Chapter 182 – Chapter 182 ― I’ll Give You a Chance (5)
Episode 182 ― I will give you a chance (5)
Surprised by Roan’s power, the bishop, who was unable to speak for a while, drank a glass of water Helen had brought and settled down on the sofa before asking Roan cautiously.
“Where are you taking me? With all due respect, I don’t even know who the teacher is. First of all, let me formally introduce myself.”
Sermo recognized her Helen more than anyone else as her saint, and she thought that she should be careful with Helen, who said that she was the representative of her goddess herself.
She is also one of the most influential people in the church. However, Sermo bowed his head to Roan without hesitation.
“This is Sermo, who serves as a bishop in Goddess Laurecia’s church. He is currently in charge of Berat. Other than this time, I don’t go out of Berat Territory, so maybe Helen-nim gave me some advice.”
“That’s right.”
Roan, who looked at Helen once, hesitated for a moment before opening his mouth.
“My name is Roan.”
Helen’s eyes widened, and Sermo didn’t miss them.
Why are you surprised when I say your name?
I think of the name Roan. But I can’t find such a name in the list of nobles in my head.
“I want to attend her priests who are trying to carry out the true will of the Goddess and help those who are struggling. As the first step, I came to the bishop.”
“Really, I mean…”
It was a word that pierced Sermo’s heart.
Even if she didn’t want to know, last month she heard that Iza and Helen broke into the temple and caused a great commotion.
They said that the church was rotten, suppressed her holy woman, and instigated a war.
She made His Holiness and the knights kneel with an unknown power, and then looked at His Holiness’s clothes and said, “Did the goddess tell me to wear those clothes?”
As soon as some of the priests who witnessed the scene arrived in the Sermoga capital, they were astonished at Helen’s survival and reported the news. But it was hard to believe.
It was in the dark, and no matter how blinded the pope was by power, he was not a person to imprison the saintess.
I don’t know if it was handled from a distance.
The pope isn’t that stupid.
So Sermo laughed it off, wondering if they had hallucinated as a group at the end of a long prayer ceremony. Otherwise, it was hard for her to believe that Helen was alive.
But Helen is in front of him.
With someone with powers never seen before.
The bishop asked him cautiously.
“May I ask how a non-denominational person got such power?”
In fact, Roan’s divine power is still insignificant.
This was what Roan felt while stirring the temple last time.
The amount of divine power that Roan originally possessed exceeded that of the subtitles, and was in the lower ranks among formal priests.
Before going to the temple, he broke the statue in the fountain and barely rose to the level of a priest, but it was nothing compared to Helen or the bishop in front of him.
Even so, the bishop was surprised to see Roan’s power because he too felt that something was different from his own divine power.
People with magical powers do not know
A distinction that only those who handle divine power can feel.
That’s why the priests realized the value of Roan’s power, which no one in Evirzio knew.
No matter how hard they try
Also that this power is an unattainable power.
“By chance… Just by chance, I was favored by the Goddess.”
He was alive because of the Goddess’ salvation. It was in the form of possession in the game.
But the bishop seemed to have had enough of that answer.
“Goddess grace…”
“Yes. That’s when I started to gain this power as well. Now I am learning how to use it after being taught by Helen.”
Then Helen burst out, meaning her mouth was itchy.
“Sermo. This man uses ancient divine magic. I say that I am the representative of the Goddess because there is a good reason.”
“I beg your pardon… ?”
The bishop jumped to his feet.
Roan glanced back at Helen with a shy look, but Helen looked like a puppy that had bitten even a twig from her and said, “Why?”
If she had a tail, she would have waggled right away.
“Are you using actual magic, Roan-nim?”
“… Yes. That too, thanks to the grace of the goddess…”
One hundred words are not enough.
When Roan showed ‘starlight’ for a while, the bishop watched the miracle with his eyes wide open, then knelt down and prayed with his eyes closed.
After a short prayer with Helen, Bishop Sermo found a reason after a while.
I was finally able to have a conversation.
“Seeing a great miracle right in front of my eyes… Thank you Why did such a great person come to me? You need a lowly servant like me.”
A remark that would infuriate many priests and deacons under him. But the bishop seemed sincere.
Roan began to explain.
“Do you know that the people of Merde are being held in Evirzio as prisoners of war?”
Then the bishop’s face darkened.
“Yes, I know. Demons eat humans…”
Helen’s expression darkened.
But Roan shook his head.
“It was like that in the past. But now it’s a bit different. Since last year, Evirzio has been keeping prisoners of war alive. Currently, humans live within Evirgio.”
“Such, how do you know such a thing… ?”
Helen smiled at the bishop’s bewildered question.
“There is a way to get in and out of Evirzio. I can’t give you any specifics.”
“So, is it impossible to get them to escape?”
The Bishop asked, but Roan shook his head again.
“It’s difficult that far. The emperor’s order was to save humans and help them settle down in the country. If you let the humans escape, Evirgio will suffer a unilateral loss. The emperor intends to save humans, but he has no intention of benefiting Merde.”
Roan said firmly.
Helen went on to explain.
“Sermo. They are protected from demons by order of His Majesty the Emperor. In the capital, I live while earning money. Getting a lot of humans out of that situation is hard, and it’s not what I intend to do.”
“Life? Do you make money The demon king… Are you thinking of saving humans?”
At those words of disapproval, Helen widened her eyes. Helen involuntarily turned to Roan, and Roan nodded her head with a wry smile.
It’s okay, so keep talking.
Helen nodded her head to her face.
“I went to Evirzio 1 to pick up the princess, and I was also caught. But the Demon King… His Majesty the Emperor is not like we have been told. Wise, compassionate. Even the bishop knows from the princess that the wars of the past had political reasons.”
The Bishop simply nodded with his mouth open.
“Yes, that’s what Princess Grünent said before.”
“While I was in Evirzio, I saw the Goddess in her dream and heard a revelation.”
“The goddess has a revelation… !”
The Bishop once again utters a short prayer.
“The Goddess told us not to discriminate against demons, saying that they are also your children. Seeing His Majesty the Emperor educating the captive humans and taking care of them to find a place among the demons, I realized that I too was prejudiced.”
“So, scouts are…”
“Yes. Right now, the humans of Evirgio need a priest.”
A complicated expression appeared on Sermo’s face.
Then Roan said.
“It will not be an easy decision. However, the Emperor is friendly towards the Goddess. At least the Emperor himself is certainly so, and the humans now live in the capital Basel’s Imperial Castle. It is a place where you can be sure of protection.”
Sermo quietly activated her divine power.
‘Detection of lies’.
Divine magic that can be performed from the time of the deacon.
However, there is no lie in the words of this man named Roan. That part is rather unbelievable.
“Do you know why demons started to eat humans?”
“Yes?”
Sermo opened his eyes wide.
Cannibalism.
An unforgivable sin.
I’m afraid to say it, but Roan said it with a nonchalant face.
“Because there is nothing to eat. It was.”
“That… !”
Humans shouldn’t… ! Sermo, who was about to say that, hesitated and shut his mouth.
Historically, there is no such record.
It is impossible for humans to say otherwise.
Fortunately, Berat territory, where Sermo was appointed, is a wealthy place, but it is difficult to farm in the north or near the dark forest.
It became more difficult as manpower to farm, cultivate, and stockpile was dragged away by the war, and although not cannibalism, stories of digging up and eating grass roots, and stories of people starving to death are often heard.
“Merde banned trade with Arteala in order to starve Evirgio’s demons to death. But Evirzio found a way, and fortunately, he started eating wheat from summer. So cannibalism is gone. Currently, humans are under the Emperor’s protection.”
The bishop blinked at the story he had heard for the first time.
And Roan spoke in a relaxed voice.
“The emperor intends to go further and farm in Evirgio.”
“I heard that the land of Evirzio is desolate…”
“It’s true, but I’ve found a way to recover that too.”
Roan grinned.
“With the mercy of the generous Goddess.”
“That…”
“That’s why the demon emperor is very satisfied. However, there may be limits to making all the lands of Evirgio fertile. So the emperor wants to borrow the power of a human priest.”
“However, His Holiness will allow… Ah, so that’s it.”
“Yes.”
The bishop seemed to have found the reason on his own while trying to ask a question without even knowing it.
Of course the pope would not allow it.
So how do you write it like this?
“From now on, Evirzio will call in humans. There is a lot of uncultivated land in Evirzio, and the demons lack manpower. Humans can help with that. Human technologists are exceptional. Evirzio will appreciate that too. The Emperor will provide protection to humans, and along with that, he wants his priests to give him a sense of security.”
“Human… Are you calling us?”
“That’s right.”
“That’s not… Is the will of the demon emperor correct?”
The demon king is the absolute ruler of the demon tribe.
If he does, the demons will follow.
I heard that
And for some reason, this Roan seems to be very close to that emperor.
“That’s right.”
Roan briefly checked the quest clock floating on the edge of his field of vision.
Transformation time is about an hour left.
Shall we finish the story soon?
The bishop’s confusion, which is transmitted through ‘detection’ and ‘listening’.
That’s enough for today.
“You don’t have to decide right now. Think about it slowly. If you’d like, I’ll give you a day or two to see it in person. How are you?”
At Roan’s sudden words, both Helen and the bishop opened their eyes wide at the same time.
