Chapter 586 – Farm Story: Vespin Town
An unexpected mystery. Pirina nods her head in admiration for her wisdom on the holy day, picks up her smart phone and calls her mayor.
‘Good. Good. It’s going smoothly. Should I prepare for the next job?’
With a malicious smile on his face, Seong-il moves to her dorm to prepare for his next plan.
***
“Does it make sense to build a pornographic facility on this sacred land!!”
“That’s right!! This land is a land that the goddess protects!!”
“Hey… Hey… Guys… First of all, criticize after holding the meeting…”
The next day, following Pirina’s order, the mayor gathered those who opposed the opening of Mineral Town’s entertainment facilities in the city council.
As soon as he entered the parliament, he was constantly wiping cold sweat with an expression of embarrassment at the cries of the residents who protested fiercely.
‘Surprisingly, the belief in the goddess is alive and well?’
Although it is a minority, when some residents shout the name of the goddess and show anger, Seong-il, dressed as a bodyguard, looks at the scene with interest.
“…That’s what you mean!!”
‘Should I go for that?’
In the meantime, a middle-aged man points a finger at the mayor with a blushing face despite the mayor’s disapproval. He couldn’t hold back his anger any longer, so he tried to approach the mayor standing on the podium.
‘That’s troublesome.’
Seong-il approaches him while transforming into a stranger with a magic mask to prevent the situation from escaping.
“Calm down for a moment.”
“What are you!!”
“…Calm down.”
“!!!”
The time when a man tries to argue with Seong-il, who is trying to dissuade him. He takes a direct hit from the intense power emanating from the Ethereal Stone, and his eyes begin to unravel.
“Gentleman, as a citizen of Aqua Island, please keep your integrity. It’s not a meeting to prevent angry or dissenting opinions. We decided to give you a chance to express your opinion after the meeting, right?”
“That’s… That’s right…”
“In addition, you can exercise your right to oppose the bid through voting, but do you really need to go this far?”
“Right… Sounds…”
If Seong-il simply tried to suppress the citizen by force, no matter how much he borrowed the power of the stone, there was a high possibility that side effects would occur because he unconsciously caused a strong backlash from the party or surroundings.
However, when Seong-il puts pressure on the citizen by presenting an appropriate justification and reason, the angry citizen eventually calms down and begins to act according to Stone and Seong-il’s will.
“Mi… I’m sorry. I got really angry at the moment…”
“No, sir. I think it’s a situation where you can be angry enough. However, please give your opinion after the seminar.”
“Um…”
The power of the stone with justification completely subdues the citizens who are rioting. In the meantime, when the power of the stone begins to spread and affect the field in addition to the first target, the turmoil begins to subside little by little.
‘The more you use the power of the stone, the more you feel it’s really great. If I can afford it, I’ll try to get another stone.’
Admiring the power of the stone that makes it so simple to solve a situation that would have been difficult to solve in the past, Seong-il prepares to ‘persuade’ the citizens in earnest.
‘Start.’
Seong-il uses the nanomachines inside her body and starts giving Pirina instructions just by thinking.
Hearing the signal, Pirina realizes that her preparations are over, and she steps onto the prepared platform.
‘First of all, should I help Pirina not concentrate aggressive public opinion?’
Seong-il climbs up to the ceiling of the hall with Edward in an invisible state for Pirina, who is buying time by deliberately moving her steps slowly.
“Are you sure it’s covered up?”
“Sure. The owner’s vicinity is blocked from view by a veil of concealment, as well as completely blocked from noise. You don’t have to worry.”
Persuaded by Edward’s confident reply, Seong-il nods and starts spraying wide-area mental magic at the citizens huddled in the city hall.
“Wide area magic resistance weakened!!”
“Breakdown of the wide-area mental barrier!!”
“An extremely unlucky day!!”
Seong-il projects all kinds of debuff magic on the citizens while escorted by Edward.
After casting all sorts of spells, such as forcibly making the target unlucky with magic and mental spell resistance weakening curses, Seong-il informs Pirina that everything is ready.
“Hello citizens of Bespin Town. My name is Pirina Elsrid. It’s an honor to meet you.”
“Where did you get it heh…?”
As Pirina tried to start her greeting, a citizen who tried to boo her.
However, Seong-il, who was perfectly aware of the emotions of the people around her, glared at the citizen in question and attacked with her mind’s Ethereal Stone.
Then, the citizen’s eyes are released, and he sits down helplessly.
‘Continue.’
Seong-il informs Pirina that the control is working properly. Relieved by her appearance, Pirina begins to project her materials prepared in advance onto her wall with Edward’s help.
“…How did you do it? Is it a projector?”
“Isn’t it? You can’t project such a clear picture with a projector.”
“Then how did you do it…? Like a movie film?”
“Isn’t that right? If it’s a projector, you can project images so neatly… But that’s only possible in a dark place…?”
The people of the farm story world were enjoying the level of civilization of the old mankind from the mid-90s to the early 00s. Since it is a world before the internet was released, they are surprised to see the quality of the video Pirina prepared.
“The reason we want to carry out the entertainment business here is…”
Whether the citizens are amazed or not, Pirina begins briefing the citizens on the feasibility of the project as prepared in advance.
“…Keep. It’s annoying, but it’s quite plausible, right?”
Since it was precise data created through deep learning by ultra-high-performance computers nestled in the bodies of Edward and Seong-il, the data was quite persuasive, and the citizens who saw the contents were bitter but could not help but sympathize to some extent.
‘Good good. It’s going well.’
Due to the positive power of the Ethereal Stone, the focus of citizens begins to gather on the prepared material.
‘Slowly… With all one’s might…!!’
As positive and self-destructive energy slowly begins to drift inside the facility through the reaction, Seong-il exerts all of his energy to project the power of the Ethereal Stone in his mind into the hall.
“Definitely… Sure… For us… The city… To survive…”
The eyes of the citizens sitting in their seats begin to open due to the power of the Ethereal Stone, which is sprinkled with all its might.
And they begin to affirm by forcibly reciting the validity of the plan shouted by Pirina.
‘Certainly… Forcibly altering the mind is risky and difficult, but… After giving a plausible reason like this, it’s pretty easy to brainwash.’
‘Besides, unlike other people, I can quantify and feel human emotions using empathy… So it goes well with the Ethereal Stone of the Spirit.’
Sensing the rapid change in public opinion of the citizens, Seong-il pours Elisha’s special mana potion into his mouth to maintain the output of the Ethereal Stone.
“…So we’re planning to build a new entertainment district on the outskirts of Bespin City on the side of the agricultural district? It’s completely separated from the living and leisure areas, so you won’t get any damage!!”
“…Hoo.”
“Since travelers will be staying at Bespin Town, doing general sightseeing, and purchasing special products, you will have a pretty big economic benefit!! Everyone, you know, right?”
“…Maybe it will be okay?”
“Well, as long as it’s separated from the city…”
“These days, the money is not good, but…”
The appearance of the hall has completely changed in a positive way. Seong-il feels that his inner energy has been depleted for the first time in a long time due to excessive use of the Ethereal Stone of the Spirit, and his body has suffered.
‘Ah, after reaching the 11th star of Heaven, Earth, Yin and Yang, it was difficult to feel the consumption of internal energy no matter what I did… But today it’s a bit heavy.’
The time when Seongil was lost in his thoughts. Officials inspecting the ballot disclose the results of the ballot to the citizens.
“Announcing the results of the on-site vote! 590 votes in favor, 32 votes against!! The entertainment district agenda has been approved by an overwhelming vote!!”
Buzz buzz…
The outcome of the vote, which is literally overwhelming in the market itself. As if the result came unexpectedly to the citizens, they start to mumble from their seats.
‘Wow… After being beaten with all sorts of curses and being attacked by the power of the stone for over an hour, is there anyone left who opposes it?!’
Sooner or later, Seong-il reaps the power of the stone, thinking that he will have to visit and ‘convince’ the people in person.
‘Now… Anyway, I’ll finish the troublesome task perfectly. Shall we enjoy a full-fledged training session?’
Seong-il, who has completely blocked any unknown variables through this trick, walks back to his farm with a sinister smile.
‘Kyaa… The building looks like this after only three days of work…’
Despite the fact that it has only been a few days since the construction of the building started, the appearance of the pub is about to be completed.
The alter ego and its followers were quickly completing the construction up to the second floor, and finishing the work on the third floor.
“Come?”
As the Holy Day approaches, Red quickly notices and approaches like a puppy. Seong-il praises her hard work by stroking her hair as she is moving her materials to the second floor with her superpower.
“You’ve worked hard. From now on, Edward and his alter ego will take care of things, so get some rest. I have to go to my real ‘work’ in the evening.”
“Yes!!”
At Seongil’s order, Red smiles and leads the other colleagues to the Pineapple House.
‘Actually, Red is the captain.’
Maybe it’s because he’s the first mate, but the appearance of Red leading Blue and Luti naturally.
Looking at her proud appearance, Seong-il moves her body towards Yuna.
“…I don’t know much about architecture, but it’s not finished, so it’s right to start the interior of the first floor already…?”
“Ah, it’s okay. We have magical engineering anyway. Alchemy and super-high-performance mechanical technology are a bonus.”
“Hmm…”
Perhaps understanding Seong-il’s worries, Yuna smiles and dismisses his concerns.
“If it gets dirty, you can just clean it up with the Ethereal Stone of the material. A purification bomb. Originally, you would have to wait for the structure to dry, but since you can use the power of the stone, there is no problem with safety.”
“Then what…”
At the guarantee of Yuna, a genius engineer, she nods her head, saying that she will know her surname.
“…Are the preparations going well for today’s first ‘show’?”
“Sure! Followers will hit the streets around four to promote the main ‘show’ at six!”
“Then I’m glad.”
As her followers are meticulously preparing the work according to her own intention, her holy day nods her head with a satisfied expression.
***
“Hehe!! We invite you to the ‘Night of the Obscene Goddess’ pub that will open next week~”
Before the time for her appointment with the goddess, the followers dressed as goddesses with the help of Elysia’s makeup were walking towards their destination while scattering lewd leaflets designed by Yuna around them.
“At six o’clock, a dancer who looks just like the ‘goddess’ will do a sexy dance on the roof of the hardware store!!”
‘Kya~ It’s a superb view.’
The speechless Red party wore goddess cosplays and kept their mouths closed, handing out flyers to residents watching the party with curious expressions, while Charlotte and Erica were shouting and promoting the event while wearing goddess cosplays in the village.
“Oh my God…!! How can you look like a goddess… Ugh!!”
And when the villager, embarrassed by the sight, was about to mutter to himself. Seong-il, who has been sensitively checking the emotions of the people around her with her emotions, immediately uses her spirit’s Ethereal Stone to attack her mentally.
『The times have changed now, and the Church of Goddess and Earth is nothing but a relic of the old times.』
“Ah… Uh… The old days… Superstition…”
In the air, under Edward’s cover-up escort, Seong-il subdues people with negative emotions one by one with Ethereal Stones, and below, beautiful Seong-il’s followers wear goddess cosplay and distribute lewd flyers to men they like.
Thanks to this, the group is surrounded by a large crowd within 10 minutes of walking from the farm.
‘It was good that I summoned 10 alter egos.’
After summoning a lot of alter egos to prevent any unforeseen disturbances, Seong-il ordered the highly intelligent wooden dummies to lead the others.
The smart wooden doll alter-ego perfectly controlled the surroundings according to his will, and thanks to this, the party succeeded in reaching their destination in an orderly manner without any disturbance.
『This… What is this?! Why?!”
Meanwhile, the goddess arrived at her destination, the tool store, on time as promised. Without thinking, she arrives at the hardware store and looks down, startled to see a huge crowd of people in the store.
