Chapter 978 – #99. Three Thousand Concubines and Emperor Gaiden (36)
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The barracks where the night has fallen.
A roaring fire was illuminating the surroundings, but there was a figure secretly passing by where it was not.
The figure was moving very quickly without a sign, perhaps accustomed to hiding.
And finally, In-young, who arrived at the destination, hid herself in even darker darkness.
Tack – Tack –
There were far more people guarding the area where the target was sleeping than expected.
It seemed that more guards were placed because the prince was worried about his safety since he had gone through a major event.
After grasping the situation, In-young smiled and calmly moved toward the light.
“Who are you?”
The soldier who quickly confirmed the presence shouted at the unknown person.
“It’s me, man.”
“Ah! Didn’t you sleep?”
“I can’t sleep today. I’m taking a walk and checking while looking around.”
“There were no suspicious approaches.”
“Yeah, I didn’t see anything particularly strange either. But you look very tired?”
“Me?”
“Yes. Are you sleepy?”
“Uh… No.”
“Your eyes are loose at first glance? Did you know who your duty was today and are so loose?”
“I’ll make it right!”
The soldier tensed his face as if he thought he had come to punish him.
“It’s okay, man. I didn’t mean to scold you. It’s just that I feel sorry for you.”
“Haa~ Are you serious?”
“Yes. Have you been deceived?”
“Are you surprised?”
“Don’t let loose and stay tight. You know what a heavy duty you are entrusted with.”
“Yep. I see.”
“Yes, work hard. The same goes for you guys. Don’t sleep and be alert!”
“”Yep!””
She gave a mental training to the soldiers guarding the tent in front of the prince and then retreated.
And after a few minutes.
She went there again.
“Huh? Why did you come back?”
“You seem tired, so I’m going to fill your stomach.”
“Oh! Are you sure?”
Her soldiers were moved and readily accepted her offer of bread and milk.
But one of her soldiers shook her head in embarrassment.
“Don’t you know I can’t eat anything while working? And I’ll be more sleepy when I’m full.”
“Yaya! You took care of us like this, and then you say that?”
“Still, I have to keep what I must abide by when I work.”
“…”
The soldiers who noticed their superiors glared at the soldiers who followed the rules.
However, the soldier steadfastly did not give up his argument, and the atmosphere gradually began to become bloody.
Because she didn’t like being teased for her co-worker’s trolling while on the job.
At that time, the sergeant suddenly burst into laughter and put his hand on the shoulder of the soldier who mentioned the rule and asked.
“Uh ha ha!! What’s your name?”
“This is Sophia.”
“Sofia…Sofia is a wonderful name! I’ll remember it. Few people can follow the rules when they’re tired and hungry. I can’t ask you to follow the rules as rigidly as Sophia here, but I still listen to my colleagues. You need to know the line. Do you understand?”
“Yes, yes!!”
I didn’t mean to scold you!
The soldiers, who were relieved after hearing their sergeant’s words, finally let go of their hard expressions.
“Even if the food I gave you is a bit painful, eat it after your shift is over, okay?”
“”Yes!!!””
Sophia also said the rules, but he smiled slightly as if he was uncomfortable with his boss’s refusal to be considerate.
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Two days had passed since the incident in which the prince almost died.
The escort driver, who suffered a major wound to his thigh, did not recover easily, and was told that a decision had to be made whether to amputate his leg or not, as his wound deepened.
The prince, of course, made a fuss about saying nonsense.
“I can’t do it. Any of the priests who are being held captive should even threaten me to fix it!”
“Threats?”
“He too will use his strength if his life is in vain.”
They are only human in front of life.
Priests who were taken prisoner were treated the same as other prisoners, even if they did not have to be executed after that day.
“Wasn’t it natural to use prisoners as labor force in the first place?”
“That’s true, but I wonder if they’re going to use their power through blackmail…”
In the meantime, it wasn’t that he hadn’t thought of a way to force the priest to use his power.
But the reason they didn’t actually do it was because they thought the power they gave them was ‘God’.
What would you do if you were punished by God for forcing you to use the power of a god?
So, even if the priests who were captured were treated the same as other prisoners, they did not try to use their power.
However, the prince touched that sensitive issue for the first time and declared that he would use the priest’s power forcibly.
“No, poor crown prince! Then, if something bad happens, the crown prince can take all the blame.”
For example, suppose you have bad luck today and you keep falling.
You might think that it was because the crown prince persecuted the priest.
Of course, no one would disgrace the crown prince for such trivial things.
However, when things escalate in a bad direction, there will inevitably be people who criticize the crown prince.
It was because the crown prince persecuted the priest and forced him to use his strength.
“Abama used to execute the priests for the soldiers. But I couldn’t protect one of my people because I was paying attention to people, so I had to have my legs amputated?”
“The crown prince’s deterioration…”
“I can’t do that. If you want to curse, say it! If you can save the people who are dying while protecting me in return, I will gladly do it. This is what I have learned from watching and learning by Abamama’s side.”
This is what Obama did first.
So he thought he should act after the model of Obama.
Having made up his mind, the prince honestly pushed ahead with his actions.
Priests poured down curses on the empire that was threatening them with death.
However, there was no priest who could not break his pride in front of an empire that had already been punished with execution.
I couldn’t help but follow their threats.
“I’m glad. I’ve passed the hurdle!”
“Whew…Then you don’t say that you need to cut off your leg anymore?”
“Yes! He’s recovering like this, but he doesn’t need to cut it. But it took too long to heal. It’s probably hard to avoid the aftereffects. Of course, we’re helping him…!”
“What? Wait, aftereffects? Didn’t I tell the priest that everything would be fine if I got treatment! Why did the words suddenly change?”
The prince’s wrath! The therapist, startled by the sound, trembled and stuttered an excuse.
“Uh, I can’t help it. Originally, treatment is time-consuming. I had to treat myself as quickly as possible and make my body recover, but wasn’t it a situation where I was neglected for three days without proper treatment?”
“You sound stuffy. Isn’t that why the priest treated you!”
The prince looked at the therapist disapprovingly.
Somehow, I also heard a perverse suspicion that they might have aftereffects from taking care of them wrongly.
Why did Obama say he would entrust important work to these unqualified people?
The healer couldn’t fix it, the priest did.
That was more important to the prince.
“It’s true that priests have great abilities, but they’re not omnipotent to all diseases and wounds!”
“You saved a dying person, isn’t it a great ability?”
“Mu, of course that’s great, but the treatment they do is not all of the treatment. It’s only natural that the aftereffects remain.”
“I’ve never heard of a priest’s treatment leaving aftereffects! In addition, the priest fixed what you guys couldn’t fix. Isn’t that what it was?”
The healer became contemplative at the prince’s words and spoke hastily.
“If we had been treated really cleanly, we wouldn’t have said that there would be aftereffects! In the first place, what we were doing was to help the sick recover as before after receiving the priest’s treatment. Isn’t it?”
“I have never had any aftereffects after being treated by them.”
“No… That’s because of course that’s the crown prince’s demeanor.”
The therapist, at a loss as to how to explain this, stomped her feet, swallowed a gulp, took a deep breath, and began to explain in detail.
Treatment without sequelae.
Actually, it’s not impossible at all.
However, in order to achieve such an effect, there was no choice but to be treated by a very high-ranking priest or to be treated by several priests.
In a word, it is a luxury that only the aristocrats can enjoy.
“So you’re saying you needed more priests to heal without sequelae?”
“Yes…Yes. But in this case, the aftereffects were caused by the fact that the treatment period was too long, so receiving more treatment will not completely cure the aftereffects.”
As the therapist explained, she even cried as if her emotions had intensified.
“If that’s the case, it’s better for you to be rehabilitated by us. It will take some time, but you’ll be able to regain your old self.”
“…”
The prince was shocked as if someone had thrown a stone at the back of his head.
I didn’t know that this could happen to therapists.
“I’m sorry. I got excited and took my anger out on you innocent.”
“Ah, no. Poor Crown Prince. A small person has dirty the ears of a noble person by talking presumptuously.”
The healer said that he suffered a lot because of the prejudice that priests were all-powerful.
When they could not receive treatment from priests because they could not donate, they had a cheap image because they were looking for a healer, and the curse of being quackery always followed.
If you show it to the priests, the wound heals quickly, but if you show it to the healer, it takes a few weeks to barely see the improvement.
Is that all?
The priests hated the healers, calling them leeches that ate and clung to them.
Despite not being slaves, the priests treated them like slaves, and in order to live as healers, they had to bend over without making a sound to them.
Even though the priests did nothing to the healers!
