13 episodes
After many twists and turns, Ethan arrived at the catechism of the Grand Sanctuary.
It was a more haggard than when I left the dormitory.
Many believers had already gathered in the classroom.
“Ethan, I think.”
Nyx, who was sitting there, called for Ethan.
Nyx was in the first row closest to the priest.
Ethan’s face contorted when he saw it.
‘Why am I going to that place?’
Ethan snorted and tried to go to the back seat.
But it didn’t go my way.
“That’s great. Did you even ask another brother to listen to the word of God in the place closest to me?”
Ethan ran into the priest who had come to give a lecture.
Due to Nyx’s absurd behavior, Dormi was caught even to Ethan.
Here, he could not deny the priest’s words and head to the back seat.
In the end, Ethan sat down next to Nyx with a chewed expression on his face.
“It seems that the priest recognized Ethan’s deep faith at a glance, just like me.”
At that time, Knicks said as if proud.
For Ethan, he just wanted to be sarcastic.
“There was no need to know.”
“You are humble. But there is no shame in showing one’s piety.”
“I’ve been thinking about this since the last time, but are you really listening to me?”
“what do you mean? I always listen to Ethan.”
Ethan was stunned.
You must be listening to the same words with the same ear canal and from the same mouth, but where does such a creative interpretation come from?
No matter what he said, the Knicks had an excellent ability to interpret in connection with devotion.
After a while, the priest explained the upcoming ordination ceremony.
“The schedule for the ordination ceremony has been moved forward.”
At those words, the believers around them murmured.
Ethan’s eyes narrowed.
“As you all know, the Holy Baeksoo miraculously resurrected after 100 years, so it is the will of the Holy Father that we should share the joy with the faithful. Therefore, while the holy beasts are unveiled, we plan to hold the ordination ceremony as a priest, a major event of the denomination.”
Saying that, the priest glanced at Ethan.
Nick nodded with a happy face.
“It’s nice to be able to see the common people as well.”
But Ethan had a different idea.
‘Since he accomplished a miracle that no other pope in the past has accomplished, he would like to announce his feat as a pope at the time.’
If it was held together with the ordination ceremony as a priest, it would have been a splendid chapter.
‘I wonder if this is a religious group.’
Ethan clicked his tongue low.
At last, the priest took out a transparent jewel the size of the palm of his hand.
“Before the full-fledged ordination ceremony as a priest, we will conduct a magic test for all of you. It’s just a ceremonial procedure, so feel free to touch this gem.”
People groaned at those words.
“Is it because of how long ago the dark wizard was arrested?”
“It wouldn’t be. I heard it was the original procedure.”
“Actually, a person associated with magical powers shouldn’t become a priest.”
Ethan was heartbroken.
But if you don’t use it, your magic power is sleeping in the jet-black eyes, so there’s no way it’s going to be discovered.
‘I don’t think there was such a procedure in a previous life?’
In fact, Ethan used a loophole in the ordination ceremony a hundred years ago to infiltrate a spy.
At the words of the believers, the priest smiled bitterly.
“yes. you’re right. In fact, this procedure arose a hundred years ago because of imperial spies. He said that the church suffered a lot of damage at that time.”
Nyx, who was next to him, muttered with an angry face.
“Ethan would know. It was said that the plan was made by the man who was called the brain of the Demon King.”
wow.
Nyx, who had a gentle temper, clenched his fists and clenched his teeth.
Sweat trickled down Ethan’s back.
I couldn’t have known
Because he was the culprit.
“Then please come forward one by one.”
The principle of the inspection was simple.
If no magical power was detected in the person being tested, it would emit a blue light.
Finally, it was Ethan’s turn.
Ethan swallowed dry saliva and touched the jewel.
… … .
But the jewel was silent.
Ethan was perplexed in his heart, but he didn’t show it at all.
“Hey, why is this?”
Rather, the priest conducting the examination was surprised.
If it was anyone else, I would have doubted it, but didn’t this boy bring Seongbaeksu back to life?
At that moment, the door to the classroom swung open and someone walked in.
“That’s because there is a limit to the range of magic that a magic detection stone can detect.”
The sound of shoes echoed through the marble floor.
The eyes of the people in the classroom turned towards it.
Someone accidentally opened the door and came in.
The priest, who was crying, greeted the man with a smile on his face.
“Bernstein!”
“Hahaha, isn’t it strange that someone who normally would have told me to keep my torso welcomed me? Are you very surprised?”
The priest with long gray hair and dark skin smiled cheerfully.
A black tattoo was engraved around her eyes, which were folded like half moons.
Ethan looked at the tattoo and doubted his eyes.
‘Bernstein? Are you a descendant of Leon?’
Leon Bernstein.
It was the man Ethan had treated like a limb in his previous life.
His dark skin and gray hair seemed to have been passed down to his descendants.
The woman who had just appeared had Leon’s characteristics.
‘Why are his descendants in the church? Maybe I even converted after I died.’
Ethan glanced at her.
Then his eyes met the priest.
“I came here because I heard there was a miracle boy who saved Seongbaeksu, but you don’t have to tell me who he is.”
Ethan was the youngest among the believers gathered here.
So, of course, I had to open my eyes.
The woman who smiled brightly approached Ethan.
“You said you saved Seongbaeksu?”
It was an alluring voice.
Ethan swallowed dry saliva.
It wasn’t because I was attracted to her.
Because the tattoo she had could have caught Ethan’s ankle.
‘Soul Subordination.’
It was the shackles that Ethan had put on his Sioux in his previous life.
To Edan, who became the demon king’s henchman to kill the demon king from the beginning, the oath of allegiance was a catchy word.
Therefore, he ordered that he sacrifice his soul to Leon, who had sworn allegiance to him.
It was a magic that bound not only himself but also his descendants to only one person.
‘Damn! I didn’t expect anything like this!’
While Ethan screamed inwardly, the priest grumbled at the priest who had just appeared.
“Anyone will be surprised if you ask such a sudden question. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Priest Luisa Bernstein. Originally from the fledgling Empire of Nillum, you’ve been here for a while. He is also the one who will preside over your ordination as a priest this time.”
“Oh, sorry. I’ll take care of this first.”
Devotees greeted her with bewildered faces.
Luisa greeted them with a smile.
Then he turned his head and asked the priest.
“I heard the story that the magic detection stone didn’t work?”
“Ah yes. You said there is a limit to the range of magical power you can detect, what do you mean by that?”
“What do you mean? It means that there is no detectable magic in this boy, or that it is out of range.”
Luisa received the magic detection stone from the priest.
The priest nodded.
I’ve heard of such a case.
Since it was a magic detection stone made for simple use, convenience was the top priority.
Thanks to this, in sensitively sensing magic, there were many things that were lacking, including accuracy in many ways.
“Then I will leave it to Bernstein-sama. I heard you had a knack for finding remnants in the new empire.”
At the priest’s words, Luisa smiled bitterly.
It was only for a brief moment that Ethan noticed it.
‘You’re looking for dark followers? Is it a surveillance station?’
Ethan narrowed his brow.
It seems that his subordinate, Leon Bernstein, eventually converted after Ethan’s death.
Luisa fiddled with the magic detection stone as if intrigued.
“Then you’re saying it’s this boy that the magic detection stone couldn’t identify?”
“yes. Should I bring another magic detection stone?”
“no. You don’t have to.”
widely!
Luisa suddenly grabbed Ethan’s hand.
“I can never stand my questions. Why don’t you check if this boy is qualified to be a saint candidate?”
Luisa said with an infinitely bright smile.
Then Ethan frowned and shouted inwardly.
‘How much did this idiot Bernstein prevent him from taking back his education?’
Ethan cursed his old subordinate as he watched Luisa grab her wrist.
Then he twisted the snatched wrist lightly and escaped from Luisa’s grasp.
“Are you testing me?”
That was then.
Ethan’s eyes twinkled.
At the same time, an enormous divine power that could not be measured in the standard of a human was emitted from his whole body.
Luisa was greatly surprised by her pure and tremendous divine power.
“What?!”
Luisa had a look of embarrassment.
When I heard only rumors, I thought there was an exaggeration.
But that prejudice was completely broken at this moment.
Ethan’s divine power was proving that it was no different from the rumors.
A priest with this divine power is a dark follower?
It was impossible.
Because divine power and magical power were incompatible energy in one body.
‘Damn! Isn’t this enough? Why doesn’t he talk!?’
Ethan snorted inwardly.
This was the part where Luisa tried to test Ethan.
The magical power captured by the jet-black eyes was difficult to observe from the outside, but the problem was ‘soul subordination’.
Ethan was reluctant to contact Luisa Bernstein in any way, who was enchanted by the spirit subordination.
It would have been nice if it was just a simple contact.
The problem was that things could happen that Ethan could not foresee when the inner energy came into contact with each other.
‘ね!’
Ethan gritted his teeth and endured.
Divine power was stirring inside.
The divine power that exploded to the outside without considering the balance was making Ethan’s body a mess.
“under.”
Then Luisa burst out laughing.
Eventually, she waved her hand in the air as if giving up.
“You are also very religious. I was just trying to get it right a little bit, reacting so violently.”
Luisa told Ethan to be at peace.
It seems that there was a common misunderstanding in the Pars Church.
If a priest with deep faith had heard Luisa’s remarks, he would have reacted fiercely.
Ethan must have thought so too.
But the reality was different.
‘Damn Pars! You call this divine power a blessing?’
Ethan spit out all kinds of cursing.
The hexagrams of the goddess Pars were creatively springing up in his mind with the pain that was boiling inside him.
It was enough to tear the mouths of the priests who praised this divine power as a blessing.
That was then.
There was something strange in Ethan’s gaze.
‘what?’
Luisa’s tattoo was different from that of the Anti-Magic War.
Another tattoo was overlaid on top of the existing tattoo.
Ethan narrowed his brow.
However, this was not the place to easily resolve Ethan’s doubts.
“Now that we’ve done this, let’s assume it’s confirmed.”
As Luisa said, it was time to be content with overcoming the crisis.