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It’s cold.

A knife is stuck in the heart.

I couldn’t open my mouth easily.

“Brother.”

I hate these kids.

“First of all, let me start with the conclusion: it is impossible to ‘borrow’ priests.”

“Even wizards can be hired with money, so why can’t priests be hired?”

“We are a body that has returned to God.”

“Ah~ I understand. Then, let’s do this. I’ll take them and pay a large donation. Isn’t that okay? Since I’ve shown my sincerity to God, won’t He allow me to work hard for my sons and daughters?”

He was making an obvious pun.

“Sorry, we cannot accept donations in kind.”

“These are patients who are receiving treatment in exchange for donations. Are you going to keep repeating the same story?”

“Let me say it again: Long-term business trips are not possible.”

It’s ominous.

Is this guy the only one who thinks like this?

If you think about it for a little bit, anyone can come up with something like this.

If you bring a healer into the labyrinth party, you can get treatment right away.

Then, you can hunt for longer and the safety will also increase significantly.

That would be a really novel and good idea.

‘For adventurers, that is.’

The problem is that there is no reason for a healer to go to such a dangerous place.

Besides, there’s no guarantee that blind attacks won’t be directed at the healer just because the adventurers are protecting him.

The problem is the upper echelons.

Some countries may make a formal request.

Like that kid asking to ‘borrow’ a healer.

Would the old people of the money-mad country really accept the absurd act of lending healers long-term?

‘It’s half and half, though.’

Eventually, I figured I would have no choice but to allow the healer to enter the labyrinth.

‘If many people die in the labyrinth, no matter how much of a religious nation they are, they won’t be able to protect the healer.’

How long will the Church be able to protect the healer?

‘Let’s go back after quickly accumulating performance points.’

What I was aiming for was to suck up a lot of performance points and run away before the order came down to put the ‘healer’ in the labyrinth.

‘Let’s just suffer for a few months.’

Surely, it’s a religious country, so how could it not last a few months?

Although it was a bit difficult, I felt that it was a good decision to volunteer for the advance team.

“If someone like that comes in the future, don’t give them any room to maneuver, just cut them off and tell them it’s impossible.”

“Yes, I was in trouble, but thank you for helping me.”

“If they keep bothering you even after you say no, then call me.”

Can’t we leave the truth to the chicks?

Although it was ‘temporary’, I decided to stay awake and take care of the chicks until the bishop in charge of this place arrived.

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“That’s what Father Arthur said.”

“Yes?”

One of the healers, who was concentrating on his studies as usual, suddenly brought up the topic of ‘Father Arthur’.

“Isn’t it so cool?”

“… !!”

“!!”

The aftermath of what started out as a casual remark was huge.

Coincidentally, five of the eight healers were female healers in their 20s.

Even though I have turned to God, it doesn’t mean I can’t get married.

At the prime of my age, it was impossible for me not to be interested in love.

“Did you think so too, Sister?”

“Honestly, isn’t it hard not to think it’s cool?”

He is the youngest chief healer.

The name was by no means light.

I heard that many higher-ups are keeping an eye on him because he is a highly regarded genius.

“I think it’s not for nothing that you’ve become the youngest chief healer. I can see it when I watch you closely. You’re really amazing.”

I had heard rumors about him here and there.

It was incomprehensible that such a great person would not come to the city but to a small town.

‘Are you deliberately staying in a backward village to train?’

I can’t tell you how surprised I was when I learned that the Arthur priest, who was so famous, had applied for the Labyrinth Advance Team.

“Honestly, I was worried a lot. There were a lot of bad rumors. I know you shouldn’t be swayed by rumors, but I thought there must have been some reason for those rumors to spread.”

However, the priest Arthur I met in person was completely different from the rumors.

“They’re all just rumors spread by jealous people.”

“That’s right! Those who haven’t experienced it firsthand may be swayed by rumors, but those of us who have experienced Priest Arthur firsthand will know that it’s absolutely not true.”

“What’s more, you kindly teach us without receiving any compensation.”

In fact, I couldn’t deny that the reason I liked Priest Arthur was because of his ‘education’.

Since we treat patients with the treatment methods that God has given us, there are bound to be differences in the knowledge that each person has.

It was natural that the more capable a person was, the more treatments he or she would know.

Although the senior priests put their heads together to gather knowledge and create books, aren’t all the illnesses that humans suffer from not something that can be contained in just a few books?

Obtaining advanced medical knowledge was not an easy task.

“We’re talking about the trauma medical book we’re studying. Have you seen the author?”

“Ah! I was surprised when I saw that too. I thought I was the only one who knew that, so I didn’t mention it.”

“Why? What’s wrong with the author?”

Most people seemed to know the author’s identity.

“The author is Bishop Saol.”

“Why him?”

“Oh my goodness, you really don’t know? What did Bishop Saol do originally? He’s a very famous person.”

The two people, who did not know the author’s name, were anxious to find out his identity.

“If you tell me this time, I’ll definitely remember it.”

“He’s retired now, but he was very active as an Inquisitor. When he appeared, the heretics would tremble and wet their pants.”

“!!!”

The job of the ‘Inquisitor’ is to punish heretics and demons.

Ordinary priests were so rare that you might only see one in your lifetime.

“I didn’t understand why the youngest chief healer was in a small village, but I guess he was training. If I could receive his teachings, I could have stayed in the countryside.”

The opportunity to have a former Inquisitor as your master is not something that comes to just anyone.

“So this medical book was actually a very valuable book?”

“That’s right. If you try to get it, you won’t regret spending a million dollars.”

“Father Arthur, you willingly gave us those medical books for free?”

All the healers took a moment to be moved and put their hands together to pray for him.

“Is Father Arthur aiming for the position of Cardinal?”

“Cardinal… .”

A position immediately below the Pope, it held great honor and authority.

Only a faithful clergyman who is respected by many clergy and has a high reputation throughout the world will be qualified to sit in that position.

Gulp-

In the minds of healers, Priest Arthur was positioned as someone who ‘must look good’.

In fact, even if there had been no such speculation, everyone would have shown favor towards Priest Arthur.

Even if they just gave me a medical book, I would be touched, but isn’t it kind of them to tell me to come see them if I have any questions?

He didn’t just say that, but when I actually went there, he told me things I didn’t know.

Sometimes, he would bring food to her, but it would be abnormal if her favorability rating for him did not increase.

“Isn’t there anything I can do for him? He works so hard, and I feel bad that I can’t do anything for him.”

“That’s right. I’ve been thinking about doing something for you, but I couldn’t do it right away because I didn’t have anything.”

“What does he need?”

Arthur the priest, who seems so capable and smart.

I wanted to give him a surprise gift, but unfortunately, I couldn’t think of a good idea.

In the end, the healers had no choice but to end the conversation by each taking it upon themselves to treat Priest Arthur well.

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Our chick healers have been acting a little strange lately.

It seemed like it was because the day the labyrinth door opened was approaching.

He was unusually clingy and interested in me.

‘I’m dying from annoyance.’

I guess the chick healers… .

‘Is it scary? Or is it worry? I feel this way too, so I guess it would be even more so for kids.’

The guy who asked me to ‘borrow’ a healer is still hanging around our temple, probably still harboring lingering feelings.

It seems like the chick healers are anxious because of that guy and keep hitting on me, so I thought I should catch him and give him a good scolding.

‘Where are you thinking of taking those chicks?’

They are so fragile that they look like they might burst if you hold them in your hand and apply force.

Even for those who applied here with ambition, it wasn’t easy to muster up the courage to enter the labyrinth.

I wanted to console them, saying that the religious authorities would never force us into the labyrinth.

But I couldn’t say it out loud because the possibility wasn’t 0%.

“The bishop needs to come quickly and do something about those chicks.”

I also cleanly deal with the hyenas that are wandering around uselessly.

Having been left in charge of the chick healers by accident, I quickly wanted to pass on this heavy burden to someone else.

If I had been more ambitious, I would have taken this opportunity to engage in political fighting, but that kind of bothersome thing was not my style.

Besides, I still lack the ability to take care of and protect someone.

‘Is this why the bishop said I was still far away?’

When I tried it myself, I realized that leading people is not usually that difficult.

As my respect for the bishop grows,

The day the labyrinth gates would open was quickly approaching.

“Why is it that day already?”

Where did my 10 days go?

As I continued to comfort the anxious chicks, time passed quickly and the day came when the door to the labyrinth opened.

If there’s anything that’s been talked about so far, it’s that additional personnel have arrived from the church.

‘The problem is that there were no people from our side there.’

Not only the regular healers, but even the chief healer and even the bishop did not come.

‘No, does that make sense that there is still no owner for this honey pot?’

The situation is so unsettling.

What if the honeycomb I thought of wasn’t a honey pot?

It was absurd, but I couldn’t protest.

Time passed like that, and the day finally dawned when the labyrinth was opened without the bishop.

Could it be because it is something unusual that a trust has been handed down?

“Can I express this as the day dawning?”

A magnificent sight greeted me from the morning.

It was clearly morning, but the sky was still dark.

It was because the sun had not risen.