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(5) – One Mind Salvation Church Paradise

Strong acid.

Names and faces that had become quite blurry now come to mind again.

The words he spat out without even knowing the subject, with a face like that of a gisaeng brother.

An idealist who arrogantly opened his eyes wide and told me that the path I was taking was not right.

At the same time, he was a non-awakened bastard who could not speak of any alternative other than the One Mind Salvation Church.

Some people may think that he has disappeared without a trace like the wind, but that is a complete miscalculation.

The Holy Knights, where the core members of the vigilante group were transferred.

Of course, just like in his vigilante days, Kim Hae-il’s skill, who became the vice-captain of the Holy Knights, was ‘tracking’, which was very effective in these moments.

The location of Kang San and Young Yeong, determined from the traces of him that were already abundant in the Minguk branch, is Gangdong-gu, Seoul.

No, it was now a place called ‘World’.

In a way, it would be a very natural step for a guy who suffered from a lack of power more than anyone else to run away to a place where everyone was making loud advertisements about becoming stronger and all that.

I didn’t know that he would jump out with inspiration as a bonus, but now that I think about it, it was more like an asshole duo.

And I had no intention of telling Ha Chae-kyung what I found out.

It’s true that the purpose of everything I’m doing now is to win her heart, but not in such a pretty way.

When I set a goal and go all-in on it with all my heart, she feels love for me.

If that had happened a long time ago, I wouldn’t have been single and playing games at home.

Even if someone had asked me to play a game, I would have been playing the bomber by going out to clubs.

When I think about it that way, it really comes back to me, but my job is not Casanova.

I am a religious leader.

A cult leader who identifies the deficiencies that people hide, satisfies them, and ultimately subordinates them.

Every executive I have ever gotten my hands on has gone through this process.

For Yoon Ah-young, it satisfied the deficiency that came from being completely isolated, and for Seong Ga-eul… … .

uh… … This is a bit complicated, so I’ll leave it aside.

Joo Joo-hye lacks the support that could support her, and Shim So-young lacks strength.

I made leashes out of what they desperately wanted and put them around their necks.

In that sense, what I should pay attention to was not Kang San’s subject matter, but Ha Chae-kyung’s deficiency.

The morning meeting continues smoothly, led by Seong Ga-eul.

Among them, I stared at Ha Chae-kyung, who was quietly listening to the meeting to my left.

[65%: The perfect love given by Han Gu-won]

[35%: Happiness for all of us]

Perhaps, it was the most successful indicator of talent collection that has ever occurred.

There was no need to go overboard and provide variables.

If time passed smoothly like this, it was almost a given that it would reach 100%.

But that alone does not relieve the discomfort in my heart at all.

If Ha Chae-kyung’s deficiencies become 100%, will the Ha Chae-kyung I’ve seen so far change?

Can I be sure that she can look at me with her characteristic kind smile even after realizing that the Faith Restoration Room and Minguk have become puppets?

Because it met 100%?

Because it satisfied the complete love she had been hoping for?

I kept asking myself, but I couldn’t come up with a definitive answer that made me nod my head in yes.

Rather, as I continue to ask questions, Seong Ga-eul’s face strangely becomes clearer in my mind.

The lack of Seong Ga-eul that has not yet been completely filled by the impulse to commit force and violence.

Like Seong Ga-eul, who stopped before completing 100%, there was no way Ha Chae-kyung could not do the same.

Just as Seong Ga-eul was forced to do something she didn’t want to do, the Faith Restoration Room and turning Minguk into a puppet are things that Ha Chae-kyung can never accept.

So, if I were to summarize the long-winded thoughts I had so far, this would be it.

Let’s not repeat the things we regretted after gaining the Holy Family.

A little more secretly and more surely.

The leash for her had to be made stronger.

I once again read about her greatest shortcomings.

[65%: The perfect love given by Han Gu-won]

love.

First of all, I planned to add my own measures to that overwhelming love.

“Then, this is how we will handle this agenda… … .”

A conference room where only Seong Ga-eul’s clear voice resonates.

I quietly lifted my hand on the table.

Now, thanks to the accumulated divinity, a mana so subtle that no one in the conference room could notice was manifesting at the fingertips.

The telekinetic power that slowly flowed to the left tickled the neck of Ha Chae-kyung, who was quietly listening to the meeting.

“Aaaaagh―!”

As expected, Ha Chae-kyung was startled and shook her head in her seat.

“Mother―!”

“What’s going on?!”

Brothers Yoonhyun and Yoonkang, who were also surprised by this, quickly left their seats.

“… … Branch leader.”

At that moment, a cold voice suddenly extinguishes the overheated atmosphere.

The brother, who was about to run to Ha Chae-kyung, stopped.

Seong Ga-eul continued speaking to Ha Chae-kyung, who was stroking her neck with embarrassed eyes.

“What’s going on?”

“Yes? Oh, no.”

“Then do you have any opinions on the agenda?”

“… … yes? No, no, not at all.”

“Then?”

Seong Ga-eul calmly asks, and Ha Chae-kyung says, “Ugh.”

I felt Ha Chae-kyung, who was restless, keep glancing at my face, but I didn’t say anything.

Ha Chae-kyung, who saw my face holding back a smile, whispered softly with a red face.

“Bee, there must have been a bug.”

“Eeh? Bugs?”

Yoon-kang’s question became louder as if the tension had completely eased.

He sat down on the chair again and tilted his head.

“No, how many awakened people are here, but you haven’t seen any bugs? Even if I couldn’t see it, you should have seen it. Brother, have you seen it?”

“I didn’t see it.”

“This is truly something that would make a ghost cry. Mother, was it a fly or a mosquito?”

“… … huh? Oh, I don’t know.”

“Oh my goodness! Are there any awakening bugs?”

Yoon-kang, who completely believed Ha Chae-kyung’s words, narrowed his eyes and looked around the conference room.

I tapped the table with a force that made it seem as if there were no bugs.

In the atmosphere that naturally aroused me, I turned my head towards Seong Ga-eul.

“What was the agenda that you just stopped talking about?”

“… … We were receiving opinions on whether to assign Shim So-young, a member of the Holy Knights, as a guard under the cult leader’s direct command rather than as a member of the Holy Knights.”

“Hmm, that’s a very good idea. Keeping your affiliation with the Holy Knights?”

“ Either that or establishing a new guard station, but discussions have not yet progressed to that point.”

“Yes. This is a discussion with a lot to think about. Are you okay?”

As I finished speaking, Seong Ga-eul quietly nodded as I looked up at the clock.

“The following meeting will resume after lunch.”

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After Seong Ga-eul’s speech, the conference room naturally fell into silence.

Everyone was waiting for me to wake up.

I smiled lightly at their gaze and waved my hand.

“Wake up first. I have to eat comfortably and work.”

Good!

Only then did the people in the conference room slowly stand up with the sound of chairs being pulled.

Ha Chae-kyung also glanced at me with a red face and quickly left the conference room.

The conference room became empty as soon as the conversation ended.

Only then did the smile that I had been suppressing slowly begin to spread at the corners of my mouth.

widely-!

“… … Is it good?”

Of course, he lowered his mouth again as he looked at Seong Ga-eul, who was collecting documents and asking coolly.

Seong Ga-eul put the gathered documents into her inventory and approached me with a very dissatisfied look in her eyes.

“I don’t know what your plan is, but I clearly said you didn’t need to be perfect, but I don’t think I said you should be a bitch.”

“… … huh? What?”

“I’m really holding back because I don’t have time, because I don’t have time.”

Togak- Togak-

She walked to the door muttering bloody words and turned her head again.

“If you do that shit even in an afternoon meeting, it will really kill you. You’d better sleep, leader.”

“Huh?! Really?!”

What is it, is it a holy song?

“Okay.”

When asked in surprise, Seong Ga-eul gave a short answer and closed the door.

Good!

“Instead, sleep with your eyes open.”

uh… … It’s Holy Autumn.

I completely understood her words about not playing around and not sleeping during the afternoon meeting, so I stayed in the conference room for a while.

After waiting long enough for Ha Chae-kyung to prepare lunch, he left the conference room for the last time.

After passing through the quiet hallway at lunchtime, I started walking slowly to the luxury accommodation located near the temple to give Ha Chae-kyung some more free time.

Originally, she should have been assigned her own space within the temple, but due to her euphemistic refusal, they had no choice but to allocate her to luxurious lodgings outside the temple.

According to reports, the mother and daughter of Kim Young-hee and Lee Soo-mi, who had been brought in to persuade her, often came to her house, so it was probably out of consideration for them.

smart-

As I was thinking about various things, I gently knocked on the door of the dorm that was right in front of me.

And as soon as I unlocked the door and opened it, which is now quite familiar, the sound of fast rhythmic footsteps greeted me.

thud-! thud-! thud-!

She quickly came out of the kitchen, holding a ladle, with footsteps full of emotion that didn’t need to be explained.

“Stop.”

A cold voice stopped me as I took off my shoes at the entrance.

Thanks to that, I looked at her in an awkward position and saw that her face, still red, was glaring at me.

“First, I need to hear why Guwon played such a prank.”

“Uh… … If I can’t speak, is there no lunch?”

“No. Instead, I will add a lot of salt to the rice and soup.”

I smiled lightly at her rather scary warning and made eye contact with her.

“Uh… … Because Chae-kyung looks sleepy?”

“Not at all! I was listening so intently?!”

Ha Chae-kyung has a very angry expression and tone that is quite unusual.

A face that Minguk’s mother could never make.

In the future, I had to find a lot of facial expressions and voices like that.

“Or because it looks boring?”

“I wasn’t bored at all?!”

I was able to understand this naturally from the woman I had been watching and her very honest concerns yesterday.

She pretends not to, but her true feelings are being weighed down by an increasingly heavy burden.

I think we can reach 100% just by sharing her burden and holding hands like we have been doing up until now.

But, as I said before, that’s not what I want.

I had to make her dependent, not dependent on me.

Even if it is not necessarily the form of the One Mind Salvation Church, it makes people dependent on the human One Salvation Church.

“Actually, I did it because I was so bored. You were very surprised, right? I’m sorry, Chae-kyung.”

In order to do that, it had to remain completely non-daily for her, who had now become accustomed to executive meetings and decisions.

“Are there people other than Chaekyung that I would pull pranks on like this?”

“… … Haha.”

An extraordinary day filled with childish pranks and small talk that would never have happened in the past.

Of course, this is the end of this childish behavior for me too.

“… … Come in. Wash your hands first.”

“Yes!”

There are a lot of switches that lead to something extraordinary other than these low-quality pranks, but of course, that’s not my only goal.

“By the way, you’re really good at tickling, Chaekyung.”

“… … Do you want to go out again?”

“… … Sorry.”

Be it mind or body.

It was important not to take my touch as a big deal.