episode_0178

What could not be done (3) – Hanmaeum Salvation Church Daehan Branch

Togak- Togak-

The sound of Seong Ga-eul and Kang Bada’s pointy high heels echo as they come down the stairs together.

A somewhat awkward noise to decorate what used to be the heart of the steel city of Daehan.

Perhaps that’s why I took another look at the new Blue House, which seemed even more foreign.

Traces of destruction and anger can be found all the way down the stairs.

There were clear signs of hasty cleaning and repairs upon news of my stay, but the remnants of the decline still remained clearly.

Tap- tap- tap-

Even after replacing broken windows, repairing scorched floors, and replacing broken doors.

“… … ”

To my eyes, there were still broken windows, scorched floors, and broken doors.

Although it was clearly a clean space, only the scars of the past were still visible.

– Just like believers waiting for me.

“… … Even if you complete the sweetest revenge.”

The past doesn’t disappear.

Obviously they were yesterday and today is today.

The pain is not forgotten.

What is time-

It is a truly ambiguous concept.

Tap- tap- tap-

After passing through a long hallway, a wide open space bathed in warm sunlight.

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I could feel Daehan believers focusing their attention on me as I finally came out of the main gate.

I also put my arms around the prepared pulpit and stared at them quietly for a long time.

Seong Ga-eul, who was accompanying me, and the sound of the high heels of the river and sea fade away, and the empty space is filled with silence so much that I can hear the sound of sunlight shining down.

All Korean defectors and believers sitting on the chairs.

I looked at people who had broken bones that couldn’t be hidden even by white robes.

“… … It is truly cruel.”

A voice that spreads widely with magical power.

I made eye contact with everyone at the pulpit where there was no microphone installed.

“What is time―”

That absolute yet cruel law-

“… … It is truly cruel and scary.”

I spoke again as I faced the victims of time.

“Some people might think this about what I just said.”

“Time is not such a concept. Einstein and the theory of relativity, the degree of gravity, etc… … .”

However,

Kiiing—!

“Now that all of those things have finally become relics of the past.”

What was reflected in everyone’s pupils was a white light made of mana.

A different being that cannot be explained by the past.

“You guys are no different from this.”

War is something you only see in movies and dramas.

They frowned and vomited even at the corpses of small animals—

Before I knew it, I was able to watch someone die without even realizing it.

I was able to fill my stomach to survive while looking at the person next to me who was dying.

No matter how much they try to deny it, they-

“You are looking at me with completely different eyes than before.”

“ Those of you who are consumed by pain and accustomed to despair cannot dare to deny it.”

From that day to today,

That time has passed.

“However, I know that you may be repulsed by what I say now.”

A feeling of rejection that somehow makes my heart boil just by hearing it, not from the perspective of concepts and definitions.

“From the moment you opened your eyes, all you had to endure was verbal abuse and assault.”

“I’m talking to all of you who crawl on the floor like cockroaches to survive.”

The world has changed a lot in the meantime, and time has passed.

“I didn’t do anything – I didn’t spend any time called life – ”

During that time, the Salvation Church reconciled with the Republic of Korea and punished Daehan.

The believers who were already part of the Salvation Church were living very different lives.

Second-class citizens and Salvation Church believers, Salvation Church believers and second-class citizens.

A reality that only second-class citizens have to endure unilaterally.

“Is there a more contradictory situation than this? Time has passed for you, but it has not passed.”

Anger, despair, resignation… …

The more I reflect on myself, the more emotions that cannot be described as one begin to mix.

“Indescribable emotions eventually spill out into tears and flow to the floor. A dark stain grows on the floor.”

“The dark stain gradually becomes a delusion and asks you.”

―Then does time pass or not?

“Perhaps you have already prayed earnestly to me for an answer.”

I smiled slightly and looked at the believers who had their hands together.

I smiled warmly at their trembling eyes and earnest wishes.

“However, I would like to ask you a question.”

“If I say that time has not passed, will you all be happy?”

Does their past disappear with just those words?

“Or if I say that time has passed, will you feel at peace?”

Nothing, nothing changes.

“The answer is no longer important. Knowing the answer doesn’t make you happy.”

Whether time passes or not.

“Regardless of that, the past cannot be forgotten. The future approaches helplessly, and the present is so bitter.”

“Don’t bother throwing yourself into the gap of time and suffering.”

“But don’t grit your teeth and try to fight your way through it.”

I looked around at the Daehan believers who were quietly listening to my words.

Looking at his trembling pupils, he nodded and smiled as if to reassure him.

What they needed now was not an intense and grand speech.

These are people who are in desperate need of small comforts that have become unfamiliar to them more than anything else.

So, I smiled brightly at them.

They whispered to me, reminding me that they were together in the same space and at the same time.

We just-

“―Let’s just be together tomorrow too.”

Even tomorrow, when I naturally tremble at someone’s threats-

The next day I found myself quickly reaching for the food that had fallen on the floor-

The next morning, too, when I mistook a small roar for a gunshot and my body froze.

“Salvation Church will become an unchanging home for you.”

One Mind Salvation Church will be with you.

“I will be the one thing that never changes for you.”

I will live tomorrow with you.

so-

“See you tomorrow. The next tomorrow, the next tomorrow, and the tomorrow after that.”

Everyone’s eyes are on the star, which is grandiose as a greeting and trivial as a promise.

I looked at them smiling slightly and whispered what I was going to do tomorrow.

“So far, our Salvation Church has been running without rest.”

Exposition No. 2 was appeased and Exhibition No. 3 was defeated.

I did a series of things that were too big to be included in one sentence.

“Now it’s time to stop running for a moment and take a breath. We who are here now will do together what we have not been able to do before.”

We, together.

Words that are so unfamiliar to those who were persecuted and treated as subhuman.

Although I was still immersed in silence, I opened my arms in an empty space filled with silent cheers.

As if to capture all the brightly smiling believers in Daehan.

“Welcome again! My family who is here with me right now!”

Same time, same space, same face-

“My children who share the white cloth and blood!”

My sons and daughters—

You will be reborn.

Forgetting all the pain of the past, like a white butterfly emerging from a chrysalis.

At Only One Mind Salvation Church –

Only with my touch-

“… … You will be reborn.”

***

[…] … You will be reborn.]

“Aaaaa—!”

“This is my first time receiving such clear evidence! Ah, the leader!”

Salvation, salvation again!

The women’s fuss appears in the video broadcast from the monitor.

Until last week, it was Shim Jae-hoon, and this week, the man who was Seo Jae-hoon lowered his head and hid his sneer.

A small prayer meeting of the Republic of Korea branch of One Mind Salvation Church.

The reason why Seo Jae-hoon, who was rescued as a citizen exactly three weeks ago, was hiding his expression at a small prayer meeting with less than 10 people in total was simple.

Seo Jae-hoon, who had quietly shed his laughter on the floor, opened his closed eyes and raised his face.

Believers still make a fuss and pray incessantly.

No, female believers.

‘Most of them are D-, but even those who think their behavior is a bit good are C-.’

It’s a level I didn’t even notice before the world fell apart, but now I know.

This alone shows that it is a fishing spot with very good water.

In order to catch more fair bitches, he had to go to paradise, but it was a risky adventure even for Seo Jae-hoon.

Are you telling me to eat up and abandon the female believers in a place where the newly established Holy Knights or something are rolling their eyes?

That was impossible even for Seo Jae-hoon, who had been eating female believers like a loach and moving prayer meetings from place to place.

Moreover, there were a lot of rumors that the membership registration system that started in Paradise would soon be expanded to the Republic of Korea branch, so I had to time it carefully.

Finally, it’s time to hit hard and escape.

‘Fuck, this paradise will end sooner or later.’

The moment his identity is confirmed, he lures the female believers in with words and eats them lightly―

It becomes difficult to cleanly move the prayer meeting to find other female believers.

‘So this time, I need to find a bitch to play with for a bit longer.’

Cheer up, Jaehoon, you have to thin out and thin again to find a bitch that you don’t get tired of.

Seo Jae-hoon made a promise in his heart once again and put his hands together with a faithful expression.

“… … Salvation!”

A deep voice that resonates through the prayer meeting, not too low or too high.

The middle-aged woman’s eyes drew a line as she heard a voice full of faith.

“Hohoho― Our brother Jaehoon is truly a handsome man. He has a good heart and a good face.”

‘Name, Go Ha-seon. Humor F- Face F- Body F- Age F- But since he is the actual leader of this prayer group, grade F.’

Seo Jae-hoon smiled kindly, repeating the whispers that automatically popped out of his mind.

“That’s too much praise, Sister Ha-seon.”

“Hohoho― No. If I really had a daughter the size of Brother Jaehoon, I would immediately snatch her up as a son-in-law, hohohoho—!”

Go Ha-seon’s high-decibel laughter made all the female believers at the prayer meeting smile.

Yes, she’s an old woman who can’t even eat. If she didn’t have that kind of influence, I would have easily ignored her.

Seo Jae-hoon smiled once again, trying to ignore the wrinkles that appeared in Go Ha-seon’s eye smile.

Normally, we would have continued to grill the leader of the prayer meeting and prepare for the next step, but this prayer meeting was a little different.

When he first came in, his goal was to be a C-rank female student who followed Go Ha-seon like his own sister, but today, the new female student who came in changed his goal in an instant.

Good!

“Sisters~ Everyone, eat your packed lunch and pray!”

The door to the prayer meeting opened wide and a woman carrying a lunch box came running in, smiling brightly.

‘Name, Kang Soo-yeon. ‘I’m new to the prayer meeting today, so I can’t figure out much, but that’s not important.’

“Ah~ I’m so sorry to the person who came for the first time today. What should I do?”

“Ah~ No, Sister Ha-seon. I told you that I really wanted to go, but what~”

That face smiling brightly at Go Ha-seon’s sorry apology.

‘Although the white skin was a plus, it broke through to B-.’

“Wow~ Today’s lunch box is bulgogi!”

Her breasts are clearly visible due to her slightly squatting posture when opening the lunch box.

‘The color is white enough to be eaten, and the shape is easy to touch while sleeping, so it achieved a B+!’

A special product with a B grade that was rarely seen after the end of the world!

Really, it was the biggest fish worth eating that I had seen in a long time at the Minguk branch.

“Aren’t you really~ a very gracious sister? If it weren’t for the white band on her arm, I wouldn’t have even known that Sister Suyeon was from Daehan.”

A whisper lingers in the prayer meeting without Kang Soo-yeon’s knowledge as she takes out her lunch box and drinks.

Go Ha-seon was whispering to everyone at the prayer meeting with a truly pitiful expression.

“I feel even more heartbroken and feel sorry for you, perhaps because of the sign that says you really came from Daehan. This is probably the arrangement that the religious leader wanted and planned. Salvation.”

Seo Jae-hoon also ignored the words that followed, but listened very carefully to the first words that came out.

The white band that has now caught my attention thanks to my breasts that move beautifully like pudding.

Moreover, it was difficult to notice because it was a white belt attached to a white believer’s uniform.

Seo Jae-hoon smiled slightly as he looked at the mark quietly hanging on her right forearm.

‘Yes, this is from Korea.’

Slowly, a plan is being drawn up on how to cook that bitch.

Tap! Tap!

“So, please hurry up and help our good-guy brother Jae-hoon and our good-natured sister Su-yeon.”

‘Wow~ Nice lady for the first time.’

He blushed, trying desperately to hide his expression from Go Ha-seon, who playfully tapped his forearm.

“Yes, yes? Me, me?”

“Ah~ Just by looking at them, they look like good-looking men and women who look great together. Why are you hesitating, hohohoho―. Is there anything more sacred than a good man and a good woman conceiving the leader’s child? Go quickly!”

Seo Jae-hoon stood up from his seat, pretending not to be able to resist Go Ha-seon’s scolding.

Hiding a sly smile, I squatted down next to Kang Soo-yeon, who had slowly taken out all the lunches from the lunch box.

“… … I respect you.”

“… … Yes?”

The start is sudden.

Seo Jae-hoon deliberately blurted out his words in response to Kang Soo-yeon’s question, which seemed slightly embarrassed.

And then, ‘Only I understand your darkness. And I can give you comfort.’

“… … ah. just… … It seems so amazing to me that you are trying to overcome that kind of pain.”

“Ah… … .”

Seeing Kang Soo-yeon’s slightly widened eyes, he smiled kindly and held out his hand.

“Please take care of me in the future. The name… Are you Sister Kang Su-yeon?”

“… … Yes.”

As expected, we continued our next conversation, holding white hands that slowly approached us.

“… … ah! My name is… … .”

“… … i know. Seo Jae-hoon.”

An active reaction that Seo Jae-hoon had not expected.

Rather, an unexpected conversation continued as he smiled slightly at the more positive direction.

“… … I heard a lot about it.”

‘huh?’

talk? We saw each other for the first time today, what did we talk about?

She smiled as she looked at Seo Jae-hoon, who stopped shaking her hand.

And then he whispered with sunken eyes that did not match his smile at all.

“… … A lot.”