chapter 24
24 – Saint Irina (4)
Saint Irina (4)
To be honest, I had no intention of bringing him here. I just happened to be like this. It is because my heart is relaxed in front of the miraculous being called Jim.
Yes, he is the evidence of the last miracle left by the heavenly beings in this world.
He thought that just being with him might be a clue to the missing Celestial.
Maybe that’s why I’m excited.
Because Irina was still a saint of the Celestial Church. Because she desperately hoped that God would take a look at the world again.
“Here it is. This is the place where the previous pope brought down the Heavenly God.”
This is the worst disgrace in the church.
Originally, the information that would have been in a hurry to hide has already become nothing more than an open secret.
Maybe the demon king knows.
Because one of the instigators who committed it was the Demon King.
The Pope of the Celestial Church and the Demon King held hands and tried to bring God down and sit down. However, it failed.
The place where the aftermath remained is this huge and desolate vacant lot.
Now, though, even its traces have faded over time.
Anyway, it’s been about 7 years.
During those 7 years, the Celestial Church was thrown alive into hell, and Irina has recovered to this point.
How much blood did she shed during the process. Did she shed
And how much negativity she had to turn a blind eye to during the process.
“After that day, Cheonsin-nim disappeared. Unfortunately, I didn’t take away the divine power that had already been given, but after that, believers who could awaken the divine power didn’t appear anymore.”
It is only natural to fall as long as you are denied by the object of your faith.
But don’t just fall like that.
In that way, everyone who has lived for faith without knowing anything will only come to a meaningless end.
“Jim, are there any miracles in the world? Do you think there is?”
The reason why the Celestial Church was the most powerful was because the Celestial Gods were the ones who gave miracles to the world.
Because he was an existence that made it possible to have hope without giving up even in the face of impossible things.
But what about the world now that he is gone? How will it change?
In the face of something judged impossible, do we just have to accept defeat, death, and destruction in vain?
Everyone deserves to dream of a miracle. Even if it’s a lie
“A miracle… ….”
Irina waited for Jim’s answer with a false smile, as always.
To be honest, I didn’t care what he answered. His very existence represents a miracle of God, but that would not be proof that the Celestial God can return.
Yes, she knows.
The fact that she finds comfort in Jim’s presence.
The fact that she was investigating and harassing him by forcefully attaching reasons to nothing more or less.
“There will be.”
At her hopeful opinion, Irina secretly sneered and asked.
“What if it seems like a coincidence? What if it wasn’t a miracle that overturned the impossible, but just finding a way to do something that was originally possible?”
“Then I would consider it a miracle that I got back on track.”
“Yes?”
“Isn’t it? Even if it was a coincidence, a miracle happened in an instant! If it’s something to the point of misunderstanding, it must have been a clever idea that the original me couldn’t even think of.”
Jim was confident.
He proudly acknowledged his shortcomings and affirmed his miracles.
“Haven’t I, who is so useless, been in the hero’s party and survived for over two years. What if this is not a miracle? hahahaha.”
Irina stared blankly at her luggage, then smiled bitterly.
I’ll admit that she was almost shaken for a moment. She was obviously heartbroken when he said that, according to her thoughts, those things might be miracles.
However, her belated example of her put her back to reality in her fleeting moment.
Because Jim’s joining was planned from beginning to end.
There wasn’t even a coincidence, let alone a miracle.
‘Ah, but… ….’
Irina, who was about to dismiss Jim’s opinion of hers, then turned around and looked at Jim’s dumbfounded expression.
‘It must have been a coincidence that I was able to find you.’
When it comes to Jim and the demon lord, everything is planned. However, it was a miraculous coincidence for Irina when she discovered a mixed-race demon.
Just thinking about it, she couldn’t stop the smile on her lips.
Instead of the pretentious smile she always had in front of people, she took a smile that came naturally.
A sadly beautiful smile.
“I see. I guess just thinking about it gives her a little comfort. Mr. Jim. Thank you.”
“hahahaha! It was nothing.”
There are still no miracles in this world.
Everything that looks like a miracle is just a possible coincidence.
However, meeting that coincidence itself could be a miracle.
Her pun-like answer, which didn’t change the conclusion, made Irina lose her interest in her luggage, while maintaining her smile.
“Thank you, Jim. Thanks to her, she was able to relax.”
Miracles do not come.
What you think is a miracle is, after all, just a coincidence.
If Jim calls the coincidence a miracle.
‘I will go forth to create a miracle myself.’
Irina said she wanted to create a miracle, even in a cruel way.
So that people can pray with peace of mind. Don’t give up even in the face of the impossible. The sacrifice of a cow for the great.
Peace even if it is false.
“…… Are you going back now? Mr. Jim has just arrived, and I think I acted too foolishly.”
“Oh, that’s fine. Thanks to that, I had a lot of good sightings.”
“Thank you for saying that. Then I will show you where to stay.”
Irina stopped pulling Jim’s hand. She no longer waits for a miracle.
She thought she would bring a miracle back to the world, even with her own move.
Yes, it doesn’t matter if you choose any means or methods. Because I don’t want people to just die in vain.
She was about to cross her line.
She kept a small line of goodness.
“Ah… ….”
Irina suddenly turned around and saw.
The place where the pope of the past tried to bring down the heavenly god and usurp its godhood.
The place that becomes the secret of the church. In the past, this place had become a wasteland in the aftermath of the incident. That huge scar had to be borne by everyone in the Celestial Church.
However, the place you see now only seems to be an incomplete land where scars and lessons have faded due to the flow of time.
***
Esmeralda struggled awake in her hospital room.
“Huh?!”
I remember the last moment.
Irina recalled that she had put a syringe in her throat and had the idea to take her to her lab.
That’s why Esmeralda groped her body to see if there was a problem somewhere.
Esmeralda, who had been trying to pull up her jacket for a while and groping her body to see if there was anything wrong with her, she belatedly noticed her gaze on herself.
[Note: I’m just concentrating on the scene unfolding in front of my eyes.]
“Ah… ….”
Jim was watching Esmeralda with an extremely serious expression.
She was facing it as if she was going to engrave this moment in her mind.
“Are you looking away?”
“Oh, excuse me. Warrior, and I came to see you in the hospital. I’m so glad you look healthy. As expected, the divine magic of the Celestial Church is amazing.”
“… ….”
Esmeralda stared at Jim, who was looking at her in an extremely calm manner, then she let out a sigh.
She’s usually not good at acting, so it’s no joke at times like this.
[Note: I’m sorry.]
If Esmeralda hadn’t read her pack, she might have overreacted.
Esmeralda glanced at Jim, whose s*xual desire had recently increased noticeably in her, then she let out a deep sigh.
‘Since I am the culprit, I can’t say anything about this… ….’
Even now, the problem is that Esmeralda overreacts and did not check the surroundings, saying that she checked her body.
Jim was just thinking about the situation he encountered by chance.
Esmeralda has no reason to be angry. Shouldn’t she be angry at her own carelessness if she was angry?
Of course, even though she pointed it out, it feels bad to glance at her.
But what…….
‘It is inevitable that I am attractive. Hmm.’
Esmeralda felt better.
Recently, she was in a state of extreme mental fatigue in many ways, so she could be happy with just this small sense of accomplishment.
It was unfortunate.
“Jim, was everything okay while I was sleeping?”
“I don’t know.”
“Is that so? Then how long have I been asleep?”
“hahahaha, I don’t know that either. I was also asleep until recently. I just woke up today.”
“…… ?”
Something is strange.
She hadn’t even asked Esmeralda, who belatedly realized that.
Jim shrugged her shoulders.
“Because we are imprisoned.”
“I heard you came to visit me?”
“I was quarantined in a building. I’m in the next room.”
Esmeralda listened to Jim’s words before looking at the window.
She could see the sturdy iron bars.
In that embarrassing situation, Esmeralda had something to check first.
“Didn’t you do something strange to me while I was sleeping?!”
It was a very important issue.
“I…… Where does the strange thing start and end?”
“You crazy bastard!”