Abandoned Priest at the Hero’s Party

The Purpose of Miracles

“I met a saint…”

Slowly, Ardain told the story of what had happened since he left the house. The emperor quietly listened to the story. The story of going to Larpentia. The story of being stoned by the locals. And the story of receiving grace from the people of the poor.

Hearing that story, the emperor pondered inwardly.

‘I’ll have to tell the Treasurer to give the money to those Ralph and Clark. Giving government posts to such people would not be a reward.’

Still, there were still many good people in the Empire. After all, in any age in the world, if there is evil, there are people with a warm heart. That kindness saved their daughter today, but their hands saved only one person.

These people will refuse even if they give me a prize, so I plan to donate a large amount of money anonymously instead of a reward.

He took out a pen and wrote down the names Ralph and Clark, and the Emperor continued to listen. It was a very mysterious story. As the emperor listened to the story, he admired himself over and over again.

“It was a really great force. The seedling of that lineage is…”

Seeing and listening to the princess telling the story of a priest named Kyle,

The emperor was deep in thought. A miracle with enough power to break through an expert into a master at once. I immediately understood why the kid was so excited.

What is truly precious cannot be bought with money. The realm is something that cannot be obtained even by spreading money.

There are a lot of people in the world who can do anything if they can bring it. If you can raise your status, it won’t be difficult to find people who can swear casually about being loyal to the emperor.

‘But that’s not it.’

The desire that that possibility evoked was enough to swallow a single person, but the old man, who had few days left to go, did not get caught up in desire, but lifted his eyes to see what was hidden inside.

If you think about it, his life has always been a battle against desire. Under the name of For the Empire, the Emperor completely gave up his personal enjoyment.

He even raised the money until he paid for his meals with white porridge to prepare armaments for Ardein. It’s not that the empire didn’t have money. There were, however, plenty of places where the money could go.

National affairs are money-eating ghosts. No matter how much tax revenue you have, you can’t afford to keep asking for money here and there. In order to spend money on armaments, it was inevitably necessary to bring in finances from somewhere else, and then the bankruptcy broke out there. To solve this, tax revenues had to be increased.

So, they liberated the slaves of the imperial family and made them free people, reformed farmland to turn serfs into peasants, and developed their own mines to mine gold and silver. At least in that way, he wanted to increase his ability to create wealth for the empire again.

Although there were some achievements, dissatisfaction from various places has accumulated greatly.

Even before he ascended to the throne, the empire began to break down here and there, and cooperating with influential people was not an option but a necessity. Reform did not even dare to attempt, only improvement.

But where is that alone? Those who already have it, regardless of age or age, do not easily give out what they have unless there is institutional pressure. By grooming them and preventing the worst, he had done enough during his reign.

In any case, while he was alive and awake, the Empire, though precarious, did not sink. It may be the case after death, though.

‘You mean you said you were going to the North Pole to find the meaning of the cycle? If it’s the North Pole… That’s right.’

That’s why I was able to look at ‘Kyle’ objectively, with eyes not mixed with desire.

And something unknown behind it.

‘If God gave such a revelation to a saint, there must be a reason.’

Listening to the story, the unknown god is neither a personal god nor an old god, and it is difficult to determine what it is.

It is said that he is an immortal personal god just by dealing with angels, but it is said that the angel came to visit them in the form of a giant embracing the night sky.

‘I don’t know why, but I can only guess what it means. Ardain. Why did I miss this without knowing it?’

And that god gave the vampire the curse of the Old Gods. He solved the punishment of the sun that was placed upon them. It was said that his existence might have surpassed that of the Old Gods, but the emperor didn’t really think it was too strange. Because he didn’t think of the Old Gods as gods.

“This very fruit made them walk in the sun. The saint called this a firefly fertiliser. It is said that when this fruit is swallowed, the body is reorganized, removing all the bad parts, and only the good parts are selected and left in a new body. I brought one egg for the wealthy.”

The emperor, who was watching the princess taking out the firefly crystal fruit and putting it on her, saw the cheeks reminding him of something red. Every time she brought up Kyle’s story, the princess seemed to be reminded. So he was quite curious what his daughter would think of him.

Are you an object of love? Is it an object of worship? Or is it just an object of use?

All three are probably in the form of a tangled mess. The red cheeks reminded him that he was in love, but it was difficult for even the emperor to understand whether it was love or his desire for a superhuman army.

“If this fruit is also used properly, a superhuman army loyal only to the imperial family…”

Her daughter, who is passionately talking about the superhuman army, divine power that regenerates limbs, and a clay oven that can cook clay to feed large troops, is still a natural born soldier and general.

Everything is considered military-oriented. Recruiting the priest would be a great power for the imperial family, especially in the military field.

Watching his daughter voicing that she should somehow use him as the power of the imperial family, the emperor opened his mouth and cut off the words. The idea itself was not wrong, but it was clear that he was not seeing the big picture.

“Hey.”

Again, Ardein is a person more suited to a general than an emperor.

It’s so simple when you think about it, why didn’t I see this?

“As you said, the god that the priest worships is a god that is hard to see as a personal god or an old god, then it is a real god. right?”

“That’s right. But why is that…”

The look on his face as he answered was puzzled. Then all gods are gods, where are the real gods and the fake gods? The emperor opened her mouth more quietly.

“Ardain. Do you think the Old Gods are gods?”

“Of course. They are the laws of the universe, and they are far higher than humans.”

“no. they are not gods We only see and call them gods, but their origin is the law of the universe. If beings far more advanced than us grasp and understand every single law of the universe, would the Old Gods be gods too? No. It’s just a rule that can be used at any time.”

The emperor, seeing the princess who couldn’t grasp his senses, slowly got up from his seat and laid his back.

“It’s just that we’re low-level and don’t understand even some of the laws, so they just look like gods to us. So to us they are real gods. But we cannot predict that for everyone.”

Why does lightning strike in the sky? What is the power of the sun to shine so brightly? It is mysterious and auspicious to some, but to others it is only a matter of theory.

If you bring the mysteries around you into the realm of understanding, one day you will be able to understand even the beings called the Old Gods. You will be able to fully understand and understand the laws of the universe.

It was rare for such a day to come until the end of the empire, let alone the era of the emperor. But you can do a thought experiment. If there are beings who truly understand the laws of the universe, the Old Gods will be just a tool they can use at any time.

As it was as if they had no understanding of the universe, the current continent considers them to be gods and reveres them. Even the ancient gods are like this.

Regarding the Personality God, the Continent actually knows a little more.

“It’s not a personality god. We already know examples of human myths. We know that the root of that power comes from belief and faith, and we already know a lot about it. Beings we can comprehend cannot even be called gods. That is my opinion.”

The emperor knows that the three gods and the evil god Oberta were once human. In fact, what is so special about beings that humans have gathered and mythized the divine?

The Celestial God Aldehir is a little different, so he’s not born as a human, but he was born out of a human wish anyway. There are people and there is God. The five great personalities that the continent believes in are such beings.

“Even though they are the three gods, in the end they only accumulate faith over the years and are called the ministers. It’s only been that strong since we’ve had faith for a long time. Rather, the Arctic Demon King would be more difficult to understand than them. Isn’t it?”

Even though he is a god, humans can understand the source of his power. How is this new?

It was a story that even the emperor could not bring out without permission, but it was possible to tell because the two of them were alone. When Archbishop Armata hears it, he will foam at his mouth and swear at the emperor. It was such an extreme statement.

“But the one he serves, Kyle, doesn’t understand anything from one to ten. Do you know why that god called himself the god of hope?”

“…I do not know.”

Ardain, who had never thought about such a part, responded in a cold sweat.

“I heard that a god we can’t understand has given his saint a seedling of a lineage. The effect of the seedling is to bring the power of the future into the past. It means transcending time.”

“Yes.”

“And the god gave a revelation and directed the saint toward the North Pole. It’s no different from receiving an oracle, since the one who probably understands the will of the god best has decided to go to the North Pole. Do you understand this far?”

“yes.”

“Then you will understand what the seedlings of that lineage you spoke of were brought down for.”

Uh… I don’t know?

Ardein could not speak the words and remained silent.

“What awaits in the Arctic? Too bad.”

The emperor pointed out the main points and explained them step by step.

“The sapling of that lineage is probably a miracle, assuming Grimudo. Not to train the superhuman army you speak of.”