Chapter 36 – 8. The Lord Is Watching Everything. (3)
“Thank you for your hard work to come this far.”
“No. It was nice to have something to drink after a long time. What…”
Warm afternoon. With warm sunlight streaming through the window, Bishop Lisa and Cardinal Airani entered the reception room and sat down facing each other.
Originally, I would have prepared various things for His Eminence the Cardinal’s visit, but yesterday, due to various events coming together, I was unable to prepare anything else.
Fortunately, His Eminence the Cardinal was not one to be pretentious and pretentious, so he did not particularly scold her or anything, but he felt sorry for her for not being able to complete her work perfectly.
Moreover, since it was not a short distance, and it would have taken at least several days to get here, the crime was even more serious.
“I should have prepared something… “I’m sorry.”
I swallowed a long sigh and lowered my head slightly. The refreshments prepared were nothing special, and the tea was bland, so there was nothing to say.
Here, it was quicker to bow down and ask for an apology than to make a pointless excuse. I won’t say anything, but His Majesty the Cardinal could have felt uncomfortable.
“It’s okay. There must have been insufficient time. And didn’t I come here too carelessly? You don’t have to be like that.”
She smiles kindly as if she understands everything. The warm expression on her face was enough to make her stiff Lisa melt.
It was too sudden to say. I only found out the day before when the telegram arrived, so I wasn’t prepared for anything like this. Of course, if Priest Isaiah had done his job properly, there was nothing she couldn’t do, but she didn’t want to blame him for something so terrible right away.
“By the way, Bishop Lisa? From what I remember, there was another young priest here… “Where have you been?”
He’s a young priest… I was able to roughly guess who the Cardinal was looking for. The only priest I could think of was Isaiah.
Originally, it was said that it was the minimum courtesy to come out together and show your face at least once, but I didn’t know what would happen if I showed up in that state. Since he was barely able to even stand, it was better to lock him in a corner of the room if possible.
“I’m not feeling well… Since he had a high fever, I told him to go in and rest.”
“Is it that bad? Then I’ll go and take a look…”
“Gwae, it’s okay. “I did all the treatment, so you don’t have to worry too much.”
“Is that so?”
Lisa vehemently refuses, leaning forward and waving her hands. Somehow, she shouldn’t have let this two meet. Even though Isaiah looks fine on the outside, divine power was poured into him like crazy during the treatment process, so a cardinal who is skilled in handling divine power would immediately recognize this the moment he saw him.
“Oh, I understand.”
“…”
His Eminence, the Cardinal, stutters his words with his neck thrown back as if he is being overcome by the force. Lisa, who belatedly realized that her actions were rude, cleared her throat a few times and straightened her posture again.
“Sorry. I guess I was too excited. I think that friend is in trouble. “I told you this because I didn’t want you to go because if you made a mistake, you could be taken to the Cardinal.”
“Oh, I see. “I understand.”
She roughly understands what she said about her hardships. I had to end this conversation as soon as possible, so out of courtesy, I changed the topic so that I could get straight to the point without throwing everything out.
“More than that, may I ask what brought you here?”
“Ah, yes, but… Ha… Therefore… What should I say about this…”
In response to Lisa’s question, she looked beyond her window for a moment and sighed. She was cautious about saying what she wanted to say for a while, but then she continued speaking with a complicated expression.
“That is… There was an oracle a few days ago.”
“Are you talking about an oracle?”
“Yes.”
Lisa’s expression, who had been quietly listening to her words, was slightly distorted. An oracle means hearing the word of God through an agent… The day the Lord came with this news was undoubtedly full of bad things.
Of course, since it was all about predicting bad moments that would happen in the future, it couldn’t be seen as all bad, but since no news is good news, I was happiest when there was no word.
“They say a new hero has appeared this time…”
“Ah… Yes?”
Dragon, warrior? Lisa couldn’t believe her own ears. She asked something so ridiculous that a high god came all the way to this place.
She tried to keep her composure as best as she could, but Lisa’s eyes opened wider than before at the sudden sound.
“Suddenly?”
“Yes. Whoop…”
His Majesty the Cardinal gives a simple answer and drinks tea. He continued speaking in a calm tone, as if he had fully expected that level of reaction.
“The Lord told me it was not far from here. Of course, it will be difficult to find a warrior right away, and the Lord himself will descend on this earth around this time next year, so he told us to select a certain number of people who are believed to be warriors.”
“…”
The scale has become too large. I thought it was like an inspection at best, but this was so unexpected.
Below article… It has to be at this level so that the highest council member of the parish can personally go to every corner of the countryside… All I could do was stare at the teacup and calm my disturbed mind.
Then, a question suddenly came to mind, and Lisa tasted her appetite once again and carefully got her words out.
“Your Majesty the Cardinal. “Can I ask you just one question?”
“Oh, let’s say yes…”
“You just said there was a hero somewhere here, so has disaster spread again?”
“Hmm… It’s a disaster…”
In response to Lisa’s question, she folded her arms and was lost in thought.
To be honest, she couldn’t help but wonder. The appearance of a hero meant that an equivalent threat to humanity had appeared.
However, the world we live in now is too peaceful to say that. Other than the occasional monsters coming down to the village, there was no problem.
And usually, before the existence of a hero appeared, major events were taking place, so it was not in accordance with the procedure for a hero to suddenly appear in a situation like this.
“I don’t know that far either. You see, all we do is follow the oracle. Bishop Lisa, you know what I’m talking about, right?”
“… Yes.”
If you say you don’t know what’s going on, there’s no point. As she said, we were just agents doing what God told us to do. I just quietly carried out my work.
“What the Lord wants is simple. “By next year, we will select the right people and, if possible, keep the village as peaceful as it is now.”
“…”
“Of course, it will be difficult to do it with a few people. So, starting tomorrow, we will send some people from the parish. Bishop Lisa can control it well, right?”
“Of course. “I will do my best to produce results that will satisfy the Lord.”
‘Ha…’
Lisa bows her head and answers her words. I felt like all my strength was being drained away. It was good that there were more hands to do the work, but at the same time, they were watchmen sent down from the parish.
In other words, this means that they will directly control areas that have been far removed from the denomination. It felt like this was already becoming a headache.
“I’m really going crazy…”
I wondered why he went so far to do something that could have been done by a subordinate, but I guess it was to instill some kind of awareness. She came all the way to this place with the intention of not showing off and working straight until the hero appears.
“That attitude isn’t bad. Oh, and the Lord said he has been watching this place for a year… Don’t take actions that go too far. For the time being, I hope you will approach it with the mindset that the Lord is by your side.”
“All right…”
‘… Huh? ‘What did you just say?’
Who, who has been watching this place for a year?
At that moment, Lisa, her head rose stiffly with a rusty creaking sound.
“I’m sorry, but… “What did you just say?”
“Yes? “I told you to always approach with the mindset that the Lord is by your side?”
“Oh, no, that’s not it… Since when has the Lord been watching? .”
“Ah… It’s been a year. Why? What’s going on? “
He said it was exactly one year ago. And in that brief moment, I hope that memories of her past quickly pass by in Lisa’s mind…
‘Fucked…’
Memories of violating Priest Isaiah in the sacred chapel.
Memories of having my pussy sucked by Priest Isaiah under the desk in my office.
Memories of drugging and committing crimes, etc…
I could clearly feel my hands and feet sweating as countless memories surfaced.
‘Wait a minute, no way… What you’ve all been seeing so far is… ‘I guess not?’
