Even knowing that Shien Buztout was a special Hero, Shafney didn’t expect him to be this special.
The theory he mentioned, regardless of its validity, was something Shafney had never heard before.
Although Heroes all came from another world, after reincarnating and becoming the trump cards of the God Race and the Human Race, they usually naturally chose to fight against the Demon Race.
Even Mitra was the same.
And their reasons for this choice varied.
Some were due to the God Race’s education and guidance.
Some were driven by the great cause of saving the world.
Some, as members of the Human Race, believed it was their duty.
Some genuinely wanted to end the war, believing the Demon Race was evil, and thus tried their best to eliminate them.
Why did the Demon Race react so strongly to the Hero’s reappearance?
It was partly due to their fear of the Hero’s power and the Holy Sword’s threat, but also because of their hatred and resentment.
From the Demon Race’s perspective, they were inexplicably labeled as evil, as destroyers of peace, even as destroyers of the world, thus targeted and attacked by Heroes.
Who could they complain to?
Of course, there were reasons for the Demon Race’s situation. After all, there were indeed many vicious tribes and cruel individuals among them.
Like Chibul, under the Ghost Demon, whose clan was bloodthirsty, always wanting to drain the blood of others to enhance their power.
There were many such demons. Moreover, it was the Demon King who started the war, wanting to kill the Supreme God who created the world. Omnis, forced to act, created the Hero summoning ritual and the God Race and the Human Race. It wasn’t entirely wrong to say that the Demon Race was the root of all evil.
However, there were also many demon tribes who desired peace.
Otherwise, the Demon Race wouldn’t have surrendered and sought peace a thousand years ago, and Airi wouldn’t have let go of her hatred, stopped pursuing the matter of the Demon King’s death, and restrained her ruthlessness.
For these people, being labeled as evil was truly unreasonable.
Shafney thought that in the eyes of Shien, the Hero, the Demon Race was still the villain.
Unexpectedly, he didn’t care about “stances” at all.
He clearly told Shafney that he wouldn’t choose to help the God Race or the Human Race just because of their stances, nor did he think he, as the Hero, should save the world and fight against the Demon Race.
He only cared about his own thoughts and the people around him.
Self-preservation was the best way to describe this Hero.
He wouldn’t decide who to help or fight against based on others’ opinions or stances, but would judge for himself, using his own eyes.
Just as he said, his relationship with the Demon Race wasn’t deep, only his relationship with Airi was.
This alone wasn’t enough to make him completely side with the Demon Race.
Naturally, his relationship with the God Race wasn’t deep either.
Although Anima and Nadue showed him kindness, making him owe them some favors, it wasn’t enough for him to blindly side with the God Race.
Favors were favors, stances were stances.
Favors could be repaid, but stances shouldn’t be easily swayed.
This was what Shien wanted to express.
Shafney felt that she finally understood this man.
“It seems you haven’t fully integrated into this world yet,” she said, as if sighing.
Shien raised an eyebrow.
He understood what Shafney meant and didn’t refute it.
Because it was true.
If he had integrated into this world, he wouldn’t be so detached.
If the peace of this world were broken, it wouldn’t be a good thing for the God Race, the Demon Race, or the Human Race.
Shien possessed the power and influence to affect all of this, yet he didn’t try his best to maintain it. This only meant that he still saw himself as someone from another world, without a sense of belonging, viewing everything as a bystander. Even if the world were destroyed, this world that didn’t belong to him didn’t need him to worry about.
This was Shien’s thought.
For such a Shien, the fact that he tried his best to hide his identity and prevent it from becoming the fuse that broke the peace between the three races was already considered as doing his best.
After all, he, as someone from another world, wasn’t responsible for this and had no obligation to do so.
Even his reincarnation into this world was initially seen as a transaction.
Nien reincarnated him, giving him a second life, and he would help her defeat the Demon King. This was Shien’s initial thought.
And this thought hadn’t changed.
Unfortunately, the current Shien already knew that the Demon King was long gone, and the situation in this world was far more complicated than he imagined, with many hidden secrets.
He already had enough problems of his own to deal with, and trying to be a Hero who saved the world was just asking for trouble.
Shafney saw through Shien’s perspective.
Therefore…