10. Saint. And Cheonma (2)
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-Rural Siwoo: Guys
-Rural Siu: I think the Malum cult has appeared in my village now. What should I do?
-Akashiu: What is that, you idiot?
-Country Siwoo: How did that happen…
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-Dark Demon Siu: Church of Malum? I searched and it came up
-Black Demon Siu: Do you need to worry? Reading the original rather than the summary, it seems that the Pope will also be visiting the village in person later.
-Black Demon Siu: How on earth can you beat them? When the Pope comes, there will be a flock of paladins and priests.
-Country Siwoo: That’s because it looks like a kid I know is going to be caught.
-Black Demon Siu: What do you think? Even if it’s a little difficult right now, the main character will save you in the end.
-Black Demon Siu: From his point of view, it would be better to enjoy the favor and comfort of the cult or the main character rather than living only in a rural village, right?
-Heuk Masiu: Honestly, you don’t like living in the countryside that much either.
-Country Siwoo: Am I okay?
-Heukmasiu: No, not watching Netflix and skipping about farming, but pure rural life. The food is the same every time. There are poor nutrients, no infrastructure, and no culture. Would you like a life where you have to farm every day, go hungry, and pray for a good harvest?
-Black Demon Siu: The future isn’t really bleak. They say the main character does everything.
-Nut Pan Siu: I see things a little differently.
-Black Demon Siu: ?
-Black Masiu: Hey, the guy who needs to sympathize the most shouldn’t do that.
-Nut Pan Siu: No, I also admit that there is no answer to the medieval countryside’s real bullsh*t, but it’s too harsh to criticize.
-Nuppansiu: By modern standards, it’s sh*t, and in the end, the medieval countryside was also a place where people lived.
-Top Pan Siu: And think about it from Saina’s perspective.
-Rural Siu: It’s Shena, not Saina. At least for now.
-Toppansiu: Yes, Shena.
-Nuppansiu: First of all, from Shena’s perspective, it’s difficult to have hope because she doesn’t know whether the main character will save her in the future or not, and it will be much more difficult than you say.
-Nut Pan Siu: Second, it is not clear whether the real protagonist will save the person or not.
-Nut Pan Siu: You say it was a coincidence? In a retail store, coincidences are improbable, but the author is forcing them together and pretending it’s a coincidence for his own convenience.
-Nut Pan Siu: I have already lived with that rural Siu for several years since I was young. Does that coincidence still work?
-Black Demon Siu: That’s true, but
-Black Demon Siu: But is there any way? I see that you can track Shena’s location, so you can’t run away with her, and the opponent’s strength is very strong.
-Nut Pan Siu: … What I mean is, it’s better to try something without regrets.
-Black Masiu: Hey, isn’t telling you not to regret saying things like that an encouragement to commit suicide? Are you talking like a b*tch?
-Nuppansiu: Then what is the difference between living with the belief that Shena will be saved by the main character later? She will live with her insecurities and regrets for the rest of her life?
-Black Masiu: It’s not a non-existent statement, it’s the original, so what’s the problem? Rather, I don’t understand you. Why do kids who just lived ordinary lives on Earth act like apostles of justice?
-Black Demon Siu: And if you’re that worried, slowly build up your strength and laterAll you have to do is attack it yourself.
-Black Demon Siu: You say you can never win that thing now? How could he go on a rampage and kill a few priests for his own peace of mind, only to be caught and summarily executed in front of his childhood friend? That must be several times more traumatizing.
-Nut Pan Siu: I’m not telling you to do anything either. I’m not saying you should just ignore it, but rather than just ignore it and move on, try to try something more even if you end up giving up later.
-Nut Pan Siu: At the very least, I should at least say my last goodbye. Looking at what’s going on now, I’m afraid Siwoo will keep hiding for fear that his efforts will be discovered, and we won’t even be able to meet him until Shena leaves.
-Nuppansiu: I thought it was just an ordinary family feud, but the next day, a family member committed suicide together with the child, and the story of a countess bathing in a virgin’s blood, which I dismissed as a ghost story, turned out to be a true story a month later. And it’s easy to say because you haven’t experienced the feelings of someone who has experienced that.
-Nut Pan Siu: We have to do something. If you try everything and say you had no choice, you will have fewer regrets. If you don’t do anything, you’ll keep thinking about it later. What if it were like this? What would it have been like if it had been like that? Do.
-Black Demon Siu: … Okay. I’m sure you’ve been through more sh*t than me.
-Black Demon Siu: Anyway, think carefully.
-Black Demon Siu: No matter how weak the Pope in that world is, it would be a disaster for a level 4 beginner to attack the Pope.
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Siwoo read the partially restored original.
The original work was a typical mass-market harem story. The protagonist gained power without much effort and easily captured the women. And Shena was just one of the protagonist’s trophy wives.
Shena’s misfortune was overemphasized. Cheap misery porn. The type danced as if enjoying displaying tragedy. It was typical character abuse.
I also didn’t like the main character’s laziness. The shallow way of thinking, light words and actions, and even the stupidity of the main character that cannot be hidden no matter how foolish the people around him are.
If it were just a novel, I would have frowned and put the book down long ago. In fact, seeing as the records were sparsely empty, it seems like people just skipped reading them with the intention of killing time or just seeing the ending.
The problem was that the novel became reality.
“Under…”
The safest way is to endure here and build your strength. Since it was unclear whether the protagonist would be able to save Shena, the only hope left was Siu himself. If even the last hope is lost while trying to do something here, wouldn’t it be just as vain?
But at the same time, it was an overly optimistic idea.
It’s not about the level of the game, but is strength something that can be cultivated just for the sake of it? Up to class 4, Siwoo’s talent and intelligence are not lacking, and since he is still at a basic level, he just climbs as he invests time, but from class 5 onwards, each level is like a wailing wall.
The 5th class of magic is the 5th circle, and in Akashiu’s world, he is a person at the level of a researcher at a large company, and the 5th class of internal energy is a top-notch expert, and in the world of Seonhyup Siu, he is one of the few strong people in one region.
The 5th class of Auror is a level that even Porosiu, who is directly taught by Auror Master Isabelle as an Auror Expert, has not yet achieved, and the 5th class of Outer Gong is a level so high that he has to go to Sword Master Ensis as a Sword Expert and ask for teachings.
If only 5 classes are enough, what Siwoo should aim for is at least 7 classes.
It was an extremely arrogant thought to think that Siwoo himself would have the talent to become a master-level powerhouse whose every single thing was equivalent to that of the nation.
No, even if you have that kind of talent, there is a problem. Isn’t it true that becoming a master can be achieved in a day or two?
No matter how small it is, the time required is at least 10 years. So what is Shena doing in the meantime? What is the meaning of rescuing a child whose body and mind are already on the verge of destruction, 10 years too late?
How is that any different from living without the ‘main character’ believing that he will save you one day?
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That’s not the best thing Siwoo can do right now. The really best thing is-
“… “I am crazy.”
Siwoo hit the tree he was leaning against and hit the back of his head. Anyway, isn’t it too much to imagine suddenly becoming a master and cutting down priests? It’s not even the second year of middle school.
On the other hand, he was hot enough to imagine such a thing. Feeling like your mind is in a corner. Siwoo tried to regain his composure as much as possible, while consciously trying to think of other options.
For example, there is the magic sword from the original work. A powerful artifact that literally turned an ordinary high school boy into a ‘main character.’ If you can hold that magic sword and swing it as you wish, there is no chance of victory.
But of course Siwoo didn’t know where the magic sword was now. Even in the original work, it was said to be an evil sword that brought a curse, and the protagonist only acquired it by chance after wandering around here and there.
If you think about it further, it was a sword that no one but the protagonist could handle in the first place. A sword that can only be wielded by a soul that possesses a spirit that even demons can swear at. If that seemingly meaningless setting were applied as is, it was obvious that Siwoo would be reduced to ashes as soon as he touched the sword.
The more he thought about it, the more helpless he felt, so Siwoo sighed. Even then, my stomach didn’t calm down, so I rested a few more times and then lay down helplessly on the floor.
Even now, I can see the easiest way. One look away. The future guaranteed by that exterior was bright enough to shine. Even so, it is a world where the power balance is so low that the Pope is not even a master level. Siwoo, who had all of his abilities reaching level 4, was a talent that any country would recruit.
But why can’t Siwoo choose that path? Like everyone else in modern society, he ignores problems that he cannot reach and ignores events that he cannot touch. How did he end up like this?
Siwoo, who was thinking, raised his hand and blocked the bright sun.
Among the thousands of rays of sunlight breaking from his fingertips, a few were particularly bright and dazzling.
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Siwoo hoped the world would wait for him, but the world did not wait for him.
Time passes by without notice, and there is only one day left until Shena’s farewell. He was holding a small farewell ceremony in the village for Shena, who was leaving.
The last warmth of a closed community for a girl who will soon leave this small society. With cardinals and paladins guarding both sides of Shena, Shena said her final goodbyes to the villagers, received many requests, and received small gifts.
Of course, the reason it ended at that level was because it was not known exactly what would happen to Shena. It’s just that one of the paladins who came as her guest took a liking to Shena, and she will be receiving scripture lessons from the city’s religious order. If she had known that she would become a saint, she would have clung to her like a leech with her characteristic collectivism.
Siwoo watched the whole scene from afar, sitting on the top of the tree that was always with Shena. GenitaliaThere was a high possibility that this ability would be discovered if he encountered Sa in person, so even at this moment, Siwoo could not go to see Shena.
‘It would have been better if I hadn’t learned this ability from the beginning…’
A cowardly family. Si-woo pondered the sentence that passed by in disgust.
I can’t believe I was sitting around blaming this ability for a subject who was so concerned about the vague assumption that something bad might happen if this ability was discovered. Even, that resentment wasn’t a lament aimed solely at the final breakup.
If only he had no power from the beginning. It was a dirty delusion that he would not have felt guilty if he had been ‘forced’ to leave Shena.
‘… Uh?’
The moment he thought about that, something inspiration flashed in Siwoo’s mind and then disappeared into the back of his consciousness.
The feeling of catching an object in the fog for a moment and then losing it. Si-woo tried to recall the old man by repeating his stream of consciousness, but the old man had already disappeared far away.
The memory restoration magic that I thought of later and used in the chat window failed. This is a natural result since it is my first time using it. Siwoo had no choice but to give up. If you think about it, it probably isn’t particularly important in the first place. He felt like he had tried too hard.
When she came to her senses and looked up again, Shena was looking towards her and singing for the last time. Since Shena couldn’t see Siwoo with her eyesight, she must have been looking at the tree and recalling her memories with Siu.
Shena’s expression was dark as she sang her song plaintively, even though she was smiling. As if she knew her own future.
Human empathy is so arbitrary that people feel the same facial expression differently depending on their emotions, but Siwoo had a photo that he took with his eyes and posted in the chat room. A transparent smile that didn’t feel like it had any weight. Siwoo overlapped the photo and reality through the translucent chat window.
With a face like a mismatched puzzle piece, the real Shena sang the lyrics of her song heavily.
-I am lost in the infinite light.
-My dear. Please be a ray of darkness for me.
‘…’
Siwoo lowered his head and held his head.
Realized.
The inspiration you once missed.
And why he suffered so much.