Chapter 402 – Part 2) 4. Dying Candle (4)※
This world is unfair.
A talent or quality that has been present since birth. Personality, inclination, family problems, growth environment, etc.
In all of that, humans were never fair.
From the daily problems of simply living in this world to the judgment of God that must be received after death.
They say that God never gives you a test you can’t overcome, but no matter how you look at it, that’s just nonsense.
In this world, except for a very small number of people, being born and living in this world was nothing but pain.
What on earth is the problem?
The King of Shelton grew up being taught that he must become a saintly king since he was young.
That’s why he was always worried.
What is a holy king?
There could have been many interpretations of what a holy king is, but this was the conclusion he came to as a child.
The king who can make everyone happy is called the Holy King.
That’s why he thought and thought about how everyone could be happy.
Meanwhile, he came to the conclusion that in order for everyone to be happy, they must first know what happiness is and its essence, so he began to find out what happiness is.
Starting from slaves, farmers, merchants, commoners, etc. And even to the nobility.
After learning about countless happinesses, he came to one conclusion.
You can’t make everyone happy.
No matter what I did, I couldn’t make everyone happy.
Someone’s happiness inevitably brought about someone else’s unhappiness.
At first, he couldn’t understand this, but the more he understood about happiness, the more he realized that for someone to be happy, unhappiness must arise somewhere that seems completely unrelated.
Its cause and effect was indeed complex.
Some people need very little to be happy. Someone needed so much to be happy.
Then, I have thought about what it would be like to sacrifice a little to those who need too much to extract as much happiness as possible from those who do not need much to be happy, and to sacrifice a little to those who need a lot to be happy. As a result, I came to a fascinating conclusion.
If you do that, the country will be devastated.
I can’t believe it, but it was true.
In order to make people happy who can be happy with little, the country basically had to be strong.
However, in order to strengthen the country, the power of those who could be happy was needed only if they had many things.
However, in that case, many people who would be happy with little could never be happy.
The gears that make up the numerous big and small and dizzying equations of happiness were saying this to him.
Happiness is an illusion.
If that were to be possible, a very strong power was needed to unify the entire world, move with a unified policy, and control it.
But that was impossible.
In order to become a saint, the happiness and wishes of many people in Shelton, etc.
After seeing their tendencies and essence, he realized that there was more suffering in this world than he thought.
A slave is a slave. A commoner is a commoner. Merchants, nobles, and royalty.
Even if we gave up on making everyone happy and set the goal low to the level of not everyone is unhappy, it was too difficult.
Because everything was unfair from the beginning.
Talents and qualities given at birth, as well as issues related to one’s natural status or family. Problems of the surrounding environment. An element of luck that results in different results even under the same conditions. And issues such as the personality or inclination of each individual who accepts such things.
The result of that complicated calculation told him that being born into this world itself was a misfortune.
As he understood everyone’s pain and tried to achieve everyone’s happiness, he soon became a king and did not give up after that. As a result of continuing to worry and worry, he came to one conclusion.
In order for everyone to be happy, everyone needs to be gone.
Someone’s happiness ultimately leads to someone else’s unhappiness, depending on the formula of a complicated equation.
Strangely enough, someone’s misfortune did not bring someone else’s happiness.
Someone’s unhappiness is just misfortune. It may or may not bring other people’s happiness, but on the contrary, it also brings other people’s unhappiness.
There is only one way to untie this complicated knot.
Cutting off that knot.
He concluded that all we had to do was cut off this tangled knot called humanity.
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“Don’t you understand? “Being born into this world in the first place is a punishment”
The red-haired girl, who looked exactly like Yuria when she was young, stepped forward in front of her.
Looking at the girl like that, Lilith couldn’t understand what exactly this girl was trying to do, but she could instinctively feel that it was something very dangerous.
Above all, I had a very strong feeling that things would not be very good for me right now.
And I also have the feeling that the result will be something that will cause a huge disruption to Yuria’s plan.
“It may not be possible to eliminate the pain that has already been experienced, but at least it will ease future pain and prevent suffering from those who have not yet been born into this world.”
“Not everyone is unhappy or in pain!”
“You’re selfish. “They are just shameless people who say that because they are happy, they can tolerate the misfortune of others.”
Lilith wanted to deny the girl’s words, but she was left speechless.
It’s definitely far-fetched.
However, Lilith was speechless as to how to deny it.
“Many people say this to those who cry out about their misfortune. Do you think you are the only one who is having a hard time and suffering? But this is the greatest injustice. There are people who can be happy even when they are in pain and suffering, and there are people who cannot be happy when they are in pain and suffering, and these are issues that can never be resolved through effort.”
There are people who cannot achieve something even if they try hard.
There are people who, no matter how hard they try to achieve something, instead of becoming disciplined, their bodies just break down.
Even if there is talent, there are many cases where that talent is trampled upon.
“Society requires countless unhappiness in order to achieve the happiness of a few. In order for everyone in this world to be happy, the resources in this world are too limited. Be it material, spiritual or anything else. Nevertheless, too many resources are being used to create more misfortune, and there is no way to change that.”
Lilith couldn’t deny what she said.
“Therefore. In order to be truly fair and equal, this world must be destroyed. That is true happiness.”
“It’s sophistry”
“Know. “At least it’s sophistry”
Surprisingly, the girl admitted it.
“But there is no way to balance happiness and unhappiness in this world.”
In order to end the misfortune and suffering in this world, the girl was saying that she would bring about the end of this world.
“Humans are human, but aren’t gods also cruel? “Their test wasn’t fair from the beginning.”
It was different from the personality and disposition given from the beginning, and how a person feels and accepts what he has experienced is not something that can be overcome through effort.
Even the gods were saying that this was not something that was possible with human power, and it was as if even the gods acknowledged that this test was not fair.
There are people who pass the test very easily because they not only have this kind of personality and disposition, but also the surrounding environment is so good.
There are some people who have the worst characteristics and all the conditions given to them.
Therefore, the girl’s father wanted to save not only this world but also those who were not yet born, who would receive the punishment promised in this unfair test.
As human history continues, the number of people who will suffer this insurmountable punishment continues to increase.
This cycle of misfortune and pain had to be broken here.
Her father’s conclusion was that happiness is a sin.
In any case, in the end, happiness is the pain and misfortune of countless people. It blooms through sacrifice as nourishment.
From the moment he knew that, the King of Shelton could never be happy.
As Lilith looked at the girl like that, she felt more and more that the girl’s words were not just unreasonable, and she became more and more afraid.
Okay. Maybe happiness is a sin.
But… But even so, this wasn’t it.
If humans were to become extinct, it would be through the judgment of God, not humans. It was never done this way.
“What are you going to do to me?”
“Hehe, what’s wrong, sister? Have you already forgotten?”
The girl told Lilith that Liris already knew the answer.
But she couldn’t tell Lilith.
Of course, Lilith’s very existence was born to destroy this world as a Crimson Ant, but she is now a slightly unusual human being. What does she have that is special about her?
Hostage?
To Yuria, she wasn’t particularly precious.
Although she may be helping to some extent, she is only saying that she will take responsibility for what she has earned. In fact, she even said that Yuria would kill her if she had to.
Crimson Ant?
She already has no arguments about him.
At best, she is the only one left…
At best… ?
At that moment, Lilith’s body began to tremble.
Okay. The girl was right.
She already knew the answer.
Lilith quickly put her hand into her bag.
I have to die quickly!
However, the backpack that doubled as Yuria’s doll and A-space bag, which was turned around in front of her, was not an A-space bag, but only an ordinary cloth bag that reached her hand.
Lilith quickly stabbed the blade of her hand toward her heart with all her might.
However, what she touched was not the heart, but only the back of the girl’s hand.
When the girl reached, right in front of her lilith, she placed her hand on the chest of her lilith, protecting the heart of her lilith from the blade of her lilith’s hand.
“Ah, ahhh!!”
She quickly stretched out her tongue and tried to bite it, but before she knew it, the girl’s hand was inside her mouth.
No! No!! No!!!
Her own singularity.
Although it was not as good as Yuria, it had the optimal qualities to be a vessel for transcendental beings such as demons.
She is already an ordinary being, so there is no one who can stop her, and the only beings who can disrupt Yuria’s plan are those of a similar level.
Of course, Yuria also took care of such concerns, but although the girl in front of her was weaker than Yuria, she seemed to be superior to the current Yuria in terms of perfection.
Her actions, as written by Yuria, were something that could reap any amount.
Lilith, who had been pleading for some way to take her own breath, was suddenly caught by the girl’s grasp.
Wow -!!
“Kaaaaa!!”
Her jawbone was crushed, and her chin fell out.
As she was in tremendous pain and her tears were flowing down as if her tear ducts were broken, the girl’s hands fell on both of Lilith’s shoulders.
Wow! Wow!!
“Gyaaaaa!!”
Shoulder.
Elbow.
Wrist.
Hips. Knee. Ankle.
The girl broke half of Lilith’s joints and removed all of them so that she could not commit any acts of self-harm.
Her joint wasn’t just missing, it was broken.
Lilith just cried out in her pain.
It hurts!! It hurts!!
“So she shouldn’t have just accepted her fate, sister? Then she wouldn’t have been in so much pain.”
“Ugh, ah, ah!”
“Now, it’s time to finish your long wandering, sister, who has left home. “She must return to her mother now.”
Lilith fell into great despair, unable to even struggle through her pain.
