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“Why are you being so difficult? You want to manage this place because you are the oldest? Shouldn’t you consider experience rather than age? By the way, my experience as a senior healer is much longer.”

“Much more! If someone heard that, they would misunderstand. It’s only been a year, so this is a gross exaggeration!”

It gave me goosebumps to think that if I had applied for retirement just a little later, I would have ended up dead among those people.

‘The timing was perfect.’

I praised myself and watched the two fight leisurely, then excused myself and went to get some refreshments.

Whatever conclusion you reach is none of my concern.

I had no intention of wasting my energy by getting involved in something useless.

My goal was to suck up all my performance points and then leisurely return to Palmer Church.

I couldn’t help but smile as I thought that achieving that goal wouldn’t be difficult.

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“Why are you asking me that? It’s something you should do yourself.”

“Yes? Father Arthur, you answered everything I asked you.”

I’m going crazy.

“Anyway, do as you wish.”

“Yes?”

This wasn’t the first or second time this had happened.

It’s ridiculous that a healer would ask the chief healer questions without permission, and then he says that Priest Arthur did it.

Arthur seemed to be panicking and thinking that since Father Arthur had done it for him, he should do it too, but he was completely wrong.

“It seems that Priest Arthur showed you kindness, but it is just a personal kindness. No priest would be rude to the chief healer like this. If you receive kindness, you should be grateful and move on. Why do you force kindness on others?”

“Sorry, I’m sorry. I didn’t know you wouldn’t do it because it was something that Father Arthur should have done so obviously.”

“Don’t make excuses, junior! You treated me well because I worked hard, so you think kindness is a right!”

I thought my junior was a really kind and polite friend, but he seemed to be kinder than I had imagined… no, he seemed kind.

‘I guess I should say something as a senior. Everyone, don’t let go!’

Arthur the priest is a very special junior who is good at his job, not greedy, and has a good grasp of his subject.

The problem is that he is so kind that it seems like the people around him are taking advantage of him.

“Hey, tsk tsk tsk! If a person does that, it’s useless!”

“Sorry, sorry.”

It was disgusting to see her face turn pale and start sobbing after hearing just a few words from me.

‘Do I look like such an easy person?’

If you go somewhere and say that something like this has happened to you, you will hear people say that you are joking and that you should not lie.

Where the hell do you come from!

“Please tell the other healers straight. Don’t force kindness on them.”

In the end, he cruelly left the healer behind, who was in tears, and moved to see his junior.

I was able to easily meet my junior who was taking a break.

The problem is that there were a lot of healers gathered around that junior.

The moment I saw the books and papers in their hands, my expression suddenly furrowed.

‘Those things are trying to prey on people who are resting!!’

At this point, I started to feel sorry for my junior.

I also felt that I had to protect my innocent and naive junior.

How much easier things became because he so foolishly gave up his seat!

‘It’s a shame that I could have completely taken control of it even if there was no priest Ando.’

The sooner he took control of this place, the greater the chance that a bishop from our church would be dispatched.

Since Priest Ando and himself belonged to different factions, it was natural for them to keep each other in check.

The problem was that as time went on, other factions’ chief priests would arrive and try to gradually take away power.

‘If I can get Priest Arthur on my side, it might make it a lot easier to take control of this place.’

There are currently three senior priests.

Although Arthur himself said he would step aside, his influence here did not disappear in an instant.

If he had become friendly with him and sucked up all his influence, there was no way that Priest Ando could defeat him.

“What are you doing now!!”

He struck down the voice like lightning, raising it with the strength of his stomach while doing abdominal breathing.

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“Ah.”

It’s a surprise.

“Priest Chilan?”

I was startled, as if I had been struck by lightning.

I wondered if I had done something wrong, but then I saw those chilling eyes turned towards our chicks.

“Why are you like that?”

“Why are you saying that? Are you really saying that because you don’t know?”

“Did I do something wrong?”

What did I do to deserve this sudden shouting from people?

“I clearly told you to rest. But now you are not resting, you are working. So I can’t help but be angry! And the person I am angry at is not Father Arthur, but the brothers who interrupted your rest!”

The chicks’ eyes widened in surprise at those words.

What does it matter how Namisa spends his day off?

“Me, us?”

“Yes! Why are you tormenting Brother Arthur like this? No matter how easy it is! If you keep coming out like this, you’ll all have to go through the legal education again!”

The senior priest is qualified to evaluate the ordinary priests.

The chicks, who had become thoughtful at his words, looked at me with eyes that asked for help.

No, what did the kids do wrong to deserve this?

Is this the trick of dislodging a mossy stone?

Many thoughts came to mind and I had no idea what to do.

Then suddenly I saw the eyes of Priest Chilan.

‘I don’t think it’s because you hate me. Do you want to scold the chicks more than me?’

If the chicks are your target, you can just pretend not to know.

Because it had nothing to do with me.

But don’t people have a tendency to bend their arms inward?

It made me feel bad to see the chicks I had worked with and developed camaraderie with getting scolded by a rock that rolled in.

Finally, I finished organizing my thoughts and opened my mouth.

“I love teaching.”

“Yes?”

The view is that it is some kind of ridiculous and novel hobby.

“That’s true. Since they are all smart, they quickly learn how to teach. It was so fun that I ended up teaching them on my days off.”

“Ahem, no matter how good it is to teach! The brothers who acted shamelessly have a problem. This is because they teach without receiving any compensation, which causes problems. What if you become a priest and think that if the favor continues, it is a right?!”

“What happened?”

“You came to me out of the blue today and asked me what treatment I should do.”

“Ah… .”

I wondered why he was having a seizure.

“I’m sorry. I should have said it correctly.”

That’s why the button was pressed and you were yelling at me while I was on vacation.

If it wasn’t difficult, I would have just told you.

My younger junior asked me to study, so why don’t I just answer him?

Honestly, I thought it was a bit annoying.

After all, isn’t it knowledge that you didn’t obtain through your own efforts but was given to you by God?

They say “brother” and “sister” with their mouths, but when it comes to things like this, they call me a priest and treat me like a man. I think it’s really a temple that’s run smoothly.

“Please be careful to only ask questions to me in the future.”

“No, no! That would be difficult. Knowledge gained easily is not worth its weight in gold.”

“Are you saying that I shouldn’t teach at all?”

What I gave them was the right to run this place, not the right to decide whether or not to teach the chicks.

Father Chilan realized too late that he had spoken too harshly and hurriedly tried to correct his remark.

“Of course, teaching is a personal choice. However, I couldn’t stand to see my juniors taking advantage of my favor.”

In short, he is saying, ‘You’re a sucker, so stop getting scammed!’

But that didn’t make the unpleasant feeling any better right away.

How much effort did they put into treating the patients flocking to the temple with only nine people?

“It’s not a favor. With only nine people, we had no choice but to share knowledge and work together to treat patients. Now that we have more people, it may not be an issue, but it doesn’t seem like something we shouldn’t do.”

“No, junior…!”

The moment he was about to speak, his expression hardened as if he was angry at the sight of Priest Chilan directly contradicting his words.

“There is nothing wrong with what Father Arthur said.”

“Priest Ando?”

“… … .”

Did Priest Chilan realize that things were wrong when he saw Priest Ando suddenly appear?

“Chilan Priest, please don’t be so harsh. Don’t you think there are rules here? It’s not nice to see someone who hasn’t been here long start causing trouble like this.”

Father Ando’s words were like a refreshing soda that cleared my mind.

“Who is causing trouble right now? Me? I don’t think Father Ando knows what’s going on, but I’m saying this because I’m worried about my junior!”

“You’re so angry that you’re worried? And do you think Father Arthur will take care of it? I think he wanted to act as a senior because he’s young, but he’s actually the senior healer. He’s the youngest.”

He was smart enough to be the youngest person to reach the position of senior, so he asked me why I was worried.

This shouldn’t be happening, but my affection for Father Ando is growing rapidly.

He said everything I wanted to say.

‘At first I thought Priest Chilan would be stronger, but Priest Ando is no pushover either.’

Priest Chilan is a peacock who spreads his feathers wide and shows off, consolidating his power.

On the other hand, Priest Ando seemed to be the type to secretly watch the situation and then suddenly appear where he could be active, deal a fatal blow to the opponent, and then quickly snatch the ball away.

‘The compatibility is not good. On top of that, Priest Chilan made a mistake, so the situation is more favorable for Priest Ando.’

It seemed likely that the next person in charge of this temple would be Priest Ando.