episode_0003

“Ha.”

Lethe smirked and glanced at me, running her hands through my hair.

The first words she uttered were none other than:

“I just heard about it.”

It was a word that was difficult to understand in context. I felt it was a bit out of place, so I frowned and asked.

“You heard about it. What?”

“Elijah sheep.”

“… … .”

When I got back, I made a rotten expression. Did the rumor spread in the meantime?

No, if I think about the time, I might have heard it directly from Elijah who ran away.

Lete watched my reaction mysteriously and raised the corners of her lips.

It was a familiar expression. The haughty and strange expression that came on whenever someone picked on me.

“Really, this is too much… … . No matter how rude she was the one who made the suggestion, what is a rag to a pretty girl, a rag.”

Lete spoke to me as if she was scolding me, and I answered with a distorted expression.

“That’s right.”

From my perspective, it was sincere and not a single lie. It was also the truth.

If that thing that rolls around like that isn’t a rag, then what is?

… … I was aware that I had hurt the feelings of a twenty-year-old girl, but I still believed that what I said was not a lie.

Well, what’s sorry is sorry, and what’s a rag is a rag, right?

I don’t know for sure, but I’ve probably slept with about ten or so men so far.

It was amazing that she had experienced so much at such a young age and with such youthful looks.

“… … Are you serious? Evan Lane.”

But this woman’s thoughts were different from mine. Chipul, Lete Heresia frowned and looked at me strangely.

“Elijah is not a woman from the brothel.”

“… … Sigh.”

“Don’t you think it’s a bit… excessive to express it that way when you spend one night with men without receiving any compensation, such as money or valuables, and just for the sake of practicing divine power?”

It wasn’t my intention to nitpick or to pick a fight without reason. This was truly her true feelings.

Lete has an honest expression on her face, as if she thinks 100% that way without any pretense.

‘A night spent purely for the purpose of training divine powers, Ira… … .’

Even female priests who are still virgins, accounting for less than 10% of this vast solar church, speak like that.

-What’s wrong with mixing bodies with different people of the opposite sex? And I don’t get paid for it?

-Isn’t it a bit too much to call it a rag?

In the end, the story was that Lete Heresia, like everyone else, was from here.

Even if you have no choice but to spin a web, your way of thinking is still that of a human being in this world.

With such a pure and innocent appearance, such a fiery open mind… … .

I felt my face heat up slightly and took a deep breath.

“Yeah, yeah. I misspoke. Ruben isn’t a rag.”

There was nothing I could do about this part. If it was just a forced argument to pick a fight with me, then what can I do when common sense in this land is like that?

It was a bit annoying that I had to admit my slip of the tongue in front of Lethe, but I had no intention of arguing about this matter.

In the first place, in this world, being a priest meant proving your abilities and your worth the more you mixed with the opposite sex.

Actually, I knew that was the case with Elijah Reuben too.

A cute appearance with purple hair tied into pigtails, a cool personality in this way, and a good body that doesn’t match her small stature.

I knew that she was a woman loved by many people.

Besides, I personally don’t hate her. I like pretty women too.

It’s because you made such a ridiculous suggestion… … She’s a good woman.

“Evan, I am not unaware of your peculiar sense of chastity, but I think it would be best to apologize to Miss Elijah when you have the chance.”

Lete had been pointing out that very part. She crossed her arms, brushed her sleeves, and tilted her head to me as she spoke.

“It is one of the greatest virtues for a priest to experience various sexual relations with various opposite sexes. That is the only way to come into contact with various ‘divine qualities’. You know that, right?”

“… … Yeah.”

The tone of voice that seemed to be teaching me made my blood boil, but I decided to listen anyway.

Lete glanced behind her, smiling. It was in the direction Elijah had left.

“And Elijah Yang is one of the saint candidates who best practices that virtue. Perhaps she has received three or four of the highest-compatibility divine traits in her body?”

“I guess so… … .”

I nodded, and at that moment Lete twisted her lips as if she had been caught.

“So even if you are the most pitiful man in this solar cult… … . Don’t treat her so coldly. Who knows? Maybe your temperament and hers will match well.”

It was a remark that left me with an impression that was impossible to ignore. No, it was a clear-cut provocation.

What? The odds that my divine nature and Elijah’s divine nature will miraculously match up…?

It may not be completely impossible, but it is also a story that can only exist as a ‘possibility’.

Even His Holiness the Pope acknowledges that the purity of my divine power is strangely high.

Elijah’s divine power may not have been inferior, but it could not be compared to mine. There is no way this woman wouldn’t know that.

I felt the heat rising properly, adding to what I had been holding in for a while.

“Plague, really.”

It was natural that the following conversation could not proceed smoothly.

I glared at Lethe with fiery eyes and cursed at her as if chewing on something.

“But I won’t sleep with Ruben. Are you crazy enough to gamble like that? What if I sleep with him and lose all my divine power?”

“Haha, I said to give it a try since I wasn’t sure about that. You never know. Maybe it’ll turn out really good─.”

“Then why have you been weaving spider webs in my lower body for 4 years?”

I cut off Lete’s words and countered. Lete stiffened noticeably.

Her eyelashes were fluttering, making her look like she had been hit hard.

It must have been because I spoke more directly than he did, but more than anything, it must have been because my words hit my core weakness.

I continued to attack her, laughing.

“That’s right. If that’s what you’re saying, you should have just picked up a random guy and had a hot night together. Who knows? That first guy might just be a perfect match for you.”

“… … !”

I’m dying of joy when he tells me exactly what he said to me.

He clicked his tongue and continued talking.

“I don’t know what the other saint candidates are saying to you. They say you’re a flower on a cliff. It’s so pretty that you want to break it, but it doesn’t break easily.”

“What, what.”

“I guess you knew because your face turned red.”

I shrugged, and Lethe literally turned bright red and just said ‘Oh no’.

Is this the type that has strong attack power but extremely low defense power or something?

I felt quite satisfied with the sight of her clenching her fists in confusion without being able to answer. I felt a strange thrill as I finished it off.

“Don’t accumulate too much karma while being in the same situation. If you keep doing this, I’ll graduate from being a sympathizer, but you’ll still be embarrassed by your lack of experience. What are you going to do?”

“What… …! What, I, I can’t possibly leave my virginity until then?!”

And then Lethe came to me and screamed at me like this.

It seemed like he was saying that because he didn’t want to lose the argument right away…

‘……hmm.’

I don’t know if he even knows what he’s talking about.

I cleared my throat once, feeling a dry cough forming.

“… … Well, anyway, do your best, then.”

I said that without showing my embarrassment at the inexplicable heat.

I was slowly trying to get the conversation to end. I felt like I might have to stop it if we continued talking.

however.

“Ha… …! I think I get it now.”

Lete wouldn’t let me go. For some reason, I stopped walking for a moment at the sound of her triumphant voice.

I turned my head again and saw a confident smile on Lete’s lips.

Feeling slightly uneasy, I asked in a bitter voice.

“… … What do you think you know?”

“What is it? What is your intention?”

Immediate answer. Lete said so and stretched out her slender arm to slap me.

“In the end, you and I are in the same situation, so aren’t you saying that you’ll try to have sex with me somehow?”

“?”

And I put a question mark.

What did I just hear?

“It’s no use trying to fool around. Your lowly thinking is obvious, right? Saying that you can pick any man is like that, and even when you curse at me, you secretly compliment me on my beauty… … .”

“… … ? What? Wait. No. ”

“It goes around and around, right? ‘The best choice for Lete Heresia and Evan Lane is each other’, well, I knew that rumor was going around.”

She threw her head back with an annoyingly smug expression and looked down at me as if she found me quite humorous and pitiful.

“But that’s too bad, Evan Lane. I will never, ever, ever sleep with a scoundrel like you!”

“… … .”

As a result, I had no choice but to open my mouth without saying anything in response.

This happened because my brain couldn’t process such absurd things in time.

What makes me even more angry is that Lete looked even more sly and proud after seeing my reaction.

She turned around, smiling sheepishly.

“Well, you too, please do your best. As the saying goes, we are ‘in the same situation’, so it wouldn’t be bad to cheer each other on so that we can meet good partners.”

And Lete Heresia, who walked away quickly without even listening to what I said.

I stared blankly at his back for a moment, then came to my senses belatedly. Huh.

“… … That crazy bitch?”

But the curses I hurled never reached Lete, because she had already turned the corner and disappeared long ago.

I tried to add some dill to it, but… … somehow the ending was not very tasty.

Feeling needlessly annoyed, I bit my lip and twitched my facial muscles.

It was a rare day when Lete earned a decision win over me. And.

… … Until this point, I thought that she and I would never be involved in a relationship like that, just as Lete must have thought.

Things have changed.

[2nd Quarter Saint Candidate Evaluation Exam Announcement]

The next day, an announcement was posted on the bulletin board on the first floor of the headquarters of the Solar Church.