Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka?

"That's why I try not to waste piles of piles of bodies"

Stuck in my ear, the Pope's words.

That old man, according to his firm will, has even kept in his hands the mankind to be protected.

Kill the little one to keep the big one alive.

I am prepared and powerful enough to carry it out without a single hesitation.

You shouldn't kill people.

Why? Or why? Like, that question doesn't make sense.

It's not about reason, like why you shouldn't kill people.

Then there is no such thing.

That's just it.

It's not rational, it's behavior that you repel because people are people.

But then, what if you do something you don't want to do, but you have something you want to protect?

While I know it's something I shouldn't, what if there's no other means I can take it?

What the Pope is doing is to alter the way the world works for his convenience.

But it's not about acting for your own benefit, it's about purely guiding the world.

For the sake of the world, he kills himself, makes many sacrifices, but saves a greater number of people.

Is that action just?

Or is it evil?

The action of trying to save someone would be just.

The action of killing someone would be evil.

If that's both, which on earth is the right answer?

I don't know.

Is that the right thing, or the wrong thing?

But there's only one thing I know.

That the Pope will not change his path, even if it is wrong, to be denied face to face.

If you're that serene face, but also an old man with a belief similar to madness in the back of your eyes.

Whatever happens, I can assure you it won't stop.

If that man were to stop, that would only be when, as he said, the world was saved or, without it, his body and soul were decayed.

Is the Pope on the right or wrong path?

If, even if it were wrong, it would feed on it and rise again.

Until then, my body and soul can decay.

Horrible.

That belief, which went too far, is a tremendous force, which cannot be expressed by status or skill.

Fight directly and I will win. [M]

But there's no point in that victory.

He rises again even when he dies.

Over and over again.

Nothing is stronger than an unbreakable heart.

What about me?

In that sense, I'm very weak.

As much as I can't stand the sins I've committed and want to die for a moment.

That's weak enough to have shallow feelings that you didn't want to die if you tried to help.

My status and skills are probably quite high in this world as well.

Though I was reminded that there is an upper one, it is still considerably higher than average.

I'm too weak-minded to have that power.

It's not balanced.

I have to be strong, too.

Though, like that pope, you can't reach the realm of madness, and you don't want to go for it.

Still, I must carry the past I have walked through and act to avoid wasting it.

That's my bullshit.

A weak-minded excuse for me to forgive myself.

Status is back to normal now.

Let's get this mansion over with.

We must act.

To find out what I should be up to.

Let's talk to Mr. White.

Tell me where Mr. White is going.

the way to get there.

If that overlaps with my path, I will gladly cooperate with Mr. White.

If not...

Let's hope not.

Though I wish I was so determined, Mr. White rarely came back at mealtime.

Instead, Mr. Sophia, in a state of loss of soul, sat with little hands on the meal.

I think she was often made to think a lot in person with the Pope, too.

That chest will be more complicated than I can imagine.

I hear that she was originally born in a country that believed in Goddess and that her homeland was destroyed by Goddess Worship.

I know how it feels because I have had the experience of destroying the village of Goblin by humans.

Such a passion that you almost forget me for anger and hatred.

In my case, I avenged myself. [M]

But Mr. Sophia can't do that.

I can't, but I probably won't.

Because that meeting made me aware of the Pope's readiness.

Because they were too clean and overheard the words of apology.

Still, it should be noted that Mr. Sophia would have also found it pointless to kill the Pope on that occasion if he could show his unstoppable faith.

Is vengeance justice?

I don't know.

However, I know that if I don't fulfill it, I can't move forward because I'm the one who went through it.

Mr. Sophia has lived to this day without taking revenge.

Isn't that why you just stepped over the line that you shouldn't step off as a person and ran outrageously?

The flames of vengeance that lingered in your heart distorted Mr. Sophia's personality.

I started to think so. [M]

And if you have to relate to that avenging opponent, you know you can't do anything to avenge it.

Normally, you would be satisfied if you drove that flesh to death.

But the Pope is the exception.

Killing him doesn't make any sense.

If you intend to avenge him, you need to break that heart.

Mr Sophia will also feel how difficult that is.

Mr. Sophia takes a seat with little hands on the meal.

"Why don't you eat some more?

I accidentally spoke up.

After I called, Shit, I thought.

Because in Mr. Sophia's eyes he could see an irresistible frustration.