Chapter 1006 – You Who Believe and Me Who Does Not Believe

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Seth lifted Kaidolph’s chin properly.

Thanks to this, Kaidolph fell backwards, and Seth stood up and tried to attack Kaidolph with the momentum of pounding him.

Then, Leona, who was dazed for a moment, had no choice but to run over and grab Seth from behind to stop him.

“Now, calm down for a moment, Seth!”

“Is this something that can be calmed down!? You cut off the connection between me and Adam! Then I…”

Even though Seth was being held by Leona, he tried to get away from her by flailing his arms and legs.

“… I heard from the elder. Seth, you are a bard who has destroyed the dark demon clan several times from the past to the present.”

“…”

Seth’s body stopped.

After hearing those words from Leona and no one else, excuses… Didn’t come to mind.

He couldn’t deny it.

I just felt like my jaw was being suffocated, and at the same time, his hand was automatically clenched.

“… Yes, that’s right.”

In the end, he had no choice but to speak without adding another word.

“… Yes, I see…”

However, when Seth answered that way, Leona nodded her head, reacting more calmly than she expected.

No… It wasn’t obvious from his facial expression, but maybe he was a little shocked.

There was silence again for a moment between the two.

Meanwhile, Seth’s struggles had stopped, and he was hanging around a little helplessly as he was caught by Leona.

When we were both thinking that we weren’t sure what to say, Leona asked her in a slightly squeezed voice.

“Did you really do that of your own will?”

“─Yes?”

Seth must have been embarrassed and asked back the question asked by Leona.

“Didn’t you do that because you were ordered to do so by Adam? That guy named Adam didn’t forgive the existence of our Dark Demon clan, so he used you to destroy the Dark Demon clan…”

“──”

Leona’s words seemed like someone who couldn’t accept reality was denying the reality in front of her and trying to interpret it as she pleased.

Upon hearing Leona’s words, Kai Dolph shook his head as if he was seeing something a little sad, and Seth also held his breath.

This was because she could feel Leona’s hand holding her – the hand that had always reassured her – trembling due to her anxiety.

“Ugh… Ugh…”

Seeing her like that, Seth had to answer.

Her clarity – she did not have a ‘clear will’ like that of her or other humans.

In the past, when she destroyed the dark demon clan again and again, what existed for her was her most basic command given to Adam.

By any means necessary, exterminate the cursed clan of black demons from the continent.

For that purpose, I deceived even 10 or 100 people.

I saw their despair every time.

I watched their grief, Jong-yeon, and the curse on myself until the end.

Not a bit there.

Even if it were only 10%, 1 penny, or 1 lira, would you be able to say with certainty that your will does not exist?

So.

Seth is.

I shook my head.

“I’m sorry, Leona. … It may have been according to Adam’s orders that they were destroyed, but…”

Holding Leona’s hand, Seth answered in a broken voice.

“All of that is a fact I have to bear.”

And Seth took off Leona’s hand.

Leona followed up with Seth once again – this time, he grabbed her trembling wrist.

“Then why do you look so distressed…!”

And, he couldn’t bear it anymore and ended up shouting out loud.

To Leona’s words, Seth couldn’t give any answer.

Because I didn’t know why I was in so much pain – and why I had so obediently acknowledged that it was my fault.

If- the original Seth.

Before I got to know Leona, when someone discovered her identity and asked her about her responsibility for the things she had done.

If you had asked if it was Adam’s will and not Seth’s, Seth would have nodded his head without hesitation.

That way, he doesn’t feel guilty about deceiving people, and if he could survive and continue his mission, he would have chosen that path.

But, no more…

He didn’t want to lie to Leona, who thought of him as a precious person.

“… Isn’t it you who is suffering, not me? Leona.”

So, Seth answers Leona like that and looks at her with a more relaxed expression than she did a moment ago.

… It’s all over.

When Seth thought that, he even felt a little relieved.

If you are disconnected from Adam, your soul will not return to Adam even if you die.

In other words, it is no longer possible to do something at the risk of death, and even if one dies, the soul is simply absorbed into the spirit vein.

He became a being no different from other humans around him.

“─Kill me.”

So, that’s what Seth said.

Now, there are no regrets.

“What?”

Naturally, Leona asked Seth that question.

“I am Adam’s terminal. My role and purpose of existence are all guaranteed by Adam. If I am not connected to Adam, I am nothing…”

A being named Seth who was given both the purpose of birth and the meaning of life.

Although it took the form of a ‘creature’ called a human, its essence was not much different from an automaton created for a specific purpose.

“To give orders to myself and cut off the connection with ‘Adam’ who maintains this life. What should I do from now on?”

To some extent, it was a sincere question.

I have never even thought about what to do once the connection with Adam is lost.

“That can’t be possible!”

However, upon hearing Seth’s words, Leona shouted in a loud voice that could not be defeated by Seth.

When Seth heard those words, his body ‘flinched’ and trembled.

Leona was looking at Seth with an angry expression.

“It’s nothing, it can’t be…!”

And, aside from anger, there was quite a bit of sadness mixed in.

Leona made her turn towards herself and grabbed both of her arms.

“…”

For some reason, Seth couldn’t look straight into Leona’s eyes.

For the first time in his life, Seth could see that ‘remorse’, or guilt towards others, had developed within him.

It was one of the emotions that was intentionally excluded when Seth was created for Adam.

“Even if you deny me, you are a precious friend to me…! Because I got to know you while we were together…! Because I know best what kind of person you are!”

When Leona said that, Seth let out a sigh from her mouth.

She had no choice but to remain unable to respond with any words.

In the meantime, Kai Dolph, who was hit by Seth, will stand up while rubbing his chin.

“Suddenly you hit your chin…”

Leona asked him a question as if she had been waiting for him.

“Kajdolph. Seth… What are you going to do now?”

Kaidolph picked up the fallen mask and answered Leona’s question.

“… The reason I disconnected from Adam was to prevent the location of this village from being relayed to him even if the fog cleared. I discussed that with the elder. After that… I didn’t think about it. But…”

Kaidolph spared words.

Both Leona and Seth could easily guess the hidden meaning behind his actions.

I guess he is like that too.

She is, so to speak, an enemy of the Black Demon clan who has been harassing the clan for hundreds of years.

Now that she won’t go back to Adam even if she dies.

How will she deal with her, and what choices will the humans of the Dark Demon’s clan make?

If she says she doesn’t expect it, she’s either quite immature or she’s lying even though she knows it.

“It’s okay. That’s enough for you.”

So, that’s how Seth answered.

I was ready to accept whatever happened in the future.

Even if it is something worse than death.

“It seems like you have no regrets.”

When Kai Dolph asked Seth that question, Seth nodded but then paused.

I muttered again.

“Maybe… I could have changed Adam’s mind…”

“Change Adam’s thoughts?”

To Seth’s words, Kaidolph responded as if he was asking what he was talking about.

“That’s right. After living with you people living here, I decided that there is no problem with even the dark demon clan living together with other races on the continent as long as they live in the right environment.”

The dark horse’s clan is a race that causes chaos.

An imperfect foreign body that is swept away by emotions and easily hurts others with its own desires.

According to Adam’s thought, their existence is like black ink flowing over transparent water, never trying to mix with other water.

It was a being that dyed transparent water that seemed perfect black.

But-

The clan of dark demons that Seth had seen until now, approaching to destroy them and only believing in their negative side.

The clan of black demons who stayed with them and learned from them in order to survive was different.

In a fundamental sense – perhaps they are, as Adam said, a little more emotional than other humans.

However, ’emotional’ is just their ‘personality’ or ‘characteristic’, and it cannot necessarily be said to be a factor that has a negative impact on the world.

It is also Adam’s misunderstanding that good intentions do not exist among them.

“So, I thought that Adam could stop the persecution on the continent that the Black Demon clan is suffering from. Then, the Black Demon clan in this village will be able to escape these dangerous and harsh mountains and live in a warmer and more prosperous environment. You know?”

Seth truly thought that if he spoke directly to Adam, who was also his terminal, he might be able to persuade him.

“… Indeed.”

Kai Dolph nodded his head as if he understood what Seth said.

However, Leona showed a slightly bigger reaction.

“Can you really do that…?”

“… It’s impossible now.”

However, Seth shook his head at Leona’s question.

“Why…”

“Because the connection with Adam has been lost. He is in a special space even on this continent… There are only a limited number of beings who can meet him directly. Even a terminal like me cannot get to where he is without his help. There is none.”

When Seth looked at Kaidolph while saying that, Kaidolph nodded quietly.

“I guess so.”

“Such…”

When Kaidolph also said yes, Leona reacted like she was disappointed.

However, coming this far, Seth must have been curious about something.

Of all the dark demon clans he had met so far, almost none of them noticed the existence of ‘Adam’.

Just vaguely realizing that there is a being hidden behind history, guiding the path this continent should take.

There are only those who intuitively realize that there is a being trying to destroy the dark demon clan.

However, this time, the dark demon clan.

And, the man in front of me, ‘Kaidolf’, who was not a member of the dark horse family, was clearly aware of the existence of ‘Adam’ and was hostile to them.

Who told them about ‘Adam’?

“… I know what that expression is. It’s an expression of wonder that I know about ‘Adam’.”

“… Did you have that kind of expression on your face?”

Kai Dolph nodded in response to Seth’s question, and then took something out of his chest.

It was a medal with a pattern in the shape of a ‘tower’.

“… This?”

Seth asked that question about an object he had never seen before, and Kaidolph answered her question.

“You don’t know. This is the emblem of an organization called ‘Babel’.”

“Babel?”

When Leona spoke with an expression like she was hearing this for the first time, Kai Dolph nodded and continued speaking.

“Well, it was a secret organization that no longer exists, connecting the original world and the successor world… I am one of their few remaining descendants.”

“!”

The original world and the inherited world.

From the fact that that word came out, it was clear that the man in front of me had more knowledge than I had imagined.

And, Kaidolph speaks to the two people.

“… Seth. Leona. I have an urgent request to make from you two. The reason I did not kill Seth right away and first cut off his connection with Adam is for this request.”

“Boo, do you have a favor?”

Leona is a little embarrassed by Kaidolph’s attitude.

It was a polite attitude that I had never seen before.

“… Come with me and help me rebuild Babel… To destroy Adam.”

And, once again, saying something that would make Seth blush, he bowed his head to the two people.