Somebody Stop the Pope – 51



Episode 51

16. Dissonance

1.

pagan.

They would literally be people with different religions than us.

Our Limen sect was not an exclusive sect towards pagans.

In the beginning there were many gods in Eden and they formed alliances with some of the religious groups that followed them.

In some ways that was an inevitable result.

Because they had a common enemy called the Demon King.

Of course some fanatics condemned paganism and insisted that pagans should be forcibly converted. And some of them actually took action.

But such people soon disappeared without a sound by the Vatican’s inquisitors.

It was entirely Limen’s will.

– That which springs from coercion and fear is not faith. It is only obedience. I do not expect obedience from my children.

Something she once said to me.

As you can see from that statement our church was rather considerate of pagans.

So why am I telling you this story now?

“I told you you saw those pagan bastards but you told me to tell them exactly? Leo and I will go in and wipe them out.”

“Lord Reventon that is against the doctrine. Limen said that if you want to be respected you must first respect others. You cannot blindly reject heretics…”

“Those pagans were trying to soak Representative Choi and His Holiness the Pope?”

“You damned bastards. Your Holiness. Will you please proclaim a holy war? Archbishop Leo Lumen I will gladly stand at the forefront of the holy war and annihilate the wicked heretics!”

Because discussions were in full swing in the Pope’s office.

I looked at Leo and Luna who were about to run out of the office and put my hand on my forehead. Then I closed my eyes slightly and said.

“…I’m embarrassed to see Minsu and CEO Choi’s faces so stay still.”

“Hahahaha! You guys are so cool I like it! Can you include us in the temple too? Let’s get rid of all the religious guys while we’re at it!”

“I am CEO Choi. Our Limen Church is also a religious group.”

“Oh is that so Minsu? Then let’s correct this to all religious groups except the Limen sect.”

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“Good. Thank you. Oh and I’d like to make a YouTube content with the Dokkaebi Guild as the main character soon. Is that possible?”

The meeting had a somewhat awkward atmosphere.

On one side there is a call for a temple and on the other side business is going on.

There is no mess like this mess.

I stared at the mess for a moment smiled softly and nodded slightly.

Kwaaaaang!

He slammed his fist on the desk in his office.

The effect was clear.

The atmosphere in the office which had been like the market floor just a moment ago quickly deteriorates.

They glanced at me and Luna spoke cautiously with a bashful smile.

“Hehehe Your Majesty. Why are you suddenly like that?”

“It seems like everyone else is doing whatever they want so I just wanted to knock on the table. Why are you dissatisfied? If you’re dissatisfied you should become the Pope.”

“That’s… impossible. Hehe.”

Luna who had been observing my expression quickly lowers her voice.

The rest of the people were the same.

They each cleared their throats and sat up straight in their chairs. I looked at them and continued talking.

“Anyway I plan to define Baekmyeonggyo as an enemy. Does anyone have any questions?”

At those words Minsu carefully opened his mouth.

“I am well aware that Baekmyeonggyo is in a competitive relationship with our sect. However the ‘enemy’ that His Holiness speaks of is not a simple competitive relationship is it?”

“We restrict everything including exchanges. The Limen Sect cannot coexist with the Baekmyeong Sect.”

“It feels like a bit of a hasty decision to me. I don’t think we can rule out the possibility that we may have misunderstood.”

The position that we need to think carefully. Maybe that is the correct view.

And I also couldn’t help but understand Minsu’s position.

The image that Baek Myeong-gyo has shown so far is extremely fragmentary. In other words there is a lack of basis for judging the other party.

As I was pondering for a moment about how to explain this Luna who had been standing still looked at me intently.

It was a gesture of wanting to explain on his behalf.

I nodded my head in agreement and Luna looked at Minsu and began to speak in a slightly softer voice.

“We don’t just define Baekmyeonggyo as our enemy. They’ve already defined us as their enemy so we’re responding accordingly. If His Holiness and I weren’t in good shape last night there would have definitely been an accident.”

All 30 people brought by the guy named Shim Jin-gyu were people of considerable skill.

If they had no other intentions would the Baekmyeonggyo have had to confront the Goblin Guild?

The guys probably intended to deal with the Goblin Guild and achieve their goal.

The evidence was that he knew information about the divinity of the other world.

It was only because Luna and I were holding on tight that I gave up.

After saying that Luna quietly placed her hands on the desk and soon spoke to Minsu with a very serious expression.

“If Your Holiness recognizes them as enemies then it is the will of the sect. After all Your Holiness is the first apostle and sole representative of Limen. It is good to understand Your Holiness’s will but you should not be quick to doubt it.”

Even though she looks like that Luna is a prophet. She is high in rank within our church and is also very knowledgeable about doctrine.

When Luna speaks like that she feels a bit like a priest.

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Minsu answered Luna’s words with a bow.

“sorry.”

“You don’t have to be sorry. Brother Minsu’s prudence will one day become a great strength to the church. And above all else….”

She stopped talking and suddenly raised the corners of her mouth while gently grabbing Minsu’s hand.

“Brother Minsu you’re handsome so that’s fine. You may not know the doctrine right away! We’ll just teach you well in the future. Isn’t that right Your Majesty?”

“Why are you suddenly like this when you were going well?”

“Minsu no Brother Minsu you’re not only good-looking but also very capable. Huh? Where else can you find a new believer as good as him?”

…So what about the priest?

I was a fool to expect even a moment of piety from Luna.

I looked at Luna sighed deeply and shook my head.

“Meeting over.”

We must never have a meeting with this combination again.

2.

“This way.”

After the meeting was over we immediately moved to another location.

Even if they did move it wasn’t that far. From the Pope’s office inside the temple to the sanctuary outside the temple.

In the sanctuary there are bracelets of sacred stones that Leo blessed overnight and their number has already reached 500.

Perhaps Leo had been building it from time to time.

The effectiveness of the created sacred stone bracelet was beyond my expectations.

Perhaps it was because the highest grade magic stone was converted into a sacred stone that the results were better than expected.

[Sacred Stone Bracelet]

●Item Type: Jewelry – Bracelet

●Producer: Leo Lumen

●Description: A bracelet made using a piece of the highest grade sacred stone. It boasts outstanding effects as it was personally blessed by Archbishop Leo Lumen of the Limen Church. It greatly increases the user’s natural recovery power and for players with sacred power it increases the level of the sacred power ability by 1.

The effects confirmed by the system were rather vague.

But I could roughly guess the effectiveness of this bracelet.

Minor wounds will disappear without a trace in half a day and chronic diseases will also improve.

Even.

“Your Holiness. This bracelet really is that…”

“That’s right. It turned out to be effective against hair loss.”

It will clearly have an effect even on hair loss an incurable disease that has plagued mankind for a long time.

It was also an efficacy that had already been verified through numerous cases in Eden.

Even though it was embedded with a small amount of sacred stones smaller than a fingernail it was still a top-grade sacred stone.

“Pope Kim may I try it on?”

CEO Choi who had been watching the bracelet with interest said.

I nodded immediately.

“As much as you want.”

“then.”

Mr. Choi wore a bracelet on his right wrist with his large hand.

And after a while.

Woohoooooo-.

The divine power that flowed out from the bracelet quickly penetrated into CEO Choi’s body.

He’s not usually one to react that dramatically but he seemed to be reacting to CEO Choi’s massive magical power.

“her.”

President Choi let out a small exclamation. Then he suddenly drew up his magical power and carved a small wound on his left hand.

As you might expect the wound disappeared in the blink of an eye.

“This is on a whole other level than the potions made by sham alchemists. This is amazing.”

“This is especially true because CEO Choi’s resilience is already quite remarkable. You can think of it as maximizing the user’s resilience.”

“Does it work for the general public too?”

“Yes. But I don’t think we can expect the same results as CEO Choi.”

“Even so it is an incredible item. No you called it a holy relic right? Even famous masters wouldn’t be able to make something like this.”

“The effect is not permanent. If the divine power contained in the sacred stone is consumed it will become an ordinary bracelet. Furthermore the more the healing ability is used the faster it is consumed. For serious injuries that are life-threatening it can only delay the deterioration for a short time.”

“That alone is groundbreaking.”

CEO Choi nodded with satisfaction as he looked at his cleaned left hand.

“I changed my mind.”

“yes?”

“I don’t think it will be easy to help distribute this item.”

Just as I was about to express my bewilderment at the sudden declaration CEO Choi suddenly grabbed my hand and his eyes lit up.

“If you don’t have a separate sales outlet we will purchase all the products you produce.”

“All of them?”

“It’s equipment that can increase the survival rate of players. That alone makes it valuable.”

I’ve always known that there’s a shortage of healing players.

I thought that the shortage of healers would be resolved with the emergence of divine players but it seems that CEO Choi did not see it that way.

“It hasn’t even been a week since the Divine series players appeared. Not all of them have the healing ability of Pope Kim right?”

“That’s true.”

“So until the level of Divine players increases healing abilities will still be valuable.”

“Since it’s a cooperative relationship we can give it to you to some extent.”

To my words CEO Choi shook his head strongly as if it was impossible.

“The closer the relationship the more certain it is when it comes to money. Besides you can’t receive something this precious for free.”

It’s a top-grade sacred stone mined from a magic stone mine and the bracelet was also made from cheap materials by the Meister Guild.

Thanks to that the production cost is very cheap so I don’t plan on selling it for that high of a price….

“100 million each. How about that?”

…it all just happened.

Did I just mishear you?

“100 million per bracelet. I will purchase all of them. In return I would like you to supply us with the bracelets that are produced in the future.”

“The total quantity is 500.”

“50 billion won. Okay. I will deposit it into the Limen Church’s account as soon as the contract is signed.”

50 billion.

An amount of money I have never experienced since I was born.

It seemed like a reasonable amount for the head of a large guild but it was a bit too much for me.

“ah.”

My eyes are wide open.

Why have I ever thought of selling things only to the general public?

That strategy was wrong from the start.

Why did you bother looking for Nodaji somewhere else when it was so close?

“CEO Choi.”

“Yes Pope Kim.”

“Congratulations again on joining the Limen Church. Well then let’s get serious about calculating… no let’s get to know each other better.”

It is impossible to run a religious group based on faith alone.

It seems that a distinguished guest has come to our church.

Our Pope please stop this