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Chapter 432 Is that so? (two in one)

Alam Village.

Although it was not the first time for Wood to come here, when he saw Alam Village, he still couldn't help but stay for a while.

The village is still the same village, but the feeling is completely different.

Because, just behind this small village, an extremely magnificent cathedral appeared there at some point; and in the center of the village, there stood an extremely huge statue of Wood.

"Isn't this too exaggerated?"

Seeing the changes in Alam Village, even Wood has to admit... Roswaal's handwriting is really extraordinary!
"Humph!"

Beatrice glanced at the statue in the center of the village, and said coldly: "Such a disgusting statue is made in the middle of the village. It seems that it is better to have less visits to Alam Village in the future."

"Well, it's really not very satisfying."

Wood touched his chin, and said shamelessly: "This statue doesn't reflect my handsomeness and majesty at all, and it's too short. Those lovely believers in my family have built a statue that is taller than a huge stone monument. Where are the statues?"

Beatrice rolled her eyes and walked straight to the cathedral at the back of the village.

Although I don't know why, I heard from Natsuki Subaru... After the bard came to this village, he directly chose the cathedral as his stage, and I heard that she will sing a song that has never appeared in this world. song.

Wood smiled and followed Beatrice.

And the moment Wood stepped into the village...

The statue in the center of Alam Village and the temple behind the village, two buildings that were very different from each other, shook at the same time.

next second!
There was a burst of golden light on the surface of the central statue and the statues in the temple, and dust fell from the statues.

All the statues gradually began to produce subtle changes, the eyes became more shiny, giving people a sense of life; while the originally extremely blunt face became round a little bit, and an inexplicable sense of majesty emerged spontaneously from the statue .

Everyone in Alam Village looked at these changes in shock. I don't know if it was an illusion or what. No matter which direction they stood, the statue seemed to be looking down on them, washing away their physical and mental fatigue!
"how?"

Beatrice glanced at Wood beside her with disdain: "As a god, do you still need to please believers?"

Those ordinary people didn't feel so obvious, but Beatrice could tell that the change of the god statue not only washed away the exhaustion of these villagers, but also wiped away their hidden diseases one by one!

"I'm not that kind."

Wood smiled slightly: "This is a kind of baptism for the creatures within the scope of the God's Domain after the formation of the God's Domain. After all, this is my first God's Domain in this world, and no matter how many temples are built in the future, this will not happen again. It works."

"Holy area?"

Beatrice sneered: "It's really shameless."

"It's not brazen!"

Wood looked up at the statue in the air, and a smile flashed in his lazy eyes: "Everything in this God's Domain will be under my control, and... as long as this statue stands here, even if I leave this world, I can see through it." See everything here through the eyes of the statue."

Just like the statue in Academy City, Wood can see the development of Academy City no matter where he goes.

Moreover, the city idol of the college is not only the foundation of Wood's becoming a god, but also the first god's domain after Wood became a god. The baptism that took place in this village...is going on every day and night; Dare to approach, while suppressing the virus in the bodies of all blocked children, they are also silently strengthening their physical fitness!

even……

There are many other abilities.

"Can you see it?"

Beatrice repeated Wood's words, snorted coldly and then turned her head to look aside: "After listening to what you said, I feel that this place is even more disgusting!"

During the conversation, the two had already arrived near the temple.

It was obvious that they came a bit late, and the outside of the temple was already surrounded by the residents of Alam Village. For such a remote village, the arrival of bards was almost as rare as seeing giant pandas in their backyard.

Wood and the two did not squeeze in, but stood outside the crowd and waited for the performance to begin.

"Let me introduce myself again, I am a wandering bard, and my name is Liliana!"

A crisp voice came from right in front of the temple, quieting the noisy crowd: "I have always been walking around the world alone, compiling stories into songs with the glass mine in my hand, and spreading them from place to place. go out."

"but!"

The girl's high voice became high at this moment: "What I want to sing to you today is not those well-known stories, but the process of a god becoming a god. This story... Strictly speaking, it is not touching. , and will not make people fanatic and fall into a vortex of frenzy, but the god in this story is a well-deserved god to the protagonists in the story!!"

"That's why I chose to be here."

Liliana took a deep breath and looked at the temple behind her: "Maybe it's fate, I never thought that such a small village would actually believe in the god in my story, the first song of the only biography of the gods in the world." singing!"

"This is undoubtedly the most suitable stage!"

After the words fell, the melancholy and dull music gradually sounded, and the music revealed a deep sense of anxiety!

The deeply rooted music seems to pull everyone into another world, feeling the hesitation of the first arrival of the gods in the story.

In the temple, a group of people in the mansion stood there, with a little surprise on everyone's face.

They hadn't thought at all before that what this bard who came from nowhere was actually going to tell a story about Wood!

"The process of becoming a god?"

Roswaal gave a strange laugh: "I never expected to hear such an interesting story."

Under the music, Liliana slowly told a story to all the audience.

From hesitation to decisiveness, from cowardice to strength...from mortal to god.

Rather than saying that this is a story of becoming a god, it is better to say...

This is the beginning of a transformation!

"...You human beings? You human beings! The gods are roaring, roaring, repeatedly disappointed in human beings..."

The hoarse voice, the piercing voice was vividly reflected in Liliana's "Heart Protection", which made that scene even more deeply rooted in people's hearts.

Wood touched his nose in embarrassment, it was a bit embarrassing to stand aside and listen to people singing his praises.

and……

Where am I so excited?Your acting skills are too exaggerated, right?

However, Wood didn't realize that Beatrice's gaze had shifted from the stage to him at some point.

(Instead, I think it is more appropriate to change the 'hate' in your mouth to 'yearning'.)
Although I have heard stories about the cursed son, but the narration from myself is far from this bystander's perspective.

At that time, she still complained about Wood's choice.

But after hearing what the bard said, she complained a little about herself back then. In that case...Wood's choice was not wrong!
If you continue to let the hindered sons who are in the area adjacent to the monsters look longingly at the humans who treat them like devils, and continue to observe the humans with innocent and curious eyes, in order to blend in... the final result will undoubtedly be self-destruction .

As Wood said.

The more times you are disappointed, the more you will turn into despair!

(If you can never wait for that person, what choice will you make in the end?)
This sentence is like a repeater, constantly resounding in Beatrice's mind, making Beatrice ask herself over and over again.

The final answer is the answer that has already been decided.

tired!

400 years is simply too long.

The superposition of disappointment again and again has already entered despair.

The choice she made was just as Wood said...

--die!
Escape from this 400-year-old cage by dying.

(Your situation... can be said to be countless times better than theirs, but it can also be said to be countless times worse.)
Betty has the opportunity to choose, but Betty can only choose...to end with this agreement that is destined to be impossible to achieve, that is the salvation she has always wanted.

...obviously,
It should be like this...

(Forget 'that person', and don't expect anyone to be 'that person', including me; you see me as a strange passer-by in your life, eradicate all hope, and naturally you won't I feel disappointed.)
If... if you leave behind the expected 'that person', you really won't be disappointed?

Maybe, maybe not.

(Loneliness is a thing, just get used to it!)
"Wood!"

Beatrice called softly.

"Ok?"

Wood turned his head and looked at Beatrice with some surprise. It was really strange that such a soft tone came out of Beatrice's mouth.

"What? Did you take the wrong medicine when you came out? Such a delicate tone doesn't suit you at all. It's scary. Look, I've got goosebumps."

"..."

Beatrice's face darkened, and she swallowed the question that was already on her lips.

This bastard scum! !

Taking a deep breath, Beatrice calmed down her desire to fight this bastard, and asked, "Do you really think...you can just get used to loneliness?"

"Of course!"

Wood nodded without hesitation, causing Beatrice to show annoyance on her face, even she herself didn't know where the annoyance came from.

"but……"

Wood paused, shook his head, and said, "That's when I've never been out of loneliness. Once I've experienced some things, it seems to be very difficult to get used to loneliness again."

Beatrice was stunned for a moment, and the corner of her mouth involuntarily curled up.

"Is that so?"

"probably."

Wood scratched his gray messy hair, and said lazily: "I also asked myself this question when I left here for Wu'ao Wu'o town a few days ago."

"Obviously it's the life I've always been looking forward to, a carefree life without any in-depth communication with anyone; but I don't know why I feel extremely boring, boring and boring, even though I have been living a similar life."

Wood smiled and said: "At that time, I looked out the window and looked at the direction we are in now, and found that... the reason why I felt boring and boring was entirely because I didn't know when I had begun to hate myself. Life."

"At that time, I was thinking, even if I just stayed together quietly reading a book, competing for desserts day after day, talking about the past, discussing the plot of the book...etc, etc., it is far better than being alone People are much more interesting, even... more relaxed than being alone!"

Beatrice looked at Wood in a daze, listening to his undisguised narration, the trace of annoyance in her heart had been replaced by joy...or anticipation.

"Is that so... After saying this, I suddenly woke up."

A bright smile appeared on Wood's face: "Although I still don't want to integrate into the big group, but I don't know when it will start, but I hope to be able to integrate into the one where I can fully trust myself, let myself let go of all guards, and make myself feel happy... In short It is among the small groups that can prove that 'I am still alive', even if there are only you and me in that group!"

"Eh? Ha...you...you..."

Beatrice's complexion changed, and she looked around hurriedly. When she found that the others were immersed in the singing and didn't notice the two of them, she glared at Wood angrily: "You bastard...Dang, when With so many faces, what kind of nonsense are you talking about?"

"what?"

Wood looked at Beatrice, whose face was flushed with anger, inexplicably, and couldn't figure out which words he had angered Beatrice.

"I'm just giving you an example. Why do you have such a big reaction?"

"..." Beatrice.

For some reason, she suddenly felt more annoyed.

"It's just right to use a sentence I heard from a ten-year-old girl: I want to live, even if I put aside survival, I also want to try what it feels like to live."

The corner of Wood's mouth hooked: "However, I am very greedy, so I will only pursue life without giving up survival!!"

"Is that so?"

"Well, that's right!" Wood nodded.

I don't know when the song has reached its climax, and the melodious singing voice spreads everywhere.

"... Whether you get married or not is up to you, not me..."

Wood touched his chin. If he hadn't heard this, he would have almost forgotten the old man named 'Sleeping God'. If it wasn't for him, he might not be here today.

"Did you inherit your god position?"

Beatrice on the side asked curiously.

"Hmm! It's a forgotten god. While talking about shitty fate, he gave me all of his own, and the price was just for me to send him a flower." Wood shrugged: "Although I am very grateful to him, but the fate-like arrangement still makes me feel quite uneasy."

"Betty didn't feel like it was fate."

Beatrice said with a somewhat complicated expression: "Fate is the causal relationship between people, just like an invisible thread connected in series; in your opinion, this line is drawn by fate, but in Betty's view, it is It is the result of your own hard work!"

"The gods who were already facing disintegration miraculously survived when you came, until they met you. This is not so much fate, Betty feels more like... millions of beliefs seek one fate, just to make that god wait until Your coming!"

Wood froze for a moment, then shook his head and smiled: "Is that so in your opinion?"

"Well, Betty feels so!"

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This volume is about to end, I have searched a lot, but I haven't decided what to write yet...

(End of this chapter)