Somebody Stop the Pope – 107



Episode 107

33. Winter vacation

1.

After the disaster-level returnee appeared time passed without much happening.

The Jeon Gak-ryeon was divided into factions and fought each other every day but the Baek Myeong-gyo guys were surprisingly restrained and went about their medical volunteer work.

Thanks to that I was able to relax and go back and forth between the temple and home without any worries.

The government was taking increasingly brutal measures day by day saying that it would root out villains across the country before the Northeast Asia Exchange Exhibition was held.

Hunters belonging to the Hive Guild are transferred to the Ability Management Department in large numbers and various corruption incidents are constantly reported.

The end of the year in South Korea is heating up more than ever due to big issues breaking out every day.

Foreign media outlets call this aspect of Korea by nicknames like ‘Crazy Korea’?

anyway.

Whether the world goes crazy or not my year-end is a very happy one thanks to the Christmas I enjoyed for the first time in 10 years.

Christmas on Earth the place I had longed to return to so badly.

We threw a very grand party adding Archbishop Toby Laparte to the members of the last dinner party.

Although it was hard to prepare for the party I was also proud because Siyeon had such a happy expression on her face.

Have you enjoyed the year-end atmosphere for the first time in a while?

“Hmm.”

I sighed as I played with the white knuckles Toby had made for me.

This knuckle is a special knuckle made from Vulcanium a metal obtained by melting the magic sword last time.

Inwook gave it the name meaning a metal that holds the flames of God. This is the first time I realized that my younger brother has a great sense of naming.

Since my fighting style was closer to a martial artist who fought with fists rather than weapons Tobi made me two weapons.

Knuckles and gauntlets.

These weapons had one thing in common:

Whoosh whoosh-!

It is equipped with a function that can compress and release the Holy Fire. In other words it acts as a catalyst that greatly enhances the power of the Holy Fire.

Was it possible because Vulcanium itself had the property of condensing fire? Toby explained it very enthusiastically but it was so much useless information that I just let it go in one ear and out the other.

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I only heard that the remaining vulcanium will be added to equipment produced later.

I glanced across my desk at work gently turning my fingers on my knuckles.

“hey.”

“Yes! Your Holiness.”

“There is a prayer room a basement and even a cafe just a short walk away. Why are you tutoring in my office?”

At a large table placed in the center for the meeting sat a young man in a suit and an old man in a white priest’s robe.

The young man’s identity was Jiwon Park who was assigned to the role of management advisor for our church. He was the same man I interviewed with last time.

The elderly who are receiving modern management knowledge from Mr. Park Ji-won are naturally

“Tsk. That’s too bad Your Majesty. Do you really need to kick this old man out of the temple to feel better?”

“Look look. You only call yourself old when it’s disadvantageous to you Archbishop Lapart. Isn’t that too cowardly?”

It was Archbishop Lapart a 68-year-old scholar.

Archbishop Lapart sighed deeply clutching his pen.

“Your Majesty is so cruel so I a powerless old man can only feel sad. I have nowhere to vent my frustrations….”

“…I’m sorry. Please continue. Tutoring.”

“Thank you for your mercy Your Majesty. Support troops? Let’s continue.”

“Good Archbishop. I can’t help but be amazed every time because the Archbishop absorbs knowledge like a sponge.”

“Haha that’s embarrassing. I just study diligently. Isn’t it all because my teacher is great?”

“ha ha ha!”

“Hehehe.”

I was worried that their personalities might not match but they were showing off a chemistry that was completely unexpected.

The sight of them praising each other was so awkward that just seeing the close bond between the priests made me lose my appetite.

“Oh my.”

If you don’t like the temple the monk told you to leave.

I got up from my seat because I didn’t have the confidence to watch the mutual grooming scene until the end.

Then the priests looked at me at the same time.

“Where are you going?”

“I don’t have anything urgent to do so I’m going to go out for a bit. The weather is nice isn’t it?”

“Your Holiness. I saw on the news this morning that a record-breaking cold wave warning has been issued…”

“I wonder when else I’ll experience the coldest cold wave in history. And today is Siyeon’s day off from school so I’m planning on picking her up for the first time in a long time.”

Archbishop Lapart smiled happily at those words.

“You’re going to pick up Miss Siyeon. Okay. Do you need any attendants? You can bring Archbishop Leo with you. Captain Luna went out to practice with the apprentice priests. He said he won’t be back until the evening.”

The first batch of trainees from our school have also gotten back on track. Thanks to Oh Jun-woo and Luna constantly training the trainees they have become capable of using even the most basic self-defense techniques.

As soon as I could barely walk the hellish dungeon crawl began.

This is thanks to Toby personally taking players from the <Anarchy> guild and churning out armor like a factory.

If it weren’t for the plump gear I wouldn’t have been able to do the crazy thing of driving the chicks into the dungeon.

“I guess I should do that. Then I will take Leo with me Archbishop Lapart. In the meantime please take good care of the temple.”

“Yes Your Majesty.”

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I simply put on a coat.

And before leaving I checked the <Wriggling Sculpture> that was in the glass bottle next to the desk.

[<Wriggling Piece>]

*Growth rate: 58%

One of the reasons I can be free now is the absence of a main quest.

The existing main quests have been cleared or are at a standstill.

It was likely that the current situation would persist until this guy was fully grown.

“Before that you should enjoy yourself to your heart’s content.”

Even if you’re busy when you’re busy you should enjoy yourself when you’re having fun.

There was no need to worry about something that might happen later when it hadn’t even happened yet.

“I’ll be back.”

“Have a nice day Your Majesty.”

“Take care Your Holiness.”

I gave them a quick wave then opened the door to my office and went out.

2.

The Seoul First Elementary School that Siyeon attends is located about a 20-minute walk from the holy site.

The school whose name itself was unusual was famous for many things.

A private elementary school attended mainly by the upper class of society such as the children of hunters belonging to large guilds or the children of high-ranking public officials.

Perhaps because of that special nature they hired hunters as security guards and security was solid in many ways.

The downside was that the tuition was extremely expensive but since it was not too far from the house we were moving to we decided to transfer there without much thought.

At first I was worried about what to do if I couldn’t adapt.

Because Siyeon is only 10 years old and most children would hate transferring schools in their early grades.

But thankfully Siyeon didn’t show any sign of disliking it.

It’s a new demonstration. If you listen to what the homeroom teacher says it seems like the students are adapting well but I’m not sure.

Shouldn’t we just wait until next semester?

“Your Majesty. I have arrived.”

As I was looking out the window lost in thought Leo called me.

“Oh yeah. Leo. Your driving skills have improved a lot lately. I knew it.”

Leo’s driving skills have been improving day by day since he got his license.

Since he possessed motor skills that surpassed those of humans driving would probably be quite easy for Leo.

By the way Luna drives a sports car worth 300 million won these days.

This was because the byproducts from the dungeons that Luna personally took the chicks to subdue were quite salty and a huge amount of incentives were paid accordingly.

“There are no empty spaces in the parking lot so you may have to park a little farther away.”

“I see. What kind of school is this?”

“This is what it usually looks like at school hours. Usually it’s people who look like drivers rather than parents who come to pick up the kids.”

This is because they are children of wealthy families.

People who looked like bodyguards were waiting around the main gate.

The fact that they all had a faint sense of magical power made it clear that they were all Awakened and that they were Hunters.

“Please get off first Your Majesty. I will park here for a moment so you can bring Siyeon here.”

“okay.”

As soon as I got out of the car a sharp wind blew past my face. As expected from a cold wave warning it was a very sharp wind.

Did you say the lowest temperature today was minus 16 degrees?

It’s a good thing that the school start time was changed to the daytime but if they had told us to go to school in the morning I think most of us would have refused to go.

It was that cold.

I think I would have felt chilly if I didn’t have divine powers.

“Still you came with good timing.”

Just then students were walking out of the main gate. It seemed like the graduation ceremony was over.

And soon I was introduced to a new world of post-school culture.

As each student came out one of the people who had been waiting at the main gate ran over and handed them their bag.

Among the students who came out of the main gate there wasn’t a single one who didn’t have an escort.

If it’s ten … if it’s a hundred it’s a hundred.

There is a reason why there is a huge parking lot in front of the main gate.

“…That’s amazing.”

It’s a sight that Nana Inwook had never seen before even when she was in elementary school.

Back then there was at least the romance of walking home from school with friends. What is this?

Of course that doesn’t mean that taking care of children like that is bad.

If you have a lot of money and the means to do something like that who would say anything about it?

The only regret was that it didn’t have a child-like taste.

How long have I waited like that?

Finally Siyeon wearing a yellow tteokbokki coat walked out of the main gate.

Unlike the other kids as soon as Siyeon came out she started walking straight towards our house.

I approached the demonstration from behind and covered her eyes while speaking.

“Who?”

“Big brother! Hehe you came to pick me up?”

“You seem less surprised than I thought. I meant to surprise you.”

“Hehehe I saw you as soon as I came out of the main gate! I pretended not to see you on purpose!”

Maybe it’s because I’ve been hanging out with my crazy coworkers so often these days but Siyeon seems to have fallen for the fun of teasing me.

But let’s let it slide because Siyeon is cute.

I hugged Shiyeon tightly.

“Isn’t the demonstration cold?”

“Yeah! Thanks to Snow White I’m not cold at all.”

Srrrrrrrr-

Miyaaaaaaa.

A white squirrel the size of a kitten appeared from the empty floor and rubbed its head against my leg.

This was the so-called stealth function that Baekseol was equipped with during the last time when the tree grew significantly.

“You did well today too. Let’s go home and eat some churu Baekseol-ah.”

Miyaaaa!

Snow White cutely wags her tail in front of the word “Churu” but even though she looks like that she could become as big as a tiger if she wanted to.

The incident of freeing the soul of the Demon Sword last time was a tremendous source of nutrition for the Divine Tree.

At the current level of Snow White… she might be able to have a go at even a lower S-class hunter. After all she’s a divine beast after all.

“How was the graduation ceremony today?”

“Oh it was nothing! Big brother. Can we all go sledding together this winter?”

“The three of us with Inwook? Okay….”

“No no. My whole family! I was talking to my new friends earlier and someone said they were renting a ski resort. I don’t like skiing. I’ve always wanted to go to a sledding hill with my older brother!”

When you say ‘all the family’ do you mean all the members of the Limen Church?

That’s quite a big family.

But I couldn’t say no when I liked it that much.

I said raising my little finger.

“Let’s go. I promise.”

“promise!”

Siyeon smiled brightly and hooked her pinky finger with mine. And then a cute sound came from Siyeon’s stomach.

Gulp-.

“Hehe. I’m hungry.”

“Shall we go get some tteokbokki? Uncle Leo is waiting in the car.”

“good!”

At the mention of tteokbokki Siyeon answered vigorously.

So I held Siyeon’s hand and went back to where the car was. And just as I was about to get in

Woohoooooo-.

The smartphone in my coat pocket rang.

“Siyeon just a moment.”

I took out my phone and checked there was a call coming in and the screen showed a name I hadn’t seen in a long time.

“President Seo Shin-woo”

I heard you’re busy these days because of the Northeast Asia Exchange. Why is this guy calling?

“Siyeon-ah. Would you like to go into the car first?”

“Okay brother. It’s cold come in quickly!”

I let Siyeon get into the car first and then leisurely answered the phone. Then a powerful voice came from the other end of the smartphone.

– It’s been a while since I called you Kim Siwoo the Awakened One. The weather has gotten a lot colder how are you? I suddenly thought of you and called you.

“I’m always doing well. But why?”

-Some details regarding the Northeast Asia Exchange have been confirmed. Have you had a meal? If not I would like to have a meal together and chat lightly. It is also located close to the Limen Sect’s holy site.

It seems like the days of resting comfortably are over.

I let out a sigh so small it couldn’t be heard over the phone. Then I spoke in a low voice.

“Where are you?”