Simple man with his Chapter 16: Feeling down

Chapter 16: Feeling down

Lud has been silent for three days in a row, only doing the bare necessities to live. Many have co to comfort him, but none of them worked. So everyone decided to let Lud go at his own pace.

anwhile, Li is training Sarah, who is clearly showing signs of frustration with her movents. When the ti ca to have a break, Sarah slamd her fist to the ground, causing it to make an impact hole.

Li says to Sarah "I know that you are frustrated, but there is nothing we can do to make our lord better." Sarah says "I know but... It’s still frustrating that I can’t help him when he is in trouble. Have you made contact with that ghost man yet?" To which Li says "I have tried, but I failed to make contact with him. It is like he is purposely avoiding making contact."

Then Maumar’s voice is heard saying "Maybe if you switched the thod you use to make contact with gods, then maybe I would have co talk to you sooner." Sarah and Li are surprised Maumar’s sudden appearance, but Maumar continues "Also as far as I have co to understand sentient beings, I think you should be more accommodating to Ludwif Freigner than you are now."

Sarah says angrily "And what do you know? You are the cause of all this ss, so what place do you have to criticize our thods?" Maumar says "I’m not criticizing anyone. It’s just that you fail to put your head in the sa mindspace that Ludwig Freigner is currently in. That’s my take on the matter."

Sarah says "The sa... mindspace?" And Li says "You are saying we don’t understand what he is going through?" To which Maumar answers "In a sense. Let’s put it this way, I assu that both of you have had dreams that you rember and regret your actions in..." Sarah says "I don’t." And Li says "I don’t see dreams as I don’t need to sleep." Maumar pauses for a mont to think of his next words. Then he says "Fantasies. Let’s talk about fantasies. Have you ever had fantasies that you regretted or look back on with embarrassnt?" Sarah says "Yeah, kind of" And Li says "Sort of."

Then Maumar says "Good, we are getting sowhere. Now let’s assu those embarrassing or regretful fantasies that you had one day turned true. Now wouldn’t it be a shock?" To which Sarah says after thinking a mont "I would want to kill myself if the one I’m thinking ca true." And Li says "No comnt."

Maumar says "Good. That is, for the lack of better reference, the closest thing you can feel that is similar to what Ludwig Freigner is currently feeling. There could also be a closer fra of reference, but I’m slow sotis, so give

a break."

Then Sarah says "So Faust is... embarrassed right now?" To which Li says "More like in shock. Still, what do you suppose we should do, Maumar?" Sarah is surprised and says "This guy is Maumar?!" To which Maumar says "For when we are with Ludwig Freigner, I am Marumaru, but yes, I am indeed Maumar."

Sarah says "What’s with that alternative na of yours?" To which Maumar says "It brings

closer to the kids so to speak." To which Sarah says "If I t soone who unironically called themselves Marumaru when I was little, I would steer away from them the best I could." To this, Maumar comnts "That is a matter of perspective."

Li asks again "So what do you think we should do to help our lord, Maumar?" To which Maumar says "I hear that, while temporary fix, mind altering substances should work." Li asks "Anything other than that?" To which Maumar says "Hmmm... My child calling

papa would make

happy, so how about procuring a child for Ludwig Freigner?"

There is a pause.

Then Li asks "Are you serious?" To which Maumar says "I’m dead serious." Then Sarah says "So all I have to do is have sex with Faust and get pregnant so that that child will make him happy?" To which Maumar says "Yes" and at the sa ti, Li says "No".

Sarah thinks for a mont, nods, and says "Okay. Let’s do this." After which Sarah leaves with amazing speed. Li tries to stop her, but then says to Maumar "Look what you’ve done. You only are going to make things worse."

Maumar says "On the contrary, I think it’ll work wonders." Then Maumar pulls out binoculars and looks through them. Li says "Are you seriously going to watch?" To which Maumar responds with "As a papa yourself and the Witness, shouldn’t you witness your daughter’s first steps to adulthood?"

Li says "That’s just plain creepy behavior." To which Maumar responded "But you do want to." And Li says through gritted teeth "I do."

Then Li says to Maumar "But are you seriously thinking that this will fix anything?" To which Maumar responds "While I don’t think that copulating is the right answer by itself, I do think that it is the show of affection that will "win the cake