The Heavenly Demon regains control over the Heavenly Demon Church.
Well, to be more precise, he never really lost control. Guseongyong's last-ditch struggle failed.
The Heavenly Demon Church still belongs to the Heavenly Demon, yet they do not perform Jeonyang’s funeral.
To be accurate, they are keeping his body wrapped up until the right ti for a proper funeral. It seems like, wherever you go, funeral customs are the sa. The idea that the funeral should be held at a proper ti, as the deceased’s final journey, was sothing the Heavenly Demon accepted without a word.
Moreover, from the Heavenly Demon’s perspective, the group overseeing this funeral is the Woljedang. It’s one of the ten factions that carries the term "Ten Longevity" but has little presence compared to the others.
That place gathers the individuals responsible for rituals and ceremonies in the Heavenly Demon Church.
It’s also my goal.
But, I’m not expecting much. Based on the mories of the previous and current Heavenly Demon, the summoning thod is too complicated.
If Yasele’s thod is simply sacrificing a person to summon, here, it’s about carefully managing and nurturing the offerings before summoning them.
It’s not a thod that could be easily used by soone with no power, even if they gain special abilities.
Of course, that’s only what it seems based on external mories, and it could be different if I actually check the technique.
The Yasele thod, which only requires finding a suitable vessel to contain , seems better for Harvesters.
However, if there’s a special group like the Heavenly Demon Church with many resources and ti to spare, then the second-world thod could be worth considering as well...
One shouldn’t settle for just one thod but approach it from different angles.
You never know when a breakthrough might co.
If you only pursue the easiest way, there’s a chance you’ll eventually hit a wall. I understand that.
Anyway, today marks the seventh day since the Heavenly Demon beca a woman.
Soo and I are living comfortably in our small house.
In the mornings, I wake up, prepare breakfast, and wake Soo up to eat. Then I selectively organize mories and teach Soo about this world.
Of course, since this is based on Guseongyong’s mories, there may be so biases, but there’s nothing I can do about that.
Because when you add up the external experiences of everyone other than Guseongyong, it’s still less than Guseongyong’s own.
Surprisingly, the Heavenly Demon hasn’t ventured far either.
By morning, that’s the end of it, and in the afternoon, we do a little exercise.
I bring out so of the techniques I know that have high skill points and practice them. The unfortunate thing is that such techniques require mana or energy to use properly.
Soo will handle that part, I suppose.
Anyway, aside from showing her, I also send the mories directly. People with strong egos can’t receive the mories I send.
Or they may not accept them.
The weird mories coming into their heads could, in a way, trample their personalities. So, they instinctively block it out.
Especially with ads mixed in, many would probably try to cut it off if they could.
Ugh.
I’ve gained many techniques, and when taken separately, they are certainly good techniques.
But there’s sothing wrong with them, and it’s disheartening that there’s no organic connection between them.
After making soone fall to the bottom in deep despair and then turning them into a Harvester, wouldn’t it be nice if they could just raise their skill level and summon ?
But what can I do?
I captured them with the force that doesn’t force my concept.
There’s no imdiate benefit. In fact, it would be much more profitable to brainwash soone into madness and then have them summon .
But I have to look at the future.
When I enter a world where I can fully reveal my true identity, or if such a technique is invented, then I’ll be able to stand tall.
I don’t believe there is any world where I can’t be recognized.
That’s arrogance.
Even without that, if I give them power, they will fight by themselves.
I believe humanity is like that.
So, I’ll give power while receiving warmth in the end. Of course, soone who never kills anyone might erge.
Most are selfish, but occasionally, one or two strange people appear, right?
So, if you look at only those people, I might suffer greatly, but in a broader sense, I gain. There are so few people like that.
How many people who have truly lost their loved ones and family can lower the blade of revenge?
On the other hand, if more people beco indifferent to others and begin rejecting them, there will be losses. If society turns that way, the warmth contained in light will decrease, and after becoming a Harvester, there will be fewer motives to move forward.
I saw that firsthand in the second world.
Humans, shaped as materials for dostication from the beginning.
Even as Harvesters, they gained the ability to die quickly, rather than gaining physical strength. The light was already small before I turned them into Harvesters, and the warmth was even smaller.
They were truly a loss for humanity.
A world like George Orwell’s 1984 is better. When the oppressed person, holding the hope of escaping resignation and despair, begins to shine.
A world like Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We is not good. Humans with little emotion will have less warmth. Even if they reach through despair, it would be hard for them to find the will to move forward.
Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is the worst. It’s a world where Harvesters can’t be obtained.
The entrance is blocked. There’s desire there, but it’s oversupplied with pleasure, so it’s hard to fall into despair.
A world stained with desire and greed because of deprivation is better.
That world will bring soone to the bottom, and once they gain power, they’ll try to climb up, even if they have to sacrifice sothing.
Of course, if they can’t rise to another world, they’ll just make a fool of themselves, losing everything!
Still, after seeing the second world, I realized.
It’s not Yasele’s technique, nor is it this world’s technique, but one day, I can go to another world with a different technique.
If there’s a second, there’s sure to be a third.
So, even if I suffer losses now, I invest for the future.
One day.
If my Harvesters roam every world, and they send warmth, I’ll happily sink to the bottom!
Hehe.
It certainly won’t be cold then.
“Choseol, what are you thinking? You’re smiling strangely.”
Soo, who had been exercising hard, suddenly ca over and asked with a short tone, looking at my face.
“I was thinking of a future filled with warmth. I love warmth.”
Soo tilted her head and pointed toward the kitchen. She was pointing to the ever-burning fla in the kitchen. This one.
“It's warm there.”
“It's a bit too hot during the day.”
If it were just the fla, I wouldn't know, but it definitely radiates heat. That fla.
I wonder if it's weird, but when I look closely, it just looks like an ordinary fla.
However, I can’t move it.
If I stick a branch into it, the branch catches fire, but I can't move the fla itself. And if the burning branch goes outside, it extinguishes.
Only that space doesn’t go out.
The term “spatial coordinates” flashes in my mind, but I ignore it.
I once considered pouring water on it, but if it goes out, I’d have to bring firewood to start the fire again.
I don’t really understand the structure, but it’s easy to use, so I’ll just use it without knowing the principle.
Anyway, I looked at Soo standing in front of .
She was holding a branch in one hand.
Martial arts. What should I do?
I need martial arts to live from now on, but I can’t teach martial arts.
Sending mories?
That’s like tossing a book and telling soone to study on their own.
And what if it gets cut off before it’s all sent? Or if I make a situation where they could get exhausted and then practice martial arts?
No. Why am I even thinking about this?
She’ll grow up on her own. On her own.
Whether she lives or dies, all I need is warmth.
Then the faded man's mory sparkles.
A weak trainer.
What?
Well, certainly.
If my Harvester is weak, that’s annoying in itself. Even if you raise a dog, you expect it to rule over others outside, right?
Fortunately, there’s content available to raise kids, but if she’s weak, she’ll be told she can’t do it.
Hmm.
I think about the reason.
If I have the experience of raising soone here, it’ll help when raising Harvesters in the future. I learned that increasing numbers blindly leads to the destruction of the world in the first world.
So, a small number.
But if I want to kill many people, I need to make them elite.
“What are you thinking?”
“I’m thinking about what to do with Soo.”
How should I raise her so that she’s known for being well-raised?
But becoming a professional educator for that? Ugh, too much of a bother.
Then, suddenly, Soo dropped her sword. When I looked at her face to see why she dropped it, she ran toward with a face that looked like she was about to cry.
“I want to stay with Choseol!”
I hugged her first, but what does that even an?
Did she hear that I was going to abandon her?
“Soo. I would never abandon you.”
Rather, it’s more likely that when she grows up, she’ll say, “I don’t like you!” and leave.
Adolescence cos to everyone, right?
The faded man’s mory reminds of a scene in an RPG ga where a character was focused on but suddenly strayed, and the player had to re-raise them with despair.
She had no kids, so she’s glorifying such mories as if they were sothing special. Ugh.
I patted Soo.
“Just relax, Soo, do whatever you want to do.”
After saying that, I turned my gaze to the fence, which only had traces of the house left.
There, a woman with blue skin was looking at with mixed emotions. As our gazes t, she approached , crossing over the fence.
“You look like a human.”
She said that before.
“This body, yes.”
“Your actions too.”
If she knew my true nature, she’d probably feel disillusioned. If I were human, that’s how it should be.
Anyway, I know why the Heavenly Demon has co. So, I stared silently to signal that she should speak, and the Heavenly Demon sighed softly and opened her mouth.
“I’m going to have Jeonyang’s funeral. Tomorrow. Wear the clothes I designate and attend.”
Even if I couldn’t attend the wedding, there’s a saying that you should attend the funeral. I nodded. Then I pointed to Soo, who was tightly hugging in my arms.
“Prepare her clothes too.”
“Alright. I’ll do that.”
The Heavenly Demon nodded, then turned around and left, heading straight to the Heavenly Demon Church’s main building.
A funeral, huh...
“Tomorrow will be busy.”
I told Soo.
“A funeral?”
Soo, hearing this for the first ti, tilted her head and asked .
“It’s a ritual done by the living to let go of the deceased.”
“I don’t really understand.”
She won’t understand yet.
I watched the Heavenly Demon’s retreating figure, and then grabbed Soo, who was clinging to , and threw her into the yard.
“Eek!”
“Finish your exercise.”
No stopping in the middle. Even if you look at with a face like you’re about to cry, it’s not allowed. Soo.
That’s the gist of it. That’s it.
mber. One more set.
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