Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 779

◈ 779. Showing Abilities

The children’s eyes were honest. As soon as they heard the story, they looked at Rembrary.

Kentle stood in front of Rembrary, but it was no use. Kentle was just another child of the same age, though he was the oldest among them.

He wasn’t big enough to hide Rembrary.

“It’s you!”

The person who shouted approached Rembrary.

“Just a moment.”

Richew tried to stop him, but the person approached Rembrary in the blink of an eye.

His expression seemed weak, considering the ominous voice he used.

“Are you Rembrary? Are you the child who received the holy object directly from Redrin to heal people?”

“That’s right.”

Rembrary readily admitted. It was already hard to avoid since all the children were looking at Rembrary.

“I am Rembrary.”

The person who approached suddenly knelt in front of Rembrary.

The children were surprised and flinched back. Even the lay priests widened their eyes.

However, Rembrary, who had seen many people kneeling before his parents, was not surprised.

“Please, help me. Huh?”

The person who approached shed tears.

“What’s wrong?”

Rembrary asked calmly.

“There is someone with an incurable disease.”

Perhaps reassured by his attitude, the person spoke in a calmer voice.

“It’s a child even younger than you. They are in a lot of pain. There is no way to cure them. Rembrary, you are the child that Redrin cherishes the most. Can you please heal my child?”

It was expected, but it was truly a pitiful situation.

Richew’s expression also darkened at the story of a child younger than Rembrary being sick.

Rembrary crossed his arms with a serious face.

However, before Rembrary could answer, someone else ran up and shouted while kneeling.

“Your Highness, there is someone who has harmed their health while volunteering at the temple their whole life, helping others.”

The temples [sides of the forehead] of the person who ran up first twitched.

The second person to come not only knelt but also used honorifics to the very young Rembrary.

“I’m not just saying this. You can check at the nearby temple. Your Highness, my aunt has been helping people for only three or four hours a day without receiving any wages.”

The person didn’t cry, but they seemed very honest.

“Your Highness. Shouldn’t someone who has lived their whole life helping Redrin and others have a chance to live for themselves? Please show that good deeds are rewarded accordingly.”

“Hey.”

Richew intervened, but no one turned around.

“Priest, please check. Everything I said is true.”

The person spoke to Richew in a firm voice.

Before Richew could react to that, a third person ran up. That person also knelt and began to tell their story.

The lay priests looked at Rembrary.

The stories that the gathered people claimed were all pitiful, even for the adults listening. They were all worthy of receiving a miraculous help.

But the problem was that there was more than one or two of them.

“Rembrary. How many feathers are there in total?”

Richew, unable to watch any longer, gently pulled Rembrary back and asked.

“I haven’t counted them.”

Rembrary said confidently.

“There aren’t that many, right?”

Richew asked with relief. Even if he hadn’t counted, if there were less than ten, he would be able to tell the number at a glance.

“But there aren’t enough to give one to everyone gathered here.”

Rembrary said in a small voice, looking at his palm.

“I can hold them all in one hand.”

Richew’s face turned pale as he looked at Rembrary’s small hand.

Rembrary’s fingers were long and his hands were big compared to his build.

But after all, it was the hand of an eight-year-old. How much could he grab with that small hand?

“It would be better to go back for now.”

Richew said to another priest who came to his side.

“Rembrary can’t just give holy objects to a few people here. Everyone is in a pitiful and desperate situation, so it’s hard for Rembrary to make a decision.”

“That’s right.”

As most of the priests agreed, Richew also said to Rembrary.

“Rembrary, let’s go inside and decide who to help.”

It was a small voice that the people gathered in front of Rembrary couldn’t hear.

However, even if they couldn’t hear the sound, they could guess the conversation from the shape of his mouth.

In addition, the troubled expression and atmosphere also contributed to people knowing what Richew was saying.

“Rembrary! They might die within a day or two! There’s no time to wait until tomorrow!”

“Rembrary, please save someone who has lived their whole life helping others!”

The desperate people raised their voices again and began to shout.

“Take care of the children.”

Richew said to the paladins.

The paladins surrounded Rembrary.

“Rembrary!”

One of the people who ran up cried sadly.

“Don’t listen. You can’t help all those people.”

One of the paladins said to Rembrary with a blunt face.

However, Rembrary stepped forward through the gap between the two paladins.

“Rembrary!”

Richew, who was taking care of the other children, saw that and called Rembrary briefly.

“Go in quickly.”

Richew said firmly and shouted at the people.

“Please come back to the nearby temple, everyone! I heard everything you said! If we have the ability to help everyone, we will definitely help everyone! But since that’s not the case, it’s difficult to decide who to help in this place! If you write down your name and submit it to the temple, we will help you in order!”

The people did not back down. Richew’s words sounded plausible at first glance. But people focused on the part that said ‘if we have the ability to help.’

If everyone couldn’t receive help, they had to endure and receive treatment.

“Richew, it’s okay.”

At that time, Rembrary stepped forward again and said calmly.

“Rembrary, I told you to go in.”

Another lay priest approached and told Rembrary again.

“It’s okay.”

Rembrary answered again.

Rembrary recalled what Idan had told him. When he asked Idan when he should stop hiding his abilities, Idan said.

Even though he had told him this, if he felt that he had to reveal his abilities, then reveal them.

Rembrary thought that now was the time.

“These people don’t have time to wait.”

Rembrary said firmly and approached the person who had run out first and said.

“I will heal you. But just because you have a feather doesn’t mean you can be healed right away. There is a way.”

“I will do anything!”

“You have to come in as an apprentice priest.”

“That’s… that’s time….”

“So bring the patient here.”

The person hesitated. It seemed difficult to bring the child out into the street because they were very sick.

But this was a part that Rembrary couldn’t compromise on either. If it was just one or two people, he would go and heal them himself.

However, with so many people, it was inefficient to go to each of their houses and heal them. In the meantime, those in urgent need might die.

“Rembrary.”

In the meantime, Richew tried to stop Rembrary again.

“I brought them!”

At that time, someone ran up carrying an unconscious child.

“Here it is!”

Some people who had brought patients took the opportunity and stepped forward.

The people who were empty-handed in the front row realized and started running.

The person who carried the child slowly lowered their body and put the child down.

They looked older than Rembrary, but they were still young.

Instead of rushing to take the patient, some people gathered and looked at Rembrary.

They had come after hearing the rumors, grasping at straws, but they wanted to see with their own eyes whether the rumors were true.

If the rumors were false, even though they had barely brought the patient here, it would only make the patient suffer.

The child lying on the dirt floor stared blankly at the air.

Rembrary squatted in front of the child.

“Angel…”

The child muttered blankly.

Rembrary took out a feather, held it in one hand, and placed the other hand on the child’s forehead.

As he tried to restore the body by sending divine power to the child, the child’s complexion gradually brightened.

As the unfocused vision became clear and the child began to roll their eyes, the watching parent shouted, “Oh my god!”

When Rembrary took his hand away, the child blinked rapidly and sat up. The child widened their eyes and looked at their hands alternately.

“Are you okay?”

The parent hurriedly bent their knees and asked, and the child answered with a dazed face.

“My body doesn’t feel heavy. I have energy too. My arms don’t tingle either.”

The child stood up and shouted, jumping up and down a couple of times.

“I can run too!”

“Oh my god!”

The child’s parents covered their faces and shouted.

When Rembrary stood up, the child’s parents bowed repeatedly, crying.

“Thank you, thank you!”

“Thank you to Redrin too.”

The people who were watching just in case hurriedly turned around and ran to bring their patients.

“Here, here too!”

The people who had brought patients pushed the people next to them and approached Rembrary.

“Line up!”

Richew gave up trying to stop Rembrary and stopped the people pushing each other.

“Line up in order!”

One of the paladins shouted in a loud voice and sent those who were forcing their way in back.

Rembrary healed the second patient and the third patient in turn.

Even the patients who had lost all their blood and were withering away stood up when Rembrary put his hand on their forehead or stomach.

The patients were also amazed and ran around, rejoicing.

The guardians watched the scene, cried and laughed, and handed money and jewels to Rembrary.

“Thank you, thank you.”

“There was a reason why Redrin cherished you.”

“You will be the next High Priest.”

The people who were treated and the people who brought them were moved and praised Rembrary and Redrin.

Rembrary nodded solemnly.

“Of course.”

There were so many people gathering that the lay priests set up a temporary tent there.

The village manager heard the story and sent stretchers, makeshift beds, and chairs.

The number of people was divided in half, and half went to distribute firewood and food as planned, and half worked around Rembrary, lining up and controlling people.

Two lay priests made a thin soup with vegetables and mushrooms in a large pot.

The apprentice priests distributed the soup to the people waiting.

After a few hours, some of the people who lived in this village, who had been treated and left earlier, brought handmade dishes and served them to the priests.

“Please eat this while you do it.”

“Priests, Rembrary, please take a break while you do it.”

Richew put sweet and salty food that Rembrary would like on a plate.

When Richew approached, Rembrary just opened his mouth. Richew spoon-fed him the food with a fork.

Later, even patients who were not terminally ill continued to gather, so the number of people continued to increase.

“Priest, that person and that person over there are guys who can just be treated at the clinic.”

“Have some shame! What are you doing?”

At first, Rembrary didn’t know this, so he continued to treat those people, but later, the patients or guardians who couldn’t stand it voluntarily filtered out those who were not terminally ill.

By the time the treatment was over, it was already late at night.

Rembrary sighed and got up from his seat.

‘Redrin, now it’s been revealed that Rembrary is a great person.’

Rembrary looked down at the feathers he had been holding for external use. Would he no longer be able to hide behind the feathers?

“I guess it’s not disposable. That’s a relief.”

But when he heard the paladin passing by, it seemed that people still believed that Rembrary’s treatment was thanks to the feathers.

Should he say it’s a relief? Rembrary took the feathers with relief.

In the meantime, the priests finished preparing to return, such as folding the tent and packing the pots.

“You’ve worked hard, haven’t you?”

Richew patted Rembrary on the shoulder.

“Rembrary might really become a High Priest in the future.”

One of the paladins said with a smile.

Some priests thought that Rembrary was great, but he was just relying on the feathers, so he wouldn’t be able to become a High Priest, but they didn’t show it because it would look like jealousy.

But it was when they had almost finished preparing to return.