Devil's Bible

"Of course, if you lie, your body will show the characteristics of a real puppet, which will expose your lie," the old carpenter said as he blessed the shepherd.

Just then, a guard knocked on the door.

The old carpenter arrived at the door, and the guard looked at his face and asked him if he had taken in a stranger.

That stranger was very likely the culprit who caused the princess to fall into an eternal slumber.

The old carpenter calmly and steadily replied that he had not taken in any strangers.

The guard clearly recognized the old carpenter. Seeing that the old carpenter's expression did not change, he was relieved and left with his men.

"Grandpa carpenter, what should you do?" The shepherd may be simple and honest, but that doesn't mean he's stupid.

The two of them planned to steal the princess.

If the matter is exposed, the old carpenter will most likely be implicated.

Previously, he also possessed a 'blessing,' which allowed the old carpenter to be free from fear of other things.

However, transferring blessings is not an easy task.

This requires the recipient to use the blessing for a long time and to fully comprehend it before they can acquire the corresponding abilities.

And most of the time, this transfer only involves creating some related props—like the bag of rice that Grandpa Farmer gave him.

The ability to attract birds with rice and communicate with them can be seen as a blessing from the farming grandfather, a blessing that extends into that bag of rice.

As the bag of rice was consumed, the blessings within it were also exhausted.

Only by truly mastering all of the blessing can one detach the blessing from oneself and then transfer it to others.

"Don't worry about Grandpa. When Grandpa was young, he fooled the giants with the lie that he 'killed seven at once'."

He was even one step away from marrying the princess and becoming the new king.

"This blessing actually limits Grandpa's ability to lie," the old carpenter said with a smile, not worried about himself.

"Grandpa, I'm so worried about you," the shepherd said anxiously, but he still looked like a human, without a trace of being puppet-like.

Upon seeing this, the old carpenter knew that he had not given his blessing to the wrong person.

He gently stroked the shepherd's head, telling them not to worry about him and to hurry up and pursue true love.

Watching the two young people leave, the old carpenter didn't know whether he had done the right thing or the wrong thing.

The moment he met the princess from the neighboring country, he truly fell in love with her.

Therefore, even if he had no blessings, he would challenge the giants for the sake of love.

Through boasting and wit, he accomplished the impossible and thought he would find happiness.

However, the princess showed disdain after discovering his identity as a tailor.

At that moment, he realized that his love had no chance at all.

In this world, any 'legitimate wish' has a very high chance of being fulfilled.

When you have a firm belief in your heart and are willing to work hard for it, it's as if the whole world is making way for you.

However, that helpful force disappears and may even become an obstacle when your thoughts and concerns are related to people.

Because you have the ability to think, while others also have the ability not to think.

It is easier to resist than to acquire.

The moment ideas collide, everything goes wrong.

When the old carpenter learned that the king and princess of that country wanted to assassinate him, he could have turned the tables and killed the king, then seized the princess and became the new king.

He was also certain that once he became the new king, the princess would not hold it against him for killing her father, because she would become the new queen.

But at that moment, he took a step back.

He felt that forcing someone who didn't love him to be with him was a desecration of his love. Furthermore, he recognized reality: he loved the 'princess' of his imagination, not the princess whose mind was shaped by class consciousness and whose heart was filled with thoughts of status and position.

He would only feel disgusted after seizing the king in that way.

Power and such things will only corrupt his pure and simple heart.

So he retreated, and even though he was constantly being hunted down afterward, he had no regrets whatsoever.

Therefore, even now, he can still say that he has never wronged his love.

Deep down, however, there is still some 'unwillingness'.

If only that 'princess' had really been as perfect as he imagined.

So when this happened, the old carpenter decided to let the shepherd try it out with the soldier.

As for morality...

Morality is simply having a clear conscience.

Those of high status can rightfully assume that morality itself has a class system.

So why should he abide by the rules set by those in high positions?

The shepherd and the soldier went outside, only to find that the outside world was not as wonderful as they had imagined.

Or perhaps, this world has never been a beautiful place.

He used to live in the countryside, where there weren't as many people, nor as many interests and conflicts.

Even so, the government will still send people to collect taxes.

He thought of his sheep that had been taken away.

However, because of the blessing, he was more efficient at herding sheep and didn't have much desire for anything else. His mind was entirely focused on herding sheep, so he never found these things difficult.

However, looking back now...

The old man who farms is quite old, but he still has to work in the fields.

Each year, a significant portion of the harvest had to be handed over to the king.

The same goes for the woman who raises chickens; the chickens don't smell good.

She worked hard all year round, and her husband also fell ill.

Although everyone seems content and happy, enjoying the pleasures of life, and appears cheerful and happy every day.

"Yet he was merely a happy puppet." A thought vaguely arose in the shepherd's mind.

Then a sense of fear crept into the shepherd's mind.

The reason why the people in the village seem happy is because they can only be 'happy'.

Only happy people can receive the help of morality and law, the blessings of fairies, and the help of occasional passing heroes, thus maintaining their 'production'.

Those who were 'unwilling' to accept their fate in production and labor were all eliminated because they could not maintain a sense of happiness.

In other words, everyone must willingly live under this 'law' and have a high sense of moral well-being regarding everything they have.

People like him, who are curious about the outside world but have a 'pure' heart, are extremely rare.

Or rather, a shepherd like him should have been happy herding sheep for the rest of his life.

If he gets tired of herding sheep during this process and starts to crave more, he will gradually realize how difficult it is to herd sheep.

Gradually, desire consumed him, and he became that 'bad guy'.

During this process, he was subtly propelled out of that village, yet he remained simple and honest, which was actually a kind of luck.

But now that we know this, it's hard to say whether it's fortunate or unfortunate. (End of Chapter)