Chapter 490 – Saint of the Vatican (2)

Vatican City.

It is a country with a total population of just over 500 people and is made up entirely of Catholic priests and nuns.

The size of the land is at most the size of Gyeongbokgung Palace, and it is a country made up entirely of immigrants who do not allow children to be born due to religious reasons.

However, as it is the headquarters of 1.4 billion Catholics, its symbolism is clearer than that of any other country, making it the most bizarre country in the world.

… This is only an image of the Vatican City that Seong Tae-kyung originally knew in the world.

As it is a world where there are hunters and the roles of men and women have also changed.

The Vatican City of this world took on a markedly different form from the Vatican City known in St. Tae-kyung’s original world.

That’s because Vatican City was one of the countries that produced the most rare recovery type hunters in the world.

Needless to say, when considering the percentage of recovery hunters among the entire population, it was a country with an unusually large number of recovery hunters, ranking first even when considering the absolute number of recovery hunters.

A world where hunters are the national power. It was a common rule that if a country did not have proper hunters, the gates that appeared would not be dealt with in a timely manner and would eventually cause a monster wave.

There were countless small city-states that faded into the pages of history.

Vatican City has maintained its reputation to this day thanks to producing an overwhelming number of recovery hunters across the country.

The small land surrounded by Rome, the capital of Italy, became a territory so large that it swallowed up the entire city of Rome.

The population of just over 500 people also grew explosively, reaching a whopping 5 million people.

It was a natural result that Vatican City, which produces about 40% of the world’s awakened recovery hunters, would develop.

Restoration hunters are rare and rare in number, and they are a valuable human resource that is always needed anywhere in the world.

Since their role is to treat and recover hunters who are injured while fighting monsters in a dungeon and return, recovery hunters have always played an essential role in maintaining national power in any country.

A chronic problem experienced in all countries has always been that the number of recovery hunters is significantly lower than that of general hunters.

When it is said that about 10,000 people display awakening abilities, it is only about one recovery hunter who will awaken or not.

And among them, there are hunters who hide their awakening because they don’t want to be dragged around by the country with recovery-type abilities, hunters who don’t want to fight monsters on the front line and only want rear support, and awakenings that have recovery-type abilities but are one step away from healing such as protection or medicine. Even hunters with abilities.

When all non-awakened people and men who were completely unable to awaken were included in the statistics, the number of ‘recovery hunters who treat injuries or diseases’ was found to be approximately 1 in 100,000 people.

In any country, recovery hunters, especially hunters who could directly treat injuries, were bound to be treated as precious.

Therefore, among recovery hunters, hunters who can directly treat injuries were one of the most important human resources that had to be secured, even if borrowed from other countries, in order to maintain national power.

In Vatican City, there were nearly 5,000 hunters capable of treating such injuries.

That number was simply limited to ‘hunters who can treat injuries’, excluding the number of other recovery-type abilities such as protection, medicine, or purification.

In fact, one in every 100 citizens of Vatican City could be considered to have the ability to awaken to recovery.

It is natural that the Vatican City will have the greatest influence in the world.

Just by dispatching ‘recovery hunters’ to various parts of the world, the Vatican City State was able to gain an overwhelming advantage in virtually all diplomacy.

Just as in the world where Seong Tae-kyung originally lived, Middle Eastern countries accumulated wealth by selling ‘black water’.

In this world, the Vatican City was accumulating wealth by sending ‘white people’.

Since it is a country that dispatches hunters all over the world, it was naturally closely related to the global guild Ariel Foundation.

Most of the dispatch of recovery hunters from the Vatican City to overseas was also done through the Ariel Foundation.

Of course, the Ariel Foundation, which has branches in over 250 countries around the world, has consistently dispatched one to two Vatican hunters, including diplomats, to Korea.

Additionally, Lulucia Belmonte, known as the ‘Saint of the Vatican’, was this generation’s dispatched hunter to Korea.

Now, she was slightly grumpy at the blonde girl in front of her with her cheeks slightly puffed out.

“Why does Sihee keep using stiff titles like ‘saint’ every time we meet? “I’m going to be angry~!”

“I’m sorry, Saint… Lulucia.”

“Again, again!”

Lulucia puffed out her cheeks just because he didn’t call her by her name.

She was somewhat immature and undignified to be called a saint of the Vatican, but that was not a factor that could deny her the title of saint.

The reason she got her name as a saint in the first place was simply because she could handle an overwhelming number of types of recovery-type abilities compared to other hunters, and it was not a symbol of charity or fraternity.

Rather, it was natural that she, who had grown up receiving all sorts of treatment even within Vatican City, would become a childish child.

… Of course, only her personality was a little childlike, and her seemingly glamorous body gave the impression of a maternal love that would take better care of a young child than anyone else.

Lulucia has as many as seven different recovery-type awakening abilities.

As well as abilities such as ‘recovery’ to treat her wounds, ‘protection’ to protect her body, and ‘pharmacology’ to make potions.

The Vatican saint, Lulucia Belmonte, was a person with such diverse talents that it could be said that she could handle all of her considerable recovery-type awakening abilities.

It was no different from the fact that she was dispatched to Korea instead of to major countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, or France.

One is that Lulu Sia grew up interested in Korea by chance when she was very young.

The other reason was thanks to the strong security of the country called Korea.

Originally, the Vatican City had planned to dispatch her saint to major countries, but Lulucia herself was very strong in her insistence that she want to be dispatched to Korea.

She concluded that if she was going to be dispatched somewhere within the Vatican City anyway, Korea, where public security is good, would not be a bad idea.

Due to several such circumstances, Lulucia Belmonte became a recovery hunter for the Vatican dispatched to Korea.

She had a very unpredictable personality, and it was Do-kyung’s group’s daughter, Do-shi-hee, who had started getting to know her a few months ago.

The Foundation Hunters, who basically lived a life of being supported by others, found it difficult to deal with Lulucia’s foolish and crazy personality.

In her prime, Dosi-hee was thirsty for connections and eager to date people that her older sister could not easily touch.

And the only hunters within her foundation who could deal with her were Silver Star, whose temperament had become ingrained in her over the years of her life on the run.

… Even Dosi-hee seemed to be struggling to deal with her alone now that she didn’t have her silver star.

“I’m sorry, Lulucia. Next time, I will only call you by your first name.”

“… All right. “Here, as a compassionate ‘saint,’ I have no choice but to understand and move on!”

“… Lu, Lulucia is the best~!”

“Ahaha~!”

Lulucia laughs, amused by her reaction, which is so excessive that it puts even the viewer to shame.

It was a moment when I desperately missed the empty space of Eunbyeol, who had not been by my side for the past few days.

‘As expected, we need to solve Eunbyeol’s problem first…’

As soon as Eunbyeol, who was always by her side and catered to her mood, disappeared, Sihee felt a great deal of burden even from brief conversations.

Lulucia was also able to easily notice that Eunbyeol, who was always by Sihee’s side, had disappeared.

“Huh~? “Is Eunbyeol going to be late today~?”

“… Eunbyeol is busy these days due to family circumstances. “I think it will probably be difficult to work together until things calm down there.”

“Uh… Eunbyeol was Sihee’s maid, right? “If it’s Eunbyeol’s family situation, isn’t it also Sihee’s family situation~?”

“Well, that…” .”

Shihi was momentarily a little embarrassed by Lulucia’s surprise question.

Because I couldn’t tell this innocent and immature saintess about Eunbyeol’s true identity and family circumstances.

However, if you explain things too roughly, he will get upset again and it will be difficult to appease him.

While I was thinking about how to respond, I heard a voice from behind that was not salvation but salvation.

“… Hmm, is that person over there a saint from the Vatican, Sihee?”

“… !”

Do Ye-hee, the half-sister who took away her precious companions several times.

Si-hee’s mind, which she had forgotten for a while while dealing with the saint, became aware of her existence and became clear in an instant.

Do-hee-hee’s body, which instinctively felt a sense of danger, blocked Do-ye-hee’s approach with a clicking sound and prevented her from approaching Lulucia.

“Oh my, Sihee. “What are you doing?”

“… “Get out.”

“…”

“Are you trying to pull the same trick again this time? In the end, the human being you are remains unchanged until the end.”

“… You’ve become quite brave, Sihee. “I know how to block her sister’s path like this.”

“I’m tired of living at the mercy of you all my life.”

If it had been Do-hee-hee before, she would have been pressured by the force of her half-sister, Do-ye-hee, and would have quietly moved out of the way, but today, she was blocking her half-sister’s approach with a boldness that even Do-ye-hee could not have expected. .

Do Ye-hee thought quietly in her heart as she looked at Do-hee-hee, who looked much better than before.

‘… Still, I definitely feel more confident than before. I guess this is also thanks to that man.’

She is a younger sister who became stronger after gaining something she wanted to protect.

It wasn’t that bad. Anyway, this was also proof of her growth.

… However, as her older sister, you must clearly point out what needs to be pointed out.

Even if Sihee is an exception and has recently met a decent person, this phenomenon may be nothing more than a coincidence.

In addition, the man named Kim Seong-cheol satisfies his sadistic sexual desires through poetry. He was a person who still had elements of anxiety in ways other than his ability as a hunter.

So, no matter how much Lulucia was called a saint of the Vatican, she could not allow herself to be around Sihi until she personally shared her story with her.

“…”

Looking at those eyes full of determination, it never seemed like her younger sister would easily back down.

One way would be to use force to suppress it, but… Do Ye-hee did not want to use such drastic methods.

Because I didn’t think there was a need to reshuffle the relationship with her sister, who had started to become good friends after a long time.

Although it was temporary, for the first time in many years she was even called ‘sister’ by Sihee.

The nostalgic sound that she hadn’t heard in a long time was enough to make her feel a little more relaxed.

‘Today is not the only opportunity. Now that I know roughly what kind of person he is, I have no choice but to contact him separately next time without Sihee’s knowledge.’

With that thought in mind, the moment when Do Ye-hee was about to take a step back from Dosi-hee’s presence.

“Hey~! “Hold on there for a moment~!”

“… Lulucia?”

“…”

For a long time, there was a voice that dared to call Do Ye-hee back and stop her as she tried to retreat while praising her sister’s growth in her heart.

“Can I ask what kind of relationship that person has with our Sihee?”

“… ‘Our’ Sihee?”

Where she turned her head and looked, there was only Lulucia with an innocent expression on her face.