Chapter 90 – 088 Wayford Cemetery
After concentrating for a while holding her staff with both hands, the woman let out a long breath, her gesture revealing her weariness.
Her illusion stared at the woman who repeated her long inhalation and exhalation as if she was catching her breath.
The haze on her shoulder disappeared as the woman relaxed. What was that A skill to discriminate among magicians of the same lineage?
Among the knowledge he acquired while wandering around Wayford for three weeks, there was something about powers similar to magic.
It is a power commonly referred to as magic or mysticism, but magic allows non-professionals to handle the eight attributes, and mysticism is the power that allows them to govern the changes of things and all things.
When she was thinking that the woman’s writing might have something to do with him, she caught her breath for a moment, then the woman stood upright, slightly bent her waist and opened her mouth.
=I am so happy to be able to meet the senior who is leading the way for the sake of the spirit. I’m sorry that I didn’t get to know you even though I’m a practitioner.=
Hwanin’s eyes lit up.
The meaning of what the woman said was clear. An ascetic to become a spirit master.
Then it means that the action you just showed was magic to confirm that you are a soul.
However, since he was not sure, Hwanin asked calmly and quietly.
“You believe in the death of the soul even though you don’t have an aura. Is it some kind of secret art?”
Elkata doesn’t answer and puts a small smile on his lips.
It was an act he had no intention of answering, but Hwanin was amazed that he did not feel bad or unlucky.
Every action, each gesture is graceful and tidy, as if quietly supporting something. Is it because of that?
Hwanin also stood up straight like a woman and slightly bowed her head to apologize.
“You seem to have asked an uncomfortable question because of your lack of knowledge. I apologize.”
= No. You must have been busy with Buddhahood and purification…… I understand =
Then, she stepped aside and opened her mouth.
=If you have time, how about stopping by for a while? If you take time to pray for the spirits, even the wandering spirits will have some rest.=
“I will.”
Even if it wasn’t, there were things she wanted to ask the gravekeeper for, and there were things she wanted to ask for. Of course, what I want to ask.
It was an invitation with no reason to refuse.
Hwanin, who was moving along the winding road with the attendant, realized that a cemetery at night could be so cozy.
‘It feels like a neighborhood park in a high-income, high-end residential area.’
Hwanin, who was looking around a cemetery that was more luxurious than a park in an area considered one of the richest in Korea, saw a small building made of marble standing in front of it.
It is not an ordinary house or commercial building. In other words, it is an exterior with a sense similar to that of a museum or art gallery.
And the souls were gathered there.
‘It must have been invisible because it was covered by a tree.’
Confirming that the spirit he had been chasing was also among them, Hwanin and the attendant walked past the spirits and entered the white marble building.
“Well.”
The inside of the building, which seemed to be about 70 pyeong and 3 stories high, consisted of only one room, like the inside of a Greek temple.
And on top of a human-height platform, there was a large stone statue that looked like a human race standing tall, and its expression was awe-inspiring and arrogant.
Seeing the stone statue staring at the person entering, Hwanin slightly narrowed his brows.
‘Who is it.’
Even looking at the bottom of the column, I can’t find any writing that can infer the existence of the stone statue.
I don’t think it would be possible to turn an ordinary person into a stone statue and enclose it like this. That means…….
Hwanin looked around the inside of the enshrinement house.
Pillars called orders were lined up along the left and right walls, and Luke and the souls of men and women were looking this way between those orders.
Even those spirits do not seem to approach the stone statue.
‘Beast god. Is it the god that Lukerang serves?’
Hwanin’s gaze returned to the stone statue.
The stone statue was very tall. Roughly 10 m.
The monk climbed onto a small platform in front of the statue, got down on his knees, and jingled a bell—…… With my daughter…… He began waving and praying periodically.
Along with him, conversations of spirits began to be heard.
“Elcata brought a stranger.”
「Who is it? Visitors coming this far at this time are rare.”
“Aren’t you my boyfriend?”
「That’s rude. Please refrain from belittling the monk.”
“Spiritual priests and ascetics also get married and have children, right? That’s the order of nature, but if you look down on it, don’t idolize the monk.”
The souls of the streets and villages were just wandering around in a daze until Hwanin approached them.
However, the soul here communicates with a clear ego.
“Oh, I saw this.”
“Didn’t you just look around?”
“No. Our eyes just met.”
“Okay?”
A fox-headed man who said not to idolize monks hovers around Hwanin with a curious face.
「Um~? What? What? Seeing it up close, I feel drawn to it for some reason. Did I also have homophilia?」
“Anyway, I don’t know why people in high places like homosexuality so much. …… Well?”
The male spirit of the Inung tribe, who was talking to the fox-headed spirit, also approached Hwanin, opened his eyes wide, and began to circle around him.
“…… I hated homosexuality. I feel the attraction too.”
“I can feel it too…….」
“Me too. Why?」
In an instant, more than ten souls gathered around Hwanin.
It would have bothered him if he got in the way, but there was no soul like that. It only hangs around from the side or from behind.
‘Are they deliberately avoiding the front?’
At that time, a fox-eared woman snooping behind Hwanin asked the other spirits in a deliberately serious tone.
“Isn’t this person a soul master?”
“No way.”
“No. Why would the Spirit Master suddenly appear here? They are busy wandering the world, making a path to purification. And I’ve met a spirit priest who came to the castle before I was alive. I didn’t get this feeling from him. And you don’t even have a guide’s staff.”
The fox-headed male spirit, the Inho Tribe, refuted the female Inho Tribe’s words with knowledge of spirit history.
Perhaps he was a high-status person in his lifetime, but his actions and thoughts evoke a lot of bourgeois feelings. All the spirits are well-dressed, but his outfit looked the most expensive and sophisticated.
Normally, Hwanin would have joined the conversation and gathered information, but there was an attendant in front of him, so there was no reason to listen to non-experts.
“Isn’t it because you were alive then?”
“You may have left your cane late at night.”
“Hmm. Do you have a point? If you ask me if you’re a spirit master or not, you’ll know. Excuse me?”
Hwanin turned his gaze to the fox-haired male spirit who was talking to him and quietly placed his index finger in front of his mouth.
Then a commotion breaks out.
“…… !!」
“Ugh.”
「Ugh. You saw us.”
“Hey. He’s a real, real soul master.”
The near spirits were startled and hurried away, and the distant spirits stood with their backs against the wall.
Even while the spirits were making a fuss, such as running out of the shelter or blocking her mouth, the woman called El Katah was still praying.
‘Are practitioners unable to use powers related to the death of spirits? But what I just showed you…….’
After a while, after about 10 minutes, El Kata gets up from her seat and steps aside to give her. It’s like thinking that Hwanin will also pray.
Her phantom shook her head and opened her mouth.
“This is not the god I believe in. I will only be in awe.”
=Is that so?=
Among the things I learned while acquiring common sense and knowledge were things about the gods of this world.
God has a total of five.
God of Beasts, God of Earth, God of Water, God of Sky, God of Benevolence
Each of them could be said to be a tribal god. The beast god of Lucrang, the land god of Fleur and Proud, the fetish god of Sabi and Haevi, the sky god of Flavius, and the god of love of nobles.
However, there was no religious persecution or freedom of belief.
It doesn’t matter if Lukerang believes in water gods, or the Flavius, who are said to have wings, believe in earth gods.
Therefore, Hwanin made an excuse for the practitioner to misunderstand.
She caused misunderstandings, but she didn’t lie. Because Hwanin himself doesn’t believe in any of the five gods and has no religion.
It is not wrong to say that he is not a god to believe in.
EL Kata nodded her head slightly and said.
= Then, spend time praying for the young wandering souls…….=
Hwanin, who raised his hand to cut off Elkata, looked back at the spirit who was looking at this side with sparkling eyes from a distance.
After all, the ascetic in front of you cannot see the soul.
‘There must be no magic formula related to the power of the spirit master in mystic arts.’
Even now, he seems to believe in himself, but it would be better to solidify that belief in order to have a smoother conversation.
Hwanin beckoned to the soul he had seen in advance, the soul of the fox-headed man who talked the most.
“Did you call me?”
Focusing on the soul of the approaching fox-haired man, Hwan-in felt lingering feelings and doubts about him.
Hwanin attained Buddhahood of several souls in Yulkam and Etbruk. He is able to communicate with spirits through Abet and learns of the curse through Urger’s spirit.
And Hwan-in, who had been walking around Wayford for three weeks and looked at quite a few souls, was now at a level where he felt the emotions of the soul more clearly.
It only allows you to feel the emotions of the soul, but it is an ability that does not help in any way in terms of combat.
However, he predicted that it would have a tremendous effect in relation to attaining Buddhahood. If you know what kind of attachment the target has, it will be easier to achieve Buddhahood.
Because of his priorities, he is a Hwanin who has not been able to verify the hypothesis about him because he has been warming up with a woman in his arms at Changgwan.
However, a suitable plate was prepared.
Feeling Elcata’s gaze, Hwanin took off his hood and looked at the soul rubbing his hands together as if he was scared and expecting what he would say, then closed his eyes and sent his thoughts.
That’s because he thought it would look more plausible to El Katana and her other spirits.
‘I feel lingering and doubtful about you.’
“Ugh. How do you do that?!」
“…….”
Hwan-in was at a loss for words at the reaction of the fox-headed male soul making a fuss.
On the outside, he seemed to be a person with a fairly high level of knowledge, but can’t you guess this much Barnum effect?
The majority of souls who remain in this world harbor lingering attachments. It is only natural that a soul with no regrets or resentment will attain Buddhahood and ascend to heaven immediately after death.
Souls can see each other, and if you look at their actions just now, their consciousness is clear and they can acquire knowledge.
So I thought you might have figured this out…….
Hwanin, who skillfully hid his emotions, spoke out this time.
“I find it rewarding to guide a wandering soul to attain Buddhahood.”
When the soul is enlightened, it can absorb the light drop, and then its spiritual power becomes stronger.
It is a structure in which one action returns one reward.
No matter how much work you do, you can’t help but feel rewarding when you think about the Korean work environment, where you can hardly feel rewarding except for payday.
When he opens his eyes, he sees that not only the souls but also the ascetic Elkata are moved and moved by his words.
Hwanin stretched out his two hands and placed them on the fox head of the man’s soul, letting her warm energy flow. To the point where Elcata could hear the voice of the spirit.
Then, the spirits and Elkata opened their eyes wide, made a fuss, and trembled with their voices.
“Uh? What, did Helmar materialize? How?!”
「Soul Master! It is the power of the Spirit Master!”
「Wow, Spirit Master is able to do something like this!」
“Then we too can stand in front of our families…… ?」
=…… Seniors. What the heck…… ?=
Hwanin’s doubts deepen when Elkata can’t hide his surprise.
‘Couldn’t a soul master be unable to show his soul to others? Or is Elkata’s knowledge low?’
Seeing the unexpected reaction from Elkata, Hwanin calmed down his thoughts and spoke in a low voice to Helmar, the spirit of the fox man who was thrilled with his encouraging appearance.
“Speak. What are the doubts and regrets that make you wander?”
“I…… My regret is to ask one question to my father and mother.”
“…….”
At the same time as he answered, Hwanin felt an unpleasant feeling hidden deep in Helmar’s soul.
A chilly sensation like a drop of water on white drawing paper.
Drawing paper and water are inseparable from each other.
The problem is that depending on how to respond, the drawing paper itself can be sublimated into a beautiful work of art, or it can become warped or tattered and torn.
Suddenly, Hwanin wondered if these feelings were affecting him.
He had already seen and felt the souls of close to hundreds. The relevance feels too high to be dismissed as absurd.
“…….”
Thinking that now is not the time to think like that, Hwanin closed his thoughts again and opened his eyes.
“What was your birth name?”
“Helmar, this is Helmar Bere.”
The Bere family, the current lord of Wayford Castle, was a relative of Aldzin-Bere.
After leaving the souls behind, Hwanin came out of the shrine and sat on a bench bathed in moonlight with Elkata.
Elkata stopped talking for a while, then asked Hwanin in a serious tone.
= Senior. Who are you?=
“I…….”
Hwanin hid some of the truth and answered honestly.
That he came from a very distant place, not from this continent, and that he may be different from the soul history you know.
That is why they are hiding the fact that it is a spiritual affair. That he is now on a journey to return to his original place of residence.
Up to the fact that it is as if there is no basic knowledge of the history of the soul.
Elkata nodded slightly while listening to Hwanin’s story, then replied that he understood the situation.
Then she joins her hands as if praying to herself and takes a somewhat ceremonial posture.
=I give thanks to the beast god that the path of the soul continues even in a faraway place.=
“They live in different places, but it must be the same place where people live.”
=This is a story where you can feel the wisdom of a person who realized the logic of the world.=
Aelkata’s mouth drew a soft arc for the first time.
Hwanin also had a smile on his lips.
It’s a success.
Cemetery prayer is inferior to soul buying, but looking at the fact that it is a respected job and El Kata’s behavior, it is clear that she is not lighthearted.
If you think about the status of Soul Saga in this world with this, the fact that she is a human from another dimension will not be illuminated as if it were buried in darkness.
And he will be able to get information about the profession of a soul worker more easily and without being suspicious.
Sensing the favor shown to El Cata, her Hwanin calmly asked for it.
“Anyway, I’d appreciate it if you could keep it a secret that I’m a spirit master.”
=If you wish, I will. But Mr. Helmar Vere’s job…….=
El Taka, who drew a line from her left breast to her right breast with her fingers in the shape of a heart, naturally took off her hood. Hwanin saw her face hidden under her hood and widened her eyes slightly. Floated
Long hair that flows down like a golden thread in the moonlight. Long pointed ears exposed through such hair. Thin eyes and eyebrows.
Even the slightly pointy eyes come closer to the beauty as if drawn with a brush.
‘They’re of the Fleury race.’
If Luke Rang’s women were beautiful, full of vitality like wild horses, El Kata in front of her was a beauty that felt the neatness of flowers or wild grass.
EL Kata muttered as she clasped her hands together as if praying.
=I am at a loss as to what to do with Mr. Helmar Vere. It’s a lingering feeling that might be mixed up. =
“Elcata is worried about you. My concern is on the other side.”
= Do you mean the other side?=
“According to the surname Berre, Helmar must be from the family of Aldgin Berre, the owner of this city. I think the bigger problem is the reaction when there is a mixture in the clan, or when the deceased clan returns as a spirit.”
=…… ?=
“I’m saying it’s a matter for politics to intervene.”
=Ah.=
Unless there is a very strong lingering attachment, when a person dies, most people attain Buddhahood within 5 to 10 minutes.
The Helmar Bere are the clan that are the owners of this small town. It is a question that such a clan has strong enough lingering attachments to remain as souls.
And a reluctance felt deep in the soul.
Putting all of this together, the chances of a well-intentioned question are infinitely small. Hwanin thinks it is an instant to become mixed when lingering feelings change into anger and resentment.
Hearing her Hwanin’s reasoning, El Kata’s expression faded and her long ears drooped.
‘This lady is certainly naive. Is she a trait of a race or a monk?’
Hwanin quietly opened her mouth, thinking that either way was good for her.
“Since I came to this land, I have seen two mixed events.”
= Twice…… ?!=
Hwanin thought that he really did not know anything about the history of spirits.
=Ah, sorry. Poor and pitiful soul who couldn’t enter the sky…….=
From the subsequent reaction, the soul masters learned that mixed existence is dealt with by annihilation, not by attaining Buddhahood or purification.
I shake my head, thinking that the next time I meet Honjae, I will annihilate it instead of bothering to try to attain Buddhahood.
“Fortunately, both of them were able to purify themselves and lead them to Buddhahood.”
=Yes?!=
Hwanin continued, thinking that it was quite worthwhile to see the slender beauty startled.
“Hong-jae is freed from the state of mixed-existence if you release that resentment. Do you know? If the Helmar Bere is mixed up, it will undoubtedly lead to the murder of the clan.”
Killing the barons.
Compared to the earth, it is a shock equivalent to the assassination of the No. 1 chairman of the business world or the murder of the president of a country.
Small wrinkles form on Elkata’s white face.
= There will be a situation where other seniors are reluctant to intervene…….=
“First of all, there is something I want to ask Mr. Elcata.”
=What do you mean by request?=
“I have no understanding of the thoughts and concepts, behavior patterns, and customs of the spiritists of this land. I would like to ask Mr. Elcata to teach me about it.”
= Teaching…… You are too polite. Those are things you can easily learn if you go to Yeongdo…….=
“I just learned about Yeongdo from Mr. Elkata’s story.”
Elkata also understood the seriousness of Hwanin’s story that he was unaware of the existence of the spirit capital.
=Okay. I will pass on everything I have learned to my seniors.=
“Thank you. If we can establish the existence of Soul Death, we may be able to find a solution to this situation. Take good care of me.”
=…… I will do my best.=
‘Great.’
He said that even if he went to Mo, he could only go to Seoul.
Hwanin, who drew the desired reaction, clenched his fists inwardly.
