Chapter 327 – Politics (6)
Contrary to the expression that drew the taste to the fullest, what came out of the mouth was a resolute refusal.
While I was momentarily dazed by the conflicting words and actions.
“Hunter Kim Do-jin speaks honestly, so I will be honest.”
His words follow.
“To be honest, it wouldn’t hurt me if one of my girlfriends broke their vow of chastity. To be more honest… , If you can build a friendly relationship with Hunter Kim Do-jin just by releasing it, what business is more surplus than that?”
The ‘friendly relationship’ he and I are talking about is not simply about being friendly, but a relationship that benefits each other.
And when it comes to such a relationship, I am the one who loses.
Besides breaking the vow of chastity, there is no support from Priest Kyungtae Joo.
Connections he has?
That doesn’t help much either.
Their kicks stored in my smartphone are at least two or three steps higher, so what to do?
That is, strictly speaking, there is no reason for him to reject my offer.
Judging by the nuance of his candid words, he knows this well too.
However, there is only one reason why I have no choice but to quit a relationship that is only beneficial to me.
“Is it so. If only I could break that vow of chastity.”
Okay.
It must be because she doesn’t know how to break the vow of chastity.
“Mmm.”
Getting a little annoyed
“You have no idea how to break the vow of chastity.”
Joo Kyung-tae shakes his head with a sad expression.
“Unfortunately, yes.”
Regret remains
If you had said that when we first met, things wouldn’t have gone this far.
The direction of my soaring irritation and anger is myself, not Priest Kyungtae Joo.
At that time, it was me who poured out sharp words without considering the other person’s feelings first.
The antipathy towards the Church of Purity, the excitement that remains like a lingering fire after being extinguished without being able to burn brightly.
Emotions that don’t subside easily made me sharper than ever.
If it hadn’t been for emotions at the time, things wouldn’t have gone this far.
“Hmm.”
Regrets end here.
Now is the time to look for the next solution.
I asked him who was making a sad expression like me.
“Are there any people in the church that you might know?”
“Well…”
He chanted in a voice without confidence, lost in thought, and immediately shook his head.
“I don’t know if any of the cardinals or saints would know, but they are so faithful.”
In short, opponents who can get their teeth stuck in their necks don’t know how to do it, and those who know how to do it have faith so strong that their teeth don’t get stuck in them.
“Is that so.”
He is scratching his head and immersed in anguish at the situation that has become more complicated than he thought.
Now what?
It’s not easy to even meet someone like a saintess or cardinal of the Church of Purity.
Even if we can meet, I don’t think we’ll break our vow…
I will know one thing first.
There is no reason to be here anymore, and there is no reason to find it in the future.
“If there is no way, there is no way.”
Saying that, he got up from his seat without any regrets, and Joo Kyung-tae got up at the same time.
There is a deep regret on his face as he glances at this side.
He looks like he wants to put me back in his seat somehow, but hey.
I don’t think I need to listen more to someone who doesn’t have one of the things I want.
“There were many excuses for a short period of time.”
I lightly bow my head and say hello.
It would be right to say a word of apology for the mistakes I have committed in the meantime.
And appropriate compensation too.
“Before leaving, it would be appropriate to pay at least some reciprocation for the rudeness I committed before leaving.”
“In return… ?”
He looks up at me with expectant eyes.
Just in time, isn’t there something the church needs right now?
“I will make this church an impregnable castle that will never be breached again.”
Install the defense magic circle right away.
Go straight out of the church and put your hands on the outer wall of the building.
In that state, the magic power dormant in the core is released through the palm to cover the entire building.
First of all, the building itself is hardened to protect it from physical impact.
Forms a new film by squeezing mana in the form of convex embossing to absorb magical shock.
In addition, a reflective magic circle that absorbs the received shock and returns it as it is…
Lastly, if you carve a signal magic circle with a trigger that makes a loud noise at the same time as the impact.
「The Wailing Wall.」
An original defense system that can be installed and dismantled only by me is completed.
After confirming that the magic circle had permeated the entire building, I removed my palm.
“It is done now. You just need to periodically replenish your mana using magic stones.”
“Thank you.”
For a person who says thank you, the expression on his face is quite trembling.
Understanding goes.
I installed a magic circle, but nothing has changed on the outside.
Besides, wasn’t it me who erased the original magic circle?
In his eyes, what you’re doing now can only be seen as sickening and drugging.
You don’t know how amazing the magic circle spread over the building is, Tsutsuk.
Well, it doesn’t matter anyway.
It’s not like I also painstakingly carved a magic circle out of the desire for him to know.
The defense system inscribed here was not designed for the Church in the first place.
The real purpose is to protect Jeonghee’s building, where I live.
The building is in a remote location, so I worry every time I leave the house.
In other words, what is inscribed here is a kind of prototype.
After all, magic is not a head, but when it is realized in reality, you can find a better development possibility.
“… I get it roughly.”
I’ll know once I’ve read it.
How to engrave it to increase fuel efficiency and enhance the effect.
I’ll have to go home and engrave the corrected version.
“I’m done with my errands, so let’s go. I don’t know if I’ll see you in the future, but in my heart I will pray that the Chastity Church will continue to prosper.”
“Ah, yes. I hope Hunter Kim Do-jin will work harder…”
After saying goodbye to each other as a final goodbye, they turn around.
A deep sense of regret clings to you with every step you take.
In the end, I couldn’t find a way to break Elena’s vow of chastity, so maybe I’d like it.
“It’s bothering me.”
Gloomy mood.
So if you ask me if I’m going to give up, that’s absolutely not the case.
As it has been so far, if you find a way, stop.
Another might say something like this.
Can’t we just give up on the front and aim for the back?
“Nonsense.”
That’s really… , It’s a thought that those who walk the apostle, not the degree, would do.
The back side is like a secondary pleasure that follows whenever you get the front side, so to choose this first?
Of course, I’m full of desire for a hole I’ve never experienced before, but it’s really… To experience a woman’s first time backwards…
“It might be quite fresh… ?”
No.
This is not it.
I was about to pass again.
When the second best is the best way to leave it until the last minute.
Like I said, I’ll find a way.
A promise coaxed into giving food to a cowardly cold and hungry child.
If the church can’t solve it, you have to solve it yourself.
“Hmm.”
Before leaving church completely, take a deep breath.
Unpleasant sensations in the air entering deep into the lungs.
“Also.”
Even if I think twice or three times, my heart doesn’t change.
This isn’t impulsive, it’s supposed to be sincere.
Also I am
“I hate the Purity Church.”
I don’t get along with them either, huh.
When you stand on this land, you feel a sense of rejection from the depths of your heart.
This reluctance simultaneously predicts the future.
When, in any way, they are destined to eventually collide.
Of course, I don’t intend to take drastic actions by trusting only my intuition…
Wouldn’t it be okay to cut off your hands and feet in case of an emergency?
* * *
The top of the magic tower overlooking Gangnam.
The densely packed buildings and the magic overflowing throughout the city.
She wondered.
“What kind of scenery would you like?”
How will this city be reflected in the eyes of Kim Do-jin, who can see magical powers?
Around the time when a tingling sensation lingered in my mouth as if I had swallowed mustard at the question I had casually uttered.
An elderly voice leaking from the phone that had been connected in advance resonates throughout the space.
-Long live, Han Joo-hee Hunter.
The opponent is Jo Myung-woon, the chairman of the Myung-woon Group, which has recently shown remarkable growth and rises to the ranks of conglomerates.
I don’t have a deep relationship, but I’ve met a few times on business.
“Hello, Chairman Joe. How have you been?”
She looked down at Gangnam with her grave expression and greeted her with her rather gentle voice.
-Haha! I am always busy. Of course, it’s not as good as Hunter Han Joo-hee, but still.
The voice of the other party over the receiver became brighter.
Her soft voice seemed to put my mind at ease.
Either that or not.
Her gaze, which had been looking down at Gangnam regardless, stayed in a specific area.
Administrative division.
A wide garden and spire a little further up there.
“President.”
– Huh?
“Have you put any pressure on the association lately? Show the cheeky kid some bitterness in life.”
Then, a startled voice came from the other side of the receiver.
-No, how did you… ?
There was a hint of bewilderment in his voice, excited by surprise.
That would be the case, the only people who knew the fact were Joo Kyung-tae, who instigated the work, and himself who accepted it.
And it’s something only the association executive who decided to handle the matter knows.
With all her eyes occupied by the church building, she left a low warning in her soulless voice over the receiver.
“I hope you don’t do that in the future.”
Although the flow of magical power surrounding the Gangnam building may look different from the outside, the root is the same if you look inside.
The reason is that while designing Gangnam, the entire magic circle, which was the foundation of the building’s defense system, was done according to the manual carefully crafted by her and the staff of her magic tower.
“That child… , It’s a child I sponsor.”
But only one place.
The waves emanating from that church are distinctly different from those of other buildings.
No, it is so heterogeneous that it is difficult to express it with the word different.
Around the time when not only the optic nerve but also the whole mind was robbed by a strange and mysterious pattern.
-Mi, I’m sorry. I never dreamed that you were a sponsored child. I really am!
Over the receiver, urgent voices pour like a waterfall, as if someone is chasing them.
‘Physical shock absorption, magic power absorption, reflection, alarm…’
Every single piece of magic engraved on the wall of the building far surpasses the manual of the Mage Tower.
It is overwhelming in terms of efficiency as well as performance.
If that’s enough, assuming that the magic charge is 100%, wouldn’t it be possible to block even magic with all my might?
‘I don’t know.’
There is a limit to grasping only with the senses.
What form and texture is the wall of magical power hidden inside the bricks and cement?
How on earth can such efficiency and performance come out only when a magic circle is formed?
Looking at the magic he designed, the efficiency and performance that he learned through decades of painstaking work become like a shiny sports car.
It is a defective product whose fuel economy is ridiculously devoured and even the speed is at a mediocre level.
“If you didn’t know, maybe you would.”
-I, thank you for understanding.
A word thrown without inspiration brought great comfort to the opponent over the receiver.
But her words did not end there.
“Just because you didn’t know doesn’t mean the wrong you committed will go away.”
It is neither as sharp as a blade nor as piercing as a bone-crushing club.
Just plain dumb talk.
That’s why Jo Myung-woon felt even more fear.
As if implicitly pressuring me that if I wanted to, I could destroy my entire foundation at any time.
-I… , How can I do it?
Eventually, he stepped forward and waved the white flag.
Then she said her words.
“Well. I just wish this never happened again. All the way forward.”
Cho Myung-woon quickly understood her meaning.
– I see. Han Joo-hee, I take care of it myself so that Hunter doesn’t have to worry about it.
“Next time, I’ll call you with something pleasant.”
-Yes, sure.
After ending the call in an appropriate line, she muttered quietly.
“This should be enough.”
It was entirely because of Kim Do-jin’s request that he called him.
He said he wanted to instill moderate pressure without specific details, so this should be enough.
What mattered to her now was not the content of her phone calls.
Because that visible defense system is making her nervous.
The appearance of her defense system, which goes beyond the manual created by her master and her staff with great care.
Considering the amount of money the Mage Tower makes every year by installing defensive magic circles, this was a crisis of despair.
So what should I do?
“There are more things to learn.”
You have to learn from your opponent.
“… I will not refuse.”
The opponent will not reject the teaching either.
I have a strange tendency to obsess over the questions I get in return for informing me.
On the contrary, wouldn’t it be nice to have more things to teach?
That’s why I’m curious.
“Why are you so curious?”
Why and why are you interested in things like my private life?
I don’t know if it’s possible to tell the outside world, but isn’t it even that?
Then, in the end, it means that you act according to your own interests.
“No way…”
For a moment, I felt foolish.
She wonders if Kim Do-jin, who is only 21 years old, likes her.
“… Probably not.”
After dismissing her shaking her head, saying that there was no way that would be the case.
She organized her schedule while immersed in the mystical waves of the church building.
To meet him in the lab as soon as possible.
