Kidnapping the Hero Party

40. Ready to move! unbearable saint (4)

40. Ready to move! unbearable saint (4)

Doors to Minerva’s library are everywhere.

The way I go is the way of the goddess.

The Goddess Path is soon on my way.

It means that you can just walk through the alleyways and think of the library.

‘If you go to the left of this alley, there is a door to the library.’

I broke it in the alley with just such a small thought.

Doom-

Minerva’s library appeared before my eyes.

It was a moment that brought back memories of the past.

‘Nu, someone help me… !’

10 years ago.

When I fell into this world.

When running away from the thugs in the alley.

Minerva’s library was shining brightly.

‘Wow, here… ?’

‘Come on. wandering soul. Is your name Lee Jun-woo? Welcome to another world!’

It was there that he first met Minerva, and from then on he began to live as an apostle of the goddess.

Although they are friendly now, at first it was resentful.

and.

today.

I’m standing in front of Minerva, who is lying on the couch and sleeping snugly.

“… What time is it now, are you sleeping?”

wake up-!!

“I’m a redneck… It’s not !! ? Junwoo… ? why are you here… ?”

There was a loud noise, and Minerva hurriedly awoke from her slumber.

She yawned as if she had slept well and asked me.

“Hmm… Isn’t it when you’re moving? So I was sleeping… What’s the matter, Junwoo?”

The content of the matter is simple.

All you have to do is lend me a book.

A book containing Estiya’s past.

“I want you to show me the past.”

“Whose past?”

“Estiya.”

“no!! never! never! no!!”

conflict!

No x2, Minerva defending me with absolute x2.

Why do you just say no?

The reason must be heard to be understood.

I demanded an explanation from Minerva.

“Why not, Minerva?”

“Luna, Hare. their past is fine However, Saint Estiya’s past is absolutely forbidden. This is for you, Jun-woo.”

“Do you think the side effects will be severe?”

“… yes, it’s very bad As a side effect, you can die if you do it wrong.”

… It’s a side effect that could kill you.

That’s definitely not dangerous.

If I, who is protecting Minerva from the Demon King, dies, Minerva will be as good as dead.

The same goes for the Hero party you are raising.

‘Still, isn’t it okay to look into the future?’

Die.

don’t die

Minerva has a ‘Lee Jun-woo’s Future Series’ that can tell that.

I stroked Minerva’s head violently to urge him.

“Minerva. you can see the future If I die as a side effect, I will have to look at Estiya’s past. How about it, simple?”

“stop-! head-! Stop touching-! Talk- can we talk-?”

“Okay, I’ll stop.”

“Whew… ”

Minerva sighed.

Then, I read Junwoo Lee’s Future series on the table next to the bed.

Minerva was tightening his eyes, as if he would not miss a single word.

After some time passed, Minerva said, turning the last page.

“… Even if I read Estiya’s past, I won’t die. instead. I need to rest my mind for a while. There are aftereffects.”

“aftereffect? How bad is it?”

“I am very sensitive to emotions. Perhaps, the hero party will be hurt by your words. Instead, it will grow… ”

“Hmm… ”

Instead of getting Estiya’s treatment clues, you’re going to be sensitive for the time being…

Where there is something to gain, there is something to lose.

It’s unclear what kind of wounds it will cause to the hero party…

The point to take as comfort is that the result is the growth of the hero party.

Is it this much?

anyway…

‘If I do not cure Estiya’s addiction, the hero’s party will perish.’

The destruction of the Hero Party will be directly related to the destruction of the world, and it will be related to the death of me and Minerva.

In hindsight, I don’t have a choice.

I declared to Minerva, who was not yet awake.

“Minerva.”

“yes?”

“Bring Estiya’s past.”

“I told the Goddess that it’s a jilgul… ”

“please.”

“Please, only when this is a shameful thing… ! okay!”

Minerva grumbled and brought a book from afar.

‘The Past of Saint Estiya’

Negative emotions were already leaking through the book.

Receiving the book from Minerva, I stared at the title for a moment.

It required mental preparation.

‘… What kind of past do you have and how can you cure your addiction?’

that from now on.

You can read it step by step over time.

Awkward-

With determination, I opened Estiya’s book.

‘… ‘

At that place…

The cruel fall of faith was written.

***

A newborn baby was crying at the door of an orphanage supported by the church.

Her parents were nowhere to be seen, and only a piece of paper with ‘Estiya’ written on it was left with the blanket wrapped around her.

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Just like that, Estiya’s life began at the orphanage.

‘Yeah-! Aye-!’

‘Yes, Estiya. Enjoy your meal… ‘

Life in the orphanage wasn’t bad.

Rather, the director of the orphanage took pity on Estiya and took good care of her.

As Estiya grew older, she got along with the other children and maintained a family-like relationship.

‘Come on, children. Do you grow taller by eating? Enjoy your meal, everyone.’

The director of the orphanage carefully helped the children grow up.

Because she was kind and kind, she took on the role of ‘mother’ among children.

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Just like that, Estiya grew up with sincerity in an orphanage.

“Hehe… ”

9 years old.

She was sitting in the yard, looking at the sky.

“Hehe, it’s a butterfly… ”

“Estiya! What are you doing there!”

“Eh? Rachel? What’s going on?”

“You idiot! Today is Berry’s adoption day! I have to say goodbye!”

“Oh right.”

Children raised in orphanages are lucky enough to be adopted by other families.

In the Empire, only wealthy families were allowed to adopt, so there was an envious look at the adopted children.

Although Estiya had a different opinion than them.

Seeing Berry leaving in colorful clothes, Estiya whispered quietly.

“… i like it here It’s nice to be with family! Do you really need to be adopted, Rachel?”

“Yeah, we don’t have a choice. The church tells us to live a new life.”

“I like this life better… ”

“Then, live in an orphanage for the rest of your life! I’m going to be adopted into a very nice rich family!”

“Yeah, but! Let me know when you go! got it?!”

“Ugh, okay. Estiya!”

Rachel smiled brightly as she revealed her aspirations.

Estiya had the best relationship with Rachel, who was of the same age, and they communicated the most.

But.

The day after Berry left, Rachel disappeared from the orphanage without a word.

Estiya hurriedly asked the director.

“Oh, Mom! Where did Rachel go..?!”

“Oh, Rachel… The child was suddenly adopted.”

“yes… ?! Go, suddenly adopt… ?! I don’t even say goodbye to me… ? Uh, why… ?”

I hate Rachel…

Estiya shed tears in her heartache.

I hated Rachel, but I wanted to see him again because he was my best friend.

As time passed, I could not forget my best friend.

and a year later.

The year Estiya turned 10.

“Estiya. Congratulations. The adoption has been decided.”

Estiya’s adoption has been decided.

Without even saying goodbye to the other children, she got into the wagon and headed somewhere.

Next to the carriage were white priests.

‘Uh, where are you going? ? here is… ? No, it’s not home… ?’

A magnificent and huge church of the Goddess Church.

The train stops at the church, the center of the denomination.

The white priests brought Estiya down.

Contrary to the word adoption, it was a rough appearance.

Entering the church, and seeing a passageway deep and dark underground, Estiya finally realized.

“Everyone… Not adoption… Hey, you came to this place… ? Rachel… Berry… Other kids… ?”

Adoption that took place in the church.

It’s just that they lied to them.

It was here that I realized that the children were being imprisoned.

“Oh, no… ! Everyone should be back… ! Joe, a nice home… !”

“Noisy!”

The priests threw Estiyah into the iron bars.

There were many girls and boys who looked the same age as him.

“Get out of here.”

“Ah-!!”

dump-

Estiyah was thrown into the iron bars and looked around.

Children with scars all over their bodies.

Their eyes were both lifeless and in deep despair.

“This is not… It must be a dream… Hey, Goddess… Churches don’t do this… ”

Come on, it’s a joke.

Clearly this is a joke

Estiya didn’t believe what she was seeing in front of her, and shouted through the iron bars.

“Sah, save me-!! I, I-!! Hey, I was adopted! Well, something went wrong-“

“Shut up. Garbage. for the prosperity of mankind. Be still.”

A priest who guides children to be used in experiments.

Dozens of children were walking with their hands tied.

In the meantime, I saw a familiar face.

The reunion with the friend he wanted to see took place in prison.

“Ahhh… !! Leh, Rachel-!!”

“… ”

“Dude, answer-!! Rachel-!!”

“… ”

Tuck- Tuck-

Rachel walks away without saying a word.

It was my best friend.

It was Rachel’s last appearance.

“All the other children… like Rachel… it happened… ?”

After that, Estiya did not see Rachel.

So, one by one, the children are taken to the experiment.

“A year of loud chatter. Now it’s your turn.”

“Ahhh… ”

This is a dream.

Please it must be a dream

Estiya was led by the priest and taken to the laboratory.

They put Estiya on the bed and tied her up with a rope so she couldn’t move.

Due to indescribable fear, Estiya couldn’t breathe properly…

“Experiment 51. start dosing. Get the shot, Eric. ”

“Lord, I hate injections… ”

It seemed that Estiya’s will didn’t matter.

Paladin Eric brought an injection.

He hesitated in front of Estiya for a moment, but eventually passed the injection.

and…

“The experiment starting now will be recorded, and if the experiment is successful… you give people happiness He will be a very nice person.”

“I don’t like it… He, I don’t want to… ”

“If you didn’t want it to be like this, you wouldn’t have been born to good parents.”

Fuuk-

Doctor experimenting.

The Pope inserted an injection of divine power into Estiya’s arm.

“Ah, ah-!! Sah, live! ah, pah-!! please-!!”

Estiya struggled with pain.

It was painful.

I wanted someone to kill me.

However, only two pairs of eyes looked at him.

He didn’t even give a slight reaction.

so time passes

“ha… ha… ”

“… Subject 51. The first experiment was successful. Please return me to your seat.”

Estiya passed the first test and was sent back to prison.

when the day has passed.

The number of children in the same prison was significantly reduced.

Only deep despair engulfed Estiya.

She, like all other children, lost her eyesight.

Until you get the result of ‘Holy Water’ in the experiment.

“The 31st experiment was successful. A divine energy response is coming out of Room 51’s body. Eric, just bring someone with you.”

“yes.”

A child brought from prison.

The child was fed the divine power that came from Estiya’s hand.

Then, his eyes, which were always full of frustration, began to swell, and the child smiled happily.

The Pope exclaimed with enthusiasm at the sight.

“… Success!! Eric! Success! Finally, I was able to get a huge ‘power’ from the church!! haha!!”

Drug-like ingredients.

And, Estiya who can make it.

The Pope tried to use her for a very good business.

“Now, if we lock Room 51 and produce holy water like a factory… ”

But.

“… No, let’s not do that. Rather, how about making it a saint? The appearance will be good later, and after taking a look, the hair doesn’t seem to be bad either. A saint is perfect.”

“Saint… ?”

Eric looked at Estiya with greedy eyes.

She was imprisoned, and it didn’t make sense, but when she grew up, it seemed that she would become a great beauty.

So, with a greedy gaze, Eric said to the Pope.

“Let’s turn No. 2 back to the factory. However, let’s increase influence in the church in the name of a saint as much as this child. Don’t you think that’s a good idea?”

“… That’s not bad, Eric. No. 51 has been doing well so far. Show me heaven.”

“yes.”

tuk tuk-

Holy water dripping from Estiya’s hand.

Eric takes it to the cup.

With the mouth of Estiya, who couldn’t come to his senses.

holy water poured out

A blessing from a life of suffering.

A powerful holy water that leads to happiness.

Estiya found hope to live again.

‘Ahhh… me, i… I can live with this… Goddess… thank you… You saved me… ‘

The holy water filled the heart emptied by pain.

Estiya’s eyes were revived.

Because I got a lot of happiness that I couldn’t get in an instant.

Estiya was able to live again as a human rather than a test subject.

Because I got happiness as if I had fallen into heaven with the power of holy water.

If there was only that, Estiya could live no matter how much pain she suffered.

“No. 51, no, Estiyah will grow very well, and it will be a strength to our denomination.”

Estiya, who received Eric’s gaze, was able to escape from the basement.

With the merit of making natural fine hair and holy water himself, he was able to rise to a high-ranking position in the denomination.

However, the indelible wounds of her heart were not erased, and she had no choice but to lean on the holy water.

Dependence.

The meaning of life exists because of holy water.

“Rachel… Berry… Judy… Elin… In heaven, I hope everyone is happy… Me, I’m so lonely… ”

I’m sorry I survived alone.

Healing the lonely and lonely heart with holy water.

Estiyah lived at the top of the church.

Next, the circumstances from the time of the kidnapping until now were written down.

That was the gloomy past of the saint who should be splendid.

***

“… ”

“Jun-woo, it’s okay… ?”

“Fine… I do not lose.”

I feel like my mind has been bitten and gnawed by insects.

aftereffect.

In the case of Saten, the physical pain was even greater.

However, experiencing Estiya’s past, mental pain was taking over my body.

At the same level as when I lost my teacher, Aina.

It was difficult to breathe properly.

“Ha, damn it… ”

church.

Did you do such an experiment with young children?

I was guessing roughly, but when I borrowed Estiya’s past and experienced it, the pain was not in words.

Continuous experimentation and continuous administration of divine power.

Children disappearing every day and anxiety about survival.

It gathered in one place and tormented a young child named Estiya.

“Probably, if it wasn’t for holy water… Estiya might have become a doll… ”

The driving force that keeps Estiya alive.

holy water.

Without it, Estiya was nothing more than a corpse.

She has lived through difficult times, relying on holy water.

So I…

“Estiyah’s dependence on holy water. turn it elsewhere. That’s the cure… Right, Minerva?”

“I cannot answer such a big question. So… ”

Take good care of that child, Junwoo.

Minerva, who was closest to the saint, said so with a sad expression.

Nodding your head.

I captured my emotions as best I could and left the library.

and…

“Hare, did you think I didn’t know your heart?”

“Ugh, uncle… I’m sorry… ugh, i was wrong… Huh, try it… ”

Estiya’s past experiences and sensitive emotions.

Hare was injured.