Chapter 76: Manifest Destinies (1/2)

The world of my past, the world where I came from, still often comes to mind It was a life of isolation for me but it wasn't as if I loathed every moment ofthe orphanages and playing with the children Of course,for hours teaching them

I ree - ah right, Jacob was his name - asked me a question

"Brother Grey, do you believe in God?" he had asked, looking up while tugging on my sleeve

I'd never believed in God, or whatever higher being some of the people believed in How could there be a God in a world where your level of th determined how you could live your life Parents who birthed physically weak or crippled babies were considered humiliations, often ridiculed by others behind their backs Those babies, even if they did grow up to live past adolescence, would never be able to anition as a fly buzzing in so, better off dead, useless

Even a woman, no matter how beautiful and charish-class prostitute if she didn't have at least the st practitioners Even those old bastards in the council, that sat on their asses all day and used everyone like pawns, were once grand fighters and faures

How could a God exist in a world like that? Even if a God or deity existed in , let alone fair

When that child, Jacob, asked me if I believed in God, I couldn't answer These children believed, like I once did, that there was a higher poatching over theain, in this world, I was asked a similar question, but by someone much older than her powers that were above us and unreachable?

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"I'm not sure Do deities exist?" The words '…in this world?' al that question all ht still exist," Grandpa Virion let out a hearty laugh

"What e your ht Virion pointed his finger at Tess, but I realized it was the sleeping Sylvie he was directing his gaze at

"Wait, Sylvie? You think Sylvie is a deity?" Alaze back at Graious books say about Gods Deities are beings that are able to ascend from e consider their ons, at least, what I've read about thes that can naturally become deities They can't be classified as just S class, or SS class mana beasts; if you compare it to mana cores, deities would be at the level one would reach after breaking out of white core stage" Grandpa Virion looked down at his oo hands as he said this, letting out a scoff

"Here we are, elves, humans, and dwarves alike, at ethat can easily level ain, Grandpa Virion had that faraway look

He closed his eyes for a while before slowly opening the towards me

"You've read about the war between the three races, as well as the most recent war between the humans and elves, but compared to those tars, this continent was erous in ancient times The three races were nomadic back then, always on the run from mana beasts The humans, elves and dwarves all travelled separately due to clashes in appearance and culture, but whenever any of the races ed infor the way This is non as the Beast Era, where the mana beasts were rampant and ruled the continent"

"I don't understand Why didn't we use ic to drive theA-class mana beasts and up, but I don't see ere so helpless" My brows furrowed in confusion

"It's not that we didn't, it's that we couldn't Brat, have you ever noticed the painting in the main hall of the Royal Palace in Elenoir?" He suddenly switched topics