LIGHTNOVELSTORY chapter 83
11. Pink Saint (5)
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-Akashiu: That’s it. End of transcript of today’s conversation
-Priest Siu: ? An acquired saint?
-Priest Siu: What on earth does this mean?
-Baron Siu: Well, fortunately your world is a place where high-ranking priests are appointed directly by an oracle even before birth.
-Baron Siwoo: What happens if it is possible to become a saint? What on earth does an oracle come from?
-Experiment Siwoo: Oh, now that I think about it, I think it’s worth a try. Why not give it a try?
-Baron Siwoo: Aren’t you throwing it too hard? Elia, he’s not perfect yet, so can I be?
-Experiment Siwoo: No, this is really worth trying.
-Experimental Siu: Except for those that appear in the form of constellations like Tutoshiu, there are almost no worlds where gods are active so directly, so there are almost no opportunities to explore gods.
-Experiment Siu: If it is possible to become an acquired saint, it may create an opportunity to contact God and also know how the gods of your world can detect the qualities of a high-ranking priest before a person is even born.
-Baron Siwoo: Well, it’s not wrong, but it’s a bit much to risk my life on an experiment. I’ll just give it a try just for the sake of it.
-Baron Siwoo: Since it was a place with a very strong religious presence, I couldn’t manage the territory or practice properly, so I was studying the scriptures, so it wouldn’t be a bad thing.
-Priest Siu: How old are you that you can’t even practice?
-Baron Siwoo: The territory held in the kingdom is more than that of the royal family, they collect taxes from commoners without paying taxes, receive donations as a matter of course, and have extraterritorial rights, the power to discredit and nominate high-ranking officials, and dismissal… There is no limit. It’s crazy here. It’s absolute power
-Priest Siu: … I’m so f*cking jealous. Here, we barely make a living through donations.
-Baron Siu: Hey, that’s better. All the high-ranking priests here are appointed by God, so if it weren’t for that, it would be a den of corruption.
-Baron Siwoo: Even now, all kinds of cruelty and crime are daily life in local parishes where the central government’s eyes cannot reach.
-Baron Siwoo: Rather than that, it is better to be honest even if you are a little poor.
-Priest Siu: Is poverty really honest?
-Baron Siu: Ah
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After school, when the academy’s formal curriculum is over and students leave in groups of three to receive private education or self-study. The ambiguous timing of going to the dormitory early and leaving the quiet classroom was always a concern for Elia.
She already had nothing more to study in both magic and theology, so it was difficult for her to study on her own, and if she had any hobbies or people to kill time with, she didn’t either.
When I first came to school, I felt the absence of Eugene, who was stuck to me like a gumball all day, and the outside world was so amazing and new that I didn’t know anything about it. However, after Eugene changed her mind and name, she began to control herself, and as Elia gradually became accustomed to her world, an entire paragraph of her day fell apart.
There were such circumstances, so the reason why Elia enjoyed and was grateful for her conversation with Siwoo was not just because she liked her stories.
“Im here. Elia.”
“Yes, thank you always.”
Since after school was such a time filled with Siwoo, I would have had a long chat with Siwoo today as well.
Instead, Elia came out of school alone for the first time in a long time and came to the Gangnam branch of the Eden Church where she stayed during her vacation.
It was because Siwoo had asked for something.
‘Remember what I told you about London City? Actually, I have something to do with Cthulhu…’
Advice on Cthulhu, an unprecedented disaster that slightly eroded his soul.
Cthulhu was unknown territory even to her, but there were several holy relics stored in the Church of Eden that could be of help to her.
It would not be difficult to issue this on the ex officio of a candidate for sainthood. The reason Elia came to the Gangnam branch was to personally receive the sacred relic.
When she passed through the secret underground door and entered the space used only by her significant others, Elia was greeted by an old man dressed in priestly clothing.
He had a hooked nose, a curved back, and a husky voice that made listeners frown.
“Are you here? “Sister Elia.”
“Yes. Long time no see. Cardinal Vince. “What did you ask for?”
“hehehe, of course I prepared it.”
Vince’s appearance was somewhat ugly, but Elia didn’t mind at all.
Cardinal Vince was sent with her to assist and protect her life. Not only was she familiar with it from before, but she wasn’t the type of person to be offended by something like this.
She slowly walked to the box she had prepared, keeping in step with Vince’s slow steps as he walked with a cane, and opened it. Then the ring inside appeared.
Navigator’s Ring. It was originally an artifact used in the training of saints and cardinals as a precious object that grafted external stimulation onto the soul.
Elia thought of Siu and tried her ring on her finger.
“It works well. “There will be no problem using it.”
“Fortunately, the. By the way, what do you plan to use it for?”
“My friend said he needed help with this item.”
After Elia told her several artifacts related to her soul, Siu strongly hoped that the Navigator’s Ring would be number one.
The biggest reason underlying it was unfairness. The soul cursed by Cthulhu was like a buoy on an endless wave, and it was difficult to understand the true nature of the wave just by looking at the appearance of the buoy.
Therefore, even though Siwoo’s feelings were severe, SF Siwoo judged it to be ‘minor damage’.
Moreover, his usual behavior in the chat window was not entirely trustworthy, and he was suddenly branded as ‘Siwoo, who possesses a peaceful world and grows like a flower in a greenhouse, making a fuss at the slightest pain.’
Si-Woo’s character is basically good, so even though it was a joke and a criticism, it was unfair. At this point, Siwoo was thinking of properly explaining what kind of situation he was facing.
On the other hand, there was hope that it would be possible to make significant progress in research that had been carried out like an elephant, only looking at the ripples or aftermath of waves.
“Is that so. “If it is the judgment of a prospective saint, it will definitely be right.”
And Vince smiles kindly. The benevolent smile that covered even his ugly appearance was truly an aura befitting the position of a cardinal.
Elia looked at Vince like that and thought about what Siwoo said yesterday.
‘It’s something that’s trying to break my heart…’ …’
＜Br＞ First of all, it is definitely not the person in front of you. Her eyes are accurate, and even if they are not, the system of the Church of Eden that has been built up over thousands of years is by no means sloppy. Such an evil person can never become a cardinal.
So who is it?
Elia couldn’t even imagine it.
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The next morning. Siwoo received the ring Elia brought.
Fortunately, Si-Woo wasn’t as clueless as the male lead in a romantic comedy – or heinously pretended to be deaf – so he wore the ring on the ring finger of his right hand as usual. It was a position that meant increased mental strength and tranquility. Elia’s feelings were a little complicated as she knew that her love accomplishments also meant something.
And at the same time, Siu and Elia were nervous, but nothing happened.
“Are you okay…” … “Is that right?”
“… Uh. “More than you think.”
The two weren’t nervous for no reason. The navigator’s ring is a precious item that grafts external stimuli into the soul. And the external stimulus that Siwoo is constantly receiving is the aftermath of Cthulhu.
This means that if you are not careful, you could be struck again by a disaster that has happened once.
Nevertheless, there are two reasons why Siwoo and Elia conducted this dangerous experiment. In any case, Elia could forcibly remove her ring, and Elia’s divine power was also ‘her external stimulus.’
It is an incomparably greater divine power compared to the aftermath of Cthulhu, which only has a very small fragment.
So, in fact, there was a quest for Cthulhu, but if something went wrong, I also had the idea of simply healing Siu’s soul cleanly… This is a different story.
“I’ll talk about it in the chat room first.”
Siwoo said that and looked down at his outstretched right hand.
The process of taking ‘photos’ that he uploads to the chat room. There was so much that Siwoo told Elia that Elia was able to guess without difficulty.
However, a little later, the words Siwoo let out like a moan were completely unexpected.
“I… “Cthulhu?”
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-Akashiu: [Deleted]
-Akashiu: [Deleted]
-Akashiu: [Deleted]
-Akashiu: [Deleted]
-Chen Yuxiu: Hey @SF Siwoo What was that about?
-Chen Yuxiu: Deceived again?
-SF Siwoo: No, I didn’t delete it myself.
-SF Siwoo; Let me check for a moment.
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-SF Siwoo: What is it, it’s caught in the Cthulhu filter?
-SF Siwoo: What’s going on?
-Akashiu: [Deleted]
-SF Siwoo: … It’s not just photos that are deleted.
-SF Siu: Could it be that he became Cthulhu himself?
-Akashiu: [Deleted]
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After taking off the ring and explaining for a long time, Siwoo avoided being forced to leave, and with an uneasy feeling, he put the ring back on and went about his daily routine.
The original plan went astray due to the Cthulhu filter, so he decided to check for himself to see if there were any changes.
It wasn’t difficult to wear the ring for a long time.All. Siwoo is unique because the influence of Cthulhu decreases as his level of magic increases.
At first, Siu naturally thought that the higher his circle, the more he would be able to escape Cthulhu. Because rising to the top means training the soul, and Cthulhu was a disaster at the peak of spiritual attacks.
So, after being attacked, I swept up the hidden pieces to create the 3rd circle, and even then, I had some spare time, and my magic power rose to the level of the 4th circle. In the background of this growth, Yooyoung’s help was also present.
However, after seeing the practical effects of doing so, Siwoo introduced his method and Jusul Siwoo reacted very negatively.
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-Jusul Siwoo: What kind of nonsense is this?
-Jusul Siwoo: No, it doesn’t make sense at all, but it’s also about a person whose level is master level.
– Jusul Siwoo: 3rd and 4th circles just build high buildings without any framework, but then they easily collapse when the wind blows. People with vague abilities are more vulnerable to spiritual attacks than people with incompetence.
-Juju Siwoo: It may be true that, as Seonhyeop Siwoo said, it would be helpful to lightly learn martial arts at level 1, take care of your health, and exercise a bit, but the magic 4th circle is just a self-destruct button, right?
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However, since it was an undeniable fact that Si-Woo actually saw an effect, Si-Woo of Jujutsu also held back a little on his words. He said, ‘It’s Cthulhu, so we can’t be sure.’
Due to such circumstances, the severity of the problem was noticeably lessened than before, and Shiura had gained a knack for enduring it, so it wasn’t difficult for him to go about his day wearing the ring.
This was also due to the fact that Siwoo’s daily routine was very leisurely. Siura, who can only use magic missiles, was actually excluded from most classes. In addition to the classes that required designing and using numerous complex magics, there were no helpful classes that Siwoo took, even in the most basic areas of magical mathematics.
It was also the secret to rapid elevation. It may be true that the 5th circle requires enlightenment beyond knowledge, but until then, Siwoo was actually using a cheat key that allowed the circles to accumulate as long as he had magical power, so the expressions of other Siwoo who called him ‘Nalmeok’ were not so wrong.
The only thing Siwoo participated in was tasks that had a large combat component during training, and even those were almost useless other than increasing and optimizing destructive power and range day by day. To put it mildly, Cheolsu, who was in charge of the training, said, ‘It’s not a gifted class, it’s like cadet training.’
And in that practice, Siwoo was able to confirm his own changes.