“This envious kid…!”
“…what?”
“Cardinal Raphael…! Do you know how many believers there are who want to talk to him!? How many people would pay money just to have a meal with him, and this guy who has no interest in religion is spending his precious time…!!”
“okay…?”
When Jake, who had come to deliver news about the tunnel, told him what had happened to him, he suddenly reacted strongly, and Lee Han just blinked.
I had already heard that Raphael was a great inspiration, but I had no idea how high his authority was.
So, Lee Han thought that he was being too over-excited.
“But why do you call him Cardinal? He’s been out of office for a long time.”
A pure question as to why a nobleman who is already on the verge of retirement would make such a fuss.
“… This is a statement that would be turned upside down if other believers heard it.”
However, Jake kept furrowing his brows as if he thought this statement was crazy and outrageous.
“He only stepped down from the position of cardinal because he refused, but his potential position is still higher than that of cardinal. He is someone who would not have been strange if he had become a pope, and if he really wanted to become a pope, more than 40% of the priests of the temple would support him.”
“… He was no ordinary nobleman.”
“… … It’s true that you are a citizen of the kingdom and yet you don’t know Him.”
Jake’s absurd reaction.
It was as if someone had said that he didn’t know the great man of this country.
“Do you think I’m a temple nerd like you?”
“…What is a nerd?”
“I’m talking about people like you.”
“… …Why does it sound like such a curse?”
“It’s not a curse, so just dig the ground quickly. I’ll kill you.”
“Hmm….”
He was making a field around his yard.
The work was roughly to pull out all the weeds, remove all the rocks and pebbles, turn over the soil, mix in fertilizer, and water it to make the field function as a field.
Originally, it was a process that would take several days, but Lee Han succeeded in clearing a little over 80 pyeong of land on his own in less than half a day.
“Whew, it’s finally over.”
“…Do I really have to go this far?”
“It’s self-sufficient. Over there, we plant radishes, over there, we plant potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, and peanuts, and over there, we plant lettuce and cabbage.”
“… It’s serious. Huh? Then what are you planting there that you left so much space for?”
“To plant peppers.”
“Chili pepper? Are you talking about that spicy and strange plant that was recently brought in from the West? The one that’s said to be used in torture…?”
“… It’s spicy, but what do you mean by torture?”
I’ve never heard of this before. I just brought it to sell the neighborhood seeds, but what is this sound?
But I guess there has already been a misunderstanding.
“You cruel bastard, who are you trying to torture by raising such a thing?”
“…I’m raising them to eat, you medieval bastard.”
Lee Han was falsely accused.
Anyway, there’s a lot of fuss over spicy food.
If you saw people in countries where they relieve stress with capsaicin, they wouldn’t say things like that.
But the medieval knight who thought that eating spicy food would kill him…
“You eat that? … Are you doing it to increase your pain tolerance? Hmm, it certainly seems like a good training method…”
“… … .”
… I felt like I was having a slightly strange illusion.
“Let’s do it that way… .”
However, Lee Han shook his head, saying that he would rather be misunderstood like this.
My mouth hurts from talking, huh?
For a while, the two of them cleared the field and planted crops.
There are no other professions apart from the sword and honorable work. Here, a knight doing the work of a farmer is a rare sight.
Perhaps some reporters might faint at the sight of this.
However, one of the two knights was from the common people, and the other was from a poor, fallen noble family.
As a result, the two of them didn’t really have any aversion to this kind of thing.
It’s refreshing to just quietly work hard and dig the dirt to get my daily bread.
When the work was almost over, the teaching assistant who brought us sandwiches came over.
“… Dealing with the Holy Law will be difficult.”
“huh?”
“You can assume that all the Inquisitors of the Inquisition know how to use [Holy Law]. You may not know this because you have no connection to the temple, but Holy Law is a completely different power from the magic of battle. It is because it creates [mystery] through the divine power bestowed by the Light of Light. It is like a mixture of magic and magic. However, it is said that because it has such power, it is an incredibly difficult process to become familiar with Holy Law. And the human weapons who overcome all of that difficult process and freely use Holy Law in actual combat are none other than the Inquisitors.”
“Hmm, really?”
“…Why are you so peaceful when it’s your job?”
“You always say things like I’m going to fight?”
“Not like that, but you will definitely fight, so be careful.”
“… … .”
It was an unfair misunderstanding for Lee Han.
Where can you find a pacifist like you who would do such slander?
‘… I don’t know if I have no conscience, but I can’t refute it because the record is so significant.’
Lee Han admitted it.
surely….
“The moment I saw it, I felt a little dirty.”
He was already extremely uncomfortable with his recent association with a group of fanatics.
In this situation, Lee Han was suddenly involved with the Heresy Inquisition, so he was starting to feel a lot of stress.
You know what’s even more frustrating?
‘I still don’t know why they’re watching me.’
Yeah, I don’t know why.
Fortunately, Raphael was kind and did not force him, but just talked to him and left without worrying about it.
He didn’t seem to have any intention of harming himself.
So I just left it alone, but what if.
‘If the same guy I saw the day before yesterday shows up again, then… .’
I might not be able to stand it.
“Do it in moderation. If you build a temple and a scepter, it will be hard to live. Especially in the kingdom, building a temple and a scepter means you can’t live in Pendragon. Be careful in every way.”
“Then I should go into exile.”
“… That means you have no intention of doing it moderately.”
He shook his head, and Lee Han looked confident.
… … But does this mean that these thoughts were unnecessary?
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“I heard that the child misbehaved after I returned. I would like to apologize to you, brother.”
“… It’s good to apologize, but do you really have to come here at the crack of dawn to say that?”
He came to find me.
A morning at dawn when the sparrows are very noisy.
It was an early morning visit, and Lee Han grumbled to the old priest while combing his hair that had become covered in magpie hair.
But don’t you think it’s a bit much to come at this hour?
“I have a prayer meeting scheduled for the next four days, so now is the only time I have. My heart aches when I think about not being able to see you, brother, haha.”
“… You live so faithfully.”
“It’s just a natural qualification. Oh, if you want to attend the prayer meeting, come anytime. Our temple always welcomes new brothers.”
“I respectfully and sincerely decline.”
“Oh, that’s too bad.”
“… Assistant!”
“Damn… I want to sleep more….”
It was Lee Han who was trying to quickly send away the old priest who had been passionately spreading the faith since morning, but Raphael still had a smiling face.
“Oh, by the way.”
“?”
But suddenly he.
“While I am away for a moment for the prayer meeting, that child and other brothers may bother you.”
“… … .”
He began to utter ominous prophecies.
“I am worried that you might find them annoying, as they are faithful but a bit excessive brothers.”
“… If you know, you should stop me.”
“I want to do that, but there are many who ignore the words of old people.”
“…even though he’s a cardinal?”
“Haha, how could there be ranks in the temple, except in the light of the Almighty? Everyone is just in the same position.”
“… You’ve been saying this for so long that you can’t stop it.”
“Heh heh, sorry. So please… .”
Swish.
“If those brothers are bothering you too much, you can try to persuade them. That much will be fine.”
“… That’s a permission I like.”
A smile formed in my eyes at the high-quality holy water and meaningful remarks that Raphael gave me.
“I’ve thought about this for a long time, but you seem like a true adult.”
“That’s great to hear.”
It was permission to scold the unofficial temple’s highest adult, and Lee Han was delighted.
But I feel this anew.
‘I really like this old man.’
I realize that it’s a really good thing to be a sensible adult.
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“What a cheerful brother.”
Raphael refused all offers to take him there, and walked the dirt road on his own.
Although he had difficulty walking without the help of a cane, he had not yet been called to the light.
Then, shouldn’t I just move forward on my own until then?
“Haha, there’s something here that wasn’t there yesterday.”
But despite that, the consideration shown by my new brother was pleasant.
The well-paved road was very comfortable to walk on.
There were no rocks to trip over, and chairs were placed under the shade of the trees at every step.
It’s as if he’s telling me to take a rest if I’m tired.
Raphael smiled broadly as he realized that the knight was more considerate than he had thought.
And so.
“Just as my senior said, he is a great stimulant.”
He thought of a senior priest who had introduced him to a new brother.
I’m talking about a senior who used to be just as faithful, but is now retired.
“…He is a bit of a reckless person though.”
A senior who has acquired a new job as a [butler] after becoming younger through the Holy Law.
But I don’t say empty words.
“I guess other brothers also need to be beaten a little sometimes.”
past….
– Get down, you little brat.
Just as he had been beaten, or rather scolded, by his seniors in his youth to correct his wrong beliefs.
“Hehe, now that I think about it, it’s a fond memory.”
Raphael walked diligently, hoping that it would become a fond memory for his other brothers in the future.
Humming a tune.
