Chapter 428 – Seven Major Arrangements (5)
As I packed my bags and left the hotel, I saw buses and limousines lined up on the outskirts of the road.
These are vehicles provided by the Chinese government for the return to Beijing.
For hunters, there is a specially designed bus where each seat is reminiscent of first class on an airplane.
Limousines were given to representatives of each country, such as Seongnyeo, Han Joo-hee, and Son Si-woo, as a means of transportation.
“Hunter Kim Do-jin, this way.”
The maid who gave me the saint’s proposal a little while ago calls me from the limousine ahead of her.
“Just give me your luggage and you can board.”
“Thank you.”
“It was nothing.”
After handing her one of her small suitcases, I entered her car and was greeted by her sitting in her spacious seat, which was incomparable to that of her regular car.
“Welcome.”
Pleasant yet cozy interior.
Even the privacy created by being completely disconnected from the driver’s seat.
I understand why she wants to tell me her story on her way to Beijing.
No one will be able to hear our story in a moving car.
“Excuse me.”
As I sit down next to her, she immediately congratulates me.
“Congratulation.”
She suddenly becomes confused as to what she is celebrating, so she adds her words.
“You became S-rank this time.”
“… “How did you know?”
I didn’t tell anyone yet because I wanted to surprise them, but how did they know… ?
“Well. “It felt good to me?”
“Ah…”
It seems that his senses are much sharper than others.
He just didn’t say anything, and he didn’t hide his energy at all, so if his senses were keen, he could have guessed it from the change in energy.
“The youngest S-class hunter… , I’m looking forward to the future.”
“Since the saint is looking forward to it, I have to work harder.”
While responding to the compliment, we continued to do light personal things in a good atmosphere.
The limousine that has stopped finally departs for Beijing.
Although the distance is quite far, it will probably take about two to three hours at most.
When I came here, I only used public roads to keep it secret, but when I return, I will drive at breakneck speeds on the wide-open private roads to Beijing.
This means that there is not as much time given for conversation as you might think.
As if she knew this, the moment the moving limousine turned into a quiet private road, she brought up a completely different story.
“Kim Do-jin Hunter.”
“Please speak, saint.”
“I’m still honestly hesitant. “Is it right to bring this up with you or not?”
The voice that escapes from her veiled lips is filled with deep anxiety.
What on earth are you trying to say?
As we wait for her story to continue, trying to hide her curiosity, the saint opens her mouth again.
“You asked me one day. “Can you read people’s inner thoughts?”
“… “It was like that.”
“I can’t read minds. However, I can read something similar.”
She continues her words after taking a deep breath.
“I can see human tendencies. Good and evil… , And the countless emotions intertwined from it. You can infer it by looking at it. “Ah, this person is having these thoughts right now.”
“That means… , What was going around in the world was true to some extent.”
I don’t know who it originated from, but there was once a rumor about a saint.
Her eyes can judge good and evil in humans.
“Yes that’s right.”
“Hmm, I see.”
The back of her neck becomes chilly.
I’m curious.
In her eyes, which kind of person do I see myself as now?
As if she had read even this, she answers.
“Kim Do-jin Hunter… , You are a very unusual person.”
“… “Me?”
“Yes. “Your soul, as I see it with my own eyes, is turning black.”
A soul that is dyed black…
Just by looking at it, it doesn’t seem to be the color of a hermit.
“… “Are you saying I’m a villain?”
A saintess shaking her head.
“It is still difficult to make an accurate judgment. Because I am not yet at the stage of being a completely blackened villain. But… , I’m just guessing.”
I feel eyes beyond the veil staring at my face.
“I wonder if some emotion or desire beyond the level of common sense is surging inside you, and you are fighting back to resist it.”
“…”
It was an answer that was somewhat ambiguous, whether it was a correct answer or a wrong answer.
The first thing I said was the correct answer.
It is true that after acquiring this body, I went beyond the lines of common sense for the sake of human freedom and to get what I wanted.
But the sentence after that is wrong.
I never tried to fight that feeling.
Of course, I try to refrain from being greedier than necessary, but wouldn’t it be absurd to say that I’m fighting against it?
“That’s why I asked you to be an escort.”
“…”
“I was curious. “What kind of person you are.”
Somehow, I felt like I was being tested several times during each escort.
Was that really the reason?
Ask her
“So what kind of person was I when the saint saw me?”
She answers in a calm tone.
“A person with an indomitable will.”
It doesn’t end there, the story continues.
“If he is good, he will be a great help to the world. If he is evil, he will be a great threat to the world.”
“…”
“So I thought. “If you are being influenced by evil, let us correct you, and if you are struggling with the evil within you, let us help you overcome it.”
What is it then?
“… Either way, it sounds like you want to keep me in the realm of goodness. Am I right?”
“Yes that’s right.”
“Uh, um.”
… The conclusion seems a little strange.
Normally, in situations like this, if it’s a target that seems like it’s going to be a bad guy, shouldn’t it be eliminated, and if it’s a good guy, it should be reached out?
“I understand that you are wondering. But I came to that conclusion.”
Suddenly, I start to wonder.
“… “What exactly led you to that conclusion?”
She answers immediately.
“If you were a wicked person who could not be rehabilitated, or had the potential to be, you would at least not have confronted Lu Bu by ruining your body for the sake of the object of your trade.”
“… Aha.”
“And he wouldn’t have rushed in as if he would accept any conditions to save another person’s life.”
After listening to it, it makes sense.
Something feels strange.
I’m hearing, ‘You’re still a good person.’ Why do I feel sour?
“I still don’t know if you are a good person or a bad person. But as I watched your movements during this operation, I became certain about one thing.”
“What is that?”
“A selfless person who takes care of his colleagues at all times.”
What… , It’s not wrong.
I keep getting answers like there’s a screw missing somewhere.
I was wondering whether it would be right to correct this, or whether it would be better to just leave it as an illusion.
“There is something I really want to tell you.”
“Please speak.”
A saintess who opens her mouth in an extremely serious and serious tone.
“There is a group of evil menacing the world in the darkness that is not apparent on the outside.”
Shame.
And a bunch of evil.
Recalling the existence of the hexagram in her natural state, she continues her words.
“The hexagram you brought up in the brisket is just a part of it, but its true roots are separate.”
Her eyebrows furrow at her words.
“Root… “What?”
The root of evil that surpasses the hexagram.
Just thinking about them makes my head hurt, but is there more to it than that?
She tilts her head cautiously and continues her explanation.
“Has Hunter Kim Do-jin ever heard the term ‘seven deadly sins’?”
For a moment, it felt like I was hallucinating.
The sound of my heart pounding and falling to the floor.
Fortunately, the heart that is still in place gradually starts beating faster.
To hide this, he opens his mouth with a calm expression.
“… “If it’s the seven deadly sins.”
“Pride, stinginess, jealousy, anger, lust, sloth… , And greed.”
“…”
“Seven sinful emotions defined in the Bible that cause humans to commit sin.”
Blood flows faster.
“There are people who have been given the position of apostle by the source of sin. “They are ugly people who want to color the world with sin and turn it into a paradise for sinners.”
Trying to be cool.
It’s even more surprising that she knows about the existence of the Seven Deadly Sins.
However, if you think about it a little, you can see that the current situation is not threatening to me at all.
The fact that she explains the word ‘seven deadly sins’ to me means that she doesn’t know yet.
The fact that I am one of them, an apostle chosen by Gula, the goddess of greed.
No.
Telling me such an important story would mean not only that they do not know my identity, but that they would completely exclude and trust me as a suspect.
She places her hands on her chest and opens her mouth again.
“I am… , We were born to defend the world against them.”
Focus on the words she spoke.
She clearly said ‘we’.
That means…
“What we are… “So, the saintess is not alone.”
“Yes that’s right. “Just as they were chosen by sin, we were also chosen by God.”
After catching her breath once, she continues her words.
“Humility, charity, kindness, patience, chastity, diligence…” , And temperance.”
As I ponder the meaning of the words she spoke one by one, I discover one peculiarity.
Each word has a tendency that is completely opposite to the seven deadly sins mentioned above.
I also know what this means.
A word I came across while looking around to learn about the Seven Deadly Sins.
What was it?
I trace the faded memories and barely pull them out and put them into my mouth.
“7 major arrangements… ?”
As if that was the correct answer, she shook her head.
“That’s right. “Among them, I am an apostle chosen by the Goddess of Charity, Caritas.”
It’s finally starting to make sense.
Where did the healing ability that is so outstanding compared to others come from?
It felt like I had succeeded in peeling off one of the shells that covered her being as a saint.
While she is thrilled to have gained a secret that no one knows, a considerable shock shakes her head.
According to what she said, the Seven Masters and the Seven Deadly Sins recognize each other as enemies.
Why are these seven deadly sins so anxious that they can’t fight among themselves, when it wouldn’t be enough to kill the seven apostles of the Great Lord right now?
At the time I was experiencing confusion due to the actions of people I couldn’t understand.
“Why did I tell this to Hunter Kim Do-jin… , Can you guess?”
She extends her hand to me.
“Please. Me… , Please help us, Hunter Dojin Kim.”
It seems like the world is going very interestingly.
No.
Maybe I’m going crazy.
