How a Former Pastor Lives in Another World

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Ophelia Violet (3)

In armed organizations, members are broadly divided into five levels.

An apprentice who has just joined.

Next is the settlement.

Then, in that order, formal, veteran, and paladin.

In order to take these steps, you need the performance required for annual leave and promotion, but there are usually a limited number of jobs available for apprenticeships and apprenticeships.

It is mainly volunteer work in general and involves small tasks such as preparing for mass at the cathedral, participating in the choir, and helping with chores.

Didn’t Ray catch a witch, exorcise a demon, and stop an evil plot to destroy the city?

I happened to get caught up in it unluckily, but no one gave me the mission to hunt witches and exorcise demons.

Common sense would dictate that young apprentices in their mid-teens be asked to defeat an evil wizard.

Therefore, the requests given to trainees or apprentices mainly consist of volunteer work.

for example······.

“Free food service?”

“This is a meal distribution provided regularly by the Vatican. The work is not difficult, and the distribution of points is high based on the spirit of service.”

“Good. Now that I am a nun in name and name, I will do volunteer work for the common people.”

“To be exact, they are poor people.”

“What’s the difference?”

“······.”

What on earth are ordinary people to this woman?

Ray shook his head and took Ophelia to the free food distribution center.

“You can serve soup by ladle at the food distribution center here.”

Free food distribution is basically physical labor.

There is cooking, but most of it involves moving, preparing, sharing, and cleaning.

These volunteer organizations were often run by religious organizations, and the large church to which Pastor Kim belonged prepared and distributed side dishes.

Of course, if you pay for all of this, even a large church cannot afford it.

Usually, for this kind of work, ‘volunteer volunteers’ were recruited from church members.

“Hmm… This time, we are running a free meal to glorify God and help our neighbors in need. God will be pleased if you give us any kind of help.”

During the sermon, the pastor made a sneaky advertisement.

“Elder. This time, I’m making side dishes for free distribution, so please set an example.”

“There are a lot of deacons who spare their time. They do good things, right?”

“Our children’s friends! Today, let’s share the love of Jesus for our less fortunate neighbors.”

There are many free ‘volunteer volunteers’ in the church when the time comes.

This is especially true the larger the church.

“What are you going to put in the salted fish? Simple salted shrimp?”

“No, it’s some kind of salted seafood. I don’t eat it because it’s fishy.”

“Is it true that you make kimchi this spicy? You don’t think the kids will eat it?”

“Deacon Park, this time we’re giving food to the homeless. I’m going to take the extra food.”

“I could take some with me. I’m making kimchi when I come on Saturday.”

“Oh my, look at this cabbage. It’s really good because it’s the cabbage grown at our prayer center.”

“Then~ Elder Cheon is not taking the initiative to raise it. But what if I apply so little seasoning? I have to hit it hard.”

“Our Pastor Kim said my kimchi was delicious, right?”

“Pastor Gwang-oh Kim is from Seoul, so he doesn’t know the taste of kimchi!”

“Well, Pastor Kim is a foreigner, so he eats strange pieces of bread. Last week, I tried to ask him how to read saxophone music, and he said he was in Italy.”

“Why are you always so busy?”

hmm.

It was such a lovely time.

But another problem arose when the church recruited volunteers.

We need to reduce the cost of ingredients so that we can distribute them to as many people as possible, but we do not skimp on the ingredients.

This part was also a financial burden, so Pastor Kim made a suggestion at the elders’ meeting.

“I’ll just buy Chinese kimchi and give it to you. These days, there are a lot of delicious products from China. Kimchi is one of them.”

The next weekend, the controversy over ‘kimchi is all there’ spread throughout the church, and believers flocked to the church.

“No, pastor! All the kimchi is there! What nonsense is that? I didn’t see it that way, so I’m disappointed!”

“I’ve known you since I used to eat Pastor Kim’s spaghetti! What? Is real Italian carbonara different? Ours is a tough one!”

“Resign! Resign!!”

“Oh, no, that’s it… Then… shall we live as BX go?”

“Jesus, I will hang this man and go to hell!!”

If he had been careful, that day would have been the day Pastor Kim was crucified and martyred.

‘It spread all over the Internet and was controversial for a while. Tsk······.’

I just… made a suggestion to distribute to more people!

Anyway, the lesson to be learned here is that free distribution requires compromise.

And since sometimes non-negotiable issues arise, the help of volunteers is a great help in promoting free distribution.

The same thing happened here at the Solarion Free Distribution Center.

“Ray! Can I leave this soup pot here?”

“Yes, I think so. No…”

Ray is surprised by Ofelia’s strength as she holds two soup pots filled with 50 servings of soup with both hands.

‘Maybe because he’s a knight, his strength is enormous.’

I heard that knights who activate their auras have an overall increase in physical abilities.

Ophelia is tall and has a violent body, so when you look at her proportions, there is nothing like a heavenly woman.

But with such incredible power… don’t clerics think about learning it as an Auror?

‘Well, because s*xual power has a similar effect.’

Just look at Jenny, and she’s flashing a halberd as tall as me.

Anyway, Ophelia, who had great strength, ran around with great effort.

Because she is so powerful, she seems to be getting orders from all over the place, but for a noble lady, I would say she has no hesitation.

Even the ration shop nun, who was nervous at first because she was the Count’s daughter, quickly melted into Ophelia’s crazy friendliness.

‘It’s very far from authoritarianism.’

That’s definitely a good thing.

“Now, rationing begins! Please check the ration card before handing out!”

The purpose of free rations is to help the poor.

This ration is for those who have no choice but to starve if they do not eat today, so it should be given to the poor.

“But how do you classify the poor? They are all scruffy and smell of poverty?”

“Miss Ophelia, please don’t go anywhere and say things like that…”

Ray pointed to the person who had just entered.

“He’s holding a ration card over there. He compares it with the list of rationers and passes it through.”

“oooh! So organized!”

Ophelia finished preparing the rations with admiration. That’s how rationing began.

“Oh my god. That commoner’s soup with nothing but potatoes and carrots. Is this how you can get any nutrition?”

“There are a lot of people who are grateful for that.”

Ofelia served soup with a ladle to those who brought trays.

“Thank you~”

A child who bows his head. He looked scruffy, probably because he was an orphan. But the child looked at the soup on the plate and then stared at Ophelia.

“If you take out that carrot, won’t it hurt?”

“Picky eating is bad! You eat what they give you!”

“Miss Ophelia, don’t say such things to a child…”

At that time, Ophelia lowered her head to the child’s eye level and whispered to herself as quietly as possible.

“Instead, if you eat it all, I’ll give it to you so you don’t have to worry about me.”

“Should I? Really?”

“Of course. It’s probably something common people have never eaten before.”

“I’ll finish eating and come back to the prosecutor’s office!”

Ophelia smiled as she watched the child leave excitedly.

“······.”

Ray thought it was surprising when he saw that.

Although she has an easy-going and talkative personality, Ophelia Violet is a noblewoman.

A noble woman with blue blood, both in name and reality, who was a knight who served the northern border as expected, and who was the next head of the family.

Such high-ranking people only come to do volunteer work or to show off for photo shoots.

“Oh my, Pastor Kim. I’ve heard a lot of stories. “This is someone who is running for National Assembly this time.”

“This time, when you deliver briquettes, I will also show my face. When you preach, you know… right? Oh, look at my mind. Here’s the construction donation…”

They packed a lump sum of money and took a picture to leave an impression on the religious community.

If you call reporters, take commemorative photos, and say during the sermon that candidate so-and-so is a really nice person, you can secure tens of thousands of votes.

When it came to star pastors like Pastor Kim, even presidential candidates would come and shake hands. Because the votes of the Christian community used to exert enormous power in presidential elections.

Pastor Kim’s spiritual mentor and leader of the megachurch, Pastor Park, would click his tongue whenever he saw such people.

“Tsk tsk.”

“Pastor Park, why are you doing this?”

“Pastor Kim. Keep an eye on them. “You shouldn’t be like those people.”

“But…why don’t you introduce us to rich people who will give us a lot of offerings and tithe us a lot? “It’s our main source of income.”

“Maybe so. Because money is always needed. But that’s not what I said.”

Pastor Park said they had no ‘love’.

“You frowned as you smeared it with briquettes, and then deliberately smeared it again to get a good picture? great. “Because it’s their job.”

“The humanity that allows us to laugh while sweating is what Jesus said was the greatest love for us. “That is what he meant, and he said that if he did so, he would be my friend.”

“So, Pastor Kim. Take joy in helping others. “Many pastors can’t even do this simple thing.”

「······.」

“What’s wrong? “Are you a little impressed?”

“Uh, um… yes, those are very good words. But I wonder why my son is like that…”

“Miss… Gwangoh, do you want to search?”

Although he glossed over it at the time, Pastor Park’s teachings were deeply engraved in Pastor Kim.

Yes, you can smile while helping others regardless of religion or social status.

The world becomes harsh because we are unable to have that simple love.

In that sense, I was convinced that Ophelia was a good person.

“Isn’t it quite a calling?”

“Old? What’s happening all of a sudden?”

“Well… you’re doing well.”

By the time the meal was finished without any problems. An incident occurred.

“Oh, I’m coming in too!”

A shout heard from the entrance of the distribution center.

There, there were a middle-aged man and a woman with their faces distorted in front of the volunteers.

“Brother, you can’t do this here.”

“Why not? Are you kidding me?”

“Who’s in charge? Come out now!!”

The man and woman shouted, shaking off the nun’s arms that were trying to stop them.

“······.”

“······.”

A distribution center engulfed in silence. The nuns and volunteers looked at each other with embarrassed expressions.

“Is there a problem?”

Ray and Ophelia approached the rampaging Jinsangs at the entrance. Then a nun explained the whole story.

To put it simply, it was like this.

The two couples were originally poor people subject to rationing, but they were adults who were able to work, and they even got jobs after receiving job referrals from the church.

Since free rations were unprofitable and priority was given to the elderly and the weak, they were naturally excluded from the scope of rationing.

“Hmm! I guess the explanation wasn’t enough! I’ll explain calmly!”

“Uh… probably won’t work…”

Ofelia approached the two as if she hadn’t heard Ray’s words.

“Common people over there!”

“What are you!”

“From now on, I will calmly explain why you cannot receive rations!”

Then the man rolled his eyes and showed that he had no intention of listening, but Ophelia began to talk as usual.

“You got a job last month! Congratulations! It’s amazing that the Church of Christ can even help you find a job in these recessionary times!”

Ophelia seemed genuinely impressed.

Well, just looking at the fact that free rations are provided on a regular basis in this era, it is impossible to do unless you are a rich country like a Christian country.

Of course, Solarion is a city-state, and compared to its population, this is possible thanks to donations and offerings from all over the continent.

“But now that you are independent, you have to buy and eat your own food! Then, wouldn’t the food go to the poorer common people?”

Ophelia’s logic is reasonable enough.

And when government agencies provide welfare, it was the most necessary standard.

In order to use limited resources most effectively, this standard must be strictly observed.

But such standards and rationality are not important to the truth.

“So why aren’t you giving me food? Oh! You’re trying to eat it up!”

“Oh my, that’s right! There are a lot of priests who are volunteers and drink money to steal the budget. That’s what they’re doing.”

The truth is said as if slander is natural.

“No, you make money, right? You have a job, right? Now you have to buy food with your own money, right?”

“I don’t know about that! Give me food! Bob! I know who I am! Oh! Are you ignoring me? Are you ignoring me because I’m a beggar? Bob! Bob! Baaap!”

The facts were outrageous.

He believed that if he just raised his voice and made a fuss, ‘what was his’ would come back.

In the end, it was Ophelia who exploded.

“No, this b*stard, why don’t you listen to what people say? Ahhh!! You are a basic recipient! Do you want to get hit!!!?”

bang!

The iron table that was struck broke in half.

“omg!”

“Did that thing break when you punched it?”

The surprised people said one thing at a time. Jinsang looked surprised, but instead raised his voice as if it went well.

“Uh oh! Did the nun use violence just now? Did she threaten me?”

“Look here! The nuns of the Church of the Sun here are killing people! Oh my, I’m dying!!”

“Oh, you kites? You won’t be able to do it. I need to teach you the ways of the North.”

It was a moment when Ophelia couldn’t hold back and clenched her fists.

“Go to sleep, brother. Calm down, Miss Ophelia.”

At that time, it was Ray who broke in. Ray approached the two people with a kind smile.

“Oh my… brothers and sisters. You were very surprised when you were suddenly excluded from the distribution list.”

“Uh, um… yes! Why can’t I get what those beggars also get? I deserve it! How much I trust Solterra!”

“I see, I see. Can we talk about it in more detail? Maybe there’s something we can do to help.”

“No, Ray? Why are you helping a guy like this just because he’s pretty? I need to grab him and destroy him somewhere!”

“Now, Miss Ophelia, please follow me. I’m not talking to the believers like that. I need to apologize properly.”

“Ugh…!”

Ophelia frowned as if she didn’t like it, but Ray was already heading to the back of the distribution center with the man.

Even after arriving at such a dark place, the facts were still strong.

“When are you going to give me food? And since you said you were apologizing, did you admit your mistake? I need to receive compensation for my violence. Little b*tches don’t know that they are afraid of adults.”

“No, you b*stards.”

Ofelia tried to step forward, but Ray took the lead first.

“Everyone. Lord Solterra loves you. He forgives even this kind of truth.”

“What? The truth?”

“A young labor cub cannot recognize an adult…”

“But will my fist forgive you too!”

Wow!

Ray’s fist digs into the man’s stomach. The man’s back was bent like a bow.

“Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, um!”

“Re, Ray?”

“aaah! What the hell are you doing!”

Ray released his wrists, leaving them confused.

“Wherever you go, there are people like you.”

“Cough! Cough! Cough! W-what are you doing…”

“If you make sure to bring me briquettes and give me rice, they ask me why I don’t deliver it to their house. If they help me, I can just say ‘thank you’ and accept it. That’s a lot to ask for.”

Ray also spoke to Ophelia.

“Miss Ophelia.”

“Ah, ah! Yes!”

“Violence is not a bad thing. But it is not good to show people beating up people just to protect the image of our denomination.”

“I see.”

“So do this out of sight! Avoid your face so it doesn’t show off!”

This is not easy in a modern society where smartphones and CCTV are widespread.

At times like that, Pastor Kim would quietly completely exclude himself from support.

Because people who don’t know how to be thankful don’t deserve to eat.

Rather, compared to modern society, these physical sanctions are not insidious and are short-lived, so Ray is showing favor to these people.

“By the way, Ray!”

“yes?”

“The stomach is a place that hurts more than you think! Technically, the upper arms, thighs, and thighs don’t hurt as much. They don’t hurt that much! But there is a place I prefer more than before!”

“Oh~ As expected, the current position is different.”

Ophelia brought a piece of wood, which she didn’t know where she had gotten it from.

“W-what are you doing?”

“Let go of this! Let go of this!”

The two Jinsangs were scared and took a step back, but they were quickly caught by Ophelia’s ferocious strength.

“The buttocks have a lot of fat and muscle, so they absorb shock well! It hurts when you get hit, but it’s a relatively safe area! It’s perfect!”

“Ugh, ugh!”

“Oh my! I’m dying!”

Wow! Wow! Sigh!

Ophelia repeatedly patted the buttocks of the two people, as if it was something she had done once or twice.

Since ancient times, hitting a man’s buttocks with a club has been a universal punishment, and judging from the fact that even the strength of a senior Sword Expert does not turn a man’s buttocks into a slut, the beating was done with great skill.

“Ahh! Ahh! Wait! Wait a minute! It hurts so much!”

“What people say! You don’t listen to it! Do you understand!?”

“Yes! Yes! I understand! I was wrong! Stop it, geemaaan!”

The two people who beat the man over and over again looked at each other while wiping away their sweat from joy.

”this person. It really makes sense.”

They were two people who found common ground in strange places.

***

For a while, Ray went volunteer work with Ofelia.

It felt like all I was doing was work for a vacation, but it wasn’t as bad as I thought.

“Ray! Let’s eat at that restaurant today!”

“Ray! Is that what clothes are for? Buy some civilian clothes too!”

relaxing.

Is this the power of money?

Ophelia, who had packed gold coins while converting to the church, had a lot of money.

The problem is that I get discouraged when I’m around him, but it’s still worth doing.

After the two-week vacation, Ray, who returned to the military agency, received surprising news from Archbishop Dunwell.

“Brother Ray. Your priestly ordination ceremony has been decided. From now on, you will definitely be an official priest.”

Priest ordination.

It was the birth of the youngest priest in the Solarion Church.