episode_0664

There is an old saying that goes like this:

Knowledge is power.

Ignorance is bliss.

Knowing something is so contradictory.

There are times when just knowing something can be a great help, but there are also times when just knowing something can be painful.

That was the power she had.

Her eyes were special.

I was able to see things that others could not see.

Whenever I saw people, an unidentifiable energy surged around my chest.

Some are white, some are black.

It wasn’t divided into two.

Some are a stained white, others are a black that borders on gray.

Countless people were placed between these two starkly contrasting colors.

Even the color changed every time I saw it.

Some people who were white turned black, and some who were black gradually turned white.

At first, I didn’t know what it was or what the colors were based on.

Then I found out later.

The fact that the standard of good and evil changes depending on people’s actions, words, and deeds.

The identity of the energy that shows it is the soul that resides in the human body.

If you do good deeds, your soul turns white, and if you do evil deeds, your soul turns black.

Through this, she changed the way she treated people.

Mercy and good will to the good, and condemnation and judgment to the evil.

Black souls are kept far away, and white souls are kept close.

It was thanks to her that the organization she founded, the Guardians, did not lose its meaning over time.

Because all those who belong to the organization have noble white souls.

She had no doubts.

‘With them, we can protect this world.’

As long as he and his fellow Guardians exist, this world will be safe.

The more it happened, the more greedy I became.

If the size of the organization were a little bigger, it would seem possible to eliminate all of the Seven Deadly Sins, the root of all evil.

It was at that time that I encountered a man named Kim Do-jin.

He was a very special person to her, with special abilities.

‘The color of the soul… keeps changing.’

The color of the soul seen in him never remained still for a moment.

It’s black and then white, and then white and then black.

It was as if he was rebuking himself for having, until now, distinguished people by the color of their souls that was only visible to his eyes.

Let go of the arrogance that you can distinguish good and evil in humans just by color.

Then I became curious.

I wonder what that man’s true intentions are.

At first, I kept him by my side out of curiosity.

It was amazing how he was so worldly that he openly sought rewards, yet he also displayed a noble side.

‘fun.’

It was even more fun because I was the only one who couldn’t tell the difference between lies and truth.

Since I couldn’t know the intention behind it, I never got bored just trying to figure it out.

I don’t know if it was love or just friendship, but I suddenly found myself wanting to spend more time with him.

So it was even more shocking when he brought up the idea of using the Guardians.

I wanted to ask him a question.

‘Everything… was it all a lie?’

But I soon realized that it was a meaningless question.

No matter what he answers, there’s no way to know if it’s true or fake.

It’s the same now.

“Why are you trying so hard to save me?”

I couldn’t figure out his true intentions.

Why would you try to save yourself by breaking a taboo that God strongly discourages?

‘I would be nothing more than an obstacle to you.’

He is the apostle of the seven deadly sins.

As an apostle of the Seven Pillars, I am nothing more than an obstacle that I wish to eliminate, but why?

The answer to the question full of confusion was as simple as it could be.

“Because I need you.”

Words that make your heart swell with joy.

So it was hard to believe.

No, I couldn’t believe it.

“Lies.”

It was because I had grown so accustomed to those special eyes.

His facial expressions, his eyes, his tone of voice, his actions, etc.

The various signs that could discern truth from falsehood were not visible to her eyes.

All that lingers in his ears is the cruel truth being spat out at his dying self.

“Why… , why did you say that to me? You could have just left me to die without knowing! If you had… , if you had!”

A saint screaming and whining loudly.

Kim Do-jin cut her off.

“If that were the case…, I would have died without any regrets.”

Even though she gave up her life for him, she had no regrets.

Rather, I felt proud.

I wanted to die satisfied with the fact that I had sacrificed my life to save someone precious.

Kim Do-jin didn’t want that.

“You should at least say something like that, you should blame the person who risked his life to save you, because you won’t give up on life.”

The intention was exactly what was intended.

She, who had been adapting to death, gritted her teeth when she heard my words.

Although it was only a little bit, the energy that permeated her body responded to her desire.

If there had been no interference, she would have survived unharmed.

“There is a Korean proverb that says:”

Even if I roll around in dog shit, this world is better.

“Whether you live in poverty, or survive in shame, or live in ruins, losing your mind, it is a hundred times better to be alive than to be dead.”

So just live for now.

“If you want, I can’t give you my heart… because I’m dead, but I’ll give you at least one kidney, so stab me alive.”

The sincerity is so blatant that even a fool would be able to feel it.

It’s confusing.

Can I trust him?

He opened his mouth again, having seen through those feelings.

“Don’t be so ambivalent. If you want to believe, believe it. If you don’t want to believe it, don’t believe it.”

Then she asked.

“… What if I get fooled?”

“What a pity.”

If a person deliberately tries to deceive someone, he or she is destined to suffer.

Because there is no such thing as a perfect person.

If you stab it hundreds or thousands of times, there will always be an empty spot.

If you get stabbed there, there’s nothing you can do.

However, if you close your heart out of fear, you cannot survive.

Unless you want to cut off all ties, including family, lovers, and friends, and live alone on a deserted island.

In the end, people are deceived.

However, it only aims to promote growth.

If you fill in the gaps again, you’ll at least avoid having the same thing happen to you twice.

Everyone has grown up like that.

Only Sophia, who had special eyes, managed to avoid it and survive easily.

“Just a shame… .”

Sophia muttered in a small voice.

Caritas’ face gradually distorted at her appearance.

He quickly stopped her because it was obvious which way she was leaning.

“Think about what you’ve accomplished so far, Sophia.”

“What I’ve been working on… .”

It saved countless lives.

He restored countless destroyed cities with the money he earned through his own sacrifice.

That is her pride and happiness.

He continued speaking, having fully recalled this.

“If you live the way the author does now, you will destroy it all with your own hands.”

“Destruction… .”

“Do you want to make your entire life meaningless?”

Sophia shakes her head.

I don’t care if my life becomes meaningless.

But I didn’t want to destroy the lives and homes of those who had barely found new life.

If I have to live by taking what’s theirs again, I’d rather die…

“That won’t happen.”

“… But the gods.”

“I think I know how that damn corruption happens.”

“Oh, you know?”

Not only Sophia, but even the gods were astonished by his answer.

“… Are you saying you figured out the principle of corruption?”

“Is that real?”

“You dare to mock God, you idiot!”

Gula, Ira, and Caritas show various reactions.

“This power. It has some pretty interesting features, doesn’t it?”

The seven lines are white.

The seven deadly sins are black.

Two opposing powers strive to push each other away.

And when they collide during that pushing process, a huge impact occurs.

That’s exactly the problem.

“In the process of this power clashing, the fragments of the broken power collide with each other and then come together.”

A broken power is more unstable in its composition than when it was whole.

Unstable power somehow tries to erase that instability and regain stability.

Something interesting happens along the way.

“They are consumed by this instability and just gather together the Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Evils without distinction.”

Then, a color that is neither white nor black, but gray, is created.

The chaos itself that they call corruption.

However, this is a color that should not exist due to the nature of the two powers.

Even if we come together for a moment to erase the instability, we have to rebel and fall apart again.

But surprisingly, the gray mixed with black and white does not repel, but rather interlocks with one another.

Why is that?

Kim Do-jin’s eyes found the answer.

“This is because the gray is mixed with magic.”

“… horsepower?”

“Oh, magic.”

The fragments of broken power come together and turn into a new concept of gray that did not exist before, and magical power naturally seeps into them.

It’s a given.

“Magic energy is a very small unit of energy that makes up all things, so it can’t help but be involved.”

Magic is the smallest unit of energy that exists in all things.

That is why it exists everywhere, and it adapts and fits perfectly everywhere.

In other words, he is the most popular person who can easily talk to and become friends with any group he is thrown into.

This tendency is also evident in the new concept of gray.

“This magical power, caught up in a sudden trance, becomes a mediator between the two powers.”

Because of this, gray survives as a single concept without being divided into its original powers again.

However, it is just about surviving.

A one-year-old baby who was born but was abandoned in the wild without parents.

What can a baby like that do?

“Just crying.”

He struggles to survive and make a home for himself in a world that is all gray.

The problem is that the gray power is focused on utter destruction.

That is why fallen beings cause destruction.

To deal with this, Kim Do-jin came up with a solution.

“To prevent this phenomenon, you can cut your body in half.”

“Body… .”

“Cut it in half?”

Kim Do-jin nods his head.

“Oh, it’s split exactly in half, with one half containing the power of the Seven Deadly Sins and the other half containing the power of the Seven Pillars of Mercy.”

“… … .”

“… … .”

“… … .”

Everyone’s gaze as they looked at Kim Do-jin, who was chatting away excitedly, was saying the same thing.

‘Isn’t that guy crazy?’

Kim Do-jin read their gazes and coughed in vain as he spoke to Sophia.

“Ahem… Anyway, I have all the methods. So, Sophia?”

“… Yes.”

“Trust me just this once. If you do that, I will… .”

Sophia’s heart was pounding.

There was a growing anticipation for what would come next.

He said he would take care of me for the rest of my life, even though I barely managed to survive.

Or maybe we’ll be together for the rest of our lives.

As the pink air current moistened her head.

Kim Do-jin continued with shining eyes.

“I’ll make you the ultimate weapon, Sophia!”

“… … .”

She really wanted to beat him to death.