episode_0011

“…..I have a lot to say, but let me ask just one thing for now. Why me of all people?”

To my question, which contained quite a bit of meaning, Kalia lightly shrugged and replied.

“Because you just asserted that you have enough ability?”

“That just means I have the skills, not that I want to do it…..”

“There’s no choice. You’re the only person in the organization with the qualifications to be an instructor right now.”

Well, that’s true.

The Academy is one of the best international educational institutions in the Elaine Kingdom, and even the entire continent.

It’s not easy to find someone with the knowledge and culture to teach students in such a place.

In the first place, if they had that much ability, they wouldn’t hate the world and join an antisocial organization.

They’d be scouted and hired by good places, and live being treated well.

…..Unless they were directly manipulated by a damn goddess like me.

“Weren’t you guys supposed to be hostile to the Academy in the first place? Then why are you trying to get a teaching position?”

“…..It’s complicated.”

Kalia sighed deeply, then began to explain to me as if excusing her mistake.

“As you know, Ismael-ssi, maintaining confidentiality is vital to our organization.”

“Right?”

Since the goal is to overthrow society, it would only be troublesome if they were exposed to the outside.

I heard that even the trading companies and companies run for the purpose of securing funds are all operated under borrowed names.

The members of the organization also have at least five or six fake identities to show on the outside.

“As a result, even the organization’s administrative documents and reports have fake covers to make them look like ordinary books or magazines. I’m talking about things that are exposed to the outside, not just documents used internally.”

For example, hiding secret ledgers to make them look like ordinary books or general documents?

I’ve seen it a lot in spy movies, so I roughly know what it is.

“Thanks to that, security has been well maintained until now, but a few days ago, an important document was leaked to the Academy. It’s a document that lists the bribes that have been given to key figures in the Navr Kingdom. We need to recover it before it’s discovered by any means.”

“…..How did that happen?”

“It happened to be in a bookstore, and it got mixed in by mistake by the clerk in the process of delivering old books to the Academy…..”

This is ridiculous.

It’s a strangely realistic and common mistake, so I have nothing to say.

“Why don’t you just contact them and say you sent the wrong book, then go and get it?”

“That could attract attention. In the process of looking for the misdelivered book, they’ll definitely open it up at least once, and if they do, the contents might be exposed.”

“What about sneaking in and stealing it?”

“The Academy has strict security. Magic that detects unauthorized outsiders is installed throughout the entire site. It’s best to infiltrate as an insider and bring it out.”

So, sneaking in to steal it like in a common academy story is impossible?

The power of magic is ambiguous in this world, but the security technology is surprisingly advanced.

In the end, according to Kalia’s words, it seems that I have no choice but to go and swipe it while the other party doesn’t know.

“Since it was sold as a book to be kept in the literary archive, there will be plenty of time. Unless we bring it up first, they probably won’t be interested in the book.”

“It doesn’t seem easy to become an instructor. You don’t know when they’ll be hiring.”

I heard that academy instructors have tenure until retirement, similar to professors. Waiting just a month or two won’t create an opening.

My doubts were interrupted.

She chuckled as if I was worrying unnecessarily.

“No problem. I caught a suitable guy and took care of him. He’s probably an artificial reef at the bottom of the deep sea by now, along with the concrete.”

“…..An innocent civilian?”

“Don’t worry, he was a bad egg who wouldn’t be suspected even if he suddenly disappeared. We have that much discretion.”

Kalia added that he took bribes from students and manipulated grades, and his lectures were usually a mess, so his reputation was in tatters.

That’s a relief.

I’ll feel less guilty.

“The Academy will be holding an employment exam soon to replace the vacant position. I’ll register you, so Ismael-ssi just needs to go to the exam venue on time.”

She handed me a thin file and an ID card.

“This is the fake identity and background you’ll use at the Academy. I’ve made up a suitable past and experience, so please be sure to familiarize yourself with it before you go.”

“Well….. I understand. I have to follow orders from above.”

A young scholar who studied in the far East. It’s a plausible setting.

“You don’t have any problems with the common continental language, do you? You’ve been studying the writing diligently lately.”

“I can write and read it fairly well now. It’s still difficult for complex expressions, though.”

I didn’t want to live as an illiterate forever, so I studied like crazy in my spare time while creating the manuscript.

There were no textbooks or anything, but I somehow managed to figure it out by banging my head against the wall.

I realized as I was learning that their grammar and sentence structure are subtly similar to English, so it was easy to write once I understood it.

“Then I guess we should publish one more book before you get a job at the Academy.”

“Are you talking about the one you were writing last time?”

“Yes.”

To be exact, it’s closer to a pamphlet than a book.

But its impact will be as great as any book in the world.

“What are you going to call it?”

“115 Article Refutation.”

Now, it’s time for religious reform, you otherworlders.

* * * * *

Just as the Vatican is the center of Catholicism on Earth, the Thearch Church, which is the Christian position in this world, has the Holy See.

It is the headquarters of the religion centered on the Thearch, the high priestess of the Goddess, and the holy land for all believers.

To put it in Earth terms, it’s roughly the position of Jerusalem and the Vatican combined.

And just like any organization with enormous stakes, these guys are incredibly corrupt.

Indulgences?

They’ve been selling them for 200 years.

They sold indulgences for the living, the dead, and even people who would be born in the future.

It’s common for high-ranking priests to have two or three mistresses, and they’re not satisfied with that, so they’re swapping and sharing each other.

Not to mention the corruption and irregularities that are the exclusive property of the higher-ups, they’re doing all sorts of crazy things, from power struggles to inheritance of property and status.

Frankly speaking, even demons would be shocked to see these bastards and say they’re worse than them.

‘But there’s been no reform so far.’

If an organization becomes too corrupt, voices of self-reflection and external criticism naturally arise from within.

But that wasn’t the case in this world.

Why?

Because everyone feels that God is real.

Since that bitch occasionally shows miracles and gives divine messages, people can’t easily think of rebelling against her agent.

For a reform movement to form, many people must participate, even with a light heart.

But since the environment makes it difficult for such people to emerge, self-correction naturally disappears.

‘But not for me.’

Of course, that doesn’t really apply to me.

Knowing that that damn goddess is the epitome of irresponsibility and recklessness, what’s there to hesitate about?

I think the reason why she leaves the religious order so corrupt is because she’s lazy.

She doesn’t support them, but she leaves them alone because she doesn’t care as long as they faithfully offer their faith.

Therefore, I was able to cause as much disruption as I wanted without any hesitation or fear.

“I received a lot of help from the person who ghostwrote it. He’s a former priest, so he’s very knowledgeable about theology.”

“He was a devout believer, but he was disappointed in the religious order and became an apostate. He’s second to none when it comes to doctrine.”

The 115 Article Refutation that I wrote, as you can guess from the name, is an expanded version of Martin Luther’s 95 Theses.

It also received a lot of review and reference from experts.

That old man was shocked by the corruption of the religious order and was kicked out and turned black, so he knew a lot.

He gave me a lot of theoretical advice since I was ignorant of theology.

Thanks to that, the completed manuscript is similar to the original in many ways, but has a different composition.

[The Thearch has no power to forgive any sins except to declare or acknowledge that God has forgiven them. At best, he only forgives the events given to him.

In this case, too, if his power of absolution is considered useless, the forgiven sin remains.]

[God never forgives the sins of those who are completely obedient to the power of his agent, the priest, but do not know how to be humble in all other matters.]

[All believers in indulgences, the certificates of indulgence that proclaim that man can be freed from all punishment and saved by means of redemptive conversion, are deceiving.]

[Any Thearch follower who sincerely repents and repents of his sins receives complete forgiveness from punishment and guilt without indulgence.]

Basically, the main point is the same: to bitterly criticize indulgences and all sorts of similar systems.

However, I changed the parts that quoted the Bible or Christian doctrine to quote from the Thearch Church’s scriptures.

In addition, considering that the Thearch Church is overwhelmingly more corrupt than Christianity during the Reformation in the original history, I additionally shed light on the issue of illegitimate children and private property.

The fairness and rationality of the church’s priestly ordination process is a bonus. This added 20 more articles.

“I’m going to release it tomorrow, what do you think?”

“…..I don’t know, but the church will be very upset and try to find the person who wrote this. If they catch him, his limbs will be torn apart.”

“Then we just have to not get caught.”

The refutation, which was certified by Kalia as having reliable performance, was immediately spread all over the continent.

So that it could be announced by posting one in front of every church in each region.

Thanks to the fact that I had printed plenty in advance, there were no missing areas, and thanks to that, many people were able to read the refutation.

And.

“This, this is heresy! Catch the heretic who wrote this!”

“Shut up, you pig bastards!! You accurately evaluated your state, so why is this an impious text!!”

The continent burst into flames.