How the Cult Saves the World

Chapter 72

We arrived at the Royal Palace, greeted by the hospitality of the people.

"Master! Welcome!"

The guards, who were fewer than before, welcomed us. I nodded briefly to them and hurried into the Palace.

The number of people wandering around the Palace was noticeably low, so there was no cheering like before.

But every now and then, some people who recognized us came over and asked for a handshake, and I had to deal with them one by one.

Our group was able to reach our destination, the main Palace, after a little time had passed.

"Every day is fun."

Zain was still in a cheerful mood. Troy also seemed to be in a good mood, with a smile on his lips.

"...I'm the only one who's having a hard time."

I sighed deeply and entered the main Palace. And then I naturally moved my feet toward the reception hall.

The current reception hall of the main Palace was where the patients who were injured in the massive monsterization incident were gathered.

Arhen had generously given up the place for the patients, saying, 'There's no king anyway, why do we need a reception hall?'

As I opened the door and entered the reception hall, I saw the patients, who had decreased significantly from the first day.

'There are only six left now.'

I smiled faintly.

As soon as the incident was over, I gave all the healing potions I had to the injured. I distributed the potions I made with healing skills and the ones I made with normal ingredients according to the severity of the injuries.

Of course, the ones I made with normal ingredients also had similar effects to the high-quality potions made by alchemists. I still had the recipe from the original work in my head.

Anyway, thanks to using healing skills occasionally, the skill level had also increased.

[Healing (Active) LV.3

Grade: Legendary

Description: The effect increases proportionally to the skill level.

LV.1 Heals the wounds and restores the fatigue of living beings.

LV.2 Heals the mind of living beings.

LV.3 Removes the poison and curse of living beings.

LV.4 ??? (Locked)

LV.5 ??? (Locked)

Experience: 31/40]

A skill that can remove the poison and curse of others. I didn't expect to get something like this. It had a similar effect to the 'Thousand-Year-Old Ginseng' elixir, but the elixir's effect was still better. The elixir's effect was always maintained.

But there was a huge advantage, so I had no reason to be particularly disappointed. The elixir only applied to me, but the skill could be used on anyone.

In that sense, the only thing that was a bit regrettable was that the experience required for skill level up increased by twice.

'It was 20 before, but now it's 40.'

A whopping two times, if this trend continues, the experience required will surely be 80 after it reaches level 4.

'But I'll be level 4 soon because of this incident...'

As I thought that and entered the reception hall, the doctor who was taking care of the patients came up to us.

"Master! You're here!"

He was originally the Royal Physician of the Bahano Royal Family. He was taking care of the patients under Arhen's order.

"Master, your healing potions are very effective! Do you also practice alchemy? They seem to be more effective than the ones sold in the market!"

"That's not the case."

I handed the healing potion to the doctor, who was shining his eyes at me.

With this, the remaining patients would all recover, so my job was done here.

"Master. The princess asked me to tell you to come see her when you visit."

As we left the reception hall, greeted by the royal physician, the servant who was waiting with a dignified posture came up to us.

He was the person we rescued from the detached Palace before, so his expression was very bright when he saw us.

"I see. I understand. Zain, Troy."

I took Zain, who was having a friendly conversation with the patients, and Troy, who was surrounded by children, and moved again.

"By the way, it's been a while since we saw the princess."

Zain said with a smiling face as usual. He was right, we hadn't seen Arhen for the past few days.

Oh my, my child! Your good deeds have become our revival!

"...No, no, no. I don't dislike it. I'm just shocked, that's all."

I picked up the teacup in front of me and gulped it down. Ouch, hot.

"I see. You must be shocked. But I... when I was fighting against the monsters with you, I decided then."

"What did you decide..."

"If you really want to save Bahano, I'll gladly stand by your side. This is the least I can do for you."

"No, it's a great honor."

I tried to speak calmly, but my heart was pounding like crazy. State religion, state religion!

"Ma-master. This is not a dream, right?"

Zain asked me with a surprised look. Then Troy slapped Zain's back.

"Ow! What are you doing, all of a sudden!"

"To show you it's not a dream."

"You brat!"

I ignored the two who were bickering.

"Anyway, there's not much time left until the coronation, so how about setting up a temple in the capital?"

"Yes, of course. That's what we're planning to do."

I had already converted the land and building of the Rizes Church's Bahano branch into Kyros Church's temple. That was all, though.

"If you have a preferred location, let me know. I can give you anywhere you want."

Arhen was generous. This was the dignity of a King.

---This child has also become my believer, so she's willing to give anything.

I realized then that Arhen had become a believer. I see. I was too late to notice because too many people became believers at once.

'That's good.'

I smiled at the corner of my mouth and thought.

The temple of Bahano had to use the underground passage of the fruit shop building to get to the temple.

'So I'd like to improve this.'

Since the fruit shop building collapsed during the monsterization incident, I thought it would be better to open up the passage.

That way, the accessibility of the believers would be better.

Anyway, the fruit shop building was also bought by the Rizes Church for deception, so it was mine now.

"Then..."

I slowly opened my mouth.

"I want to use the temple that the Rizes Church used in Bahano as the Kyros Church's Temple. It's going to be abandoned anyway, so I think it would be better for us to use it."

"Really? Then... how about changing the exterior? The location of that place is not that good either. It would be fine to open up the road."

Fortunately, Arhen seemed to know the location of the temple in the capital. That was good. I could communicate better.

I immediately explained my plan to Arhen.

First, I started with the fact that I accidentally found the passage and went there and saw the Rizes Church's temple. Then I said I wanted to open up the passage and change the exterior of the temple building to look like a real temple.

The current exterior of the Bahano temple was no different from a normal building, so I wanted to change it.

That way, people would come out of curiosity.

I explained earnestly. How could I resist free remodeling.

"I see. Do as you wish."

I heard Arhen's confirmation at the end of the long explanation.

I tried to pull down my smirking lips.

"The construction should start as soon as possible, right?"

"Of course."

I had already taken everything that could make money from the temple in the past few days, so there was no problem to start remodeling right away.

"Is there anything else you want? Something you need. I want to show my gratitude to the savior of the kingdom as much as possible."

I had been waiting for those words.

"There is."

I smiled. This was the moment I achieved my purpose of coming to Bahano.