You and me under the world tree

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He never gave up his position as heir, but he had a grudge against his brother's talent, and even alienated him because of it.

Self-esteem, jealousy.

The dissatisfaction generated by the combination of the two is indeed not positive.

But denying one's own negativity is indeed not sincere.

But what to say?

Tell Hella is this normal?

It always feels a little weird.

"This is... a human being."

"You mean all human beings are hypocritical?"

Yes, that's right...shit.

Although Hodder was almost about to say the mockery, the contradictions in his heart suppressed it.

"There are three types of human cognition, self-cognition and others' cognition, and one's own expectations (impressions) of others. The more you care about and the more you value your own image in the hearts of others, Seiya De just wants to maintain his image subconsciously."

"Isn't that still hypocrisy?"

"...Don't jump to such conclusions so quickly."

After hearing Hila's 'quick' answer, Hodder shook his head.

"This world needs such a little room for turnover, so that you can be good to me, and everyone will have a better life. After all...not everyone can accept the kind of sincerity that spews out filth at the same time."

It is also for this reason that his relationship with her is extraordinarily precious.

At this moment, he turned his head and looked down at the palace.

His line of sight can easily pass through layers of barriers and reach the center of the banquet.

And there, the triumphant king sat on his throne.

Then, suddenly, she looked up.

It seems to sense the line of sight from above.

Immediately afterwards, a smile appeared on that gorgeous face.

Then, she raised her glass slightly.

In the eyes of others, she seemed to be toasting the guests at the banquet in a haughty gesture.

But now, she only has that man in her eyes.

"I'm very lucky……"

Almost in unison, he and she both whispered.

Because they have found a space where they can take off the mask and expose the "truth" in this society that has to live with masks.

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This chapter was posted at 6:03 PM

Chapter 75: Jealousy, and now

Although everyone thinks that the kind of mutual honesty without distance and secrets is desirable.

But the reality is not the so-called ideal after all.

In the real reality, people need a mask to get along with each other.

Because people have a bottom line deep in their hearts and the expectations of others.

And because of various reasons, people with limited abilities can't change the rules at will. All they can do is act as the gears in this society and order.

Just like a company or a chamber of commerce, there will always be errand runners.

The importance of the work itself and their location determine a thing called 'class'.

Working in corporations and chambers of commerce, or even joining the military as a soldier, you will have peers and superiors.

And how to get along with them will become a compulsory course in life.

This has to be learned.

Even those simple people who crave for truth will eventually be beaten to death by the iron wall called reality.

Those edges and corners will eventually be polished to a very rounded shape.

They will get used to obeying others and becoming the ideal image of others.

And as long as they are in this social circle, no one will have exceptions in this regard.

Even Odin, the king of the gods, needs to play a majestic and powerful image of the god-king among the Asa gods.

In such an environment, it is definitely a great thing to have a character who can talk to each other.

Because even family members and parents sometimes have expectations.

The children will also obey them unconsciously, so far they put on the mask of good children.

Regardless of whether it is voluntary or not, the important thing is that this is not the real self after all.

But that woman was different.

She had seen his restless side and known his secrets.

Although not all of them, he has decided to find an appropriate time to reveal all his secrets to her.

In front of her, he may not be a sage, let alone a god.

He was just him, Hodder.

And in his eyes, she was the same.

He had listened to her heart, seen her anger and confusion.

In his own eyes, she doesn't need any other identity, she just needs to be herself.

Thinking of this, the corner of his mouth could not help but raise a smile.

But before he was happy, a discordant voice came from his ear.

"Why are you smiling so disgustingly?"

"..."

Then, the expression on Hodder's face just disappeared.

Originally, he was in a good mood, but when Hela came up, he smashed his good mood to pieces.

What is this called?

However, it's not good for him to get angry because of this kind of thing.

To put it bluntly, Hella is just a child.

Sometimes it will show intelligence, but sometimes whether it is speech or behavior, it is no less than a punch in the chest.

And more importantly, sometimes when she speaks, she doesn't speak with the kind of banter and malice like a joke.

But really feel that way.

"What's wrong with my expression?"

"very disgusting."

Hela pouted at this.

"Those who don't know think you are a pervert somewhere."

"..."

Suddenly, Hodder wanted to explain.

Because he found that his image in Hela's eyes seemed to have deviated—at least as far as the current performance was concerned.

However, when he cast his eyes on the Nether Queen, he saw her curl her lips.

Come on, there doesn't seem to be much to explain.

Ultimately, Hodder gave up on that.

"Ugh."

Tired as he was, he finally lowered his head.

Then, he felt a strange gaze.

This line of sight came from Hela.

But when he looked up, he saw that guy turned his gaze away again.

So what is she up to?

Perhaps it was because Hela acted too much like a riddler, Huo De couldn't help feeling even more tired.

"Forget it, let's talk about the original thing."

In the end, it was Hodder himself who broke the weird atmosphere of silence in his opinion.

"In short, as I said before, not everyone can accept the kind of honesty without any sense of distance, and no one wants to be viewed in a different light."

Without any foreshadowing at all, Hodder skipped the topic of the so-called 'pervert' in the simplest and rudest way, and returned to the original point.

It's rough and easily tiresome though.

But at least for this time it's useful.

"It's normal to subconsciously maintain the image of oneself in others' hearts."

He said.

"As for the so-called hypocrisy you said, you only need to read it to see."

Then, Hodder mercilessly shifted the focus of the topic back to the Studus brothers.

However, when Hela turned her gaze away, what she saw was a strange silence.

Studus looked at his brother calmly, while Sead lowered his head.

Maybe it was really because he was drunk, his complexion was obviously different from that of ordinary people, even different from that of Studas, who was also drunk.

For him, it seemed that it took a lot of effort to be able to say those words before.

If he wasn't drunk, he wouldn't even have the courage to bring up the past.

At this moment, Studus' expression was gradually becoming more subtle.

In fact, he still really wanted to get away with it.

With his usual personality, no matter what, he can just get by.

Say two good things about this matter and no one will mention it again.

But at this moment, Studus had other thoughts lingering in his heart.

Maybe it's really not time to mess around, but to clarify those things.

After all, they are brothers.

It is also because they are brothers, so...

"What's the point of talking about this now?"

he said in a low voice.