The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 157 Self-interest and Benefit to Others
“Moran, you were human in your past life, right? Even if you weren’t human, you must have been from a race that was weak individually, and the race must have had a hierarchy and a leader, right?” Carmela said with certainty.

Moran nodded: "That's right."

"Your memories of your past life are both a treasure and a constraint for you; you must discern them carefully."

I have been to many different worlds, and generally only races that are weak individually value unity and collective interests.

Only by uniting and relying on the strength of the collective can we survive.

Just as ants always travel in groups, but dragons always fight alone.

In the face of absolute power, the influence of quantity is negligible; if an individual is strong enough, such things are unnecessary.

When an ethnic group needs to maintain order, it will identify leaders and superiors.

In general, leaders and those in positions of power in a group are determined by their strength; strength represents status, and wisdom is only one part of strength.

But only humans are different.

Humans are naturally more mentally active than other races, and their superior intelligence and excellent learning ability are advantages.

They can bind others and secure their leadership position by creating rules and regulations with their clever minds, thus turning others into their followers.

Collective interests, selfless dedication, nobility versus commoners, loyalty to the monarch and patriotism, racial continuation... these are all tools created by those in power to bind those in power.

A mature human group always has the collective interest ingrained in its very being, which is why humans always like to conform and be part of a group.

In ancient times, we witches served as shamans for our tribes, protecting the ordinary people. But in the age of divine intervention, when angels and demons invaded, we were instantly branded as the source of evil and misfortune, simply because we didn't fit in.

The weak need to conform, the strong only need strength!
You can discard all the altruistic teachings you received in your previous life as a human being.

Humans like to praise altruists because altruism is most beneficial to the group, and the beneficiaries of the group, besides the group itself, are the group's leaders and superiors.

If someone gains something for no reason, someone else has to lose their own interests.

How many people talk about the continuation of their race and the inheritance of their family line, striving for generations, only to find that many are ultimately powerless to control their own destiny?

We witches don't do that kind of thing.

Are the interests of the collective and the continuation of the race necessarily more important than the interests and freedom of the individual?

We witches only wish that each of our companions can live for themselves, freely choosing and pursuing what they want.

If every witch of today has gained freedom and happiness, then what does it matter whether the race can continue?
We witches have no leaders or superiors. Although we are of the same kind, we are not dependent on each other. Even a witch has no right to control any other witch.

Independence and freedom are our eternal pursuit.

All witches and sorceresses should be responsible for themselves and have absolute control over their property.

Don't feel uneasy because of your own selfishness; you haven't harmed anyone else's interests!
I know that kindness is in a witch's nature, and no witch has ever been ungrateful.

But even if you want to do something for the witch clan, that's not something you underage kids need to consider.

You have nothing yet!
A witch whose life was nearing its end was willing to entrust the knowledge and wealth she had accumulated throughout her life to the clan to support the young witch.

These predecessors deserve our gratitude. You can learn from them by giving up your inheritance to make life easier for newborn witches when you no longer need it. But never start learning to give when you are still penniless!
There's no need for that; the witch you offer up won't be happy either!

Forget about all that selfless dedication and altruism you learned in your past life! It's okay to benefit yourself, and it's okay to benefit others in situations that are self-serving or harmless, but never harm yourself to benefit others, and never harm others to benefit yourself!
You need to learn to distinguish between what you truly want to do and what you are forced to do because of your moral convictions!

Carmela was afraid that the child would be bound by the rules and regulations of his past life, so she spoke earnestly for a long time.

Moran lowered her head; she was indeed deeply influenced by her past life.

Humans are the only intelligent race on Earth, and the vast majority of the memories that Earth carries are about humans.

Her memory was so good that all her memories of humans and her past life were as vivid as if they had just happened yesterday.

Her short thirteen years as a witch are indeed insignificant compared to human memory.

So much so that she always seemed more like a human than a witch.

But she knew that Lady Carmela was right.

She possesses all the memories of humanity on Earth from its origins to its extinction. The human customs and moral concepts she follows did not arise out of thin air, but were created by humans.

For the sake of social order, and for the consolidation of rule.

Advantages and disadvantages.

They met the needs of human development at that time, but they were not suitable for Valen, let alone witches and sorceresses who all had magical talents and could survive independently.

Moran remembered every word Lady Carmela had just said, pondering it over and over in his mind.

What does she want to do?
What was it that compelled her to do this, based on her past life beliefs?

When she was weak, giving up the way to improve herself more quickly to benefit others was certainly not what she truly wanted.

Since her rebirth, has her desire to "become stronger and save the planet" been genuine?
Moran thought, yes.

Although the consciousness of Blue Star said that she used the power of the world to send them away, it was not to make them toil for their homeland and waste their lives.

Moran still feels that, setting aside worldly views, this is what she wants to do.

She couldn't bear to see Lanxing die forever.

I don't want to be like I was in my previous life, powerless to change the world and only able to wait for death.

Improving her own strength was both to repay Blue Star and to allow herself to live more freely and happily.

For her own sake and for the sake of Earth, she should persevere on the path to strength, but she cannot be like an ascetic, ignoring the scenery along the way.

Live well, so as not to waste the last bit of energy that Earth used to give them the chance to be reborn.

This must be what Lady Carmela meant by benefiting both oneself and others!
Having sorted out her thoughts, Moran felt much more relaxed and looked at Lady Carmela: "Thank you, I understand!"

"Just understand!"

Carmela was relieved. Overly kind and presumptuous behavior was too dangerous for the little witch; any budding kindness had to be nipped in the bud.

"Now let's talk about the card distribution channels! How exactly does it work? Will my contract magic work?"