newbobooks Chapter 119 The Reason for Non-Intervention - S01E05
Chapter 119 The Reason for Non-Intervention - S01E05
...Oh, although you want Him to work harder, He, born from the second soul, may indeed be your inner demon in some ways.
However, due to your own personality, it may seem somewhat out of place compared to other inner demons.
After all, compared to other people troubled by their inner demons, you won't fall into the same trap twice, so compared to other inner demons, He probably lives a rather frustrating life.
Similarly, you may feel pain when someone exposes your deepest wounds, but you will never remain immersed in that pain forever.
This means that once He has used all His tricks, He can no longer threaten you, unless He forcibly interferes with your emotions.
...And, most of the time, He was actually imitating the personalities of others, but this could not conceal His inherently stubborn and violently cruel thoughts.
At first, He likes to make you repeat the painful way you died in your previous life, letting the deep-seated pain and dull death cover your mouth and nose until you drown in despair and grief.
He loves your screams, your contorted expression, your heart-wrenching longing for your family, and your inability to escape the torment of hell.
He hates your kindness, hates that you use your kindness and bottom line to restrain His murderous and vicious nature.
He enjoys endless fighting, piles up the heads of the defeated into mountains, and straddles everyone's heads to flaunt his numerous victories and unparalleled power.
He has told you more than once in the void after you have experienced extreme pain and died as a result how powerful you are, how you can move mountains and fill seas, and turn the tide of the world.
You were originally an omnipotent dragon, looking down upon all things.
He said that even though you are trapped in hell, you can still stand up to Lucifer and turn hell upside down.
Although Lucifer is the king of Hell, he cannot harm you; he can only watch you run rampant in Hell.
He said you should step on the heads of everyone in hell and give them orders.
Because you were meant to be king too.
He said you were born for war and victory.
But think about it, your personality and everything you did after you went to hell probably disappointed Him, otherwise He wouldn't have tried to take over your consciousness every now and then before you met Shirley.
...To you, everything He did and said was no different from what is called a "demon of the heart," so you feel that He deserves to be called a "demon of the heart."
The funny thing is that you get used to His torment very quickly because you know what He wants from you, so your resistance to Him is extremely successful.
The best condition to "trigger" His appearance is fear. But actually, you both know what you're most afraid of...
--ocean.
Because you died in an accident at the beach.
Therefore, seawater can evoke the deepest fears in your memory.
Since seawater is the condition that triggers "His" appearance and is also the source of your fear, you always avoid anything related to the sea and are terrified of any liquid-related attack as if you had post-traumatic stress disorder.
Shirley and Vicky both knew about this.
Unless absolutely necessary, you must either manipulate them or avoid them.
However, despite what is said, you yourself are a sea dragon.
Or rather, the second soul, the power He gives you, originates from the dark, cold sea and glaciers.
...All of this seems ridiculous to you.
Your body temperature is often lower than everyone else's, and you always have a faint, damp sea breeze scent.
You conceal the fins on your tail, hiding them with your soft mane, because you don't want to see the evidence that you actually belong to the sea.
The fact that you don't want your current strength to be emphasized is actually a "gift" from the sea that killed you.
Isn't it absurd that someone killed by the sea would possess the power of the sea?
That's what you're thinking.
Although your second soul gave you power, it mostly tried to take over your body, and it couldn't explain why you ended up in hell.
Perhaps because you fear the sea, you rarely use the power of your second soul in battle.
Most of the time, the power you use belongs to yourself... or rather, to "Ji Xinglan".
Even so, when you are angry, the power of your second soul will still overflow uncontrollably.
This is also why your body feels cold when you are truly angry.
But after saying all this, there may be people who are used to the torment of their inner demons, but those who turn around and mock their inner demons... are probably quite rare.
"...What I think is none of your business."
After hearing your question, He, who seemed to be on edge, paused for a moment and then rolled his eyes at you.
you:"……"
Knowing that the talks had probably fallen apart again, you shrugged indifferently and turned around briskly, intending to continue looking for your own way out.
You and He have had this conversation countless times.
However, because your views and personalities are too different, each "conversation" ends inconclusively.
You couldn't be bothered to waste any more time with Him, and were only thinking about how to explain what had happened to Shirley after you left the place of exile.
Once the conditions for His appearance are triggered, the only thing you can do is limit your size after you become the prototype due to the mistake, otherwise you worry that your body will burst the entire Pride Ring.
Similarly, you are also worried that your mindless body might harm the inn's demons, and that you might cause the inn to collapse.
...But obviously, He won't tell you where the exit from the place of exile is, nor will He miss the opportunity to ramble on with you now.
You almost forgot what an ungrateful bastard he is.
"I'm telling you, are you really going to gamble everything on that blond, stupid foreigner? She's just as unintelligent as her father! They're practically twins!"
Seeing that you were so unyielding, and out of concern that you would drag Him down with you, the [unclear] was unwilling to give up. [Unclear] lingered beside you, muttering to himself.
"You've been with her for so long, have you seen her send anyone to heaven? The boring, idiotic games she plays are funnier than Santa Claus jokes!"
"Besides, she's clearly the princess of hell, but nobody in hell respects her. It's a waste of your talents and a huge misfortune for you to be with someone like that! You'd probably have a better future with that... that three-in-one sinner lord than with her!"
"It's been a long time, hasn't it? Has her inn made any progress? Apart from messing things up or coming back looking disheveled, this woman named Xia Lichenxing is utterly useless, isn't she? And she's supposed to be the princess of hell!"
"...Listening to you is like wasting your time listening to someone else fart."
Faced with His vicious evaluation of Shirley, you coldly replied without turning your head, but the sound of your feet stomping on the water became noticeably louder.
Normally, you would have torn the other person's mouth off their face. But since your second soul is separate from you, attacking it is the same as attacking yourself, which makes it impossible for you to directly take action against it.
"Oh...? Are you angry? Isn't what I said true?"
Ignoring your displeasure, He snorted and said disdainfully, "That exorcist angel who concealed a lot of things is rather boring and not worth talking about, but I'm more curious about your thoughts on that pornographic male slut."
With no intention of being kind, He crossed His arms and slowly approached you with a gloating expression.
"That guy completely sold his soul to someone else, right? Don't you like him a lot? Why don't you go and get his soul back?"
"..."
"..."
“I cannot directly interfere with his cause and effect.”
After a moment of silence, you reluctantly answered His question about the spider sinner, frowning as you did so.
“...Angel selling his soul to Valentino is a causal relationship, and I can’t change it.”
……
...causal lines.
One of your abilities.
It is also one of the warnings used to remind you not to do whatever you want.
It exists in the invisible senses, within the soul of every person.
It maps to something like "fate," but it is more random, and the consequences of interference are more severe.
If the causal chain is forcibly disrupted by an irrational being like yourself, and if it ultimately points to death, then this worst-case scenario will be irreversible.
If you insist on interfering, then this "irreversible result" may lead to other, even more terrible things...
This is also why you were unwilling to forcibly disrupt the soul deal between Angel and Valentino, because the causal lines between Angel and Valentino are of different colors.
Most causal lines are white, but those that connect to the important future are thick red.
These strong red causal lines constitute the entire world; they make everything in the world work and give everything a beginning and an end.
...You can't even imagine what crazy things will happen after you forcibly interfere with the red causal line.
"The causal chain isn't a big deal to you, is it? If you want, there are plenty of ways to set that guy free!"
Seeing you fall silent, as if acknowledging that you dared not, He spoke in a tone that was both puzzled and slightly mocking, which sounded infuriating.
"The simplest way is to kill that moth or snatch the soul directly from that insignificant sinner, right? It's not like you can't do it. In fact, you probably have quite a few tools for directly taking souls from others, don't you?"
you:"……"
"...It's not that simple at all."
"Besides, no matter where you are, insignificant should never be used to describe an existence with independent thought... If I let you out, you probably wouldn't even be a hair on Valentino's head, right? He has a pornographic film studio, and what about you? What can you do besides imitate?"
You replied coldly, without changing your expression.
"You have no right to look down on the human soul, no matter how bad it is."
"...There is a causal thread connecting Valentino and Angel, and the colors are different. This proves that if I intervene, something bad might happen to Angel that I cannot predict."
When the topic of cause and effect came up, your relaxed expression turned serious. “Moreover, in my country, direct intervention in bad things is not practiced. Capable people often choose to give the unfortunate just the right hints… rather than directly doing things for them.”
"See through it... but don't say it out loud."
"Otherwise, both sides will suffer misfortune."
You muttered to yourself as if you were possessed.
After witnessing so much, how could you not want Angel to be free? And how could you not be tempted to kill Valentino?
However, the cause and effect are inextricably linked to the myriad threads of the world. If you forcibly intervene, you will not only put Angel in danger, but may also affect more innocent people.
...You haven't been that selfish yet.
Angel's story makes you realize that your strength is not omnipotent, and it serves as a constant reminder that many things cannot be solved by violence alone.
But regarding Angel, aside from trying to save enough money to buy his freedom, all you can do is silently protect him until the main storyline comes to a conclusion—at least you can make his life more comfortable in ordinary times.
"Then why don't you try to sever that kid's karma with your own power? Aren't you very worried about him, and do you like him a lot?"
He, who loves to watch the drama unfold, floats beside you and questions you in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Aren't you so great? You clearly want to liberate that poor porn star so much, why haven't you taken any action yet?"
He mocks you.
"...Being bold is not being stupid, you need to understand that."
Faced with His constant provocations, your usually cold and stern voice makes it unclear whether you are angry or simply stating the facts.
"Is your pathetic intelligence so low that you can't distinguish between breaking free from constraints and causing everyone to die? My power is not part of this system. Who will be responsible for the bad consequences of rashly intervening?"
"Angel's soul contract is somehow intertwined with the very foundations of this world. What if this worldline collapses if I forcibly take it?"
You turned and glanced at Him.
"You care so much about that male prostitute, why don't you just pick up where the pieces of this broken world left off? It's all for him, isn't it?"
He looks at you with a feigned innocence, but the eerie smile on his face reveals his wickedness.
But you laughed at His utterly baseless and illogical arrogance.
The beautiful dragon girl, who had been striding across the water in the land of exile, stopped and looked with a smile at "herself" hovering in the air.
"...Ha, this is fantastic! So, how about I go rescue Angel now, and then split off this idiot who's all talk and no action to help carry the foundation of the world line?"