11. Pink Saint (4)
Si-Woo’s revelation of the full extent of his possession had a big impact, but it was not without benefit.
The biggest benefit of all was that she could tell Elia all about her situation and ask for information about her saint.
Elia’s testimony, which used the story of Zombie Siu, a saint who uses corpse explosions, as a starting point, confirmed the chat room’s speculation.
“Perhaps she was born with the soul to become a saint.”
“Then are there people who have acquired it?”
“Sure. “That kind of person is right in front of Siwoo.”
Elia smiles shyly. If you think about it, Elias was still a ‘candidate’ for sainthood.
If you clearly showed off your qualities from the beginning like Zombie Siwoo, there is no reason for you to have flab. It implied that she was not yet perfect as a saint.
“Shall we talk a little about the Church of Eden? Siwoo, how much do you know about our denomination?”
“Hmm… I know almost all the basics. “How many times have I searched?”
“But what you hear from my mouth will be different, right? Now, let me explain it one by one~”
Elia looked a little excited as she said this.
It was a very likely situation. As a candidate for sainthood, the people I met would all have accumulated theological knowledge, and even if I had left the church and attended an academy, I would not have been able to talk about religion in particular.
Even among best friends, fights often arise over politics and religion. Of course, since Elia had her aura, you should listen to her when she spoke, but Elia had no hobby of harassing her friends who were not interested in her religion.
At least, there was Yooyoung who would believe what Elia said even if the Earth was flat, but Yooyoung was not interested in Elia and was not the type of person to be interested in the Church of Eden.
Therefore, this is the first time in her life that Eliah has had the experience of giving a sermon that is close to evangelism to non-religious people who are ready to listen.
To put it in a similar way to non-religious people, a newbie appeared around her who showed interest and listened seriously to a field she thought was only for herself.
Elia explained, her eyes shining like never before.
“You know that our denomination deals with love, right? From the right and wrong aspects of love to the rules for it… There are many valuable maxims, but the most important of them all is the classification of love.”
Dear love. Romance. s*xual love. Respect. Shinae (God Love).
“You know the four, Siwoo, right? Love as a friend. Love as lovers. s*xual love. Respectful love… But perhaps Shinae, God’s love is not explained in detail in any scripture.”
“Oh, right. “I just assumed there was such a thing and moved on.”
“Of course, Shinae cannot be fully expressed in human language. “Human language is ultimately nothing more than a trapping of human thoughts, so rather than completely conveying God’s will, it may cause misunderstanding.”
“Ho…”
“But if you really have to explain it, say it like this. ‘Unconditional and absolute love engraved in the soul and given to all things in the world.’ And a person who possesses that devotion can become a saint.”
“Do you mean engraved on the soul literally?”
As Siwoo listens, he says, ‘It is engraved in my soul.’Pay attention to the part.
Elia said that she was born with the soul of a zombie and that she could become a saint. It is said that the soul and the saint are closely related.
And if Shinae’s true identity is love that is engraved in the soul, perhaps there may be a way for anyone to train their soul and become a saint through special training.
“Yes. Of course, we have no way to observe the soul… I can feel the difference in myself. “Perhaps it will be clearer if Siwoos from other worlds see it?”
‘This is quite a bit of information.’
The existence and possibility of acquired saints. I seemed to picture in my mind the sight of the disciples who had become priests being shocked.
What kind of reaction will it be? Siwoo smiled lightly and moved on to the next story.
If there is information coming, there must be information going as well.
“I guess so. Since there are people who manipulate souls, verification will be possible. Ah, now that I think about it, there was a kid in the countryside who did something that really freaked out those kids…”
The length of the story was as long as the number of worlds Si-woo was possessed by. Sometimes tragic, sometimes funny, and sometimes touching narratives embroidered on the setting night sky.
A day at the dormitory. Another mutually beneficial and enjoyable night came to an end.
*
It’s been two weeks since the second semester started.
Yooyoung, who continued to watch Elia as her partner again after changing hands several times, recently realized that Elia was becoming more and more strange.
First of all, the amount of time I spend thinking about other things has increased. And she kept behaving as if she was waiting for something, such as stamping her feet or checking the time. She also wrote things in her notebook that had nothing to do with class.
Moreover, during practice yesterday, I didn’t even know it was my turn until someone came to call Elia. My mind is completely in the soybean field.
Could this be because of Siwoo? Hoping it wasn’t Yooyoung, she turned on her soundproof artifact that Cheolsu had given her and asked Elia vaguely.
“Elia. “Has anything good happened these days?”
“Yes!”
Immediate answer. Yooyoung’s ominous feelings deepened as he saw Elia smiling brightly.
Of course, Elia’s happiness itself is good. However, if the source of the problem was Si-woo, it was natural for her to have complicated thoughts as they were once hostile to each other.
“What’s going on?”
“That’s right, Siwoo!”
“Of course he is.”
“Yes?”
“No.”
Haaah. Yooyoung swallowed her sigh and complained internally.
Why is everyone looking at Siu here and there? Even now, Han Seo-yeon, who lives with Si-woo and half-acts as his girlfriend, is like that, and even Elia wonders what kind of charm she has.
In fact, she also had quite a crush on Si-woo, but she never acknowledged that fact.
“What part do you like?”
“Hmm… I like listening and talking. Especially the part where I talk about myself and the Church of Eden. “I don’t have a chance to talk about things like this, and there’s no one who will listen.”
‘I can listen well too.’
The reason Yooyoung didn’t voice her dissatisfaction was because she knew that Siwoo’s ‘listening’ was on a different level.
She also lives in the same dorm anywayI went to see Siwoo a few times because I was worried about living there and leaving Elia and Siwoo alone, and I was curious about Siwoo’s story.
At that time, Siwoo’s story was fun to listen to, but Elia’s story was not fun at all. What fun is there in a religious order’s ordination system or doctrine? It’s just that the existence of Elia is fun.
That was fine, but Elia said she was considerate of her bored swimming next to her, so she gradually talked less about herself. Yooyoung, who knew that Elia was really happy when she talked about the Church of Eden, could not tolerate it, and in the end, from one day, Yooyoung stopped going to see them.
Yooyoung, who has great affection for Elia, is like that, but she wonders how good Siwoo’s ability is to pay attention and listen to such boring things.
When she thought about it that way, she realized that it was no wonder that Elia liked it so much. If there had been someone who listened to the story of ‘the saint who goes to school’ like that before she was possessed by Yooyoung, she would have liked it just as much.
“So you just talk to each other like that and listen?”
“No. “I get advice on the concerns raised by my disciples from other worlds, and on the other hand, I understand or refute my doctrines and explanations from the different perspectives of various sisters.”
Elia then cited the conversation that took place yesterday as an example.
A day where we talked about altruism and selfishness. Siwoo told Elia about one of his speaking habits.
‘I’m just trying to make myself feel better. ‘I am a selfish person who buys my own satisfaction in exchange for help.’
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A statement that directly contradicts the conventional wisdom about altruism. The claim that altruism is also a manifestation of selfishness was a topic worth thinking deeply about for Elias.
This is what made the conversation with Siwoo so enjoyable. She talked about the perspectives and values of all kinds of people from all over the world, so even though Elia was dealing with just one person, she felt like she was debating with dozens of people.
“How is it? “Isn’t it amazing?”
Of course, it was something Yooyoung had no idea about.
“… That is?”
“Isn’t that right? Assuming pure altruism, you should do good deeds even without any reward. However, humans gain satisfaction as a reward from good deeds. So, can an act to receive mental rewards for oneself be considered pure altruism? “Isn’t that also a form of selfishness?”
“I don’t know. “Isn’t the feeling of liking when others do well itself altruistic?”
“That’s not it~”
Yooyoung sighed deeply and gave up trying to understand further. She also thinks she can’t do it like Siwoo.
On the other hand, Yooyoung thought it wasn’t as big a deal as she thought. Although Si-woo’s saga is much more vivid, it is not much different from the novel in the end, and the philosophical discussion is something that anyone, even if it is not Si-woo, can have.
But what Siwoo tells Elia does not end there.
*
“Siwoo! Siwoo! “What should we talk about today?”
Elia was very excited and said fussily. She might have been sick of it by this point, but the joy on her face showed no signs of fading away.
A genuine smile that is really nice to see. Siwoo also smiled warmly and said.
“Elia really likes talking about the Church of Eden.”
“… Yes. “I didn’t even know I liked this kind of thing, but thanks to Siwoo, I found out.” ＜BR＞
Although it may not be as good as that of a saint, Siu’s smile is also of high power, and Elia paused for a moment.
The difference is that this side specializes in making people excited.
For a moment, the sound of Elia’s heart pounding passed like a sign of Heinrich’s law.
Siwoo, perhaps aware of Elia’s situation, lowered her voice.
“I’m going to talk about something a little more important today.”
“What are you talking about?”
“The original history of this world, the story of ‘becoming an academy manager.’ And the questions that arise from that.”
Siwoo calmly explained the summarized story. Words that are close to limited future time. However, Elia did not react greatly.
This is because the stage was limited to schools anyway, so there was no valuable future knowledge and information was limited. Moreover, even the slightest bit of information was a future that had been completely distorted due to Si-woo’s presence, so it was not worth listening to except for interest-oriented approaches.
However, he showed interest in changes in the story and characters.
“Siwoo. This…”
“Isn’t it strange?”
“Yes.”
As Siu and Elia said, the original story was strange.
During the two weeks of interacting with Elia more deeply than ever before, Siwoo confirmed that Elia had an upright heart and a stronger heart than anyone else.
In other words, his spirit is not broken by the obsession of just one high school girl. ‘Cho Yu-jin’ has an indomitable heart that cannot be broken even if she sticks around for 30 years instead of 3.
Nevertheless, in the original work, Elia’s spirit collapsed. Originally, it was an ‘impossible event’, and the novel in which such an impossible event occurred became reality.
There was a similar case in Siwoo’s world.
“Did I tell you about Zombie Siu last time? Then we developed a hypothesis. “In order to make the novel a reality and secure the possibility of zombies, the world changed itself and brought in the element of witchcraft.”
“I think the same principle can be applied in this world.”
“Yes. Something that shouldn’t have happened has to happen. Of course, now that Yooyoung has changed his mind, it is a future that will never come, but that does not mean that the possibilities created by the world to create that future will disappear.”
Siwoo spoke in a stiff tone.
“So it’s in this world. Elia, a being trying to break your heart, and an event planned for the future.”
At the same time, Elia’s expression hardened.