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‘Are you a dark follower?’
Charlotte sensed an unusual aura.
She went over there to find out the girl’s identity.
Unfortunately, some tall men passed her by.
‘Oh no!’
Charlotte muttered nervously.
But when they got there, the girl who had an ominous aura was gone.
* * *
Ethan drove out Chloe and Charlotte, who had come since morning.
“I met him with a lot of effort, but he was kicked out! People can’t use it like that!”
“Weren’t you free from today?”
One guy alone was crazy enough, but when it doubled, the blame was doubled.
Ethan pointed to the constant line of incoming carts.
“Do you see that wagon train?”
“yes. What is that?”
“It is a commodity sent from each kingdom to Central.”
Central is the center of the United Kingdom.
So, to restore the destroyed Central, each kingdom sent supplies, and it started arriving slowly today.
“yes. So?”
“It’s not just that supplies from different countries arrive. It also includes donations to the temple. It’s my job today to discern it. It’s not just about kicking out.”
“yes?!”
The twins were astonished.
“No, there are so many administrative staff and priests here, why is Priest Ethan doing that?”
“He said that because I was the best fit. Now do you understand? Go.”
The twins clenched their lips a few times as if at a loss for words.
Then, finally, he took a deep breath.
“Ehh. Then there is nothing we can do.”
“ha. It’s really disappointing.”
Chloe and Charlotte vanished with trembling and helpless steps.
Looking back, Ethan sighed.
‘The troublemakers have barely disappeared.’
I didn’t know how cold I was when I saw the sudden arrival in the morning.
That was then.
An employee who had been absent for a while appeared.
“Oh, my lord. sorry. Did nothing happen while you were looking for business?”
“yes. There was none.”
“Thank you so much for staying with us. Suddenly my stomach hurts. Hehe.”
Ethan handed the parchment he was holding to the staff.
Yes.
In fact, Ethan was pretending to be busy trying to get rid of the annoying twins.
The staff stuck their tongue out at the endless procession of wagons.
“I’ve been doing this for a long time, but it’s great that it’s a national donation. The carriage never stops. This is the first time this has happened.”
“Is that so?”
“He said there are items to honor the knights, soldiers, wizards and priests who were active during the raid. But isn’t it Priest Ethan who needs to take the most from there? Hearing that you were active during the raid, it was amazing, right?”
“Anyone other than me would have done that.”
“a. No one can do that. The priest is very humble.”
However, unlike his dull face, Ethan had tears in his eyes.
‘That’s what I mean! In fact, shouldn’t all donations to the denomination be mine?’
Funny enough, most of the donations coming to Ethan were coming in front of the Pars Church.
So for Ethan, it was the bread of the picture.
Ethan’s pocket situation was much better than before.
However, that was enough to lead a more dignified life as a priest.
‘It’s unreasonable.’
Ethan was heartbroken.
Due to his activities, a lot of donations were coming in to the Pars Church.
But in the end, everything only filled the stomach of the upper class.
‘I’m the one who worked like a dog, so why are the upper-class people taking advantage?’
It was then that Ethan’s face became serious.
“I am very proud.”
Here, the person to intervene with these words was determined.
Ethan looked back with a bored face.
Sure enough, it was Knicks.
“what?”
“Isn’t it strange? Even national donations are rare.”
“That’s right.”
“It is said that it is thanks to you that the size of the donation has grown.”
“What are you talking about?”
“uh? You didn’t hear me. Didn’t you use all the donations that came to you from Velium last time to heal people?”
“You have to speak right away. It’s a decision you made when you weren’t with me.”
When Ethan corrects the facts, Nyx nodded happily.
“yes. I thought you would do it, so I decided to do that. That judgment was right.”
“… … .”
Will you kill this bastard?
Thinking back on that time, Ethan still felt heartbroken.
“But what does that have to do with this?”
“Ah, actually, the kings were going to give you a personal reward for doing a great job in the raid on Central this time. But after hearing that beautiful anecdote at Bellium, I heard that the reward was turned into a donation to help people heal.”
What?!
Ethan opened his mouth in surprise.
He pointed at the carriage and asked Nix.
I was so surprised that I stuttered.
“Come on, wait. So, all those riches must have been my rewards in the first place?”
“yes. Are you really surprised Ethan too? Well, for a priest like us, such a lot of wealth is useless. It’s much better to help people that way.”
hey man Why is it useless?
Ethan’s billionaire collapsed.
In a nutshell, what Nick said was this.
The kings of the United Kingdom, who assumed that Ethan would refuse the reward, turned the donation to the denomination instead of the reward.
‘What the hell is this?’
I literally felt like I was about to cry.
Ethan bowed his head.
“… Ethan? Why?”
At the call of Nyx, Ethan raised his head again.
There was a strange light in his eyes.
Somehow, there was a tinge in those eyes.
“Well, it’s not very useless.”
Ethan couldn’t give up like this.
If nothing falls in front of me, I will use it by scraping it down to the floor in any form.
so promised
* * *
A few days have passed since then.
Restoration work was in full swing in Central.
But strangely, Ethan was involved in the construction.
At first, people were puzzled.
“Why is the priest coming to the construction site?”
“You say you sprinkle holy water on every house and pray?”
“Pray? why?”
But as the days went on, he welcomed Ethan’s help.
“A lot of people died because of the accident. So before you demolish the house or build a new one, you comfort the soul.”
“Oh, my thoughts were short.”
“Not long ago, my husband, who lost his wife in an accident, said he was crying and saying thank you. It would have been very comforting.”
Although the Pars Church existed, there were still many people who believed in folk beliefs.
People thought that those who died in the attack on Central wouldn’t be able to leave the ground yet.
For such people, the priest’s spirit act was often of great comfort.
In this house too, Ethan performed a spirit and drew something on the floor with his divine power.
“What are you doing?”
“Ugh. Isn’t it a ritual necessary for a holy spirit?”
However, contrary to such speculation, Ethan’s eyes were full of poison.
As if he had a different plan.
* * *
“It’s finally over.”
Ethan clenched his teeth and muttered.
Over the past few days, Ethan has been wandering around Central non-stop.
Nominally, it was meant to comfort those who fell victim to the Dark Followers’ raids.
But in reality it wasn’t.
Ethan drew a holy magic circle on the floor before construction began.
It wasn’t just that.
-yes? Priest, why do you have a layout?
-When performing spirit rites, souls in other places can also be affected. So, I’ll try to refer to it in advance.
-Ahh. If that’s the case, I’ll show you.
Ethan persuaded the construction officials with nonsense and even obtained a layout plan.
And by referring to the layout, care was taken in selecting the location to maximize the effect of the Holy Magic Circle.
Actually, it was full of excuses.
But is it because of Ethan’s fame as a saint candidate?
People persuaded and moved on without raising any objection to anything.
The prejudice of ‘Could a saint cadet do something that harms us?’ sometimes f*cked Ethan, but also helped.
And finally today.
Ethan was standing in the middle of Central.
‘This is the center of the Holy Magic Circle.’
This is the result of hard work over the past few days.
Ethan was quite pleased with his improvisation.
‘I didn’t get any money because the reward came in as a donation, but at least this kind of profit should come in for me.’
This holy magic circle would come in very handy when dealing with the Dark Followers.
Ethan aimed at it, and set up holy magic circles all over the city.
“It’s not bad to be prepared in case you don’t know.”
Ethan smiled contentedly as he looked at the divine magic circle beneath his feet.
* * *
Chloe and Charlotte were nervous.
It was because of a woman sitting in front of them.
The woman’s aura was benevolent.
But in his eyes, he showed a determined temperament, whether he knew it or not.
The twins sighed in secret.
‘Priest Ethan is too much.’
‘Stella-nim is curious, so I’m going to arrange a place like this.’
Stella was sitting right in front of them.
It was none other than Ethan’s place.
– Are you curious about Stella?
-yes!
-If you are so curious, how about asking yourself?
-yes?
Ethan’s smile then looked very evil.
It was as if he had a will to ‘I will repay you with this for what I have suffered in the past’.
Stella and the twins were sitting at the table with refreshments.
It was an atmosphere of social conversation with laughter hahahoho.
But strangely, Stella’s eyes were sharp.
The smile on his lips was almost indescribable.
Stella asked with a smile.
“You said Miss Chloe and Miss Charlotte from the Romon family? nice to meet you I’ve seen him often near Ethan lately.”
“I, too, it’s nice to meet Stella-sama.”
“It’s an honor.”
The twins, who ran wild in front of other people, were meek in front of Stella.
“How did you get to know Ethan?”
Chloe told what had happened in Velium.
“Aha, you went to Velium as an investigation team. You are very talented at such a young age.”
“It’s overrated.”
“You seem to be very close with Ethan, what kind of relationship do you have?”
The twins were sweating profusely before answering.
“A good friend.”
“I always learn a lot from Priest Ethan.”
what? what kind of bullshit is that?
If Ethan had heard of it, he would have asked so.
But, unfortunately, Ethan wasn’t there.
“It’s the first time I’ve seen Ethan’s friend. He likes to be alone all the time. I’m so glad I made friends.”
Still, Stella’s face was hardened.
“Being a friend of Ethan, I have a lot of questions. Please understand if I have a lot of questions.”
“No, of course.”
After that, Stella’s questions continued.
The twins didn’t understand.
Obviously, this place was created to satisfy my curiosity about Stella.
However, for some reason, an interview-like atmosphere was created.
In particular, Chloe was more nervous than Charlotte.
Charlotte was simply difficult to deal with, but Chloe was different.
‘Why do you feel desperately needing to look good?’
Chloe felt like her eyes were spinning.