Ashes Of Deep Sea

Chapter 458 - 458 459 The Person in the Mirror

?Chapter 458: Chapter 459: The Person in the Mirror Chapter 458: Chapter 459: The Person in the Mirror Sherry left with Agou, who still seemed a bit uneasy, and Fenna and Morris also departed, leaving the captain’s quarters quiet, with only Duncan, Alice, and the dozing pigeon remaining.

Alice was wiping down the room’s furnishings and windows, while Duncan sat behind the desk, lost in deep thought.

The squeaky creaking sound came from the desk, as the goat’s head slowly turned towards Duncan, “Are you still thinking about the God of Wisdom Rahm?”

“It’s not just the God of Wisdom—it’s the gods,” Duncan leaned back in his chair, his expression thoughtful, “The gods… what kind of connection do they really have with this world?”

“Who knows? The scriptures of each sect depict them as the shapers and protectors of the worldly order, but many heretics believe the opposite. They claim that it’s the gods who have twisted the world and even stolen the credit for Creation. Morris saw a novel interpretation in that ‘Book of Desecration,’ where the ‘Forgotten Kings’ mentioned seem to be today’s deities… Perhaps all these views are wrong, or maybe they all contain a portion of truth…”

The goat’s head droned on and eventually shook its head again.

“But if you ask for my opinion, my take is… they don’t seem to be of much use, neither making this world any better nor bringing about any terrible events.”

“However, for most ordinary people in this world, the protection of the gods is real,” Duncan said casually, “This protection has allowed most mortals to survive.”

“Yes, to live—a way of maintaining the status quo,” said the goat’s head slowly, “Just like the state of Frost over the past fifty years, before the balance was broken, no one knew how many shadows of disaster had accumulated under that balance, but at least everyone was still alive.”

Duncan neither agreed nor disagreed with the goat’s head’s evaluation; he just thought for another moment before speaking reflectively, “Whenever Agou thinks, he enters the sight of Rahm, and there have been many notable cases of ‘divine favor’ in history. The individuals involved were all suddenly observed in their daily lives, establishing a connection with the four gods… So could it be that the four gods have established a sort of ‘surveillance’ or ‘scanning’ system over the beings of this world? They confirm the status of the real world by sensing certain specific nodes… Does this perhaps indicate that their interference and perception of the present world are actually indirect and limited?”

“…Those of the Orthodox Sect wouldn’t like your way of describing it, it sounds like studying some kind of machine, showing no reverence at all to the deities.”

“Reverence is the furthest distance from ‘understanding.’ I don’t want to revere them; I just want to understand them,” Duncan said lightly, “After all, we have already handled their mess twice.”

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