Under the Root

The distressed sound echoed in the small living room, Araya Zonglian's tall and burly body stepped in from the threshold not far from Li Lin.

"So, what's the matter?" Li Lin said with a normal expression after filling a cup of hot tea for himself and Huang Ye.He didn't ask Araya how he broke through the warning magic of the Orange Magic Workshop and came here.

Because there are too many ways for monks whose obsession is close to magic.

So, he asked the most crucial question.

You—why are you here?ascetic.

"This trip is for forming an alliance." The ascetic monk said concisely. "An alliance with Li Lin from Sophia Li's family, the clock tower's first-level mentor, and the crowned puppeteer Canozaki Chengzi."

"Hmm. It's a little strange. I have nothing to do with you." Li Lin raised his face with a smile, and faced the man who collected the dead.

"I'm a lecturer of the Spiritual Semantics, and you are a monk who collects death and pursues death. We have nothing to do with each other."

"No, we're all the same."

"Why?"

"Because we are all looking for the root, right?" Araya's words were sure, convinced that he was correct.

Araya Zonglian knew Li Lin's plan.

Maybe Aozaki Touko has lost her mind because of her feelings for her old friend.But he is different.At the beginning, when Li Lin started to contact Asakami Fujino, who he originally wanted to be a pawn but gave up because of an accident, he knew what Li Lin was going to do.

Regardless of evidence, this is just the intuition of a person who is looking for the root.

"Perhaps." Li Lin held the cup in his hand, his expression normal.He didn't quibble, because there was no need. "But so what."

"Then you should understand. The person who pursues the root, the opponent is the suppression force. Unlike the Holy Grail War you have experienced, this thing can have multiple winners."

So no need to conflict.

There was such a message in Araya's eyes.

"No. Conflict is necessary." After taking a sip of hot tea, Li Lin shook his head in Araya's disappointed expression. "After all, Liangyi hasn't fully awakened yet, has she? And."

Speaking of this, even Li Lin showed an expression of not knowing what to say.

"Your way to get to the root is too unaesthetic. You want to transplant your brain into Shiki's body, it's disgusting."

........

"Ridiculous. Although I don't know how you know this, but such a reason." For a moment, Araya's face showed an angry look.

But the next moment, he calmed down.

"Understood. The negotiation failed. If so, we will be enemies the next time we meet."

"Well, it's better to leave then." Li Lin served tea to see off the guests.

"Hmph!" With a cold snort, Huang Ye turned around.

"By the way, Huang Ye, let me make a small prophecy." Under the sunlight, Li Lin spoke the moment Huang Ye stepped across the threshold.

"what?"

"Your wish will never be fulfilled." The traverser said like a curse or a lament.

"If you don't try this kind of thing, how will you know!" Ignoring Li Lin, Araya disappeared in the Garan Hall.

"Sure enough, it's a clone. But no matter how careful you are, it's pointless." Looking at the tea on the table that was filled for the third time, Li Lin rubbed his stomach with a wry smile.

"After all, the container is only this big, and it has been filled to the brim. How can your little water drop be squeezed in again?"

Chapter 26 Goal, Sajo Love Song

All I can think of is a scorched wilderness.Everywhere you go, you can see dead bodies. The river banks are covered not with sand and stones, but with fragments of bones.The stench of corpses brought by the wind will never end even if it lasts for 3000 years.This is the age of war.

In an era when there was no such thing as weapons, people lived in a world without tomorrow, killing each other with bare hands.Everywhere there was struggle, and people's bodies were tragically discarded, without exception.

It is common for people in weak villages to be massacred by strong people. It doesn't matter who kills who. There is no good or evil on the battlefield.

death, death, death.

A life that continues to do good deeds becomes meaningless in the face of death.There is nothing a person can do, and if he tries to resist, he will die even worse.Even so, he traveled all over the country to save people.What came into view was only the endless scorched black field.

They cannot be saved, humanity is not redeemed.In religion, the salvation of man is impossible, and the reason is that man is not to be saved, but to be brought to an end.

So no one can save me.

But if they cannot be saved, at least their deaths must be clearly recorded.Preserve the life so far and the life waiting for the future.That pain, I'll let it last.The evidence of life is not how to pursue happiness, because the meaning of life is to experience pain.

So I started, collecting death.

----

"Are you awake, Wilderness Soren?" Amidst the sound of steam and boiling water, an arrogant voice rang out from Araya's ears.

Perhaps it was because the speaker was too ugly, his voice was not loud, but it was very harsh.

So he woke up.In the darkness without light, Ren Araya, who was surrounded by the residents of the apartment, stood up quietly.

"Yeah, I'm awake." Facing Aruba, Soren Araya said dully.

"Hmph, it looks like the negotiation failed. Is it?" Sneering, the abbot who looked like a red coat and a high hat teased the ascetic monk maliciously.For him, although he is an ally on the same front, he will not miss things that can satirize Araya Soren.

Because compared to Aozaki Touko, the second thing he hates is Araya.