episode_0665

From childhood to the present, when I am on the verge of death.

She has always lived a life where she puts others before herself.

That was natural.

She also grew up under the care of several Orthodox priests and nuns from an early age.

So I know better than anyone else.

How terrible hunger is.

How lonely it is to die sick on a street full of all kinds of filth.

Knowing such feelings better than anyone else, she took the lead in helping the weak.

Because if it weren’t for the help of the Orthodox Church, he would have lived a similar life to them.

He considered it his mission to return the love he had received to the world in the name of the Orthodox Church.

okay.

She doesn’t have a single regret about the way she’s lived her life so far.

She lived every moment of her life with all her might, so much so that she had no time to ruminate on regrets.

However, I was curious when I saw people talking about my life as if they had pity on me.

‘What would it be like to live a life I’ve never experienced?’

And that’s it.

Curiosity became longing, and longing soon became a dream.

It wasn’t anything grand.

Just when I was about to step down from the front line.

I had a simple dream of wanting to live like everyone else, and I kept it to myself, without telling anyone.

I hadn’t decided how I was going to live.

But as I met Kim Do-jin and became closer to him, my dream became more and more specific.

‘marriage….’

For the first time, I began to fantasize about marriage.

If I could spend the rest of my life with him, who understands my heart so well and is my strong support.

Wouldn’t it be possible to have days that are as happy as the ones I have now?

The first feeling of affection and fondness for the opposite sex.

She has been pressing it hard.

Orthodox doctrine does not prohibit anyone from marrying.

But people’s eyes were harsh regardless of doctrine.

A saint in the arms of a man.

People will begin to doubt the legitimacy and purity of a saint who has lost her virginity, and it is obvious that there will be an increase in those who seek to use this to shake up their own positions and gain power.

‘later.’

When a world comes where your existence and status are no longer needed, it will not be too late to reveal your feelings.

I held on, thinking that way, but today that dam collapsed.

“Caritas.”

Because he realized after facing death that he or Kim Do-jin might die before the world he envisioned comes.

“Please give me one chance.”

“… What kind of opportunity are you talking about?”

“I will prove my unchanging faith.”

Even if she could no longer live as a saint, even if she was held in the arms of a man.

No matter what happens, her essence remains the same.

An agent who spreads God’s will widely and saves the world.

I had a small greed.

He said that he would not give up on any of the roles he wanted to do and that he would do them all.

At her words, Caritas’s once gentle face twisted into a grim expression.

“That means… , you want to prolong your life even with that ugly aura.”

She bowed her head further.

Because what she is about to say now could make the god in front of her even more angry.

“I don’t think that power itself is sinful.”

“What…?!”

“Watching that man from the side, I realized that what I should be wary of is not power itself, but the person who is using that power to go in the wrong direction.”

Appropriate desire motivates people, and appropriate anger releases the lump in the chest and makes the inside feel refreshed.

Sexual desire for a loved one deepens love, and appropriate intoxication increases self-esteem rather than arrogance.

The opposite is also true.

“Our Chiljuseon is also like that. All actions are done with good intentions, but sometimes they harm others.”

“… … .”

Contrary to expectations that those words would cause outrage, Caritas remained silent.

It was because I had nothing to say.

Because what she says is true.

“You are right. In fact, that is a fact that not only Nana, Gula, and Ira gathered here, but all the gods know.”

Yet why do they fight and try to kill each other?

Is it simply because of an instinctive disgust?

That cannot be denied either, but there is another fundamental reason.

“Because the mere existence of an apostle has a profound impact on humanity.”

An apostle is a being who spreads the will of God widely.

That is why they influence their surroundings simply by existing in the world.

Those who are around sexual desire tend to pursue the opposite sex more actively than usual, and those who are around anger tend to get angry easily over small things.

And these emotions inevitably cause great confusion and dark problems in society.

“Did you say that pure good intentions can sometimes turn into evil intentions?”

right.

At some point, good intentions and goodwill can cause more confusion than malicious intentions.

“One, but we’re better.”

Because the number of people who are hurt by good intentions is overwhelmingly smaller than the number of people who are hurt by the chaos caused by primal human emotions that are openly stirred up.

“We have chosen our existence and decided to destroy them.”

The Seven Deadly Sins, who drew their swords to avoid the worst and the Seven Deadly Sins, who also drew their swords and aimed at their opponents because they couldn’t just be defeated by them.

Their fight has continued for tens of thousands of years.

Hundreds and thousands of worlds eventually come to an end, only to move to a new stage and continue the fight.

“Did you say that power is without sin?”

That’s also right.

“However, the apostles bring about many sins by their very existence, so they cannot be completely free from them.”

also.

“Not a single one of the apostles of the seven deadly sins who died by our hands has been innocent.”

Even those who briefly proved this were eventually captured by its power and became its lackeys.

“That man’s fate will be no different.”

Caritas’ sharp gaze stabs Kim Do-jin.

“It’s actually more dangerous.”

Because he has two powers.

Many people around him will be caught up in emotions of greed and anger, and eventually he too will be caught up in those emotions and bring great chaos to the world.

“So don’t be fooled by the author’s three-inch tongue and commit a crime.”

Silence falls.

I just found out.

The fact that the mere presence of an apostle has an impact on the surroundings.

When I thought about it, it didn’t seem like that was entirely wrong.

‘Certainly… our kids have become more proactive than before.’

Even my colleagues who I’ve worked with for the longest time have changed a lot from before.

We have come to use more means and methods to achieve something.

The same goes for bed.

The more they mixed their bodies, the more faithful they became to their desires.

So much so that even the moment when several women and one man have sex is considered trivial.

It was certainly his intention, but it was not the result of intention alone.

So he thought.

‘If what I say is true, then the apostles of the seven deadly sins should disappear.’

Anger, lust, greed, pride, stinginess, envy, sloth.

Because the moment such emotions spread throughout the world, great chaos will ensue.

“The lesser evil to avoid the worst… .”

That makes sense.

Wouldn’t that be much better than the world being destroyed and them being sealed away?

“I agree with the meaning of inspiration.”

“Then will you just die here?”

“No, that’s not it.”

Kim Do-jin looks up at Caritas with cold eyes.

“I agree with the meaning, but I don’t think I ever said I would follow it.”

As Caritas itself has revealed, victory in this long struggle was only the lesser of two evils.

What is the lesser evil?

It literally means the second worst option, right behind the worst.

It’s better than the worst, of course, but I wouldn’t call it a ‘good’ choice.

‘If that were the case, it would have been called the best, not the lesser of two evils.’

But Kim Do-jin also doesn’t know what the best option is in this fight.

It was natural.

How could he know something that even the gods who have been fighting for tens of thousands of years and covering their heads don’t know?

However, he found it.

It may not be the best… no, it may not be the second best, but it is better than the lesser of two evils.

Before saying this, I need to get a definitive answer.

“If there is a better way than the worst, will inspiration follow it?”

The Seven Pillars’ definitive answer to whether you can believe in and follow your own methods.

To this he answered confidently.

“If it’s really a better number, there’s no reason not to follow it.”

The gaze looking down at Kim Do-jin obliquely said so.

Can a mere human find a number that even God has not been able to find?

“So, to summarize what the inspiration said, the biggest problem is that the Seven Deadly Sins themselves affect people. If we solve that, there’s no need to fight. Right?”

“… Yes.”

“There’s a way to fix that.”

“What is it?”

Apostles have an impact on their surroundings simply by their presence.

It is the same whether it is the Seven Deadly Sins or the Seven Pillars of Evil.

However, the Seven Deadly Sins and the Seven Evils are made up of emotions that are in sharp contrast.

Pride and humility, anger and patience, sloth and diligence, stinginess and charity, lust and chastity, jealousy and kindness.

Finally, greed and moderation.

When I thought about this, it came to mind naturally.

“Offset.”

If we erase and cancel each other’s influence through two contrasting energies.

“Then it doesn’t affect anything, so there’s no reason to fight each other.”

Caritas laughed at his words as if they were ridiculous.

“I wondered what he was thinking and why he was so arrogant, but that was it.”

There is no way they could not have come up with the simplest method: offset.

But this is a method that can never succeed.

“In order for their energies to be offset, both sides must have the same total amount of power, and they must also build a base and live in the same place. Do you think it would be possible for fourteen people to live like that, when it is difficult for two?”

As mentioned before, the Seven Deadly Sins and the Seven Deadly Sins instinctively hate each other.

“You may be able to tolerate it at first, but eventually you will not be able to tolerate it and there will be big and small commotions.”

And the commotion will grow out of control and reach the point where people will kill each other.

“So the number you thought of is completely wrong… .”

“I never said I’d put fourteen of them together.”

Kim Do-jin never said that.

I just brought up the word offset.

I never had the ridiculous idea of gathering fourteen people together to offset it.

Just as you can tell whether something is poop or soybean paste without having to eat it, isn’t it obvious that it’s impossible with just a little bit of thinking?

The method Kim Do-jin came up with was counterproductive, but a little different from what they had come up with.

“Only one person is enough for the number I thought of.”

“… One person? What on earth can one person do?”

Like Caritas who questions, he answers to all who wonder.

“One person must contain the energy of both the Seven Deadly Sins and the Seven Pillars of Evil.”

And there is only one person in this world who can hold them all.

“That’s me.”

Everyone’s eyes grew cold at the idea of gathering fourteen people together.