episode_0190

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Maria returned to her room and threw herself on the bed without even changing her clothes.

There was a squeak coming from the old bed.

“…….”

Someone would have scolded her for being rude, but she was desperate for rest right now.

I thought it was freedom from the Bible exam.

Of course, if you were an Inquisitor who followed God’s will, you should not have the idea of ‘liberation’.

“…It’s gracious, though.”

It was clear that time with the saint was very valuable to her.

It is not simply because it is a time to meet alone with the saint, the representative of light,

This is because through the Bible test, her faith deepened and her understanding of the Bible increased.

However, hard things are hard things.

I haven’t been able to sleep lately. This is because I had to read the Bible in preparation for the test the next day.

Is it just reading?

The preparation time is doubled because you have to give your own interpretation, which is different from just reading and copying the Bible.

If you prepare for the exam and go to sleep, you soon wake up to the sound of the bell signaling dawn prayer.

After enduring the early morning prayers with superhuman patience, I took a short nap. After sleeping for less than an hour, I go to wake the saint.

Afterwards, we followed the saint, digested the schedule, and took a Bible test at the end of the schedule.

A daily routine that repeats itself like that.

I thought it would be freedom from that tiring daily life, but…

“Reviewing… I wonder if the saint still cares about that?”

Although she is said to have come back to life, she is a woman who cut off her own head.

So isn’t this harassment in a legal way?

Mary thought of a blasphemous thought for a moment, then shook her head and prayed for repentance.

Mary muttered to herself, “How dare she have such thoughts towards the saint who guided her unclean self?”

Seeing her collapsing to the floor, the saint sent her back to her room earlier than usual.

That’s why she planned to go to bed early.

– Knock! Knock!

“Sister Maria.”

There was a voice calling me from outside the door.

“…….”

Maria buried her face in the bed and pretended to be dead for a moment, but woke up when she heard another knock.

When she opened the door, there was a nun in front of her. Her eyes widened when she saw Maria opening the door looking haggard.

“Ah… what’s going on?”

When Maria asked while straightening her tangled hair and clothes, the nun informed her that the Chief Judge was looking for her.

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“This is Maria.”

As Maria knocked, she had a premonition.

An ominous premonition that if you open this door and enter, you will be caught up in a big incident.

“Please come in.”

At Lumen’s calm words, Maria took a deep breath and placed her hand on the handle.

“Please sit down.”

As she carefully opened the door and entered, Lumen pointed to the chair in front of her.

Maria hesitantly sat down on the chair in front of her.

Even though Maria sat in front of him, Lumen’s eyes were fixed on the documents piled up on his desk.

Lumen, wearing square glasses, quickly scanned the contents of the document and left his signature at the bottom right of the document.

For a while, the sound of a pen running across paper resonated in the room.

“How was your time with the saint? Are you helping your sister?”

Maria, who had dozed off for a while in the warm temperature of the room, suddenly opened her eyes at Lumen’s question.

“Yes? Yes…. very gracious. I was able to make up for my lack of knowledge about the Bible.”

It wasn’t a lie.

“I see.”

Lumen responded appropriately to Maria’s words and went back to focusing on his documents.

And when Maria was on the verge of dozing off, she spoke again.

“Sister Maria. By any chance… did you tell the saint anything about the competition that will be held during the week of St. Sanius?”

“Uh… I just said that there would be a competition. Is there… a problem?”

Maria tilted her head.

Only then did Lumen take his eyes off the documents and gaze at Maria sitting in front of him.

“Hehe… Sister Maria. The Holy Father gave me instructions today. He also asked the Inquisitors to attend the upcoming conference.”

Lumen took off his glasses, gently massaged his eyes with his fingers and opened his mouth.

“But that tournament is only for paladins…”

“Didn’t I just tell you that? This time, the Inquisitors were also asked to participate.”

“Why….”

No, more than that, why did you tell me that story…. Maria swallowed down her inner thoughts that were about to burst out.

“His Holiness said so. The saint wants it.”

“……”

Countless question marks appeared above Maria’s head.

“Why do you think this is?”

“If I dare to guess your thoughts, I think you would like to see Sister Maria’s skills.”

“My skills?”

Lumen nodded strongly in response to Maria’s question.

It was an expression of firm belief that there was no room for disagreement.

“Yes. Don’t you know? What does the saint mean?”

I can’t bear it, I don’t know. Maria, unable to speak, remained silent.

“The Holy Spirit tested Sister Mary’s knowledge. And you passed the test. Is that correct?”

Maria nodded to Lumen’s question.

Although there was review left, on the surface I had passed the test.

“I think the Holy Son is confirming Sister Mary’s qualifications.”

“Qualifications….”

“If you are an attendant of the Holy Spirit, your knowledge of the Bible must be deep. And you must be strong enough to protect the saint.”

Lumen stretched out two fingers.

“The test of knowledge is over, now the test of force has come. Sister Maria.”

Lumen approached Maria with an extremely serious expression.

“But the Holy Knights and our Inquisitors…”

Maria spoke as if it was impossible.

“It is an undeniable fact that there is a significant difference between a Paladin and an Inquisitor.”

Lumen cut her off.

“However, the Holy Son wants Sister Maria to meet the qualifications. Sister Maria’s name has already been added to the number of participants.”

“But Chief Judge…”

“From now on, you should practice your sword during your personal maintenance time. You can’t betray the saint’s expectations.”

“It is true that I passed the Bible test… but the saint asked me to review the Bible, so I don’t think I can practice swords in my own time.”

Sensing that things were going awry, Maria hurriedly spoke.

“Oh, they even review it.”

Lumen tapped his fingers on the desk as if he was troubled.

– Tuk, Tuk, Tuk.

Each time her tapping became louder, Maria had the feeling that some great trouble was coming.

“I will specifically increase Sister Maria’s personal time by 2 hours. So, after you finish reviewing the Bible, practice your sword for two hours.”

And that feeling didn’t go away.

“Oh my God.”

Maria was mesmerized while sitting in the chair,

“Your attitude of seeking God in everything is truly admirable. As expected, my faith seems to deepen as I am with the Holy Son.”

Lumen looked at her happily.