Reincarnation Monarch

Lesson 284: Faith

"Maybe it was..."

Elle said, staring into the hollow with a harsh eye.

"A Thousand Years Without God or Demon... A Thousand Years After The Final War (Harmagedon) Kingdom..."

Elle responded to Gaius's whining.

"About what?

"Yeah? Yeah, we're talking about a myth in that world over there. There's talk of a peaceful millennial kingdom being built after the final war between God and the devil. That said, I don't know any more than that..."

"Hmm. There are a lot of religions in the world over there that are chaotic, aren't they?

"Yeah. Yeah, but isn't this world with you? There seems to be a lot of Zexism and Dallas..."

"Isn't that just a different interpretation of the gods? Didn't you say that the gods and the devils differ from religion to religion in that world?

"Oh well... there is not only God but also Buddha in that world..."

"Hotke... What is it?

"... hey, I'm not sure about that neighborhood either - I was probably a person who wasn't really into religion when I was a resident of the world over there - well, I don't remember and I'm not sure about the truth."

"What is that... you lived without faith?

"... I guess. I think science was responsible for that."

"... science replaces faith? Is that possible?

"Isn't that usually possible? 'Cause the world over here, that's what people in the Valentine's Republic are all about, isn't it?

Then Elle opened her mouth with a heartfelt surprised look on her face.

"... did that... that's why the Lombardo guy didn't even pray..."

"... hey, you lived there for six years and you didn't notice?

"... well, that's fine... how can you be unreligious?

"Uh-huh. Isn't that because you're not familiar? I've been attacked by demons all the time, bitten by God's family, but that's special, and normal people have never seen or heard of it, right?

"... I feel lightly disoriented, but, hey... that makes sense"

"Right, from a normal person, you're going to stop trusting me because it's not like I've ever seen it with my own eyes? If that goes on for a long time, isn't it going to be a picture emptiness of myth?

"Speaking of which, when you first met me, Lombardo and you said it was a myth.

"Right. I wasn't familiar at all then. I got used to it after that."

Elle cleverly arm herself with his thick, short forelegs and thought with a difficult face.

And he murmured with a quiet voice as he leaked a deep sigh.

"... well... we may have become unnecessary by humans in the last millennium..."