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The atmosphere was shattered.

I feel tainted by the news of this clumsy counterattack by a mere priest.

They are intertwined and make me realize that I can no longer move on with her.

I had no choice but to end today here.

Instead of going any further, I took her home.

And then I learned something I didn’t know.

“… “You were still living in the dormitory.”

Elena is still living in a dormitory at a Korean university.

Although she has started her life as a full-fledged hunter, she is still a student at a Korean university.

Still, living in a dorm isn’t crazy, but… , a little disappointing.

A woman who lives on her own is a man’s unchanging ideal type, but ugh.

“Housing prices in Seoul are very expensive. “It’s all scary, regardless of whether it’s monthly rent, jeonse, or sale.”

As Elena said that, her body fell as if she was being consumed by real fear.

what… , Although the gestures are a bit exaggerated, it is understandable.

The current land price in Seoul is so expensive that it can be said to be crazy.

Still, at Elena’s current income level, she would be able to get a decent room.

“I don’t want to waste a lot of money on monthly rent. “Elena, I will work hard to save money while living in the dormitory.”

She is going through a difficult time than she thought, no, more than she thought.

This is also a very filial Jaringobi.

As she clenched her fists and strengthened her will, her heart heaved.

I smiled bitterly and asked her.

“Are you going to save up that money and give it to your family in Bulgaria?”

“That’s correct!”

The reason she saves money is for her family.

In order to ensure that her family, who have lived in poverty all their lives, no longer have to live in starvation, she fights against monsters with a huge shield in a distant, foreign land.

“If I earn as much as I do now, won’t I have enough left over to send to my family?”

In reality, her income is never small.

Every time she conquers a dungeon, the amount of money that falls to her is approximately several million won.

When good artifacts or high-grade magic stones are dropped, the price often jumps to over 10 million won.

We run about four to eight such dungeons consistently every month.

The amount was enough for her parents and younger siblings to live comfortably.

“It would be nice if Elena could spend some time living, but I do.”

It was said in the hope that Elena would also enjoy abundance as she was the one earning it.

She lightly pushed my body away from where it was touching with her arm, pressed her index finger to her mouth, and began to scold me with a stern expression.

“Dojin! That kind of mindset is not right. “Don’t you know that you have to earn it while you’re young?”

“uh… “I know that.”

“Hunter, it’s a job that makes a lot of money. But… “You never know when you might get hurt or die.”

“… … .”

Was that the reason?

“Elena hopes that in the future, her family will be well fed until they die. Even if Elena dies or gets hurt.”

She is preparing for the distant future.

I was thinking about the worst possible ending I could imagine, which would be if I got hurt and retired or died in the dungeon.

okay.

That’s right, and it’s the right mindset.

Hunters are a high-risk occupation where profit and risk are proportional, and you never know when you might die.

Moreover, she is in a position where she comes face to face with monsters first and closest.

It might not be so strange for her to prepare for her own death in advance.

But there is one fact she is overlooking.

“Elena.”

“Yes, Dojin.”

“You will never die.”

When I spoke with a confident tone, she made a stern expression again.

“Dojin… , such conceit? Oman? “It’s not good to be the same.”

My words seem to have been seen as conceit or arrogance.

But I was wrong this time.

I responded by pressing my index finger to my lips, just like she did a moment ago.

“As long as I’m here, Elena will never die.”

“Dojin… .”

Elena looks at me with a sad expression.

Is now the right time to kiss before breaking up? !

When you slowly bring your face in front of hers.

Suddenly, she opened her mouth and swallowed my finger that was pressing her lips!

The pain I soon felt.

“evil!”

Only after I screamed out from the intense pain did she let go of my finger, which she was biting with her teeth.

And then he said.

“Dojin, I’m so proud that I’m doing well recently. “I will reflect on this in the future.”

“Okay… .”

It doesn’t work, it doesn’t work.

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After letting Elena into the dormitory, I headed home.

In the end, we even succeeded in sharing a goodnight kiss.

… Of course, before that, I had to listen to her sermon on getting rid of pride for quite some time.

“It’s pride.”

The words, which until a moment ago were considered a slight trial on the way to kissing, spread softly, like the bitterness that comes after the intense sweetness of chocolate.

A poignant feeling as if sharp arrowheads were being stabbed in my chest, which had become calm for the first time in a long time.

“Hmm.”

It wasn’t a reflection of myself saying, “I’ve been conceited lately.”

but… , Recently, I felt like I was moving further and further away from my existing personality.

When I felt my personality becoming more and more outspoken, I thought it was my original personality that I found by gaining a younger body and breaking free of the shackles that were oppressing me… .

“I don’t think that’s necessarily true these days… .”

His personality has become too outspoken to simply be dismissed as such, raising questions.

Impulse exists in everyone’s heart.

When extremely excited, angry, happy, etc.

When my emotions get stronger than usual, I often have thoughts like, ‘Should I just commit it?’

However, it usually just ends in thoughts and does not lead to action.

No, exactly, it should not lead to action.

It is extremely rare for something done out of impulse to lead to a good outcome or ending.

But what is my life like now?

“… “He is extremely impulsive and has no plans.”

When I slowly think back on the process from getting this body until now, many regrets remain.

This time like this, that time like that.

At what point did you have to do something like that?

If you think carefully, you will see a better way.

Everyone feels that way when they think of the path they have passed, so much so that they can’t be comforted by words.

Even though I was able to think of it well at the time, I let go of countless ways.

“Change.”

I am changing.

And change doesn’t always happen for the better.

It’s like a child who was extremely good when he was young gets derailed by a rapidly changing environment and goes down the wrong path.

I, too, have longed for the freedom that has been oppressed until now, and have gone beyond this and ended up in self-indulgence.

If so, where did it start to diverge?

“… “That’s obvious.”

Raise one wrist.

A bracelet set to be visible only to me and two beads hanging from it.

It probably starts from here.

To be precise, when you go beyond being a ‘person with qualifications’ and become a ‘person carrying karma’.

If the things I enjoy now are indulgences.

“… … .”

Maybe this is karma.

Maybe it’s eating away at me.

* * *

The Purity Order has the second largest number of believers in Europe after the Vatican Orthodox Church.

Regardless of that fact, its power did not change in Korea.

This is because their advance was one, no, two steps late compared to the large religious forces such as the Vatican Orthodox Church and Buddhism, as well as the large and small religions that are only prevalent in Korea.

Although this may not be the case, it is important for religion to stay ahead of everything else.

The reason is that once one embraces religion, it is rare to change one’s mind.

The number of believers in the purity denomination, which is no different from a latecomer, is smaller than that of other religions.

So, is the presence of purity denominations in Korea also small?

Funny enough, that wasn’t the case again.

Despite the small number of believers, their position was better than expected.

What is the reason?

This is because not everyone who visits a chastity church is there to maintain chastity.

“How was this Mass, Chairman?”

“hmm… , it was very good. “I feel like my promiscuous past as a child has been washed away, at least a little.”

“Haha, thank goodness. “Perhaps you will be able to arrive at the gates of heaven.”

“Thank you.”

Among those who visit purity denominations, there are quite a few who seek repentance.

To look back on my debauched or promiscuous past, reflect on myself, and finally wash away my sins.

And those people are conglomerates or powerful people.

Why do they, who were so outspoken, show such behavior so late?

That too is simple.

Because we can no longer deny the existence of God.

“This is this donation.”

“Thank you every time. The Goddess will also be watching over you, Chairman.”

Divine power, the power to heal an injured body and wash away unclean energy.

Because the almost miraculous power made it difficult for even those who deny the existence of God to do so.

Their existence, which acknowledges the existence of God and also believes in the afterlife, is taking care of the position of the Purity Church.

It is for this reason that a church building was built in the rich land of Gangnam.

“Oh, and that brat named Kim Do-jin I mentioned last time has also been brought into the association.”

“I am indebted to the Chairman.”

“What is your situation? “Please pray for me one more time later.”

“I will definitely do that.”

At the same time, it was in the same context that he was confident that he would be able to condemn Kim Do-jin, who was arrogant and bared his teeth at the Purity Church.

“I’ll just go. “See you at mass next week.”

“Please take a look.”

Joo Gyeong-tae looks at the old wealthy man leaving the church in a wheelchair led by his secretary.

Just a moment ago, he was saying things like repentance and all, but now he can’t hold back anymore and the sight of the female secretary walking ahead reaching out and rubbing her twitching buttocks makes me frown.

But even for a moment.

‘It doesn’t matter. That sin will also come back as money.’

He who committed a sin will come back and hand over a huge amount of money.

okay.

Something like the thick envelope on the table right now.

Important believer… , No, Joo Gyeong-tae entered the church after seeing off a customer.

He asked the trainee priest who handled various tasks under him.

“Have you tried calling the Magic Tower about installing the missing magic circle?”

“Priest, that is…” .”

Instead of answering ‘yes’, he frowned when an excuse came out first.

“I said it was definitely something that needed to be dealt with most urgently… “You haven’t done it yet?”

The exterior wall of the building is empty.

Kim Do-jin, because all the magic circles that protected the church disappeared due to the actions of that wicked man.

I told you to coordinate a schedule with the Magic Tower as soon as possible to reinstall it.

Hearing Joo Gyeong-tae’s angry voice, the apprentice priest hurriedly waves his hand and shakes his head.

“Oh, no, priest! “I made sure to call the magic tower.”

As a result, his anger subsided a little.

And in that place, doubts arose.

“For all that, your expression doesn’t look good.”

When asked why he was making such an expression, the apprentice priest struggled to speak.

“Well, that’s it. I called the magic tower and brought up the topic of installing a magic circle, and they said… .”

An apprentice priest who trails off while talking loudly.

At this, Joo Gyeong-tae frowned again, and only then did he speak again.

“There have been instructions to no longer engage in any transactions with the Purity Church… .”

Quang!

Before he can finish his sentence, Joo Gyeong-tae slams the desk and gets up from his seat.

He asked in a colder voice.

“What kind of blasphemous person would give such instructions?”

The trainee priest, who once collapsed from the cold anger pouring down on him, closed his eyes tightly and answered as if shouting.

“They said it was an order that came directly from the lord of the magic tower!”

“W-what… … !”

Joo Gyeong-tae’s face immediately distorted at the appearance of a big man far beyond imagination.