Phase (6)
Since reincarnating in this world, I’ve done a lot of bad luck, but this was a very novel way.
Phase 2? Did you enter a new pattern?
No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t understand that it was possible that a stone statue that imitated me was in a church, and that was next to the statue of Orion.
I don’t know if this is really a symbol of my overwhelming support, but there are still a lot of people in the church who have to make a life-and-death decision with me, and I strongly thought that this would only be my weakness.
Idolatry, blasphemy, blasphemy…
Because if some crazy person in the church had done something like this right away, countless ways I would have tripped over it came to my mind.
Most of them were heinous titles that only devil worshipers would commit.
“Celia? I can understand the desire to do something for me, but no matter how much I think about it, this is an insult to Orion-sama…”
“It’s not like that at all!”
Celia, who cut off my words and denied me, opened her eyes wide, as if she was surprised, and added an excuse in embarrassment.
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to shout.”
“It’s fine. But I think you know what I mean. I don’t want to be treated like this.”
It goes beyond the level I don’t want, to the point where I want to actively get rid of it. Ignoring the possibility of acting as a weakness mentioned above, a statue in my appearance is what the hell is this a shame play?
“I’d better get rid of this statue. Even if Lord Orion mercifully grants permission for it, I can’t because I’m sorry.”
“but…”
Even though Celia was close to my order, instead of giving a clear answer, she only blurted out the end of her words as if regretting it.
Did you like this stone statue that much?
Celia would accept it as much as she wanted it, but it was too risky to make such an emotional decision.
No matter how much I thought about it, there was a lot to lose if I erected a stone statue like this.
Of course, there wouldn’t be any benefit at all. If he could carry this out smoothly, he could have gone beyond simple supporters and gained followers who believed in fanaticism.
People who do what I say without questioning it.
I wonder if there are people in power who are not tempted by the fact that they can get such people.
Even if it seemed like me right now, I said this, but I was bouncing the abacus in my head to see if it would be worth trying if I somehow blocked as much room for pods to be caught.
But even with such a glamorous negligence, it was more like a poisoned chalice.
First of all, it is not a story limited to the church mentioned above, or even the church. It was a very dangerous decision in itself to carry a bomb that would have no choice but to be caught if anyone on the continent tried to catch the pod.
That’s all, if this situation is left unattended and some people’s beliefs are directed toward me instead of Orion because of it, then it’s no longer a matter of hiding and sleeping.
I can’t even call it a misunderstanding. Could there be any clearer evidence of idolatry than this?
Even if I tried hard to dilute it by claiming that I was a saint, there was little chance that I would be able to handle the aftermath.
The more I looked at it, the more things I didn’t understand.
How did you build this in the first place?
Is it possible that there is a symbol other than God in the middle of the church, rather than being built in a place where pseudo-believers live in a remote mountain?
Apart from Celia, the clergy of the real church went mad as a group, including Priest Reese, and no one stopped them, not even the young lady, and at least there wasn’t even a member who said that this wasn’t a bad thing, so it was built so smoothly?
“How did you come to make this in the first place? Making it itself wouldn’t have been easy.”
“At first, it was an opinion that came from the process of rebuilding and extending the church. Since Ronan himself defeated evil and performed miracles in this church, wouldn’t it be good to build a stone statue to commemorate Ronan in the church?”
Celia, who had been sullen for a while, immediately started explaining in a lively voice when I seemed to be interested in the statue.
“But it’s not something you can build just because you want to.”
Of course, the denomination does not particularly severely sanction idol worship. However, the fact that they do not impose these sanctions does not mean that they are tolerant of idol worship itself. It was closer.
“Yes. That’s why everyone thought it was a good idea but got into trouble…”
Everyone thought the idea itself was a good thing…
“The person who helped me a lot at that time is Bishop Barca!”
My head tilted lightly at the unfamiliar name. I wonder where I heard it…?
“At first, I wondered if they were plotting something, but they really helped me with both their minds and hearts to build the stone statue!”
Oh, I remembered that Celia had doubts.
The name of the leader of the priests who were said to have been newly dispatched to this academy was Barca.
I thought we would meet yesterday, but since the Holy Son must have returned from a long trip, he said that he would not visit us today and that he would go to church tomorrow.
It was quite awkward to receive consideration from people who had risen to the level of a leader anywhere, in other words, a high enough position to rule the clergy of the church.
If I had to think about it, the cardinals in a good mood I met right after my previous life, and the leader of the shadow I met in the expedition after that?
Neither of them was genuinely considerate, but they had ulterior motives, so if they showed consideration on the outside, all the clergymen higher than the archbishop I met in the meantime were so direct that they wouldn’t even put on a face like that.
Since I came to the academy, I slowly started to build a confrontation with the church, so it wasn’t something that I couldn’t understand because the church would have been pushing me hard to control me.
But that’s why I expected that he would find me as soon as I came back this time…
Seeing that a bishop-level person, not an archbishop, came to the position of leader, who was originally a cardinal, did the denomination decide to give up the manipulation inside the academy?
In my personal opinion, it was already too late at the latest, but it was a rational decision to come up with a different plan instead of admitting my mistake and continuing to shovel.
I was able to consider the possibility that they had changed their course by sending real clerics, not people who were different on the outside and inside, to restore the image that had been shattered in the meantime, to build a real bond with me, and to say that it was good if the missionary work was good or that it could not be helped.
If so, are the figures dispatched from the church this time really good people, even if they are the chess pieces of the big picture drawn by the church?
“How do you mean you helped?”
“You got permission from the church headquarters to build a stone statue of Ronan!”
Wow, that’s a really big help. If the church allowed it, most of the problems would be solved in one shot.
…
Yep.
I looked at Celia, who was talking nonsense.
Celia was just looking at the statue with eyes full of pride, as if this statue could have been built thanks to everyone’s efforts.
That’s how the hero defeated the demon king and lived happily ever after. Can’t you act like you’re talking about the natural ending of a fairy tale?
It’s strange for anyone to see
Why does the church allow that?
I’d rather believe that one day Orion suddenly gave a revelation to all the heads of the church and reformed with one heart and one mind.
“How?”
“Bishop Barka told the church about the achievements Ronan had made in the name of Orion, and strongly insisted that this was not idolatry.”
Does that make sense? Just because one bishop makes a strong claim, what are the odds that it will be accepted?
If I had to put together a plausible reason, it would be that erecting my stone statue is not such a losing business from the point of view of the church.
The fact that the followers of Orion could fall into idolatry to me also meant, on the contrary, that the more achievements I made, the more I made a name for myself among people, the more likely those who fell for my name would become full-fledged believers in Orion.
Of course, if the purpose of the church was purely to revive and prosper, the church made the right decision to sell me here and there.
In the first place, what was the reason why the imperial family tried to suffocate me?
For those who don’t know, idolizing saints in the church may be somewhat controversial over religious authority, but from the perspective of the church’s interests, it’s definitely better to do it unconditionally. You might decide that there is nothing strange about doing it.
But that was then, and now I wasn’t a puppet on the palm of the church.
The reason I tried to inflate the church’s prosperity was that the church’s prosperity was their own power, and those who knew that the power of power in their hands would be torn to pieces every day because of my actions could never make such a judgment.
However, it is ambiguous to see that he had some ulterior motive in the shadows, and even in the position of those guys who would be full of thoughts of wanting to drag me into the main office and brainwash me right now, it was unconditionally advantageous to just keep it quiet and explode it at the decisive moment.
If there is no permission at all, the stone statue will not be built, so he did it to have the stone statue built first?
“Ronan-nim, I know what you’re worried about. But really, you don’t have to worry. I got a formally documented permit from the church, and it was notarized in the name of the Duke of Thorpe. You claimed it to be a work of art, not a kind.”
Apparently, these people didn’t build the stone statues without thinking. It means that they did their best to exclude those that could be really dangerous and built them after that.
Why do you go so far? Wouldn’t it be much more valuable to work harder than to build a stone statue by pouring out so much useless effort?
I think it’s safer than I thought if it’s double-triple safety devices…
“A work of art?”
Still not in a good mood, I asked about the only part I didn’t understand. What the hell does art have to do with it?
“Yes, I don’t know the details, but I heard that it is somewhat generous to promote oneself through art.”
I asked a little more about the words that I didn’t understand at the time, and Celia’s answer was this.
Regarding art, which is one of the fields encouraged by the empire, there was an atmosphere in which various attempts were easily passed under the name of art.
For example, the portraits of emperors drawn from generation to generation do not simply depict the person himself, but rather abstract the backlight or composition to create a majestic and splendid atmosphere. In other words, the portrait is more divine than human, so that the person looks like something divine. It was meant to be more grandiose.
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Likewise, this stone statue is not a religious symbol in the same line as the statue of Orion, but a part of an art object, and if you feel anything related to religion, it means that it is a part of artistic expression.
It was even devastating when you think about the fact that most of the so-called art in reality even in the Middle Ages was subordinated to religion to some extent. It wasn’t that far-fetched of a story.
It seemed like part of the policy sown in the empire to weaken the power of the church.
The more I listened to the story, the more I thought that I had done everything to build a real stone statue.
Before I knew the truth, I had the feeling that why would the church allow me to build a stone statue? it was about
Isn’t this really no problem?
While I was standing in front of the stone statue, immersed in such worries.
“Oh, why are there so many people? If you’re done praying, go in quickly.”
“This place is inaccessible right now, so don’t make a fuss and go in.”
“Ewh? What kind of crazy thing is this?”
I started to hear a commotion coming from behind me.
When I came to my senses, I looked back and saw that the stooped old woman was blocked by the knights escorting me.
“Aristocrats? You shouldn’t deprive others of the opportunity to pray just because they’re nobles.”
“…No further rudeness will be tolerated, so speak carefully.”
The knight who said that looked at the old woman brutally as if she were about to draw a sword.
At least, even in the real Middle Ages, old people were often respected thanks to the wisdom of their long lives, but it seemed that there was no such thing here because of the divine power, the longevity of powerful people was guaranteed.
Are these people really good for the saint’s escort? Now, there is no need for the princess to stand guard for me one by one, and today, as I came to church early in the morning, ordinary knights were standing guard instead of the princess, but I already missed the princess. .
At this rate, sooner or later, rumors such as ‘The attitude of the knights of the saint’s favor, in fact, the saint’s true intentions?’
“wait a minute.”
I hurriedly restrained the knights and approached the old woman.
To confirm, it was a commoner without anything special, but it was quite impressive to see him calm without showing any signs of fear even in front of a knight who seemed to draw his sword at any moment.
It wasn’t that he couldn’t detect any particular threat, but rather that he had lived enough to survive and escaped even his own life.
I’m glad he doesn’t seem scared or angry.
“Oh, you’re a noble boy? It’s good that you’re deeply religious. You shouldn’t be standing in front of a stone statue like this.”
The old woman, whose eyes were barely visible, looked this way with a fuller expression on her face full of wrinkles, and said that.
Perhaps because of his bad eyesight, he didn’t seem to recognize that I was a saint.
I stopped Celia, who was trying to intervene, with a gesture, and then continued.
“I’m sorry. It was so impressive that there was a stone statue of someone other than Orion, so I looked at it for a while.”
“Your young master is very religious, so he has a kind heart. Why is this your first visit to this church?”
“It’s not the first time, but when I visited, there were no stone statues like this.”
“Looks like it’s been a while. It’s been a while since the stone statue was built. This is the specialty of this church.”
“Are you famous?”
“Then~ it’s famous! Didn’t the boy hear about the saint?”
“I’ve heard of it.”
It seemed like it would give me goosebumps to tell the story of me like someone else, but the old woman didn’t care about me and started talking excitedly.
“That saint has done great things and is coming here today. You’re very lucky.”
heh heh, that’s me
As I was about to smile awkwardly, the old woman smiled and held out her hand to me.
“My leg hurts, so could you help me?”
Seeing how shocked the knights and Celia were, I could see that even if they thought of me as just an aristocrat, this was quite a departure from common sense in this world.
It seems that you have no regrets in your real life.
I had no intention of doing so, but the way the old woman showed it was very likely that trying to suppress it by force would have little effect.
I led the old woman and slowly approached the stone statue.
Approaching the stone statue, the old woman took a very careful posture to pray, unlike her confident appearance, and did not loosen her posture for a long time.
After some time had passed, the old woman took the same posture toward the statue of Orion next to her and prayed again. Finally, after all the prayers, the old woman looked at me.
“Is there anything you’re curious about?”
I was taken aback by the question that seemed to have penetrated my heart.
“How did you know?”
“Looking at the old man like he’s going to punch a hole in his face. If you don’t know that, you’re an idiot.”
After all, the vibe that comes from age cannot be ignored.
“You seem like a devout disciple of Orion-sama…”
“Oh, it’s ignorance that a ignorant Cheon like me is devout…”
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Leaving behind the humility of the old man who was sincerely happy, I got to the point.
“Isn’t it strange that there are stone statues of even human beings next to Orion-sama?”
The old woman, who was delighted like a child at my words, suddenly turned her face as if it were a lie.
The old woman opened her mouth just as I began to feel uneasy about this, which is also an unacceptable sensibility for most devout Orionists.
“You don’t know the saint very well yet.”
That… a saint is me…
As I thought about it, I remembered what had happened recently.
Come to think of it, it seemed like I didn’t know more about myself than anyone else these days. It even seemed like they knew everything about me except me.
“These two are people who don’t need to be distinguished. You must meet and see the saint today.”
I couldn’t find anything in particular to say so I just stood there.
The old woman, looking at me like that, passed me and the stone statue and started walking slowly into the church.
“You must participate. By all means.”
Even if I don’t want to participate, I’m a person who can’t not participate.
After seeing off the old woman, I thought again.
It can’t be said that the old woman represented the general believers, but her faith in Orion seemed firm.
Can we say that there is no problem with being accepted socially, seeing that people like that don’t have much resistance?
Then, since the Church side has been resolved, isn’t there really no problem?
It was still hard to believe. Is it acceptable for my stone statue to stand next to the statue of Orion?
Can’t believe this… It’s not the 2nd phase of Eokka, did I finally defeat Eokka?
Did Celia become very competent, devout priests came from the church, and built a stone statue to really create a flower path?
I suddenly feel better. Is spring finally coming to me too?
“Knightsmen.”
But that is that and this is this.
“I’m sorry Saint Ronan! So that this doesn’t happen in the future…”
“What is this?”
“yes…?”
“You mean to make sure nothing happens?”
“Those… commoners don’t hurt the saint’s heart…”
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Look, these people have no idea what’s wrong. This is originally a set angle above you and below me, but I’m in a good mood today, so I’m giving it a special look. Listen carefully.
“Have you ever heard that I treat people that way?”
The knights who couldn’t answer my words with a stiff face.
“I’m not going to tell everyone to be merciful. But at least if you’re going to stand as my escort, I hope you won’t aim your sword at anything recklessly in the future.”
“…sorry.”
Wow, Ronan has really grown up. In the past, if I spoke to the escort like this, I would never have done it because I was afraid that they would slow down. What is slowing down?
Now? If you don’t like it, you can change the escort knight.
“The way he clearly presents the good, even though he doesn’t force his great will on ordinary people, is truly a wonderful word. I am impressed.”
While I was congratulating myself, another voice came from behind.
I must have stood in front of this statue for too long.
“Bishop Barca!”
“It’s been a while Celia follower.”
Before I could turn my head to check on the other person, I heard Celia’s happy voice.
Is it a first-class credit that he did his best to pave a flower road in front of me? Where should I see your face?
I turned my head with a happy heart. Having a talented person working hard for me was an indispensable existence for the life I hoped for. Even if I didn’t work hard and just rolled in.
Finally, my eyes met Bishop Barka’s.
The first thing that caught my eye was the line drawn in his eyes. He was a person with a very impressive eye smile.
It had to be impressive.
Because my eyes were blind.
Wow, it’s a narrow-eyed cat. It’s the real thing. It’s the first time I’ve seen the real thing.
…
There was nothing to confirm the affiliation of the bishop.
uhh, sh*t.
These days, curse words that would never come out came out very naturally.
That’s right. What is a flower road?
My heart, which had been burning, cooled down as if cold water had been poured on it in an instant.
