Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 783

783. The Name That Keeps Being Heard

As Lapsus reached out, several monsters charging at him were instantly flattened.

The priests clapped in unison at the sudden event.

They couldn’t assess the monsters’ condition, but being crushed to that extent meant no living creature could have survived.

“You’ve become even more skilled. Truly amazing, Lapsus-nim,” a priest said, approaching Lapsus with a white, fluffy towel.

“I’m trying my best,” Lapsus mumbled, taking the towel and wiping his cheeks and neck.

Even though it was winter, the tension of facing several monsters had made him sweat.

“This child will become even greater,” the highest-ranking priest of Lumena said with a pleased expression.

Lapsus blushed, clutching the towel. The highest-ranking priest of Lumena rarely gave praise.

The highest-ranking priest of Lumena never praised insincerely.

“Thank you.”

“Your power is most welcome in these times when monsters are increasing.”

The highest-ranking priest of Lumena patted the child’s shoulder.

“If monsters gather, you can step forward and resolve the situation. People will naturally flock to you, adoring you.”

“Will I be of help to Lumena-nim [Lumena is being used as a title for the deity they worship]?” Lapsus asked, full of anticipation.

“Of course!” a priest exclaimed brightly.

Lapsus’s face lit up. Despite all the recent events, the rigorous group training he received at the central mansion seemed to be paying off.

“Thanks to Lapsus, our Lumena-nim might become the strongest god,” a priest exclaimed jokingly.

“Everyone will want to become a believer here when they see Lapsus.”

Lapsus’s face turned even redder.

“No. I don’t think so.”

At that moment, another priest offered a dissenting opinion.

Lapsus, who was drinking water, glanced at him.

“You don’t think so?” another priest asked.

“I heard that an amazing novice priest has appeared at the Redrin Temple as well,” the priest said excitedly. He seemed almost like a Redrin priest himself.

“Can he be better than our Lapsus?” another priest scoffed.

“He’s amazing in a different way from Lapsus,” the priest insisted.

“How is he amazing?” As the highest-ranking priest of Lumena approached, the priest finally shut his mouth.

“Speak,” the highest-ranking priest of Lumena urged coldly. The priest who had stopped speaking had recently returned from a business trip to another continent.

He must have heard many rumors about the Redrin Temple.

Lapsus looked at the priest nervously.

“Not as good as Lapsus…” The priest changed his words. But with everyone already looking at him, he had no choice but to reveal what he had heard.

“There seems to be a novice priest there with healing abilities. Although there are rumors and exaggerations circulating.”

Lapsus’s face turned pale at the mention of healing abilities.

“Rembrary.”

The highest-ranking priest of Lumena immediately recognized the subject of the rumors.

Although he was only mentioned as a ‘novice priest’ and the name hadn’t been revealed, it was clear that it was that child.

Lapsus’s face turned pale at the name Rembrary.

“What does it matter what child is in another temple?” The highest-ranking priest of Lumena grabbed the child’s shoulder firmly and muttered, “You must never lose. Just do that.”

* * *

“Cheru-kyung’s sibling? Do you know their face?” Heather asked, puzzled. He also opened the window and looked in the direction Rembrary was looking.

“The one with the green hair,” Rembrary said, pointing to a girl carrying a long spear on her back.

“You mean the one carrying a pile of books over there,” Heather muttered, looking at the child who seemed more like a priest than a paladin. The child’s hair color was certainly noticeable.

“Can I go talk to them?” Rembrary asked Heather in an excited voice.

“Sure,” Heather said, pulling the thick cord attached to the corner of the carriage twice.

The carriage stopped immediately.

Rembrary quickly opened the carriage door and ran towards the green-haired child.

“Cheru-kyung’s sibling, Cheru-kyung’s sibling!” As Rembrary called out Cheru’s name, the green-haired girl turned her head. Rembrary approached the child and introduced himself.

“You must be Cheru-kyung’s sibling. I’m Rembrary.”

The green-haired girl blinked. The small glasses she wore slipped down.

“My sister is Cheru, that’s right,” the child muttered, pushing her glasses back up.

“I don’t know who Rembrary is, though.”

The green-haired child said slowly and continued walking.

“Didn’t Cheru-kyung tell you about me?” Rembrary asked, reaching out his hands to the green-haired child.

“Why the hands?”

“Your luggage looks heavy. I’ll help you carry it,” Rembrary said, showing the smile that had evoked admiration at every party he had attended.

“I’m strong. It’s not heavy,” the green-haired child said firmly and quickened her pace.

Rembrary’s eyes widened. The green-haired child went inside the building without looking back.

Rembrary stared blankly at her retreating figure and then looked at Heather.

“It seems Cheru-kyung didn’t tell her about you,” Heather said, trying to hold back her laughter and keeping a straight face.

“I guess she’s not Cheru-kyung’s sibling,” Rembrary muttered, looking back at the child who was no longer visible.

“She doesn’t resemble her at all except for the hair color.”

“She didn’t look like a paladin, though,” Heather pressed her lips together and agreed.

“Her vibe was more like our side than a novice paladin, though?” Heather grabbed Rembrary’s arm and tugged it lightly a couple of times, worried that the child might be disheartened.

“Come on. We have to go find Cheru-kyung.”

* * *

‘What a strange kid,’ Mulu thought as she entered the building, quickening her pace. Mulu had never seen a child approach her so casually like that blond kid.

“Returning these,” she said, arriving at the library counter, relieved to erase the child from her mind.

“You always return them a day earlier than the due date,” the librarian teased Mulu while checking her library card.

“Wouldn’t a priest suit you better than a paladin? Or maybe a scholar who studies sacred texts.”

“It’s a prejudice to say that paladins only do martial arts,” Mulu said firmly and walked to the bookshelf, keeping a distance from the counter.

Looking at the counter while pulling out a book, the librarian didn’t seem to think much of what Mulu had said.

Mulu was relieved and pulled out the book she had looked at last time. Then, as she walked to her usual seat, “Senior. Senior,” the library door opened, and Lemi came in and asked in a small voice.

“Senior. You were talking to a blond kid before you came here, right?”

Mulu frowned. Because he was such a strange kid, Mulu tried not to think about him, even consciously.

But now, a junior who wasn’t even that close was approaching her and asking about that kid.

“Is it important?” Mulu asked curtly.

“Or tell me later.”

“It’s important,” Lemi said firmly.

In fact, Lemi was in a very urgent state right now. It was because Rembrary, who should have been at the temple, had suddenly appeared in this garden.

Lemi’s real name was ‘Jiremi,’ and she was the only heir to the Ladderun Duchy.

Jiremi had entered the temple as a novice paladin to take revenge on Rembrary. But now, she didn’t have the skills to take revenge, nor was it the right time.

“What’s wrong?” Mulu asked reluctantly.

“Um… what did that kid say to you, Senior?” Jiremi sat across from Mulu.

“Is that an important story?” Mulu frowned and asked curtly.

“Yes,” Jiremi nodded solemnly. Jiremi knew that Rembrary was a prince and a priest, and Mulu was a novice paladin, so there was no connection between the two.

Jiremi didn’t even think that Rembrary had come here because of Mulu.

“It’s not an important story to me,” Mulu cut her off sharply.

“Can’t you just tell me a little bit about what he said?” Jiremi pleaded, putting her hands together. She wanted to know if Rembrary was here because of her.

“Otherwise, I won’t be able to eat or sleep, Senior.”

“He said he would carry the books because they were heavy,” Mulu said bluntly, waving her hand as she opened the book.

The first thing Rembrary said when he came was, ‘Are you Cheru’s sibling?’ But in the training camp, it was a secret that Mulu was Cheru’s sibling.

“Now go.”

“Why are you always so cold to me, Senior?” Jiremi asked, feeling a bit wronged as she got up from her seat.

“I’m like this to everyone. Now go. You’re disturbing me,” Mulu said, deliberately picking up a pencil and opening her notebook.

Jiremi had no choice but to leave the library.

Ninring, who was reading a book on the other side, quickly followed her roommate out.

“Mulu-sunbae [Sunbae is a Korean term for senior] is originally not interested in people,” Ninring quickly approached Jiremi from behind and patted her drooping shoulders.

“Don’t be upset. Everyone has different personalities.”

“Sunbae is nice to you, though,” Jiremi muttered weakly.

“Because I’m a good junior,” Ninring said, laughing.

Jiremi pushed Ninring, who was laughing, and ran down the hallway. Jiremi asked people and arrived near the training room where a ‘strange guest’ was said to have arrived.

‘Why did Rembrary come?’ Jiremi stood at the end of the hallway and thought. She wanted to find out why he came. She wanted to observe what Rembrary was doing.

But she was afraid that Rembrary would recognize her face.

If he saw her here, Rembrary might realize Jiremi’s plan.

* * *

But Rembrary had no time to worry about others.

“Cheru-kyung [Kyung is a Korean honorific], Cheru-kyung. I came to heal Cheru-kyung,” Rembrary said, excited to boast to Cheru, whom he had met after a long time.

“I came to keep my promise.”

Cheru looked around at the child who was bustling around him and then looked at Heather.

“What is Rembrary talking about?”

“Hasn’t the rumor spread?” Heather asked, raising the partition as the paladin instructors kept looking this way.

“Rumor?” Cheru asked back.

“The rumor that a novice priest is healing people with a relic given by Redrin-nim, right?” someone knocked on the partition and asked.

Heather shut her mouth.

Cheru looked at Rembrary. Rembrary was admiring Cheru’s sword.

“Is it true?” Cheru asked, looking at Heather.

He thought he was an amazing child who jumped into places where monsters roamed to save people. But Redrin-nim gave him a relic?

Cheru had been holed up in the training camp lately, immersed in his instructor duties.

He hadn’t paid any attention to outside rumors, so this was the first time he had heard this story.

“Cheru-kyung, I’ll heal Cheru-kyung,” Rembrary said, becoming impatient and urging. He wanted to heal Cheru quickly.

As Heather nodded, Rembrary looked at Cheru.

“It would be nice if you healed me…” Cheru muttered.

Rembrary quickly grabbed Cheru’s hand and prayed more earnestly than usual.

Cheru stared in wonder at the child’s tightly closed eyelids. When the child promised to heal him, Cheru had never considered this possibility.

Cheru thought that since the child was young, he would naturally forget the promise over time.

“…”

Finally, Rembrary opened his eyes.

“How is it?” Rembrary asked, a little more nervous than usual.

“Has your divine power returned?” Heather looked at Cheru with a smile. He naturally assumed that Cheru had been healed.

Rembrary had even saved people who were dying. Compared to them, Cheru was very healthy.

Cheru tried to move his divine power.