Chapter 284 – Oracle #2

I rode in a car other than my usual one and followed Silvia from a distance.

“Look at him…?”

When we met, she pretended to go for a walk in the park of the officetel, then went somewhere else.
It means you lied to me.
I thought the situation was a bit strange from the hallway, but this was the correct answer.
Let’s see what you do

Sylvia was soon out of her neighborhood in her taxi.
She didn’t go far
She went about 10 minutes and got off at a fairly large church.

‘Cathedral?’

Why did she suddenly come here?
Even though she was in a place she wouldn’t normally look at.
It’s not like my faith suddenly exploded…

Sylvia, who had paid her cab fare, had a conversation with the priest who happened to be out at her entrance.
I secretly turned on the voice function built into the device.

– Are you saying you want to offer free prayer?

– Yes, can’t we?

-Of course it’s possible. It’s the first time I’ve seen sisters, so I just checked. You are free to come in and sit down.

-Is there an entrance fee?

Innocent question.
The bride bursts into a small laugh.

-There is not.

– Thank you, Father.

-Say no word…God’s grace be with you…

It’s free prayer… Praying in the cathedral even though you don’t believe in Catholicism?
It’s full of cryptic work.
I think I went today for the first time since I asked for the entrance fee… Let’s wait.

Sylvia left the cathedral about an hour later.
After politely greeting the bride, she came out, grabbed a taxi again, and headed somewhere.

The place she stopped by this time was a church.
I’ve been here for almost 2 hours.
Next section. She took a flying taxi to Seoul and found a famous place.

Cathedrals, churches, and temples.
All of them were representative places related to religion.
What is it? He doesn’t seem interested in learning a new religion like Adele…

After coming out of the temple two hours later, Sylvia’s expression wasn’t very bright.
Things didn’t seem to go well.
After leaving the temple and going downtown, she went into a fast food restaurant as if she was hungry.

Looking at Sylvia eating a hamburger in her clear glass, I made a call to her, and she, surprised to see her phone screen, quickly munched her mouth.
Then she politely answers the phone.

-Yes, Jihyeok. Are you done?

“It’s not like that, what are you doing?”

-I… I just came to eat after a walk.

“Do you go for long walks?”

-Just… I started to think a lot while walking.

“Okay? I don’t know what you’re worried about, but the forum for conversation is always open. You know?

-Yea, I got it. Thanks

After a few more conversations and hanging up on her, I looked over at Sylvia.
She’s covering her face.
It’s an expression of regret for cheating on me.
It’s not even a fuss. I’m curious about Silvia’s motives for deviating.

As I sat behind the wheel and thought deeply, I picked up my phone when Adele called me.

“Hello.”

-Mr. Jihyeok! Why aren’t you in the lab?

“Something happened at the company for a while. If you would like to meet, please contact me in advance… Anyway, I’ll be there soon.”

– How many minutes?

“I think it will arrive in 30 minutes.”

-Like. I’ll measure the time, so come quickly. It would be nice to buy tuna gimbap when you come. Tteokbokki is also included.

“Yes.”

Do you know Adele? Sylvia’s strange behavior?
I’m going to take a peek at it once.
I started the engine and turned the car towards Eunpyeong-gu.

**

I lean on her chin and stare at Adele.
Adele, who was inhaling tteokbokki and gimbap, felt my gaze and asked.

“Can I get you some gimbap?”

“Yes.”

Adele picked up the largest gimbap on the edge, dipped it halfway in the tteokbokki broth, and held it out.
I quickly received and ate the gimbap, swallowed it, and smiled.

“It is delicious. One more please.”

“If you were hungry, you should have bought two servings.”

“I wasn’t particularly hungry… But when I saw Adele eating, I suddenly wanted to steal it. Are you afraid to give it to me?”

“Can it be? You can eat it all.”

After eating another piece of gimbap that Adele gave me, I gulped with water.

“Adele.”

“Would you like another one?”

“That’s not it… I saw Sylvia on the way to the lab.”

“Hmm? What about Sylvia?”

“Yes. I saw it by chance… She went in and out of a temple in Seoul.”

“I?”

She bends her head at a 30 degree angle.
Her eyes are staring at me wide open.
It seemed to be confused when an unexpected place appeared.

“Why did your sister go to the temple?”

“I asked you. What part do you have? Sylvia-san has become a new believer in Buddhism…”

“It can’t be. Her sister did this for lunch today. She wants to become a member of the Rosary in earnest now, but since she is curious about everything about him, please let me know what her jade sound is like.”

It’s Jade Yin… Suddenly wondering about her voice?
Doesn’t she usually try to know the face of the god she worships first?

“Come to think of it, she said that her sister was following her around today. Won’t you ask me if I’m sitting at her table and ask if I’m praying before meals… Won’t you tell me that I’m feeling old because I haven’t been praying lately…”

“Adele doesn’t say prayers well before mealtime, doesn’t she?”

“So. My sister is really… Worried about me too much, so she’s wearing a mask.”

Did she say that to her saintess, Adele, on the subject of not even being an official believer yet?
It was definitely a no-brainer. She wouldn’t have if she had been the usual thoughtful Sylvia.
Looking at the situation, she didn’t raise the question consistently, and it seems that she raised the question for the first time today…
It was good to see this as a sudden change of heart.

The cause is obviously related to the rosary.
Otherwise, she would have no reason to ask Adele such questions, and it doesn’t explain why she keeps visiting religious institutions.

‘I’ll have to keep an eye on it.’

Sylvia is within my grasp anyway.
No matter what you do, you won’t be able to escape me.

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Sylvia, who went around six religious facilities until nightfall, was disappointed when her own expectations were completely wrong.
Fail, fail, and fail again.
Far from meeting Rosario, she only lost time.
When she returns home, Sylvia finishes her shower and lies on her bed.

Adele must be meeting Jihyeok.
She wants to meet herself too, but she ran around so hard, what the hell is this…
Sylvia, who was staring at the ceiling, muttered to herself.

‘Do too much…’

She talked like she would tell me something in a dream, but then she just disappeared… It’s very disappointing.
Sylvia’s eyelids, which had only sighed deeply at her dejection, briefly closed and then opened again.

At that moment, Sylvia’s vision changed.
She was even apparently lying down, but now she is standing.

Pounding!

Her heart races This is exactly what she went through when she first met Rosario.
The location was different, but it was certain.
She herself has been called by the Rosary!

Sylvia, calming her ragged breathing, looked around her.
Her piety is naturally felt, and the pillars are lined up on both sides of her.
The walls are all white.
All in all, it was similar to the temple she had seen with a while back when she was on Adele’s planet.

There was a huge statue in the center.
A statue that shines with such a dazzling beauty that it is not enough to add any rhetoric.
Sylvia was sure that the statue was rosary oil.

‘Eh, what should I do now…’

Can I just wait? Like last time?
Sylvia, who thought that, stared at her statue.
It’s a beauty that can really be sucked in.
Despite being made of marble, devoid of emotion, it was very beautiful.

I can see why Adele said that whatever she fantasized about, she was more than that.

“Wow…”

When Sylvia, bursting with pure admiration, was about to take a step towards her statue,

– Sylvia Leeds. Daughter with a strong heart.

She heard the same voice that had rang in her head yesterday.

“Huh!”

She freaked out
Because the statue spoke.
No, in fact the statue did not move at all.
But it just felt that way. She’s talking

‘Chi, let’s calm down…! Calm down…!’

Sylvia, who tried to calm her mind, opened her mouth, hoping that she wouldn’t wake up.

“Ro, are you Rosario-sama…?”

I wanted to ask confidently, but her stuttering words came out.
It’s my first conversation, but to see you like this… I was embarrassed.
Among the reactions of those who had an audience with Rosario, her own reaction was probably the most pitiful.

-Yes, Sylvia Liz. I am Rosario, the celestial deity.

Her tone itself was full of humility and grace.
It’s a heavenly voice The ears seem to be cleansed.
Besides, I’m so happy.
The fact that Rosario answered his question.

With her mouth wide open, she realized that she was still standing.
What disrespect is this? You must get down on your knees right now.

But I can’t do that. It feels like an intangible force is tightening the body.
This seemed to be Rosario’s power.
That said, she didn’t feel apologetic.
It just seemed natural.

Unable to do this or that, she swallowed her saliva at Rosario’s soft tone.

-Thanks to the gathering of Shinki, we are able to have a conversation like this in this place where there is no temple. I’d like to say thank you. My daughter

New? Are you talking about going to a church or cathedral and praying?
If so, it meant that his actions were not meaningless.

“Oh, thank you…! Don’t talk like that. I just did what I had to do…”

As we talk, I feel resentful of my own way of speaking, which is not like a believer.

“I’m sorry… My way of speaking… Is very pathetic…?”

-Don’t have a sense of qualifications, daughter. Your heart is coming through.

What a merciful word.
Her chest fills with satisfaction.
Sylvia, who thanked Rosario several times, asked.

“That… Rosario-sama was looking for me…? You have something to tell me… Right…?”

-That’s right.

“But why… Not to Adele and to me…”

– Adelaine, another daughter and deputy of mine … My voice does not reach her, your sister to her.

What kind of nonsense…
The voice of that omnipotent god doesn’t reach you?

“Uh, why…? Adele is a saint…”

-Because someone resembling Helix is ​​eating away at her heart.

If it’s Helix… I’ve read it in Genesis.
He was a pure evil who corrupts the first saint and stabs Rosario in the back.

– And you too.

“Yes…?”

After hearing the shocking story, Sylvia opened her mouth.

“Me, me too…?”

-Yes, you, like Adaline, fell into his trap.

“But I’m talking to Rosario-sama right now…?”

– It is thanks to your strong heart that you have driven away the power of evil. But that power still resides in a corner of your heart. Please…

Chijik!

Sylvia’s vision flickered for a moment with a strange sound.
It’s like there’s noise.
Sylvia knew instinctively.
That the time to talk is almost over.

– Please don’t lose heart. Rise with the ether.

If it was Ether, it was Aether’s original name.
As expected, Rosario knew Aether.
Maybe you made it yourself.

Chijijijik-!

The noise got stronger once more.
Sylvia, desperate, tried to talk her out.
But no voice came out.
Rosario continued her words with her mouth open like a crucian carp.

-I’m already late to intervene, but you have time. It won’t be long before he qualifies as a demon. Pure ether will guide you on the right path. Ether is like all things created out of nothing. Keep this in mind.

Whoa-!

As soon as Rosario finished her advice, Sylvia’s body floated in the air and began to move away from her statue.
She realized that her talk time was completely over.
It’s absurd that we have to break up already when her mind hasn’t even been sorted out yet…

‘Lady Rosario…! Wait for me…! Is the identity of that person Tyrat? Where is he now!? Please tell us! Please answer me! Don’t let me go like this!’

I tried to scream inside her as I struggled with her arms, but in vain.
There’s a mountain of things I want to ask… I’m going crazy.
Still, I was glad to hear the instructions.
Tomorrow, I’ll try to gather up my gods again and try to talk.

When Rosario’s voice could no longer be heard, Sylvia closed her eyes and opened them.
I was wondering if I would wake up if I did it the way I did when I came here.
And that prediction was right.
When I opened my eyes, I saw a dark ceiling.

“Ha…”

Sylvia raised her upper body while feeling a feeling she had grown accustomed to.
And she,

“You talk so passionately in your sleep, are you okay?”

I was startled to the point of fainting at the sound of Jihyeok’s subdued voice coming from the bedside.