I Installed a Dating App and These Otherworld Virgins Became Obsessed With Me. 214

## Chapter 214 – 214. Saintess (3)

#214. Saintess (3)

People sometimes describe divine power as the touch of God.

I’m no literary genius, but I thought it was a decent expression.

When I first received healing at the church, it felt like a gentle caress on my wounds.

But I don’t think I can agree with that opinion anymore.

Thud-

“Kugh…?!”

The grace bestowed by an absolute being beyond comprehension is by no means gentle.

It’s no wonder demon worshippers are suppressed by paladins who wield divine power.

An unknown pressure weighs down on my entire body.

Even when I try to draw up my magic power, it’s not easy to resist. It felt like my energy was being pushed back.

Is this the divine power of a Saintess, someone chosen by God?

“I’ll ask you again. Mr. Hyunwoo, are you a demon worshipper?”

Along with the coldly沉着的 voice, the cross in her eyes emitted a radiant glow.

I remained silent.

There’s no way those eyes are just decorations.

‘Could it be that she can discern lies…?’

Perhaps she has the ability to read minds.

Various hypotheses branched out in my head like tree roots.

The question of whether I’m a demon worshipper might just be an excuse.

Maybe she’s trying to silence me with false accusations because she found out I’m a woman.

‘…This is troublesome.’

Outside, there’s a paladin whose personality is inversely proportional to his skill.

Even if I shook off the divine power and rushed at the Saintess, it would be nothing more than a hostage situation.

A Saintess hostage situation? I had to avoid that at all costs.

That would be turning the entire church and some powerful nations into enemies.

It was a catastrophe that couldn’t be compared to arguing with a rude paladin.

What’s important now is to figure out why the Saintess is suddenly acting like this.

If she’s really trying to silence me because I’m a woman, there are many ways to persuade her.

“…Do you have any evidence that I’m a demon worshipper?”

The Saintess shook her head.

“For now, it’s just a suspicion.”

So she’s persecuting someone without any evidence?

Is this kind of pseudo-religious person a Saintess?

Of course, in Europe, there are often cases where innocent people are imprisoned based solely on the suspicion of being demon worshippers.

Considering that, the Saintess’s reaction was relatively mild.

But that doesn’t excuse her for threatening an innocent person.

“Would you believe me if I drank holy water right now?”
“Even demon worshippers can drink holy water if they haven’t made a contract with a demon.”

That was the first time I’d heard that.

I thought you could just feed holy water to suspicious people like in the movies.

“Actually, I didn’t want to confirm it this way, but… please excuse me for a moment.”

Something golden flickered at the Saintess’s fingertip. It seemed to be divine power.

Soon after, her finger touched my fingertip, but it quietly absorbed into my skin, and nothing else happened.

‘What is it?’

But soon after, a change occurred.

Vitality began to overflow throughout my body.

Just a moment ago, I was struggling to breathe under the pressure of the divine power, but now I felt like I could easily win if I fought that minotaur again.

Wondering what this was, I turned my head and saw the Saintess bowing politely towards me.

No, now that I looked, her head was about to touch the floor.

“I’m sorry!”

The highest-ranking clergy member was prostrating herself before me.

***

“…So, that was a blessing just now?”

The Saintess quietly nodded.

I felt like I was getting heated up by her acting as if nothing had happened while tilting her teacup.

I had a hard time for almost 10 minutes because of someone who wouldn’t get up from prostrating on the floor.

If someone had come in and seen that scene, I would never have set foot in the church again in my life.

I almost got socially buried.

I managed to calm her down and finally get her to sit on the sofa.

“…The reason I suspected Mr. Hyunwoo of being a demon worshipper was because of the contents of the statement.”
“Statement?”

There wasn’t anything particularly strange written in it, though?

“Mr. Hyunwoo, you were offered an apostle contract by a demon, right?”
“Yes, but I refused.”

Even thinking about it now, it was unpleasant.

A smelly lion head offering me something like that?

If I became a demon worshipper, I would have to live as a fugitive for the rest of my life.

Leaving aside meeting Choi Hyena, I would definitely get my engagement broken off.

“Is that a problem?”

The atmosphere of the Saintess, hidden behind the veil, was unusual.

I unknowingly swallowed my saliva and waited for her to continue.

“A problem… how much do you know about apostles, Mr. Hyunwoo?”
“Well, I know that you can make a contract with a demon and gain the power of a demon.”

The demon told me this too.

I learned about the existence of apostles for the first time that day.

“Did the demon tell you that?”
“Yes.”

The Saintess seemed to hesitate for a moment, but soon continued her explanation.

“In order for a demon to descend to earth, there are many procedures and restrictions. But there is a shortcut that can offset those procedures and restrictions to some extent.”
“A shortcut… could it be?”

Suddenly, an uneasy thought flashed through my mind.

The Saintess nodded slightly as if my thought was correct.

“Yes, it’s an apostle.”
“…”

I should have never written it in the statement.

“Demons share their power with humans who have good compatibility with them and make an apostle contract. At first, they seem to maintain a good relationship, but as time goes by, the human is deprived of their body by the demon, and eventually, the demon descends to earth.”

So, if I had made a contract with that guy, I would have eventually had my body taken away?

I had one more reason to kill that lion head someday.

“Of course, it would be weaker than if the demon descended in its true form, but the overall danger is even greater… The church designates not only those who have made an apostle contract but even those who have been offered a contract as targets for extermination…”
“?”

I doubted my ears for a moment.

What did she just say?

“Protection targets?”
“No, that… extermination…”

Bang.

I jumped up from my seat and ran straight to the window.

These uncivilized religious fanatics have no intention of protecting the victim who was almost scammed into a contract, and what? Kill them?

Without hesitation, I threw myself towards the window.

“W-wait a minute!”

Thud!

But I was blocked by an opaque golden wall that appeared in front of me.

It was similar to the barrier I use, but somehow different.

“Please listen to me for a moment!”
“How can I trust you? You’re still a church person. And a high-ranking clergy member affiliated with the Vatican.”
“T-that’s…”

If I drew out my magic power here, the paladin waiting outside would notice.

There are two options.

Break the barrier with internal energy and run away, or escape to another world for a while.

“I-if I was going to kill Mr. Hyunwoo, I wouldn’t have sent Sir Felix out!”
“I don’t know. Judging by how he left so obediently without any resistance, he probably went out to call for reinforcements.”

The church is large, but as long as there’s a dating app, there’s no way I’ll die.

Besides, killing even those who have been offered an apostle contract was by no means normal.

Perhaps it’s a matter that only a very small number of people within the Vatican know about.

If I drive it into a public opinion war, I’ll eventually win.

Above all, I belong to the Magic Tower.

Even though the magicians are full of eccentric people, they have a strong sense of pride.

If they find out that religious fanatics are trying to kill a magician affiliated with them for a trivial reason, they will be the first to rebel.

‘If it doesn’t work out, I’ll have to travel around the world and cause trouble.’

They were the ones who provoked me first.

“No! I’m just…!”
“Stop.”

I have no intention of having any more wasteful conversations.

I didn’t expect things to turn out like this, but instead of regretting what has already happened, it’s more beneficial to think about what to do in the future.

“If you have no intention of releasing the barrier, I have no choice but to use force.”

The Saintess herself created the barrier.

There’s no way it will be broken by an ordinary attack.

‘I’ll go with a full-power fist.’

The Vajra Body circulates through the blood points, concentrating the spreading energy in one place.

It might be a bit noisy, but it would be enough if I could break the barrier.

“I’ll count to three. Please release the barrier before that.”
“Mr. Hyunwoo!”
“Three.”
“Please calm down…!”
“Two.”

I have no intention of counting to three honestly.

The moment I reached out my fist to break the barrier.

“I, I’m a woman!”

The Saintess’s voice echoed in the room.

***

Skyscrapers that seemed to pierce through the clouds, streets crowded with people, and congested roads.

There was someone looking at the common scenery of New York.

Thud.

The woman put down the documents.

A gaze that didn’t feel even a hint of warmth was directed at the man across from her.

“There’s no falsehood in the contents written in the report, right?”
“Yes, it’s information verified by our agents planted in the Hunter Association and the church.”
“Can you take responsibility for that statement?”
“I’ll bet my life and my family.”

The prostrating man seemed to be doing his best not to offend the woman’s nerves with even a single word.

Looking at such a man, the woman pressed down on the back of the man’s hand with her heel.

Crack-

A sound like bones breaking was heard, but there was no change in the man’s expression.

The woman seemed to have lost interest in that sight and took her foot off.

Her interest shifted back to the photo in the documents.

“The human that picky lion chose…”

A strange light flickered in the woman’s eyes as she tapped the photo with her fingertip while wearing a gruesome smile.

It was definitely a beautiful red eye, but it was a gaze that evoked ominousness as if it contained blood instead of jewels.

“I want to see it at least once. If it’s okay, I might take it.”

***

“Ahem…”

After the Saintess’s bombshell declaration, the drawing room fell into a brief lull.

I sat on the sofa and looked at the Saintess.

I couldn’t see her face because she was wearing a veil, but somehow I felt like I knew what kind of expression she was making.

“So, Saintess-nim?”
“…Yes.”

She revealed to me not only that she was a Saintess but also that she was a woman.

I don’t know how she’s going to handle the aftermath.

“Well… I saw your face earlier, so I’ll believe that you’re a Saintess, but you’re saying you’re not a man but a woman?”
“…Yes.”
“You’re asking me to believe that?”

I pretended not to believe it for now.

It would be even stranger to say that I believed it right away.

“I admit that I was excited, but still, if you just throw out any words…”

Thump!

Before I could finish speaking, the Saintess jumped up from her seat.

“…Will you believe me if I show you proof?”
“Yes?”

Her voice was slightly raised as if mixed with resentment.

It was as if she was saying, ‘Why don’t you believe me even though I’ve gone this far?’

A change occurred a moment later.

When she took out a ring from her finger, her chest, which was clearly flat, began to swell, her hips, which were flat, widened, and her shoulders began to narrow.

Her height also decreased accordingly.

“…”

I was momentarily speechless.

“D-do you believe me now?”