Volume III Adriel 152: The Goal of the Seven Virtues
The arrogant Beastmaster finally recognized a human and gave him power, hoping that he would end his long life in captivity.
Of course, once he is liberated, or the "cold hell" isolated from the outside world is destroyed, his "doppelganger" will also come to the end of his life.
He was nothing but a dream of a false beast in its own form.
In this "dream", the children of nature, who have the potential to bring disaster to other races with just one word or action, can finally use their own strength to help others and feel the emotions reflected by others to themselves.
The heart made of ice will eventually melt, says Shirahashi to his favored Holy Cross Silph, one of the "Seven Virtues".
"It's a pity that we didn't get to see that moment with our own eyes." The Bishop raised his long, white hand above his head, and through the light in the room, he could vaguely see that the light could actually pass through the edge of the hand, "Norway fell before he could achieve his ideals, and for the next few years, I hid all over the world, only to be finally forced into that ice palace by the secret united front of humans and beasts. ”
"With the belief of seeing the 'living miracle' created by nature again, I have overcome the limits of being a human being and have been surviving in it."
He was clearly a living person, but parts of his body became transparent in some cases, as if he had been transformed into an ice sculpture.
"Mr. Shirahashi...... "That's why he wears a mask all the time?"
Sylph couldn't help but wonder what his face would look like without a mask. Can you see the muscles underneath the skin? Or did the whole skull become transparent together and be able to see through him what was behind him?
Despite this, she did not feel disgusted or disgusted at all, because this was the result of their leader courting the orcs, only to be defeated by the orc's power.
Mr. Shirahashi is a victim of the Orcs, so he can lead this human supremacist church to flourish.
At the same time, he also has empathy for the beasts, and is willing to think from the perspective of the beasts...... What a merciful man, unlike the other clergy who held the Holy Cross, those people's hatred for the beasts was so deep that they were unreasonable and treated humans and beasts in a beastly way.
Silver's ill will towards the orcs is not as intense as the other "virtues", so she is probably the most understanding of all the "virtues" that understands the bishop's state of mind.
They were all normal human beings, she thought, so they had a common language, which was why Mr. Shirahashi was willing to share his past and that of the other members of the Seven Virtues with him.
"Hehe, the most disgusting thing is really only the 'weak'." Sylph thought distractedly, the reason why she didn't hate orcs that much was probably because they all had a certain ability to protect themselves, "As long as it's something valuable, it's acceptable." ”
"Mr. Hakuhashi, the last human to be recognized by the Children of Nature must be the descendants of the 'Norvi'." She restrained her cranky thoughts in time, so as not to expose her true temperament to her superiors, "Although he was approved by the Beastmaster, he failed to respond to his expectations, because he was defeated and died in a foreign land, and did not destroy the Ice Hell and set the Beastmaster free." ”
This is all recorded in the documents of the Holy Cross.
"Novino renounced his human identity." There was a hint of sarcasm in Hakuhashi's tone, "He gave up his existence and was willing to give it to a doppelganger of the Children of Nature." ”
Sylph took a deep breath, and she could hear it a little, and their bishop's mood changed, and it began to clear and cloudy.
Is it because the actions of "Novino" were not in Whitebridge's plan? His approach deviated from Shirahashi's ideas, and Shirahashi was a human with a strong desire to control certain objects, and he must be particularly unaccustomed to it, enough to regard it as his own black history.
Silver thinks she knows the White Bridge mindset inside out.
Their bishop treats the humans who have been involved with all kinds of orcs after him with the attitude of "kindness" and "seniors treat super juniors" without discrimination, feeling that he can grasp the life trajectory of these special people after signing a contract with the orcs, and may even have written corresponding eulogies for them, and volunteered to officiate for them after they walked into the grave of fate.
Unexpectedly, Novino actually gave his life to the orcs completely.
Humans can laugh at their own kind, but the fact that he did so reminded Shirahashi of his best friend who died for his faith.
The man sacrificed his body to the "True Beast" after learning that he was at the end of his life, and although it appeared like wishful thinking of fanatics, Shirahashi was all too familiar with the human personality to know what choices he would make before he died.
That's why he was able to come back to lead the Holy Cross after so much experience - instead of continuing to be angry and hateful, he tried to use the Holy Cross as a medium to change the world with his own thoughts.
"Our plan is...... The purpose of this is to destroy the 'True Beast'. ”
As early as the founding of the Seven Virtues, he announced this goal to the followers of the Holy Cross, whom he reluctant.
"To this end, unite any object with whom you detest and cannot empathize, and you will be my strength, my eyes, my siblings, and I will be your brain, the source of your thoughts and beliefs."
"What good will it do to our civilization by eliminating the creatures that have materialized the concept of 'reality'?"
At that time, unlike other members who hated the Orcs to the extreme, so no matter which member of the Bishop of the Holy Cross wanted to kill, he expressed his doubts, "Tolerance", one of the "Seven Virtues", and he believed that the answer to the question given by Hakuhashi was very critical and would most likely determine his position.
"Planets that have lost their superficial significance...... 'Alternate Space' will set their sights on here." White Bridge gave an answer that was unclear at the time, but now they knew the significance of what happened.
The attention of "different time and space" means that this planet is about to usher in a new life.
The pattern of humans and orcs coexisting on the surface will also change.
They will be given a chance, a chance to truly become masters of this planet.
For human beings, this will no longer be the "other side", but "this shore", a world where "human beings can become the pinnacle" under their feet.
Once they were given a chance, after the Flower Emperor left the Holy Cross and became the "guardian beast" of a noble family in the kingdom of Adriel, who was unable to fulfill his duties due to the aftermath of the civil strife, and clashed with another Beastmaster who haunted the territory of Adriel out of some emotion that no one else could understand.
The battle between the two "Concept Beasts" ended in a narrow victory for the Flower Emperor, and the humans who realized it later missed this opportunity and never found his whereabouts again.
It may be that only the Emperor of Kasrano knew about the Beastmasters—a human who had good relations with both Beastmasters, but the followers of the Holy Cross were not immediately aware of this, until he also severed contact with them.
The Emperor of Caslano befriended the Clone of the Beastmaster, and years later, when Adriel sent an invincible general, he traveled thousands of miles to the dark forest where the Flower Emperor lived in seclusion, and personally invited another Beastmaster.
The forces of the humans uniting the two of them confused right and wrong, plunging Adriel into chaos and nearing a repeat of the rebellion of years ago.
"Mr. Whitebridge, brothers Green and Geert are back." Although she wanted to continue listening to the bishop's story, she had to report to him on the new developments, "They seemed to have failed, and the face looked guilty." ”
She was very mean towards the brothers, and did not at all deserve her code name "Gentle".
Because she looked down on both of them from the bottom of her heart, and didn't bother to call them by code names - the two brothers were the "weaklings" she had thought of earlier, worthless, without a mind of their own, and only thinking of killing all the stupid people of the orcs she could see.
They don't even know what the orcs are! I don't know the difference between living beings, demon beasts, fairy beasts, divine beasts, or animal beasts and plant beasts!
Two brain-killing embryos, why did Mr. Shirahashi choose them? Is it because of their hatred of the orcs? But there are many such people in the Holy Cross.
Or maybe it's because the "curse" carried by one of them is related to the beast king "Hideous", plus they all have the talent to control spiritual power, although it is not high...... Silver thought haphazardly, not caring if what the two men said when they entered the door matched her guesses.
Anyway, no matter what kind of behavior they did, Mr. Shirahashi was mentally prepared for it, and he didn't have the slightest surprise at all.
Even if they say, "We've slaughtered the 'hideous'."
"We'll kill him, won't we, brother?"
"Hmm...... I used the 'Seal Proof' you gave. ”
"Use up the 'transfer certificate' as well, otherwise we will probably have to delay on the road for half a day, right, brother?"
"Well...... Miss 'Gentle', we will go and apply to Father Divary for a new 'Certificate of Transfer' ourselves, so I won't bother you." Green turned sideways and greeted Silph, who was looking down at them.
The "Evidence of Transfer" is a man-made prop engraved into the "Transfer" type of miracle, and after making a certain contribution to the Holy Cross, believers can ask a familiar priest or nun to apply for one, which is a very convenient tool in daily life, so it is very popular with the believers of the Holy Cross and the ordinary people near the church.
The brothers have executed a lot of orcs in the past few years and accumulated a lot of contributions, so they have changed a bunch of such props.
However, as the frequency of receiving tasks increases, the number of consumables in their hands is also decreasing, and sometimes they suddenly lack items at hand, and they will ask their occasional colleagues of the "Seven Virtues" to borrow them.
And because there are too many tasks to complete, in most cases, they will not go out of their way to return it, but will wait until the next time they act together, and take the initiative to ask for instructions to use the miracle creations they hold.
Although it was only a small incident, however, this incident also became the source of the conflict between the brothers and Sylph in a sense.
Because the "Seven Virtues" were originally established to act for the same "big goal", except for the almost inseparable brothers, the opportunity for each member to perform the same task is pitiful, and besides, not every action requires the use of miracle creations.
Sylph apparently "gived" more times than the brothers returned the gift, and over time, no matter how indifferent she was at first, she gradually began to feel unbalanced inside.
In the face of her brother's accosting, she turned her head away and answered softly, still maintaining an attitude that she didn't care what they did.
In her opinion, it was a fool's dream for the two brothers to seal and kill the Beastmaster.
They probably did some impulsive actions again, and then misunderstood their own behavior...... I'm afraid that their actions will also be a precursor to something to come.