I Was Chosen as the Saint’s Husband

215 – Part 2 Episode 43, Party.

After the promotion ceremony, of course there should be a party.

I, Dave, and Etheria had a party on the day we became intermediate priests, so of course we should have a party this time too.

Who decided?

His Majesty, the warrior of the Hellenes Church, decided.

Even so, Eri deserves congratulations.

So, I was going to ask Cain to go home first and ask the maids to prepare, but I received a call that they were already preparing.

After all, our maids are different.

I never thought they’d already finished preparing.

Still, I should buy meat and go back, right?

I also want to eat meat.

In the end, I headed to the store with Cain, who came back to tell me the news.

The shop street in the northern town is a place I come to every time, so it’s not too dangerous, so it’s enough to just take Cain there.

Well, I can rest assured because the knights are escorting me in a place I don’t know.

And isn’t there even muscleman Cain next to him?

“First, let’s buy chicken breast first…”

There are more butcher shops on the shopping street than you might think.

At the same time, it’s nice to see them trying to coexist by handling different types of meat.

For example, the butcher shop in front of us now sells only chicken.

And the butcher shop near the entrance only sells beef.

“I always think about this… Isn’t it very profitable to sell only one type of meat like this?”

“It might be true if it were a normal butcher shop. But this is a shopping street in the northern village, right?”

“ah….”

Cain heard that and nodded as if he understood.

Sabang Village serves as the capital of the religious country.

Among them, the northern village is the center because it contains the church headquarters.

Where do the butchers in those northern towns get their meat from?

Of course, it comes from a livestock company that owns a continent-sized pasture operated by the church headquarters.

And when it is dismantled, you can buy meat from the church headquarters.

This is what is called a circular economic structure.

Not only that, but there is also a reason why religious people follow the teaching that they should not kill.

As they say, livestock companies only take care of animals and sell them.

The private sector takes the animals, slaughters them, makes them into meat, and sells them.

By purchasing that meat, livestock companies and church headquarters can uphold the doctrine of non-killing.

But this is called symbiosis…

The livestock company at the church headquarters provides meat to the butcher shop of the church for almost no distribution fee.

Butchers also sell meat very cheaply…

Still, it’s not that cheap.

“Please give me 2 kg of chicken breast.”

“This is chapter 3 of the fairy tale.”

“Here.”

2kg of chicken breast and 3 pieces of donghwa.

It is ridiculously cheap, costing only 3,000 won in Korean currency.

1,500 won per kg.

Of course, not only chicken but other meats are also cheap.

In the case of pork, 3 kg of pork belly costs 1 dong.

In the case of beef, the cut called T-bone, which includes the sirloin and tenderloin, costs 5 dong per kg.

Even in foreign countries, they sell it cheaply…

Of course, it is supplied cheaply only to churches, cathedrals, and chapels of the Hellenes denomination or those related to the denomination headquarters.

Oh, by the way, orphanages around the world provide free meat if you bring a card issued by the church.

Without any restrictions or anything.

“The Church of Christ is amazing in many ways… I also remember eating mostly meat rather than bread or grains at the orphanage.”

“yes?”

After all, it is the headquarters of the church.

So, let’s buy a lot of meat and contribute.

***

I bought the meat and came back and presented it to the maids.

Everyone’s faces looked happy because the maids also brought a lot of food for them to eat.

“Master, you are really big!”

The youngest maid looked inside the envelope and her eyes sparkled.

Since it was time to eat a lot, I patted his head and told him to eat a lot, then yawned and left the kitchen and entered the living room.

Originally, there was a party hall in our house, but wasn’t that converted into a room?

So, if there is a party to be held, it is held in the living room.

Now that I think about it, I think the party hall could have been left alone.

Well, if it hadn’t been renovated, it would have been more difficult because there would be no place for the priests to sleep.

“Are you here?”

“What is it, Dave? Your complexion seems a bit different than before?”

For a moment, I thought it was a living corpse, but it was Dave.

He looked lively before he was dragged away by Eri, but now for some reason he looks like he’s going to die at any moment.

“Because of you… I will start exercising every morning from now on…”

“That’s good.”

“Ugh…”

Dave, this guy seems to have forgotten that it was I who encouraged him to exercise.

Eri’s only crime is that I persuaded him instead of me.

“So, you’re going to exercise together tomorrow morning? Let’s make the course a little longer…”

“Instead of chaos, I will curse you…”

“…Did I do that wrong?”

They were very determined to eat me.

If you want it that way, I’ll make you a hell of a course.

Well, I’ll think about it tomorrow.

We were probably the last ones to arrive, so everyone was gathered in the living room.

Eri is having a drink while chatting with other priests.

There are people who are high-level priests and there are people who became mid-level priests last month, so they are congratulating each other well.

And the lower-ranking priests are looking at them with envy.

Are there still about three months left for Aria and Ether to become intermediate priests?

The difference in number is surprisingly large.

Currently, there is a shortage of priests, so priests are selected once a month, but until recently, priests were selected once every three months.

“Ha… It’s a long way until the next promotion…”

In the meantime, it looks like Dave wants to quickly become a high-ranking priest.

He’s a high-ranking priest…

“Are you going to challenge for a low-level priest after becoming a high-ranking priest?”

“Of course I should, right?”

“I heard the test is very difficult.”

You can be promoted to a senior priest even if you do nothing.

It feels like Naver Cafe, where if you just spend time doing what you’re told, you’ll automatically move up the ranks.

However, a test is required for low-level priests.

You can be promoted if you exceed the passing score in the exam, which is held once a year. If the exam has not yet been conducted in the year you became a senior priest, you can take the next exam right away.

What if I pass here?

You can become a low-level priest without being a high-ranking priest for less than a year.

However… it is difficult unless even a genius puts in the effort.

For the past 100 years, the only person who has been able to do that is Stella’s older sister… So, to me, it was only possible for someone worthy of execution.

It took two years to go from low-level priest to mid-level priest.

Did it take another 2 years to go from intermediate priest to advanced priest?

Considering that there is inevitably a one-year cooldown…

I got a promotion almost every year.

And the next one is the high priest…

This cannot be achieved by taking another test.

The high priest is an elder of high-ranking priests.

To put it simply, he can be seen as the leader of high-ranking priests.

Senior priests and up are members of the cabinet at the church headquarters.

Isn’t it natural for members of such a cabinet to appoint their own leader?

Just as members of the National Assembly also have a Speaker.

Anyway, the Elder, who can be said to be the leader of the high-ranking priests, is the High Priest.

You can become a cardinal if you receive unanimous approval from the council of cardinals…

Anyway, it’s too long, but you just need to know that it’s very difficult and move on.

“If a man becomes a priest, he should aim to become a cardinal.”

“Hmm… really?”

“If you’re going to stand in line, why don’t you stand first?”

“After you? I think Eri will become a cardinal before you.”

I might make it like that.

I think that if someone like Mr. Eri becomes a cardinal, the church can become more mature.

Just like my brother-in-law became more mature after becoming a cardinal.

But when I think about it, it was my fault that my brother-in-law became a cardinal.

At that time, the only option for the high priest was execution.

Personally, I thought that raising the executioner to the rank of cardinal was the best option.

Wow.

Looking at it this way, it looks like they are controlling the religious denomination from behind the scenes.

“I don’t know if you can get to cardinal level, but… try hard.”

“If you become a cardinal, I will first cut your salary.”

“Are you trying to return the favor with revenge?”

It seems that if Dave becomes a cardinal, he will have to stop Mu Jo-kwon.

Well… I’m not sure if it could work.

Afterwards, Cain brought a cake, lit candles, celebrated, and then ate.

Since we had a large family, we bought about 20kg of beef and it was extremely abundant.

How many people in total?

If you include all the maids, there are well over 30 people.

Isn’t this a really big family?

Probably, there is no house in the Church of Christ with as many families as ours.

Next time, I’d like to have a party with king crab or snow crab instead of meat.

It may be a lot more expensive, but if I can see my family liking it, it’s worth paying.