I Became a Fake Priest the Saintess Is Obsessed With

86 – Laying down with a spoon on cooked rice and eating rice cake

What are the conditions to become a high-ranking priest?

It must be from a noble family.

However, it must be at least a moderately prestigious family recognized by the emperor, not a noble family that has not been heard or seen due to political issues.

Then what is the way to become a prestigious family?

“It’s money.”

There are also ways to earn recognition from the emperor by accomplishing various achievements such as defeating legendary monsters, advancing technology, and finding new magic techniques.

But what we need most is money.

If you have money, you can easily buy everything mentioned above.

“So I need money… “

Now that you have asked Scherer to revive the Aira family, you must prepare a lot of money for the family’s revival.

Although I have achievements, they are my personal achievements, not my family’s achievements.

Also, due to the mystery of the Aira family, there are not many people who recognize the family name itself, and the number of people in the family is small, so there is no money.

What… If it doesn’t work out, I can ask Scherer for a favor, but there’s nothing about money in the contract, and I also have a thing to do with respect.

If you ask for a loan soon after declaring that you will break the shackles of this world, you will lose a lot of face…

“I can’t do anything with my meager salary… “

He is a mid-level priest who is recognized in the empire, but due to the nature of his job as a priest, his salary is extremely low compared to his social status.

I used the little money I made to buy books and miscellaneous items to develop hobbies, but do I have any money?

Currently, there is no way for me to make a lot of money.

No, there are some.

Making money by selling conscience and morality is something I am very good at.

Needless to say, it’s a scam.

If you run a scam, you can make a lot of money.

‘I thought a few months ago, I could make a lot of money by using my position as a lieutenant priest. At that time, we failed due to the goddess’s interference, but now that the goddess is quiet… ‘

My image as I was drinking tea while thinking evil thoughts was reflected in the mirror across from me.

The appearance of a beast, or rather, ‘something’ that cannot be called a human being.

Are you going to continue like this and deviate from your path as a human being?

‘…Let’s think of it as a last resort. Right now, I should only think about the request that Sister Selena called me.’

I calmed down and drank tea.

The place where I am sitting and drinking tea is the reception room of the cathedral.

It was a spacious room created to receive requests from outsiders.

Today, Sister Selena told me that she had nominated me as her client, so I sat down on the large sofa in the reception room.

Who is the client? If possible, it would be good to be someone who can spend enough money to revive a family…

I calmly waited for the guest, thinking about useless hopes.

When the teacup gets cold and waiting becomes boring. Sister Selena opened the door and entered her room.

“Priest Ivan. “The guests will be arriving soon.”

“Oh, yes.”

I am truly looking forward to it. Who on earth could come and miss their appointed time by 30 minutes?

When I was receiving a new car from a nun, the door opened and the customer I had been waiting for came.

“You…” “

I was taken aback when I saw the guest who had just opened the door to the reception room.

The person who came as a guest was a person who was quite familiar to me, although he looked neater than before.

So, he is a very thin man, but he has blond hair and dark eyes with a very impressive businessman’s fishy smile.

Quclet Grid, a fallen subject who had a rank similar to that of a baron with the surname Grid, came to visit.

When Couclet saw my face, he immediately fell to his knees.

“It is an honor to meet you, Father Ivan! “I came here to repay the two favors I received from you, Kuclet Grid!!!”

Eh?

I looked at Kuclet, who was lying face down and shouting loudly, with a dumbfounded expression.

What, what is this person? Why are you doing this all of a sudden?

“Well, I…” Mr. Kuclet, since you have eyes to see, why are you doing this, even if you have eyes to see… !”

I tried to raise the couclet with his knees on the floor.

However, this time too, my poor strength could not overcome the power of Cuclet.

“No! How dare I, a lowly person, stand on the same level as the priest!”

Oh! Why is this guy so strong! Even though I look like this, my strength has increased considerably now!

“…First, let’s both sit on the sofa. “If you stay like that, I don’t think you’ll be able to have a conversation until the next customer comes.”

“Ah, yes. Okay.”

After struggling with Cuclet for a while, Sister Selena, who was watching us, stepped forward and managed to mediate the situation.

After waiting for a while while Couclét calmed his mind by drinking tea, I slowly opened my mouth.

“Huh… so. “Why did you come to see me, Mr. Cuklet?”

“I came here to return the favor to the priest.”

“Repaying the favor?”

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“Yes, please cure me and my son’s illness. Didn’t the priest save me when I was in danger on the volcano? “I came today to repay that favor.”

Ah… I see

I guess this man was still concerned about being saved by me.

In times like this, it would be right to return the favor out of courtesy, but the probability that this man who lived in a shabby shack would make a comeback in a few months would be low.

I have no hobby of eating fleas’ livers, so I plan to refuse to repay Kuclet’s favor.

And he doesn’t know, but I get paid for the quest, so I have no complaints.

“You don’t need to worry too much about me because I like it and I volunteered…” “

“But didn’t you say before that if you really want something, come back later and repay the favor?

“No, no, when things get better, buy me a meal.”

Kuklet looked at me as if wondering what I was talking about, and was amazed as if he had realized something on his own.

“Ah, do you still think of me as the incompetent person I was when I first met the priest?”

“Yes? No, what… It’s only been a few months so I guess so. Yes… “

“Don’t worry. I am the one who earned the title of Grand Prize Person solely through my abilities. “Even though I collapsed from sadness for a moment, it was easy to get back up.”

Couclét stood up from his seat, took out a wad of paper from his arms, and thrust it at me.

“This is a deed officially signed by Hwasan and Haesin Church members. Please read it.”

Deeds of volcanoes and sea gods?

I wanted to know what it was, so I took the paper and read it slowly.

“Official: In order to distribute gunpowder, a specialty of volcanoes, the Church of the Sea seeks to create the fastest underground tunnel through which a magic train can pass, created with the support of the Magic Tower connecting the two regions. Manage and supervise… “

To… ? So, an underground tunnel will be built connecting the south and west areas of the volcano and the Sea God Bridge, and Kuclet will supervise it?

Why?

I looked closely at the document, suspecting that it was a fake document created by a mentally ill Kuklet, but as if to refute my suspicions, at the bottom of the document was the emperor’s seal, which cannot be altered.

“Hey… I know it’s a good thing, but what did you do… ?”

“It’s no big deal. “It was just an opportunity I got by running around with both feet, gathering information, and persuading the Guardian of the Volcano.”

You persuaded Agar? So, the last time you came to the volcano was not for nothing, but to meet Agar.

“Anyway, I came today to ask the priest about this.”

“Yes? What… Is there anything I can do with this? After reading the document, it looks like the priest has nothing to do… “

“Yes, none.”

… ?

“You didn’t come here to joke around, did you?”

“Please listen to what I say until the end. “For you, the priest, you benefit just by working with me on this large-scale project.”

“Why? I think it’s just annoying… “

Kuklet laughed as if he was laughing at me.

Seeing that he immediately apologized, it seems like he had no malicious intent. They say it’s just a habit I developed while working as a merchant.

“I know because I heard it from the Great Sage. “Priest Ivan needs a lot of money and achievements right now.”

“Did the Great Sage say that?”

“Yes, if you participate in this project, you will receive all the achievements and money.”

Ha… I thought the great sage was so light-hearted, but it seems he tipped off Kuclet for me.

… I thought about it for a moment, but maybe I’m just being soft-spoken?

“What should I do specifically?”

“Oh, it looks like you’re interested.”

“Well, a little bit. “I will listen and decide whether to join you or not.”

“I won’t do anything special. Because it’s now in the final stages. “I will go to the Sea God Church and meet with the priest to find a suitable place to build a tunnel.”

“Is that the end?”

“Yes. “It’s really nothing, is it?”

Cuclet’s suggestion certainly seems easier than putting a finger on top of cooked rice.

But the reason I cannot easily agree is because of my bad luck.

I have bad luck, so when I eat rice cake while lying down, it gets stuck in my throat and prevents me from breathing.

But objectively speaking, there is no reason to refuse.

I eventually accepted Kuclet’s request.