How A Mythical Holy Knight Lives As A Villain (Novel) - Chapter 128
Chapter 128
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For a player of Shin Su-kyung’s caliber to have her basic stats increase was no easy matter.
She had already been given several elixirs, so the amount of training required would have increased even more.
“……”
This was absurd.
“You don’t need to be too surprised.”
That’s when Go Johan said.
“Stats aren’t entirely perfect, you know.”
It was something he’d felt from observing the goddess’s consideration called the system for a long time.
Quantified strength was merely a consideration to help human understanding.
“You can think of it as drawing out potential Mother hasn’t recognized and making her recognize what she already has.”
Stats aren’t perfect.
That didn’t mean the goddess wasn’t perfect.
‘It must be the goddess’s consideration not to become obsessed only with what’s visible.’
Fanatical thinking, though of course he didn’t say it out loud.
“It’s better to think that quantified abilities can just be used a bit more comfortably. You know those times, right?”
Go Johan said.
“When you overcome an enemy you normally couldn’t face in certain crises.”
“…I see.”
It made sense at first glance.
Indeed, if numbers were everything, level rankings and combat rankings should be identical.
“Also.”
Cheol Jung-bae said.
“Not everyone receives such blessings.”
He spoke respectfully to Shin Su-kyung.
“The chosen 100. That’s all the Sanctuary can bless for now.”
If it was limited power.
“…That’s amazing.”
But still, that it was amazing was Shin Su-kyung’s honest feeling.
No, it was hard to express even with the word amazing.
“There are a few more things I’d like to show you.”
Cheol Jung-bae said.
“Would you like to think of your weapons? Or you can take out and hold the weapons you’ve been using.”
Not only Shin Su-kyung but also Goh Min-ji took out their weapons at those words.
“Hm?”
The change was immediate.
The mana existing in the Sanctuary naturally imbued the weapons.
“C-crazy…?”
They began to glow.
“The grade went up…?”
Though legendary weapons like Ogre’s Twin Tusks didn’t change grade, their aura changed.
Unique grade items also had no grade increase but their effectiveness rose.
[The Dwarven’s blessing is bestowed.]
Rare grade items became Unique.
Normal became Rare grade.
“……!”
“It’s called Sanctuary Enhancement. And also…”
Sling.
A well-polished sword appeared in Cheol Jung-bae’s grasp.
“Weapons of this level can be created just with thought.”
And.
Boom!
The moment he swung the sword, mana gathered and inflicted a massive wound on the ground.
“In the Sanctuary, the power of blessed items increases.”
“……”
“Also.”
Swoosh.
The split ground.
The broken debris returned to its original state along with light.
“The Sanctuary itself has self-repair abilities, so it’s also good for training without any hesitation.”
“……”
She was speechless.
“…Is there more? By any chance?”
Goh Min-ji asked carefully, very carefully.
Who knew what might pop out and make her faint if she wasn’t careful.
“There are about fifty-two more features, but we seem to lack time.”
“……”
“And that statue over there also has a great secret hidden.”
Grin.
Deep confidence showed on Cheol Jung-bae’s face as he curled his lips.
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The temple tour had ended.
Both Shin Su-kyung and Goh Min-ji seemed to have much to say, but they didn’t bother.
Just organizing what they’d seen and experienced in their minds was overwhelming enough.
“…Amazing.”
That was the extent of her impression.
“You’re seriously insane.”
At Goh Min-ji’s words.
Smack!
If anything was an incident, it was Shin Su-kyung slapping that back with her palm.
In any case, the reason they had visited the church wasn’t to tour the temple.
December 24th.
“Hello?”
It was Christmas Eve, so they had come to Johan Orphanage, not the church.
“Hellooo…”
The children hiding behind Go Johan’s back peeked out their heads and said.
Then.
“Pretty unnie.”
“Sis!”
Erasing a bit of shyness, they ran out and hugged.
“……?”
Not Goh Min-ji but Shin Su-kyung.
Goh Min-ji truly looked like she’d been hit with a blunt object.
“You should call me grandma.”
Shin Su-kyung said as if familiar, patting the children’s heads.
She had already visited the orphanage children several times.
“Grandmas aren’t this pretty.”
“Oh my.”
When Shin Su-kyung smiled softly.
“What did you do…?”
Goh Min-ji looked at Go Johan with a truly incredulous face and said.
“I didn’t… do anything.”
Go Johan was just as flustered.
He knew the children were growing fast and clever, but to this extent.
“Still, not sis or unnie. Rather…”
Shin Su-kyung crouched down to meet the children’s eyes and said.
“Call me mom or auntie.”
“…Really, really can we?”
“Of course!”
“…Mom!”
The children ran and hugged Shin Su-kyung.
“…To think I’d lose to mom.”
Shin Su-kyung in her mid-fifties.
But her appearance was believable even if called early thirties.
It was characteristic of players aging slowly, but the main reason was that she’d been originally beautiful.
Just as Sanctum’s bloodline wasn’t called overpowered for nothing, the answer came from just looking at Goh Min-ji or Go Johan’s appearance.
“What about sis? Isn’t noona pretty?”
Goh Min-ji approached and said, seemingly wanting to hear those words.
“You’re not pretty.”
“……?”
“Seung-ah noona is much prettier.”
“……!”
“Really…?”
“Really!”
Goh Min-ji made a dazed face.
She’d been confident in her looks anywhere, yet this treatment.
“Ha! These brats don’t know anything…”
Goh Min-ji lifted up one child and said.
“This noona is super pretty too. Seung-ah noona is the prettiest in the world, but.”
“No.”
The child was firm.
“The prettiest is…”
The child said.
“Ha-rin noona.”
“Ha-rin?”
Go Johan’s body flinched.
He’d heard that Rust occasionally came out of her room to care for the orphanage children, and those memories must have been intense.
Kang Ha-rin, it was Rust’s name.
“Mm.”
Though Goh Min-ji seemed quite hurt in her pride, she soon smiled.
“You guys don’t know. This noona is Johan’s real sister, you know?”
“…! Really?”
“Yeah.”
Only then.
Bow.
The children bowed their heads in greeting.
“It’s an honor to meet you!”
“……”
That too seemed to have its own problems.
“I never taught them that.”
Go Johan said while waving his hands, insisting it absolutely wasn’t him.
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“Ha, haha.”
Goh Min-ji let out an empty laugh.
Since it was Christmas, she’d prepared plenty of gifts for the orphanage children.
Yet.
“What… is that?”
The orphanage had everything from hard-to-find limited edition toys to everything imaginable.
“Don’t you remember?”
Go Johan said while leaning against one wall.
“The biggest donor here is Greed.”
“…Ah.”
She’d heard the story.
A big hand in the world economy, no, the story of a tycoon who couldn’t even be described as a big hand.
That she who supposedly controlled world capital from behind a curtain was actually one of Go Johan’s apostles.
“…The big hand who donated a billion to Yongyong…”
Thinking of her casually throwing out a billion in donations, it made perfect sense.
“…Well. It couldn’t just be an ordinary orphanage.”
Could it even compare to Sanctum?
It had been a life receiving only others’ envy, yet feeling this shabby was truly a fresh experience.
Swish.
Goh Min-ji unconsciously tried to hide the gift box she’d brought behind her back.
“Is that a present?”
The children approached and looked at the gift box with sparkling eyes.
“Uh… um… well…”
“Wow, is it for us?”
“It is, but.”
“Can we open it?”
In the end.
“Yeah, it’s your present.”
At Goh Min-ji’s words, the children began opening the gift boxes.
Goh Min-ji had never felt this way even when opening treasure chests dropped by boss monsters.
Thinking that innocent faces would fill with disappointment, she clicked her tongue.
“Wow…!”
“Waaaah!”
What came instead was exclamations.
“It’s a Tinypon!”
A children’s toy famous under the name bankruptcy phone.
“There’s Gundam too! Destiny Gundam!”
“Waaaah!”
The children were genuinely delighted.
“…Do you like it?”
“Yeeees!”
“Noona’s the best!”
“Sis is pretty!”
Seeing the children rush at her, Goh Min-ji cleared her throat.
To think they’d be this happy.
“…Hey, you know kids shouldn’t get used to material abundance already, right?”
With those words, Goh Min-ji played with the children and their toys.
It was a scene that brought peace just watching.
As if it were a lie that just the day before yesterday, she’d been separating monster bones and flesh, covered in someone’s blood.
“Tomorrow, is the time okay?”
Shin Su-kyung asked Go Johan carefully.
Eve with the orphanage children and the church.
And on the actual day.
“Yes, it’s fine.”
With family at the Sanctum estate.
“Bring those friends too.”
“I will.”
Shin Su-kyung had also invited the apostles.
Originally she wanted to invite everyone, but it was realistically impossible.
“Today, Yoon-su is coming too, so it’ll really be everyone together for the first time in a while.”
Also, the second child, Go Yoon-su, who had been on a long overseas assignment, was scheduled to come to Korea.
‘He said he’s already on his way.’
Go Johan knew from hearing the news.
Before Go Johan existed, Sanctum’s biggest troublemaker.
Sanctum’s bloodline had believers attached to them, so he knew from hearing the news.
“He’ll probably be surprised.”
Go Johan said with a smile.
Since Shin Su-kyung would be seeing Go Yoon-su after a long time.
“Could anyone beat you?”
Laughing together, it was a happy time.
“Captain.”
Greed’s low, sunken voice was transmitted.
‘What is it?’
Go Johan’s expression also hardened.
“The plane your brother boarded has disappeared.”