Chapter 91: Tilting Scale Balance (4) (1/2)
Chapter 91: Tilting Scale Balance (4)
After bickering for a while, the pair of brother and sister not related by blood fell asleep in the pond before waking up the next day Unable to forget yesterday’s defeat, Hawa said, “I have been living so thoughtlessly these past weeks I’onna sharpen my rusty battle senses When I come back, let’s battle properly” With that, she went outside
‘She first said she lost because she was caught off guard Now she says it’s because she’s gotten rusty’ Chi-Woo wondered what Hawa’s third reason would be if she lost to hio to the upper floor right away, and after taking a bath, he properly put on his torn and ragged clothes He had overcoainst the , he had washed away yet another painful s, Chi-Woo thought he had the qualifications to do what he should’ve done froone, so after tidying up his clothes, Chi-Woo went up to the statue with a thu about what he should do, Chi-Woo kneeled, bowed his head, and clasped his hands in prayer
‘I want to thank you first’ Thanks to La Bella, Chi-Woo was able to co the Styx River Furthermore, they had been well fed and hydrated in the sanctuary due to the food and water created by the Goddess And above all, Chi-Woo gained the power to survive on Liber thanks to her blessings Chi-Woo was so grateful that he didn’t knoas going to pay her back for all those favors The least he could do was express his gratitude to the Goddess
‘I’d also like to apologize’ Chi-Woo knew the reason why La Bella showed only her favor to Chi-Woo On the first day he arrived at the cave, he had seen a h he didn’t admit it out loud, Chi-Woo wanted the power to survive on Liber, and La Bella was the one who granted this desire The World Milestone guided Chi-Woo to the now forgotten and lost sanctuary, and now that he was at the sanctuary, Chi-Woo had the obligation to swear by La Bella’s na this obligation all this ti would change even if he swore by the Goddess’ name And secondly, he remembered what Shahnaz had told him
[A hero has to live and swear by their conviction, and a God selects a hero whose conviction coincides with theirs]
[In short, a conviction could also be a form of a ‘promise’ A promise must be kept at all costs, and if a hero breaks the promise, the relationshi+p falls apart]
[Thus, it’s very i conviction If a hero for beliefs, they would clash frequently about every matter In those cases, it would have been better for them to have not established a relationshi+p at all]
While Chi-Woo no longer worried that the Goddess’s blessing would have no effect on him, he was still unsure if he could serve the Goddess in the ways that Shahnaz had told him about He was bothered that there was currently al La Bella, and additionally, he was bothered by how serving herto Liber
“To tell you the truth, I’m still unsure,” Chi-Woo muttered with his eyes closed “I didn’t come to this world to save it I came here for a very personal reason” He had come to Liber to solve the mystery of his birth and to return hoinal liveliness if they both caoal was to return to his past, comparatively normal lifestyle
“Further for a while, Chi-Woo said, “My lifeht of saving a world even once” Chi-Woo confessed what he had never told anyone until now It felt like he was inside a confessional pouring everything in his heart out Still, he had gained too much from the Goddess, and Chi-Woo always paid back what he had received One way to return the favors he received earing by La Bella’s name
But before that, Chi-Woo wanted to speak candidly “Of course, things have changed for e sensation; it felt as if the ated He peeked his eyes open and realized that he was no longer at the sanctuary, but a white space And there stood a tall wo half of her face Chi-Woo instinctively kneho she was The scale balance she was raising in one hand and the mysterious, warm, and wise air that she radiated were exactly the saaped at her
It was baffling The wohtly shorter than hi off froiant monster he encountered at the EvalayaHe felt as if he was facing a true giant who could shoulder the weight of the heavens above her Overwhelmed by her iain But he wasn’t afraid It see quietly for hith froain
“Although not by a lot, ed now…” Chi-Woo continued in a low voice “But ed” He had to save Liber to a certain extent—only then would he be able to survive, meet his brother more easily, and above all, return home with hiht refuse to return until he saved Liber
When he said that his mission was to save ‘the world which had fallen into chaos’, it s It didn’t mean that Chi-Woo wanted to save the world for soarded the salvation of Liber as the oals
“I don’t knohat you think, Goddess La Bella, but…” Yet, Chi-Woo didn’t think he rong Even the Celestial Realm didn’t seek Liber’s salvation, but for the heroes to stabilize the situation there to the point that salvation was possible As Zelit had said before, the recruits were brought to Liber as expendables, and there was no need for the the world completely
“But if you are still fine with me with all this…” Chi-Woo trailed off and clasped hishe wanted to say and waited for La Bella to answer Soant yet clear and calm voice resonated in his ears and brain si La Bella’s voice directly Chi-Woo focused all his senses on his ears
—But there’s one thing you are
La Bella continued
—You talked about the nor it Do you kno difficult and strenuous it would be to reach this nor the current state of affairs?
If one only considered Chi-Woo’s pursuit of the normalization of Liber, he matched ith La Balla since she was a Goddess of perfect neutrality who sought balance However, even that was extre the orize all the forces that were inal inhabitants who used to rule over Liber as “good”, the ratio of evil to good was currently 9999 to 001 That was how much the scale was tilted to one side, and it seee the ratio to 50:50
—Events beyond your andwould be thrown in your way Knowing all this, do you still swear by what you’ve said?
“Yes,” Chi-Woo immediately replied
La Bella stared closely at hiy had been e from Chi-Woo’s back for a while now
—Hmph
La Bella heard a snort when she stared past Chi-Woo’s shoulders
—La Bella…a lineage of Jupiter and the daughter of a maiden Goddess…
Princess Saheu, who hadLa Bella
—Well, she’s not bad I guess a God at her level is all right
Surprisingly, her evaluation of La Bella wasn’t bad In her own right, La Bella was a “pure-blood” God born fro history In Princess Saheu’s perspective, she was much better than Shahnaz, as born as a hue
—When humans fell into corruption and all Gods turned their backs on them, your mother was the only one who stayed behind and called for justice Of course, she became sick of human’s evil acts and eventually returned to the heavens, but…
—I wonder what you’ll be like?
—You, the daughter of Astraea, the o, and the one who inherited the scale of balance of the Goddess of justice Someone of your caliber must have noticed the limitless potential of this child
La Bella fell silent since she understood Princess Saheu’s intentions
—Will you be able to guide this child withoutany mistakes or missteps?