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Episode 271 – Children of God 4 –

[…] It is a choice we have no choice but to make. This case cannot be overlooked… ]

A spacious, single-person room provided by the Academy.

Through the communication cable connected there, she and someone from Seonghwangcheong Parish were having a deep conversation.

“I know. I don’t particularly resent this.”

She couldn’t help but spit out words that were different from what she had in mind.

I was upset, but there was nothing I could do.

From her perspective, she couldn’t leave the future to her own devices.

“The Lord gave me the stigmata so I could come to this place. How can I question my strength once again returning to the Lord? All I want to do is return to the Lord.”

[As the strength of the Lord is directed to You. May your spirit also turn to the Lord… ]

A saint is a being who receives the stigmata of God and is completely free from the influence of the same stigmata.

Unlike the power of evil spirits, another phenomenon that occurs based on the premise that an observer cannot observe another observer other than the object of observation.

Therefore, adults are free from the influence of other adults’ stigmata.

Even if there is an adult in the object of observation, other adults other than the adult himself are not visible.

This is because from the moment the stigmata is bestowed upon them, they become observers of the stigmata.

Therefore, seeing a saint with stigmata means only one thing.

Either the saint herself, the observer.

Or maybe she’s no longer a saint.

[Three saints have seen your future. You may, at some point, become the leader of a group of evil leaders. I can’t know the exact details because it’s fragmentary.

In the future you saw, you blasphemed God, doubted His truth, and no longer trusted Him. You attacked while mentioning the limits of God, and although we were defeated in the end, we also suffered considerable damage.]

Stigmata can be recovered at any time. Even if it wasn’t death, there were quite a few instances in history where stigmata were recovered from fallen saints.

However, there has only been one case where stigmata was recovered from a normal adult.

There is only death.

There have been many cases where the stigmata were not recovered even though they went astray.

However, the only cases in which it was recovered were when an extremely evil act was committed.

That is what stigmata is.

It is the most certain sign that God gave to my saint.

The toughest leash.

It is a token that allows you to become a key member of Seonghwangcheong the moment you receive it.

The most severe leash that will immediately become a problem the moment you seriously deviate, not now, but later.

Those who were familiar with Seonghwangcheong compared stigmata like this.

And that is a healing saint.

The person concerned also knew it well.

“I know.”

[So please don’t blame us. Aren’t you losing your divine power even now? There is nothing we can do because there is a lot of circumstantial evidence.

The foreknowledge indicated by the stigmata always arises unless it is yours. Even if you try to escape, the act of trying to escape calls for the future, and if you remain still, that future will be created by remaining still.]

“Yes.”

[If we leave you alone, you will feel skeptical for some reason. If you have to somehow avoid going astray, you will feel skeptical about God in the process.]

“I know too.”

[To change the future, there must be divine intervention. If you fall and are destined to become a devil, you can no longer change it. If you want to change this future. It is only accepted as a sacrifice to the gods.]

Humans cannot dare to change the future.

It is considered a prophecy because it has the ability to see the future.

In reality, Seonghwangcheong is all about enduring the aftermath while fixing the future.

The future is destiny.

Because only God can intervene in fate.

Therefore, there is only one way to change your destiny.

That’s right. The only thing that happens is that the person destined to enter the sphere of influence of God.

And how to receive divine influence in modern Seonghwangcheong.

There was only one thing.

sacrifice.

One of the three methods of judging crimes in Seonghwangcheong.

That was the way to bring the few saints into God’s sphere of influence.

[So please don’t despair.]

The offering has no effect if it is without sin.

Even if there is a sin, if one deserves to go to heaven, the sacrifice takes the blame for the sin.

[Because you are still a pure human being.]

Even if you die as a sacrifice, you can go to heaven.

Even in hell, heaven is the place you can go if your sins are forgiven.

But so far, no one has survived the sacrifice.

In the end, it is difficult for humans to live without committing sin.

It was because standing in that position in itself meant living a life that was far from God.

“I know.”

But it was as if she had already seen herself into the future.

In the end, the ritual of atonement through sacrifice is also a possibility only if one is faithful.

But is this who you are now?

Is it possible to go to heaven even after being sacrificed?

‘My great Father, Lord… ‘

Her thoughts expanded and repeated over and over again.

Everything that happened now.

And events.

When I thought about what I had experienced so far, I was able to roughly predict why this future was drawn.

‘Is it really because you doubted God that such a future appeared? ?’

Changes that have occurred in yourself.

distrust.

That was the cause of everything, she thought.

Therefore, the healing saint predicted that her chances of survival were lower.

In your own mind, you can’t even control yourself.

Because doubts about God were planted.

“We will come to you as soon as possible.”

[May the Lord’s protection be with you… ]

That’s how the conversation between the two ended.

The light from the disconnected communication crystal faded.

That’s what remained in the saint’s room.

“Lord… ”

Without any stimulation. There was only silence.

========

“What are you packing so tightly?”

“Just in case. In the end, it takes a lot of different things to deal with something. In addition, you need to learn how to use Auror awakening properly.”

The clue to Auror awakening was discovered long ago.

The basis of ghost swordsmanship is the recognition of the soul.

Just as you need to understand your body in order to learn swordsmanship.

In order to master the ghost sword technique, you must be able to see your own soul.

Thanks to that, I was able to roughly understand what was engraved in my soul.

“What is the connection between learning how to use something and packing something?”

“If you do not handle the sword properly, you will get hurt by the sword being swung. Even if it’s an awakening period, if you can’t handle it perfectly, you don’t know what will happen.

Learning and effort are there to prevent such mistakes. As someone who has a hard time doing both, I need a chance to make up for my mistakes. These items will create that opportunity.”

Life is unpredictable.

An ordinary person suddenly gets lung cancer and is in danger of dying.

Sometimes a dead person is reincarnated into a game they enjoyed playing when they were alive.

Moreover, usually problems arise because the person himself creates the incident.

Occasionally, an incident will come to visit you.

Insurance is necessary to prepare for this.

“So… Are you trying to invade Seonghwangcheong?”

“Yes? Why is this?”

“It’s not for self-defense… Aren’t there a lot of things like that? ?”

You always have to be prepared just in case.

There is no guarantee that the situation will necessarily mean that I am being attacked.

To prepare for this, you need skills to deal with various situations.

“Where are you looking?”

Alice glared at me as if I was dumbfounded.

What do you not know?

How useful are these?

“Bone saw, hook, electric shock device, chain, restraints, 200L of contaminated water, spinal reflex fluid, pharynx, head. That’s okay. Well, it’s not like a magic sword that causes problems just because I have it.”

“The issue is not the harm of the object, but the intention! How can you tell that it is for self-defense?! Who will you torture at Seonghwangcheong?”

What do you not know?

Even though I may not be interested in someone.

That someone may be very interested in me.

To deal with such a situation, of course you have to go the other way and dig up the information.

If you intend to harm someone, you must be prepared to die.

“… ”

Seeing that, Alice opened her eyes and glared at me.

no. In human history, this level of torture does not even fall into the category of torture.

There were many more terrible and painful tortures!

“Okay. Then I won’t use these. I don’t think this will be enough… This will work. ”

“Wait a minute. What did you just put in?”

“This?”

Alice suddenly pointed at something I had put in.

uh… If I say this, I think they’ll say something else.

But if you don’t tell me again, they’ll say something really bad afterward. Let’s sell in advance.

I answered the truth.

“This is the vampire Jinhyeol I received from Saint Dilenium. I was going to take this and say that if you don’t cooperate, I’ll turn you into a vampire?”

why. This is a moderate threat.

Don’t even take people’s lives.

No physical pain. How good.

“… Ugh.”

Let’s reveal my strategy proudly.

Did my sincerity come through?

Alice answered me with resignation.

“Even if you block it anyway, it will find another way on its own… Just do it.”

Oh my!

Permission granted!