54 Lesson 53: The Truth (2/2)

Are you telling me it's caused by memories from a previous life?... I can't tell you how impossible that is!?

”Rare is rare, but you can't use magic because it's unfavourable from birth, or inferior...?

”I'm sure it's the” unbelievable. ”But the” rare man ”I've seen has accomplished what has been called the impossible. There's nothing magical about it.”

”I wanted to use that magic!

”Though I use spiritual stones for magic, which is the business of spirits, I think it's so much more awesome to create them in the form of tools...? And flying in the sky what? Where did that idea come from? It's like a rare beast.”

”Don't call me a rare beast!

What a rude ancestor!... I know exactly what Lumiel is all about. If this is true, it tastes so bad that I can't tell you who I am in a detour.

If such facts are to be brightened, the foundation of the faith of the Kingdom of Palletia can be shaken. I don't like people whose faith is biased, but that's why I don't think it would be good to be doomed.

”... spiritual covenant means covenant with your inner spirits to exchange your souls, right?

”Yes, I am.”

”But it's also true that it's you, isn't it? What exactly are the after-effects?

”There are differences in degrees, but the human body is no longer anything more than a” vessel. ”I guess I should just say I'm going to lose my sense of being human. If it's horrible, you can replace emotions, thoughts, desires with spiritual soles.”

”... so we lose everything. Does that mean joy as a person, life?

”That's right. 'Cause you're gonna be a spirit. The future as a person is lost instead of gaining power. We can't get old, we can't go through time together, we just stay the same. None of this distracts me from maintaining the vessel. See? You'll lose everything eventually, won't you?

”... No way, Llumiel was the one who left the ban on examples?

I don't know.

I was deluded by a grin I wasn't sure what I was thinking.

But I've learned about spiritual covenants. Neither the reality nor the price of the contract may have been left as knowledge.

Right now, I think I'm getting a hard look. Then Yufi also stared at Rhumiel with a serious look.

”... Lumiel, how much will the price be for someone with a soul close to the Spirit?

”If you're asking about your daughter herself, I guess it's not so much the same as“ who I am now. ”Seems like your ego as a person is initially thin, and I guess the Spirit is familiar with people's senses a lot. And it hasn't even precipitated itself as a spirit. It's like a work of art, and if you were to lean on the spiritual side of it, you wouldn't feel the big price.”

”... you're losing it just because you don't feel it, right?

”Man and the Spirit are another being from the ground up. Isn't“ confusing ”enough?

...... I have been pushed to silence by Llumiel's words. Different thoughts come to mind, disappear and repeat, and thoughts do not come together.

Did Uffi have the same thing or did she shut up with a serious look on her face? Look at us like that. Rhumiel gives her shoulders a whisper.

”Anyway, rest here today. There's a lot to think about.”

I was looking up into the sky with my hips on high tree branches to sum up my thoughts.

The forest covered by branches is dark and the lights are indispensable at hand. Still, I don't even feel like staying at Rhumiel's residence, and I'm getting blurred out here.

I'm worried about Yufi, too. For my part, I thought I had to get my thoughts together by the time I talked to Uffi. That's all the truth surrounding the Spirit covenant was too shocking.

”... I didn't think there was such a good story.”

Not much, no matter how much.

What is the honor of the First King? Its first king quit man in a spiritual covenant, and on top of that he turned into a monster that looked to conquer the world. By the way, it's not even a joke that my real daughter would kill me. I just want you to be in that kind of creativity.

And the sprouts of the possibility that I could use magic also crushed. Llumiel says “rare man”. A soul without a spirit in its soul. I can't resonate with the Spirit because I don't have the Spirit. I can't use magic.

If resonance becomes magic, I know it. “Engraved” engraved on my back for me. This, if I may say so, is not a soul, but an engraved on my flesh. In the end, the spiritual covenant is no different from the engraving. That's just the difference between carving it into a vessel called flesh or a vessel called soul.

”Oh, my God, then magic is not evil.”

It's just a glorious feat, so they just believe it's the right thing to do.

But the essence of magic is no different from the invention I created in my magic. In particular, it is extremely similar to engraving. It's not crap.

”... snap into boulders”

”Oh, what snaps?

”Hiya!?”

I feel like I'm losing my balance because of the signs I suddenly felt. It was Llumiel who supported that body.

Soon she was “floating” behind me. She sat next to me laughing strangely.

”... if you want to speak up, give me a sign.”

”Hehe, I'm sorry”

”What are you doing here?

It really hits Lumiel hard. I feel terrible about it.

”I wanted to talk to you more, uh, Alice?

”No! Anis! Anisphere!”

”In anise, then. I can stay in the Ryumi, too, okay?

”On your own, Llumiel”

It's not cute.

Don't poke me in the cheek, don't be nervous! I look at it unintentionally, but it doesn't look familiar at all.

”If you mean the Great Spirit, give me some more majesty.”

”It would be convenient for someone like that, wouldn't it? I didn't know that.”

”You must be an ex-human!

”Something I don't remember being raised as a human being. I am royal. I think you know what that means.

It was an abominable response. I stare at Llumiel with such a grin, hateful enough to want to bite me by accident.

”Heh heh, you grew up pretty depressed. Well, if it's this country, I don't know what else to do? You didn't abandon your country much. Or destroy the country.”

”... I'm not like you”

”Right? You're human, I'm a spirit. I just took people's vessels.”

”You're a human being.”

”What I wanted to be was a fact.”

”... even though you were born as a person? You were a father who wasn't even Roku, the first king.”

”Either it's the mother who's not Roku, or maybe it's not the surroundings. Even though my father recognized me as a child, that's all. There is no major obstacle to the“ operation ”of the country. Maybe a spare for when something happens to me, a pawn for diplomacy?

”Not good enough.”

Oh, really. There is no royalty. I thought so from the bottom of my heart.

”... hey, what's a spirit?

”Oh, that's abrupt.”

”Answer me, Great Spirit”

”The Spirit is a zero shard itself from the world. Nothing more or less.”

”Then what's” God ”who created the Spirit?

”The great will that created us, I would say. I wonder. Is there still a God in the real sense? Some of the great spirits called“ God ”have seen each other face to face.”

”... what does Rhumiel think? Do you really think there's a god?

”I think he was.” But it's not enough. Or you're not willing to do anything. ”

”... unwilling to do anything?

”If there is a God, don't you think the Spirit will change the world as God wills? The light and darkness of the Origins created by God, and the subspecies spirits, beginning with the four great spirits elephant from the world. None of them would try to” exchange something from themselves, ”would they? Isn't that God's will?

Llumiel makes sure to look further afield and talk pompous.

”There were times when I was touring the world, looking for a being called God. I just never really met the God of Genesis. If there is a supernormal person whose existence as God truly portrays the law of the world, what is man born for and what does he live for? I wanted to throw that question at you.”

”... you're not looking anymore? Did you find the answer?

”I told you earlier. I'm not here anymore, or willing to do anything. God or not, this world doesn't change. The Spirit does not change either so that God does not change. It is man's prayer, desire, and desire itself that always changes God and the Spirit. That's magic.”

... Is the faith of the Ministry of Magic also wrong in a way? But the destination is not happiness as a person. Happiness as a Spirit.

So you shouldn't bind the country with that idea. Because we are human beings. There's nothing wrong with being human even if you can't use magic. Until we abandon being that person, to the Spirit, um, man is not weak enough that we have to drown in our own prayers and wishes.

”People don't live for magic. It's good to work really hard and pray when you can't help it. I don't want to tell you that it's a mistake to be saved. But giving up before that and drowning in prayer is... unacceptable”

”... boulders, rare people. Every rare person I've ever seen looked like that.”

”... does Rhumiel know more about rare people?

”I can tell, to a certain extent. It's easy to understand because you don't feel spirits.”

”... you don't have any traits or anything? For example, you have memories of a previous life...”

”You ask strange things?

Llumiel looks at me with an astonishing look. I don't think I have any idea.

”You seem to be even more unusual among rare people. I've never heard of you having memories of your past life. But everyone has been innovative. In that sense, you can't leak into that example either. As if that's the messenger of God.”

”The messenger of God?

”Yep. Nature and they arrive as if they were on a mission, to do what they have to do. And sometimes even if you risk your life to accomplish it. There is no miracle there called magic. Even if it is only possible to come by as an escort, magic will not take shape without prayer. He who stands as the leader of men and paves the way.... Are you obvious about that?

”... I wonder why someone with magic wouldn't take the initiative. Even though I have the power.”

”A soul that contains the Spirit can also be described as a soul that cannot be formed without prayer. I mean, you don't have enough” glow ”in your soul as a person. You guys don't have the will of a rare person.”

Tong, and is touched to be pushed in the chest with a finger. That's how Lumiel floats is a smile of mercy.

There I saw other colors of envy that I would miss.

”... could your partner have been a rare person?

I'll leave it to your imagination.

Cover it all up with laughter, and Llumiel won't talk. Like saying that's the answer.

”Being a rare person doesn't make me happy. Nor does it say that a soul full of spirits is unhappy. Everything is a living result, what do you feel at the end of it? That's everything. Is that why you're not going to disparage that young lady?

”... Yufi is a sweet good boy”

”Sounds like it. She's a real miracle. That kid shouldn't have enough soul power, but he can maintain his physical appearance as a person despite being a spirit of spirituality. You don't have half as much mental power.”

”That's not what I was saying.”

”That's a general theory. I mean, that kid's out of standard again.... I envy you.”

”... envious?

”If only that child's strength were on my father, even a fraction. I wonder what happened to me.”

Llumiel's hand reaches out to my head. The gentle arrangement that combs my hair is like a mother for my child. It makes me touch nature, and I don't think I hate that.

Even though I have no certainty, I'm convinced this man is my ancestor far away. It's not rational. As if this body is what this soul remembers.

”Let's go back before your body gets cold.”

”... ok”

So I could snort nature into the proposal. Llumiel's face, smiling softly, was so human that she didn't think she was a person.