episode_0032

I opened the door to the teacher’s office, which was much more fancy than when I was there before.

The luxurious door, boasting a soft and heavy weight, opened, and inside, he stood with his arms spread wide and a friendly smile on his face.

“How long has it been since then? Franc!”

“ah!”

It is him.

It’s been a while since I’ve seen his face because I was attending the academy.

Because the distance is long or because I am busy with missionary work.

For various reasons, the days I saw him became fewer and fewer.

I knew I was missing this person, but seeing him in front of me made me burst into tears.

“welcome.”

“Master.”

“Oh, isn’t he still a little kid? As soon as I met him, he started crying. I will comfort him. Come back to his mother’s arms. I will hug him.”

I wanted to be held in his arms right away.

If it had been before, I would never have rejected it.

Because I know better than anyone else how peaceful that person’s arms are.

When I burst into tears there, my fear disappeared and I was able to gain warmth in my cold, sore body.

But I couldn’t do that.

“I’m sorry. I can’t do that.”

The religious leader tilted his head and expressed doubt at my words.

It’s understandable that you might wonder about your young daughter’s sudden rejection.

“Why would you do that? Come to think of it, you don’t look good. Oh my, who else would do something like this? Are you really hurt?”

Since I was young, I have been bullied by sisters within the church.

And every time that happened, the religious leader hugged and comforted me as I cried.

“No!! It’s not like that.”

Look at it now.

This person is the only person who will be on your side when you are lacking.

Even if everyone in this world hates me, this person will always embrace her with open arms.

Because it’s always been that way.

So it was natural that I had no choice but to love this person.

Even if he was a bad person to others, he should not have betrayed this person to himself.

The grace given was deep and deep.

So much so that I don’t even dare to say I’ll pay it back.

“Isn’t it true? You’re not telling me because you’re worried about your sister?”

“I’m not lying. No one did anything bad to me.”

The sisters simply shared their pain.

After hearing that, he couldn’t control his anger and came to see the religious leader.

The road from the academy to the main school where the principal was located was longer than I expected.

It was good to organize my thoughts as I had a lot of time.

“Is that so? I guess the mother was worried for no reason.”

“Yes. I have grown up a lot now. I am no longer a child who cries because I was bullied. The reason I came to see the leader today is because I wanted to ask you something.”

“I wanted to ask… I’m embarrassed because my daughter has never been like this before. She’s grown up without even seeing me.”

The leader sat me down on a chair and told me to wait for a moment.

And then he appeared, holding a steaming teacup in both hands.

“Now, this is my daughter’s favorite cocoa. Shall we drink it slowly and talk?”

“Thank you, leader.”

Hororock- Hororock-

Drinking warm cocoa makes me feel calmer.

My pale complexion began to glow with blood.

Although my heart calmed down a bit, I couldn’t help but sigh at the heavy topic we had to discuss next.

“So, what did you want to know about your mother that you came to visit?”

The religious leader is probably feeling an unusual atmosphere.

Since he couldn’t hide his emotions and was clearly showing them, he knew it was something unusual.

I took a deep breath and struggled to get to the point.

“Did the religious leader know that the sisters were engaging in missionary work through prostitution?”

“hmm…”

The religious leader could not easily answer my question.

After thinking about it for a while, he said that there was nothing he could do.

“Did something like that happen?”

“Yes, it wasn’t just the denomination I belong to. It is said that this type of evangelism is taking place in most denominations.”

If you really didn’t know this fact, you would be shocked and confused, and if you did know, you would look troubled.

Which expression will you make between the two?

I watched the leader’s face without taking my eyes off him even for a second.

The religious leader, who had been unable to open his mouth after hesitating for a long time, opened his mouth again.

“…Why did the sisters do something like that? It’s the first time I’ve heard of it, so it’s so sudden. Did they check the facts and not just a rumor?”

“Yes. I saw it with my own eyes.”

“It’s not for me, as the leader of the cult in charge of everyone, to say anything, but perhaps it was just that sister’s deviation?”

No way!

If that were the case, I wouldn’t have rushed here in such a hurry.

“It’s unfortunate, but it was already a widespread method of missionary work among sisters. And I also heard that the religious leader ordered the use of prostitution to spread missionary work.”

“Fran is suspicious of me.”

“Yes, of course. Doubting the cult leader is a pain that wrings out my skin. So please tell me. Is this story I heard really true?”

In fact, it was because I was hoping for an answer that it was not the case that I was saying this.

“No. There’s no way you could let your precious sisters suffer like that. Don’t you know why your mother created the church and what it means?”

“I know very well. I daresay I know better than anyone else. But now my faith is shaking, leader.”

“Don’t shake it, Fran.”

The religious leader spoke earnestly as if he were possessed by the devil.

“Do not doubt your faith.”

Fran muttered a doctrine while looking at the religious leader.

“Do not doubt your faith.”

The leader chanted along with my words.

“The situation has become like this, so I think it needs to change now, leader.”

“Of course. It has to change.”

“It is impossible for sisters to sacrifice themselves for missionary work.”

“Of course.”

“I tried to tell the sisters to stop because it wasn’t right, but they didn’t listen. But I think if the leader tells the sisters, they will follow.”

I hoped that the religious leader would agree with what I said.

So I thought it would be good to prove that all the incredible rumors were lies.

“That’s right. From now on, I will personally take care of this issue. I didn’t know that my daughter was having a hard time because of something like this. She’s going to have to do big things in the future, right?”

The religious leader sometimes said this to her:

He said he is a person who has big things to do in the future.

He is an angel who came down to earth to purify the world.

And she even elevated herself to the title of ‘saint.’

“I never thought something embarrassing like this would happen. I don’t know why it happened, but please don’t blame the sisters. I’m sure they all had their own reasons.”

The religious leader put his hand on his chest and sighed deeply, as if he was truly heartbroken.

He even kindly comforts the sisters who may have been hurt.

I didn’t feel anything strange about it.

‘The leader probably didn’t know. ‘It’s always been the case for rumors to turn into strange things.’

I closed my eyes tightly and bit my lip with my teeth.

You need to come to your senses.

You need to reflect on your past when you doubted your religious leader.

“I’m embarrassed to show that I’m lacking. I’m such a lacking person.”

The priest’s eyes are watering.

Soon, clean tears flowed down my cheeks.

“It breaks my heart to see how many sisters are suffering.”

“I’m sorry. For a moment, I dared to doubt the leader.”

“It’s okay. You can do that. It’s enough to regret your mistakes. Now, are you going to be held in your mother’s arms?”

“Yes, cult leader.”

The denomination will change.

Since the leader said he would take care of it himself, there was no need to worry.

I couldn’t help but smile out of relief.

It seemed like everything had already been resolved.

“I don’t know how the sisters ended up preaching like that.”

“Hmm… I can’t guess either. I thought that at some point the number of donations coming into the church increased significantly. However, I thought it was because our church was widely known to many people.”

I carefully expressed my opinion on the teacher’s words.

“I think the missionary system is wrong.”

“A missionary system?”

“Yes. People who do a lot of missionary work are given a little more in donations as pocket money. Isn’t that why the sisters developed a sense of competition?”

“Hmm… But if the missionary system is abolished, will other sisters be willing to try to proselytize?”

“Even without such a compensation system, the sisters would make an effort to spread good words.”

I’m not sure if my opinion will be accepted.

Still, I think it’s better than not saying anything.

“You need to handle the matter as quickly as possible. The image of the denomination has deteriorated a lot because the sisters have been using prostitution to spread religion. To the point where people are asking me to engage in prostitution as well.”

“!!!!”

The religious leader’s expression hardened at my words.

“You didn’t really do that, did you?”

“At that time, I didn’t know that the sisters were engaging in prostitution. I thought they were saying nonsense. But they said it wasn’t a lie and that they would show it themselves.”

“…..”

“At the place I went with, I saw a sister engaged in prostitution. It was only then that I realized that she was enduring suffering to collect donations. I resented my past, where I lived peacefully while attending the academy without even knowing that it was like that.”

“You must have felt guilty.”

“Yes, I thought it would have been better to feel the same pain as them.”

The leader frowned and grabbed my wrist.

“So you defiled yourself?”

“yes?”

The leader’s eyes were cold and scary.

“Oh, it hurts. Teacher.”

I was holding on so tightly that my wrist was in pain.

The religious leader’s sharp nails were digging into her skin.