How the Reincarnation Seat Destroys the Original - Chapter 101



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Episode 101. The inside story of adults (5).

The high priest who came to pick her up. Mabel followed Azepine to the waiting room of the main building, which was the starting point of the current situation.

I should have just quietly gone home… .

Why did you go to your personal prayer room and create this division? Myself… .

Mabel, who was chastising herself for feeling regretful, continued to follow Azepine, and when he pulled aside one of the long curtains covering the wall of the waiting room, a hidden door was revealed.

“This is the room of the High Priest. The waiting room is the closest place to God, so you should have a room here and live there.”

… wasn’t it made so that it would be easy to get to the secret underground space?

With her own reasonable suspicions, Mabel looked at the door hidden behind the curtain. Azepine knocked lightly on the door that looked very much like a wall, as if it were a secret space, and a voice was heard from inside.

“Come in.”

It was the voice of the Archbishop, Matthias Limpite.

Mabel swallowed hard as she felt the loosened tension in her body tighten again at the sound of his voice.

When you look at Selena’s past.

His appearance still came to mind vividly. The man I saw in the past… seemed like a fanatic, or someone who thought he was the one most loved by God, or that he was God himself.

– Thud.

– Thump, thump.

“Phew… .”

Mabel took a deep breath as her heart pounded so hard she felt like it might jump out of her chest.

It’s okay. At least right now he poses no threat to me.

When Azepin opened the door, the hidden room of the high priest was revealed. There was nothing special about the room.

His room, with its large, pure white bed, small, white round table, and desk with papers on it, looked rather simple, considering it was the room of the high priest, who could be said to be the most powerful person in the temple.

“You’re here. Come here.”

Even with his eyes closed, Matthias turned his head precisely in the direction where Azepine and Mabel had come in to greet them.

Mabel sat down on a chair at the round table, and Mathias placed an empty teacup in front of the child and poured some tea that seemed to have been brewed in advance into her empty cup.

The light green tea was poured into the teacup without any error, and how could he do that with his eyes closed?

Mabel looked up at Matthias, who was pouring tea, with a mixture of curiosity and doubt, wondering if he was actually open-eyed.

“Are you curious?”

Matthias noticed the child’s gaze and asked softly. Mabel flinched at his question and answered in a whisper.

“… A little….”

“Your Majesty, even though your eyes are closed, you can feel and see more than we who live with our eyes open.”

As if he thought this was the moment, Azepine began to praise Matthias, and Matthias let out an awkward laugh at his words.

“Oh, Priest Azepine, you are giving me too much credit. Do you not know that I am closing my eyes because I cannot fully accept the love that the god has given me? As a priest who serves the primordial god, this is something I should be ashamed of.”

“If I or the other priests had received the same love as you, Your Highness, we wouldn’t have even thought of controlling it. You are truly amazing! I’m sure the other priests think the same way!”

Even when Matthias responded that it was rather embarrassing, Azepine’s praise did not stop.

“I must work harder to live up to your expectations.”

Their appearance was that of a perfect, faithful high priest and a high-ranking priest who respected such a high priest, something that could only come out of a novel.

For Mabel, who had seen the two in their true form, it was a scene that felt dissonant and even disgusting.

“By the way, Priestess Azepin. I’m sorry, but… would it be okay if I spoke with Mabel alone?”

“Of course it’s okay! Then, I’ll go outside. Please feel free to talk!”

Azepin left the room without looking back, and silence fell on the room where only Matthias and Mabel remained.

Mathias poured tea into a new cup, sat down across from Mabel, and opened his mouth.

“Finally, there are only two left. I heard you woke up yesterday… How are you feeling?”

As I looked at him naturally at his question that came out with meaningful words, I unconsciously turned my gaze to the teacup and answered as I saw him closing his eyes.

“I’m okay, thanks to Lars and Cloris taking good care of me.”

“It seems you have become friendly with the Chosen One and his companions. This is a delightful thing for me.”

Mabel stroked the teacup. The warm water in the cup warmed her hands, which had become cold from tension. Looking at the water in the cup, the child hesitated for a moment, wondering if it was okay for her to drink it.

The first day I arrived at the Temple of the Beginning. It was because I remembered that they had mixed medicine into the dessert that I thought he would like.

And as if he noticed the child’s worries, Matthias asked in a quiet voice.

“Do you hate tea?”

Even with her eyes closed, Mabel frowned slightly at the feeling of her heart sinking every time she spoke as if she was actually seeing it.

But I don’t want to open my eyes.

“It’s bitter… I don’t like it.”

“I didn’t prepare the juice. I’ll prepare it next time.”

“I don’t want to see you again next time… Ugh…!”

Mabel, who had spilled her feelings without realizing it, belatedly covered her mouth, but Matthias paid no attention to the child’s words.

“Haha, it’s not exactly the kind of meeting a child would enjoy. Especially since this is only my second time meeting Mabel. It’s understandable.”

Mabel’s head tilted at his words. At the same time, she wondered if she really needed to be aware of his feelings like this.

If you think about it, isn’t he the shameless one who separated father and daughter? If he was 8 years old, it wouldn’t have been strange for him to cry and throw a tantrum, asking where his father was and asking to be sent home.

As she thought about it, the corners of Mabel’s mouth, which were usually tightly shut, loosened a little.

I won’t throw a tantrum though… .

As for the answer, isn’t it okay to just leave?

It’s okay to embarrass and confuse the high priest, but it’s better than the original 8-year-old’s reaction.

“Mabel… how much do you know about divine powers?”

Matthias began to use the word divine power as if he was about to get to the main point, and Mabel responded with a much improved expression.

“I know that it is proof that I am loved by God and that it has the power to heal people.”

“Yes. Mabel can heal many people with her power. Do you remember the money epidemic from before? I heard that she worked with Flora Youngae to heal the townspeople.”

“I just followed my sister around.”

“Have you seen the people suffering? Mabel can save those suffering people with her divine powers.”

His words brought back memories of Selena’s past, and naturally, Mabel, who remembered her past, realized that this was the room, this was the spot where Mathias and Selena were facing each other.

?But Your Highness. I… want to help more people with this power. You said so too, Your Highness. If I become a saint, I will be able to help more people who are living pitiful and painful lives.?

The person in front of him was saying the same thing to himself that he had said to Selena.

“If you are in the temple, Mabel will be praised by many as a saint, and you will be able to save them. As you have been in the temple, you should know… If you are loved by the gods, you should use the power you have gained by receiving that love to save others.”

Mathias thought Mabel was listening to him while she was silent. Or maybe she was intoxicated by his words. He continued to speak.

“It is a duty that a person with divine power must accept, and a basic principle that must be kept. Mabel is not a bad person who abandons duty and principles, is she?”

Although he spoke in a soft tone, his message was clear.

To have divine power and not save people is to betray one’s duty and principles. If you do not do as I say, you are a bad person.

“No one has ever told Mabel this. I can tell you where and how to use the powers you have acquired.”

Is it because the person listening to the story is an 8-year-old child?

It seemed like he was speaking in a gentle tone, but this was clearly… gaslighting.

No, but still!!!

Do you want to gaslight a kid who looks like he’s only 8 years old?!

It was so ridiculous that I felt like I was going to ascend to heaven. Mabel pouted and said, not knowing if there was a word called gaslighting in this world, but not being able to argue about it.

“I want to go home. I want to see my dad and the other people at home.”

“Oh… I’m sorry, Mabel. I don’t think that’ll be possible.”

“why?”

“Because adults have their own circumstances.”

“What are the adults’ true circumstances?”

Anyway, people who gaslight are not the type of people who would understand if you told them that what they were saying was wrong.

So Mabel decided to give up on talking to him and continued asking questions.

“Well… there are complicated things between adults.”

“What is that?”

“It’s hard for Mabel to know.”

“No. My father and my teacher both said I was smart. So I can understand.”

The corners of Matthias’ mouth twitched slightly at the child’s subsequent question.

“The temple, you know, can do more for Mabel. It can give her everything she wants, everything she desires.”

Mabel’s eyes widened at his words.

“Is the temple rich? More than our house? Just go into the store and give me everything from here to here. Can you do that? What about a villa where you can rest? Can you live with your animal friends? And… can you buy all the pretty clothes and jewels?”

Mathias seemed momentarily speechless at Mabel’s continued questions. It was understandable, because the ‘house’ Mabel was talking about was the Damier estate.

It is said that the Damie family has more assets than the national treasury in the palace.

No matter how many donations the Primordial Temple received, including from the nobility, it could not have more assets than the Viscount Damier.

“that….”

As Matthias trailed off, Mabel looked at him playfully and said.

“You said you could do more! Your Majesty, lying is bad!”

After speaking, the child’s bright expression filled with pride left Mathias speechless, and Mabel smiled as she watched his expression.

This is capitalism that can be applied to any world-!!! That’s what I’m saying!!!