Chapter 439 – [A Sleeping Tiv Waits in a Dream in the Holy Land]

The city is quite large, but it seems to be well automated. Otherwise, there would be no way to return to a city the size of Seoul with only a few hundred people.

I wonder if it’s a rare metal or something, I’m mining well on this planet, but anyway, the place I followed her guidance was a fairly well-decorated office… No, it was close to a church.

Even if I don’t know about common sense here, come! TV! And! Five apostles! I know the extent of knowledge. A bit weird? Anyway, talk about that later.

So, I knew that this was a religion-centered, imperialist society, so I roughly guessed that key positions were mainly occupied by people with high religious positions.

Soon Momo knocked on a door and sent a message to her inside, and she said to come in. She opened the door and she went inside.

As if the priest was doing personal business, there were various books and statues of gods, and someone was doing business on the desk among them.

Of course, the task was viewed not as paperwork, but as a hologram screen. There you can get a glimpse of the time difference.

“{What’s going on? Poor Sabata doesn’t have the right to have an audience with me?}”

“{I’m really sorry I wasted your time, but I’ve brought someone who deserves it for a good reason}”

“{If it’s not worth it, I’ll cut off your head and pierce your brain, leaving you feeling nothing but pain until you die}”

“{At least I’ve brought in what appears to be a high priest}”

“{What?}”

Then he glared at me.

What should I say… It gives off a slightly natural impression.

People like Dr. Alien, Momo, and the guards I saw in front of the city felt like they were all molded into a mold. Of course, when I met Dr. Allion, I didn’t think he was a clone human, so I just skipped it, but when I think about it later, the sense of difference is clearly felt.

For example, if you crack an egg to fry an egg, it usually spreads in a circle, but it feels like breaking an egg into a separate mold and frying it in an exact circle shape.

Natural and artificial. Since the other person seems to be in a higher position, the value of natural things seems higher.

“{He knows how to speak God’s language fluently. So at least he looks like a high priest}”

“{Is that true?}”

When he looked at me suspiciously, I said something for now.

[Are you in charge of this place?]

“{………!!!!!!}”

When I talk to him, his reaction is intense. I wondered if the reactions of the people here were all excessive, but first of all, I thought it would be because what I do has a certain level.

Um…… To give an analogy, it feels like meeting a monk who was born in Moorim, learns appropriate martial arts, and knows how to give wisdom. Not at the level of simply knowing how to do it, but as a monk with depth and training that can be used in conversation.

Shibeol, if I had been a third-class warrior in Murim, I was confident that I would pee. It feels like meeting an absolute being on the road.

So it really touches me. You have to take good care of the kids. I’m groping anyway, but what kind of trouble are they going through?

“{Uh, how?! I, a full-time priest. No, since you use God’s language freely, perhaps… Are you a bishop?}”

[I cannot understand what you are saying. Talk with me]

“{That…}[I, that, I can’t]”

Hmm, sure. This isn’t a difficult field. If you apply it well, it is a technology that can be used like an emoticon, so it is a technology that cannot be used if you do not rely on it.

The advantage of this is that when I think of an apology and say [Apology], If the other person is an American, [Apple] Is recognized, and if a Japanese person is [Ringo], The message is clearly communicated regardless of the person’s knowledge and language. Even if I say [TT0TT] With an emoticon, my sad feelings are conveyed as a means of speaking with will.

It’s unreasonable to expect someone to have the same level of proficiency as me. It’s not Raff energy, but something a little different inside its body, but it still requires skill and experience to handle the will itself.

[Still, I’m glad I met someone I can talk to]

“[Cow, sorry, come, everything]”

[I currently have lost most of my memory. The only remaining memory is that I have to obey Tv, and even the rest of the doctrine and common sense are gone]

“[That, run, sorry, luck]”

[If you take care of my convenience for a while, I will repay you like that. If you ever get your memory back, I promise to let you enjoy the light of that authority.]

“[Yes!!!!]”

The story with him is roughly over. After that, if you learn something like a language and acquire knowledge about this place, you can just screw it up no matter what happens.

Oh, first of all, let’s take care of someone to take with us as a guide and common sense. Other people would be nice too, but wouldn’t it be better if it was someone I wouldn’t easily betray because of my grace?

[Also, I will have this person wait on me. If you have any complaints, tell me now]

“[Put it out, as you please, ha, time!]”

[Okay, I want to rest right away, so guide me to my room]

When you think you have it, you have to leave. I’m not so reluctant to stand up and talk, it’s just uncomfortable, but if you want to act, you can do it.

…….. I don’t want to do this because it’s so tiring. It is similar to a man wearing tiptoe all day long to look taller, and a woman putting on full makeup and not removing it for several days. The pain of wearing shoes that don’t fit.

Anyway, I threatened him and soon received a room and a place to rest. When you receive a luxurious place like a famous hotel, you feel like you are on vacation.

[Momo, bring basic language related materials. If you accumulate knowledge like this, you might remember the past. You should be that opponent.]

“{Yes, I understand}”

If you are determined and learn the language, you will be able to learn it to some extent within a month. Of course, if the language here is difficult, it will take longer, but it seems to be shortened because you can still read.

At my command, she brought various materials. There are also paper books that she seems to have belonged to the person in charge, and she also brought a hologram panel with simple language materials.

It’s not bad either way, but it’s commendable to bring as much data as possible.

“{I don’t need anything more… Oh, sorry. You don’t know the language yet, sorry. Sorry}”

She suddenly lowered her head and seemed to be apologizing, so I raised my hand to stop her. I don’t know what it is, but once I like it, there’s nothing wrong with it.

[Done. You’ve done enough, take care of your injured leg for a while and rest]

“{Me, thank you so much!!!!!}”

Then she closed the door to her room and left.

I spent some time devouring the resources to learn the language here.

*        *    *

There were about 40 mining cities on the planet Melos. The sizes may be different, but each one boasts a size larger than Seoul, and most of the functions were automated and operated by bio-computer systems, including aptitude species.

And among the cities, the head of 39 cities was ruled by a monk who was above the laity but below the deacon.

Since the Tiv civilization is a society of imperial unity, classes are divided into religious positions. At the bottom are laymen, at the top are monks and priests, and then there are deacons, priests, bishops, and apostles.

Gar-Rekal, who invaded Earth, was at the top of this hierarchical society. To compare it to the caste system in leader.

So there was something like an Untouchable. That’s ‘Savata’.

An insignificant existence that can be taken out at any time using the created life and bioengineering technology. That was Sabbath.

“Savata Momo-Ende”

“Yes, Priest Bepo-eta”

When referring to them, except for the same Sabata, the name Sabata is always preceded.

It is a derogatory term and a firm line that separates them from the original Tiv civilization, a word that always reminds them of their humble existence.

“What is he doing now?”

“He is looking at the scriptures of Tibb. And he is acquiring various studies and knowledge including language.”

“Hmm…….”

Priest Bepo-eta thought for a moment. The language of God, that is, the method of expressing one’s will using one’s will, is a means that only bishops or higher can freely use even in Tiv civilization.

Even the monk Bepo-Eta can use Magno Reton, but the language of the gods can’t be used sparsely and with great difficulty.

However, he used it very liberally, which means that it indirectly reveals that he is more than a bishop.

“The words that you lost your memory seem to be true.”

Bepo-eta thought of dozens of possibilities, but what remained was the most absurd one.

Originally, the higher you go up, the fewer there are. The five apostles, the rulers of the Tiv civilization, also say that there are only five top leaders despite the level of civilization being developed in other planets, and the bishops are only about twenty.

There are far more priests and deacons below that, and if you think about monks like Bepo-Eta, the total number may be in the billions, but compared to the population of the Tiv civilization, it is a very small number. If you add up to the five apostles, it’s probably about 1% of the total at most.

The reason why this unbalanced society is maintained is because of the absolute hierarchical relationship between the laymen, the lowest ranks who know how to handle Sabata and Magnoreton, who make up the majority of the population, but the high-ranking class is definitely few.

“I memorize the faces of all the bishops. The five apostles are a matter of course. But among the high priests who freely use the language of God like that, there is no one I don’t know.”

“……..”

“Permission to speak, Sabata Momo-Ende. If you have any guesses, tell me.”

If you don’t allow it, you can’t even properly express your opinion. This is the absolute difference between the sabatha class and the monks.

At least, the fact that we are talking like this is because she has been somewhat established by serving her worst needs. Even if she was a slave, if she was the emperor’s cherished slave, she would not be ignored, just as no nobleman would be able to ignore her, thanks to her worst.

If she hadn’t done that, by now she would have had to confess everything she knew while being tortured in an underground facility instead of here.

“He saved me from the first distress and healed my wounds.”

“What?”

“He saved me from being in trouble while I was out exploring the mining area. That’s how I first came to this place.”

Sabata is a clone human and a forged life. In other words, he can be taken out at any time, and in the end, he is nothing more than a living doll. That’s why they don’t have a soul.

Of course, having no soul doesn’t mean that there is no emotion… Even if you die, it’s easy to replenish it with just a press of a button. Even this mining city alone has a clone production plant.

But you saved Sabata and even healed her wounds? Unless you’re a bit of a geek, you don’t.

“No way… No, no, that’s absolutely not the case. There’s no way that’s possible…”

Bepo-Eta frowned and shook her head to brush off the most outrageous possibility, but she couldn’t ignore the constant reminder.

“…Did you take a closer look at his appearance?”

“Yes, the symmetry is out of sync, the individual appearance is out of the general aesthetic sense, and it is close to a natural appearance that has not been touched by genes. That is why there is no trace of genetic manipulation.”

If you could become handsome by tweaking your genes, what would you choose?

Everyone wants to be more handsome or beautiful. But as it happens, aesthetic standards are bound to change.

In the past, being fat and able to bear children was attractive, but now being thin and sexy has become the universal aesthetic standard.

So, among the current civilized people, there are no ugly men or ugly women. Even if there is a degree, it is about ‘average’ by the standards of earthlings, and there is not a single existence that can be called ugly.

In the midst of that, the worst appearance is… If you tell yourself, you might break your head and say sorry for being ugly, but it’s a look that is impossible to have with common sense here.

Just as having two eyes is abnormal in a one-eyed world, it is abnormal if there are only ugly men in a world where there are only handsome and beautiful women.

“I don’t think there’s anyone like him among the previously known high priests, but if there is… It’s probably from the generation before genetic manipulation started in earnest.”

“Yes? No way, if so, the same as the five apostles…!!!”

“Don’t use his name carelessly! Sabata Momo-Ende!!!!”

“I’m sorry!!!!”

If you were asked to choose the ugliest male and ugliest among pure Tiv civilized people, the five apostles unexpectedly fall into that category.

Thousands of years ago, people of the generation before full-scale genetic manipulation to change their appearance, they have changed to some extent over time, but the original plate was not easily changed, so they ended up with an average appearance.

The appearance of Gar-Rekal who went to Earth is also different, but not at the level of being ugly, so that is the opposite.

However, if he had a more individualistic and ugly appearance than the five apostles… He could only be a person from the previous generation.

“A long time ago, there was an expedition that left for outer space exploration.”

If you look at history, it is an old story older than the five apostles. It’s such a long story that can be treated as a legend because there are no detailed records left even in the Tiv civilization, which has developed incomparably to Earth.

The word outer space has various meanings depending on the standard, but the outer space referred to here is not a very large range. At most outside of the tiv planetary system where the original tiv is located. However, it was like a challenge to set foot on the moon for the civilization at the time, which had not yet left the planetary system.

The only difference is that Neil Armstrong returned safely to Earth, but they did not.

Today’s Tiv civilization is at the level of mining resources here, about 30 light years away from the mainland, but the expedition at that time…

“If there are any survivors of them, and if they managed to come back because of an accident…?”

The five apostles are also beings who have lived thousands of years. It is only natural that the higher the priest, the longer the life expectancy. During the expedition of those days, if the survivors had built up that much strength and survived, it wouldn’t be strange that they were still alive.

An absurd possibility, but there was no other way to explain it now.

“Maybe we’re watching a legend”

Bepo-eta nodded loudly.