The Founder of the Great Financial Family

Episode 40 12. Canteen #2(1)

weekend morning.

The old priest, who conducts the liturgy of the Eucharist, said, handing out bread to the faithful who attended Mass.

“This is John’s body for you.”

Then the old priest with the red wine glass continued.

“This is also the cup of the new covenant made in the blood of John. John shed this blood for you.”

When the Eucharist prayer was over, the members of the Mass ate the bread and wine the old priest had given them, and after the ceremony, they left the chapel.

Chapel after Mass.

The size of the chapel was not very large as it was located on the edge of the empire, but the peaceful atmosphere was not bad compared to other chapels.

In a quiet place where all the believers had left and the fourth Leo of the Los Medici family, together with the youngest Lucia, prayed for the brothers.

‘John, please help my brothers not to go to hell.’

There was only one reason why the fourth Leo came to the chapel every day, including weekends.

He was worried that his older brothers would go to hell.

“Leo is here.”

The young priest who recognized Leo naturally came and sat down next to Leo.

When he heard a familiar voice, Leo stopped praying for a while and recognized the priest who had come.

“Hello, Father Lucian.”

A little girl was sitting next to Leo, and the priest recognized Lucia as well.

“Hello, Lucia?”

Lucia, who was shy, just bowed her head without saying a word.

Seeing this, the priest smiled faintly, and immediately spoke to Leo.

“Are you here today?”

“Yes, I came today to pray for my brothers.”

“okay?”

Even the young priest did not know why Leo came to pray to God every day.

The younger brother was struggling for the eldest brother who got a job in Banco and the two older brothers who could not afford to spend money.

“There, Father Lucian.”

In the case of a plain priest, he was given the title Father, but in the case of Leo, he has been calling him by that title ever since Lucian told him.

“yes?”

“You said you didn’t know me well the last time, so you’ll find out, right? So I ask again, do all those who have ever worked in usury go to hell?”

At that question, Lucian shifted his gaze forward.

It was a difficult question.

“You are going to hell… … .”

Lucian was still a young priest, so he didn’t know much.

But Leo had a question, so I went to an experienced priest and asked him about usury.

And after hearing that answer, I used to tell Leo what I had put together.

“Actually, there is a saying that if you do usury, you will go to hell. They say there is a separate hell for usurers in the 7th Hell.”

“really?”

To Leo who asked with a worried look, Lucian continued his conversation with a calm expression.

“It is said that the moneylender who fell to hell wears a heavy wallet around his neck and suffers forever. That’s why we, too, tell our followers never to take interest from others. If you don’t want to be punished like that when you die, of course it’s our job to stop them.”

“Then what about our eldest brother? Are you going to Hell when you die?”

“Well.”

As is well known to all, it was right that all usurers who took interest from others would go to hell.

That’s right… … .

‘I don’t know why the bishop and the high priest want to be friendly with such usurers. If you are a person who will eventually go to hell, it would be right to stay away from other believers even if you are conscious of them.’

It was the bishops and high priests he served who were closest to things that would go to hell.

Although it was a small parish located on the outskirts, there were priests with high positions here too, and they liked the goldsmith who paid the most money than anyone else.

Goldsmiths = usurers, so in principle, the priests of the Order had to stay away from them.

However, the high priests of the diocese were rather fond of them.

And then say

If you donate a lot, you might not go to hell.

He said that a merciful God could lead to heaven any evil criminal who would answer many prayers and fall to hell.

“I heard that people who go to hell can go to heaven if they pray a lot to God.”

Hearing that story, Leo was delighted.

“really? Then, if I pray to God a lot, will my eldest brother not have to go to hell?”

It was a difficult question.

It would be funny to say that there is a quality in prayer, but there is actually such a thing.

For example, God responds better to the prayer of the Pope, who is closest to God, than if he prays as a common priest.

“Hey Leo. Do you know who the highest person in the denomination is?”

The closest thing to God.

Leo shook his head.

“no. I do not know.”

“His Holiness the Pope. He is the one who can deliver his voice to God better than anyone else in the Order, including here and the zodiac.”

Lucian turned his head to face Leo.

“The prayers you and I pray are really small and insignificant, but the prayers he prays may be a little different. Maybe even usurers who are going to hell will go to heaven according to his prayers. God is so merciful.”

Leo’s eyes were shining brightly.

“The Holy Father? Who is he?”

“He is the highest person in the church. And he is also the closest to John.”

“Are you the closest person to John?”

“Yes, you are the closest to John and anyone else. So, more than anyone else, he is able to convey his voice to God better.”

At this moment, Leo imagined what it would be like to become a pope for his brother, who was working in Banco, and for the other brothers who wanted to follow him.

“Father Lucian. Can a pope be anyone?”

Lucian couldn’t help but laugh at that question.

The seat of the Pope has long been said to have been given by God.

“Of course, not everyone can be. But if you become a priest and gradually ascend to a higher position in the denomination, maybe we will see each other someday.”

“Aren’t you going to become a Pope?”

Lucian couldn’t help but laugh.

“It is an infinite honor for us just to see him. It doesn’t happen just because you want to become a pope. His place has been set by God since ancient times.”

“really?”

“But do you want to be a priest too?”

Leo didn’t hesitate at all at that question.

“yes! I love to pray to God here.”

“okay?”

A priest could be anyone if there was no special reason for disqualification.

I just had to suppress my inner lust, and because of this, I had to live a very limited life, and it was a much busier job than it seemed.

Because all the big and small things in the parish were theirs.

“But this is not easy. It can be so difficult that you give up halfway through. Do you still want to?”

Leo’s answer to that question did not change.

“Still, I want to become a priest. It’s all good if I can pray for my brothers.”

Lucian, who was nodding his head, stood up and said.

“Then can you come back tomorrow? I will ask the superiors and help you become a priest if there is a seat available.”

“really?”

“But you have to keep this in mind. Being a priest is really hard work. I always have to fight the other me inside me.”

“I’m fine! I could.”

“Okay then, see you tomorrow.”

After talking to the young priest, Leo told Rockefeller what had happened during the day at dinner.

“You suddenly want to become a priest?”

“Yes, I want to become a priest and pray for my brothers.”

It seems like yesterday that I was sent to church, but now I want to become a priest.

‘The fourth brother wants to become a priest… … .’

While Rockefeller was thinking for a moment, Andrew and Joshua, as bewildered as Rockefeller, started talking to Leo.

“Why do you suddenly want to become a priest? That’s no fun.”

“Leo makes money like us.”

“Yeah, money is the best. Leo, you’re young, but being a priest is really no fun. I can’t get married and I have to live alone for the rest of my life.”

Despite the opposition of the two older brothers, Leo’s intentions did not change.

“I want to become a priest and pray for my family. Can’t I become a priest?”

Will they be able to stop the fourth desire to become a priest for them?

Rockefeller, who had been thinking for a while, opened his mouth with difficulty.

“Hey Leo. Do you have any reason to want to become a priest?”

“yes! They say that if you later become Holy Pope and pray, your brothers will not have to go to hell.”

At that, Rockefeller laughed involuntarily.

The pope was the ruler of the denomination.

Maybe someone in a higher position than the Imperial Emperor.

Could such a position be held by an insignificant person from a commoner’s family, not a nobleman from a certain family, or a person with outstanding divine power?

‘No.’

Then Rockefeller realized that he had been mistaken.

Was there a law prohibiting a commoner from becoming a pope?

‘Maybe it’s good for Leo or for all of us.’

“Are you really going to be a priest?”

The fourth Leo did not change.

“yes! I want to become a pope in the future. Then you can pray for the brothers in the place closest to John. Then you won’t have to go to hell. I will keep praying.”

Although the feasibility didn’t seem like much, Rockefeller didn’t just listen to the fourth Leo as a joke.

If Leo couldn’t do it on his own, he had to make it himself.

‘The church also tried to be friendly someday. After all, the power of the church was absolutely necessary.’

“great. If that’s the case, my brother won’t stop you from becoming a priest. Instead, let’s promise one thing.”

What is that promise?

“What promise?”

“No matter what happens, our brother here has to come first. No matter where Leo is later, no matter what the circumstances, it’s all about putting our family first. Then I will try my best to help you become the Pope.”

It was a difficult word for Leo, but it didn’t sound particularly bad.

After all, the reason he wanted to become a priest was for the brothers who are here.

“Yes, I will always pray for my brothers.”

Rockefeller, who had been nodding his head involuntarily, started talking yesterday.

“Now that Governor Lee Wang has come to this, it would be better to work with the church to buy and sell beer.”

Rockefeller smiled brightly at the fourth Leo, who was staring at him.

“Because that will be good for our Leo as well.”