The Book I Wrote Became the Bible

Chapter 46

46 – Calling a tax collector (1)

Paris, the capital of the Canaanite territory adjacent to Capernaum and the second city of the Nova Empire.

Church of Baal A congress of cardinals led by the Pope held at the Vatican.

“Therefore, we will end support for this flood. Cardinals with objections, raise your hands.”

In the room, only the Pope of the Church of Baal, who led the meeting, and the cardinals, the high-ranking priests who led the archdioceses of the Church of Baal, were seated.

In each archdiocese, the cardinals rule like kings, but keep silent at the pope’s words like loyal dogs.

“Good. With this, the security of flood support has also been decided. Now then, I will urgently summon you all here and tell you the reason for the meeting.”

Gulp

Originally, a meeting of the cardinals would happen once every three years. It does not take place as often as the cardinals, the leaders of archdioceses spread across all continents, must gather in one place.

Nevertheless, in an unusual situation, the meeting was held again six months after the last meeting. They hurriedly gathered at the Vatican using the cardinal’s exclusive warp gate at the Pope’s call.

Previously, when the pope’s emergency call and the cardinals’ meeting were held, as the pope had brought the most shocking agenda among all denominational meetings to drive out the existing emperor in alliance with the prince, the cardinals were nervous about what would come up and the pope’s meeting. I waited for the next word.

“Some people might have heard of it on the way. Two days ago. A man claiming to be the son of a god has appeared in Capernaum, the city of Capernaum territory. The god he refers to here is Deus.”

Malevolent malevolent

When the name of Deus was mentioned, the meeting room instantly became noisy as the cardinals chatted with other cardinals around them.

“Quiet.”

The meeting hall falls silent at the pope’s word.

“If it had simply ended here, it wouldn’t have been a problem. There have been many swindlers who claim to be children of God. Of course, it’s the first time he’s been called the son of Deus, but it’s a new religion that was just born. As we had decided on how to deal with the Deus Church in the previous meeting, we tried not to care about the Deus as much as possible……. Something happened that I couldn’t get over.”

The pope paused and was silent for a moment, as if trying to organize his thoughts, then opened his mouth again and continued his speech.

“It seems that the one who called the son of Deus has activated ‘Resurrection’ throughout Capernaum. I don’t know if you can call it ‘Resurrection’.”

“…… Yes? His Holiness the Pope. What the heck…… ?”

“‘Resurrection’ is the ultimate in divine power that only His Holiness can use! A human from the Deus Church?”

“‘Resurrection’ throughout the city?”

Even the cardinals, who could not bear to open their mouths due to fear of the pope, uttered one word at a time.

As if the pope’s remarks were hard to believe.

“‘Resurrection’. The strongest miracle that can only be used by those who have inherited the position of the Pope and have been directly blessed by Baal. Its power is such that it can heal any injury or any disease as long as it is not dead, and restore it to its best state. It deserves to be called the strongest healing. Even if the person himself claims to receive Baal’s blessings constantly, the ‘Resurrection’ is only once a month. In addition, only one target can be used at a time.”

When the pope opens his mouth, the meeting hall instantly becomes quiet as if it had never happened.

“Still, according to reports, the power he used. For now, I’ll call it ‘Wide Resurrection’. It is said that the ‘Wide Resurrection’ covered not only one person, but all the onlookers around, and even the entire city.”

“Your Holiness. Wouldn’t that range be closer to ‘recovery’ than ‘resurrection’?”

“‘Recovery’…. The ‘recovery’ that covered the whole city would also be a shocking divine power. However, there is a reason why you called it ‘Resurrection’. According to the reports of bishops, priests, and paladins who were present at the scene, the scars that were more than five years old were filled with new flesh, the severed arms were regenerated, the closed pores were opened, and the hair grew. This report has been cross-checked by eyewitnesses other than church members at the scene. Regeneration of arms, but regeneration of pores. Do you think you can make this possible outside of ‘Resurrection’?”

“It is…….”

“That’s why I called you urgently. People in the whole city witnessed the miracle. Not anywhere else, but within the Nova Empire, the sacred ground of Baal!”

Kung

The pope raised his voice and slammed his fist on the table.

“How did I create the current emperor and make this empire a holy place for Baal…… ! The unheard and unseen is trying to shake it. A while ago there was a commotion in Oriath, and this time it was Capernaum. Deus again.”

“His Holiness Haona. No matter how much the city is, Capernaum is just a small provincial town. At least not the poor. It’s hard to imagine that such people would have such a big impact…….”

“Stupid!”

“Awesome!”

As the pope stamped his feet in anger, vines grew from under the feet of the cardinal who was questioning the pope, penetrating his hands and pinning them to the wall.

“Fat? Poor? The important thing is that there were a lot of shakers in this Nova Empire! I don’t know how far this rift will spread as long as there are those whose faith has been shaken once! Therefore, we must completely fill this rift before it spreads outside of Capernaum.”

“I’m sorry, His Holiness! It was a mistake!”

Kung

“Ugh… ….”

The vines disappeared and the bound cardinal fell to the ground.

“I will ‘purify’ Capernaum.”

“Stop, His Holiness! I hope the whole city…… ?”

“Your Holiness! If you do, the Emperor will not stand still!”

“In addition, other denominations can take issue with this…… !”

“Quiet. Of course, you can’t simply ‘purify’ it. Trying to close the rift may cause a bigger rift. So you need a justification.”

“Justification?”

“However, a plausible justification… ….”

“There are too many witnesses. In these circumstances, ‘cleansing’ can have the opposite effect!”

“No need to worry. I’ve already made plans. I’m going to proceed with the suppression of the mob in Oriath. It’s currently happening in Oriath, and I issued a guideline a while ago about the turmoil of the Holy Spirit, so I’m sure everyone knows about it, but I’ll tell you again.”

“As for Oriath… ….”

“Someone who claims to be an apostle of Deus appeared in Oriath not too long ago and formed a group by performing miracles around the poor. As Orias, the capital of the Nova Empire, not a small provincial city, it could have turned into a very dangerous event, but I heard that the emperor would define it as a rebellion and clean up the poor in Orias. Therefore, the rebels within Oriath will be defined as rebel forces and will disappear from history. It’s hard to classify the Capernaum Incident as a rebellion, but we can weave it together. Since it happened to be related to Deus, it should be easy to deal with.”

“His Holiness Haona. There is a possibility that if the Deus Church of the Calandra Empire finds out about this, it may become hostile to us.”

“There is nothing to worry about that part. The prophet of Capernaum will go down in history as the ringleader of a false rebellion claiming to be the son of Deus, not the apostle of Deus. Now I will explain the plan. First, the Cardinal Pharisee went to Capernaum…….”

* * *

Three days after the ‘miracle’ occurred throughout Capernaum.

“Thank you sir! Thanks to the teacher, my back was completely healed. Thank you!”

On the third day, I was receiving visits from people from all over the city and listening to their thanks.

The only people who saw me perform the miracle were the crowd present at the scene, but when they told the story to the whole city and they learned that I was the one who worked the miracle, everyone in Capernaum came to see me.

Of course, as long as I stayed at the inn, there were a limited number of people who could enter, so many people lined up to visit me.

As the front of the inn was full of people waiting, the inn owner was in a situation where he couldn’t do business properly, but he said he would dedicate this inn just for me because of a ‘miracle’.

During my mercenary life, I couldn’t get my hair back no matter what I did, but they said it came back thanks to me. Well, good is good.

There is a reason why we spend our time and receive greetings from extras who are not interested in or need to know.

Originally, the purpose of coming to this city.

She came to this city to take her as her companion…….

The problem is that I don’t know what she looks like at this point, and I don’t know where she is.

I am thinking that if she were in this city, she would have been influenced by my ‘miracle’ and would not come to me.

So, at the inn, I checked while listening to each person’s thanks…….

I’m tired after about three days.

Should I just go to my next destination with my colleagues?

But that guy’s ability is a waste.

“Come in next.”

When the one who was thanking me left, Simon called the next one.