Chapter 322 – Politics (1)
Kyungtae Joo.
It has been 25 years since he visited the church at the age of 20 and pledged his chastity.
His life was richer than ever, as he was in charge of the chastity church located in Gangnam Yolkjawi.
As befits a land where only the richest people live in Korea, the donation was enormous.
“Hello, priest!”
“Good morning today.”
Their respectful greetings and words raised his self-esteem infinitely.
That’s why he doesn’t regret his 20-year-old choice.
Even if it was because of the frustration of breaking up with the girlfriend he dated in the winter of 19, right before he turned 20.
I had regrets when I was young, but now I’m just happy.
Because there are so many things I gained by suppressing one sexual desire.
Moreover, as people get older, their libido tends to decline.
Now even the desire to hold a woman in his arms is fading.
“Um… , So many people came to visit us today.”
Standing in front of a crowd in a huge church, he preaches the importance of chastity.
After that, a considerable amount of money is collected in the collection box.
No, actually, there are so many tongue-in-cheek.
This is Gangnam, where only the richest people in Korea can live.
It was like that before, and even more so now.
It is not clear how much the amount of donations from their leisure and generosity will be.
“Today, too, believers have generously given their hearts.”
“Isn’t this all thanks to the priest’s many good words?”
“Haha! It can’t be. I just recited the words of the Goddess.”
Disciples and nuns scratch the itch on their own.
As a priest who serves a god, I shouldn’t think like this, but sometimes this place feels like my kingdom.
Believers who are impressed by my speech and pay money are the people.
Believers and nuns who only choose words that are pleasant to hear are subjects.
And the church, no, the most powerful paladin sent out to protect itself is a knight.
Doesn’t the assortment fit perfectly?
A mouth that opens wide without even realizing it.
“Hmmmm.”
He quickly managed his expression and watered the flower bed in front of the church.
As he gets older, he hides his uglier feelings and shows a more benevolent and sincere figure.
The more you do, the more people’s respect for you will increase, and I have no doubt that this will be the power to raise you to a higher position.
“Ah, priest! I can do chores like this… !”
“It’s a chore. It is a matter of watering life, so how can we take it lightly? Also, don’t worry too much about what I’m doing for fun, Sister.”
“Ah, priest… , You are enlightening me again.”
“Haha! The nun who only gains enlightenment from the old man’s complaints is amazing.”
On the way back after watering the flowers, leaving behind those who are touched by even small words.
‘Let’s see… , There is still time until the evening mass.’
Around the time I thought I should have a cup of tea or rest until dinner.
Knock!
Suddenly, the sound of a church door being opened violently hit his ears.
Joo Kyung-tae momentarily frowned.
Until now, no one had ever opened and closed the door of a church so roughly.
‘Who the hell… !’
When I turned wildly with an angry heart, a man was entering through the open door.
A handsome man with a good impression that many women would like without hesitation.
Joo Kyung-tae recognized him without difficulty.
No, it might be more accurate to say that I had no choice but to find out.
‘Kim Do-jin?’
A promising player who made the global hunter industry buzz beyond Korea.
As soon as I recognized him, he became even more curious.
‘Why is this person here… ?’
Rumor has it that he is living a life far from pure results.
The moment he is thinking about.
Kim Do-jin, who looked around and found Joo Kyung-tae, headed this way.
The two finally met up close.
‘Ah, this isn’t the time.’
It doesn’t matter what the other person came here for.
Just like he always does, if he greets his opponent with a benevolent smile and tone, that’s all.
The moment he opened his mouth after calmly clearing his mind.
Kim Do-jin opened his mouth one step faster.
“I want to have sex with my girlfriend, please tell me how to break the vow of chastity.”
“… ?”
It seems that the opponent is crazy.
* * *
Hmm.
That look makes me doubt that I’m crazy.
Well, maybe.
Out of a sense of urgency, without even saying hello, he suddenly asked me to find out how to rescind the vow.
“… A special guest has arrived, but it doesn’t seem like you’re standing and talking like this, so let’s eat inside.”
You are a nobleman who is very good at managing emotions.
Even though I said something quite shocking, the priest smiled benevolently and guided me to the waiting room.
The middle-aged priest sat me down and disappeared somewhere.
And when he reappeared, he was holding a tray with two cups of tea on it.
“It’s chamomile tea.”
“I will drink well.”
Tea time suddenly started.
After drinking the warm tea several times, the priest finally opened his mouth.
“I am Bishop Joo Gyeong-tae. At least he was ordered by the denomination to run the church here.”
“This is Kim Dojin.”
“Haha! I know. How can I not know the person who is the pride and treasure of Korea?”
As soon as you open your mouth, the gold lacquer towards your opponent pours out.
Mmm.
In my experience, people who are good at gold lacquer are more likely to be black on the inside.
“But… , Could you repeat what you said earlier?”
Priest Kyungtae Joo asked with a firm face, with a benevolent smile on his lips.
It sounds like saying to me, ‘Try to repeat the bullshit you said a while ago.’
Then you have to do it
“My girlfriend said she took a vow of virginity when she was little.”
“Oh… , Is that so?”
A sudden bright impression.
Look at what you like.
Are you a unicorn or something?
“But I really want to have sex with my girlfriend.”
“Three, sec… , Big hum.”
A priest embarrassed by the word sex.
However, after quickly recovering his complexion, he told me how to do it.
“If you want to make love, you can marry your girlfriend.”
“It’s a marriage…”
The Chastity Church allows loss of virginity only to married couples.
Of course, not permission in the sense of pleasure, but permission as a noble ritual to leave descendants.
What does that mean?
“I heard that that is also very limited.”
“Um… , I guess so. The reason the church allows it is to leave descendants.”
“Sup, that would be a bit difficult. If I have sex once, I have to cum seven or eight times.”
“Uh, eight… !?”
The priest’s gaze, which has grown wide, keeps going down.
Uh, where are you going to look at this man?
“Priest?”
“Ah… , Khumm, excuse me.”
When I called in a small voice, the priest came to his senses.
Proceed with the story again.
“Anyway… , For that reason, I came here because I wanted to know how to break my girlfriend’s vow. Oh, and one thing I would like to add is that this is not my opinion, my girlfriend agrees with me.”
To sum it up, it means ‘Me and my girlfriend both want to have sex like a chimney, so release your vows.’
After hearing the story, the priest opened his mouth with a smile on his face.
“I’m sorry, but that’s impossible.”
Contrary to a benevolent smile, a refusal poured out in a very sharp tone.
“How could I break my oath to God? No matter how much your girlfriend changes her mind, the contents of the pledge shouldn’t change.”
Failure to enter (落張不入).
It seems like they’re trying to hammer a nail into it, saying that since they’ve already pledged, they can never break it.
Oh, this is a bit annoying.
“It wasn’t because my girlfriend wanted to make the vow.”
Then, the priest’s eyebrows twitched slightly.
“What do you mean by that… ?”
“She made her poor childhood girlfriend swear her vows under the pretext of her food? She said that if she swears an oath, she will provide food for her family.”
“That, like that… !”
I add a word to him who is stunned.
“Is this also the method of evangelism that the Goddess of the Church of Chastity directly taught me?”
As soon as he finished speaking, both hands of Priest Joo Kyung-tae violently hit the serving table.
Quaang!
“You’re talking too much, Hunter Kim Do-jin.”
It’s funny how he suddenly jumps at a remark that trips over the goddess.
Unknowingly, she raised one corner of her mouth and sneered at him.
“Isn’t the method of evangelism going too far by tempting a cold and hungry girl with food?”
“That… !”
A priest who can’t answer quickly.
It has to be.
In an era full of promiscuity, the Chastity Church, which raised chastity as its banner, quickly expanded its power.
But that’s for a while.
As society gradually began to stabilize, it experienced a period of stagnation.
And some of the priests of the Church of Purity did something mean to overcome this.
To make a cold and hungry child like Elena swear an oath using food as an excuse.
The church announced that it was done by some polar priests arbitrarily, but well.
Maybe it’s a secret order from the church itself, who knows.
Sensing that each word could be an excuse, he made another proposal to the priest who kept his mouth shut.
“I will pay her a generous amount for the food she gave to her girlfriend. So please let me go.”
It was the best compromise I could make.
To give them enough money to be satisfied, and to release Elena’s oath.
Aren’t they the ones who can’t live without money even if they can live without sex?
I thought it was an appropriate compromise in my own way.
“It is impossible.”
Our priest doesn’t seem to like that either.
“The vows of the Church of Chastity cannot be broken under any circumstances. If you continue to force yourself… , I won’t be alone either.”
Huh, look at this gentleman.
There’s nothing wrong with flirting with a girl who doesn’t know anything, and I’m being forced to release it?
I guess I’ll have to show you what real nonsense is to come to my senses.
“Think again. This is the most peaceful compromise I can think of.”
As he spoke out, the priest’s face turned redder.
“Now me… , No, are you threatening against the Chastity Church?”
“Ah, it’s not a threat. What are you saying that makes me so sad?”
I’m so sad
The threats haven’t even started yet.
Get up in a soft chair.
“Anyway… , Are you rejecting my offer?”
“No matter how many times I ask, my answer never changes. The oath will not change under any circumstances.”
“Mmm, yes.”
I’m curious.
Really, in any case, that vow will not change.
If it changes, how far can you go to change it?
I erase the neatest card of compromise in the right line from my head.
“I understand what you mean, sir. If so, I have no choice but to find another way.”
Then, Priest Kyungtae Joo rolled up his lips.
“It would be impossible by any means. Do you think a mere human can break the oath of a goddess?”
“Well.”
I haven’t tried it yet, so I don’t know.
I’m curious too.
Whether or not I can leave you with the only case of reversal.
Instead of leaving the waiting room, he turns round and leaves his last words with a smile on his face.
“Oh, you know what?”
“… What do you mean?”
“The fact that there are quite a few people who are teething in the Chastity Church.”
“… ?”
It may not seem like it, but the Purity Church has quite a few enemies.
Because of their way of dealing with apostates, if you ask why.
There are quite a few eunuchs among the villains.
While trying to forcibly commit a vow of chastity.
Again, blinded by sex with her lover, she tried to find a way to break the vow.
There are quite a few reasons, but one is the same.
Hostility toward the Church of Chastity, which crippled him.
Enmity towards the person who abandoned me as a eunuch?
I can’t stop this.
“That’s why they apply all sorts of magic circles when they build churches these days, maybe.”
In fact, terrorism by them has been perpetrated several times.
Because of that, not only priests but also many believers died.
Since then, whenever the Church built a church, it was said that the walls were covered with all sorts of defensive magic circles.
To let people know that they are safe from any terrorism.
Only then… , Believers will come to pray and make donations.
“By the way.”
If so, here’s the problem.
“If that magic circle disappears overnight… , How are you going?”
“… !”
I’m not a eunuch so I don’t know.
