174. I don’t know how the hell she came to be, no matter how much I look at it.

“Did you just say you are a messenger of God?”

In disbelief, Elias looked back and forth between Gyuha and Kaakchi lying on the floor.

The priest of the stars, ‘Kaakchi’, was an incomprehensible being who existed in his father’s generation as well as in his father’s father’s generation.

To the tribal people, it was an object of admiration and fear at the same time.

Elias couldn’t come to his senses at the first sight of Kakchi, the priest who performed mysterious miracles and seemed to be a transcendent being.

“You Elias! What are you doing without bowing down when you see the messenger of the great god! Do you want to receive divine punishment?”

Elias had no choice but to fall flat on the floor at the thunderous scream.

Embarrassed, Kyuha scratched her head.

“I didn’t ask to see the priest for this. I am not God’s messenger, so please get up.”

In the past, the abbot of Meteora in Greece was called a saint, but here he is also called a messenger of God.

It was only embarrassing for Gyuha, who had only come as his dream led him.

“As a servant of a god, how dare I… I don’t know about other people, but I can feel the strong and divine aura inside the messenger.”

Perhaps it was the energy absorbed from the holy relic.

Gyu-ha decided to be honest about what had happened.

“I don’t know if the god you believe in is the same one who brought me here. However, through the arrangements of a transcendent being, I was able to get a chance to escape my cursed fate, and it is for the same reason that I found this place.”

Kaakchi carefully raises his head and gazes at Gyuha with milky white eyes.

“I see… the color of your soul is quite dizzy.”

“You mean the color of the soul?”

“Most human souls have their own colors. Red, blue, golden, purple, etc. I can see them through my divine eyes. However, the color of the soul of the lion is not one. It is a mixture of various colors such as blue, gold, and black on a red background as intense as blood. As a human being, I am proud to have lived a fairly long time, but in this case was the first time I saw it.”

At Kaakchi’s words, Gyu-ha fell into deep thought.

Presumably, the deep red color must have been one’s original color, and the other colors that were mixed must have been created through dreams.

It seemed that the colors created through various dreams were balanced by diluting the red energy.

Perhaps thanks to this, the meaningless desire to kill no longer arose, and although it was faint, small emotions began to bloom.

“Can I ask you one question? Lion.”

“You may feel free to ask.”

“It seems that I can feel the energy of the old ancestors in the soul of the messenger, albeit weakly. Maybe…?”

It was probably the 15th dream, Kankuen’s soul.

Kyuha weakly nodded her head.

“That’s right. 2,000 years ago, I lived here under the name of ‘Kankuen’ where the Mayan civilization flourished.”

He swallowed the innermost words, ‘Although his heart was ripped out alive and his throat was cut off as a sacrifice for human sacrifice’.

“Ohhh. Oh my God! This is what happened!”

Kaakchi trembles as if he is thrilled as soon as he finishes his words.

Elias couldn’t figure out the situation at all, but to the Lakandon people, the priest Kaakchi’s words were absolute, so he had no choice but to believe them.

“Certainly, I can see the pale green soul of the ancient Maya. You are the messenger of God and our ancestor. I finally found the reason why the priest, Kaakchi, continued his long life. Kheuk”

Kyuha talked with Kaakchi for quite some time.

“Ohhh. The old ancestors made it with that thought in mind.”

“It’s a pity. It doesn’t exist now. My apologies to the ancestors.”

Although Kaakchi was respected by the entire tribe, he was only a human being, and the 200 years left him feeling lonely and alone.

In such a situation, the appearance of Kyu-Hara was like rain falling on dry land.

Only Elias, who was listening from the side, was amazed.

“It’s a pity. Time has already come to this. Anyway, I’ll try the new store to see if there’s any way I can help. Could you visit this place again in three days?”

“Okay. Let’s meet again then.”

Kaakchi turned his head toward Elias.

“Hey Elias. You’ll have to serve the nobleman with utmost care.”

Kaakchi, who spoke firmly and sternly, showed a willingness not to accept any objections.

To the Lacandon people, the words of the priest Kaakchi are law.

Elias nodded meekly.

“Don’t worry. I’ll take care of you.”

Kyu-ha tried to say something to the conversation between the two, but stopped immediately.

They are descendants of the old Mayans.

Because he lived the life of Kankuen, a Mayan, he knew better than anyone how stubborn their stubbornness was.

Anyway, even if he tried to dissuade him, he couldn’t have listened.

The two returned to the town square after leaving behind such a short but intense meeting with the priest Kaakchi.

He had the status of a chief and was an outsider anyway, so he was comfortable with Kyu-ha, but now the situation has completely reversed.

Elias was embarrassed and asked Kyuha.

“Me… Messenger? What should I do?”

“You don’t have to call me Lion. Just call me Song. You can treat me the same. I want to keep quiet and go.”

“I will obey the will of the messenger. Don’t worry.”

I was worried about whether I would be able to do the same well, but I decided to believe it.

Gyuha and Elias enter the plaza.

The festival atmosphere was ripe, and the drunken Lacandon people and their party were enjoying music and dancing together.

“Oh my gosh. I’m excited! Gyuha you bastard! Where did you go? I’m really excited right now.”

“That’s right, hyung. You should come here quickly!!”

Dung Dung Dung Dung Dung

“Hey~ Hey~ Hey~ Hey~”

With an incomprehensible chuimsae, the Lacandon villagers and their companions, young and old, held each other’s shoulders across the bonfire and began spinning in a circle.

“Puhahahahaha, this is secretly exciting? Huh~ Hey~”

Min Bong-gi, with both cheeks red, ran around excitedly following the Lacandon Chu-im-sae.

The festival continued for a long time, and it was not until late at night that one by one they fell asleep and came to an end.

***

Time has flowed like flowing water, and it has already been three days since they arrived in Lacandon.

Jeong Seol-ah and Eun-ha became so close that they sang songs or painted their nails with flowers with the young girls in the village.

Min Bong-gi and Maseok-do strengthened their friendship by learning the hunting skills of the village youth.

The eldest brother, Cha Gyeong-seok, gained great popularity by spreading Korean entertainment culture, such as hitting tombstones and playing eggs, in the village.

In this way, the parties adapted to the Lacandon village in their own way.

Among them, the most obscure was the rule.

The problem was Elias, who stayed by Kyu-ha’s side and constantly looked after him.

“Are you having any trouble sleeping?”

“Can I bring you something to eat?”

“Shall I bring the prettiest girl in town? Several are fine.”

Everyone was puzzled to see Chief Elias treating Gyuha as if he were a boss at work.

“What the hell is the situation? You said you’ve become close like that? You’re so annoyed that you’re so bad at it?”

“We’re not close, isn’t that a master-servant relationship?”

Maseokdo questioned Elias’ attitude, which was too polite for being close.

“Is that chief a fan of Kyu-ha’s older brother…?”

“It can’t be. This place doesn’t even have a cell phone, let alone a TV.”

Jeong Seol-ah shook her head resolutely at the question of the innocent Eun-ha.

“But why the hell are you doing that? Because the chief is like that, no one in the village can even approach Kyuha hyung.”

In fact, since the chieftain, the highest rank in the village, served Gyu-ha with great care, it was visible that the villagers also had difficulty with Gyu-ha.

“But isn’t this also funny in its own way? Are there cases where people who come as outsiders are treated like that by the chieftain?”

“Probably… not at all?”

Cha Kyung-seok clicked his tongue.

“Huh! I don’t know how the hell he came to be.”

“Well… I’m singing.”

It was a word that made everyone nod.

Gyuha and Chief Elias return to the cave where the priest Kaakchi lives.

“Priest. I brought a messenger.”

Kaakchi appeared in the dark cave as soon as he finished speaking.

In a matter of days, his face was very emaciated.

“You arrived just in time. It was the car I was waiting for after receiving the last divination.”

“How did you get out?”

“The cross of leaves, the sun and the setting moon.”

Elias murmured, as if something flashed in Kaakchi’s words.

“Palanque…”

“There is a temple of the sun and a temple of the moon in Palenque.

Kyuha’s eyes flashed.

It seemed that the answer would be found in one way or another if I went there.

***

Palenque

The palanques were one of the greatest legacies of the great achievements of the Maya civilization in the Chiabas region.

It was also a huge national park with the best conditions for hiking.

***

Chief Elias offers to guide Pallanque himself.

Descendants of the old Mayan guide directly to the Mayan ruins?

Could there be a picture as good as this one?

The production team readily agreed, and the party arrived at Palanque following the guides of Chief Elias and his son Mateo.

There was a ticket office in Palenque like a famous tourist destination, but there were not as many tourists as expected because it was hot.

“This is the Temple of the Inscription. It is also the tomb of King Pakal, who once ruled the Maya Empire. The reason why this place is named the Temple of the Inscription is because of these paintings carved on the walls. Their interpretation has not been fully done yet. It is.”

‘It’s just that King Pakal boasted about himself.’

Kyu-ha knew what the painting meant, but he didn’t bother mentioning it.

So, following Elias’ guide, the party who toured the inside of the Temple of the Sun, the Temple of the Cross, and the Temple of the Moon burst into admiration.

“It’s really amazing. How did they make something like this in that era?”

“It was made by grinding people in. When they could no longer work, their hearts were taken out and offered as sacrifices.”

“Your brother? What did you say?”

When the thought of thinking only inwardly came out of his mouth, Kyuha calmly shook his head.

“It’s nothing. Anyway, I think I’ve seen almost everything to see, is that right?”

At those words, Elias noticed Kyuha.

“Yeah… well, I’ve seen almost everything…”

I definitely visited this place according to the fortune telling, and I thought that anything would happen, but when nothing happened, Elias noticed.

“Should we go hiking around the area? When will we come back to this place again?”

The party also agreed to Jeong Seol-ah’s proposal and headed to the nearby jungle.

“Some kind of grass is as big as trees here.”

“I feel like Alice in Wonderland.”

After walking for a while along the path in the jungle, a waterfall that was hidden in a gap in the trees popped out.

It was not a typical waterfall, but a unique type of waterfall in which small waterfalls cascaded together and flowed.

“There’s nothing to see except the waterfall, right?”

It was a jungle that I had seen for a week, so I couldn’t give much inspiration to the group except for the waterfall.

It was then.

“Keuuhhh.”

The movement of the party froze as if time had stopped at the earth-shaking roar.