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Chapter 6 Episode 12 – Search for the Virgin Mary 3

Clearly, Maria asked him to save her because her life was in danger. Somehow they found Joachim and found out where the Virgin Mary was, but the house was already empty, and a coffin was found in the backyard.

Of course, it was too late and I thought Maria was dead and her body was buried in the ground. My expectations were completely different, and a woman I had never seen before was buried there.

‘The white hair and stigmata are the same. But you look completely different from Maria.’

After closely examining the body, it was found that it had the same stigmata on the tailbone as Mary’s. Their builds were similar, and they also had white hair in common.

However, unlike Maria, who was quite beautiful as one of the heroines, the woman in front of her did not have a very pretty face, even considering that she was dead.

In the first place, this game displays a game over notification when the heroine dies. If that wasn’t the case, it means that the corpse in front of you was not Maria.

‘what? Did you leave your body double and run away? No, if you could, you wouldn’t have asked me in the first place. Based on the circumstances, this woman has been dead for about a week. It does not agree with Mary’s revelation.’

However, that doesn’t mean that it doesn’t matter at all because this is the Virgin Mary’s residence that Joachim told us about, and there is a corpse of a woman with white hair and stigmata.

“……I guess I should check the diary first.”

Since I couldn’t find any more information from the body, I asked Leon to rebury the coffin and decided to look through the diary.

– The first night I became a Virgin. I tried to use my powers. But for some reason I couldn’t use it. My father said that if you are given power, you will naturally know how to use it, but why don’t I know? After all, I don’t think I’m qualified to be a Virgin.

“……You couldn’t use your power?”

After reading the diary, I became even more confused.

First of all, according to the diary, this woman is the Virgin Mary. She was not a Virgin before Mary, but became a Virgin at the same time as Mary.

However, women could not use the power of the Virgin Mary. He says he doesn’t know the reason, but I guess it’s probably because of Maria’s presence.

Afterwards, the diary records day after day of pessimism and helplessness about one’s situation. He was filled with regret for his father who believed in him.

It seems that she had no desire to become a Virgin in the first place. For her father’s sake, she had no choice but to undergo harsh education and become a virgin. Perhaps this father is Joachim.

‘Is that why Joachim asked me to tell you he’s sorry?’

Anyway, this was the end of the information I could get from the diary. However, it seemed a bit suspicious that all the pages that would have had recent dates on them had been torn out.

Either the Virgin Mary herself tore it, or a third party tore it. If it is the latter, there is a high possibility that the third person is the culprit who killed Seongmo, but if that is the case, I think it would be better to burn the entire diary.

Tub–. I closed the diary and roughly put it in my pocket. I don’t think it would be useful to take it with me, but you never know.

Leon, who had already covered all the dirt, asked while shaking his hands.

“……Zeek, is the Virgin Mary dead?”

She asked me with a puzzled look, as if she couldn’t believe it.

In particular, Leon is not a Virgin Mary. It must be hard to believe that someone worshiped by a religious group could die in vain like this. Even I didn’t expect that the Virgin Mary would be dead.

“Well. First of all, this woman is not the person I was looking for.”

“Do you mean there is another Virgin Mary?”

“Maybe?”

Rion tilted his head as if he couldn’t understand and covered himself with dirt.

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When we returned to the capital, it was already late at night, so we decided to stay one more night at the hotel.

“……I feel anxious.”

I muttered as I lay down on the bed and looked at the business card Philia gave me.

Was the body really the Virgin Mary? Or was it manipulated by someone to look like the Virgin Mary?

Just looking at the circumstances, it is clear that it is the Virgin Mary. By analyzing the ledger that Bir had stolen, he found the priest Joachim, and through him he reached the Virgin Mary.

In the diary of a woman presumed to be the Virgin Mary, there was a photo of herself with Priest Joachim. Although they were young, their facial features were similar, so it was safe to assume that the girl and the corpse in the photo were the same person.

Moreover, in this worldview where there are no proper computers, it is impossible to manipulate photos so neatly.

So, if you think simply, you can conclude that it is the Virgin Mary, but there are many suspicious aspects.

First, Priest Joachim disappeared. They tried to send Veronica’s double to inform Joachim of the Virgin Mary’s death, but the orphanage was empty. As if they had expected something like this to happen, they literally disappeared like the wind without a single child being left behind.

Also, although the photo may not have been doctored, there is no guarantee that Priest Joachim only took photos with the Virgin Mary.

‘What if there were several candidates for the Virgin Mary and the situation was manipulated by capturing one of them and killing him?’

My mind became complicated with all kinds of questions.

At times like this, it would have been easier to organize my thoughts if Mariela or Banshee had been by my side. In fact, Veronica, the main body of the banshee, is sleeping next to me, saying she is tired. I wasn’t expecting it, but it really doesn’t help.

“Ugh… .”

“Are you still thinking about it?”

Leon’s voice came from next to me in response to my sigh.

“Well, that’s right. Because it’s unexpected.”

“…I’m sorry. It would have been helpful if I were smarter.”

“Don’t worry. The roles are just different.”

At first, Rion tried to use his brain to help me in his own way, but he was of no help, probably because he was not suited to using his brain. In the end, Rion burst into tears because of his own patheticness, and as a result of trying so hard to comfort him just now, he ended up lying in the same bed as Rion.

‘It’ll be okay, right?’

If I sleep like this and get attacked… . Oh, I’m planning on retrying anyway, so it doesn’t really matter.

Rather, as the strategy progresses, Leon becomes more and more active, but what happens when the progress reaches 100%? She is the strongest among the heroines based on sheer strength alone, so it won’t be easy to stop her.

‘……I don’t know.’

What’s the use of worrying in advance? This damn game always exceeds my expectations.

I turned my head and looked at Veronica. When I looked at my face, sleeping peacefully without the world knowing, my younger sister Sohee came to mind. Similar age, similar appearance. Although they have different personalities, they have the same thing that needs to be taken care of, so they keep looking at each other over and over again.

Plus, the fact that I lost my parents when I was young is also the same.

“……”

I stroked Veronica’s head. A fragrant smell wafted out along with the feel of soft hair. Perhaps because she felt comfortable with my touch, Veronica relaxed her slightly frowning expression and smiled slightly.

‘if… . ‘If I can’t go back, what should I do?’

I closed my eyes and tried to sleep, suppressing the anxious thoughts that had been coming to me recently.

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Late evening. Nazarin, Banshee’s alter ego who had infiltrated the Virgin Mary Church, was organizing documents in his office.

Her office is located in the Patriarchate, which can be seen as the headquarters of the Virgin Mary Church, and the fact that she works together with the archbishops, the high-ranking clergy of the Virgin Mary Church, shows that she is also in a fairly high position.

“Bir, the Director is scheduled to visit the Patriarchate sometime tomorrow morning. How do you feel about meeting the master you’ve been looking forward to?”

“……”

“I will take this to mean that it is good.”

Bir, as she said, found the ledger in just one day. Afterwards, he tried to return to the Bureau, but Zeke decided to come to the capital, so his return was postponed.

However, since Zeke was already accompanying Leon, he left Bir at the Patriarchate in order to obtain any additional information.

Because it was an order, he obeyed it, but Bir was dissatisfied with it in many ways. Having to be away from Zeke was a problem, but an even bigger problem was that someone else had taken his place.

At the same time, Bir was wondering. She has never once been dissatisfied with an order. Because I’ve never felt anything, let alone dissatisfied.

Vir was changing as he was with Zeke. Although he was aware of this, he could not decide whether the change was good or bad. Actually, it didn’t matter to her either way. Good or bad, she won’t leave Zeke’s side anyway.

smart-.

A sudden knocking sound. Bir had already noticed that someone was approaching Nazarin’s room, so he disappeared and disappeared.

Nasarin stuffed the documents she was looking at into a drawer and locked it, then disguised the table with the work she usually handled. Then, after ruffling his hair as if he had dozed off for a moment, he opened the door.

“Sister Nasarin, I am sorry for coming to you so late.”

“No, it’s okay. What is Archbishop Gromwell doing here?”

When I opened the door, Archbishop Gromwell, a middle-aged man with a huge stature, slightly bowed his head and greeted me.

“I have something to tell you for a moment. If you are busy, I will come back next time.”

“……”

Nazarin quickly completed the calculation. The man in front of me is the one who sent the invitation to the director. The fact that he came to see me had to be related to what the director was doing. Therefore, digging up information is the way to help the director, even if it means risking being discovered as a spy.

“I’m not busy. Please come in first.”

“Then please excuse me.”

For what purpose did this man come to see him? Nazarin watched Gromwell’s thoughts and brought him into the office.