Chapter 37
Girl and the lady’s conversation 2
“Lernda, I’d like to ask you something.”
“Mm, what?
“Lernda… what choice would you make if you were really a godson”
“Choose…?
I question Mr. Lang’s words without thinking. Whatever choice you were going to make, that’s not what I came for.
“Lernda, this may be a hard story for you, but I will tell you a story that may happen in the future. If Lernda is a divine son, it’s a problem we’re going to face.”
Mr. Lan said so with a serious eye. From now on, problems that could happen. If I am a godson, a problem that happens. I’m afraid to ask that, but the problem I have to take.
I snort at Mr. Lang’s words.
“The Divine Son is special to the world. He is a child loved by God and is supposed to have special powers. In fact, you will have no other power. That power has both a good and a bad impact.”
The Divine Son has both good and bad influences. That’s all influential beings. With special powers, Mr. Lan says again.
“If we can keep the Divine Son in our hands, that alone will enrich the country. Yes, there are many who recognize it. I actually took you to the temple, Lelunda’s twin sister, also because I wanted to protect the existence of the Divine Son as a nation. Sometimes we protected the Divine Son because he is sacred, but most of all we can say to get the Divine Son. Never, only good will protects the Divine Son, not just tender emotions.”
“… yeah”
I listen and nod to what Mr. Lang tells me.
“A country with a divine son in its hands is only a threat to other nations. In history, there are countries that have protected the Divine Son in the past, acted as they please, and as a result bought and ruined the divine Son’s grudge. If the Divine Son hates you, that’s all you can be driven to ruin. However, it is not impossible to manipulate the Divine Son while not being hated by the Divine Son. We just have to make a happy world for the Divine Son.”
“For the Divine Son… a happy world?
“Yep. Create a world that is kind to the Divine Son and pretend to be only happy in front of the Divine Son. And manipulating the Divine Son is not impossible.”
For the Divine Son, make a kind world. Only pretend to be a happy world before the Divine Son. And manipulate like good about the Divine Son.
He said he could do that.
I’ll replace it with me and think about it. I might end up believing that if they were nice to me. Be nice, make a happy space, but even if it wasn’t really like that. Keep believing in that sweet world, as it is, it’s a story I don’t even want to think about, but it could die. Be gentle, as you believe. No matter how cruel it really was.
“So… Lernda, you should be where you want to be.”
“What, what do you mean?
“There are some beings in the world who come to bargain to put the Divine Son aside. For example, Lernda, you would try to help the beasts if they were right for the eyes, right?
Mr. Lan, I heard that. It is only natural for me to snort at what Mr Lang has asked. Because I love everyone, I think I’ll help if it suits my hard eyes.
“At that time, what would you do if someone negotiated with you to help the beasts? If you come here, if you help the beasts, if they say you’ll be happy —”
“… that, ha”
Help the beasts, make them happy, what if they say so? Instead, you can have me over there. If that’s all…, still, I thought maybe it would be okay. If I just go and everyone laughs.
“If everyone’s laughing–”
“So I nod, and I don’t know if they’re really going to help or if they’re going to be happy if you went there.”
“Huh.”
“You help me, even if they say so, I don’t know if they’ll really protect that. Just pretending that the beasts are being saved and happy, and the opposite is possible — hurting the beasts.”
You can help me, Mr. Lan said he doesn’t know if the other person will protect the word. When we’re all happy, it makes me look like I could do something completely different.
“Besides, the Beastmen… can’t be happy that Lernda is offering herself for their own safety. No one wants their loved ones to sacrifice for themselves. You should be more aware of what you are valued for.”
Mr. Lan looks straight at me. More, you should be aware, like that.
“You are taken care of. You are well loved. It grieves us all that our cherished beings meet our daunting eyes. It’s with what you think of the beasts. Lernda wants to spend time with the people that Lernda wants to be, laugh happily, and that’s how we all want to spend it.”
Mr. Lan also said the same words Gaius said to me.
“You are important to the beasts, and they are important to you too, so if you are important and want to be with them, you just have to be with them. It’s best if we’re all happy. You can’t just be happy one at a time. No one will be happy that one will be unhappy for the happiness of the other.”
Only one of us can’t be happy. Both, it’s best to be happy, says Mr. Lang.
“… yeah”
“If you were truly a Divine Son, you would be able to poke at a variety of choices from now on. What do you want to do and how do you choose to do it? There’s a choice between living in the human world or living with the beasts like this.”
“… yeah”
If he was really a godson, he could poke a choice. There comes a time when you have to choose what you want to do. And if that was the Divine Son, it would have a variety of influences.
“Ahead of choosing, there could be a huge impact. That could lead to a lot of things. You have to think about it. But you can make the choices you want.”
“… rather,”
“Yeah. It’s a difficult issue. So whenever Lernda bothers you, you have to talk to anyone and think about it and make up your mind.”
“… yeah”
I snort. It’s difficult, but I thought I had to think about what Mr. Lang said properly.
“Run,. Me, Kamiko, maybe… should I say it?
I asked Mr. Lan what he was worried about, what he thought.
I may be a godson. I don’t know if I really am, but should I tell everyone if there is a chance of a divine son?
“That’s… that’s a hard story. If I were you, I wouldn’t mind just talking to Mr. Athos.”
“… yeah”
“It’s a difficult story because it doesn’t really show that you’re a godson. Think about the timing.”
“… yeah”
“He looks like he’s asleep. Good night, already. We’ll think about it tomorrow.”
“… yeah”
I nodded and went straight to bed and fell asleep talking.
– – Girl and the lady’s conversation 2
(Maybe the divine girl snorts at the lady’s words)