Ailet x Terry [Part 1 Complete]

chapter 22

 

22

✠Beyond the queue, I quickly entered the Seonghwangcheong with the authority of Cardinal Cattleya.

I thought there was a long line of children holding their parents' hands even outside, but I was able to see the children inside without being bored.

This was all because of the educational zeal of the parents of Gyoguk, who wanted to make their children into awakenings of the divine power.

Because this holiday also serves as the public selection of 'Sung Heun-yang'.

It was a pretty deceptive event. In the first place, the stigma did not awaken the divine power in a normal way.

A child with the same potential as the children who were awakened by transplanting even stigmata was born naturally?

If that had been the case, the Seonghwangcheong would have noticed earlier, kidnapped him and brought him back.

The public selection was nothing more than a show-off holiday event.

He promotes stigma and receives donations from his parents as well. [They say that the stronger the light, the darker the shadows.] Even in this divinely-filled Seonghwangcheong, the adult's spirits A case was hidden.

As I walked along the corridors of the cloister following Cardinal Cattleya, I saw children moving in an orderly line.

The destination might be the Bona Mana chapel or restaurant.

Children have a chance to test their potential when they spend three days in a camp and complete a monotonous and boring religious retreat that consists of prayer, food, and worship.

Just then, a young priest from the other side approached me.

“Hey, Cardinal Cattleya! You are back!”

“Ah, Brother Pavel.”

“But the kid next to him… … Is this the child you would personally recommend to the stigmata?”

“No. I just brought it here because I wanted to see Seonghwangcheong. Of course, you can take the test if you want.”

At Cardinal Cattleya's subtle gaze, I desperately shook my head.

“No, no! I'll just take a look and go home."

성황청에 갇혀서 청교도적인 생활을 강요받으며 세계를 구원할 공공재 취급을 당하는 삶을 살고 싶진 않다.

나는 세속이 좋아.

카틀레야 추기경도 반쯤 농담 삼아 한 말인지 허허롭게 웃고 넘어갔다.

청년 사제가 본론을 꺼냈다.

“귀환하신 직후 송구스럽습니다만 바로 국무원에 가보셔야 할 것 같습니다. 이번 분기 예산 집행 회의가 앞당겨져서요.”

“이런. 아이, 미안하지만 자리를 오래 비워야 할 것 같구나.”

“괜찮아요. 다녀오세요.”

“파벨 형제, 부탁 하나 해야겠네. 나 대신 이 아이에게 성황청을 좀 구경시켜 주게.”

“네! 걱정 말고 다녀오십시오, 예하!”

파벨의 대답은 실로 믿음직스러웠다. 그러나 카틀레야 추기경의 뒷모습이 시야에서 사라졌을 때.

“저기 일렬로 복도 지나가는 애들 보이지? 너도 따라가라. 난 바빠서 이만.”