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Ruler of the Game 26

Ruler of the Game 26

Chapter 26 – How to Become an Alchemist

Firen was taken aback by Seongil’s sudden words, but like a seasoned corrupt priest, he quickly understood his words and answered Seongil.

“Hmm.. When did you find out?”

“Haha.. He yells so loudly, isn’t it strange that I can’t hear him? I’m the type of person with good ears.”

Firen glared at Seongil and said.

“It’s a closed room, so you can’t hear it unless you deliberately overhear it, right?”

Seong-il replied with a mocking expression at Pyrene, who threatened him like that.

“So? Are you going to threaten me? Someone who might continue to support the temple?”

Priest Pyren flinched at Seong-il’s sharp point that pierced the core, and he replied to Seong-il with a smile as if he had never made an impression.

“Haha.. Of course, I didn’t mean to threaten Seongil.

“Well… That’s good. I’ll drop the pretense and tell you. What can you do to continue supporting our temple?”

‘Yes, of course Sister Sophia.’

However, while hiding her dark feelings toward her, Seong-il smirkingly continued to talk to him.

“What can you give me?”

The smirking Seong-il’s appearance made the fire priest’s blood boil, but it was him who was regretful, so Firen suppressed his anger as much as possible and appeased Seong-il.

“Of course, we will provide full support from the Church of Light, holy water, and relics when necessary!”

“I don’t need that anymore…”

In the end, the Firen priest who couldn’t stand it said angrily to Seong-il in an angry tone.

“Are you kidding me? You say you can’t do it if you don’t want to. Are you playing with me now? You dare?”

Seong-il responded with a smile, not at all embarrassed by Firen’s anger.

“Why are you angry? Couldn’t I suggest something a little different than that..?”

“For example, introducing a chaste and beautiful woman…”

Priest Pyrene, who finally grasped Seongil’s intentions, spoke to Seongil with a hard expression on his face.

“… Priest Sophia is naive and won’t accept such a request.”

“That’s not my part-time job. Isn’t it the priest’s ability to make that possible?”

Saying so, Seong-il took out a pocket from his chest and put it on the desk.

“Priest. Let’s be honest. You need gold. I need a beautiful woman. I’m ready to open my pockets whenever the priest cooperates.”

“Umm… Then I’ll introduce you to the top-notch Changgwan..”

At his words, Seong-il quietly took up his pocket and pretended to put it in his bosom.

“I can go to places like that with my own abilities without the priest’s help, but…?

In the end, Pyrene gave in to Seongil and said while holding the hand holding the pouch.

“I’ll try, brother. I’ll try to convince Sister Sophia somehow. So please continue to support her.”

Satisfied with his stern answer, Seongil handed the bag of gold coins to Priest Pyrene and said,

“I’m relieved that the priest said that. I’ll give it as a gift to the priest, separate from the donation.”

“!”

Seong-il placed the golden bag in Firen’s surprised hand and continued.

“And…If Sister Sophia listens to her, her sponsor is satisfied, and if she introduces another attractive person in the future, her sponsorship may double.”

“…!!”

After saying that, Seong-il left Pyren behind his back and said as he left the secret room.

“I’ll see you again at noon tomorrow. Enough then.”

Seongil left and Pyrene muttered to herself.

“Hmm.. It’s a cheeky attitude, but it’s not a request that I can’t listen to with that amount of donations.”

In fact, in the case of local denominations far from the main church, there were not a few cases where nuns personally ‘blessed’ their religious patrons.

Of course, this would have been unheard of in temples near the main mountain, which approached the center of power.

Due to the system of polytheism, which shares believers with other denominations, the income of the denomination was always unstable, and the comparison of superior or insufficient abilities compared to a particular denomination made patrons who were not firm in their minds come and go.

The cult of Lydian, the goddess of love and childbirth, was notorious for seducing young and beautiful priestesses blessed by God and stealing her patrons.

Of course, in capitals and large cities with abundant population and finances, it was rare to lose believers in such a way.

In fact, Adenheim, where the Priest of Firen was located, was also the second largest city in the kingdom, so there were many followers, and the financial situation was not too bad.

The problem was the position of the Pyren priest.
He was a fairly promising priest, but he was pushed out of the position due to the power struggle within the church, and he paid a huge bribe to the Archbishop of Adenheim to enter the southeastern district of Adenheim, which is his sphere of influence.

‘Because they’re like damn poor bastards.’

The problem was that the southeastern district of Adenheim was an area inhabited by poor port daily workers, and although there were many believers, the amount of donations was not very large.

Of course, their offerings alone did not interfere with the diocese in the area running, but the problem was that the Namdong Diocese was tight on operating costs and had too little money to siphon off, except for the tribute money given to the Patriarch.

‘Right now, I’m squeezing the parish and paying tribute, but I can’t stand it at this rate.’

The Bishop of Adenheim knew all too well that if his money fell even a little, he would ruthlessly abandon himself.

“Damn it… I wanted to stop being a pimp when I got older.”

After muttering that, the priest moved his steps toward the place where Sister Sophia was.

When the holy day arrived at noon the next day, a priest from Pyren with a smile came out to meet the holy day.

“Ah.. Brother Seongil. Are you here?”

“Yes. Priest. Good day. Have you thought about what I said yesterday?”

At the words of such a holy day, the priest of Pyren smiled benevolently, put his hand on his shoulder, and said as he entered the temple.

He greeted the worshipers here and there with a smile on his face and continued talking to Seong-il.

“Of course! Priest Sophia is very religious.”

“I was moved by Seongil-nim’s faithfulness that he showed me so far, and at the place where I gave my blessing yesterday, he said that he wanted to give the blessing ‘alone’.

The believers and employees who were worshiping autonomously next to them mistakenly thought that the conversation between Seongil and Priest Pyrene was related to faith, and greeted them without any doubt and moved out of the way.

After such a conversation, Priest Pyrene, who arrived in front of the sanctuary, pushed Seongil’s back and said to him.

“Go inside and get the nun’s blessing.”

“By the way, the interior is very well ‘soundproofed’, so you are blessed. Even if you make a ‘sound’ in surprise at a miracle, no one is surprised, so you can receive ‘grace’ to your heart’s content.”

Priest Pyren, who spoke while emphasizing words at a strange point with a smile that maintained such a benevolent smile, quietly left.

Seong-il entered the sanctuary filled with a strange sense of excitement.

Then, in front of him, Sister Sophia, who was quietly kneeling and praying, appeared.

“Ah. Sophia?”

At his words, Sophia’s shoulders, which had been kneeling and praying, shuddered and trembled.

“Ah. Brother Seongil is here.”

She greeted Seongil with an awkward smile.

Looking at her like that, her holy day sat on her chair next to her at the desk where she made her deal with the Pyrene priest yesterday, looking at her with her arrogant attitude and said,

“Yes… Sister Sophia. How far have you finished talking with Priest Firen?”

Stunned by those words, Sister Sophia trembled and recalled the conversation she had with Pyrene yesterday.

Yesterday afternoon

“…Brother Sophia.”

Firen called out to Sophia with her expression hardened.

Sophia felt a bit ominous about his attitude, but she tried to comfort her heart and approached him, she said.

“What is it? Priest.”

“I have something to say to you and me alone.”

After saying that, Priest Pyrene took Sophia to the secret room.
Pyren, who took Sophia like that, said to Sofia.

“Sister Sophia, I’ll ask you honestly. What do you think of the Holy Day sponsor?”

Sophia was puzzled by his question and told her impression of him.

“Ah.. Of course he’s not a believer in our church, but he’s a great person who provides a lot of support for our church.”

“Yeah. It’s good that you think so.”

Priestess Pyrene said her words, and after catching her breath with a sigh, gave her her bombshell declaration.

“You seduce the holy day patron with your body and hold him back so he doesn’t leave.”

“!!”

Sophia, shocked by the words, shouted at him in embarrassment.

“Priest! How could you say such a thing to a nun who serves God!”

Firen said to her, regardless of her change of attitude, which was usually docile and obedient to her own words.

“Of course you’ll be angry. But, I hope you listen to everything I have to say and give it to you.”

“You say it, but I won’t put up with it any longer if it’s outrageous.”

Pyren, who nodded her head at her words, persuaded her by telling her a cunning lie about her holy day and her dealings that she had made herself.

“I’ll be honest. The sponsor Seong-il said he wouldn’t support us anymore. Do you know why?”

“Well, isn’t it because you don’t need our help anymore?”

Pyrene shook her head at her words and replied.

“It seems that his heart was moved by the Order of Lydian, the goddess of love and childbirth.”

Sophia, taken aback by his words, stuttered her words.

“That… That’s it… That… He was edified by the word of that god..”

“Stop talking nonsense. You have a rough idea. How the priestesses of Lydia attract patrons with reservations.”

As Firen had guessed, Sister Sophia also had a rough idea of ​​the missionary method of the Church of Lydia.
As her silence continued, Pyrene began to tell her lies without hesitation.

“Originally, he tried to continue to support our temple, but after being physically propagated by a priestess of the Church of Lydia a while ago, it seems that he took his heart away from that priest.”

“By the way, the priestess I knew was a priest whose face and figure were not as attractive as yours.”

Sophia, feeling ashamed of his blatant sexual evaluation of herself, replied.

“Priest..! How can you say such dirty words..”

“Be honest! Has our God ever forbidden a priest or nun to marry?”

“Isn’t it just that most priests don’t get married just to show their allegiance to God, to get away from the world as much as possible and get away from money and blood ties!”

“However, if you have that pious mindset, I don’t think you’ll be corrupted by marriage or sex.”

“So I beg you. You seduce the Holy Day sponsor so that his patronage can continue.”

Then Sophia, overcome with bewilderment, began to make excuses to him in a bewildered tone.

“That.. But. There is no guarantee that the sponsor will come over just because I seduce you, and if it fails, the honor of our school will fall…”

Then, laughing at her innocent excuses, Pyrene began to tell her of her holy day and of her dealings with him.

“Munjelse has already finished talking with the sponsor.”

“…What did you say?!”

Sophia, who could not have imagined that she would do business with his sponsor with her virginity, was shocked.

“The sponsor said so. She obviously respects the blessings of the priestess of the Church of Lydia, but she says that she is willing to continue supporting her if we give her the same service in our temple.”

Then, taking her bag of gold coins from her bosom and putting it on her desk, he showed it to her as if to show off, and Pyrene continued her words.

“Hey… Don’t you need additional budget for stable orphanage operation?”

Then, her reason, which had been lost in anger, bewilderment, and fear, began to slowly return.

“…What do you mean?”

“Every month, 10 gold, which is half of the amount suggested by the sponsor, will be paid to the budget of the orphanage you run.

‘Of course, the amount offered by the sponsor is 30 gold… But shouldn’t I, the highest priest of the local temple, have 10 gold?’

Sophia stuttered in shock at her unexpectedly huge restriction.

“That… Such a large amount? That… But, four… What the priest said was oh… Not right…”

Perceiving her sway, Firen pushed her and gave her an ultimatum.

“Really? Then, the sponsorship will be gone. And from tomorrow the orphanage will be closed.”

“Even so, that orphanage was not at the level of an orphanage in our poor parish.”

“The orphanage has been the main culprit in the collapse of the temple’s finances since a few months ago, but I was so impressed by your dedication that I forced myself to help you.”

“Then, when I reached a limit and was trying to talk to you about closing the orphanage, a sponsor suddenly appeared and gave me a large amount of money.

“But now you’re letting your faltering benefactor walk away without making any effort.”

It was an oxymoron, but Sophia couldn’t refute it. It was said that it was because of the need for holy water, but it was because it was true that Seong-il sponsored a large amount of money.

Seeing her shaking, Pyrene drove a wedge into Sophia.

“Please help me. If you can’t sacrifice because I hate you, then at least sacrifice for the poor children in the orphanage…”

‘Ruen, Elsie, Mirian…’

In Sofia’s mind, images of the orphanage children who had lost their parents and lived in the back alleys of hers came to mind.

‘I can’t send those children back to that alley…’

‘Yes.. Let me sacrifice. If I sacrifice myself, everyone can be happy.’

After thinking about it for a long time, Sophia struggled to keep her mouth shut and spoke to Pyren.

“Okay.. Priest. I’ll try.”

“Thank you! Sister Sophia!”

Pyren took her hand and bowed her head to express her gratitude.

Ruler of the Game

Ruler of the Game

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Status: Ongoing Type: Author: , Released: 2021 Native Language: Korean
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