"I thought so, too. ”

Balk, who appeared in a pinch, managed to rub his finger on a hearty breakfast, and answered Ed's question with a cool beer: "I'm counting on someone who can quickly master some spells even if they aren't very religious and don't learn too many complicated things...... As a result, the people I found seemed more suitable to put together a circus. ”

“...... It doesn't have to be that useless. "Even if they don't know anything, if they don't have a little 'special', it's not necessarily completely useless, not to mention that there are some special ...... Ability. ”

The old man looked at her and smiled. Naria suddenly realized that what she was talking about, Balk only understood better than she did...... He probably knows better than anyone else here where the power of the "common man" lies.

He was clearly just joking.

The girl blushed slightly, and hung her head to fiddle with the small snacks on the table. Ed hadn't noticed her sudden silence—he was puzzled by the strange abilities.

"What's there to worry about?" Iss was impatient, "I can only master spells related to ice and snow. This power is innate, and what is born is the same as the appearance of a person, and it will always be different. And, when the person who owns it doesn't know how to use it, it's likely to manifest itself in unexpected forms because of a fleeting thought, or some deep-seated memory. ”

"That's right. Mondstadt agreed, "Not only dragons, but also many ancient magical creatures whose 'talents' have been relatively fixed and lacking in variety, in the records that have been handed down, is probably ...... However, even mages are likely to have a bias in spells, some are good at elemental spells, and some are good at spatial control, which is not just due to interest, but also based on their own ability...... By 'talent', the mage does not simply refer to the ability to learn. Even if the source of his ultimate power was God-given power, what set him apart in the first place must have been the ability to 'communicate with power', and what the starting point of this ability was, many mages had never figured out. What they were born with has been twisted in the other direction by their acquired learning...... A direction that is relatively easy to grasp, but ......"

“...... Wait a minute. Ed suddenly thought of a question that he hadn't realized before, "So, some whisperers, if they happen to be discovered by mages, may be able to become mages......"

"It's also possible to become a pastor—depending on who you meet first. How true the so-called 'God's choice' is, perhaps you know better than I do. Mondstadt looked at the well-protected young man with a mixed expression, "And if you are unlucky enough to be born in a place that is too remote and ignorant, or because you are too powerful, and you don't know how to control it, you are likely to be considered a 'child of the devil'...... Human beings are always full of fear and rejection of people who are different from themselves...... Are you just thinking about it now? Your best friend has always been feared and ostracized. It's just that he was originally an outlier, but he didn't care about this, and he wouldn't collapse because of it. ”

He said it bluntly, and Iss didn't really care—it was true.

Ed held his head, his face pale. What the Master said was actually something that was easy to think of, but that kind of hardship was out of his life and sight. He suddenly understood the nine-toed ...... Rafferty, the contempt in his eyes and the anger in his sarcasm as he looked at him. Doesn't he know how hard it was for Lafferty to live as a child many years ago? He could see the quagmire he was in, he could see his struggles, he wasn't without sympathy, he wasn't without feelings...... But you can never truly empathize.

So he couldn't understand Lafferty's pride and inferiority at that time, and he couldn't understand the vulnerability he hid under his tyranny, just like he couldn't understand the madness of the crow...... He doesn't even fully understand Is's loneliness and hesitation, but he can always think more about him.

But as the crow said...... This is an opportunity.

Human beings are always full of fear and rejection of people who are different from themselves. But if these "different" people become more numerous, and the power they have can be used in the right places in such a crisis, they should be better accepted when the world returns to peace.

“...... My lord. He spoke to Balk, "Can you do me a favor?"

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Sean Freicher returned to Staunbuch that afternoon. By the time Ed walked into the temple of the god of water, the sun had begun to fall heavily—and dusk had come much earlier than before.

He stood there watching the sun sink beneath the towering stone walls of Lockburg, watching the moon rise faintly, still round, and felt the change it made again. There was still a thinner moon beside it, and the faint light was like a line of white accidentally drawn on an inky blue page, and it would disappear with a casual stroke.

If it really goes away completely...... Will the sun never rise again?

York Tracy had come to visit the Old Paladin Leader before he did, and he was as humble as ever, and he was not a little more proud of his possession of the Sword of Light.

They talk about Sean's previous plan—to use the power of faith to make some of the Priesthood more and more powerful enough. York was one of the first to volunteer, and he has no intention of changing his mind.

"I'm still learning how to wield the Lightsword," he frankly admits, "but I can feel that with my current abilities, I can't fully use it." ”

He needs to get stronger.

And the appearance of the Sword of Light obviously made Sean's plan go more smoothly, and even those outside the Temple of Dawn were particularly excited by the unexpected miracle last night. From Felicity's death, from the decline of the Temple of Water, at least on the surface, to the replacement of the High Priest of Anduch by illusions, there was schadenfreude, but for most of the clergy, it was a succession of blows. When they are confused, how many people can really break through the fog and find their way again?

Faith is something that you wouldn't feel like if you never had it, but there are very few people who once had it and it was shattered, and it was able to be recast more firmly.

"We were ready to go. Sean's blue eyes couldn't hide his tiredness, and he unconsciously rubbed the corners of his forehead, but his blue eyes were still bright and sharp, "But now it's ......"

When the full moon rises, it's not just Ston Butch who jumps.