Chapter 266 – Volume 54 – Whoever Eats First Is the Owner (1)
“What is that…”
“Huh? Didn’t the Pope give permission? New Bibles have already been provided to all denominations. The saint even pushed for this.”
As soon as the Pope returned to the church, he received a report.
I was embarrassed because I didn’t understand the situation.
She was a drug-addicted saint who had been taking her holy water for herself not long ago, so she had no reason to suddenly do something like this.
‘What on earth?’
Distribute Bibles to every temple in the entire empire, not just one by one, but in sufficient quantities?
It’s never easy.
It was not an impulsive act, but an extremely calculated act.
“This is it.”
“Idolism…?”
A strange title that may seem like a Biblical name.
Even ones with familiar pictures on them.
The moment he figured it out, he felt something was wrong.
‘Is Siwoo angry…?’
It was a painting by artist Siu, who must have died in her hands.
In other words, artist Siwoo never died in the first place.
That means this Bible…
‘What a shameful bitch…’
He is her own father, who fed and raised her, who was her beggar.
But even though she can’t do things for you like usual, why are you going to such lengths to take her place?
Although such anger welled up.
At the same time, I wondered how on earth I had been thinking like that.
No matter how drugged she was, she never looked like that…
By any chance, was it discovered that you were using drugs?
“Pope.”
“…Saint.”
“I’m sorry for proceeding without saying a word. I was in such a hurry to push ahead with Mijia’s wishes. I was in no hurry.”
“It is Mijia-sama’s will. This book means so.”
“That’s right.”
It was a lie.
I’m only saying this because this is a somewhat formal situation where there are other people present.
She had already secretly contacted him and told him that she had killed painter Si-woo.
“I’m very embarrassed because something unexpected has happened.”
“I’m sorry. Oh, more than that, I came to get some holy water today. I’m running out of the holy water the Pope is giving me. I need it urgently.”
“Oh, I see.”
As expected, you have roughly realized your dependence on holy water.
Well, it is not a problem that can be easily solved even if you notice it.
When I came to ask for her medicine right away, I saw that her body was shaking, so it seemed like she was experiencing withdrawal symptoms due to lack of medicine.
No matter how much I want to elevate my authority and put him below me.
As long as they are addicted to drugs, they are like subhuman livestock.
He still had the confidence to manipulate her to his will.
I was confused earlier, wondering if I had already overcome the drug.
If she was still drugged, she didn’t have to be that scared.
The plan may be to intimidate them with their newly established authority and take away the recipe for the medicine.
Because the Pope had no intention of going along with such a foolish idea.
“You can bless the water in this bucket.”
“Of course. I’ll wash my hands and then come back. It’s more efficient to put my hands in and give a blessing.”
He hid the pre-made medicine in his sleeve.
At the moment of blessing, it was mixed with water to make it look as if it was really a blessing.
It was a show to show that it was his own weapon that could never be imitated.
‘Well, I didn’t think there would be a way like this. ‘No one would have thought of that.’
The raw materials used to make drugs may be made of things that are normally used as medicine.
After blessing the drugs in advance.
If you succeed in refining it by using only the blessed items.
Blessings remain in the final result.
Using the drug he created, he slowly poisoned the only saintly woman with more divine power than himself.
Sometimes, we tame it by taking advantage of its side effects.
She was pampered like her own puppy.
‘It’s a shame.’
I liked it when I didn’t know anything and listened to him with a happy expression.
From now on, I will get drunk on drugs and squeeze out divine power through unconscious singing.
Because it will just be reduced to a machine that supplies divine power.
Even though it was troublesome to convince him every time.
I liked how he got things done more neatly than anyone else.
It seemed like the good times were over.
‘Anyway, it’s the Reformation…’
Although he’s saying it in a plausible way, like he’s an idol or something.
The essence of this reform was to share God’s song with the common people.
The intention may be to create an additional, completely different support base.
He felt a little bad because he felt like his power was being dissipated.
I knew very well what would happen if I opposed this head on.
‘When the time comes, it will disappear. There’s no need to worry.’
Now, that religious reform is being implemented under the name of the saint who receives the most support.
But the Pope, who has fewer supporters than that, reacts sensitively to it and opposes it?
Only the image of the Pope goes down.
However, if the saint reveals her drug-addled depravity to the public.
The saint’s prestige will fall to the ground in an instant.
At that time, he who holds the second place will have to punish the saint because she is a non-believer.
In that case, the religious reform she did would have been rejected by everyone and would have ceased to exist.
There was no need to worry at all just yet.
『In a world where erotic comics are legal』
“As expected, it came out like that.”
“For the first time, you looked at me with cold eyes.”
“…You know now, right? That person is no longer the glory of Mijia, but is a person who only knows his own power.”
“Ha…”
To her, he is like a father to her, so it is understandable that she has such complicated feelings.
Of course, looking at his actions, I think that the whole situation itself could have been an environment he created.
Sometimes, I felt it was better not to know such cruel truths, so I didn’t bother to bring it up.
“First of all, the weapon in the Pope’s hand is simple. It is evidence of the saint’s actions that may be contrary to the will of God, as she acted in accordance with the will of the Pope.”
Of course, it was all done with drugs.
In fact, even the use of drugs is an act unbecoming of a saint.
The moment such information is made public, her status as a saint will be in jeopardy.
“On the contrary, our weapon is the fact that the saint overcame the medicine.”
Actually, this doesn’t make sense.
I cut it off without any treatment.
Even during the most difficult times, there is even medicine right next to you, but you endured it yourself, right?
“I’m really embarrassed. I fell astray without knowing anything.”
“No, that’s why I believe in the saint even more. To the point where she can overcome such a terrible thing. It’s proof that she is very faithful.”
Of course, I’ve never taken drugs.
Although I’m not sure how difficult it is.
I understand well that indirect experiences, including cigarettes, are never easy.
“Anyway, thanks to you, the other person is probably mistaken.”
The saint is still addicted.
She may yet get back on her side.
All you have to do is use her drugs as an excuse to take them for yourself.
There was a high possibility that he was thinking something like that.
Actually, he could have thought of a smarter way than this.
If you use drug-like cheats for a long time, your brain will also deteriorate.
“Are you well prepared?”
“It’s like that in its own way…”
If only the saint had said it in her own way.
It means she is practicing properly.
Probably no need to worry.
“Are you sure it’s okay?”
“You’ve already finished the reform, right?”
Of course, there is a possibility that the reformed system itself will be hated.
Because what we are trying to do now will not only have a positive impact on her.
But since it was a plan that had already been taken into consideration, it didn’t matter much even if that happened.
“I keep wondering whether a dirty person like me deserves this…”
“Do you remember? The important point of this reform.”
“…Anyone can confess their love to God. High and low have no meaning.”
“That includes sinners who are truly remorseful.”
No matter how drugged the saintly woman’s actions were.
There were a lot of really bad things in it.
Of course, there was no incident to the extent of killing people, but it would be enough to attract negative attention.
‘But no one is perfect anyway.’
The saint will show herself confessing all her sins on her own stage and moving forward with honest repentance.
Some will point fingers, but others will be moved by the action.
‘Well, that’s the end of it.’
What we are fighting is not everyone in the church.
There is only one Pope.
So, are there many people who support the Pope, who pretended not to be himself and manipulated people with drugs?
Or would there be many people who support the saint who overcame the drug and apologized herself?
It’s a very obvious story.
Of course, she said that the fact that she gave her drugs was a lie, and she could take a stance that only makes the saint her trash.
But we have evidence.
‘Because this place contains divine power.’
We have some unused drugs left.
The moment it is shown, it is revealed that the source of the drug is the Pope.
Because drugs contain the Pope’s divine power.
In the first place, the Pope would not even consider the possibility of her directly confessing to the public that she had used drugs.
That’s why I deliberately acted like I was addicted to drugs.
If they had known, instead of giving us new drugs, they would have found out if we had any drugs left and tried to get rid of them.
“As long as you get over there, there’s no problem.”
However, there may be people who say they cannot trust a saint who used drugs and who hate the reformed system itself.
We have already succeeded in attracting a lot of allies called commoners, and the commoners will not easily give up their freedom of singing as long as there is a cause like this.
From then on, it becomes a division between the nobles and the commoners, so it effectively takes root.
‘Then the diversity I wanted has been secured.’
It does not necessarily have to be treated as mainstream.
As long as your very existence is not suppressed, that is enough.
In that we are sure to achieve what we want, the winner of this fight has already been decided.
