Chapter 427 – Narrow Road
There was a large hole in the ceiling of the prayer room.
It got narrower as it went up – it looked like a road leading to the sky.
May our prayers reach the Holy Spirit… It was an architectural structure that conveyed exactly that intention.
Vivian also liked this prayer room quite a bit.
Unlike the golden Balthazar who enjoys luxury and pleasure, this place was very narrow and frugal – and he did not have the characteristic ‘I am rich’ expression.
The interior wall was made of simple bricks spread with grayish-white lime powder, and the only windows were long, narrow ventilation holes, and there was no decoration at all except a pentagram symbolizing the Holy Church engraved on one side of the wall.
When Vivian first came here, everything was covered in dust and cobwebs.
There was no fireplace, so there was no warmth at all, and it felt quite cold.
Even more so, when I got down on my knees and tried to pray, my body felt like it was slowly freezing, as if I was lying face down on ice.
However, rather than being at a loss, I was just excited.
He borrowed a broom to collect dust and chase away flying insects.
I wiped away the dust that had settled on the old prayer book, copied it onto new paper, and gently laid it down on the small nightstand, under the pentagram pattern.
And then, every day – three or four times a day, he stopped by this place and prayed to the Holy Spirit.
For the well-being of the group, for Monica and Ian’s newly born child, and for Seojun whom he loves…
As she cleaned up her prayer room and came in and out every day, people who had some degree of faith in her began to snoop around in her prayer room one by one.
Vivian welcomed them willingly.
“Welcome. Don’t be afraid and come in. Please pray in peace.”
Even those who felt awkward at first and avoided her, saying they were just passing by, were influenced by Vivian’s pretty appearance and atmosphere that made people feel comfortable – and they often came to visit and pray.
Occasionally, they would sit in the confessional provided in the corner of the prayer room and open up about their true feelings.
It was probably due to the doctrine of the Holy Church that the story in the confessional should not be passed on to the outside world.
Or perhaps her vigilance was weakened because she was blind.
Anyway, thanks to this, Vivian learned that even in this luxurious mansion, there are various people living with different worries.
From a child complaining that it is difficult to wake up in the morning, to a father complaining that his son is not polite, to the story of two close maids contemplating a relationship with a man…
Surprisingly, among them was a direct descendant of Golden Ball.
“Sister, Sister, I am, well, there is someone I want to meet. “My heart aches because that man doesn’t look at me…?”
“···Have you confessed your feelings to him?”
“Hmm, I guess so. I made eye contact a few times. I want to sleep with you! With eyes like these. If you do that, the men will come over, but the man will not respond. He doesn’t seem like Young Suk-maek…”
“Quick, does sleeping mean something like that? It’s not like we just hold hands and sleep or anything like that…?”
“···Sister Ayy! “What nonsense…!”
A cramped confessional.
The fabric lifted, and she felt the woman sitting across from her staring at Vivian. Vivian lowered her head.
“You must not lift the cloth while you are confessing. Princess…”
The woman sitting across from Vivian was Roberta Balthazar, the Twelve Daughters of the Golden Ball.
She was wearing a dress with extravagant decorations that did not fit here, her curly blonde hair was braided into dozens of braids, and she had bracelets on her wrists, a necklace around her neck, and earrings on her ears.
If there was a place to hang more jewelry, it would definitely have been decorated there as well.
Behind her, her escort was picking her nose, and the princess was giving love advice to Vivian, who was sitting in an old, cramped room.
That’s also true for Vivian, who has never been in a relationship…
“···Oh my god, nun, are you really a virgin? Have you never had sex?”
“Yeah…? Three, sex…! Well, it’s obvious…! How can a body that has taken refuge in the Holy Spirit not be pure…?”
Vivian waved her hand, her face as red as a ripe tomato.
She then grabbed the cloth and yanked it down again.
A chuckle was heard from beyond her cloth, and Princess Roberta asked again.
“Hehe~ Sister, then I guess you’ve never even seen a man’s dick?”
“Now, now, now, often…! “It’s all natural…!”
At that moment, a man’s face and the warm temperature and hard touch of his lips appeared in Vivian’s mind, but she desperately shook her head.
There was no way he would do something like that.
Seojun was probably just giving up his blood for himself, but he couldn’t just accept such a ridiculous and shallow imagination.
“It’s amazing… She’s so pretty, why don’t men touch her? So you won’t do it again? Sex, that feels so good…? Even a nun will fall in love with it once you try it, right? Can I introduce you to a nice guy? Among the guys I meet, there’s a knight named Robert, and he’s got a nice personality – he’s got strong thighs, and he’s got a lot of stuff, so when he comes in, I get that feeling… Or how about that friend over there? “I can’t use my tongue very well, but the lower part is pretty strong…”
While saying that, the princess pointed to a large knight standing in the doorway, picking his ears with the hand that was picking her nose.
“Oh, no…! Are you okay! I’m really, really fine…!”
Shocked by the series of such explicit words, Vivian jumped out of her seat without realizing it, hit her head on the ceiling, screamed, and frantically threw up her hands.
Hehe, you must be surprised… Well, that aside, that’s my concern anyway. I wish that man would sleep with me just once~ This is it. I wonder what the lower part of such a handsome person is like. Furthermore, I also wonder what it would be like to be held in his arms. Oh, by any chance, Sister, you don’t mean to say something so stereotypical that a woman should know how to take care of her body…?”
“Uh, uh… Hmm, that can’t be true…”
In fact, she was right.
Vivian wanted to preach exactly that.
This does not mean that women should do that, but that both men and women should love only each other’s lover, hold each other’s lover in their hearts, and cherish their bodies in the same way, as the Holy Spirit said.
But she also knew that the world did not work so honestly.
She knew that both men and women have sexual desires and that they use various means to solve them.
There was something she had been through, and there was no way she could have known it. Didn’t she also experience that the Holy Church had become like a barracks?
So she pondered her thoughts and spoke.
“···Then, first, confess your honest feelings. It is said that a person’s eyes are the window to the heart, but there are more cases than you think that you don’t know if you don’t talk about it. For example, although I am blind, I try to read someone’s words and actions. “Maybe if you tell it through words, he might accept it.”
“···Well, it’s a bit hard for me to approach first, but hey, a thirsty person digs a well. Thank you, Sister. “I’ll ask you sometime today or tomorrow.”
“···Hmm, but you should avoid relationships with men who are not your fiancé-.”
As Vivian tried to get out the words she had been trying to keep inside, the Princess burst out of the door of her confessional.
“Hmph, it’s okay to say that. The body is already worn out – anyway, as soon as the succession is completely decided, most of the immediate descendants will go without even a mouse or bird knowing – You know the royal family’s secret battle, right? “You can think of our family as being exactly like that.”
Princess Roberta pouted the corner of her mouth as she said that.
When Vivian’s expression hardened, she giggled and said it was a joke.
She then beckoned the knight who had been picking her ears and spoke to Vivian.
“Sister, honestly, when you said you started coming in and out of her prayer room – I was a little annoyed. My mom used to live here. She said that even before she fell ill, she hoped that the Golden Ball would look upon her again – she raised a hundred and eight every day. Even though her knee joints are giving out, and she is suffering from illness, every day… Because it was a place like that, I deliberately blocked anyone from entering it. Anyway, praying is something that can be done at a nearby church.”
As Princess Roberta said this, she looked up at the gaping ceiling in the center of her prayer room.
“Roberta, there is nothing out there.”
Pick – The princess smiles and continues talking while scratching her cheeks.
“That’s what she said right before she died.”
Why does the Holy Spirit make fools of the good people of this land and make the evil people of this land live in silence-.
After leaving those words, Roberta said she was sorry for saying something unnecessary and left the prayer room.
The door clicked shut, leaving only silence in the prayer room.
Vivian looked up at the hole in the prayer room from which she had looked.
Everyone said it was a narrow road.
It is said that trying to become a good and virtuous person is a narrow and rough path.
Temptation is close, corruption is easy, and pleasure is pleasant – but staying away from it is a very difficult and painful path.
Vivian put her hand to her chest and held her pentagram necklace in her hand.
She then prayed.
I hope they all overcome their own trials and tribulations. So I hope to reach beyond the narrow road.
May you be happy…
Knock-
“Sister.”
The door opened, and someone entered the prayer room.
“Well, the prayer room… It’s neat and nice.”
At sunset, a man came here.
He was the man she had been waiting for so long.
At the same time, the things she secretly kept away from,
Maybe it’s an ordeal that the man must overcome in order to move beyond the narrow path-.
Vivian thought.
