Life has dealt a heavy hand to a weak demigod like me.

"Some people are not worth helping." Arthur looked at Mernadè coldly, "Don't waste your life, which Floyds protected with his own."

Mernadette sat on the sofa with her head buried in her knees, feeling a little overwhelmed.

It's not that she can't bear being abandoned by the people.

She just couldn't understand why the people of this country would do such a thing when Floyd had saved the country.

"Antilia...you too."

"I remember you came to us on your own initiative." Arthur's gaze shifted from Mernadè to Antilia.

"You killed a lot of people just to join us. When did you become so soft-hearted?"

"I've told you this from the very beginning. We are lunatics who don't follow any rules. Anyone who offends us, anyone who makes us unhappy, regardless of whether they are male or female, old or young, noble or king, must die."

"now what?"

"What are you doing?"

"I don't remember either me or Floys teaching you to be weak!"

Arthur said with a disappointed look on his face.

Before Floyd was influenced by Mernadette, Arthur was considered the best-tempered of the four - at least for a period of time.

After all, his temper has improved a lot since he started his own family.

But before that, he was known as the Butcher.

Floyds killed people to vent his inner frustration and also because of the influence of his extraordinary characteristics.

But Arthur before could be said to be suffering from a disease called "killing".

If he doesn't vent his emotions properly every once in a while, he will go crazy.

Even though his mental illness was cured after he had a family, it did not mean that he would be a kind-hearted person.

Compared to the past, he is still a "butcher", but the butcher now will not take the initiative, or will not look for prey from time to time.

But if the prey knocks on the door himself, he will definitely not show mercy.

"My old self..."

"That was a disguise." Antilia smiled. "Can't you see? I only pretended to be close to Brother Floys."

"Actually... I don't like killing. Not at all."

"Everything I did before was just to spend more time with Brother Floys," she said self-deprecatingly.

Sometimes she would hate herself at that time.

After all, after seeing Mernadè and the current Floyds, Antilia knew it.

If she had been able to stick to her original intention, then Flores would not have had such a hard time.

Maybe they can be happy together.

only...

I gave up this simple happiness.

She wanted Floyd's approval so much that she lost the self that could be recognized by him.

So now, she decided to abandon her previous hypocritical self and be her true self.

"Brother Floys... you will support me in doing this, right?"

As she thought about this, tears couldn't help but appear in her eyes.

"Are you going to give up after he dies?" Arthur asked viciously.

"No, I just want to be my true self again with Brother Floys's blessing."

"Is this the real you, being bullied by a bunch of unknown guys?" Arthur became even angrier.

"What does it matter to you even if tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people gather together?"

"As long as you're willing to bet on them, they will turn against you and become your protector."

"But now, you'd rather be chased by them than use your abilities?"

To some extent, Antilia's ability was the most terrifying among the four of them, especially for ordinary people.

Just like the result of this greed curse.

Even at full power, Antilia might not be able to do what Ron did - after all, she did not have the power from the curse of the ancient gods.

But at least she can make ordinary people in a city fall into various similar situations and cannot extricate themselves.

Antilia, who has such power, is being chased by some ordinary people in a miserable state. This is the source of Arthur's anger.

Floys died protecting the light in his heart.

Where's Antilia?

Are you going to keep giving in to ordinary people like this, deliberately creating weaknesses for yourself, and then be caught by others and die?

He didn't want to see this result at all.

"Because I am the one who truly agrees with Mernadè's ideas."

"Brother Floys only wants to protect Mernade, but I want to be her strength."

"And in this process, too much violence cannot be used."

"I want to help her get people to truly recognize her ideas, rather than using power to manipulate them into false recognition."

The results of supernatural power and the power of words and actions are different.

The former will make people afraid, but the latter will make people truly identify with it.

The current situation is very bad, and perhaps they will soon be abandoned by the entire country.

But Antilia didn't care.

Among Mernadè's thoughts, there are parts that need to be recognized and spread, and there are also parts that are not accepted by others and need to be done silently by themselves.

Such as now.

Mernade and the others never thought of spreading the news about how they had solved the curse of greed.

They simply want to help those in need.

What does it have to do with you if I save you?

The reason why Mernadè was somewhat shaken was not because her ideas and mutual aid association were resisted.

She just didn't know why everyone hated Floyd who saved them. She just couldn't get used to the people around her leaving like that. She even regretted that she was the cause of Floyd's death.

On the contrary, things like being excluded have the least impact on her.

When she decided to take this path, Charles had already told her about the many hardships and troubles, and she was prepared to bear everything.

But she didn't expect that such a thing would happen to her so soon, nor did she expect that the Mutual Aid Society would be boycotted because it saved the Kingdom of York.

Mernadette was prepared, but she did not understand human nature.

Not everyone in this world is rational, and with the instigation of extraordinary people and national power, even fewer people can remain rational.

"Agree? You're so naive."

“Just like before…”

Arthur sighed, not knowing what to say.

Then his gaze lingered on the two of them for a long time.

"It will probably happen in the next few days. The new parliament will probably completely define your mutual aid association as an illegal organization, or an illegal heresy."

"After all, this is the will of the people." Arthur said with a hint of sarcasm.

"You have two choices."

"One is to hide here. As long as I'm here, no one will do anything irrational. This way, both your safety and theirs will be guaranteed. But your ideas won't be able to spread any further."

"The other is to stick with your choice and... leave the country."

"This way, perhaps your persistent ideas will be spread, but it will put you in a very dangerous situation."

"Not all countries are as harmonious as the present Kingdom of York."

Yes, despite encountering countless chaos, the Kingdom of York is indeed very harmonious in some respects because of the existence of the Shire.

On this continent, all countries have their own rules.

At the same time, although most countries adhere to Taylor's ideas and formulate laws on the surface, they have an unspoken rule of supreme supremacy behind the scenes.

The news that all the demigods were captured by Ciel has shocked many, but this news has not yet leaked out.

After all, in order to create his own superior status, the demigods do not have close ties with the high-level extraordinary people in the sect.

The "oracle" will only be sent down when they are needed to do something.

Although some places have realized that something is wrong, most places outside the Kingdom of York are still following the old rules.

Under this rule, Mernadè's ideas themselves are a heresy - after all, her ideas have many things in common with schools of thought such as the Truth Society, the Equality Society, and the Mutual Aid Society that are rejected by most countries.

If he chose to spread his ideas in those places, it might not be long before Arthur would hear the news of their death.

Other places are different from here. There is no one in other places who can threaten or restrict them, or even the demigods behind them.

"Mernadette...what's your choice?" Arthur looked at her with a ferocious look.

Mernadette slowly raised her head. Although her expression was a little sad, her eyes were extremely firm.

"Later, I will ask those members of the mutual aid association who want to give up. I will keep them and find a way to send them to different places to live a peaceful life."

"Then discuss with others how we should face this challenge."

"So your choice is to seek death?" Arthur's face was bulging with veins.

"I'm not looking for death. I just want to do what I should do."

“Maybe I will die, but at least some sparks will remain.”

"A single spark can start a prairie fire." Thinking of the words in the book, Mernadè's expression became extremely determined.

Arthur stared at her for a long time without saying anything.

"Wait for that guy to come back. Wait for your brother to come back." Arthur said in a complicated tone.

"When he comes back, if you still insist on your idea, I will follow you."

Arthur did not agree with Mernadette's ideas and even thought they were bullshit.

But he had promised Floyds.

Even now the other party is dead.

He also wants to spend his whole life protecting the girl in front of him.

I just hope Alyssa can adapt to the life of displacement.

While thinking this, Arthur looked at Mernade with angry eyes.

But at the same time, he felt a sense of relief in his heart.

At least Floys's death wasn't in vain. He wasn't the kind of coward who would back down when faced with trouble...

"Mr. Arthur, I think..." Mernadette wanted to say something, but Arthur waved his hand to interrupt her.

"My promise has nothing to do with you."

"This is what I promised him, and unless he crawls out of his grave in the backyard and tells me I can leave, I will keep my promise to him."

After saying these words, Arthur turned around and stopped looking at them, striding towards the distance.

Floyds...

You bastard, you are still causing me trouble even in death.

Arthur's hands trembled slightly.

Compared to Morin and Antilia, Arthur and Floys have known each other the longest...

Arthur could no longer remember when he first met him, but he could clearly remember the countless times he had bled for him and even nearly died.

Some things are still so hard to accept even after a long time.