The Blind Saint Who Can See - Chapter 16
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#16. Reunion (3)
From that day on, Cedric circled around me.
Under the pretext of escorting me, he waits outside my door not only when I eat or pray, but also until I fall asleep.
What was more remarkable was his attitude.
“yes.”
“no.”
“Please eat.”
“Good night.”
Are you a robot?
I was amazed every day by Cedric’s incredible communication skills.
That was all we had to say in two weeks, no matter how much we kept quiet. This is no exaggeration.
However, it goes against the concept for me to be the first to start talking.
Saint Justina is kind to everyone, but at the same time she keeps her distance from everyone.
‘At this point it’s a battle of pride.’
Let’s see how long it will be quiet.
At first, I spoke to him affectionately, but now I am just being moderately polite to him.
‘There’s no way you really forgot about me… of course.’
If that were the case, you wouldn’t have been so agitated when you saw me on the first day.
‘It’s frustrating because I don’t know what’s inside.’
It was difficult.
I believed that Cedric’s conversion event was successful, but if this situation continues, he may turn dark again just like in the original.
“Let’s go to the prayer room, Cedric.”
And this prayer. Prayer. Prayer!
It’s a really good source of energy for earning points, but because of this regular lifestyle pattern, there wasn’t much to talk about.
Meals are also served in the room.
Study in the room too.
Prayer in the prayer room.
Since I’m all locked up in my room and doing everything alone, and Cedric is standing outside the door, the amount of time we actually see each other face-to-face is only about an hour a day.
Because of that, every day was incredibly boring except for the time I was studying.
‘Come to your senses.’
I waited for 10 whole years.
There was no problem waiting there for another month or two.
Anything is fine as long as it achieves the goal.
[Main Quest]
Save a billion people.
Current: 20,512,341
Reward: Return, restoration of real body, 100 billion won
Penalty: ???
I renewed my determination with the status window open in front of me.
My head gets cold.
‘There’s no need to get caught up in frivolous emotions. What’s important is how you use Cedric.’
His potential is truly enormous.
A villain who can rival the world’s most beloved protagonist.
The words I spoke to him when he was young created a small crack in his solid future.
But that’s all.
It’s not enough to completely bind Cedric.
‘Think about it, Lee Yuna.’
How to use him.
How to make him a hero.
After much deliberation, I came to a conclusion.
‘I’ve decided. Let’s do it.’
I opened the door, having gained enlightenment and becoming more calm than anyone else.
There was Cedric.
We pass through the familiar passage and head towards the prayer room. As we sit down in front of the den for the saint, Cedric takes a step back in a familiar manner.
“I will wait.”
“Lord Cedric.”
I caught him like that.
“Would you like to pray with me today?”
It was a sweet trap.
***
“Cedric, do you believe in God?”
Cedric entered the prayer room and stared at Justinas with complicated eyes.
How should I answer this question?
The correct answer would be, “Yes.” The place he is standing on is the territory of the Holy Land, and Justinus is not a child of God.
But Cedric had never once believed in God since he was born.
That’s why whenever he was asked this question, he always laughed and answered, “There is no such thing as God.”
“Existence… I believe.”
But what came out of Cedric’s mouth just now was a lukewarm neutrality that was neither yes nor no.
Existence believes.
It means that one believes in the existence of God but does not revere him.
The astute Justinas would have immediately understood the meaning.
Even though she was a saint and the words of an atheist must have been unpleasant, she still just smiled with a calm expression.
“okay.”
There was silence after that.
Justinas, kneeling before the sacred relic carved from the given ether, remained motionless.
The back of the saint wearing a pure white veil was so noble that it was almost overwhelming. She could be called the incarnation of the saint.
Cedric, who ruled the darkness before him, became infinitely small.
Is that because you encountered a saint?
Is it because I encountered my first love buried deep in my heart as a child?
Or maybe both.
Cedric stayed by the saint’s side as she prayed silently, asking questions she could not answer.
Childhood memories overlap with it.
‘You’ve grown a lot.’
Twelve years old.
My first love, which had died down before it could even begin, has now grown into a twenty-two-year-old woman.
It’s changed that much.
At the same time, it was the same.
Cedric thought back to Justinas’s routine that he had observed over the past two weeks.
‘There is not a single gap.’
Prayer and study. A frugal diet.
Every weekend, he went out for the sole purpose of helping others. Many people came from all over the eastern continent to the Holy Land to help him without any reward.
‘It was completely different from the Western Continent.’
Howling trains, cold railroad tracks. Smoke filling the sky. Flying airships and gas lights illuminating the streets.
In an age full of optimism and hope for the future, God has become a joke. Real science is more valuable than a nonexistent God. To turn to religion is a foolish thing to do.
Cedric, who grew up on the Western Continent, always thought that way.
That is why the saintess who appeared in the holy country across the sea was considered nothing more than a fake with political interests, nothing more or less than propaganda put forth by a dictator to control the foolish masses.
Until I came to the Eastern Continent.
“This is a child that the saint saved before. If it weren’t for the saint, this child would have died before he turned two.”
“Saint, when I grow up, I want to become a priest. Like you, I want to serve Ether and help others.”
Most of the people here received help from the saint.
The help of the saint is the grace of God.
Those who have received grace from God always live with a grateful heart.
“Aegis is a paradise. There are many people from Terra and Aqua who want to become a holy nation. Because of that, it seems that conflict has broken out on the Aqua side.”
“How is the branch office?”
“Terra is the country where the saint first bestowed divine miracles. Even the royal family of Terra received great grace, so how could they be dissatisfied?”
Saint Justina.
As time passed, Cedric became keenly aware of the saint’s status in the Eastern Continent.
“The saint is the salvation that God has given us.”
That’s it. That’s what it was.
Just like Cedric and the members of the Shadow Paradise in their childhood, these people were also saved by her.
When Cedric realized this, he felt a crushing weight on him.
‘Can I… stand next to her?’
At twelve, Justinas was Cedric’s friend, but at twenty-two, she was the spiritual leader of a nation.
“The boy I used to live with also had the same name.”
“In the past… … .”
“Actually, I’m from Kieto.”
So Cedric still hasn’t revealed to Justinas that he is that child.
At first, I was just overcome with emotion and my throat was sore, but it gradually became difficult to speak.
Now I don’t know how to view Justinas. When I saw her walking with a cane as if nothing was wrong, my heart ached, but I felt disgusted at myself for daring to pity her.
‘I thought I had risen high.’
After Justinas died.
I ran without resting even for a single day.
He made money, took control of Kieto, and eventually formed an organization so large that even the nobles of the country and the duchy could not dare to do anything about it.
Because I never wanted to lose someone again. To forever honor my first love who left me in vain.
however…….
‘Even so, it’s just a hunting dog that does dirty work.’
A dirty back alley boy.
When he came face to face with Saint Justina, Cedric felt as if he had returned to his shabby and unattractive childhood.
That’s so painful…
“Lord Cedric.”
Cedric’s head rose at the sudden sound.
It was unexpected for her to talk to someone else while she was praying.
“yes.”
“I have something to confess.”