Paladin of the Dead God - Chapter 13



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Episode 13. Proof of faith (1)

Gebel was even more surprised to hear that he would teach Isaac miracles.

Priests could perform a variety of miracles, from simply illuminating the darkness or lighting a candle to subduing enemies. However, all of that education begins at least at the level of a trainee priest.

The abbot’s words were no different from saying that he would accept Isaac as a priest.

Considering the difficulty of becoming a full-time priest, it was a hasty task for a 14-year-old. Even among monks, there were not many cases where they ended up wearing priestly clothing. However, if a student is taught and recommended by the abbot himself, it is easy for him to become a priest.

“Are you okay? As you said, Isaac is only 14 years old.”

“If the right mind and the desire to sincerely praise God come together, there is nothing that cannot be done. Do not worry. “The Code of Light will move the world according to its principles.”

***

Immediately after finishing breakfast, Isaac headed to the backyard to help Gebel as usual. However, it was someone other than Gebel who was waiting there.

“Isaac.”

“Hello, Abbot.”

It was Abbot Yevhar.

Yebhar, who had a thin physique compared to his tall stature, was fiddling with his rosary and looking at Isaac as if he were looking at him. But Isaac stared at him without the slightest sense of anxiety.

This was because I had already overheard the conversation with Geber last night.

‘We are in a position where we never know when we will be caught and witch-hunted. So, you have to be very careful until you are sure.’

Especially now that he was just starting to show his potential, it was a time when he couldn’t relax. And today I had to be especially careful.

‘If Abbot Yevhar believes in me… … You can learn miracles that can lay the foundation for a paladin.’

Isaac met his eyes without avoiding them. He thought that he had to show a confident and upright attitude. But Yebhar noticed something strange on Isaac’s face.

‘This is so… … If you don’t teach it properly, you’ll make women cry.’

Isaac, who had been unable to display his charm properly due to poor nutrition, was growing significantly due to the recent predation. His dull skin began to become shiny, his skinny limbs gained weight, and his surprising appearance began to blossom.

Yebhar looked at that face and cleared his throat without realizing it.

Usually children are afraid of Yevhar’s gloomy impression. But instead of being afraid, the child looked like he was looking forward to what he would say.

‘They say children grow suddenly, is this what you meant?’

I thought maybe Gebel’s words about Isaac being the Eucharist were true.

On the other hand, Isaac had a strange idea.

‘You make a bad impression.’

Isaac suddenly thought that this idea might be branded profane, so he quickly thought of something else.

“I heard that you show talent in swordsmanship. “Isaac.”

“Ah yes. “I’m lacking, but I’m learning hard.”

The Code of Light does not prohibit priests from carrying swords. Rather, it was recommended.

It would be foolish not to take up arms when going on a pilgrimage in a harsh world. Moreover, being killed by the Buddhist Order would be worse than death, so self-discipline was essential for priests leaving for the East.

“How many prayers have you memorized?”

“Just a pre-dinner prayer and a morning prayer… … .”

“How many scriptures have you memorized? Do you know Dawn Psalm 4:8?”

“… … I do not know.”

Isaac was at a loss for an answer, but it was actually unfair to him.

Most orphans in this era are fortunate if they grow into adults without starving to death. If you learned a skill or a reasonable amount of money and found a way to make a living, you could have a successful life, so learning letters was a luxury. Monasteries also only provided ‘opportunities to learn letters’ and did not require people to memorize the contents of the scriptures.

In other words, Yevhar is making absurd demands on Isaac, who has only been in the monastery for a few months.

“If you train your sword without your eyes being fully illuminated, will you be able to know who to cut and who to protect? “I’m worried that you might be trying to achieve things too hastily.”

‘To become a Holy Knight, you need to memorize a certain amount of scriptures, but asking me to study is already too much.’

Isaac grumbled internally, but was not very dissatisfied. Yevhar realized that the reason he came and said this was to give him an opportunity.

‘It would be better if unnecessary work time was removed and the time was asked to memorize sutras or do copying work.’

In reality, Yebhar’s intentions were different.

‘If Isaac is such a talented child, we should catch him now so he doesn’t go astray.’

Even if I had to take a break from swordsmanship training for a while, I had to turn myself into an upright person who understood the words of the scriptures well. If you gain too much power too quickly at a young age, you may end up raising a scoundrel rather than a saint.

What Yebhar didn’t know was that in Isaac’s mind, he was already an old man.

“sorry. I felt helpless because my friends almost got hurt, so I didn’t understand the order correctly and acted awkwardly. “I reflect on my mistakes.”

Isaac did not protest, but rather humbly apologized. But there’s something like, ‘You know that kids almost died not long ago, right? ‘Who saved them then?’ While doing so, he expressed his intention to criticize Yebhar.

Yevhar also flinched when he belatedly remembered what happened.

He looked at Isaac for a moment and then opened his mouth.

“right. “What matters is the heart, not the words of the scriptures. I was wrong.”

‘what? ‘Why is this guy so quick to admit it when he looks like an old man?’

When Isaac was puzzled, Yevhar immediately spoke.

“I will personally teach you the words of the Code of Light. “This would be faster than memorizing the scriptures.”

In any case, Isaac could not escape from Yevhar’s grasp.

Isaac, who received private lessons from the abbot, followed him.

***

“The words that the Code of Light conveyed to Prophet Ruad-Din were as follows: You should know that the heat of a bonfire burning in a snowy mountain is essentially the same as the heat of a bonfire burning in the desert of suffering… … .”

Yevhar walked through the monastery with Isaac and muttered the words of the scriptures. Isaac felt sleepy, but he could not doze off because Yevhar walked and talked without stopping.

‘I listened to some pretty boring classes, but this was so… … .’

In fact, Isaac had no interest in religion. That was the most embarrassing thing since I became Isaac.

He was an atheist.

Of course, in a world where God exists, the word atheist itself is absurd, but the basic basis of his mind was the same as that of modern people.

The reality of each individual is more important than the great will of those on high.

However, the people of this world considered that great will to be important. That means that if Isaac wants to succeed in this world, he must at least pretend to be religious. I thought that time would come someday, but it was embarrassing to actually take such an intensive class.

Of course, I know that it is a valuable opportunity for the abbot to provide private lessons directly.

The problem was that Yebhar did not seem to have any particular talent for education.

“… … Again, the Code of Light lit a flame in the closed room, and the room was filled with smoke. Then the flame went out. The Code of Light showed this and said to Ruad-Din… … .”

Isaac was disgusted by the feeling that he would fall asleep at any moment.

‘I think physics class is more fun… … Hmm?’

Isaac suddenly felt that Yevhar’s words sounded somewhat familiar. Until this time, he had not paid much attention to the words of the scriptures. It means that he just thought of it as something he would have to memorize someday, something he had to memorize, but he did not put it into his heart.

But as he forced himself to focus on Yevhar’s words, a subtle detail touched his memory.

“… … The Book of Light says that ash and smoke that have already burned do not return to the tree. Light and heat are momentary and fleeting, so remember to love and cherish the moment… … .”

‘this… … ‘Isn’t it thermodynamics?’

A flash of realization passed through his mind.

Isaac did not major in physics. But he had a basic overview. Isaac realized that the words Yevhar was mumbling were intertwined with his vague knowledge of physics.

Only then did everything Yebhar had said and what he had seen and heard in the scriptures entered straight into his mind.

It was like a moment of enlightenment.

The teachings of the Code of Light were to explain modern physics with lessons in a colloquial form rather than mathematics.

‘No, that’s why… … .’

So, is it the ‘Law Code’?

Light is the fastest. And with an invariable speed, it has an invariant scale in common sense physics.

If the code of light is God, then he is the God of physics.

Isaac realized the absurd fact and forgot what to say.

He thought he had to force himself to believe in the Code of Light, but he was a believer in the Code of Light from the beginning.

As a modern man, common sense in physics was like air.

“Isaac.”

At that time, Yevhar suddenly put his face in front of Isaac. Isaac flinched back at that gloomy face.

“It seems like you were thinking about something else while I was teaching.”

“… … “I was thinking back to the abbot’s words.”

“Is that so? “Then I guess I can ask you about the campfire story again.”

The heat of a bonfire in the snowy mountains is like the heat of a bonfire in the desert.

In the scriptures, the power of the Code of Light is reflected equally on all things in the world, regardless of whether they are good or evil, and it is interpreted as preaching the benevolence of the Code of Light.

But its content has nothing to do with charity or equality.

“Hot means hot everywhere, and cold means cold everywhere.”

Although it was an overly condensed explanation, it should be summarized to this extent so that the people of this world can understand it. But when Yevhar heard Isaac’s words, his expression twitched as if he felt something.

Instead of getting angry, he opened his mouth in a serious manner.

“What is the anecdote about the closed room?”

“This means that everything in an isolated space continues to change form and does not disappear or reappear.”

“What is Ash’s anecdote?”

“It means that what is high will be moved to a low place, what is hot will be moved to lukewarm, and what is clumped will be dispersed.”

“ha… … .”

Yevhar opened his eyes wide and looked at Isaac. He constantly touched Isaac’s face as he watched him answer without hesitation. There were parts of Isaac’s words that could be pointed out as heresy if done wrong.

However, Yevhar, who had studied the scriptures for decades, could instinctively feel that the ‘essence’ of the words left behind by the Code of Light was hidden in his words.

Ruad-Din’s scriptures were revered as the words of God. However, the opinions and interpretations of priests were added through translation and transcription over hundreds of years.

Things that are easier to listen to and contain instructive content.

However, Isaac’s words were close to the honest essence that stripped away all interpretations.

‘like… … Like Ruad-Din, who copied the words of the Code of Light?’

As Yevhar thought about that, he felt a shock as if he had been struck by lightning in his head.

Gebel said Isaac was the Eucharist. A person chosen by God, a being who embraces miracles.

Yebhar had been skeptical of his words up to this point. But what Isaac said now was enough to put him to the test.

‘If that’s true, does that mean I dared to test God’s chosen one?’

Yevhar could feel at least part of the shock that Gebel felt.

Is this the Eucharist?

But Isaac was different from the other saints Yevhar had met. He was a person who made you feel unstable, as if your feet were shaking.

‘If Isaac is a saint, he may have a mission worthy of turning the era around.’

Isaac felt those burdensome gazes and wondered what he had done wrong.

‘I thought I answered pretty well. ‘Should I have purified it further?’

From Isaac’s perspective, he couldn’t tell whether Yevhar’s scary face was a face that thought, ‘I can’t believe there’s such an idiot in my monastery,’ or a face that said, ‘I can’t believe there’s a devil bastard right in front of me.’ However, he was confident that if it was the essence of the Code of Light that he understood, the correct answer was clear.

‘Of course, if I were to ask you to solve it with a formula, you would never be able to do it.’

All Isaac knows is that concept. And that too in a very condensed version.

But thanks to that, I was able to at least pretend to know Yevhar.

Yebhar was silent for a long time and finally opened his mouth.

“That’s amazing, Isaac.”