Faith Life of a Former Scammer

037. It turned into ashes… …

The time of hukou exploitation.

The confessional was the perfect trading place. You can’t even check your face anyway.

“… … The gold I can give you.”

“Oh, you can’t talk. Please give me the whole pocket first.”

Leon screamed hotly.

“Yes?”

“Give me everything you brought.”

Silence fell in the confessional room.

“Such a dog.”

In a low voice, he muttered an expletive, which was a good sign.

‘Oh, thank you for the highest praise!’

It meant that the hukou exploitation was going well.

Hesitating, he had no choice but to pull out his gold pouch.

“uh?”

However, the bag was oddly familiar.

“You have a pretty nice bag, don’t you?”

“It’s just a regular leather bag. I will send you a new one if you need it.”

He responded hastily, but Leon knew that stuff.

‘Why is Flint’s tongue so long? Before returning, he boasted like that.’

That bag was an ‘artifact’ obtained from the dungeon.

It is also an artifact called the ‘infinite bag’. It was the bag he cherished even after becoming the owner of the mage tower.

“no. Well… … I like something loose with a little usability. It just feels right.”

“A bag interfering with such an important deal!? I will send you a real masterpiece.”

He hurriedly answered, but didn’t even bother.

“Put it in the gold pouch bag and pass it over. It feels just right for the right amount of use.”

Then his expression changed.

“This is an artifact. Wouldn’t that change the story?”

He made the choice to disclose that it was an artifact, but he was definitely a nobleman who couldn’t be a merchant.

“So, are you trying to trick me? A sacred deal going on?”

“that… … .”

“Isn’t this shaking our trust in each other!”

“… … you’re right.”

once you kill it

“Besides, I knew it was an artifact from the beginning. Don’t play tricks, put it in your pocket and pass it on.”

fast.

Flint gnashed his teeth with the force to break his molars.

“… … .”

I didn’t know that it would break out this far. Hesitation appeared on his face.

I couldn’t let him run away from here.

Leon’s demonic tongue moved.

“Are you holding back the opportunity to cross the wall because of the gold, which costs a few pennies?”

If you cross the wall, wealth, honor, and power are all in your hands.

Devil’s Whispers.

A spark flew in his eyes.

“I will remember this humiliation. Make sure the wall… … .”

Leone was ridiculous.

“I hear everything. Think inside your heart.”

A madman who speaks his mind out of his mouth. It seemed that he had no room in his heart.

“Hmm!”

As if he hadn’t said anything, he cleared his throat and picked up his bag.

rattle.

The bag rolled into a large box for offerings.

I ripped out everything that could be ripped off.

“Then, give me the book.”

He proudly demanded the book, as if he had paid enough.

But Leon thought differently.

“The deal isn’t over, how can I give you a book?”

“What bullshit is that!”

It wasn’t bullshit.

The exploitation wasn’t over yet.

“Don’t you have more to give?”

“I have everything in that bag! What remains!”

remained

This kind of gold or bag was nothing compared to the real thing.

“Is there a disciple you bought with money?”

first victim.

A kid with real talent to get him over his wall.

The real target was this child.

Flint tilted his head.

“I am just a cheap slave. If you want gold, I will do whatever it takes.”

“no. That kid is enough.”

His expression changed at Leon’s words.

“Does it have to be that child?”

“Why, did you even eat it?”

“no. It just gave me confidence.”

He looked to where Leon was.

“It was you.”

The story entered a new phase.

* * *

‘you? Who are you talking about?’

Flint seemed to remember someone.

“I told you to keep the slave, did you mean to take it from me?”

He said something incomprehensible, but Leon was not taken aback.

“So, are you taking it well?”

“under! They said you would need it if you got it, so you thought you would take it.”

If you get a book, you need a child.

why? Because he’s a talented kid.

A story that can only be told if you know the circumstances behind it.

‘What if someone told me where the book was?’

I came to an unexpected conclusion.

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More info was needed.

Leon said casually.

“As I said, isn’t it necessary?”

“It was strange from the beginning. It also makes no sense that these madmen of the Church of Dawn hid forbidden books!”

I started guessing on my own.

“Hiding in a place where you will never be suspicious and trading. You’re as careful as when you sneaked into my room.”

I was drawing my own conclusions. Leon poured oil here.

“We are everywhere and nowhere.”

he said coercively.

I wondered how Flint would turn out.

“Damn it.”

He spat out curse words, but what came to his face was ‘fear’.

“Then he said he would never appear again, so why did he appear again!”

He barked like a frightened dog.

‘You said it wouldn’t appear again?’

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Match the situation and make a story.

“Yes. We were never going to see each other again.”

“Then why!”

“Can you say such a thing even after acting so stupidly in a dungeon?”

“The Church of Dawn are fanatics… … .”

A story made up of only known circumstances. [You came because you failed!]

“You can’t imagine how much wastage wasted just to get you a book.”

“That, like that… … .”

“You should be grateful that it ended like this.”

“shit.”

This improvised scam worked perfectly. Now was the opportunity.

“Do you remember what I said before?”

“… … What is that all of a sudden?”

When Gura was eaten, information had to be extracted.

“Don’t you remember?”

He hurriedly responded to Leon’s cool words.

“I remember you said I was part of a little plan. I gave you a chance, so remember I told you to do it yourself.”

It didn’t seem to belong anywhere.

‘How does this feel… … .’

Familiar and familiar feeling.

“This is the last one. In the future, I will not be able to meet you.”

“I want you to turn it off immediately.”

Flint doesn’t even know the opponent’s identity, but is full of malice towards the opponent.

“Am I? Here is the confessional room. You have to leave.”

“Damn it.”

“Wherever there is a Bible under the chair, there will be a book. Take care and leave.”

“I don’t want to see you again.”

“Oh, there is someone looking for that book. You better use it quickly.”

“It’s useless meddling.”

Flint took the book and went outside, but Leon couldn’t get up.

‘Familiar Feeling’ and Flint’s ‘Reaction’.

The two felt familiar and welcome.

‘… … no way.’

The feeling I received every day before returning. It was a reaction I had experienced when I was in the dark.

‘Darkness… … have?’

Leon had been sitting in the confessional room for a long time.

* * *

Flint escaped the Church of Dawn as if running away.

‘I will definitely pay you back!’

If only I had this book, I could pay for all the humiliation I’ve received so far.

‘First of all, I’ll get rid of that slave in front of my eyes!’

Flint immediately returned to the Mage Tower and entered his laboratory.

“Master, you are gone.”

“Get out of here. Because you were sold.”

“… … Yes?”

“Sold to the Church of Dawn.”

Even when it was sold, the child responded resolutely.

“Thank you so much for making it this far. I will never forget this grace.”

“Go out quickly and repay the favor.”

Flint nodded as if to get out quickly. All he could think about was reading the book.

The child bowed deeply and went out of the room.

“finally!”

As soon as the child left, he took out a book from his bosom.

[Forced Talent Blooming]

It wasn’t unusual from the title.

‘This is a book that crosses the wall!’

He started reading a book.

There were even warning signs.

‘monster? Does not matter! If only I could get over the wall! I can even sell my soul!’

He didn’t even care.

His eyes glistened with madness.

The bookshelf moved quickly.

‘This way!’

The contents of the book were surprising.

‘It’s a pity that this place is damaged.’

Although there were some parts damaged, the book’s theory was perfect.

Not long after, Flint turned the final chapter.

‘It would have been a big deal without the book.’

It was not possible with knowledge alone. It worked by burning the book and eating the ashes.

Besides, the method was also terrible.

‘It’s not a forbidden book that crosses the wall for nothing.’

It was different from the existing forbidden books.

He did not harm others or violate taboos.

‘All I need is an offering.’

sacrifice one’s own body

It’s also the most precious thing.

‘I will become a monster. I will obtain the power of an outsider who looks down on the world.’

However, the result was superior to any other forbidden book.

‘I will not hesitate.’

I couldn’t do research or research on books even if I wanted to.

There were people who were aiming for this forbidden book. I had to make a decision today.

‘Today I will abandon myself and be reborn!’

His face was full of madness.

‘Gather mana.’

He gathered mana in one hand.

‘Even stronger!’

The magician’s mana that reached the wall.

Beyond the shimmering appearance, it began to glow blue.

“Reborn!”

He shouted as if declaring, moving the hand between his legs.

The place where the male symbol is located.

“Burn up!”

Let the mana gathered in your hand burn.

“Keep it off!”

Naturally, sparks spread between the legs.

“Quaa”

The most excruciating pain.

He was smiling even through the pain.

“Kwaa!”

But, that was only for a moment.

‘Was I too hasty?’

As if possessed by something, as if being chased, he did it without any countermeasures.

‘What have I done.’

The gap between the legs was empty.

The emptiness felt stronger than the pain of the burnt place.

He lowered his head and looked down.

“Ughhh.”

Only ashes remained.

It is impossible to recover by burning it with mana. As soon as I realized this, regret began to creep in.

“aa.”

Despair, regret, loss.

lost something precious

‘The book was the truth!’

The book said that an overwhelming sense of despair would come.

He moved erratically and burned the book.

‘If only these ashes, if only ashes!’

The book burned and turned to ashes.

The moment that left only the last.

bang!

The door cracked open, and the wind rushed in.

“uh?”

The burnt ashes were blown away by the wind.

“Uhhh.”

I wanted to move quickly, but my body couldn’t move as I wanted.

As if waking up from a dream, an incomparable pain came over me.

“Quaagh!”

Flint fell to the floor.

“Seniors!”

The one who opened the door and entered was a junior he cherished.

“What the hell have you done!”

“Quaagh!”

Flint couldn’t answer and screamed.

The junior found Flint’s burnt-out place.

“He said that without this, he had already crossed the wall.”

Tears welled up on the junior’s face.

“Did you really burn it?”

“aagh!”

Flint screamed.

“Did you want to throw away your desires and become a wise man!”

The junior reprimanded Flint and shed tears of emotion.

“Aiaa!!”

A wise man who could not cross the wall was born in the Magic Tower.

[Intervention successful. ‘Re’ check the loss. Black cattle castration completed.]

A short report flew to the Church of Dawn.