The Blind Saint Who Can See - Chapter 44
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#44. The Magician (2)
“That, that’s ridiculous.”
Liliana said reflectively.
“How could an adult endure such pain? No, wait, that means all the adults in the history books…?”
“No, that’s not true.”
The saint smiled brightly.
“It is the natural duty of the strong to take care of the weak.”
White fingers entangled themselves between Liliana’s. The saintess whispered in a low voice.
“If Your Highness thinks so too, isn’t it because you tried to fulfill your duty as a member of the royal family?”
The saint’s eyes are infinitely kind and pure.
It was the face of someone who firmly believed it to be the truth, as if he was reciting an obvious fact, so Liliana couldn’t bring herself to refute it.
Actually, isn’t her way of thinking quite similar?
Born into royalty and given so many rights, it is a natural duty to look after one’s fellow citizens and to sacrifice one’s life to protect one’s brothers who are higher in the line of succession than oneself.
But… but the saint’s story now was fundamentally different.
A feeling that makes your hair stand on end and sends goosebumps down your spine.
The feeling that someone far above is looking down on you naturally brings about discomfort.
Yet, a sense of guilt also gripped her.
The saint is undoubtedly the benefactor of the country. She is now feeling the pain that is unimaginable on his behalf.
But instead of feeling grateful to that person, I thought, ‘There’s no way someone this kind can exist in reality. Could it be that he has some other intention?’
“Well, that’s about it.”
As if she had sensed Liliana’s worries (or doubts), the saintess cut her off at an appropriate moment.
“There’s something I’d like to ask you, Your Majesty… … .”
“what?”
“Have you ever seen anything unusual in your dreams? Something very special, like a landscape you’ve never imagined before.”
“that,”
Liliana bit her tongue as she tried to answer reflexively.
‘It was definitely a strange dream.’
After recovering from the broken magic circuit, she saw a sight she had never experienced before.
A beautiful and overwhelming blue city. Sky-piercing skyscrapers, freely moving flying objects, and trains that run without steam engines.
It was a civilization that even the most developed principality of Eal across the continent could not dare to imagine.
Maybe this is the middle of a very distant future, thought Liliana, who had fallen into the city.
That was when.
[Error occurred – Liliana]
[Corrects errors… … .]
[Edit failed]
[Proceeding with character deletion.]
Red letters appeared and disappeared in front of my eyes at a rapid pace.
The moment she read the last sentence, a dizzying sense of dread took hold of her. It was as if some gigantic being was trying to erase her.
[This character cannot be deleted.]
[We are doing a replacement task… … .]
[This character is irreplaceable.]
[We are looking into a solution.]
[… … .]
[… … .]
[… … .]
[Some changes to the rules]
[… … .]
[Change successful]
[Returns the character to the field.]
She woke up with a message that appeared right after.
Anyone whose magic circuits are broken will die within hours. However, she did not lose her life, although it was painful… … .
“Your Majesty?”
The saintess’ soft call woke Liliana from her deep thoughts. As she sat there dazed, the saintess opened her mouth once again.
“Do you have anything to say?”
Liliana somehow felt as if the saint’s blue eyes were looking straight at her.
Even though the saint obviously couldn’t see ahead.
That was the reason.
“I didn’t see anything particularly special.”
The reason why Liliana didn’t tell the saint the truth.
It can’t be explained clearly in words.
However, Liliana had a gut feeling that the strange scenery she had seen back then and the saintess might be related, so she decided to take a closer look at her first.
“I see. Oh, then shall we start what we were talking about earlier?”
“What are you doing?”
“Yeah-”
The saint laughed heartily.
“It’s a job to enable the princess to use magic.”
***
The method to enable Liliana to use magic is simple.
You just have to create a medium.
So what I came up with was a ‘gun’ that utilized a talisman that was sensitive to magical reactions.
“You want me to make a weapon according to these blueprints?”
“Is it impossible?”
“No. Since there is a craftsman who came over from the Western Continent, this shouldn’t be too difficult. However.”
Liliana let out a sigh as she looked at the blueprint of the gun I had drawn.
“A gun that utilizes a talisman. That’s an idea I’ve never thought of before.”
“Guns made in the Western Continent operate on gunpowder. We’re just replacing that with magic power.”
“That’s true too.”
Normally, this would be overturned.
A gun?
If the nobles of Terra were extremely conservative about interacting with other countries except for the Holy Nation of Aegis, they might show considerable resistance to the royal daughter dealing with foreign cultures.
But the reason why Liliana, who values etiquette and law, is so silent… …is probably because she is so desperate.
“Then let’s start production right away!”
“… … .”
“Your Majesty?”
“I have a question.”
“What is it?”
Liliana looked down at me as I stood there on my cane, then asked in a subdued tone.
“Why do you help me?”
“Of course, it’s my duty to help those in need.”
“Well, indeed.”
She furrowed her brows.
“I already understand your beliefs to some extent. It is an extremely utilitarian way of thinking that places the suffering of the many on the heaviest scale.”
I kept my mouth shut.
“For example… … If you were to weigh one loved one against ten innocent people, a normal person would choose the former. In the case of Baron Polly Young-sik, I think he would come up with a third answer, trying to save both of them. But you are different.”
Red eyes sparkle.
“You must choose the latter. Because you value all humans equally, except yourself.”
This is so-
It was an unexpected analysis.
To be clear, there is nothing wrong with what Liliana said.
What I value most is the ‘total number of lives saved’.
Contrary to her assumption, it doesn’t matter if they’re not innocent. As long as they’re not trash who’s going to kill others in the future and thus reduce the count of the lives I’ve saved, I’ll definitely save more.
love?
If you are swayed by such subjective feelings, you will not be able to return home.
Objectively, calmly and coolly.
The role of Saint Justina is to only move straight towards the goal.
… … But I thought it was packaged pretty well.
Strictly speaking, there is only a thin line between coolness and compassion.
A cold-hearted person gives 0 affection to everyone, and a compassionate person gives 100 affection to everyone.
I lived for over 10 years as if 0 was 100 through acting. Of course, no one noticed.
‘What should I do?’
Liliana is an important character that we decided to include in the party.
If you rashly arouse suspicion, you’ll be in trouble. In the worst case, you might have to exclude her and proceed with the main story.
‘… No. That would be annoying.’
The royal blood of a country is useful in many ways.
There is a ‘spare’ that can take Liliana’s place, but the original is better than the spare.
So I decided.
“Your Majesty.”
“Speak.”
“I told you before that I would ask you a favor if I could use magic. Do you remember?”
She answered the unexpected question with a somewhat strange expression.
“Remember.”
“Can I ask you that now?”
“…what?”
A moment of silence.
Feeling the wind blowing through the window, I smiled and opened my mouth.
“Please help me save the world.”