Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 815

◈ 815. Squabble of Wits

At that moment, Kentry was already entering the room for the test.

“Do well!”

One of Kentry’s group members whispered and waved his hand.

Do well, my foot. Avit scoffed, waiting for Kentry to come out with a gloomy face again.

Kentry was a child who didn’t receive much expectation from the training priests.

He was just the oldest and biggest among Rishur’s kids, so the others couldn’t mess with him.

Avit thought that a fool like Kentry wouldn’t develop any divine power even if he lived as a trainee priest his whole life.

Avit half-listened to the trainee priests chattering, hoping Kentry would finish quickly and come out.

If he couldn’t produce proper results anyway, shouldn’t he come out quickly for the next person?

“Wow!”

As soon as he had that thought, a scream erupted from inside.

The children who were nervously lining up simultaneously looked toward the sound.

Avit had been watching the room Kentry entered the whole time, so he immediately recognized that the scream came from Kentry.

Idiot. He still didn’t discover his divine power this time? Avit tried to ignore that the scream sounded close to an exclamation.

“It’s done! It’s done, Rishur!”

Pushing aside that expectation, Kentry ran out from inside. Kentry went to Rishur and jumped up and down.

“It’s done, it’s done! The monster’s blood color changed!”

“Really?”

As Rishur went inside, the other priests in charge of the examination quickly followed. The children whispered and crowded around.

“Kentry developed divine power?”

“I thought Kentry would never develop it, no matter what.”

Listening to the children’s whispers, Avit shouted inwardly. No way! Kentry was a fool who didn’t show even a hint of talent. But how suddenly?

“Amazing. Usually, they say divine power appears around fourteen or fifteen years old.”

Someone’s admiring voice was heard not far away. Avit clenched his fist tightly.

A fool who can only scream developed divine power? This quickly?

However, no matter how much Avit hated and denied it, the fact that he developed divine power was undeniable.

“It’s real.”

The examiner, who came into the test room and carefully checked the changed water color, smiled brightly and ruffled Kentry’s hair.

Kentry was so excited that he couldn’t even say thank you and just stomped his feet.

Rishur forced a smile as he watched the scene. But it was hard to smile sincerely.

Priests are disappearing here and there. And divine power had to appear at a time like this…….

“There are many talented people under Rishur.”

Rishur couldn’t properly respond even when the training priests who received children around the same time threw envious words.

“Okay, next person!”

But he couldn’t just be happy. There were still many children who had to take the test.

As Kentry came out of the room with Rishur, an employee helping with the test shouted.

The child in front of Avit quickly entered the room.

In the meantime, Kentry, who came out, was instantly surrounded by children.

“Wow, that’s really amazing. Is it because Raidal taught you?”

“That’s right. You practiced divine power with Raidal, right?”

“Raidal is good at teaching this too!”

Avit kept rubbing his palm against his cloak. The trainee priest who went in after Kentry and before Avit walked out dejectedly.

“Usually, there’s no divine power at your age.”

Rishur smiled and comforted the child, but the trainee priest was completely discouraged because it was right after seeing Kentry’s success.

From the room where Raidal and Rembrary went in to take the test with their peers, an exaggerated shout was erupting again.

It seemed like a high-ranking priest-level ability had appeared again.

Avit thought inwardly. Aren’t they sick of it? Why do they scream like it’s something new when they see it all the time?

“Next person!”

But now was not the time to worry about other people’s affairs. Avit took a breath and entered the test room.

Rembrary, who finished the test and came out, was yawning and mingling with the children when he spotted Avit’s back.

‘Redrin. That kid is a bit strange. But I won’t blame Redrin’s judgment. The trainee priests aren’t the kids Redrin chose, anyway.’

Rembrary snitched to Redrin and turned his head.

Almost at the same time, Avit walked out powerlessly. Seeing Avit’s slumped shoulders, the assistant staff comforted him.

“It’s okay. It’s really rare to have divine power at your age. Kentry didn’t have divine power when he was ten, either, right?”

Avit didn’t seem to have achieved any results in this test.

Rembrary didn’t care whether Avit developed divine power or not, so he turned his gaze forward again.

On the other hand, Raidal watched the scene with satisfaction. He knew he shouldn’t be doing this, but he felt good because Avit’s recent behavior had been too annoying.

* * *

Kentry was still young, but since he became a regular priest, he could no longer take classes with the trainee priests here.

When they gathered in the classroom the day after the test, Rishur told them this fact.

Kentry was so happy that he just smiled at whatever Rishur said, then his eyes widened.

“Farewell? Where am I going?”

“You’re not a trainee priest anymore. When you become a regular priest, you have to learn what regular priests need to learn. This place is where trainee priests study in groups, so it’s not right for you.”

“But…….”

“Almost all the regular priests staying here are training priests, but you don’t have enough experience to teach other children yet.”

Rishur didn’t show any signs of worrying about the missing person incident in front of the children.

Kentry had a bewildered expression. He was happy to become a regular priest. He had seen several times that after becoming a regular priest, they moved to another place.

But Kentry thought that he was not old enough yet, so he would continue to stay here.

Kentry was just happy, but suddenly he was scared and asked.

“Rishur? Then where am I going?”

When Kentry asked awkwardly, Rishur shook his head.

“It hasn’t been decided yet. You will leave when it is decided.”

Kentry stared at Rishur with his mouth open, then glanced at Rembrary. Rembrary was still dozing off with his chin on his hand.

Whether Kentry stayed here or left, Rembrary didn’t seem to have any thoughts at all. Kentry somehow lost his energy and pretended to write with a pen.

Several days later, a carriage to take Kentry finally arrived at the Florandia Temple.

Rishur carefully checked Kentry’s luggage and personally loaded it into the carriage.

Kentry was given time to say goodbye to his friends for the last time, so he said goodbye to the group that followed him like a leader.

After saying goodbye to some of the children in the classroom, Kentry looked for Rembrary with his eyes. He wanted to say goodbye before leaving.

However, Rembrary, who was usually easy to spot, was nowhere to be seen today, as if he had gone out.

“Kentry? Are you almost done?”

When an employee came and urged him, Kentry eventually gave up saying goodbye and went out of the classroom.

Then, as he was about to walk down the hallway, Rembrary happened to be there. Kentry ran to Rembrary and asked.

“Do you remember my name now?”

“Kentry?”

When Rembrary answered with a short answer, Kentry nodded and went out of the building with the classroom.

Rembrary only turned his head and stared at the top of Kentry’s head as he went down. What is it?

* * *

As Kentry left, Rishur was filled with worry. To protect the child from the priest disappearance incident, he carefully and carefully looked for a temple to send Kentry to.

Fortunately, he found a satisfactory place, but he was still worried about the priest disappearance incident.

Besides, he was also worried that Rembrary would become more isolated after Kentry, who had been on Rembrary’s side, disappeared.

Raidal visited Rembrary from time to time, but even so, Rembrary seemed to spend a lot of time alone.

Fortunately, he didn’t seem to care at all, but you never know.

However, the situation went against Rishur’s expectations.

“Rembrary, Rembrary.”

The day after Kentry left, Rembrary was talking to Redrin again.

Two children who rarely talked to each other quietly approached.

“Rembrary, what are you doing alone?”

“I’m just doing this and that.”

“You’re just sitting still.”

“I did this and that in my head.”

“Then isn’t that just sitting still?”

Rishur was passing by and discovered the scene. Why are other children talking to Rembrary? Rishur unknowingly approached the window.

The children couldn’t talk to Rembrary for long. It was hard to understand Rembrary’s answers.

But Rishur was amazed that there were a few children who talked to Rembrary without picking a fight. What’s going on?

* * *

“Hey. Why did you guys talk to Rembrary earlier?”

Rishur wasn’t the only one curious about that.

After Rembrary left and the children who talked to Rembrary returned to their seats, other children asked them.

The child who spoke readily answered.

“I thought it was strange.”

“What?”

“Raidal and Kentry. They’re both the ones who are the nicest to Rembrary. But excluding Rembrary, only those two have divine power.”

“?”

“Maybe if you’re close to Rembrary, you’ll develop divine power? Because Redrin sees Rembrary often?”

As soon as the child finished speaking, the children around him grabbed their stomachs and laughed.

“You’re really funny.”

“What is that? That doesn’t make sense.”

“According to you, we’ll never develop divine power?”

“Kentry developed divine power because of Raidal. Raidal taught Kentry how to use divine power. That’s why. He started using divine power right after Raidal taught him.”
The child who talked to Rembrary felt upset when the children laughed at him.

“Then other children also learned from Raidal, but why did only Kentry develop divine power?”

“……Because he worked the hardest?”

One child answered in an unsure voice.

The child who talked to Rembrary scoffed and turned his head. Let them think whatever they want. What’s so difficult about talking, whether it works or not?

* * *

At that time when the children were talking and asking what he was doing, Rembrary was actually talking to Redrin.

But Rembrary didn’t want to let the children know this fact.

If Rembrary could talk to Redrin, people who wanted him to deliver messages would bother him, which would be quite troublesome.

Even before succeeding in the conversation, Rembrary confidently asked Redrin for consent.

‘That’s right, Redrin? If I tell everyone else’s stories, our time to talk will be reduced. Right?’

[…….]

‘Redrin. You were going to talk to Rembrary before. Please tell me again. Or don’t come again? Why did you come once and not come again?’

[…….]

‘Redrin. I can become a regular priest next year. I want to become an Inquisitor [a priest whose duty is to investigate and suppress heresy]. If I become an Inquisitor, will Redrin be impressed?’

[Do you really want to go there?]

‘Of course. Before, with the Heretic……?’

Rembrary blinked blankly and looked up at the ceiling. What is this?