence.
So, the places I have encountered so far were unusual places, such as the gate space, dreams, and the gap where the holy sword is located.
How about here?
“……So, what’s your business?”
“……………….”
God looks down.
Squall with a bewildered expression, Cassandra quickly kneeling, McLaren and Carlella at a loss for words, and the Pope just smiling benevolently.
Passing past me glaring at that bastard, his eyes turn to the saint.
“……Ah, ah.”
“……Ah?”
The hand is made of cracks.
Refers to the saint, Raphael.
Agree 2.
Opposite…… 3.
It was the moment when the proof was concluded.