Chapter 30 - It's Precisely Because It's a Whim That I'll Make The World My Enemy.
Not all the solutions will come together here.
But I’m confident that we can find a direction.
Milva looked down and mumbled, but then …… turned to me as if she had made up her mind.
“I’m not going to be surprised by anything Al has to say anymore. I was born a little over 200 years ago, but …… I feel like I’ve been surprised for a thousand years in the last five minutes or so.”
“I don’t mean to surprise you at all. But since you’re in the human world, you should be surprised.”
“Al …… there are things called limits …….”
His father is gone, probably erased by the church.
It’s not a good idea for me to ask that.
Trying to ask out of curiosity will only hurt the person.
Moreover, this time, it’s not about asking about their problems.
I’m just trying to get information out of her.
Milva, who was looking at me with serious eyes, sighs lightly.
“It’s true what Vana said about Al’s habit of wanting to know and never asking anything insensitive …… Sixteen seems like a lie to me.”
“No, I’m a young sixteen-year-old.”
Milva gave me a stern look.
“Well, okay. My father was a companion of Eleni Chloros, the Fifth Apostle. He was not her lover, though.”
(T/N: The fifth apostle’s lastname is said for the first time.)
So here comes the fifth …… And a dangerous one at that.
This must be the most difficult thing for the church to cover up.
“I see, it’s true that you can see what happened after the death of the fifth.”
“Yes. Eleni lost her lover, Vasileos, in an incident. After that, she became emotionally unstable.”
It’s no good rushing to get to the bottom of things here.
It might hurt Milva unnecessarily.
I should ask an ordinary question to start a conversation.
“Is there a case where an apostle’s lover dies?”
“Yes, it’s a complicated story. And it’s not easy to talk about.”
So Milva’s father was aware of the situation.
“Did he die soon after she became unstable?”
“No, though he lived for a long time after that. My father had been attracted to her before the incident. After the incident, he distanced himself from her and only helped her in her adventures.”
That was a bit surprising. …… Not all of them believed in her blindly.
“The fact that you talked about it means …… there’s something different before and after the attraction, right?”
“Yes. When you were attracted to her, strangely enough, you were able to do what she expected of you smoothly.”
“After the distance, he couldn’t do that?”
Milva looked as if she was searching for an old memory.
“I wonder what he said. When I was attracted to her, it was like I was in some kind of dream, I think that’s what he said.”
Something like hypnosis?
“Doesn’t that kind of thing make you less accurate in everything you do?”
“The thing is, when you shoot a bow, it’s like you’re shooting mindlessly, and you hit the target perfectly.”
It’s like shooting a bow without thinking.
“So, when he kept his distance, it’s like waking up from a dream?”
“Yes. But I guess he felt he was more powerful at that time.”
I see… there is some kind of mental influence.
It’s like you don’t have to think about anything else.
“It’s like magic.”
Milva nodded slightly.
“That’s what my father also said. After Eleni’s death, the others started to feel as if they were waking up from a dream.”
“Did your father ask his friends about this?”
“At Eleni’s funeral, the friends met and reminisced. That’s when they talked about it.”
“Did your father change after she died?”
“He didn’t change at all.”
Is it a spiritual connection …… or does the influence disappear when the center stops?
“The technology that the apostles brought with them will be obsolete after that. Did that have an effect on you?”
“I heard that they forgot how to use the technology day by day. It was like they couldn’t remember.”
They taught the technology, but it didn’t take root as knowledge?
“That seems to have confused society.”
Milva looked puzzled.
Maybe she didn’t hear any specific social changes.
“After that, there were crop failures and unexplained disease outbreaks, and …… people disappeared from the place.”
That’s true, too, It’s become a danger zone.
“Aren’t pilgrimage sites created right after the death of the apostles?”
Milva pondered for a moment, as if remembering something.
“When I saw it secretly, it was about 30 years after her death …… and the church recognized it as a sacred place. And it looks like the Knights Order are rebuilding their base.”
Is that like super short-term radiation?
If it was radiation, it should be worse.
“What an annoying story.”
It was a simple comment, but for some reason, Milva seemed to catch on to it and she started laughing as hard as she could.
She was laughing with tears in her eyes, but after she calmed down, her expression became serious.
“You really don’t worship the apostles, do you, Al?”
“You really think so?”
“Yes, it would be a problem if the church people found out about such an attitude.”
I sighed.
“They’re quite the troublesome people.”
""
Milva started laughing again.
Suddenly her face became more serious than before.
“My father’s attitude isn’t as much as Al’s, but …… he doesn’t worship them, you know. That’s why he was killed by the church. There’s no proof, though.”
Oh, I knew it.
If the apostle’s collaborators didn’t worship them, it would be a very bad thing for the church.
I think it’s best to make my position somewhat clear.
She took a lot of risk to teach me this.
I looked at her like she was an idiot.
“If you keep hanging on to a fiction, you’ll get caught up in it. The means are replaced by the end. It’s a foolish thing to do.”
Milva gave me an amused look.
“Are you sure? Saying something like that?”
“If the facts are stupid, just say stupid. It’s against my principles to pretend that I’m smart.”
Milva is looking at me with calm eyes.
I wondered if she could get along with Kiara.
“I guess it’s fine to talk to Al about it. About the incident with the loss of Vasileos.”
I know what happened.
But if she’s prepared to tell me, I should accept it.
“There was something about Eleni that made you suspicious, wasn’t there?”
“Yes, Vasileos’ death was his own fault.”
◆◇◆◇◆
What Milva said was almost exactly the same as what Kiara said.
It made me sigh again and again.
I shook my head strongly, as if to shake off something unpleasant.
“She’s crazy…”
The tone of my voice came out.
Milva pretended not to notice.
“My father said it was wrong, too, so we went there to try to save the children.”
I know, but no matter how many times I hear it, it’s still disgusting.
I silently prompted her to continue.
“Under a tree …… there were dead bodies of children lying on the ground, stabbing each other. The truth is, my father also wanted Eleni to be brought to justice. He said that this kind of punishment was nothing more than a private punishment. But the story was not so simple …… My father’s clan was at war with the Dark Elves. And we had Eleni to protect the clan.”
Politically, it’s a difficult story to tell.
“So?”
“In the end …… we ended up pretending we didn’t see it. My father had to turn a blind eye, though, for the sake of the clan. Elves are long-lived. They try to live as righteously as possible, and they hate ugly conduct. Because if they don’t, they will have to live with it forever. They say that if you don’t care about the ugliness, your appearance will gradually change and you will become a different species. It’s said that elves’ minds tend to be reflected in their bodies. That’s why they get help from people like Eleni, who think they’re right about everything. Some of them couldn’t stand it anymore. So now they’ve decided to move to the Ravenna Region.”
I guess it’s fear or loathing to be a different creature.
I wonder what happened to the remaining elves.
It would be tactless to pry into this.
Instead, let’s ask the safe story.
“I’ve never heard of elves living in the Ravenna region.”
Milva shrugged her shoulders.
“That’s something the church denies the existence of. If you don’t hide, they’ll erase you. My father knows what Eleni has done and he will live a long life. And when Eleni dies, he won’t be able to protect the clan anymore. And it wouldn’t be good for the church if he told the truth.”
“It’s amazing that …… you made it out safely, Ms. Milva.”
Milva looked down with a pained look on her face.
“I was on an errand in another village when my father and mother were attacked. At first glance, it looked like the work of monsters. Before he died, my father told me that if anything happened to him, I would have to disappear for a hundred years. So I hid in another tribe.”
The question still deepened.
“Why have you come out now?”
“Actually, I don’t know either. I had a sudden and strong feeling that I had to go to Ravenna Region …… I don’t know why.”
I’m sorry …… It’s probably my fault.
I got her into a bad situation.
""
I feel responsible, albeit unconsciously.
I stared at Milva in silence.
She’s an enemy of the world just like Kiara …… I’m weak in this kind of situation ……
And perhaps it’s because of me that I’ve put Milva in harm’s way.
It’s also digging up a painful past.
I need to make it up to her to make me feel better.
This can be an unnecessary burden.
But …… I decided to be honest with myself.
“I will protect that village to the best of my ability.”
Milva smiled.
“Why would you do such a dangerous thing?”
""
“I just didn’t like the idea of you being in such an unfortunate situation, Ms. Milva. That’s just what I thought.”
Milva laughed at my uncharacteristically unreasonable reason.
“You can’t make an enemy of the world in a whim, you know.”
In the end, it’s all about likes and dislikes.
Milva didn’t like the state in which she lives in such hiding.
“It’s precisely because it’s a whim that I’ll make the world my enemy.”
Milva laughed a lot.
When she finished laughing, there was a glint in her eyes.
If she thought the world was her enemy, she would be happy to have an ally, be it a demon or a devil.
“Al really is a very strange person, I’ll try not to bother you as much as I can. But …… I really appreciate it.”
I smiled back, but it was probably going to be an evil man’s laugh ……
“You’re welcome.”
It’s getting clearer what I’m going to do.
I’m almost ready to make a decision.
Chapter 30 - It's Precisely Because It's a Whim That I'll Make The World My Enemy.
Not all the solutions will come together here.
But I’m confident that we can find a direction.
Milva looked down and mumbled, but then …… turned to me as if she had made up her mind.
“I’m not going to be surprised by anything Al has to say anymore. I was born a little over 200 years ago, but …… I feel like I’ve been surprised for a thousand years in the last five minutes or so.”
“I don’t mean to surprise you at all. But since you’re in the human world, you should be surprised.”
“Al …… there are things called limits …….”
His father is gone, probably erased by the church.
It’s not a good idea for me to ask that.
Trying to ask out of curiosity will only hurt the person.
Moreover, this time, it’s not about asking about their problems.
I’m just trying to get information out of her.
Milva, who was looking at me with serious eyes, sighs lightly.
“It’s true what Vana said about Al’s habit of wanting to know and never asking anything insensitive …… Sixteen seems like a lie to me.”
“No, I’m a young sixteen-year-old.”
Milva gave me a stern look.
“Well, okay. My father was a companion of Eleni Chloros, the Fifth Apostle. He was not her lover, though.”
(T/N: The fifth apostle’s lastname is said for the first time.)
So here comes the fifth …… And a dangerous one at that.
This must be the most difficult thing for the church to cover up.
“I see, it’s true that you can see what happened after the death of the fifth.”
“Yes. Eleni lost her lover, Vasileos, in an incident. After that, she became emotionally unstable.”
It’s no good rushing to get to the bottom of things here.
It might hurt Milva unnecessarily.
I should ask an ordinary question to start a conversation.
“Is there a case where an apostle’s lover dies?”
“Yes, it’s a complicated story. And it’s not easy to talk about.”
So Milva’s father was aware of the situation.
“Did he die soon after she became unstable?”
“No, though he lived for a long time after that. My father had been attracted to her before the incident. After the incident, he distanced himself from her and only helped her in her adventures.”
That was a bit surprising. …… Not all of them believed in her blindly.
“The fact that you talked about it means …… there’s something different before and after the attraction, right?”
“Yes. When you were attracted to her, strangely enough, you were able to do what she expected of you smoothly.”
“After the distance, he couldn’t do that?”
Milva looked as if she was searching for an old memory.
“I wonder what he said. When I was attracted to her, it was like I was in some kind of dream, I think that’s what he said.”
Something like hypnosis?
“Doesn’t that kind of thing make you less accurate in everything you do?”
“The thing is, when you shoot a bow, it’s like you’re shooting mindlessly, and you hit the target perfectly.”
It’s like shooting a bow without thinking.
“So, when he kept his distance, it’s like waking up from a dream?”
“Yes. But I guess he felt he was more powerful at that time.”
I see… there is some kind of mental influence.
It’s like you don’t have to think about anything else.
“It’s like magic.”
Milva nodded slightly.
“That’s what my father also said. After Eleni’s death, the others started to feel as if they were waking up from a dream.”
“Did your father ask his friends about this?”
“At Eleni’s funeral, the friends met and reminisced. That’s when they talked about it.”
“Did your father change after she died?”
“He didn’t change at all.”
Is it a spiritual connection …… or does the influence disappear when the center stops?
“The technology that the apostles brought with them will be obsolete after that. Did that have an effect on you?”
“I heard that they forgot how to use the technology day by day. It was like they couldn’t remember.”
They taught the technology, but it didn’t take root as knowledge?
“That seems to have confused society.”
Milva looked puzzled.
Maybe she didn’t hear any specific social changes.
“After that, there were crop failures and unexplained disease outbreaks, and …… people disappeared from the place.”
That’s true, too, It’s become a danger zone.
“Aren’t pilgrimage sites created right after the death of the apostles?”
Milva pondered for a moment, as if remembering something.
“When I saw it secretly, it was about 30 years after her death …… and the church recognized it as a sacred place. And it looks like the Knights Order are rebuilding their base.”
Is that like super short-term radiation?
If it was radiation, it should be worse.
“What an annoying story.”
It was a simple comment, but for some reason, Milva seemed to catch on to it and she started laughing as hard as she could.
She was laughing with tears in her eyes, but after she calmed down, her expression became serious.
“You really don’t worship the apostles, do you, Al?”
“You really think so?”
“Yes, it would be a problem if the church people found out about such an attitude.”
I sighed.
“They’re quite the troublesome people.”
""
Milva started laughing again.
Suddenly her face became more serious than before.
“My father’s attitude isn’t as much as Al’s, but …… he doesn’t worship them, you know. That’s why he was killed by the church. There’s no proof, though.”
Oh, I knew it.
If the apostle’s collaborators didn’t worship them, it would be a very bad thing for the church.
I think it’s best to make my position somewhat clear.
She took a lot of risk to teach me this.
I looked at her like she was an idiot.
“If you keep hanging on to a fiction, you’ll get caught up in it. The means are replaced by the end. It’s a foolish thing to do.”
Milva gave me an amused look.
“Are you sure? Saying something like that?”
“If the facts are stupid, just say stupid. It’s against my principles to pretend that I’m smart.”
Milva is looking at me with calm eyes.
I wondered if she could get along with Kiara.
“I guess it’s fine to talk to Al about it. About the incident with the loss of Vasileos.”
I know what happened.
But if she’s prepared to tell me, I should accept it.
“There was something about Eleni that made you suspicious, wasn’t there?”
“Yes, Vasileos’ death was his own fault.”
◆◇◆◇◆
What Milva said was almost exactly the same as what Kiara said.
It made me sigh again and again.
I shook my head strongly, as if to shake off something unpleasant.
“She’s crazy…”
The tone of my voice came out.
Milva pretended not to notice.
“My father said it was wrong, too, so we went there to try to save the children.”
I know, but no matter how many times I hear it, it’s still disgusting.
I silently prompted her to continue.
“Under a tree …… there were dead bodies of children lying on the ground, stabbing each other. The truth is, my father also wanted Eleni to be brought to justice. He said that this kind of punishment was nothing more than a private punishment. But the story was not so simple …… My father’s clan was at war with the Dark Elves. And we had Eleni to protect the clan.”
Politically, it’s a difficult story to tell.
“So?”
“In the end …… we ended up pretending we didn’t see it. My father had to turn a blind eye, though, for the sake of the clan. Elves are long-lived. They try to live as righteously as possible, and they hate ugly conduct. Because if they don’t, they will have to live with it forever. They say that if you don’t care about the ugliness, your appearance will gradually change and you will become a different species. It’s said that elves’ minds tend to be reflected in their bodies. That’s why they get help from people like Eleni, who think they’re right about everything. Some of them couldn’t stand it anymore. So now they’ve decided to move to the Ravenna Region.”
I guess it’s fear or loathing to be a different creature.
I wonder what happened to the remaining elves.
It would be tactless to pry into this.
Instead, let’s ask the safe story.
“I’ve never heard of elves living in the Ravenna region.”
Milva shrugged her shoulders.
“That’s something the church denies the existence of. If you don’t hide, they’ll erase you. My father knows what Eleni has done and he will live a long life. And when Eleni dies, he won’t be able to protect the clan anymore. And it wouldn’t be good for the church if he told the truth.”
“It’s amazing that …… you made it out safely, Ms. Milva.”
Milva looked down with a pained look on her face.
“I was on an errand in another village when my father and mother were attacked. At first glance, it looked like the work of monsters. Before he died, my father told me that if anything happened to him, I would have to disappear for a hundred years. So I hid in another tribe.”
The question still deepened.
“Why have you come out now?”
“Actually, I don’t know either. I had a sudden and strong feeling that I had to go to Ravenna Region …… I don’t know why.”
I’m sorry …… It’s probably my fault.
I got her into a bad situation.
""
I feel responsible, albeit unconsciously.
I stared at Milva in silence.
She’s an enemy of the world just like Kiara …… I’m weak in this kind of situation ……
And perhaps it’s because of me that I’ve put Milva in harm’s way.
It’s also digging up a painful past.
I need to make it up to her to make me feel better.
This can be an unnecessary burden.
But …… I decided to be honest with myself.
“I will protect that village to the best of my ability.”
Milva smiled.
“Why would you do such a dangerous thing?”
""
“I just didn’t like the idea of you being in such an unfortunate situation, Ms. Milva. That’s just what I thought.”
Milva laughed at my uncharacteristically unreasonable reason.
“You can’t make an enemy of the world in a whim, you know.”
In the end, it’s all about likes and dislikes.
Milva didn’t like the state in which she lives in such hiding.
“It’s precisely because it’s a whim that I’ll make the world my enemy.”
Milva laughed a lot.
When she finished laughing, there was a glint in her eyes.
If she thought the world was her enemy, she would be happy to have an ally, be it a demon or a devil.
“Al really is a very strange person, I’ll try not to bother you as much as I can. But …… I really appreciate it.”
I smiled back, but it was probably going to be an evil man’s laugh ……
“You’re welcome.”
It’s getting clearer what I’m going to do.
I’m almost ready to make a decision.
