Chapter 10: Fairy Tales and Angels

If nothing else, Peter Pan should be the first psionic to be born.

At a time when there was still fear of mages and people had not completely forgotten about their existence, it was certainly not a good thing to have acquired abilities that clearly did not belong to the "power of the Holy Rank".

"But it's not like a real child...... He has no family. There were no parents who were able to restrain him. And Peter Pan's accumulated wisdom and awakened spiritual energy soon made him the child king of the surrounding area.

"Peter Pan deliberately indulged in this 'childlike innocence' to the point that he was more innocent than a real child. The child does not understand the so-called 'morality', and he deliberately forgets 'morality'. It's like pouring a drink into an ant's nest and letting them 'drink to their heart', or it's like taking off a butterfly's wings to make an ornament, or tearing down other people's things at will...... Peter Pan allowed himself to forget all his constraints and to experience as much as possible 'what a child would do'.

However, after he had lost the restraint of adulthood, he still possessed the cunning wisdom of adulthood.

He ordered the other children not to go home – or they would attack them and refuse to accept them. At the same time, he is comforting these children, seducing them and taking the place of their parents.

"Under the command of Peter Pan, the children do whatever they want...... Stealing other people's stuff and burning down ugly-looking buildings, all for 'fun'. ”

What kind of damage can a bear child with the cunning wisdom of a social person, the superpower that can fly into the sky, and at the same time have no scruples?

- That's Peter Pan.

"It was a very happy life. You don't need to study, you don't need to be restricted, you can eat whatever you want, drink whatever you want, play games for as long as you want, and sleep as long as you want...... But after a long time like this, there are still children who want to 'go home and see'. No matter how happy life is outside, not all children want to say goodbye to their parents forever.

"Even if they promise, it's just 'going to go back and take a look'. But Peter Pan knew very well that they would never come back when they went back.

"Their parents will definitely control them, and the other children will also be affected by this homesickness of missing their parents...... The 'legion' he had assembled would fall apart in an instant, leaving only a handful of children who really didn't want to go home.

"There's no way he's going to accept that future.

So he secretly killed the children who wanted to leave, and then threatened the other children that their parents had killed them. But there are always smarter, older children...... They realized something was wrong. But Peter Pan is more mature and intelligent than them, and he saw through their acting skills at the first time.

"He killed the half-grown children one by one by creating accidents and other means. By the time Peter Pan was finally captured, he had already killed sixteen children. And his 'legion' at that time had expanded to more than eighty people.

"If he hadn't been captured, these eighty people would have died one day. Because a child's mind grows, but Peter Pan does not. ”

When the inferior man said this, he sneered: "But even if his hands are stained with blood, people are still unwilling to kill Peter Pan."

"Because the First Consensus had just been established at that time, Peter Pan instead served as a classic case, as a 'forgiven person'. And he will atone for his sins...... The way to atone for sins is to guard these demons forever.

"Peter Pan's mind never changes, which means that he will not become mature, will not be tempted by demons, and will not be polluted by demons. He doesn't even change his desires and wills - his redshift and blueshift values will always be level six. Because of this, he is the best warden.

"He is going to guard these demons forever, and this is his atonement.

"Ironically...... After the demon 'Peter Pan' was forgiven, fairy tales about 'Peter Pan' were circulated without anyone composing them. It is the story of those children who were 'rescued' and kidnapped and who also participated in all kinds of cruel acts, exaggerated and embellished.

And the fairy tales he wrote before have not been handed down. Ironically, the content of the 'critical letters' constructed by his peers out of jealousy is actually true. The fairy tales he wrote were closer to adult fairy tales, with many metaphors and beautiful rhetoric, but children really didn't like them. Because they can't read.

"The only problem is...... A child who can't even read this kind of fairy tale can't write to him and think so clearly. ”

As an excellent fairy tale writer, Peter Pan wrote wholeheartedly for children at the beginning.

His experience of murdering children and his end of life eventually became the best fairy tale he wrote in his life.

This cannot but be said to be a kind of black humor.

…… But how to say it.

Russell looked at the inferior with some complications.

Although there are obvious differences in motivation, the inferior is in a sense a kind of "Peter Pan".

It will never grow, it will never changeβ€”not because you don't understand, but because you deliberately forget something.

The dislike of Peter Pan by the inferior may be partly due to the dislike of Peter Pan himself, and to letting the inferior execute the demon when he was a child...... It is the inferior who sees himself in the mirror.

That's "the worst possibility" of yourself.

The inferior instinctively loaths and resists that possibility, and therefore does everything they can to stay away from it.

But the disgust itself speaks to his goodness. Or rather, the kind of "goodness" that he tries his best to maintain.

This sense of contradiction in him is like a kind of mystery.

It would be nice to see the father of the inferior, Russell thought to himself.

That way, he would get to know his colleague better...... A more profound analysis.

This kind of analysis of others through observation is also a hobby that Russell is inconvenient to share with others.

Although such a hobby is not shady...... But just knowing it makes people uncomfortable.

Russell thought so, and the float slowly landed on the ground.

But it is obviously still some distance away from the Heavenly Grace Zone.

The inferior patted Russell's shoulder next to him and reminded him to look over.

"You wait here for a moment."

He said, gesturing to the suitcase in the back seat.

Inside was a cryophile device that stored prototype chips.

"Look at the chips, don't lose ......"

"Why are you going?"

Russell asked.

The inferior put his hands in his pockets, raised his chin and pointed to the convenience store next to him: "Buy cigarettes." ”

…… It's really an overly realistic reason.

However, he just wanted to smoke. Russell thought that he was willing to restrain this habit for himself, but he didn't expect it to be because he had finished smoking......

Russell shouted helplessly: "You smoke less!" ”

The inferior ignored Russell and walked to the convenience store without looking back.

It's really only the delphinium's reprimand that works......

Russell shook his head.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Speaking of which, next door to this convenience store is the 'third hand'. ”

This is a chain of stores that specialize in selling prosthetics, recycling second-hand prostheses, and providing prosthetic modification services.

Russell hasn't visited this store yet, and he kind of wants to visit it.

Although things in this kind of place are much more expensive than online shopping, and many things are to pit some people who don't know how to do it, you can often see some second-hand prosthetics that have been modified by demons.

Even if you don't buy it and just look at it, that kind of transformation idea is also an inspiration for Russell.

β€” but he still didn't plan to get out of the car.

Because obviously guarding the chip is the right thing to do.

Russell thought so and planned to add nearby addresses to his favorites.

But at this moment.

In Russell's astonished gaze, a white-haired girl who looked to be only 1.5 meters tall walked out of it carrying two large bags of heavy parts.

She looked to be only thirteen or fourteen years old, and her appearance was immature and delicate. With red eyes like pigeon's blood, the short snow-white hair that looks like a feather is caused by moderate spiritual affinity, and it blends with the ear feathers derived from the ears.

The girl's limbs were slender and her skin was fair. Obviously, there is a large area of skin exposed, but Russell can't see the traces of prosthetic transformation-

But what really caught Russell's eye was the halo above her head.

A beige aura of bright light hovered above her head, and a soft shimmer emanated from her entire body.

It's as if she has an extra background light on her, and she can spot it at a glance even if she is mixed in the crowd.

Although it was only the first time he had seen it, Russell could immediately tell that it was the brilliance of the power of the Holy Rank.

…… That is, angel?