Chapter 1124 – Descartes Origin (After)

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The sun has set.

Obviously, it was daytime and there were no clouds, but the world that Oldburn felt was very dark.

The one who created that darkness was none other than myself, and the one who had made me bright until now was-

It was a coffin containing a woman who had become a cold corpse before our eyes.

Her hair, which was the same color as the cherry blossoms I last saw, was dyed even redder than its original color.

Oldburn time stopped just yesterday.

What lingered in my mind was the story the director told me when I rushed to the clinic.

＂… I was trying to stop a patient who came to the hospital from causing trouble and treat him… But I stopped…”

Ah, I see.

Also, he got involved in things he didn’t have to do.

In the end, is this what happened?

Since you could tell what happened by looking at the scene, there was no need to hear a separate explanation.

Even just a moment ago, it was such a vain farewell that she felt like a fool when she was expecting to whisper her love to her in some words.

Nevertheless, only the weight of the young baby, who had not yet been weaned from Oldburn’s arms, made me feel the heavy reality.

Since they broke up so suddenly, Florence, who could not leave a will, was like-

He left first, leaving Oldburn behind.

＂… Old Burn. It would be harsh to tell you not to be too sad.”

Maxwell approaches Oldburn and talks to him.

He continued his story as if he understood Oldburn’s feelings as a friend, comrade, and priest.

“The reason it has become like this is that this world is an imperfect world. A world where someone commits evil and becomes a victim of it repeatedly. If my father is reborn as a complete god, such misfortune will never come again.”

After hearing those words, Old Burn quietly turned his head towards Maxwell.

There was something I wanted to say.

How is it that her All-Father did not protect her before this happened?

If you say you don’t have the strength right now-

Is he really a being who can be reborn as a god?

Such doubt.

Such suspicion.

＂Old Burn.＂

Maxwell spoke as if reading his thoughts with his eyes.

“Don’t despair. Don’t lose yourself in despair. Times like these are times when we must further increase our faith in our Father. You must not be mistaken about the direction your anger should be directed.”

“… I know, Maxwell. And even though I’m angry now, I’m not despairing.”

As Oldburn said that, he felt the ‘warmth’ left in his arms.

Yes.

Even though the sun disappeared, the ‘moonlight’ that I got from being with the sun still remained.

He couldn’t protect her, but he couldn’t protect her-

Let’s protect this child.

Let’s create a world where this child can live kindly.

Old Burn swears before his wife’s coffin.

He left a tearful goodbye to the black box disappearing beneath the ground.

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20 years have passed since then.

He learned so well how difficult it is to raise a child with only one man’s hands that he never wants to experience it again.

Should I say it’s thanks to that?

His son grew up and soon became a ‘doctor’ who treated people like his mother.

An oath made in front of her mother’s coffin.

Old Burn tried to create a world where this child could be at least as kind to people as his mother.

No matter what her true intentions were, it was to represent her and become an example to her son.

We have increased investment in the city and done things that earn people’s respect.

In addition to small volunteer work, we supported education and medical care, and poured in large amounts of our personal resources when natural disasters occurred.

Descartes was so sincere in everything that he even used the mechanical engineering knowledge he gained while working as a regressor for the development of the village.

In the war with the Empire 10 years ago, Eratus’ port was also attacked.

Due to Oldburn’s performance, which borrowed the power of the Returner, Eratus did not suffer much damage.

As a result, Eratus, which was just a small port city, eventually developed to the point where it became the city where the most important trading port in the Eastern countries was located.

The Descartes family, which made the greatest contribution, gained support from the citizens and gained new noble status, even though they were not originally nobles, and became the lords of Eratus.

If Florence were alive, what would she have said to herself?

Even though she rarely showed her smile, even though she exuded warmth, she might have smiled and praised her when she saw herself now.

Oldburn, now in his middle age of 50, thought so.

Another thing.

You reach a big turning point in your life.

That was the birth of her granddaughter ‘Fleur’.

If he grows up well and is not crooked like Oldburn, has a good personality, is smart enough to become a doctor, and has the status of a lord’s son, it would be difficult not to have a woman.

Nevertheless, his son loved the only girl ever since she was young, and eventually met her happily ever after, becoming his wife at the young age of twenty.

Just like his father, he had a child just a year after getting married.

That too – she gave birth to a girl with pink hair that reminded her of flower petals, just like her mother.

Naturally, Old Burn couldn’t help but think of his wife, whom he had never forgotten.

It was not only Old Byrne who copied the image of his mother (Florence), his son named his daughter ‘Fleur’, a name with a similar sound and after her mother. 〉

I just hoped that this child would grow up to be a kind child like her grandmother and her father.

For him, Oldburn himself would have done anything.

He said protecting his family is what he must do.

Because I thought so.

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＂Psychological therapy for injured soldiers?＂

One day, when his own son brought up the story of such a project, Old Burn tilted his head.

“Yes. The war against the Empire that took place 10 years ago… It is said that the soldiers who participated in it still have the terrible experience of that time as a trauma. It is said that a meeting to cure it will be held in Asteris.”

Old Burn had already guessed why his son was telling this story.

He probably wants to go too.

As a doctor.

He was taught that it is his job as a doctor to heal not only the wounds of a person’s body, but also the wounds of his heart.

He is not a child anymore, and if he wants to go, he can decide on his own.

Of course, I am trying to confirm each of these things from myself.

“How many days does it take?”

“Not that long… About two weeks.”

＂2 weeks!? Are you saying you’re going to stay away from your father for two weeks now!?”

It was his father who reacted as if he could not stand it if his son tried to leave his side for more than two days.

When the expected reaction comes back, he will smile bitterly as if he is troubled.

＂Father…＂

“Sonny. This is because your father is worried about you. Of course, it would be great if we could help injured soldiers with their difficult time. However, as far as Eratus is concerned, my eyes are everywhere, so there is no place safer than this city.”

“The place we are going is not a rough terrain or a jungle where no people live, but it is the capital of this country, father. What could happen?”

The son speaks in a calm voice to persuade the overprotective person.

He will then tell his father.

“… If there are people there I can go and help. I will go there even if it is a dangerous place. Because that’s what I have to do as a doctor. “Your father is the one who taught you to be kind to people, right?”

＂Uh, um…＂

Oldburn seemed to be gradually being persuaded by his son’s words.

Okay, once you get to this point, all you have to do is push forward a little more.

With that in mind, the son used a kind of ‘special move’ aimed at Oldburn.

“If my mother was here, she would definitely have the same thoughts as me.”

＂Ugh… Your mother would definitely have done that…!”

In the end, Oldburn would have had no choice but to shake his head vertically.

In terms of his stubbornness, he couldn’t help but think that he was just like Jieomi, and at the same time, he was proud of him.

That’s why Oldburn spoke quietly to him.

“For sure, God will protect you.”

＂It’s grandiose… Yes. I hope so too.”

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“Your son and daughter-in-law focused on evacuating others until the very end… But unfortunately…”

To conclude, there is no such thing as God.

If God really existed, this wouldn’t have happened.

Oldburn had no choice but to sit down this time, looking at the two people who returned as cold corpses in front of him.

An injured soldier had a seizure… What happened?

Even when his wife died, it was difficult to perceive the situation because the information that had entered her mind was no longer working properly.

What is certain is that our suns have passed away once again.

Until the funeral was over, young Fleur was left in the servant’s arms.

＂Aaaaa!!!!＂

When Old Burn returned to his room, he screamed louder than he had ever screamed since his son was born.

It’s as if he’s spitting out all the gunk that’s been building up inside him.

Boom, boom! He hit his forehead against the wall again and again.

I felt like I would go crazy with anger if I didn’t get out of my head.

＂Why…! Why! Why! Why do only the people I love to have to disappear like this!!”

What does it mean that God protects?

Don’t you know best that such a thing does not exist?

Adam is not God.

He is just a being who is slightly superior to humans and is trying to become a god.

After numerous past lives, Descartes realized this fact only after becoming a new person.

It took him hundreds of years to recognize this fact.

A god who did not accept prayers was unnecessary to believers.

“Fuck you, Adam…! And the exiled church…! You haven’t protected anything precious to me…! Just what I needed, and barely found. Lights so warm that they can be felt even in the cold deep sea…!”

Blood is flowing from the forehead.

My fingernails that were holding onto the wall were cut and blood was flowing out.

He couldn’t stop hurting himself.

No, I know.

It is you who must die.

As a returnee, he was the one who repeated his evil deeds.

It is his own karma that, while settling for that light, he was ultimately unable to escape from the return.

The result was such that I had no choice but to think that way.

For the first time.

For the first time in his life, tears flowed down his cheeks.

＂Die… Please, now…! Die Oldburn…! It’s your fault…! It’s your fault…! In the end, everything…!”

His voice crying.

But that voice resonated inside the mansion more than expected.

Is this the first time I’ve heard a voice like that?

From afar, a baby’s cry was heard.

＂Ugh…!＂

A newborn baby is still too young to understand the meaning of words.

Do you even know that your mother and father are no longer in this world?

＂Fleur…＂

I quietly repeat her name.

In the end, the situation was the same as 20 years ago.

The warm light that illuminated you have disappeared, and only a spark of new light remains.

Surely, she too will be able to grow into her own light – a kind human being like her grandmother and her father.

Oldburn had that confidence.

＂…＂

But at the same time, there was another certainty.

As long as ‘malice’ exists in this world, ‘kindness’ is meaningless.

Good intentions are certainly important, but they are so meaningless and weak in the face of the evil that devours them.

That is why this world needs ‘God’.

But that should not be a god born from an imperfect machine like Adam.

In the end, even if Adam became God, it was clear that a world would come where he could not control everything.

From the beginning, we must create a ‘perfectly controlled world’.

Old Burn’s eyes were presented with an old blueprint that he had kept secret even from his fellow returnees due to the dangerous nature of its contents.

Adam Kadmon.

Unlike the current Adam, a machine that can freely control all the humans it produces.

With this, we fill the world by creating only humans without malicious intent, and eliminate all existing humans except Fleur.

＂I will make it for you… Fleur. A warm world where only kind people like you can live…”

Oldburn’s voice is tinged with unprecedented madness.

It was only natural that he decided to erase everything from the world except his granddaughter.

And of course – the target that needs to be removed.

Oldburn himself was aware that he was included.