22 – Betrayal

”But, priest. The permit you gave me the other day. By any chance, may I know how many copies are left?”

After taking off the clothes that smelled of perfume and throwing them away, I was in the middle of changing into my extra priestly clothes when the nun’s calm voice leaked in from beyond the dressing room door.

”····You’re not trying to take it away, are you?”

”What do you see me as…”

A boss at work who is clogged up front and back.

Recently, there has been an added impression that he was not a person without consideration, and that he had a bigger chest than he looked.

Even so, it’s because he’s a boss at work who’s always tight around the front and has big breasts.

There wasn’t much of a difference.

”see····. There are about 5 left.”

”It’s more than I thought. I thought you used it up a long time ago.”

”As long as the eating problem has been improved, there was no particular use for it, and I think it’s a bit wasteful to waste it on something that isn’t a big deal.”

Isn’t there always one person around? A person like me who saves and cherishes bombs in a shooting game, but ends up wasting his life without being able to use them properly.

It is said that no one is more miserable than a person who has become accustomed to indecisiveness, but for someone who has been able to survive in this harsh world thanks to this indecision, it is difficult to sympathize with the saying that indecision and prudence are a piece of paper apart. It happened.

”Then don’t you have any plans to go out today?”

”Well, if there’s nothing special, maybe that’s it, right?”

”····”

◈◈◈

”Saint.”

No knocking, just a voice, and with a voice as cautious as when calling a feral cat he encountered on the street.

After a lot of trial and error, this method, which I barely mastered, is the only introduction that is allowed to be handed over to the current saintess. Because it was the only means of communication.

As if threading a thread through the eye of a needle, he carefully rang his throat.

hey hey

Before long, the grand door in front of me cautiously opened its mouth.

Even though it was so small that even a mouse couldn’t get in and out, it was a thread-like passageway through which sound and smell could barely pass.

First of all, the door was open.

With that alone, the fact that something that could be called a response came back from the saintess, it was enough to say that it was worthwhile to meticulously utter the words.

”Are you mad····?”

”I’m not angry.”

It was clear at first glance that the timid voice that leaked through the crack in the door was dotted with pathetic anxiety.

Ever since the day I scolded the saintess fiercely, even sticking a knife through my hand.

Apparently, the saintess was scolded for the first time in her life. My determined attitude that I had never seen before.

That I was angry with myself. It must have been a form of accepting it in an extremely one-dimensional way.

Now, if I didn’t admit in advance that I wasn’t angry like this, I had reached the point where I wouldn’t even show my face.

”Are you familiar…?”

”really.”

”Acquaintance jjaro… Acquaintance jjaa…?”

”Really real.”

It was also not acceptable to sigh from time to time or to show signs of embarrassment at these endlessly repeated questions and answers.

I just waited and waited for the saintess’s vigilance to subside with the mindset of being free of thought and a bright vigilance, and just like Kang Tae-gong looking at the float at the end of a fishing rod, I watched her emotional state as it dripped through the cracks in the trivial door.

It was then.

profit.

The moment when the huge door groaned and twisted itself again, and caught the rubellite-colored eyes looking this way through the narrow gap.

My intuition alerted me that now is the time to retract the fishing rod I threw away.

‘Sister.’

‘I know.’

From the series of flows in which the exchanged thoughts through the eyes are embodied as actions, the sum of the nuns and I boasted of perfect perfection, to the extent that I immediately thought that there would be no extraneous things to be found.

Me, with arms wide open, ready to hug something fiercely right now. The nun who is reproducing my posture like a mirror on the other side.

Before long, like when two perfectly matched blocks are put together, the nun and I slowly began to close the distance and started reciting lines prepared in advance in turn.

”under. The saintess won’t meet me. Then there is nothing you can do I have no choice but to find someone else.”

”Kyaaa.”

Unlike me, who can be considered a passing point, the nun’s Korean language book acting, which leaked out a will that she did not want to do even at a glance, was so terrible that I couldn’t even look at it with my eyes closed. It wasn’t that important a factor.

”Ah, no—!!!”

”Great!”

The destination of that small leap reminiscent of an agile flying squirrel was my stomach.

Of the vital parts of human beings, except for the head, it was quite an honor to have a distinguished guest personally get off at the most prominent and well-known attraction.

The well-mannered upper body bowed forward and tried to show courtesy to the distinguished guest who visited the shabby place, but the awkward moan that leaked out like smoke from his mouth, unable to withstand the pain outside of consciousness, ruined the prestigious atmosphere.

”Ugh…”

Like a buoy, a valid doubt flashed through my mind as to how such a small body could open that large door wide and jump out like a bullet.

My intelligence, knowing all too well from my experiences so far, that it is best to ignore problems that are inconsequential if you think about it, once again sank the question that arose into the surface of consciousness.

”mine! mine!! mine!!!”

Like a child who has been deprived of her favorite toy, the saintess’s stern attitude to somehow make it clear that my body belongs to her while holding on tightly to my jacket was quite brutal, but my spirit, which has not yet recovered from the physical impact on my stomach was unable to fully feel the wave of emotion.

”Are you okay? priest? Just in case, I’m telling you, you shouldn’t abuse miracles to alleviate pain. The miracle of the priest is only for the saintess. Never use it on yourself or others unless your body is broken or seriously injured.”

”Thank you with tears in my eyes for personally telling me the precautions I almost forgot…”

”You’re welcome.”

Like a cicada attached to an old tree, I gently soothed the saintess who was constantly whining while clinging to my body and raised my body.

”mine····. don’t give me… It’s mine····. mine····.”

”Oh, yes. of course. I belong to the saintess.”

”Ji, really…?”

”Yeah. Instead, you can only have me if you eat all your meals today. If you leave it behind or take a second look at it while eating, it will be confiscated right away. You know?”

”····”

”Saint?”

”Yes····.”

Having received that low affirmation that I would have missed if it hadn’t rang in my ears, and that seemed like it would be swept away by a breeze, I let out a sigh of relief and relieved myself of the worries in my heart little by little.

The nun hinted at me.

”The person who, just a few weeks ago, was at a loss over every single move of the saintess, has now completely changed her mind…’ Have you had any change of heart?”

”ah·····. Because you can’t just walk in place forever… Besides, as you well know, I’ve been sick of courting someone with a bad temper since before…”

”Ah, indeed…”

In fact, changing my favorite book was a big deal.

《Cat horse manual! 101 Reasons Your Cat Won’t Follow You!

If it hadn’t been for my chance meeting with this book, I would still be at a loss for every move of the saintess, endlessly repeating idling without any proper income.

To be honest, I felt a little discouraged at the fact that such a remarkable change had occurred just by changing one book.

When I realized that the cat’s behavioral habits, which craved the owner’s affection, were strikingly similar to the behaviors the saintess had shown me, I even sat down on the floor due to chills running down my spine.

”As expected, the priest seems to be the only person who can take on the role of the saintess’ guardian priest.”

”hahahaha····.”

It was impossible for him to refute strongly while holding the saintess in his arms, so he had no choice but to respond in moderation with an awkward smile.

It was around the time that, after holding the saintess with one hand and supporting her meal with the other hand, she slowly moved into the audience room.

”Saint.”

The nun suddenly approached the saintess.

”Oh, no…”

”it’s okay. I won’t take it away.”

It was like seeing a cat that had met its natural enemy puffing up its own fur.

The saintess who grabbed me by the neck with strangling force must have been quite displeased with the nun who suddenly appeared in front of her field of vision.

On the other hand, the nun spat out the words really brightly with a benevolent smile that was clearly visible through the mask, as if the saintess’ behavior was just cute.

”Holy Lady! Today, the priest is going to sleep with the saintess here for the night!”

”uh?”

”Yes?”

That one word, which contained shocking contents to the extent that I felt that my brain refused to accept the full text of the words, hit my head, which had been marinated in peace, and even in the process of my slow thinking giving out command signals to my body. when something goes wrong.

”sorry. Priest.”

With the force of someone pushing on my back, my body was pushed deeper into the throne room than before.

thud.

so the door was closed

Right after that, the sound of a piece of iron the size of a lock wriggling vaguely from outside had enough power to aggravate ominous suspicion in my thoughts.