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I am not your enemy (3) ― One Mind Salvation Church Paradise

“If the leader accepts my surrender, wouldn’t it be okay without saying so?”

An indirect affirmation with a bitter smile.

No, strictly speaking, it was closer to denial.

“Hmm… … .”

I drooled over Kangsan’s answer and caught a glimpse of the river and sea.

His eyes were shaking even more mercilessly than before, as if he felt the same way as me.

With those words, Kang Bada, who had been staring at Kang San, who did not say anything, turned her head to meet my gaze.

I gave him a look telling him not to worry and just trust me, and then spoke again.

“You’re saying things you don’t mean. Even though I know I’m not the only one listening to our conversation right now.”

“… … .”

“Shouldn’t family problems be resolved with the family?”

“… … .”

to the end.

A snout that is uncharacteristically closed.

I kept a bitter smile on my face as if imitating the guy who had been smiling bitterly ever since.

“Well, if the person concerned thinks that way, there is nothing we can do.”

Purr-

I patted the Spirit Horse one last time and turned my back.

“Now that we’ve seen the Holy Knights, let’s go to the seminary.”

As soon as I take a step, attendants follow me in an orderly manner.

At the head of the entourage, I stared into the eyes of the river and sea that kept glancing behind me.

A bit of resentment and a bit of bite as I look at Kangsan, who started following us a little later.

I whispered, looking into the eyes of the river, which had suddenly become dull.

“There is enough time to persuade. Don’t worry too much.”

She weakly nods her head in comfort, accompanied by a soft smile as if to reassure her.

Tiring—!

[You are being rewarded!]

At that moment, the long-awaited message is displayed in front of your eyes.

I continued to walk toward the seminary, hiding a satisfied smile.

I don’t know exactly why he stayed silent even though my sister, who was not alive and well, was listening.

Also, I don’t really want to know.

The important thing is that he rejected my sister’s pleading eyes, and I helped her.

As always-

[You are being rewarded!]

What you see is everything.

***

White and green arranged beautifully like a painting.

The campus that everyone had dreamed of was realized right before our eyes.

White believers walking around the campus with bright smiles and green grass and trees breathing together in their parts.

Some people were sitting on benches and reading, while others were chatting and clapping along the grass.

“Now that I think about it, San, you were a college student too.”

“Yes, leader.”

A little distance away from the student believers enjoying the warm sunlight.

I asked Kang San subtly, who nodded.

“What is it like? What does our seminary campus look like as seen by college students?”

In response to my question, Kang San swung around the seminary as if to confirm it again.

Susss-

A cool breeze tickling that guy’s hair.

‘… … ‘Suddenly I feel very shitty.’

My eyebrows naturally twitched at a scene I couldn’t bear to see with my eyes open.

However, I waited for his answer with superhuman patience.

“… … I think it’s so good that it can’t even be compared to our school.”

“Is that so? Well, if not at a time like this, when else would I show off the effort I made.”

In fact, the seminary is a special facility, so it was not my fault, but rather the fault of Seong Ga-eul, who selected the appropriate site, and the system, which was in charge of all design and installation.

But there was no reason to explain it to him in detail, and in the end, it wasn’t wrong because I was the one who made it possible to build it, not someone else.

“… … .”

I stared at Kang San, who was still looking around the campus with his pupils filled with thoughts.

okay. I’ll miss you.

It’s amazing how peaceful the campus is, as if you’ve really returned to the past, but you’ll miss it so deeply.

“If something like this hadn’t happened to us, would you have been in 4th grade?”

“… … no. It must have been about two semesters since I was discharged and returned to school.”

“Ah, yes. I forgot about the military.”

The slight smile that lingers on Kangsan’s lips as if responding to my bright smile.

“What about the sea?”

However, the laughter stopped at my question.

“… … He must have been a second year student, teacher.”

He said while looking at Kang San, who quietly nodded in response to the answer coming from behind him and went back to silent meditation.

“My parents must have been proud that my brother and sister attended the same prestigious university.”

“… … yes. He always boasted a lot to his relatives.”

“If you think about it, there are three of you, including childhood friends?”

“… … .”

I looked around the seminary, leaving behind the guy who had kept his mouth shut again.

“But now the only university is the seminary of our Salvation Church, so it’s not such an amazing picture. Regardless of siblings or childhood friends, everyone has to go to the same school.”

“… … Although the campus is large, it does not seem to be large enough to accommodate all Salvation Church believers.”

“Ah – I didn’t mean literally everyone, but everyone with a passion for learning.”

“How do you measure your enthusiasm for learning? Are you taking any exams?”

A series of questions as if the silence from earlier was a lie.

I tilted my head and looked at Kangsan.

“I didn’t know you were interested in education.”

“There is something I heard in a college liberal arts class. Distance creates class. And even in modern times when the word class is fading, the concept remains clear.”

also-

He looks directly into my eyes and continues speaking.

“They say there is no form of discrimination that is as familiar to modern people as that concept. The farther you get from Seoul, the more subtle discrimination you face, but that doesn’t lead to riots. Now it’s not Seoul, it’s ‘paradise’.”

Kang San once again set his sights on the seminary.

“It would be very difficult for people from the Republic of Korea to come and go to the seminary that exists in Paradise. In the end, those who have a passion for learning, that is, a strong belief in the Church of Salvation, will be selected and taken to paradise, where they will attend seminary.”

He looked around the seminary and then fixed his head on me again.

“The religious leader will of course make great use of believers who graduated from seminaries with strong faith, so they have no choice but to stay in paradise to commute to the temple. Believers who increasingly lack faith will be pushed out to other branches. Depending on the distance, a subtle class may be determined. Although it is not as blatant as dividing it into 1st and 2nd place like in Korea.”

I listened slowly without interrupting what he was saying.

I was curious as to how far these words, which started out of nowhere, would continue.

“In the end, the religious leader’s words about loving everyone equally are not found here. Maybe, as someone said, there are more equal believers.”

“If you try to deny it, you can deny it all day, but before that, ask first.”

I looked at Kang San and asked with a truly curious expression.

“Why did the story suddenly go like this?”

“… … Since the story progressed similarly to when I was in the Holy Knights, I hit the player a little rudely.”

I couldn’t help but laugh at the bold and cocky answer.

Ah, this guy changes people’s minds in a new way every time I see him.

“Also― I am clear with this.”

“… … What?”

“The leader wants something from me. Even before each other’s feelings were hurt, he wasn’t this generous. He has changed enough to say that he has changed.”

Bold eyes that urge you to answer what you want.

I laughed and shook my head.

“I recently got a new position. And that’s what I think when I look at you.”

Apostle.

A pseudo-apostle of a pseudo-religion.

“Kangsan, I think there is no one more suitable for the position than you.”

“… … .”

He made eye contact with me for quite a long time without saying anything.

“You say things you don’t even mean.”

Then he shook his head and repeated what I had said.

“If you don’t believe it, there’s nothing you can do.”

Ah, bastard.

You’re quick enough to notice.

“Like you said, if we become one family, it will happen anyway.”

“… … .”

But like I said before.

It didn’t really matter whether he found out or whether I lied.

[You are being rewarded!]

What is important to me is the third party listening to this conversation.

“Then, this is enough for the seminary. After this, let’s go see the Gate of Salvation.”

I just keep going in circles with him.

In the end, all we see is the cult leader who repeatedly cajoles the arrogant Kang San and Jjosaeng who continues to reject him.

It has no choice but to appear that way in the eyes of the river and sea.

“… … Teacher.”

At that moment, the Holy Knight, who was standing a little further away than the river, came running.

Then he politely bent down and whispered to me.

“This is a report from a southern paradise paladin who witnessed suspicious activity in Gwangmyeong City.”

“Something suspicious?”

“Yes. That is-”

The paladin glanced at Gangsan next to him and then conveyed his report to me more secretly.

As soon as he finished his report, I looked towards the southern part of Paradise and recited.

“There’s a lot going on.”

***

No big deal.

Doo doo doo doo doo-

Does this mean that this matter will be dismissed as a big deal to the religious leader?

Kang San’s eyes widened as he felt the footsteps pounding the ground.

South of the extreme south, where the celestial shield that protects paradise ends.

Unseasonable black clouds billowed over Gwangmyeong City, which is close to Seoul.

No, that wasn’t a cloud.

Kkkk!

A large-scale zombie wave approaching paradise, clattering from the ground, not the sky.

[You have witnessed a city-level colony!]

The huge wave that covered Gwangmyeong City was getting closer and closer.

“Kyojuniyim! If you just give me the order, I will wipe out all those demons right now!”

A roar so loud that it hurts your ears.

Kang San watched Seo Taesan, whom he had not seen in quite some time, shooting a determined look at the religious leader.

“Do you really not know why I prepared such an ordeal?”

“… … Ah—!”

thud-!

A massive body that immediately falls to its knees as if surprised.

“Sorry, leader! Please guide us, foolish people who know nothing!”

“Please guide me!”

Cooo!

A cloud of dust rises on the hill we climbed to explore.

On the hill where only Gangsan and the religious leader stood, the religious leader whispered kindly to the paladins.

“Those who easily defeat the devil are those who have fought the devil many times. The senior knights under the leader will support the junior knights who will fight against the devil in the new battlefield today.”

“Ahh! You made arrangements to make up for the lack of experience of the new brothers―!”

Seo Taesan is trembling with an emotional voice as if he has attained enlightenment.

‘… … It’s a chorus of fools.’

Kang San suppressed the words that were about to come out and turned away from that figure.

“It’s also a time to get to know your new family closely.”

However, I had no choice but to look at the religious leader as he continued speaking.

Han Gu-won is looking at himself with a soft smile.

Seo Taesan, who was filled with emotion, was surprised and asked the religious leader.

“The author is Kang San, an ordinary person, leader. Maybe there is a different arrangement for the author-”

“No. He is an ordinary person who set out to find his own strength, not my own arrangements.”

world.

It’s a world where everyone becomes stronger… … .

“Don’t you need to show me, as the advance team for the world, what kind of place it is?”

“… … .”

Kang San gritted his teeth and looked at the leader, who seemed to be scanning him thoroughly.

“You would have an obligation to show me what the alternative to the Salvation Church you were talking about so arrogantly was… … .”

Alternatives.

The moment he said the word ‘alternative’, a vivid shout struck my ears.

‘So is there a better alternative?’

Red eyes and tears already streaming down her cheeks.

‘How long are you going to act like a perfectionist and be picky, saying this can’t be done or that can’t be done!’

The arrow shot from her mouth pierces his chest again today.

‘Oppa, you have no power anyway!’

strength.

Grumble-

I clenched my fists as hard as I could and whispered to myself.

Everything the sea said was right.

The world was a world that really gave me strength, not the world I had hoped for.

It cannot be denied that Salvation Church was a better world.

but-

So, does a lie become the truth?

If there is no alternative, does a lie become the truth?

Is what you see everything?

“… … yes. Although my skills are poor, if I have something to show, I will show it.”

I have never.

I swear I never thought I was the only truth.

but-

Kang San repeated without avoiding the eyes of the leader who was looking at him closely.

but-

Neither are you.