The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed - Chapter 422
423 – From the end to the beginning
The church’s attack on the denomination was part of the novel’s flow. In the latter part of the original novel, churches and denominations were a huge problem for Roel. The similarities between the church, which prefers to divide into black and white and eliminate those who are opposed to it, and the denomination, which mixes black and white and turns it gray, were extremely different, so the similarities were clear.
To think lightly of human life.
That was the reason why Roel, who became a warrior for everyone, chose neither the church nor the denomination. A church that kills all living things in the city to find holy relics, or a cult that sacrifices the entire city as a sacrifice to summon demons… In Roel’s eyes, they were all enemies that needed to be eliminated.
“… “War cannot be prevented.”
As I was able to read the flow through the writer’s essence, I realized that this war was unstoppable. Raelan used his words to explain it to us.
“okay. This is a problem that cannot be prevented and does not need to be prevented. Anyway, as time passed, the religious leaders would naturally gain causality and the restrictions on their movements would disappear. “The war is more like the butterfly effect caused by Nelson’s death.”
Raelan was silent for a moment, giving us time to think. Unlike me, who realized and accepted that it was a huge trend, Ellie seemed quite concerned about so many people dying. Raelan paid no attention to Ellie and turned to me.
“I think now would be a good time to explain to you what I found out. “It would be less shocking to hear an explanation in advance than to face it without any preparation.”
When I made a puzzled look at the words without context, Raelan snapped his finger in front of Ellie’s face to draw my attention. Ellie looked a little annoyed by that action, but she succeeded in getting Raelan’s attention as he wanted.
“From the memories I received from Ross, I received a crucial clue from what Cassis said. That is, Ross has the destiny of an apostle.”
“Do I really have the destiny of an apostle?”
In response to my question, Raelan shrugged his shoulders and showed that he did not know.
“How do I know that? What is important is that the religious leader prophesied that you would be an apostle. “Don’t you feel uncomfortable?”
I thought carefully about Raelan’s question and then glanced at Ellie.
“Ellie, do you understand?”
“… “It’s a feeling of discomfort.”
Ellie frowned and pondered for a moment, then opened her eyes wide.
“okay! “I think there is a sense of incongruity about the time when Ross was first predicted to be an apostle.”
“… period?”
The first time I heard the word apostle was when Estelle approached me secretly while the duel was in progress. Ellie said with a frustrated face as she looked at me tilting her head without understanding.
“Fool, Estelle said something to you back then. “When I sent information about Roel to the cult, I also sent information about her younger sister, you, and suddenly the cult leader predicted that you were an apostle and sent a mask with an acorn on it to Estelle for confirmation.”
“… I know that too. But what’s so uncomfortable about that?”
It was Raelan who answered my question, not Eli.
“At the time, Estelle did not know whether you could use space magic. In the first place, only a handful of people knew at the time that Ross could use space magic. But the religious leader pinpointed you and predicted that you were an apostle.”
… After listening to it, I definitely felt something strange. How could the cult leader know something that Estelle didn’t know? Could it be that I really have the fate of an apostle and predicted it?
“It’s not just that. The cult leader said he sent a mask with an acorn on it for confirmation, but you would know better from your own experience that the contents of the trap were not intended to confirm that you were an apostle.”
Yes, what I saw was a scene from a certain moment when Roel continued to dream endlessly. It was a very cunning trap to make me unconsciously think that Roel had a secret, not a trap to confirm that he was an apostle.
“Apostle is just a name given arbitrarily by the religious leader. The leader knew from the beginning that you were a ‘character’ with an important role in this world. From the religious leader’s perspective, it was just an ‘apostle’. So he looked several moves ahead and laid a cunning trap to keep you and Roel apart.”
“… “What is that?”
Raelan said to me, who was embarrassed, with a wry smile.
“The leader knew. No, he had no choice but to know. Because he is the one who ‘became the beginning from the end’. This world is full of variables where even a saint cannot predict. But how did the cult leader know that you would exploit Cassis’ weakness?”
“… .”
“Reading the huge, twisted flow of probability is the unique ability of the writer ‘Jin Xian.’ You are the only person in the world who can do that. But the cult leader was also able to do that. “How is that possible?”
It was clearly said as if he was asking a question, but Raelan did not wait for an answer.
“The answer is simple. The cult leader is, by definition, a monster close to immortality, and his ambiguous existence itself is a setting. Just as the god of the Chaos Church intervened for reasons of probability, it is also possible for the religious leader to do so. “It is an ambiguous entity whose existence itself is not clearly defined.”
Ellie held my hand. I looked at Ellie with bewildered eyes as she seemed to be preparing for the coming shock. Ellie stared at me for a moment, then sighed and said.
“Ross, we actually had a conversation without you. Estelle said she had something to say only to us.”
“… “Except me?”
“huh. This happened some time after Estelle killed the immortal with you. Estelle, who was hiding due to restrictions, said she clearly heard the immortal’s last words to you.”
At that time, didn’t the immortal mutter something whose meaning you couldn’t understand? It wasn’t something important, I couldn’t remember.
“… “You don’t remember that moment, do you?”
Somehow Ellie was convinced that I didn’t remember it. It was the same for Raelan, who was looking at me from her side.
“That’s not really important, is it?”
Ellie shook her head at my words.
“It’s important. Because Estelle said that the person she saw at that time was not wearing the lily mask, but a completely different mask.”
“… “What on earth does that mean?”
It wasn’t another mask. It was clearly my soul materialized and covered up in the lily mask. Ellie bit her lip and hesitated to answer before she spoke with a sigh.
“The mask Estelle explained to us and the cult leader’s mask we saw when we fell into the cult’s trap… “It was the same.”
“what?”
“So before the immortal died, he mistakenly thought you were the cult leader.”
I was silent. There seems to be some strange misunderstanding. I had complicated thoughts for no reason. Maybe they are wondering if I am the same person as the religious leader. Raelan must have read my thoughts and burst into laughter.
“Don’t worry for nothing. “Because we know you are not a cult leader.”
“then… “Why did you bring up that mask?”
“This is to explain why you and the cult leader wore the same mask.”
“… .”
“Ever since I first received memories from you, I have had strong doubts about the identity of the cult leader. Despite the setting that there was no way to descend the God of Chaos Cult without the bodies of Bella and the saint, the leader of the first world somehow made the God of Chaos Cult descend. “I thought there must be some secret hidden there that we don’t know about.”
Raelan said with a sly smile.
“The meaning of vague is quite useful. Because while we cannot accurately explain what kind of existence it is, we cannot ‘deny’ that it exists. That is why the leader has no body and only a mask exists, and why a large flow of causality is necessary for movement.”
A flash of light passed through my mind as Raelan emphasized the word negation.
“The world’s denial… Are you saying that the religious leader can avoid the world’s injustice?”
Raelan smiled like a snake.
“clearly.”
“But the world’s negativity… .”
“It’s a phenomenon that occurs when something from another world that shouldn’t exist in this world exists.”
Raelan burst into laughter and continued speaking.
“You still don’t know. Foolish lord! Cassis told you. The religious leader calls himself ‘the one who became the beginning from the end’. “That was the decisive clue to the identity of the cult leader!”
“… “You found out the identity of the cult leader?”
“Yes, it had to be that way in the first place. Cassis’ words simply changed my doubts into confidence.”
Raelan, who was giggling and laughing, spoke in a low voice.
“There are many different Rosses in many worlds. Some became Ross, the thirsty one who ate Roel’s heroines to become stronger, a sword master, a spear master, a magician… There really are all kinds of different Rosses in so many worlds. And at least one of them… ”
Raelan’s eyes filled with madness looked into me.
“Like the first Ross who was tempted by the devil, he surrendered to the god of Chaos… “Going back from the end to the beginning, there could be Ross who became the leader of the cult.”