Chapter 406

Chapter 406

Garcia Feyler was sensitive to others’ emotions, so this situation left him baffled. He was angry at Cha Jin-Hyeok, yet the Streamer was happy at this.

‘I cannot understand him,’ Garcia thought.

“I apologize for my rudeness, Garcia Feyler. It was extremely rude of me to visit you this way, and I believe it has caused great trouble to the Feyler Family. I will fully apologize for this issue, and if necessary, I promise to provide sufficient compensation to you,” Jin-Hyeok said.

Gerdok, the leopard Beastkin standing next to Garcia, stepped forward at this moment. “Do you think you can be forgiven for your rudeness toward the Feyler Family with just a few words?!”

Gerdok knew that Garcia was an extremely kind person. If the other party apologized like that, Garcia would most likely accept the apology.

‘If you forgive and move on because of this mere apology, people will look down on the Feyler Family!’ Gerdok thought.

Jin-Hyeok nodded. Since he had a normal way of thinking, he thought Gerdok made sense. So, he said, “Of course, I’m not saying I’ll ask for forgiveness with only words.”

“Then tell me specifically how you’re going to apologize,” Gerdok replied.

“As I see it, most of the barriers here seem to have recovered on their own. But I also observed a few artificial barriers. As for the cost of repairing those barriers...”

“Ha! I can’t believe you’re trying to fix things in your way when you’re the one who did the damage!” Gerdok scoffed.

Gerdok did not like Kim Chul-Soo’s answer. Not only had Chul-Soo arbitrarily set a standard based on whether the barriers recovered naturally or not, but he also wanted to fix the problem with money.

‘Does he truly not know that such a suggestion further insults the Feyler Family?’ Gerdok fumed. “How dare yo—”

“Of course, I will donate three hundred billion Dias as compensation too,” Jin-Hyeok said.

“That’s a large sum of money.” Gerdok quickly came to his senses.

He was Garcia’s aide and also the financial executive of the Feyler Family. Therefore, he was the most materialistic person in this devout family. However, Gerdok did not want to be caught being materialistic.

“Just because you say you will donate does not mean your rudeness will be for—”

“And as a fine for my rudeness, I will donate another seven hundred billion Dias,” Jin-Hyeok added.

Gerdok’s tail began to tremble. He thought that with so much money, even the act of insulting one’s mother and father could be forgiven to some extent.

“In addition, as a thank you donation for purifying the tainted priestly robe...”

Gerdok’s tail stood straight up. With a serious expression, he said, “Patriarch! Although these people were extremely rude, their sincere apology and reflection are very moving. Seeing their devout and humble attitude, I can tell they are believers with very strong faith. I humbly suggest that you show them generosity in consideration of their noble faith!”

***

As the financial executive of the Feyler Family, Gerdok stamped the documents with an air of confidence.

‘Has Sir Gerdok finally gone crazy?’ one of his subordinates thought.

Gerdok often said he was going crazy. As the financial executive, he was the person who used the most vulgar language within the Feyler Family.

“Sir, is this really okay?” the subordinate asked.

‘The manifestation is a bit late,’ Garcia thought, but he never let his guard down. The results of the tainted priestly robe would surely appear somehow. He could only hope that the powerful Eltuber would not go crazy and run berserk.

Jin-Hyeok spoke first. “It seems fine for now.”

Garcia wondered if he had chanted the protective prayer too strongly. “I will weaken the protective effect a little.”

Garcia muttered something in the holy language.

***

‘It doesn’t affect him at all!’ Garcia was at a loss for words.

Garcia had expected the tainted priestly robe to harm Chul-Soo’s mind. The Ancient Rock Giant had developed a twisted love and admiration for Gaia, the Goddess of Earth. Since the tainted priestly robe was influenced by the giant, there was a high possibility of it producing a similar effect on Chul-Soo. For example, it could cause an obsessive fixation on a certain target.

‘But why doesn’t it affect him at all?’

It could be because of one of two reasons: either the tainted effect had become extremely weak because the Ancient Rock Giant had disappeared or Chul-Soo’s mind was already so tainted that it could no longer be tainted further. However, Garcia did not think Chul-Soo’s mind was corrupted to that extent.

‘I guess the tainted effect has become very weak,’ he concluded.

“May I try it on?” Garcia asked.

“Of course,” Jin-Hyeok replied.

After putting on the priestly robe, Garcia immediately gripped his wand tightly.

‘Ugh!’ A flood of dirty and ominous energy surged in, eroding his soul. All kinds of evil words and vulgar language in the world resounded in his mind. Chanting a holy spell to resist the tainted effect, he hastily took off the robe and threw it aside.

‘The tainted effect is truly powerful!’ Garcia realized. ‘Then, does that mean that Chul-Soo has a mental world that can no longer be corrupted? But he looks fine on the outside! He even proved his devout faith with offerings!’

Garcia’s mind became complicated.

***

Jin-Hyeok was very grateful to Garcia. Thanks to Garcia deliberately taking the priestly robe, he could wait with his upper body exposed for a while. Blatantly stripping while saying, ‘Hey guys, please admire my exposed physique!’ would be unsightly and corny for his livestream, but waiting with his upper body exposed out of necessity while the head of the Feyler Family examined the tainted priestly robe was okay. The situation was not too forced either.

‘The number of viewers has surpassed 2.5 billion!’ Jin-Hyeok thought. At this moment, the competitor that came to his mind was not Marshmallow but Mole Woman. ‘I learned well from the best. And I beat you, Mole Woman!’

Indeed, there was something to learn from everyone. For some reason, exposure had a huge impact on increasing view count. Jin-Hyeok was in a good mood. Then, he heard Garcia talk.

“Chul-Soo, do you plan to wear this artifact?”

“I’m going to modify the appearance a bit, but I plan to use it,” Jin-Hyeok replied.

“You’re going to modify the appearance?”

Thanks to Garcia’s question, it became much easier for Jin-Hyeok to state what was going to happen next. He bowed his head slightly to express his gratitude.

“The priestly robe form is inconvenient for swinging a hammer. I happen to have something good in mind for it, so I decided to redesign it.”