NOVEL NEXT chapter 0
0 – Prologue, choosing a husband for the saintess
“How many times did he say no Do!”
“Oh hey man! He’s not just saying no, he’s giving an opinion!”
A young priest in a white robe jumped up and shouted.
As soon as he jumped up, the rosary hanging around his neck reflected light.
It shined in the eyes of the old priest sitting in front
Does he not care about the light?
He stayed in place without a single wriggling.
They are sitting around a round table discussing
They are the leaders of the world’s largest religion, the Hellenes Church.
Today, in order to resolve important issues, we convened a meeting with the grandiose name ‘Round Table’.
Far from solving the problem even after several hours, it was sinking deeper into the pit.
The stress of the participating priests was getting higher and higher.
At first, they laughed softly while talking
Right now, they are fighting with the veins on their foreheads.
“Oh hey, man! If that’s not the case, then what can I do when there are no candidates!”
“If he becomes the saintess’s husband, he knows very well what will happen!”
Yes.
They are now trying to decide on a husband for the 99th saint.
They were fighting while shouting loudly until the veins protruded from their foreheads.
The Hellenes are one of the religions that encourage marriage.
The goddess Helenes was also the goddess of childbirth and fertility.
That’s why, though the things that were scattered all over the world were the feelings of husbands,
One big problem arises.
A saint is a representative of God and a symbol of religion.
As an agent of God, one of the many powers she holds is
The authority to ‘exclude’ major religious officials including the pope, cardinals, and high priests, and
You have the right to ‘excommunicate’ a person belonging to a religion.
Removal is close to discipline in the sense of impeachment from a secular official or rank.
There are more teaching professions that can exercise the authority.
However, excommunication is different.
Excommunication from religion by the authority of the goddess
It is not the pope’s authority, but the ‘saint”s own authority.
If I were to be dismissed from the teaching profession, even though it would be dishonorable and disgraceful,
Unfortunate accidents such as taking one’s own life may occur, but
In the end, discipline is impossible.
However, excommunication is different.
Now that the power of the Hellenes Church spread across each country has become stronger than the power of each country’s powerful people.
To go against the Order of the Hellenes is tantamount to committing suicide.
No, to be precise.
To go against the saints and popes who move the church, and the priests below
It’s like an act of suicide.
And, the saintess who has the authority to excommunicate the pope and priests who have great power
It is a very scary and dangerous existence.
Of course, the personality of the 99th saintess was very upright and kind, and she was no different from an angel.
Everyone can nod her head that she will never misuse her power.
However, her husband may be different.
Even if men and women are equal by law
Women live by supporting men, and the dominant thing is that they have to help themselves.
This is the reality of the world.
If the husband of a saintess has a strong desire for success, power, or materialism,
What will happen if you are selected?
As the saintess’s husband, his words become nothing more than the saintess’s words.
In addition, the saintess’ husband could not be just anyone.
She had to have a certain amount of magic power, and she had to be a kind and kind person by nature.
However, those who meet the conditions
Most of them are people with a high desire to succeed, or it is the restraint of such people.
So, in this roundtable,
There was an opinion to exclude such people and select the saintess’s husband.
It was natural and difficult, so I was stuck.
“Then, where do you find a husband for a saint who turns 20 in a few days!”
“…………”
The young priests, who were shouting at each other and fighting, fell silent.
I was openly opposed to the old priest’s opinion, but
He didn’t even know what to do.
“Stop it.”
And then, the pope who had been listening quietly from one side
In a solemn voice, he made the two of them shut up.
Except for the saintess, the silence requested by the highest authority of the church
No one was brave enough to break it.
“Since there seems to be no conclusion, I will choose the saintess’s husband in the way I first suggested.”
“Whoa… I can’t help it. I will follow Your Holiness’s opinion.”
“I don’t care as long as it’s not for those in power and self-restraint inside and outside the kingdom.”
The two men who had been fighting until recently came to terms with the pope’s words.
If there is no conclusion to the end, the way the Pope suggested
It was because there had already been an agreement to select a husband for the saintess.
“In another week, I will summon the saintess’ husband (hero) from another world.”
The method is to attach various conditions to the summoning magic circle.
Let’s summon a hero from another world.
There is no problem with authority, and if conditions are attached to summon a person with a bad heart and uprightness
It was because he was sure that by wielding the power of the saintess, she wouldn’t even mess with her religion.
A word from the pope, that things were settled
The priests sitting in their seats sighed.
Fortunately, before the saintess had her coming-of-age ceremony
It was a sigh of relief that I would be able to get married.