episode_0179

I ended up spending a night in Wangseong.

Although I can’t go back to my accommodations, the guest room I’m staying in now is also incredibly luxurious.

The problem is that when you compare that to the accommodation I’m staying at and give partial points for the ease of using people, it’s pretty scary that the accommodation has the upper hand.

No, how happy were you that you made Aurora into a harvester?

From what I’ve heard, it’s said that Aurora was cursed at birth and tried everything she could to turn it back, but failed. They tried to turn it back somehow, but all methods failed and she was dying.

Even when the witch appeared, the magic prepared to kill her ended in failure.

Well, Maleficent was one of the most powerful witches in the world, so even if she did her best, she wasn’t fully prepared.

Maleficent is a witch who has wiped out several countries on her own.

In the meantime, since he saved Aurora, I guess he’s going to do whatever he wants.

I don’t understand.

by the way.

“You are a guest.”

“Oh, you got caught?”

Other people might not have known, but I was one of the few harvesters in the palace.

“Hello.”

“Yeah, hello. You helped us again this time.”

Aurora Dormiens.

There are various titles attached to the front and they are also used as names, but if you just cut off a person’s name, it’s like that.

By the time I was summoned to the king, I had come up from the basement where I had been hiding with the prince.

Currently, King Hypion and Prince Sorindigas are splitting up in real time to deal with the aftermath of the events that occurred in the capital.

Aurora came to me as soon as she was free.

She’s heard from a lot of different people, so she has some idea of the overall situation. That means she’s not completely ignorant.

Would it be better to just get a simple favor for helping me here?

Or should I deny it and pretend to be a good kid?

Let’s be positive.

A person who is too kind is suspicious. Especially if their intentions are truly evil, it is useless to use them if they are not genuine.

“Yes. Maleficent can no longer do evil of her own free will.”

Even if it was used to do bad things, it wasn’t done of her own free will, right?

“I see. I came here to see you because you said you saved me. Do you know my name?”

“Yes, I know.”

Aurora is wearing light, simple clothing with few patterns, but according to Kanna’s memories, she is wearing clothing made from extremely precious materials.

An outfit that anyone who sees it will immediately know is a princess.

Aurora knows that.

It’s been half a year since Aurora fell asleep, and before that, she was learning what a princess should learn.

By the way, I know very well what people are thinking.

Since she was a girl who was practically expected to die this year, many people sympathized with her. And it wasn’t just her family, but also the people working in the palace.

Perhaps because she was sensitive, she grew up feeling those gazes all the time.

So, I started looking for a reason to do that, and I even found it.

But I pretended not to know that, and when the fateful day came, I fell asleep, prepared to die.

She said she was afraid of death.

But until then, I wasn’t stupid enough to not know that the environment surrounding her was moving with the assumption of her death.

“Can I call you Bell?”

“Call me whatever you want.”

There is a faint hint of resentment in her expression. Should she express her resentment to me? Or should she just let it go? I know a lot about harvest season.

This is especially true if the harvester is one that has just been made into a harvester.

“Bell.”

Aurora came towards me and bowed her head in front of me.

“Thank you for helping us.”

I would like to express my gratitude in this way.

Yes, that’s right.

A person who knows that the other person sympathizes with him, but doesn’t use that as an excuse to act however he wants.

Because I am weak and unhappy.

Instead of doing terrible things to others because of that, he’s someone who has treated others better throughout his life.

He is not an ordinary person.

Some people are evil, some are good, and most people are a mix of both. She was a little bit better than the average person.

Because you’re smart.

As you live your life, you are a smart person who has thought about what kind of thoughts you should fill yourself with and chosen to live while loving others.

I thought that the pillar had collapsed and that this was the moment where I could do whatever I wanted.

No, that’s not true.

“Okay, Aurora. If you really appreciate it, then please grant me what I want.”

So twist it.

“What do you want? What is it?”

Aurora asks me, “I don’t plan on doing anything so strange.”

“Do what you want for the rest of your life.”

It’s harvest time, and now you can be sure that you won’t have to show your good side, you’ll have a future where you can do anything, so she encourages you to do whatever you want.

So, the more children you have, the better.

This is an investment.

After puberty comes, your desires will become hypertrophied and you can go wherever your desires lead. It’s not bad to live a life where you fight for power and kill each other, like a royal family.

I expect Aurora to remain a good person until the end, but that’s not a bad choice either.

Because I have already tasted the fruits of being such a good person and spreading the word.

First world.

Descendants of Tisha.

They were really tasty. If there were enough of them, they could even rise above without having to create a separate body.

“That’s a bit strange.”

“Is that a strange thing to say?”

“Why is it that you want me to do whatever I want?”

Yeah. Most people can figure out what to say if you tell them a plausible story, but this person asks about it. I like the fact that he doesn’t assume that I understand something I don’t.

I don’t like it when people point that at me.

Should I make an excuse?

No. The more I try to make excuses here, the weirder it gets. Let’s try to avoid it by using complicated expressions.

“That’s a person.”

When asked what temperature is good, I answered “just the right temperature,” but I looked very helpless.

Even if you give somewhat stupid answers, there won’t be much to criticize.

“What does that mean to be human? Doing what you want to do is what a human does, so is that what Belle wants? Isn’t that not wanting anything?”

It keeps poking me in.

Be scared.

“Why is that not what you want? People call me because they have a wish. I answered and gave them myself. I want the person who holds me to do what they want to do.”

Grant my wishes indiscriminately.

I believe that if you indiscriminately give power to both good and bad people, most people will take the wrong path.

People who commit crimes do not do so because they do not want to do good, but because they believe that they will not be punished for the benefits they gain from their bad deeds.

There are only two things for them: easier and harder.

Except for special exceptions, most people do. So, to improve public safety, it is not about how cruelly you punish criminals, but how well you catch them.

People don’t move much when there’s a high chance of getting caught for doing something bad.

How much punishment is given is another question.

That’s the law of public order to maintain society. Law of public order is not for the sake of justice. In many societies, the reason high-ranking officials or their children don’t get punished for committing crimes is not because they receive money.

Even if they were released, it would have no bearing on maintaining public order.

Because public security is a tool to prevent livestock from killing each other and lowering their marketability.

And great power allows you to stand above the law in most worlds. It allows you to cross the line that separates humans from livestock.

People who have just become humans from livestock lack the know-how to manage livestock.

So do whatever you want.

At that time, warmth flows into me. The failure of an immature person who is only strong definitely conveys warmth to me.

I believe that.

I believe that people are not perfect, not good or evil, so they will inevitably fail.

“Bell is a god who grants wishes.”

“It’s a monster.”

“Then you must be the devil.”

The dichotomy of good and evil. Not a bad way to do it. Digital is simple and clean.

“But you survived, right?”

“Yeah. I thought I was going to die, but my body is completely healed, and the witch who was tormenting our people has disappeared. If I had to sell my soul to get this, it was cheap.”

As she says that, she looks at me with a sharp expression. If I answer wrong here, it’s dangerous. Aurora has a good personality, but that doesn’t mean she’s soft.

You have the brain to distinguish between good and evil, and the strength of heart to hold on to goodness even when you know there is a hopeless future.

So, one is properly denied.

“I don’t need a soul. I’m a monster, but I just. I only need one thing.”

“What do you need?”

I nodded while looking at Aurora.

“Warm. I don’t want to be alone in the darkness anymore, looking up at the night sky and shivering.”

I said this with all my heart.

But that warmth is not the warmth you know.

“I see.”

Aurora swallowed something as she tried to say something. She apologized for being late at night and left the place.

Then go back to the room you are in through the secret passage.

Aurora.

It’s dangerous to become an enemy.

I have time, so I think it would be better to hold back a bit until she gets old and dies.