Chapter 231: Lone Hero (1/2)
Grace shook her head, ”That's right.”
Calvin's pupils constricted.
”So I didn't actually come here to help humanity, but only to hasten its death?”
”No...” Grace smiled, ”No one knows for sure as to what kind of impact you'll bring...”
”But I sure am certain that it is positive. Besides, now that you already know that your presence alone is hastening the death of humanity, wouldn't that mean that you don't have to hold back anymore? I can feel it, Calvin... You're holding back.”
”You might look okay on the surface, but you are suffering inside, right?”
”It must be tough having no one to talk about your worries. It's okay, you can tell me what you feel. Tell me what you're planning to do, and tell me everything that had happened to you in the past...”
”You have my Commandment, and I can say that we are comrades with the same goals and minds. Why not we support each other in these hard times?”
Calvin stared absentmindedly at Grace.
That's right...
He had always been alone.
Sure, he had a lot of friends and comrades, but he had always been alone whenever shit goes south.
When his plans succeeded, he earned the praise of everyone.
But whenever it failed, they would seem to forget his previous achievements and only criticize him based on his failures.
A single failure was enough to condemn a genius as a mediocre man? What kind of logic was that?
Calvin had always been alone.
Even more so now that he was the only person that knew of the upcoming invasion of the invaders.
With the burden of action on his lone shoulders, it was slowly proving too difficult for him to endure.
But Calvin had always been enduring.
His persistent heart had become his sole coping mechanism.
It didn't matter if he was alone. He was a man on a mission. He didn't need anyone's recognition.
So long as there was a peaceful world after his demise, everything didn't matter.
But now that Grace had revealed the apprehension that he had tried his best to hide, Calvin felt naked.
He didn't know what to do.
For the first time in decades, he was genuinely confused.
Afraid of betrayals, Calvin was hesitant to say anything, but his overburdened heart begged to differ.
What should I do?
Calvin inwardly mumbled.
Grace saw the confusion on Calvin's face and she moved closer to him.
Without saying anything, she brought Calvin into her embrace.
”You don't have to hide anything from me. Tell me the details. I know that we've already talked about your past once, but I know that you haven't told me everything,yet.” Grace's gentle voice resounded.
Her divinity seemed to have awakened as Calvin felt a gentle warmth coursing through his entire body.
This warmth...
It seemed similar to the warmth that anyone could feel while they were in the bosom of their most beloved ones.
”You must be worried that your actions of telling me everything would drastically change the future, right?”
Grace rubbed the crown of Calvin's head, ”But does that even matter? The future is always changing. The outcomes would always be different. There is no such thing as pre-destined fate. At least, that's how it always has been.”
”Since the future is constantly changing anyway, why should you be afraid of change? Why should this lone, and unknown hero... be afraid of change?”
Calvin's figure trembled for a moment before Grace felt something wet on her chest.
A smile spread on her face.
But she didn't say anything.
She just stood there—holding the trembling figure of the lone, unrecognized hero who had once saved the world but had his glory stolen from him after a series of betrayals.
Calvin's words that had turned to ice seemed to have been thawed.
He spent the entire night telling Grace the details that he had hidden when they once talked about his past.
Of course, he hid some details that were just too sensitive for them to talk about.
But most of them were only related to Herscher.
Calvin still found it hard to talk about her even now.
”I see, so that charming man's goal is to take down the Primordial Cradle...”
”His estimated arrival is ten years from now, and he'll take at least a century before he takes down the Primordial Cradle.”
”That's not a lot of time.” Grace wore a serious look on her face.
”What exactly is the Primordial Cradle?” Calvin asked.
”The Primordial Cradle houses an infant,” Grace replied.
”An infant?” Calvin was confused, ”What do you mean?”
”The infant housed within the Primordial Cradle is the genesis of the natural laws. Taking the Primordial Cradle down means that the previously infinite and omnipresent natural laws will become finite...”
”What's more, I guess their goal is to tame that infant within the Primordial Cradle and monopolize the natural laws for their own use.”
”But why would they even do that? Wouldn't turning the natural laws into a finite concept be disadvantageous to them?” Calvin asked.
Grace bitterly smiled, ”That's right. But since they are trying to take down the Primordial Cradle. The natural laws of the world must be useless to them...”
”In short, since they do not care about the natural laws of the world. They must be outlanders from another world. That's the only explanation that I can think of which actually makes sense in the long run.”
”Outlanders from another world? Wait!”
Calvin suddenly interrupted, ”Just what are these natural laws? Could it be something that has a lot of mass and energy?”
”That's right.” Grace nodded, ”We've created the world of Las Felipinas through the Primordial Cradle. However, the Primordial Cradle has intelligence. They probably failed to tame the Primordial Cradle and as a result, they were forced to destroy it.”
”As for the reason why they destroyed it, it should probably because they didn't want their enemies to get a hold of the Primordial Cradle.”