“Of course, I don’t feel empty because of this, nor do I think there’s anything wrong with it. Because my thoughts are also very ordinary. I just want to avoid too much trouble, live peacefully in this world, and see some interesting things and events.”
“Honestly, choosing someone like me to be the Hero was probably a mistake.”
Shien said.
“I know myself very well. I’m not a kind person, nor am I someone who considers others. I’m not a good person, but I’m not a bad person either. I’m just a very ordinary and common person.”
Ordinary people were like this. Not everyone was kind, nor did everyone consider others. They only looked out for themselves.
Shien was the same as them, so he always considered himself a very ordinary person.
“If I can help others by doing something effortless, I’ll still do it, since it doesn’t affect me much.”
“However, a little girl was inexplicably left with me, and the people with her all committed suicide. Later events further indicated that she wasn’t an ordinary person. Getting involved with her would definitely be a big trouble.”
“With my usual style, I would definitely avoid such trouble. Even if I couldn’t bring myself to abandon the little girl, I would definitely try to entrust her to someone else and shift the responsibility.”
But in the end, Shien went against his usual style, not only taking Beatrice with him but also willingly helping her, even revealing his identity and breaking the seal despite the potential trouble, offending the beastmen priest group. It was unimaginable.
Shien always thought it was his inexplicable premonition.
But now that he thought about it carefully, if that premonition was truly the guidance of fate, then it wasn’t leading Shien to do something, but allowing him to do what he wanted to do.
Lucy had also said that the premonitions and revelations brought by the blessing of the Goddess of Fate were an ability that “when something that must be resolved by oneself appears, guided by fate, one will eventually encounter the problem itself through various coincidences and chances.”
In other words, if it wasn’t closely related to the person, or something that the person couldn’t ignore due to their personality and had to resolve, the premonitions and revelations wouldn’t appear.
So, what did Beatrice’s matter have to do with Shien?
Why did Shien go against his usual style and actively help Beatrice, even causing so much trouble and creating such a big commotion?
The reason was actually simple.
“She’s a lot like me.”
Shien finally understood this.
“I was inexplicably reincarnated and summoned to this world as the Hero.”
“She was inexplicably born and became an evil god, also coming to this world.”
“The difference is that I was chosen as the Hero and received almost all benefits, while she was chosen as the evil god and received almost all disadvantages, not only being rejected by her own body and power but also inexplicably becoming a ghost.”
“When I went with the flow, she also went with the flow, but my going with the flow was my own choice, while hers was forced. She had to watch helplessly as her other half caused a great disaster and was sealed, and as a result, she was also sealed.”
“And then, I only had one goal, to repay my debt, so I wandered around. She also only had one goal, to return to her main body, but she wandered this land for nearly ten thousand years without seeing any hope.”
Shien said with a hint of sarcasm.
“We are two stark contrasts. We had such similar beginnings, such similar starting points, even our journeys and directions were somewhat similar, but our developments and outcomes were worlds apart.”
“It’s like a warning to me that if I take a wrong step, or if I’m unlucky, her fate will be mine.”
How could Shien not be moved and do something?
But if he waited until he knew all this before taking action, it might have been too late.
Therefore, the revelation of fate appeared, making Shien choose to take Beatrice with him and lend her a hand.
This was the true reason behind everything Shien had done.
At this moment, Shien realized this.
And he had done everything he should do.
In that case…
“You should also return to your starting point, to that beginning, and choose what to do next, little girl.”
Shien said these words to the sphere of light in the sky.
“Don’t fail, okay?”
Shien’s words ended here.
The women, listening to these words, didn’t speak, remaining silent.
As for what they were thinking, only they knew.