188 – 37. How can a person owe 2,700 trillion won?
For Kim Woo-sung, a collateral royal family member and a second-year Romance Academy student, today was different from yesterday.
Because Namgoong Min returns to the academy today.
‘You came back sooner than I expected.’
They said it might take a long time to leave, but seeing that they came back after a week, does that mean things went well?
In fact, the news that Kim Woo-sung heard was incredible.
Saint Raphael Martina’s ‘Proof’.
Honestly, is that the extent of it for Kim Woo-sung, who neither goes to church nor has any acquaintances? I wanted to, but I understood after seeing the church’s reaction.
I couldn’t have known because all the academy students who went to church were boycotting classes and praying all day.
‘Returned alive from a virtual witch trial, La.’
Of course, there was no news about Namgoong Min there, but why would she have left for church in secret?
I felt a little sorry for instructor Charles Teddy Bear, who nodded and said that this level of absence was acceptable.
‘Now that I think about it, I heard that the principal also left for church.’
Didn’t we run into each other? From the looks of it, it didn’t seem like he was on very good terms with the principal.
Well, considering the principal’s ideology of being the chosen people, there is no way she would be friendly with Namgoong Min.
Anyway, I was really curious about why Namgoong Min secretly went to the church, what she did there to be ‘proven’, and how she ended up.
Kim Woo-sung made a wise decision.
“Aren’t you curious? What happened at the church?”
“I’m not curious at all, Namgoong Min.”
“Why?”
“Because my life is precious.”
“…That’s amazing.”
Ignorance is certainly a sin, but it is also a great means of escape.
I know very well that there are many things in the world that are more dangerous to know than to not know.
And Kim Woo-sung had a personality that was very reluctant to drink a poisoned chalice.
Even if the Holy Grail is beautiful and valuable enough to risk poison.
“It might be helpful information, right?”
“If that were the case, you would have told me.”
“I like it too.”
I will only know what is told, and I will only listen to what is told.
It may be an ideal situation for a superior-subordinate relationship that will only last until graduation, although it may be an ideal position to have as a close friend.
Kim Woo-sung, who realized that he had scored enough points for Namgoong Min, lowered his head and smiled in remorse.
“In that sense, I want to ask you something.”
“Say anything!”
If the timing were right now, I would probably finish up my work at church.
‘Let’s keep this in mind. ‘You have to become a blind person with open eyes.’
You must do your work quickly and competently, but at the same time, you must not know a lot of things.
Kim Woo-sung was proud of his own abilities, so he pondered the code of conduct and waited for Namgoong Min’s words──
“How should I repay 2,700 trillion…?”
“What the f*ck?”
*
After completing a quick calculation, Kim Woo-sung kicked me out of the room as if he was cutting me off.
I came to Rio helplessly and was weighed down by a mountain of debt even before I could say hello to him.
2700 Trillion.
To calculate accurately, 2,703,198,246,093,400 won.
“This much in Korean Empire money.”
“……Mr. Liu.”
“Hey, do you really think I would commit fraud? There’s no way a wealthy person could be wrong about money matters. It’s true that you owe this much so far.”
In fact, the debt itself is…… There was an aspect of self-employment.
I borrowed a lot of money from Liu because it was really convenient, and I actually achieved the crazy condition of [Owing more than 1 trillion won].
1 Trillion, 1 trillion won?
In reality, I worked both hard jobs and part-time jobs to earn 3.5 Million won for police academy tuition.
How much is 1 trillion? 1,000,000,000,000 Won? Why are there so many zeros?
‘I don’t think that pseudo bastard has saved more than 1 trillion in his entire life.’
But what if it’s about 1 trillion…? … There really was a way to repay it somehow.
During Lily Whiterose’s election, I read fortunes and received 30 billion won in bounty. I mean, there was at least a faint possibility.
But how much?
“2700 Trillion…?”
At this point, the number was so large that it almost seemed ridiculous. Even if you think about cancer, it is not an amount that would be found in reality, but an amount that would appear in a web novel.
But is that my debt?
“That… Cheongsan…”
“Well? You’re a brave fortune teller and have some good skills… So even if you repay 100 million won a day, it’s about… This…”
“Two thousand years…?”
“No? About twenty-seven million years?”
Wow.
…… First of all, it became clear that it was an amount that could never be repaid under normal circumstances! And!
“Actually, 2,700 trillion is a combination of what the princess and the evil b*tch lent me… If I were to purely count it, it would be about 1,600 trillion? I’d only have to work for about 16 million years.”
That…… Fortunately…… Go? What if there’s not just one person you owe money to?
When you kneel down and pray, there are three people who will give you even a small discount!
Now that we’ve gotten rid of Rio, there are two left!
“Somehow…By all means…”
“Hey, fortune teller. Can you really pay this back? The calculation earlier was based on the assumption that you would earn 100 million a day, right? 27 Million years is no one’s business.”
“Mr. Liu, you don’t mean that…”
“A dick is a dick, anyway. Of course, this isn’t money you can repay by earning normally, right? You know that, right?”
“Yes…I know…”
“Right? Then…Come to work.”
“Yes?”
“Mr. Park, I’ll give you 1 trillion won, so come to work.”
“Yes!”
It only moved 3 meters, but 1 trillion people were lost! But isn’t that much more than my entire fortune? Anyway!
Now there are 2699 trillion left!
“Wow, it’s here!”
“Okay, now hug me.”
“…Yes?”
“Hey Namgoong, don’t you want to pay back the money? Hurry up and hug me. Are you going to criticize me in real time?”
“No!”
He hurriedly lifted Liu up into his arms, with his arms wide open, with a gloomy expression on his face. Liu was small and not heavy.
Liu in my arms is warmer and softer than I thought, so crazy.
“Mr. Liu, how long will this last…?”
“1 Trillion in 10 minutes.”
“I’ll hug you for the rest of my life!”
“Baby, you speak well.”
That day.
I paid back 3 trillion won more……
*
The day I returned from church to the academy.
The place had changed, but the saint was sitting across from Eileen.
“First of all, I would like to say thank you.”
“…Don’t you think it’s a little late?”
“I’m sorry about that, but thank you even if it’s late. If Eileen wasn’t… No, a saint, I wouldn’t have been able to prove it.”
The saint’s gratitude was natural. If it weren’t for Eileen’s help as a saint, she wouldn’t have been able to be called a .
But his gratitude meant more than that.
“Well, I don’t care anyway. Since it was what Namgoong Min said, it was something that had to be done… And it’s the same with the power struggle in the church.”
“…I will take the utmost care.”
What was the reason why Cardinal Skoll and Cardinal Cassandra took the saint’s side?
First of all, there was a big political reason to take the saint’s side, go down the Tower of Proof, approach the saint and become part of her power.
The And Are beings that cannot coexist. One of them has to stand higher, which naturally leads to a power struggle in the church.
Is it because the saint and the saint refuse to coexist from their birth? In the long history of the church, power struggles have been a fact that has never changed.
But this time was different.
Aileen Teddy Bear was the first saint in history to succeed in ‘coexistence’.
“Anyway, really…Are the rights to the Inquisitors enough?”
“What’s wrong? This is the position you originally held.”
“Rather, that is why I am saying this. The Inquisitors are certainly powerful beings, but more than that, they are fanatics. They have no political or financial power other than military power.”
Rather, for that reason, it was also the place the saint chose.
The Heresy Inquisitors are the church’s military force that surpasses that of the Holy Knights, but other elements than military force are almost non-existent. Because handing over politics and the economy to a group with military force is almost suicidal.
It was a good position for a saint who took advantage of the Pope and each other to gain as much advantage as possible.
Is that really the case for Eileen?
“That’s it.”
“Yes?”
“Political power? There is no need for it unless you are superior to the princess of the Korean Empire or the influential person of Arthur. Money cannot exceed that of a wealthy person, so it is the same.”
“……No way.”
“The power of the group. That will definitely be Namgoong Min’s strength and an element that I can show off.”
…… Once again, the saint trembled.
It is no longer a secret that the princess, a superpower, a wealthy man, and a saint are waging a war of nerves over Namgoong Min.
But in the end, wasn’t it nothing more than a problem between men and women?
The princess is trying to attract the Korean Empire, the psychic is trying to attract the Arthur family, the wealthy person is trying to attract overwhelming money, and the saint is trying to attract the church.
Only to win over Namgoong Min.
That may be a bit of an exaggeration, but it also meant that it was virtually no different from a world war.
“Are you serious?”
“Of course, isn’t it? As I watched, other non-believers were giving various material help to Namgoong Min, but I was left alone. It’s something that can’t be helped…But that doesn’t mean I can’t help but help, right?”
My help…… La.
Sungja’s expression inadvertently twisted as he recalled the team battle event that took place when the second semester first started.
I clearly remember the battle that the four female students fought at that time.
That too…… Is this part of internal affairs?
“But the Inquisitors are not a private organization. Even if the Pope and I allow it, Eileen will not be able to do whatever she wants.”
“Because they are fanatics after all?”
“Because they follow their faith.”
“That’s an interesting thing to say. Actually, saints and saints don’t believe in the God they believe in in the Bible. Don’t they?”
“…That’s right.”
“But, it’s okay.”
Because fanatics know the hearts of fanatics well.
“If you can’t achieve this much, you don’t deserve to be Namgoong Min’s saint.”
“…If you say so.”
It is not polite to even say that and give advice.
The saint sighed for a moment and looked at Eileen, compiling her thoughts.
“For a while, the church will be very noisy.”
“…I guess that’s true too. I heard that everyone except the cardinal, Carle, resigned?”
“Although she was a temporary cardinal, she was originally famous, so she was appointed without any trouble without a separate election. Best of all, two more cardinal positions were up for grabs for her.”
“Originally, there would have been a lot of talk, right?”
“Even those who would protest against Carlella’s appointment as cardinal are currently staying quiet because they are coveting another cardinal position.”
In the end, Squall and Cassandra stepped down from their positions as cardinals. His resignation was not due to pressure from the Holy Spirit, but rather of his own volition.
It was a judgment that Eileen made as soon as she said she had no interest in power struggles except with the Inquisitors.
“Maybe someone else will be nominated as cardinal behind the scenes. They probably thought it would be unreasonable for them to continue to sit in that position.”
“Then it’s done, right?”
“That can’t be right. They’ll probably be a problem for the church for a long time…But.”
Even if we leave behind the problems of Squall and Cassandra.
The fact that the saint succeeded in proving does not change.
“…After the second semester is over, I will return to my church.”
“Dropping out…Are you saying?”
“It’s necessary to fulfill the promise between me and Chloe. If I don’t go to church myself, I won’t be able to reform.”
“Did you tell Namgoong Min?”
“…Yes.”
“Okay then…What about this?”
Click.
The saint who put down the silver key in front of Eileen laughed.
“This is the key to the safe in my room. It will be useful because I have collected all the important documents while working as the head of the Heresy Inquisition.”
“Ha, you want me to go into your room?”
“Now it’s your room too.”
“…What?”
“I will drop out at the end of the second semester, but I cannot leave the church during that time. I probably won’t be at the academy for many days… Please go to the Romance Academy church.”
“……………….”
“It’s expensive real estate because it’s on some valuable land. Use it well.”
“……It’s a bit awkward that you talk about real estate and money.”
“As someone said, I may have awakened to economic sense.”
“Mr….I understand.”
There is nothing wrong with taking it. Like the saint, Eileen realized the importance of money.
Eileen, who had taken the key, glanced at the saint with an expression that did not please her.
“Ha…I never thought I’d say this.”
“What…?”
“You’ve had a hard time. All this time.”
“……………….”
“Thank you for taking care of Eileen until I met Namgoong Min… Hey, wait a minute. Eileen!”
“Aileen?”
The soul changes.
Although she was not as skilled as a saint, she was able to recognize Raphael because she had the
Eyes that read hearts.
It is not the mature soul that was expressed on the outside, but rather weak and small…… Nevertheless, a strong spirit emerged.
“…I’d like to tell you directly. Can I call you Raphael? My brother is Namgoong Min.”
“It doesn’t matter.”
“Um, well… At first, I thought Raphael was trying to kill me. So I avoided him a lot and I didn’t like him… But as I kept watching, I realized he wasn’t the kind of person who would do something like that.”
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“……………….”
“Thank you, Raphael.”
“…That’s me.”
Beep beep.
It’s time to go back to church.
I showed up at the academy and explained the situation to the vice principal, so there is nothing more to do.
If I were to be honest, I haven’t met everyone in the special occupation class.
“…There won’t be any problem.”
Actually, everyone wasn’t that close of a relationship.
The saint with a bitter smile stood up from her seat and looked back at Eileen, who was still sitting.
“I have one last thing to tell you.”
“I told you to get some rest, Eileen… So what is it?”
“The principal and the pope.”
“……………….”
“The principal who was said to have gone on a field trip to the church was not at the church. Also, please note that the Pope has remained quiet until now.”
“…That old non-believer just laughed.”
“If the Pope was really that kind of person, I wouldn’t have been wary. He is a utilitarian, but he is also a crazy person. The reason he obediently accepted your request as an Inquisitor, and the reason he was unusually quiet during this proof… There’s definitely something there.”
Principal and Pope.
I don’t know if the two are related, but it’s clear that both are suspicious.
“So…Please take good care of Namgoong Min.”
Aileen knew that those words were not just nonsense.
After thinking for a moment, she answered.
“Don’t worry too much.”
“…Do you know something?”
“I will take great care of Namgoong Min even if you don’t ask, so just go.”
“hehehehe… I understand.”
With those words, the saint left the room. He thought of Chloe, who would be waiting for him at the church, and took her steps.
With those words, the saint stood up. She looked out the window, across the Pacific Ocean, where the church would be.
There were no words for each other or towards each other.
That was the farewell message between the saint and the saint.