Seoul Dragon - Chapter 79

During her conversation with Seohyun, Hangyeol felt dizzy from the strange yet holy and distant voice she heard.

Even though she was clearly a Seraphim, the highest-ranking angel, the voice that whispered to her felt incredibly distant.

That was definitely the Lord's voice.

It wasn't heard as clear language. It was just the projection of will.

The Lord said:

That her transformation like this was because the holy Lord himself had utilized the mutation caused by the World Tree, so she should use that change to bring peace and love to the world.

......Don't shut yourself away in your room and abandon your original duties.

Hearing such words, Hangyeol let out a sigh.

Come to think of it, aren't Seraphim angels who can directly communicate with the holy Lord?

Thinking that the Lord's voice would frequently ring in her head from now on, Hangyeol couldn't help but let sighs escape.

That was understandable, since she had been just an ordinary Catholic believer until recently.

She believed in the Lord's existence...... but directly confirming His reality and hearing His voice was a different matter.

She never expected that she, who was neither a bishop nor the Pope, would become a Seraphim.

No, she didn't even know she would mutate in the first place.

The Lord added one last thing.

-I will visit you soon in the form of peace.

......Excuse me?

Hangyeol's mouth fell wide open.

So, the Lord would come visit directly?

And in the form of peace...... meaning as a dove?

Hangyeol's words were shocking in many ways.

God, commonly called Jehovah, or Yahweh.

She was saying she had heard His voice.

No, she was even saying He would come to meet Hangyeol directly soon.

Both she and I were looking at each other with the same expression.

Mouths hanging open, wondering if this was a dream.

Then she finished organizing her thoughts and said to me:

"It's not entirely impossible. Seraphim...... meaning the highest-ranking angels serve God most closely. Plus, Seraphim can usually hear and convey God's voice directly...... so it's not strange for the Lord to speak directly to me. But I didn't know He would actually come visit."

"Wow...... the scale has gotten too big, hasn't it?"

When I said that, she stared at me intently.

"You're one to talk?"

"......Is that so?"

"You're no joke in terms of scale either, you know."

"Oh, really?"

"That's what I'm saying."

"But, Hangyeol."

"Yeah?"

"The Lord said He used the World Tree's power to mutate you, right?"

"Right?"

"Then the Lord's preferences are......?"

"Uh."

It felt like facing a truth I didn't want to know. Come on, surely not.

We then pondered what to do next.

Whether to go directly to the Vatican and announce that the Lord's messenger had come as I had suggested, or choose another method.

"No matter how I think about it, isn't that drawing too much aggro?"

"Then what? Do you have a better idea? That seems like the most direct approach."

"......Is that so?"

"Think about it. Would an angel delivering the Lord's gospel beat around the bush? Just go when the Pope is holding mass or something, spread your wings and say 'Fear not.' Wouldn't that be the end of it?"

"Still, going through proper procedures would be......"

"Isn't that a bit much? An angel is descending from heaven, what's this about going through official letters? Just descend from heaven majestically."

I said that while laughing inwardly.

Honestly, wouldn't it be fun?

The sight of that Yoo Hangyeol being enshrined as an angel delivering the Lord's gospel to the entire world.

If it's a scene of the Pope holding mass, cameras would definitely be rolling, and if an angel descended to that place.

What would happen?

This would be interesting.

"......You're enjoying this because it's not your problem."

"Huh? No, I'm not?"

"You just slipped up. This damn......!"

"Hey! You did the same thing! When I became a dragon, you enjoyed watching the community reactions, you brat!"

At my words, she glanced up at the sky with eyes full of reality check.

"Hey."

"What."

"Instead of going to all that trouble, couldn't we just tell the Cardinal in Korea and be done with it? The Cardinal would then contact the Vatican."

"......Yeah."

In the end, the method she chose was to visit the Cardinal in Korea and tell him that an angel had descended.

What, how boring.

But I knew well enough. People are originally sensitive to what they see.

Especially an Angel-type mutant.

No, it was even hard to categorize her simply as a mutant.

God above had directly interfered with the World Tree's authority to personally make her into an angel.

Thanks to Hangyeol, I learned various things.

That transcendent beings couldn't intervene on Earth before because of some barrier......

Due to the dragon's wish, great changes came to this world, and that barrier crumbled, allowing transcendent beings to intervene.

It feels like the dragon's wish, the World Tree's intervention and the second mutation, allowed other transcendent beings to send down their own avatars or agents as mutants.

In other words, Hangyeol is now God's agent...... she's incredibly successful.

Well, she doesn't seem to welcome it much herself.

Of course, we didn't contact the Cardinal right away.

We felt we should consult with the Vice Director first.

"Haha...... It's such an unrealistic story."

"That's what I'm saying."

"Still, well, if it's been discussed well with the One above, we should follow that."

"That's what I thought too."

"Though the world will be turned upside down once. Learning that Heaven and Hell really exist, and that the gods appearing in myths are real...... Ms. Hangyeol will be quite tired."

"It's her fate. She's moving because she doesn't want to become more tired either."

"Hahaha......"

The Vice Director laughed as if somewhat bewildered.

"Then, I'll contact the Seoul Archdiocese first. I'll say we have urgent matters to discuss and someone to introduce to the Cardinal."

"Yes."

The Seoul Archdiocese was surprised by our sudden contact.

Wondering what on earth the Mutant Management Bureau wanted.

Moreover, they had someone to introduce to the Cardinal?

Who could it be?

That was their reaction.

It was natural. Mutants and Catholicism were such distant topics.

The schedule was set quickly.

The Cardinal happened to have an opening in his schedule, so we arranged to visit the Seoul Archdiocese in two days.

"Haah...... I don't want to go."

Hangyeol was just sighing deeply.

She could clearly see how this meeting would change her life.

Still, if we didn't do this first, there might be people talking nonsense later, so it was better to reveal this kind of thing first.

If she wasn't going to hide for the rest of her life, she should at least secure autonomy of action.

Before all sorts of people swarmed and clung to her, if the Vatican officially stated that Hangyeol was God's messenger who came to watch over the human world, that would be the end of it.

If they said those who violated this would fall to hell, wouldn't they understand well?

Or well...... Hangyeol said she would appear in her true form if she got annoyed.

Then no one would carelessly seek her out.

When I asked her, she said her true form was so frightening that ordinary humans would faint upon seeing it.

......What kind of appearance could it be?

"......My goodness."

Cardinal Kim Soo-jung Paulo, Archbishop of the Catholic Seoul Archdiocese, opened his eyes wide in disbelief the moment he saw Hangyeol.

He never expected an Angel-type mutant to appear in this world.

No, she couldn't even be called a simple mutant.

"An, angel."

The being before his eyes was clearly an angel.

Six massive wings. And a brilliant halo floating above her head.

As if she had jumped out of the Bible, it was the appearance of an angel with no difference from biblical descriptions.

"......Hello."

And that angel was speaking respectfully to him.

My goodness, how could this be!

Cardinal Kim Soo-jung Paulo insisted this was impossible, waving his hands frantically.

How could God's agent speak respectfully to a mere believer?

"I was human until recently. An ordinary Catholic believer too. I somehow ended up like this."

Hangyeol spoke as if somewhat burdened.

"Are, are you really an angel?"

"......Yes. I'm a Seraphim, a first-class angel. I descended to convey the Lord's voice to this earth. At first I couldn't hear the Lord's voice either, but after mutating and some time passed, I started hearing it."

Hangyeol conveyed to Cardinal Kim Soo-jung Paulo exactly what she had heard from Yahweh.

Though she spoke calmly, the content was nothing short of shocking.

"......You, you're saying you heard God's words?"

"Yes."

However, the Cardinal seemed unable to easily believe even that.

That was natural.

The Cardinal had reached the point where he couldn't distinguish whether this was a dream or reality just from an angel appearing.

But on top of that, she said she came bearing God's gospel, which seemed unbelievable.

But at that moment.

An unbelievable thing happened.

Suddenly light poured from the sky, and along with the light, a pure white dove gradually took form.

The Cardinal who witnessed this scene couldn't help but widen his eyes.

But that was only the beginning.

Because...... at the very next moment, a voice was heard from the pure white dove.

-Listen.

That voice was Yahweh's voice that all Catholic believers had wanted to hear throughout their lives.