episode_0011

In the case of Priest Chilan, he is a style that can easily take the initiative and gain an advantage.

However, when you meet someone like Father Ando, there is a fatal flaw in that you can lose all the initiative you had just taken with a small mistake.

“I think you went too far because Arthur, the priest, treated you respectfully as his senior.”

“… … .”

Ando Priest took a clean victory by hitting strong additional blows until the end.

Everyone was nodding their heads to Priest Ando’s words.

Priest Chilan, who realized belatedly that the situation was turning against him, hesitated with his face red and feverish, unable to say anything.

Ding ding ding-!

It seems as if a loud round bell is being rung from somewhere.

KO-

defeat

Invisible writing appeared above Priest Chilan’s head.

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The kind-hearted priest Chilan was not difficult to approach.

On the other hand, Father Ando had a sharp impression that made it difficult to approach him, unlike other clergy.

Moreover, his voice was cold and his expression was not very expressive, so people felt distant rather than friendly.

Since the job of a priest is to lead and encourage the believers, I was curious about how this person would do his job.

‘You have much more experience than me, so I’m sure you’ll do well.’

Father Chilan and Father Ando.

When the two of them started leading the temple, things were noticeably different from when I was in charge.

First of all, the most noticeable thing is that the working environment has improved significantly.

The two were shocked by the poor working conditions I had been enduring for so long.

The chicks encouraged me, saying that their skills had improved a lot thanks to me, but I began to reflect on myself, realizing that I had made things difficult for the chicks due to my lack of ability.

So everything was going well.

… it would be more accurate to say that I believed that.

A few days of light walking around, free from the heavy load.

The incident broke out.

“Why can’t you cure it!! No, if you can’t do it, just call another priest! Where did the priest who was there before go!”

If someone you know is seriously injured and comes to you for treatment, and the medical staff can’t treat them properly, you can’t help but get a fever.

“Please do not make noise. Please leave.”

“I’m not trying to make a fuss, but I want you to get treatment!! Treatment!! Can’t you see that you’re dying?!”

“Please wait. The new healer will come.”

“Can he cure it?”

“I guess I should start talking now. Wait.”

This happens often because not all healers share their knowledge.

“How long do I have to wait?! It’s already been an hour!!”

The problem was that when I had a tricky injury, it took a long time to find a healer who knew how to treat it.

Some say that if it’s too hard, you can just leave it to the chief healer, but unfortunately, the chief healer isn’t an omnipotent being in every field.

In fact, didn’t each person choose a major and receive medical education in their previous life?

The same goes for the chief healer.

In their major field, they demonstrate skills that are above the basics, but in fields outside of their major, they are no different from ordinary healers.

The problem was that most of the healers dispatched to the Labyrinth Temple, where surgical treatments were expected to be abundant, had knowledge focused only on internal medicine.

‘I feel comfortable, but….’

The comfort I enjoy was a comfort created through someone else’s sacrifice.

‘Patients, to be exact.’

The system that was designed to cater to the convenience of healers ended up being a burden to patients.

When I was working, I was in charge of patients who said they were not confident in treating me, but when I was away, they continued to be neglected.

Eventually, a patient died after being neglected due to the healers’ refusal to treat him.

This kind of thing happens often, so it wasn’t a new situation.

The problem was that among those who died, there was an illegitimate child from a powerful family.

Of course, you may wonder what influence the nobles of other countries could have on the priests.

“It’s unfair!!”

“I know you feel wronged. But the situation is complicated, so there is nothing we can do.”

The problem was that the temple currently had no proper ‘bishop’ in charge.

Those who had been eyeing this place could not just let this opportunity pass them by, and in the end, Father Ando and Father Chilan had to step down from their positions as the ones responsible for the unpleasant incident that occurred.

The problem is that right now, I’m the only other senior healer besides them.

“They say that when Father Arthur was in charge, there were far fewer people, but there were no such unpleasant incidents.”

“I was just lucky.”

no!

My ominous intuition is always right.

“It seems that Father Arthur will have to take charge of this place until the bishop in charge arrives.”

How many people are struggling to swallow this honey pot?

It seemed like they had concluded that it would be better to put me in charge without being part of the group at all.

Not only Father Chilan, but even Father Ando did not comment on the decision.

No, it’s not that I didn’t vomit, but I could tell that it was actually them who initiated the dumping.

“Actually I recommended it.”

Ando said to Father Chilan what he had said.

“I agreed right away.”

We were busy talking to each other, but what mattered now was that I was not happy with the situation.

“No, I didn’t agree?”

“It might be hard, but please take care of it, junior. I think it would be better to leave it to you, junior, rather than leaving it to someone else. Especially since you said it was running well before we came.”

It wasn’t run well, but it was barely hanging on… .

I guess I showed too much of myself.

It seemed that they had concluded that it would be better to leave it to me, who had been running the temple well without showing any particular attachment to it, rather than having another outsider come and take control of it.

“Can I really do this? If I take over here, things will be a lot different from now.”

As a last resort, I tried to use brute force.

“Please do so. If there are any brothers who rebel, send them to me. I am confident in one sermon.”

Priest Chilan smiled warmly.

Then, Priest Ando said as if he couldn’t help it either.

“If you have too much to do, feel free to leave it to me. I’ll be happy to help you anytime.”

I wasn’t grateful at all.

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“Then, will Arthur take over again?”

“I guess so!”

“That went so well!”

Why do you like it?

“Why do you like it so much? I heard it was really hard when he was in charge.”

That’s what I’m saying!

“Sister, didn’t you come here to aim for the top position?”

“Of course you came here for it. Otherwise, why would you come here?”

“That’s right. That’s why I liked it too. Arthur the priest is a trauma specialist.”

“… Are you really going to teach me everything you know like they say?”

“Yes! Before the sisters came, it was always like that. If I asked about something I didn’t know, they would tell me.”

You don’t ask many questions these days, do you?

“Priest Chilan got so angry about that that I couldn’t ask questions after that because I had to be careful. Now that Priest Arthur is in charge again, can I ask him?”

Ah~ So it’s not that you didn’t have anything to ask about, but you just didn’t ask because you were worried about what would happen?

“Isn’t this something only sisters do? We came later. We’re not that close…I’m worried that I’ll get in trouble for asking for nothing.”

“Not at all!! I think the Arthur priest I know would like it. Try it out!”

Are you a chick?

“Hmm… It’s not an easy task.”

“Then, let me ask you a quick question. Can you teach your sister some lessons too?”

Even though I taught him diligently, he is giving me a break.

You guys know a lot now! You can teach me, so why are you doing this to me!

“Really? Thank you, Sister!”

I overheard the priests whispering together, then took a deep breath and quietly left the place.

I’m sorry I unintentionally overheard your conversation, but since you were talking about me, let’s call you Teacher.

‘I thought the priests who came later would be embarrassed by me!’

Aren’t you all a bunch of cheapskates?

If you come from the capital of a religious country, shouldn’t you be disgusted with a country bumpkin like me giving you orders?

Am I the only one who’s trash?

“Sigh.”

The world is trying to suppress me.

I asked the priest who came to carry out the order today when he thought the bishop would be able to come, and he gave me the hopeless answer that I would have to wait a little longer.

Well, I guess I should be a little less greedy.

“Come to your senses. You can’t keep complaining and blaming others.”

First, I was thinking of getting rid of all the work schedules that the senior priests had created up until now.

First of all, I feel sorry for Father Ando, but I was thinking of leaving the prayer time entirely to Father Chilan, and in return, I was thinking of asking Father Ando to take charge of the internal medicine treatment.

‘To be honest, Father Chilan’s healing skills aren’t that great. Instead, if he treats people well and leads prayers, he’ll do very well.’

On the other hand, Father Ando was amazingly competent in internal medicine treatment.

However, since I haven’t been exposed to much surgery, I’m still a bit inexperienced.

But as time goes by, I’m sure you’ll be able to demonstrate great skills in the surgical field as well.

So, I was thinking of guiding them to study surgery while taking charge of internal medicine.

‘And our chicks.’

With the newly added chicks, it was a matter of whether they would cooperate well.

I figured that if there was a problem, it would most likely come from these people.

however.

‘Why are you all so nice?’

Of course, since they were priests who served according to God’s will, they were all good rather than evil.

However, as humans, we are bound to have greed, and I think that people might hate me or be jealous of me for getting the top title earlier than others.

So before we started working again in earnest, I called all the healers.

“Are you all here?”

“Yes, they are all gathered.”

“I apologize for taking your precious time out of your busy schedule.”

The healers’ bright eyes were fixed on me.

“I somehow ended up here again. It feels like I’m carrying a heavy burden, but I’m trying to find strength and start over because I have brothers and sisters who believe in me.”

The reaction wasn’t bad.

“However, I cannot lead this place alone. I lack experience and ability. So I hope you think of this place as being led by us, not me.”

Clap clap clap clap clap-!!!

There was thunderous applause.