episode_0019

Knock, knock, knock!

Do you want to build a snowman with me?

‘I’m not buying it.’

Sigh-

It’s been a while since the door was oiled and it’s already creaking.

“lol.”

I thought that even if he hadn’t knocked on the door for a whole day, the door would already be creaking.

After Gwangnyeon first knocked on the door of the general store.

The guy’s steps continued.

On the first day, I bought things at my own pace, but from then on, I became a ‘real customer’ who came in as a customer and just browsed the items to my heart’s content.

“Are you here?”

I wanted to add ‘again’ in front of the word, but if I did that, I would become sullen and sulky, so I decided to refrain.

Gwangnyeon must have accepted my words as a welcome and came into the store.

“How you doing?”

“Yes, I had a good time for half a day. Considering that I came early, I guess today was a waste of time.”

“Sure. Hehe.”

Gwangnyeon now sat on the chair in front of the counter as if it were his designated seat.

I felt sorry for that guy standing there every day talking incoherently, so I put a chair in front of him and he sat down on his own to see if he was paying attention.

Although Gwangnyeon’s frequent visits were annoying at times, it was effective in killing time in a general store with no customers.

In addition, I was even able to hear about the situation of the cult through Gwangnyeon.

The last time I briefly brought up the topic of the denomination must have stuck in his mind, and he has been talking about the denomination consistently since then.

“You know I’m a student at the Academy, right?”

“know.”

“Actually, before vacation, my classmates asked me if I wanted to go to a practicum with them. But I needed a lot of money to sign up for the practicum. But my friends said that since I was in the therapy field, it was okay if I didn’t have to pay.”

“Then why didn’t you come along? Most people would go to practice during vacation.”

These are children who have to go into the field as soon as they graduate from the academy.

The internship, which can only be applied for during vacation, was a good experience for my future and growth.

“But I have work to do.”

“Are you really talking about missionary work?”

“yes.”

“…..”

I don’t know what to say to a child who takes pride in missionary work.

Anyone can see that it is right that practical training should be considered more important.

“Does your church say that?”

What is the reason why children suppress their desire to play and go to practice during vacation?

This is because it is less risky if you go out for practical training in advance and gain experience.

Even if you die while running in the field without any experience, the country will not compensate you.

This is because their mindset is to use that money to invest more in the battlefield.

“You didn’t say anything.”

“So, are you going to continue doing missionary work during vacation like this and then go into the field after you graduate?”

“Uh… I guess that’s the way it is going to be?”

Why is there no one to tell this young child to follow the right path?

There’s no way that all the people in the church are trash.

Or maybe you were so busy with your own life that you didn’t have time to pay attention to how other people were living their lives.

“Don’t you know why students do practical training during vacation?”

“It’s to improve my skills. To gain experience.”

“But what about you?”

“Uh…but I have an important activity called missionary work.”

“What are you doing?”

“yes?”

Gwangnyeon is surprised by my words.

“Or do you want to die?”

“What?! No. Why would I want to die?”

“Then, does it seem like X is gaining experience by participating in the field while other students are dying?”

“!!!”

Gwangnyeon’s eyes widen.

“Go out to practice. Unless you want to die early.”

“Yeah, but I have to spread the word…”

“If we don’t proselytize, will the denomination perish?”

“……”

“answer.”

“Oh, no.”

“Did the church threaten to kill you if you didn’t spread the word? Or did they starve you if you didn’t spread the word?”

“We are not those people!! I know there are people who criticize us and call us a cult. But you are misunderstanding. They are not bad people.”

“You say he’s not a bad person, but why do you watch a child not go to practice? Is that what normal adults do?”

“You don’t know much about the academy. You don’t know that practical training is important. It was my choice to choose missionary school.”

I felt so bad for desperately defending them.

If he had just come to his senses and gotten out of the cult, there would have been no reason for users to call him Lightyear.

It was obvious that even if I said something in anger, it would not be heard and would only leave a bad impression of me.

“Fuck, then you’re going to have to get scolded.”

“yes?”

“How stupid must you be to spend your vacation doing missionary work instead of practicing? How many lives do you have? Or are you a suicidal person?”

The child was embarrassed again when I, who was cursing the church, drifted and started cursing myself.

“Po, thanks to my missionary work, I met a man who knew the location of the sacred object!”

“The excuse for holy things is nonsense. You have no interest in holy things.”

“Oh, it’s not!?”

My eyes were shaking, as if I couldn’t lie.

“If you were interested, you should have offered your body or brought something equivalent.”

“That’s because you asked for my body. It shouldn’t be easily traded.”

There is no way that their church would have the money to purchase holy relics.

But even if he asked for some money so he could buy a holy relic, would you trust him and give him money?

‘How do you buy and sell sacred objects in the first place? I can’t put a price on it. Besides, he’s the only one who can use this.’

Even if other people see a holy relic, they will not be sure that it is a holy relic.

Even when I look at it, I have no idea if this is a holy object or not.

I don’t feel any power.

If I throw it away on the dirt floor, won’t anyone pick it up?

To that extent, the performance of unique equipment varies greatly depending on who owns it.

“If you don’t like it, sell it to someone else.”

But doesn’t he know that?

There are a few truths I’ve realized while living here: If there’s something available, it’s right to use it.

“…You said that if I didn’t buy it, you would sell it to someone else, right?”

“Of course I should. What am I going to do with it?”

“Why do you want me?”

“Honestly, no matter what you bring, the value of a holy object cannot be compared. You know that, right?”

“yes.”

“I haven’t gotten married yet.”

“….”

“So, I was trying to buy a wife as a sacred item. In the meantime, you caught my eye.”

Doesn’t this guy think I’m the worst pervert by now?

But I was confident.

In this unusual world, there were many cases of seeking a wife in this way.

‘There are some guys who make bossam at night and bring it to their house to be their wife.’

I think my method is quite gentlemanly.

Besides, aren’t I making a ‘sacrifice’ to save this person from the cult?

Of course, the person concerned may not think so.

“Well, then please let me continue attending the church. If you promise me that, I will marry you.”

“Why should I allow that? My wife should calmly give birth to her child at home and raise him. Why are you going out and about? I know you’ll meet someone at the church. What if you meet a man there and have an affair?”

“There’s no way I would do that!”

“Did you know that there are women who sell their bodies as a means of evangelism? If the church told you to do the same, of course you would do it. Because the church ordered you to do so. I bought you for an expensive sacred item, but are you going to just sit there and watch me give away what was mine?”

“….”

Of course, my denomination doesn’t do that! I thought you would say that.

But strangely, Gwangnyeon keeps his mouth shut.

“What? I thought you were going to say that our church doesn’t do that.”

“…I don’t do that. I don’t.”

I wondered why he came to see me and talked about this and that, but it seems like the scenario was unfolding without my knowledge.

The very beginning of Gwangnyeon’s scenario was finding out about the church’s corruption.

When one act of corruption is discovered, several others are linked to it.

Thanks to this, as time goes by, Gwangnyeon’s mentality is becoming more fragmented, and the problem is that it turns black later on.

The problem is not that the denomination becomes dark by abandoning it, but that it becomes corrupted along with the denomination.

“I’m going.”

I didn’t realize that the scenario had already started, so I hit the extreme limit.

As I watched Gwang-nyeon leave the general store in a sullen state, I thought it wouldn’t work, so I spoke to calm him down.

“Are you upset?”

“…..”

“You must be upset. I spoke too harshly.”

“Who knows that and doesn’t even apologize?”

“It’s true that I spoke too strongly, but I didn’t say anything wrong.”

“…..”

“Does the fact that you haven’t been missionary lately and come here early have something to do with what happened just now?”

Fran, who had become sullen, had tears in his eyes at my words.

It seemed like I had hit the nail on the head.

He shakes his butt and then sits down on the chair again.

“Well… there’s been a strange rumor going around about me lately. I think it all started when I was almost taken away by a nobleman a few days ago.”

Listening to Fran’s story, the situation was more serious than expected.

After almost being taken away by a nobleman, he managed to escape by telling them that he was an academy student.

As she headed to the square for her missionary work as usual, she noticed that the attitudes of people who had not shown interest in her had changed.

The problem is that his changed attitude turned into harassment of her.

And in the process, Franc learned how other sisters were good at evangelizing.

“I didn’t believe it at first. When I said I didn’t believe it, he took me with him and said he would show me for himself.”

“Did you follow me there obediently?”

“Then what should I do? They say they’ll show me the evidence! I believed it until then. There’s no way the sisters would do that. Something like that…that’s wrong.”

“….”

However, when Fran saw a familiar woman merged with a man in the alley, he could no longer maintain his faith.

“Look at that. Your sister is working hard to spread the word. Shouldn’t you follow the example of your senior and work hard?”

pup.

“I guess I was the only one who didn’t know. Other sisters had already been doing missionary work in that way for a long time.”

I knew this scenario was dire, but when it became reality, it was even more intense than I thought.