The Book I Wrote Became the Bible

47 – The Call of a Publican (2)

When Luke preached the gospel in Capernaum, he saw a man named Levi. When the crowd saw that Levi was with him, they said, “Benefactor, this is a publican. Why are you with a filthy sinner?” When Luke heard it, he said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous. He said I have come to call sinners

New Testament Gospel of Aurelia 9:9-13

Collector.

They are the ones who have the authority to collect taxes.

Looking at the name of the collector, it seems to refer to a tax official belonging to the national government, but in reality, it is a private contractor that does not belong to the state.

Those who lend money to the emperor, king, or lord and in return receive a mandate to collect taxes in the area.

Levi, the woman in front of me now and whom I have been waiting for, is the tax collector in Capernaum who has the authority to collect taxes.

To be precise, it seems that her father lent the money to the lord, not her.

After all, she is a working woman who collects taxes in the city on behalf of her father.

“I am a humble Levi, but I work as a collector in this city.”

But…….

What do you say?

Her I’ve been waiting for her until now….

I can’t think of anything to say when I meet him.

Will you be my colleague?

Something is strange. It’s so sudden and strange.

What would be the best way to naturally accept someone as a colleague?

“Oh great man. It’s shameless, but I have something I want to ask of you.”

Please? I’m surprised I never thought you’d come to ask me.

A lot of people came to me for three days.

Not one of them came to me to ask for something.

A person who is thought to be the son of God.

A man who caused a ‘miracle’ to cover the city.

Of course, there is no way that there aren’t people who come to ask for something.

Most of them were absurd requests, and even if they were acceptable, I had no intention of accepting them, so I firmly refused and sent them back.

But I never thought Levi would ask her.

As Levi is one of my favorite playable characters in [Deus Ex Machina], I would like to do her favor if possible.

But what are you asking for? Levi now…… Hmm.

“Please. What are you asking for?”

“Yes. That is… ….”

Bang

The door of the inn was thrown open, and Levi was cut off.

The men who opened the door and entered were the men of this city whom I met and talked with yesterday.

What is it? Why come in

“My benefactor. Forgive me It was hard to hear, so I came in.”

Among the men, the one in the lead opened his mouth.

“This woman is a dirty publican. It was unbearable for a dirty publican to dare to see his benefactor, but to ask a favor without knowing the subject!”

“That’s right, benefactor! This woman is a dirty woman who does not deserve Deus-sama’s grace. We will drag you out now.”

Having said that, the men approached Levi and grabbed her by the arms.

“Now, wait a minute. Let go!”

“Shut up b*tch. How dare a dirty tax collector try to see his benefactor?”

“If I had to ask for a favor, I was going to say dirty words about making money or making it easier to collect taxes.”

“Oh no! I didn’t come to ask for that!”

She is dragged out while being caught by a man.

Despite her feminine body, men roughly grabbed her by the arm and dragged her.

She was her Levi with her beautiful looks, but her men didn’t seem to see her as a human like her.

Is this the people’s perception of the collection officer?

Since the Pulse Rayno family never borrowed money, there was no collection officer in the territory.

That’s why she never had to face her hatred for the collector… I hope it will be like this

Basically, I knew that collectors were objects of great hatred. It is common to hear of a collection officer who did not carry an escort being attacked and found with a gruesome corpse.

Perhaps Levi would normally have an escort, but seeing that she came alone now, she didn’t want to give me a bad impression, so it seemed that she wasn’t accompanied by an escort.

If you see her dressed up beautifully, she must be trying to look good to me.

I didn’t think that I would be immediately dragged away by others like this.

Those men probably don’t mean maliciously either.

Levi didn’t stop her from entering the inn, but when she brought out her request, he came in and dragged her out. It’s probably because she doesn’t want me to listen to her dirty request.

Even so.

“Stop.”

“…… Yes?”

“Stop her persecution of her. I will share her story with her.”

Levi is one of my favorite characters.

If you put all the extras in this city together, she can’t do just her.

“Ha, ha, my benefactor! She is a tax collector, dirtier than a harlot!”

“Yes, benefactor! If you talk to such a dirty woman, she will benefactor…….”

“I would have told you before. I came to this land to bring back unbelievers.”

To me, she is more important than anything in this city.

“Every sinner will be cleansed by her mother’s love. The righteous do not need me, but the sinner needs me.”

“That, that… ….”

“So Levi.”

“…… Yes? Yes, great one!”

“Follow me.”

“…… How to do it Dare I follow you? A dirty woman like me….”

“A mother’s love will cleanse you and you will be born again cleanly.”

* * *

“She is the daughter of a publican! Her mom was such a dirty b*tch! Let’s throw stones!”

“Sheesh. Even without an escort….”

Ever since I was born, I have been the object of resentment.

No child would play with me and everyone would throw stones at me if I tried to approach.

His hatred for me was so great that he would have died if it had not been for the escorts his father had given him.

Due to the influence of his father’s job as a collector.

“Dirty publican! Go to Hell!”

“That father and that son! One day you will be punished!”

As I grew older and acted as a proxy for my father, collecting taxes, everyone hated me even more.

I just did what I had to do.

Everyone hated me even though I only collected a certain amount of tax according to my father’s order and did not collect additional taxes to increase my profit.

Even if I wanted to lower the tax, there was nothing I could do because the emperor had to collect more than a certain amount of tax and send it to the center.

He just did what he had to do and was criticized by everyone.

My father didn’t help me either.

He said it was something I had to do. He said that the hatred of such lowly people was not important.

And then he puts off what he has to do and he is a father who just plays every day.

I wanted to run away.

My duty, my hometown, this hatred.

I wanted to be liberated from everything.

I’d rather go on an adventure to another place because this empire would collapse.

Will there be a case where the hero I only see in books appears and takes me away?

I tried to escape from this daily life by delusion every day.

But the delusion ends every time.

In the end, there was only the fear of having to return to the harsh reality.

Then one day.

I saw a great sight.

The sight of a ‘miracle’ in which all the sick in this city are healed, and even residual diseases, scars, and injuries disappear.

A really big incident that I couldn’t even witness in my delusion.

According to rumors around, a man performed a miracle, calling himself the son of the god Deus.

Deus.

I think I’ve heard of it. A new religion that has recently grown rapidly in the neighboring country, the Kalandra Empire.

Son of Deus?

A story that would normally be dismissed as nonsense.

But I couldn’t do that anymore after seeing that incredible sight.

This may be an opportunity.

The man who causes such a miracle.

This is at least a warrior.

The one I’ve been waiting for… Warrior.

The man who has always had the delusion of adventuring together has come to this city.

I was in a hurry, but after dressing up and dressing up as best I could, I went to the inn where he was staying to meet him.

The front of the inn was full of people waiting to meet him.

Standing in line, I waited all day.

In order to be accepted by him, he didn’t even come with an escort, but the eyes around him were unusual.

It’s the first time I’ve been thrown into a crowd like this without an escort…. Surely I won’t die in vain here?

Fortunately, everyone just glared at me and didn’t even talk to me. Rather, I thought it was dirty and avoided even touching myself.

Yes. I’m a dirty woman

That kind of dirty that everyone hates….

Wait a minute.

If this is the case, wouldn’t the warrior also accept me?

The reason why the hero would accept a dirty woman like me… There can’t be

I…… Why did you come here with unfounded confidence?

…… I thought that I could get out of this situation by being excited, and I dressed up and chose clothes.

Suddenly, I felt even more humble.

“Come in next.”

The time when I was thinking of getting out of the waiting line and returning to the miserable reality.

I heard the word calling my turn.

Malevolent malevolent

The surroundings have become noisy.

Everyone must have been surprised to see me next.

How dare such a dirty woman come here!

Yes. Let’s go back

Puck

As I was about to go back, someone pushed me from behind, so I unknowingly opened the door to the inn and went inside.

And in it…….

More beautiful than any hero I’ve ever imagined….

A beautiful blue man was sitting in a chair, looking at me.