Chapter 62. A Tenacious Man (1/2)

Chapter 62. A Tenacious Man

In the past, when Gongson Chun Gi was crowned as the heir of the church, there were two senior brothers above him.

The two of them were people of great talent, as they were chosen personally by the Pope at the time. It was unfortunate that they were at the same generation as Gongson Chun Gi.

One of them realized that Gongson Chun Gi had more talent than he, and left the church when Gongson Chun Gi became crowned. The other stayed secluded from the church, abiding by the church’s rules.

The Church had something known as the Law of Blood. This made it so that the former disciples of the Pope would be unable to stay within the church once the Heir was crowned.

This happened due to the fact that the Pope’s influence might be affected by the former disciples. It was normal for the former disciples to either be expelled from the church, or be killed off.

But Gongson Chun Gi let the two ‘seniors’ stay within the church.

This event took place when Gongson Chun Gi took in a disciple, and the time when the rumor that the Pope took in a disciple began to spread.

“Master, I heard something strange when I went out today.”

“What?”

“They were talking about how the Heir was already chosen?”

“Yeah. I heard, too.”

“What’s going to happen to us now, then?”

“What do you mean, what’s going to happen? We’re basically screwed.”

“…….N, no. You told me you’d make me the Pope!”

“As you can see, doing that’s nearly impossible now. Please understand.”

“Master!”

“I’m sorry. This master of yours is incompetent. You should find your own path now.”

“Don’t give up already, and do something!”

No Jin Nyung (努珍寗) cried out whilst ripping out his hair.

The old man in front of No Jin Nyung was watching his disciple silently. That old man was Gongson Chun Gi’s senior brother, Gwon Gang Min (勸狂憫), the Berserking Blood Demon (血手狂魔).

The man took away the fishing pole he held in his hand out of the pond water, and shook his head.

“It’s a person that Gongson Chun Gi chose personally. There’s no way you can win. It’s better to give up.”

The man said this with a very clear and concise voice.

But No Jin Nyung just couldn’t take it. After all, this matter concerned his life itself.

“…….You clearly told me that I was unmatched under the heavens, and that we could conquer the heavens together!”

Gwon Gang Min widened his eyes when he heard this from his disciple.

“I did?”

“Master!”

No Jin Nyung desperately spoke out to his master. Gwon Gang Min became a little troubled when he saw his disciple like this.

No Jin Nyung. The boy was someone he took in when he started to get older. And it wasn’t a lie when he told the boy that the boy’s talent was unmatched under the heavens.

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‘But…….’

Gwon Gang Min scratched the back of his head. The thing was, his disciple had a terrible weakness.

‘To put it nicely, he has a very straightforward and honest personality…….’

No Jin Nyung trusted people too easily. And once he was told to do something, he would try to finish the task he was given without stopping.

At one point in time, Gwon Gang Min got tired of No Jin Nyung pestering him, and told the disciple to go count all the pinecones on the mountain. He found his disciple still counting the pinecones half a year later.

His disciple was just that ‘pure’. But Gwon Gang Min saw his disciple in a different light.

‘This guy’s an idiot!’

Right. This guy was an idiot. At least, that was how it was to Gwon Gang Min.

After all, the world used the word ‘pure’ and ‘stupid’ the same way. Gwon Gang Min looked at his disciple for a moment with a sorrowful face.

‘He’s already a peak expert…….’

Come to think of it, No Jin Nyung was already 28.

But was it because of his ignorance of the outside world? The man looked like he was in his late teens. But the man himself trained day and night when he should’ve taken the time to go out and play a little.

‘Poor child.’

No Jin Nyung really was too pure.

Gwon Gang Min thought hard. Honestly, No Jin Nyung’s talent by itself was good enough to enter the top ten in all the world.

‘But one doesn’t become a Pope with just strength.’

Of course, strength was something one needed when becoming the Pope, but with just that, it was impossible to become a Pope.

The Pope is a leader. The Pope needs to be able to have good decision-making skills, determination, motivation, and the power to be able to gather people to his side.

No Jin Nyung definitely was a very talented child, but he also had downsides that were almost as big as his talents.

‘Did I go too far…?’

To be honest, Gwon Gang Min nowadays was very bored. Well, as his position as the senior brother of the Pope, he could live the rest of his life without any worries at all.

But it wasn’t like he had much power within the church itself. Instead, he had to stay in the church trying to be as quiet and unnoticed as possible. This made Gwon Gang Min feel quite useless, which led him to taking in a disciple. And that disciple was No JIn Nyung.

’This is retribution.’

When he thought back on it, everything was his retribution. And the greatest victim of this was his disciple.Gwon Gang Min realized that the heavens never missed out on anything, and became mesmerized by the thought.

’Truly amazing.’

Gwon Gang Min nodded after staring at the sky for a bit. It was his responsibility to take back the seeds he sowed.

Gwon Gang Min steeled himself, and began to put down the fishing rod on his hand. Then, he immediately thought of something, and lightly pushed away his crying disciple.

“Be calm. We still have a chance.”

No Jin Nyung’s eyes immediately sparkled fiercely. Gwon Gang Min actually flinched a little inside when he saw this, but pretended to not see it as anything significant, and opened his mouth.

“As long as you show that you have more talent than the Heir, you should be able to succeed.”

“How would I do that?”

Gwon Gang Min felt a bit of guilt when he saw his disciple’s eyes clear of any suspicion. But he had to do it.

“You can do it as long as you get into the harmonious stage. As long as you do that, becoming the Pope won’t be a dream.”

“…….As long as I become a harmonious expert?”

“Yes. You’ll have a chance if you manage to do it.”

This would be an impossible task, even with that massive talent his disciple had. The only reason he suggested this to his disciple was because he thought the boy would give up after hearing it.

‘Forgive me.’

Gwon Gang Min looked up at the heavens, and prayed for forgiveness.

But as always, the will of the heavens wasn’t something a mere mortal could comprehend.

No one could ever suspect that the idiotic disciple would actually break into the harmonious stage in just a few weeks.

Gwon Gang Min just didn’t know if he should laugh or cry when he got faced with this situation.

“Master, I can become the Pope now, right?”

“……..”

He just couldn’t manage to tell the truth in front of this overly excited disciple of his.

‘Dear God, isn’t this a little too much?’

Only now did Gwon Gang Min truly regret his actions.