NOVEL NEXT chapter 36
36. Violence increases persuasion (1)
A fact that has not yet been revealed, Fran is an illegitimate child of an aristocratic family.
Her mother was abandoned by aristocrats before she even knew she had francs.
It’s because she’s the woman I hugged not for love in the first place, but for boredom.
I found out that I was pregnant late, and after that, I ran away to live.
Nobility’s seed is precious.
It wasn’t that anyone deserved to have it in their belly.
If she found out she was pregnant, it was clear that she would use poison.
‘Because it would be the cleanest thing to kill without leaving any regrets.’
Fran’s mother was smart despite being a commoner.
That’s why he would have been there to buy the attention of the nobility.
Since her belly hadn’t come out much yet, she kept the fact that she was pregnant from the people around her and ran away.
That’s how Fran was born.
Unfortunately, Fran had too much power from birth.
‘A beautiful face that no one can deny that he is an aristocrat, and even this ability.’
To make things worse, it was even a treatment class that was treated as a rare ability among the Awakened.
Even if he was an ordinary Awakener, it would have been a burden, but he’s even a healer?
‘I wasn’t a child that a commoner woman could handle.’
After all, Fran’s childhood was all about living confined at home.
They scared you, saying that if you go outside, someone will catch you.
Mom was in a situation where she had to work to the extent that 24 hours were not enough to raise Franc.
‘It’s salty.’
I can understand the mother’s situation, but how dangerous and difficult it must have been for a young child to stay at home alone?
I would be lonely and sad.
and one day
Fran can’t stand the loneliness and has an accident of sneaking out of the house to visit her mother.
Of course, Fran was a very conspicuous child.
A child who is not normal for anyone to see wanders the streets saying he is looking for his mother, but who will see it?
‘I’ll be reported right away and separated from my mother.’
The mother was imprisoned for kidnapping the child of an aristocrat, and Franc was secretly moved to an orphanage for the illegitimate children of aristocrats.
‘Because I was too young, my memory would not have been accurate.’
When asked where her mother was, the head of the orphanage, who did not know the details of Fran’s circumstances, replied that she had been abandoned.
Fran, who was young, believed the words of the orphanage director.
As a child who was confined at home at an age when he should have interacted with others and learned about society, he could not adapt to life in an orphanage.
I didn’t know how to get along with others, and no one kindly taught me how to do it.
‘Then he eventually ran out of the nursery school…’
Francs wandering the streets were reaped by the priest.
Of course, the reason the religious leader picked up Fran was because he accidentally found out that he was an awakened person.
Frank, unaware of this situation, trusted and followed the leader to the point of giving his life.
‘That’s why they say so pathetically that they still believe in the man who stuck the knife in their stomach.’
The fortunate thing is that as time passed, the gratitude toward the religious leader changed to affection for the church.
In the past, he would have said that he would choose the leader right away, but now, Fran’s affection for the church has grown to the point where he is agonizing over the church and the religious leader.
“Do I really have to choose between the headteacher and the church? Can’t I have both?”
“Do you really want to have both?”
Frank nodded vigorously in reply.
“yes.”
As if if I allowed it, it would really be okay.
It was not strange since he had been dependent on the religious leader in this way since he was young.
“Then put the religious leader down there. Then you will be the religious leader.”
“????”
My eyes widen as if I had never thought about it.
“People who are blinded by money and power will never come to their senses until they lose it.”
“The teacher…”
“The religious leader you love so much is also human after all. Don’t forget that the church’s women continue to engage in prostitution because the religious leader ordered them to do so.”
Fran becomes sullen.
“So you’d rather be the leader and make sure women of the church don’t do that. And the leader will create a position of honor somewhere and leave it there.”
“……”
“If both the church and the leader are important, wouldn’t it be best to do so?
Seeing her ears prick up, it seemed that she was being persuaded.
“You wouldn’t like me to step down from the position of the head teacher…”
“If you continue to be the leader, the denomination will not change. Both are precious, so if you don’t want to throw them away, you have to yield at least this much.”
“Just because I want to become a religious leader doesn’t mean I can become one.”
It certainly won’t be an easy task to get the leader out of his seat.
If the religious leader had been such an easy-going person, he would not have been able to run the pseudo-church to this extent.
“Did I just ask about your circumstances?”
“??”
“I said it because I can invest that much.”
“Investment?”
“It can give them the power to roll their eyes and want you to be their leader.”
He knows very well what the position of the head of the pseudo-church is.
Because you are the one who trusts and believes more deeply than your parents.
By the way.
‘Is it comparable to a miraculous saint who heals a sick body in an instant?’
‘Holy Relic’, Fran’s unique equipment.
If you wear it, Fran’s basic abilities will greatly increase.
The amount of healing will be enormous, and the divine power will increase in large quantities.
People who fell into pseudoscience had to face great difficulties, and among them, there would be cases where someone in the family or the person himself fell into pseudoscience because of an incurable disease.
‘To those people, our Light Years is nothing short of a savior.’
It’s true that it’s illegal to use this ability on common people, but light years would chew on such things lightly.
That your military service could increase if you were caught?
‘It’s something that would scare others, but it’s no big deal to him. Because he thinks the church is more important than himself. He’s a kid who can do anything for the church.’
And the probability of being accused of what is happening within the church is low.
“Do you want to do what I say, or do you just trust the cult leader and get stabbed again?”
If I just kept going like this, the next time I could have been stabbed in my heart, not my stomach.
“No matter how Awakened you are, if you get stabbed in the heart, you will die. To be honest, your stomach hurts a lot.
“…..”
“If the leader were fine, I would have liked it if I saw you lead the church well and liked it, but I don’t think I would hate it.”
My eyes are shaking as if the franc has almost passed.
“Aren’t you curious about what I said I would invest in?”
“…What are you going to invest in?”
You will be thrilled when you see it.
“You really can’t guess?”
“You’re not really lying, are you serious?”
Fran suspects me.
The head of the church said that he believes even if he puts a knife in his stomach and sh*ts on him.
“Do you really think I’m joking when you see this?”
After telling me to wait here for a while, I came down to the first floor.
As if it was taken out of storage, I dragged it out for some time and took out the holy relic and went up to the second floor.
Just like Shine and Rebecca who saw the unique equipment, I thought that Fran would show a reaction that would not be inferior to them.
I was determined…
“Oh my god…”
Fran suddenly kneels on the floor and begins to pray while shedding tears.
He muttered frighteningly fast, but it was difficult to understand.
The sacred object I was holding was just an ordinary pendant to those who didn’t know its value.
The external appearance was a very small carved necklace of the goddess statue.
Curiously, it seemed to weigh quite a bit, but it was very light, and the statue of the Goddess was incredibly detailed in comparison to its small size.
‘Sadly, benevolently. It’s a pendant with a strange atmosphere.’
If Fran wears this, he will show off tremendous performance.
After praying, Fran looked up at me with brightly wet eyes.
“Mister, is that a sacred object?”
“that’s right.”
“Are you really going to give that to me?”
Both cheeks turn red.
The expression full of anticipation is exactly what Shine and Rebecca showed.
Like a hypnotist, I showed the pendant in front of Fran and gently waved it.
Her pupils followed the pendant as it swayed in the air.
“I made it clear, this is an investment.”
“Yes… Investment…!”
Looking at the pendant, her eyes gradually become hazy.
“If you take control of the Order and become its leader.”
“If you become a teacher…”
“You’ll be my wife.”
“Are you going to be a wife…?”
The reason why these churches are not right now is because they don’t like the leader.
However, if Fran becomes the leader, there will be no problem with going in and out of the church.
Of course, even my wife was joking.
I said I would invest, but I didn’t get anything from him.
But if you just give it away for free, you won’t get it due to the nature of the franc… isn’t it?
“Hak…!
shaking-
My body was shaking, but I was in anguish, probably taking what I said very seriously.
“No, just kidding, if I get sick and groan later, treat me for free.”
“Ha, I can do it! I’m not good enough, but if I can be discharged, I’ll be your wife!”
“If I get old and get sick, do you want me to fix it?”
“Of course we have to do it! Go, go, it’s not illegal for family members to use their abilities!”
What, did I really hypnotize you with this?
When the kid who said he didn’t like it showed me his unique equipment, he immediately fell to his knees.
‘Can I save my wife this way, me?’
I said to Fran, who seemed half-conscious.
“I have no intention of doing a solo workshop for 10 years.”
“It’s okay if you meet someone else! It’s okay if I’m not your wife!”
I have a headache.
I felt like I was going crazy because of him.