episode_0018

“May the protection of the sun god be with you.”

“Oh, may the sun god bless you. Are you Arthur Priest?”

“Yes, Bishop.”

“Ah- I am Priest Cardon. This is Bishop Haman.”

I thought the bishop would be an older man, but surprisingly, it seems the bishop was a younger man.

“I’m sorry.”

“No. I often get that misunderstanding because I look younger than this guy. Haha.”

“Isn’t that too much? I’m younger than you.”

I thought he was young, but it turns out he looks younger.

Thanks to that, it seems that he was not offended even though he had mistakenly identified the bishop.

“I heard that the temple is well maintained.”

“I’m trying my best with my limited skills.”

“I came inside and looked around and was surprised. It was very systematically run. Who taught you this?”

“I did some thinking.”

“Oh~! Priest Arthur came up with this? That’s amazing. I wonder if it could be used in other places. What do you think?”

“If what I have come up with can make other priests more comfortable, then that is fine with me.”

“Good, good.”

Bishop Haman nodded and smiled with satisfaction.

“Entering the labyrinth is important, but the lives of our priests are also important. Even though this small number of people are taking care of many patients, there is no fatigue on everyone’s faces. On the other hand, think about the faces of our temple priests.”

“They are all dead, right? They don’t show it in front of the believers, though.”

Such honest words?

“Look here. There are patients coming and going who are not much different from our temple. This is a revolution!”

Perhaps because he was a bishop, he seemed to have noticed that the efficiency of the system I had created was very good, even though he had not looked into it in detail.

The senior healers who were actually working within that system had no other impressions other than that it was comfortable.

Like Bishop Haman, he failed to see the big picture.

‘The bishop is definitely different. As soon as he sees this, he realizes how efficient the system is.’

Bishop Haman, still not calming down, asked me about the system.

I answered their questions and told them that what they were seeing was just the beginning.

And how this place will grow in the future.

Before I could even finish my explanation,

There was a person who interrupted our pleasant conversation.

“Bishop, you must go now. Everyone will be waiting for you.”

At Priest Cardon’s words, regret appeared on both of our faces.

It was such a pleasure to tell others what I was planning that I couldn’t help but feel sad that it had to end like this.

Moreover, aren’t you looking at my plan very positively rather than negatively?

“… Now that I think about it, something happened.”

“Ah.”

He looked at me earnestly, as if he didn’t want to leave me behind and go somewhere else.

It’s not like I’m sending my lover away.

In the end, I had no choice but to offer some comforting words.

“I’ll be waiting. Have a nice trip. I’ll be here anytime.”

“There’s a lot of work to do.”

Father Cardon spoke as if it were nonsense, and Bishop Haman finally sighed, put his hand on my shoulder, and said:

“You will probably have a hard time finding time to enter and exit the labyrinth. Isn’t Arthur, the priest, going into the labyrinth?”

“You are in charge here, so you can’t just leave your seat.”

Even if I don’t answer, Father Cardon answers on my behalf.

“Aww, I was excited to go hunting while chatting with Brother Arthur, but I forgot.”

“Please refrain from using strange language that doesn’t fit. And I told you to go quickly.”

“Okay, okay. Okay. I’ll go. Arthur, Father! I’ll be back after work, so please send the materials to the church by then.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Asking me to create official documentation meant that he was serious about using the system I had created for other temples.

It’s not just about admiring and liking it with your mouth.

‘I don’t know if it’s possible to change the entire temple system to my own style, but it’s not easy.’

Anyone can see that the system I have devised is efficient and good, but there are more than a few priests who like to maintain tradition.

In that respect, seeing that Priest Haman is not afraid of change, we can guess what kind of power he belongs to.

‘If Bishop Haman takes this system to the church and runs it on other temples as a pilot project, and it proves to be effective, then we can’t just change the system here.’

It doesn’t matter to me what happens to the Labyrinth Temple after I go somewhere else.

So, I had no involvement in whoever became the bishop.

But the sun god told me in a dream that he was pleased with my actions.

What would happen if we allowed conservatives to ruin the compensation we received?

‘Our sun god is merciful, but I think he would still be angry if we did something like that.’

I am not a faithful priest of the sun god.

But if you tell me directly, “You’re doing well. You’re amazing,” I’m not that bad of a loser that I wouldn’t do it.

If I were to grow the Labyrinth Temple as I planned, at least the bishop had to be someone who could communicate like Bishop Haman.

The problem is.

‘I thought Bishop Haman was just an ordinary person because he had a small entourage, but no matter how I think about it, he seems like a formidable person.’

My teacher, the bishop of Palmer Church, also had a brilliant career as an inquisitor in his day.

‘Why are all the bishops I know suspicious?’

Bishop Haman and Priest Cardon disappeared to do some work.

I returned to focusing on patient care.

“Father Arthur.”

“Ah! Okay.”

As I was treating the patient, the knight appeared and as soon as I saw his face, I knew why he had come to see me.

After saying that I would go straight away, I went to the hospital room where Princess Kanabi was hospitalized.

Knock knock-

“I am Arthur the priest. I will go in.”

The first treatment time was 10 o’clock.

It’s 5 o’clock now, so exactly 7 hours after receiving treatment, the symptoms have returned.

The light that had been brightly lit had suddenly gone out again.

Princess Canabi, lying in the darkness, stretched out her left arm.

“Please heal me quickly.”

“I told you to call me right away if you had any symptoms, but you didn’t. How long did you endure it?”

“I can’t be bothered when you’re busy working outside.”

“Just enduring it isn’t the answer. You need to tell us your symptoms in detail so we can provide you with proper treatment.”

“Haa, the symptoms started two hours ago.”

I don’t know why you keep trying to hide your pain.

It’s ridiculous that I endured the pain for two hours by myself when there was a healer who could heal me right where my nose was.

“Princess.”

I must say that, even for the sake of the patient’s active cooperation, pain should not be endured unnecessarily.

“I don’t know about others, but you should be honest with me, who takes care of the princess’s health. Of course, I know that this problem is not something that can be solved by forcing it. It must be especially difficult for the princess than for others. However, I am someone who prays for the princess’s health.”

I plan to pray very seriously during evening prayer to get a good night’s sleep.

“So please be honest with me. Don’t suffer alone.”

Any losses that arise from not cooperating are not mine, but yours.

If you continue to hide your pain even after trying to persuade me like this, then there’s nothing I can do.

‘What can I do if you don’t cooperate?’

Princess Kanabi said, “I wonder if my sincerity has been conveyed.

“If I keep calling, won’t it be difficult for you, priest?”

“How often do you plan to call?”

“You told me to tell you whenever I was sick. I get sick all the time. So I held back as long as I could and called you.”

“Then let’s do it like this.”

Rather than asking her, who has an unbelievable amount of patience, to call me at the right time, I thought it would be better to take action myself.

“I will come whenever I have time. Anytime.”

“Here often?”

“Yes, of course, if Your Highness the Princess permits, I will do so.”

“How often do you come?”

“Um, every time there are no patients?”

I guess I have no idea how often I’ll be coming.

“There’s not much time left today, so would you like to experience it for a little while?”

“The fact that I hear it so often means that it takes a lot of effort from me. Is that okay?”

“Yes, I will treat you within a reasonable range. How is it?”

“… … .”

I had no intention of using all my divine powers to cure patients on Princess Canabi.

The purpose was to show up often to build rapport, and I had no intention of wasting energy.

“Let’s try it by midnight today.”

“You have chosen well. I will do my best for the princess’s speedy recovery.”

Of course, it’s not me who’s going to put the curse on you, it’s the person who kills the monsters.

What I can do for the princess is to make sure there are no aftereffects.

And it’s about managing it so that you don’t get sick during the time you’re holding on.

“Treatment will begin.”

Now that the matter was settled, it was time to treat him.

“Aren’t you going to ask about the symptoms this time?”

“Are you experiencing hallucinations, auditory hallucinations, and pain in your left arm?”

“That’s right.”

There is no way that the symptoms would suddenly get worse.

It was obvious that he didn’t like talking about his symptoms, so I tried to treat him without asking.

“If you experience any other symptoms, please let us know then.”

“… That’s right.”

The treatment was over in an instant.

Since it is something that has already been done once, the treatment time has been significantly shortened.

“How are you?”

“… It’s so comfortable that it’s almost absurd. It makes me wonder why I kept putting up with it.”

This may be a random question, but I’m curious about what the monster that put a curse on Princess Canabi is doing.

‘Is he a hard one to catch?’

You have to have been inside a labyrinth to be able to guess, but since I don’t know what kind of place it is, it was hard to imagine.