Became the Academy’s Munchkin Power Priest

4 – I don’t talk

After moving 100 kilometers a day for two nights, we arrived at Escardo.

Divided into 7 boroughs, Escardo boasted an extraordinary size. The walls surrounding the capital were so gigantic that the end could not be seen.

There was a line of people trying to enter the walls, but when I showed the priest’s ID card to the gatekeeper, I was able to get through at once.

After passing through the castle gate, a wide field spread out. We had to use a wagon to get to the city center.

The wagon moved quickly along the paved road paved with hard ash stones. The paved road boasted a width that would not collide even if 8 wagons ran together, as if boasting the majesty of the capital of the empire.

The elevation gradually increased towards the center of the city.

I first headed to Sidus District, where the temple was located. The carriage ran along the highway of faith.

The Temple of Pierre, named after the god of faith, was like looking at Peter’s Cathedral on Earth.

I got off the carriage and went straight into the temple. More than 300 priests were looking at the altar.

Only one person saw me as I entered the temple. It was Archbishop Arco, the second-in-command of the Anas Church.

He came towards me with his arms wide open, smiling broadly. The Archbishop’s beard, which reached down to his chest, was always full. He had a face as benevolent as that of the pope.

“We, demon hunter Gran, are entering the academy?”

“Have you been well, Mr. Arko? I happened to miss it.”

Arco smiled hahahaha and continued.

“Academy! Do you know that I am also from the Academy?”

His voice was so loud that the archbishop’s voice echoed throughout the vast temple.

Every time Arko uttered a word coolly, his saliva clung to his white beard that grew profusely.

“Look everyone!”

As he shouted, the priests inside the temple looked at me in unison.

Arco, Archbishop, patted me on the shoulder and continued.

“Look at this ferocious divine power! Doesn’t your mouth open when you look at it? How could this solid body be made! It is love!”

The word ‘strength exercise’ came to my throat, but I managed to hold it in because I thought his comments would be longer.

“To become a devout priest, you must learn to love yourself! You too should see this high-blooded high priest and imitate him!”

While the archbishop was speaking, his face turned red, and he staggered as if his blood pressure had risen momentarily.

Although he was old, he was one of the most manly priests I have ever known.

“Hmmm…. You’ve definitely aged me. Well, by the way, if you go to the academy, a new love will begin for you too.”

“Yes? What love do you mean?”

“Gran, it seems you haven’t grown as a man yet. Of course, isn’t it love between a man and a woman? I heard from Termeo. I still haven’t forgotten the saintess.”

That nobleman, I heard he met the archbishop last time…. You’ve been talking nonsense.

“It just went well. My granddaughter is also entering the academy this time, so she should do well. Even if not as much as you, she is a devout child. She became a third-class priest this year, so take good care of her.”

After saying goodbye to the archbishop, I prayed for about two hours in front of the statue of the goddess Riel.

When praying, you had to put your hands together and bow at the waist. It was very effective in strengthening the erector spinae muscles.

I took off my priestly uniform and put on a weight vest that weighed about 100kg. I prayed without stopping.

At the end of the prayer, I took off both the priest’s clothes and the weight vest. Then the surroundings became brighter and brighter.

The warm light tickled every corner of my body. At that moment, the statue of the Goddess Riel, which had been shining softly, radiated intense light like the sun.

Intense light wrapped around my body.

The light emitted by the goddess statue is absorbed into my body.

The divine power of the hot energy rises.

The blood began to boil again.

“Thank you for today. Mr. Riel.”

Intense light flashed for a moment, as if the goddess statue was giving me an answer.

After the prayer, I greeted the Archbishop and got into the carriage. It was finally time to go to school.

The carriage headed for Sentia District, where the academy is located, along the Highway of Wisdom.

Sentia district boasted a large area, but it took a long time to arrive at the academy.

After passing through the main gate and moving a little further, the buildings of Visilia showed up.

There was an academy’s magic tower that seemed to pierce the sky, and next to it was a knight’s building that looked like a fortress.

There were many students wearing school uniforms even though the semester had not yet started.

The color of the school uniform was different for each student because of their different occupations.

I moved to find the dormitory room written on the admission notice.

“Who are you?”

There was someone standing in front of my room in priestly clothes.

“That, Grand Priestess. Are you here?”

He bowed his head to me and then approached me hastily.

Are you from the Heretic Questioner?

“Yes, you know me…” . Are you the priest who entered this time?”

“Oops…. Sorry. My name is Viteo, the former first-class priest and teacher at Visilia Academy. You can speak comfortably.”

Somehow I thought he looked older, but he was a teacher, not a student.

“Ah, were you a teacher? No. How can a student speak comfortably to a teacher?”

“No. Aren’t you the ambassador? I heard a lot about you. But…. You are bigger than I thought.”

“Yeah, it just happened to be this big. I’d like you to speak comfortably. If other students see it, it will be confusing.”

“How dare I….”

“Teacher…. This is not a request. Treat me like a normal student.”

“Oh…. Oh, I see.”

I clenched my fists as I spoke, and Viteo immediately stopped talking.

I remembered the pope’s words. I came to the academy not as a priest, but as a student. So, when he was a student at the academy, he had to forget the authority of the High Priest.

“I will leave this luggage for now.”

I opened the door and entered. It was definitely a decent room befitting the empire’s top academy. Luxurious desks and chairs, magic refrigerators, and even private bathrooms

But…. The bed is a bit small.

I can’t sleep here.

Sleep is just as important as exercise.

I can put up with everything else, but I can’t stand the small bed.

“Sir, the bed is small.”

“That, isn’t it? Because it fits the body type of the students….”

“I need to change this bed.”

“That…. Things in the dorm are not something you can arbitrarily change.”

“Priest, I need to change the bed.”

I’m sorry to him, but I can’t give you the bed. How can I get a good night’s sleep in a bed with feet sticking out? I have no choice but to pretend to be the high priest.

“How inconvenient. This is my last request as high priest.”

At my earnest request, Viteo said with tears in his eyes.

“Oh, I see…” . I will bring it to you this morning.”

“Thank you. By the way, where are the sports facilities and shrines?”

Viteo informed the location of the facility step by step.

I followed the route he explained to the gym. It was more exciting than ever.

It was also the first exercise facility in this world. In this place where there is no concept of strength training and gym, finding an exercise facility was no different from finding a needle in the desert.

I asked the pope to build a gym in Riel’s temple, but it was a poor environment compared to Earth.

This is the best educational facility in the empire.

Of course, I thought there would be an exercise facility where you can train your body systematically in its own way.

The sports facilities were in a slightly underdeveloped place inside the academy.

The exercise facility was as large as the high school auditorium. It would have been the best if the grade of the facility was judged based on area alone.

However, compared to the large area, the exercise equipment was extremely lacking.

What is this, isn’t this just a playground?

There was a long pole that looked like a barbell, but it seemed to be 10 times lighter than the staff I was carrying, and there was an exercise device that looked like a shield, but it was also light.

Still…. There is an iron rod.

What kind of sports are those guys doing?

What was more serious than the condition of the exercise equipment was the condition of the students inside the exercise facility.

One student was hanging like a sloth on an iron bar, and there was even a student who was trying to balance himself by climbing on the iron bar.

The quality of the students inside the sports facility seemed generally poor.

In short, a total crisis.

Anyway, since I came to the gym, I went to the iron bar to do a pull-up.

I grabbed the iron bar to warm up.

I grabbed the iron bar as if it were about to bend, and got into a dead hang position with my shoulders and shoulder blades hanging down.

After inhaling lightly, he exhaled slowly and climbed up using his lats.

Someone stabbed my side before I could feel the tension in my mantis.

“Hey, who gave permission to come in?”

I went up without stopping.

“Is this bastard ignoring the senior’s words? Hey, stop it.”

In the end, I came down from the bar before the warm-up was over.

“What is the problem?”

“What, can’t you see?”

He turned his head and looked behind him, and there were a number of students who looked like bullies.

No matter how reputable an academy is, these guys are everywhere….

These guys rule the gym, so this is what it looks like.

“Are you saying we should stick together?”

“What, what?”