episode_0016

After Princess Kanabi’s punitive force arrived, other punitive forces also began to slowly emerge from the labyrinth.

They brought out many patients like Princess Canabi’s punitive force, and the temple had to struggle with the number of patients visiting.

“Although Priest Arthur is organizing it well, the priests are extremely tired. This is a problem.”

“We need to increase the number of people.”

Priest Chilan and Priest Ando, having tasted the spiciness of the temple, actively advocated for an increase in personnel.

“We cannot be sure that the church will send us more personnel even if we request it.”

“You don’t have to worry about that.”

“Yes, Father Ando is right. Considering the incoming donations, it is possible to increase the number of people.”

The two people agreed that since there were more than a few places that wanted to put their people in this honey pot, they would send them if they just asked.

“How many people would you like to request for dispatch?”

“We need at least 20 more people. Considering the reserves, how about 30?”

“Isn’t 30 too many? 15 would be enough.”

“What can you do with 15 people?”

“Then let’s do 20 people. There’s not enough room for 30 people! You have to adjust the number of people depending on the situation of the temple. What will you do if you keep accepting patients because it’s difficult and the number of patients decreases?”

“Can’t you tell just by looking at the current situation? The labyrinth will develop further in the future! Then, the number of patients will increase. It is right to prepare for expansion in advance.”

There is some merit to both the idea of accepting 30 people and the idea of reducing it to a minimum of 15 people and a maximum of 20 people.

If you want to grow your temple quickly, it is right to accept 30 people, and if you want to grow it carefully, it is right to accept around 15 people.

Do you take risks and grow them, or do you grow them safely?

“First of all, I think it is urgent to ask for nursing priests. Right now, there are volunteers who are performing the role of nursing priests, but it is not enough.”

One of the biggest reasons priests have a hard time is the lack of proper nursing priests.

Although there were faithful believers here who volunteered to serve, the help from those without professional medical knowledge caused fatigue among the priests.

There needs to be someone you can trust and entrust your patients to, but if you leave it to them, they will cause accidents, so it is natural that you will become tired.

“I would like to request additional support for 20 nurse priests and 15 healers, for a total of thirty-five people.”

“… It actually increased more.”

Although we are treating 15 people, the total number of people helping us increases by 35.

“I think this is the minimum number of people we can keep here.”

“How many of them do you think are senior healers?”

“I don’t know how many you’ll send, but the more the better, right?”

“… … .”

“… … .”

Two people suddenly look at me strangely.

“Why are you like that?”

“Since we’re alone, I’ll be honest. Junior, if another senior healer comes, I’ll aim for that spot now.”

“That’s right. Even though I was officially appointed, there’s no way the new people would take that into consideration.”

What both Priest Ando and Priest Chilan were worried about was when the new Chief Healer challenged us to a fight for dominance.

“If it helps treat the patient, I can give it to you.”

“No, no!! That won’t do. Who is to blame for the temple’s stability like this? Isn’t this the result of our junior’s hard work? And you’re just going to give it up? That’s ridiculous.”

I don’t understand why they are making such a fuss when it wasn’t even their own effort.

I said, blinking innocently.

“I don’t think I’m the right person for this position. I always thought that someone better than me might come along.”

“I don’t think there’s anyone like that.”

“Yes?”

That can’t be true.

There are so many priests in our country, but isn’t there one who does better than me?

“I didn’t recommend you for nothing. There aren’t many people your age who have this level of ability.”

“That’s right. I tend to be very picky about people, but Father Arthur is absolutely flawless.”

Perhaps they are desperately trying to dissuade me because if someone else were in charge instead of them, their influence would diminish.

I know that the two people below me, who are neutral and not greedy, are fighting for power.

“I don’t think you need to worry about something that hasn’t happened yet. I don’t know if the person who came wants my position or not. A chief healer is absolutely necessary, even for the training of healers.”

“Haa, this is definitely going to be a disaster… .”

“Or I can recommend you one.”

At Father Ando’s words, Father Chilan opened his eyes wide and said.

“Oh! That’s a good idea. I can do it too.”

“That would be great if you did that.”

Isn’t life all about connections?

It’s a shame that there’s no other senior healer to take my place, but there’s still work to be done here, so I figured it’d be better not to create any unnecessary trouble.

“Then I will convey it like this.”

I wrote down the names of the chief healers recommended by Priest Ando and Priest Chilan, and wrote down our requirements.

If everyone we request comes, the number of people in this temple will approach 100.

‘Did I make too much of a fuss?’

Looking at the number of patients coming in, this is the level that needs to be maintained.

It was a decision I made after thinking it over and over again.

Fortunately, the temple was not built narrow, so there was no need to create more rooms.

One thing we had to prepare in advance was basic household items for them to use when they arrived.

“Everyone is busy.”

While we were frantically treating the patients, Sir Raphel was raising the building at incredible speed.

The school I visited to take the general healer certification and senior healer certification exams.

“This place still changes every day. It’s like they moved the church to this small place.”

“That’s right. According to what I found in old documents, this place was called the Small Holy Empire. It was my job to move the church here.”

“Move the church here… .”

It seems that Sir Raphel is a much greater man than I thought.

You wouldn’t entrust such an important task to just anyone.

“Oh, and the reason I came here is to ask for additional support.”

“I heard there are still many patients at the temple.”

“Yes. We tried to manage it ourselves as much as possible, but as more people entered the labyrinth, more people came to receive treatment.”

“Hmm… It might be difficult to accept additional people.”

When Sir Raph read the paper he received from me, he looked embarrassed.

I asked in confusion, never imagining that the answer would be difficult.

“Why?”

“Because we are about to enter the labyrinth.”

“!!”

I said I was going to enter the labyrinth soon, but my schedule kept getting pushed back.

I was wondering when you would come, but I didn’t know it would be at this time of the year.

“If the chief healer you recommended here is part of the Labyrinth Suppression Force… .”

“You can choose someone else then.”

“Yes. But I don’t know if there’s a senior healer who doesn’t have a schedule.”

Since they were not sending priests to other countries, there was no way they would not use priests in the punitive force of the religious state.

And it seems that the Labyrinth Expedition Force includes a huge number of senior healers.

“Actually, an official document was sent asking if there were any applicants for the temple to be listed.”

“Ah… .”

“I didn’t want to leave anyone out there, so I didn’t say anything separately.”

“It seems like you are building a large punitive force that will take away our people.”

“Yes. It seemed like we were going to be exploring the labyrinth for a long time since we started late.”

I was embarrassed when I came to save someone but ended up having them taken from me instead.

“I will ask if there are any applicants for the Labyrinth Expedition. It would be unfair to not get a chance at all.”

“I will also strongly convey my opinion so that we can recruit as many people as possible. At least, I will make sure to fill the nursing priest position.”

“Thank you.”

I wonder what I would have done if I didn’t have the rappel lens.

All that babbling among ourselves about whether we should request 15 people or 30 people was useless.

I drank a huge bowl of kimchi stew.

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Groan groan-

“Wow~ There are so many priests.”

“This is the first time I’ve seen so many priests.”

“Kiya, your face is oozing with preciousness. Flowing.”

Unlike other countries that had immediately entered the labyrinth, the quiet religious country’s punitive force finally appeared in front of the labyrinth.

As soon as the punitive force of the religious sect appeared, people rushed over to watch.

The views of people from other countries toward the Holy Empire are extremely dualistic.

He was a thug who took money from the nobles who worked for the government, but he was respected and admired by the common people.

“Is the Holy Empire finally entering the labyrinth?”

“That’s right. It starts later than I thought.”

“Some countries have already sent punitive expeditions twice, so why is the Holy Empire moving so late?”

“Well. Judging from the fact that they built such a magnificent temple, I guess they aren’t that interested in conquering the labyrinth?”

“Why is this guy so naive? How can the Holy Empire, a group so obsessed with money, not be interested in subduing the Labyrinth?”

While the carriage was standing for a moment, I could hear the honest voices of the citizens coming from outside.

“How disrespectful.”

“That’s probably because there are a lot of mercenaries. It’s not like it’s not true, right?”

As they expected, there was a reason why the country entered the labyrinth late.

I was deliberately trying to find a time when there was no one in the labyrinth.

Because even if other people found out, there was nothing good about it.