Chapter 34 - The Societies Right And Wrong. (2/2)

Zail scoffed and looked to be speechless for a minute as he simply stared at Hecathe.

”Sir, could it be possible that you know them both? Are you friends with them? Allies? Or maybe their fan?”

Hecathe gulped and was taken back by this sudden question but he didn't let his shock show on his face as he controlled himself and calmly questioned back, ”Why would you say that?”

”If you are not on their side like that then I really see no reason why you would be so offended on their behalf. I only said something that a lot of other people are saying. I don't think I deserve your scolding or criticism like this,” Zail responded and it was clear from his tone of speech that he had been offended by Hecathe and his argument.

Hecathe gulped as he wondered if he had overdone it. In reality, there was clearly a lot more he had wanted to say but when he heard the man making it clear that he wasn't appreciating this conversation, Hecathe concluded that it was best if he kept the rest for some other time.

At the end of the day, it wasn't Zail's fault that he considered both Alphius and Hecathe as madmen who deserved to die a horrible death. His thinking was shaped like that because of the society that made a clear distinction between right or wrong.

If the end result was something that nobody preferred then it didn't matter what the intentions in the beginning were, the action would still be labeled as something bad and the person who went through with the plan would be called a madman that deserved to die.

Reality was much alike that book Hecathe had read a lot as a child. The story that his mother used to love reading to him. The story of Captain Markus and Doctor Longwin that he hated and found annoying but would still love to read again and again. It was a book that had a lot of unrealistic fantasy themes in it and yet, at the same time, it reflected the society and their mindset perfectly.

The villain in the story was considered to be Captain Longwin who created machinery never seen before in hopes of improving human lives and for the development of their world, however, since nobody else agreed with him, he was considered as someone unfit in the society. Someone who was hated by everyone else.

Hecathe chuckled as he remembered the story that he never thought he would be looking back to like this.

”You're right. It's useless for us to fight over this. Zail, I may not know you that well but I can see that you're a good guy so don't take it too personally. If you think it's too weird that I have such thoughts, consider me as a harmless madman as well and forget it. You shouldn't bother yourself with it,” Hecathe stepped closer to the man and patted his shoulder as he replied.

Zail didn't look to be too impressed but his anger had died down a bit as he heard this, ”It's good that you know.”

Hecathe smiled and nodded as if he was trying to tell the man that he understood what the man was trying to say but at the same time, his smile also looked as if he was clearly trying to tell the man that no matter what happened, Hecathe's thinking was never going to change and there would be nobody who could change it.