Shut up, brave man! I don't want to atone for my sins to you!

32. Things to do

Lacey frowned upon hearing this.

Godot claims that the Slender Man is "playing the part" of those he is "replacing".

She disagrees:

"Do you have any evidence?"

Hearing this, Godot spread his hands regretfully:

"No."

"Then how dare you make such outrageous remarks?"

"Uh..." The wizard shrugged awkwardly, "Brainstorming, brainstorming!"

Lacey could only sigh.

She didn't intend to argue with Godot, partly because Godot always did that, and partly because...

She thought that Godot's outrageous remarks were actually not without reason.

Of course, that's only partly true.

So the witch raised her head and tapped the table lightly with her fingertips, drawing everyone's attention to herself.

After that, she tightened her face and said:

"Gordo and I basically agree..."

As soon as she said this, Godot put on an ugly and smug look, as if to say, "Look, I'll tell you what I'm saying." But before he could be smug for long, Laceel glanced at him coldly and said unhappily:

"The only thing I agree with you on is the evolution of those tall and thin ghosts!"

Then, her expression became serious and she knocked on the table again:

"I don't agree that the Slender Man is 'playing' the humans they 'replaced'. In fact, the Slender Man that appeared in Diesel acted in human appearance probably because they were influenced by Longin Till."

"——Even as weird things themselves, they are extremely abnormal and are a minority among the entire group."

"The Slender Man of the majority is supposed to be different from them."

"The slender figure that was not affected by Longin Tyr is likely to have retained its original appearance, with thin limbs, extremely tall and thin, completely black, and no face."

Having said this, Lacier paused, her expression became complicated, she looked around at everyone and said in a deep voice:

"Through a simple comparison, we can find the difference between the two, and this difference itself may explain a crucial issue..."

At this time, Charles, who had been silent for a long time beside her, suddenly spoke:

"The Slender Man is evolving."

After feeling slightly dissatisfied with Charles' interruption and excited about their mutual understanding, Lacie looked serious and continued with what Charles had said:

“Yes, they are evolving.”

"Initially, they were trapped in the ruins of the former civilization in Diesel. After regaining their freedom, Longin Tyr used the Limited Wishing Machine to put them into a deep sleep, thus trapping them in Diesel in disguise."

"After Diesel's dream was shattered, the awakened Slender Ghosts would no longer fall into the dream created by the Limited Wishing Machine. They seemed to have some kind of 'resistance' to it. This makes us wonder, even if we try every possible way to deal with those Slender Ghosts, they will always be able to evolve corresponding 'resistance' through repeated failures."

When the witch said this, her whole face was filled with worry:

"If this is true, then the mystery of how the extremely prosperous pre-civilization perished may have the most accurate answer..."

"——The former civilization was probably dragged to death by those ghost things."

Rachel even thought of a specific scenario:

Initially, humans used fire to drive away the monsters, but soon the monsters were no longer afraid of fire; then came magic, cold weapons, blood and human lives, and... those limited wish-making machines that were excavated from the ruins by their civilization of this season.

As they tried, the resistance of the weirdness increased, and its vitality became stronger and stronger.

If, they really have what is called "life".

Faced with the weirdness, the ancient civilization was completely helpless.

As a result, the last rebels were also annihilated in the weird wave, contaminated by the monsters that they had cultivated with their own hands, and became a part of the weirdness.

Just imagining that scene made Lacie feel horrified.

But speaking of it...

"If the previous civilization was finally defeated by the weirdness and was completely assimilated by those ghosts, then shouldn't the current Pan-Continent be full of those ghosts? How could there be room for the development of this civilization?"

Lacey thought, frowning.

So, after those ghosts destroyed the previous civilization, what earth-shattering event happened in Pangaea? Did someone wipe out all the weirdness from Pangaea?

Who can be so awesome?

Lacey couldn't imagine it.

Rachel could only think of one other possibility—

It wasn't those ghosts that destroyed the previous civilization, but the previous civilization, before its demise, used some forbidden weapons or spells and chose to perish together with those ghosts.

Rather Stick to your guns.

After that, the entire Pangaea was "restarted". Because of this, neither the previous civilization nor those weird things left any traces on Pangaea.

Just as the saying in her hometown says:

"The vast expanse of white land is so clean."

After that, the mistress of the elves, the starship named Homecoming, fell from the dome. At the same time, the first wind blew up the seeds that had been dormant for who knows how long. The raindrops gave it the power to break through the shell, and the sunlight made it thrive and bear fruit.

——That was the end of the previous civilization and the beginning of a new era.

Life will always find a way, and history will open a new chapter.

If this is true, then all life and all living things in the new era probably have to thank the final choice of the previous civilization, right?

Even if it was not a sacrifice they made voluntarily.

But Rachel also knew that her conjectures, like Godot's, had no basis and were purely a flash of inspiration - or as Charles said, "intuition."

Groove's intuition! If only her intuition was as accurate as Ciel's!

I don't know what she ate to grow up. Her witch physique is obviously more special than Ciel's, so why doesn't she have such an incredibly accurate intuition?

Is the Charles open?

Although Charles didn't tell Lacie to "practice more if you're a beginner", Lacie still felt a little depressed.

But these are not important. The truth about the demise of the previous civilization and the nature of the slender figure are more important.

Lacie quickly put all those messy thoughts behind her and then told her guess to everyone at the long table.

People reacted differently.

Godot was upset that he hadn't thought of this first. Joseph was lost in thought. Siree was still as silent as usual, like a sharp dagger. Charles turned his head towards her, smiled at her, and reached out to touch her.

He nodded, as if wanting to praise her.

But after realizing that there were other people around them, Ciel withdrew his hand somewhat awkwardly.

He was still a little embarrassed to do such an intimate thing with her in public.

Rachel couldn't help but have some bad thoughts. She wanted to grab Charles' hand and put it on her head, or on her thigh wrapped in slippery pantyhose - but in the end she gave up the idea and stuck out her pink tongue at Charles and gave him a provocative smile.

Hehe!

A fool without any courage!

Charles was not struck by her taunting. On the contrary, he showed a helpless expression to Lacie, and then gently squeezed Lacie's hand under the table, warning her not to be complacent anymore.

Lacie curled her lips, but actually did not provoke Charles again. Instead, she turned to look at Broda who was sitting at the end of the long table.

She was a little curious about how the old gentleman, who was always serious, would react after hearing her guess.

Then, she unexpectedly saw Broda showing a strange, slightly dazed expression.

"?"

Rachel didn't understand why Broda had this expression, so she subconsciously asked:

"Mr. Broda, do you have any opinion on my conjecture?"

Bloda was stunned for a moment when he heard this, as if he had just woken up from a dream. The trance on his face melted away in an instant like a thin layer of snow under the sun.

He put on his serious expression again, and after a moment's silence, he replied:

"No, I have no objection... Sorry, Ms. Rachel, I was distracted just now and didn't pay attention to what you said. Could you... repeat what you just said again?"

"..."

Lacey leaned back and frowned.

Now, she felt that Broda was... a little weird.

But she didn't say this out loud, instead she pretended nothing had happened and said:

"it is good."

So she repeated her conjecture to Broda.

This time, Broda listened carefully from beginning to end, and nodded after listening, indicating that he agreed with Lacier's conjecture:

"No problem. At least in my opinion, your idea is very reasonable, even genius - it is indeed possible, but do you plan to tell Ms. Verliden about this idea?"

Lacey said, "Uh."

"Probably... yes. Later, after I finish talking to you, I will definitely report the progress of my work to Old... and Viliden. After all, she is also very curious about what happened in Lentiheim."

"Well," Bloda nodded, "I have to say, you have thought it through very carefully."

"..."

This sudden praise made Lacie a little at a loss. She was thinking, what was going on? Why did Broda suddenly say this?

Broda saw her confusion and gave her a rare smile.

The old man's smile was like the sunshine that occasionally penetrated the thick clouds on a cloudy day, so fleeting that one could hardly help but doubt that it was an illusion.

But the smile did exist, and behind the smile, Mr. Broda explained:

"My experience tells me that most misunderstandings are caused by 'lack of communication'. Even Diesel's abnormal situation at that time... If we could get in touch with you and Mr. Ciel at that time, I'm afraid Diesel's abnormality would be better resolved, right?"

What he said made a lot of sense. Lacie was speechless and just said "Oh".

Broda then said again:

"So you should report to Ms. Verliden... about the progress of the work... This is you..."

He paused for a moment, then continued:

"This is what you should do."

[To be continued]

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33. Casting

Everyone has something to do.

A teacher is responsible for teaching and educating, a chef is responsible for cooking delicious food, and a scholar is responsible for exploring all the truths in the world.

If everyone in this world fulfills their own responsibilities and follows the rules, then there will probably be no more problems in the world.

rule.

The only things that deserve respect in this world are rules.

Elderly Honoré de Brodard always believed so.

However, those who knew him well knew that when he was young, Broda was a radical among radicals, extremely keen on breaking the rules and making trouble. It was even more difficult to get him to abide by the rules than to soften the mouth of the Witch of Twilight.

But it was precisely because he was so unrestrained and free-spirited that he turned to the other extreme when he got older.

Extremely conservative, so conservative that he wants to expel all those who don't follow the rules from Pangaea.

Many people were curious about why Broda had changed so much. They guessed that something must have happened - something crucial that could turn a rebellious prodigal son into a fussy old man.

But Broda never told anyone about that.