"Why are you suddenly bringing up the origin of the gods?"
Hers couldn’t understand why Loki had shifted to this topic.
"Because I recently discovered the reason we gods exist. The purpose of our creation, and why we’re able to exist in this world."
"Huh?"
Loki’s words only left Hers more confused.
Their common theory had always been that higher-dinsional beings created them. But they’d never been able to observe those higher planes directly—so understanding why they were created remained impossible.
"So, are you saying you observed a higher-dinsional being?"
"No, no. We’ve always assud we were created by beings of a higher rank or dinsion, but that assumption is probably wrong. The existence of us gods is deeply tied to the rules of the world itself. Our birth must be inherently linked to the world’s existence."
"Well... that was one of the directions we speculated about before."
Hers nodded slightly. He rembered that they’d once considered that possibility. But without any solid evidence, it was nothing more than a theory.
"I rember soone once proposed the idea that ’the world itself was also created’—though I can’t recall who. That shifted the focus of our theories. Still, I don’t think they were wrong. After all, we’ve never had any proof."
Back in Tenkai, whenever the gods had nothing better to do, they’d often engage in speculation. The most common topic? The aning of their own existence.
Hers rembered how plenty of gods—especially the ones who seed a bit unhinged—were always wrapped up in this kind of thinking. He’d dealt with a few of them himself. And most of the ones who fixated on such thoughts... weren’t exactly stable. After descending to Genkai, a lot of those sa gods had eventually lost it.
That thought made Hers narrow his eyes at Loki.
"Why are you bringing this up now, of all tis? Don’t tell you’ve started to share their hobbies?"
Loki looked completely unimpressed.
"Don’t think I don’t know you’re calling ’crazy.’ I’m not like those fools whose heads are full of nothing but holes. I’m only talking about this now because I’ve actually found real evidence."
"Evidence? You found sothing in Genkai tied to our existence?"
That got Hers’ attention. He didn’t care much for those so-called "crackpot theories," but he was definitely interested in the aning of his existence—if there was genuine proof involved.
"Sothing like that. But the truth is... it shook . I, Loki, have never been played for a fool like this."
Even she felt a trace of bitterness at the weight of the truth. Seeing that, Hers couldn’t help being shocked.
"Hers, didn’t Ouranos, Zeus, or Hera ever ntion anything about this?"
"Huh? You an... they knew?"
"Why else do you think Ouranos was so quick and decisive with the Black Dragon? Evilus has done all kinds of outrageous things before, but have you ever seen Ouranos imdiately label them as a target like that?"
Loki’s words made Hers frown slightly.
"I see... no wonder Ouranos acted so decisively against the Evilus this ti. I thought it was just the Black Dragon incident crossing so line for him—but there’s more to it."
"So, Ouranos made that decision just to pin everything on the Evilus for Bell-kun’s sake? That kind of blatant favoritism is rare."
Hers fell silent for a mont. He had already suspected that the Black Dragon incident was deeply connected to Bell. And he’d guessed Ouranos was using the Evilus as a scapegoat—but the speed and certainty with which Ouranos acted was startling.
He took a mont to think it through, then ca to a conclusion.
"For Ouranos, he’s always used Orario and the Genkai as his benchmark, not personal feelings. That’s why he’s been able to stay relatively impartial, and why he remains outside all factional conflict."
"So, if even he’s choosing sides now... does that an Bell is more important than Orario itself at this mont?"
The idea surprised Hers, but it also made him reflect on Loki’s earlier words.
"So, Ouranos really did hide sothing critical. No wonder he dumped all the bla on the Evilus the mont he realized there was a connection between the Black Dragon and Bell-kun."
Now he finally understood why Ouranos was so resolute—why he’d moved so quickly and thoroughly to fra the Evilus.
Loki clearly wasn’t the only one who knew about this so-called evidence. Ouranos must have known too, but had deliberately kept quiet about it the whole ti.
And thinking back to Loki’s bitter expression earlier, Hers now realized—this was the kind of thing you couldn’t even vent about. A truth the gods were forced to swallow silently, no matter how unjust.
"So... where exactly did you learn all this?"
Hers was dying to know what Loki had found out.
Sothing that tied to the fate of the world, to the very nature of the gods—it was impossible to even imagine.
"Where? Heh... from the Black Dragon himself."
"!?"
There was a touch of self-mockery on Loki’s face. The fact that such a truth hadn’t co from so ancient divine being, but from a creature long treated as an enemy—it was downright ironic.
Hers wasn’t the only one stunned. Even Asfi was frozen in place.
"You..."
"That kid went and t the Black Dragon. The whole incident was triggered when the Black Dragon sensed his presence. And to avoid a bigger ss, the kid went to et him properly."
Hers couldn’t breathe for a second. Seriously—how long had he been out of the loop for things to escalate this far?
"That kid asked the Black Dragon a lot of things—even about Behemoth, Leviathan, and the Black Dragon itself. He dug into the reason for their existence. And the truth he uncovered... was terrifying. Turns out Behemoth, Leviathan, and the Black Dragon were all created by the world itself."
"Just like we gods can’t kill them—they can’t kill us either."
"But if we, as gods, fail to raise the children of Genkai to surpass them... then the world will reshuffle both us gods and the mortals. History will reset. We’ll be forced to experience it all over again."
"But... when it restarts, will we still be the sa?"
Loki looked at Hers with a quiet intensity.
Hers pulled his hat down, expression dark.
"Never."
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