612 – The Saint Is Busy – 2

About 300 years ago. As the World Tree disappeared, I lost the means to communicate with the children on earth, and the vegetation that was like my symbol burned down, so I spent the past 300 years as a half-dead god.

Fortunately, there were children who did not forget this incompetent and weak god and served him, so he did not completely lose his faith, but we cannot be sure what would have happened if more time had passed. Perhaps I too would have become a being of the past like the gods who fell after the last religious war.

However, the World Tree was revived. Because of that, my existence bloomed on earth again. I was able to communicate with my children again. The spirits broke their long silence and appeared on the continent again.

In this way, my faith, which had been crumbling, became stronger. After the Children of Enen came out and acknowledged the existence of the eternal blue sky, it approached the power of the religious wars.

– You seem very busy these days. It’s hard to even meet.

Now, based on that prestige, it has become possible to contact other gods.

Unlike the eternal blue sky that resides in the World Tree, the sun god stays in heaven and watches over the continent.

No matter how much I and the Eternal Blue Sky regain their faith, they are powerful beings that cannot even be touched.

– Thanks to you, I can finally say hello to you, Enen.

Enen, the victor of the religious war and the king of the gods.

For the first time in almost hundreds of years, I was able to communicate with Enen.

– The sun in the sky and the vegetation on the earth are always together but cannot be reached. Unless one party’s will is strong, it’s normal for them not to reach each other.

In response to my greeting, Enen, as always, spun around as if catching a random cloud.

– However, the fresh vegetation has once again raised its head towards the sun, and the sun, which was looking at the land alone, is also happy.

Still, I decided to move on since it was an expression of happiness in my own way.

– But it is an auspicious day when the sun and plants meet. How can we not see the sky that embraces the sun and touches the plants?

– The eternal blue sky is sleeping. It’s obvious that if you wake him up, he’ll get angry, and if you ask him to go, he’ll probably say it’s annoying. So I just left it there.

At those words, Enen was silent for a moment and then,

– Tsk.

I clicked my tongue briefly.

It was a very faint sound, but to God, how loud or small a sound is has no meaning. Enen probably clicked his tongue as if he wanted to hear everything.

– It’s a pity. The sky suppressed the sins and sorrows that the sun should have purified, so we should express our gratitude.

Unlike the words that said I should express my gratitude, the voice contained a slight displeasure, so I secretly smiled.

We know well that Enen sealed away the evil spirits called the Four Evils and Seven Sins. Even Enen, who had defeated countless gods and was victorious, could not completely deal with the eleven evil gods, so he confined them in the harsh cold further north than the north governed by the eternal blue sky.

For to God, there is no punishment more severe than oblivion. If hundreds of years pass while disappearing from everyone’s memory, even the strongest evil spirit will fall.

Enen aimed to weaken the evil spirits, but the fruit of his waiting was taken away by someone else.

‘I never thought the eternal blue sky and benefactor would take it.’

A time when Enen’s status was temporarily shaken by the Council. The eternal blue sky, concerned about the movements of evil spirits, headed towards the bitter cold with its benefactor.

There are no problems up to this point. If the evil gods were to be unleashed on the continent again, it would be enough to call it a disaster, and Enen, who had to manage it, was in its weakest state since winning the War of Religion. It was right to check the relatively leisurely, eternal blue sky.

But who would have known that the seal on the evil spirits had really been released? Who knew that the divinity of the gods would have been weakened enough to absorb it?

– The evil spirits just happened to be weakened! It was too cumbersome to seal it back, so I absorbed the divinity!

The eternal blue sky that made me laugh happily after going through the bitter cold. At the time, I thought it was something like that, but when I thought about it, it seemed like the eternal blue sky had robbed Enen of the feast he was ripening.

However, I didn’t bother to say it out loud. I didn’t want to ruin the mood of the brightly smiling, eternal blue sky.

Moreover, it is true that the Eternal Blue Sky used its power on behalf of Enen. If you think of it as the price, it’s hard to call it robbery.

– …Someday we will have a chance to meet. The sun and the sky cannot be separated even if you try to separate them.

Enen knew that too, so he didn’t blame the eternal blue sky. I just feel bad about losing the dinner.

– Enen.

– Speak, my dear friend.

After seeing Enen like that, he opened his mouth again. The reason I came into contact with Enen, who was wandering around, was not to confirm his displeasure.

– Your child is traveling around the empire…

-The child threw himself on a pilgrimage for the faith and belief he had built in his heart. It will not harm the authority of my friend and sister.

I know that. Enen is not the type to interfere with his own child to keep other gods in check.

-Please guide the child to visit the World Tree and the North.

– Ho.

That is why I came to Enen to make a request first.

I and the Eternal Blue Sky were able to establish our authority through the Children of Enen. If it weren’t for those children, I would still be an ordinary and weak god.

So we should be kind to those children. The gods that the children of Enen recognize and respect must show that they respect the children of Enen in the same way.

– Great. If that’s what your friend wants.

Enen nodded his head willingly to such a suggestion.

– By the way, do you think the same way?

– The eternal blue sky doesn’t care who comes to its house.

-That’s right. I, too, have been indebted to my sister’s house.

I smiled as I saw Enen nodding his head.

In any case, the eternal blue sky is not in the North, but in the World Tree. I won’t care whether Enen’s child goes to the North or not.

***

A time when the pilgrimage to the imperial shrines is slowly coming to an end. Today, I went into church to pray to our Lord.

Today too, I am thankful for giving daily bread to my humble servant, and I am thankful that my brothers and sisters can be healthy today as well.

And gratitude for being able to safely make a pilgrimage to the vast imperial territory and numerous holy sites, and gratitude for making precious connections along the way.

While offering a prayer of thanks for everything.

– My servant, my son.

The sacred and holy voice of the Lord was heard.

“Lord, your servant is listening.”

I quickly put my forehead on the floor and focused on the voice of the Lord. Although I have the undeserved title of Son of God, I am also one of many servants before the Lord. There is no servant who dares to raise his head before his master.

– May the sky and plants take care of the pilgrims walking under the sun. We should express gratitude not only to the sun, but also to the sky and plants.

I engraved the following words of the Lord in my heart.

It is said that it is not only our master Enen who finds us cute, but also the eternal blue sky and Constantina. Therefore, it is a guide to visit not only the places where traces of the Lord reside, but also the sacred sites or temples of the two gods.

“I will follow.”

If it is the Lord’s will, then of course we must follow it. I am willing to go even if it means going back the way I came.

‘Where should I go first?’

At the same time, I was thinking about the next destination.

If there is a place where the influence of the sky is strong, it is naturally the north, the home of nomads. The Vegetation Shrine is a cross-racial reserve where elves exist.

‘It would be best to go to the protected area of this race first.’

Of the two areas, the tribal reserve had been visited before. Since I saw the elves there in person, it would be right to visit there first and pay my respects to Constantina.

I’m a little worried because it’s my first time going to the North… But it’s a place where the advisor’s influence is strong. If the situation arises, let’s ask our brothers for help.

– Son.

“Yes, Lord.”

– The sky and plants may be different from the sun, but they are not wrong. Keep this in your heart and move forward.

“I will keep that in mind.”

I answered the advice the Lord left without hesitation.

If it is the will of the Lord, it will be so. It should be so because it is the wish of the Holy Father.

“─Jenim.”

Eventually, his heart his sank. Although it may be different, it is not wrong. It is a phrase that applies to all human relationships, beyond the attitude of believers toward paganism. Also, our Lord is wise and merciful.

“Brother—nim.”

At the same time, I also had a small question. The Lord is so merciful, but how cruel and merciless was the faith that the Lord subjugated and oppressed?

Of course, it is possible that the benevolent Lord advocated firmness rather than mercy during the religious wars, but looking at the Lord today, one cannot help but be skeptical—

“Tanian.”

I hurriedly raised my head when I heard a voice next to me.

“Now you only respond when I call your name.”

Then I saw Sister Alexandriana laughing.

Embarrassing. I think I lost my mind for a moment because I was so happy to hear the Lord’s voice. I couldn’t believe there was someone coming right next to me.

“I wondered what was going on because you didn’t come until dinner time.”

“Dinner?”

This time I was embarrassed. It was lunchtime when I started praying, and it was around that time that I heard the voice of the Lord. But it’s already evening.

‘It is indeed a gracious thing.’

Isn’t it true that I was able to repeat the Lord’s voice for hours? It is an honorable and touching thing.

“Sister.”

When I slowly opened my mouth, the sister just smiled and looked the other way.

“…Sister?”

He opened his mouth again, but this time he looked away.

‘Ah.’

Belatedly, she thought she knew why she was like this and cleared her throat slightly.

“Alexandriana.”

“Yes, brother.”

Only after calling her name was I able to hear her answer

I burst out laughing a little at that sight. After we became closer to each other in the system, we made a cute little promise that if someone called the other person by their real name her, we would also call them by their real name that many times.

So, I also had to call my sister by her real name. Even if it’s just one time.

“Let’s change the schedule. Let’s go to the tribal reserve.”

“Yes?”

Anyway, when I mentioned the hastily changed schedule with a smile on my face, the sister tilted her head.

Since it was an expected reaction, I just laughed.