People have been speculating about what happened to Ryougi Shiki's other personality, Ryougi Ori. Now it seems that Ryougi Ori is really dead.
"Did Ryougi Ori really die like this? No wonder Ryougi Shiki didn't show Ryougi Ori's personality in Overlooking the Scenery and Remaining Pain."
"But why? Was Ryougi Shiki attacked that night?"
"Of course, otherwise why would she go straight to the hospital? I suspect that Ryougi Ori died in place of Ryougi Shiki's personality."
"Ah, I thought Liang Yi Zhi was pretty good, is it gone just like that..."
"… "
As people were talking, most of the people in the tavern focused their attention on the reawakened Ryougi Shiki and Ryougi Ori, who might never appear again.
In contrast, King Hubbard attached more importance to the concept of the hospital described in the movie and said:
"This facility designed by Lord Durin is really refreshing. It brings together a large number of medical workers and patients for treatment in a large facility. Although it is a simple concept, it seems that the Empire has never had such a thing."
On the side, General Wilhelm said:
"It has appeared before. The Healing Knights during the war are a similar concept, but that only appears during wartime. In normal times, the church will not send so many priests to heal ordinary people, and the fees paid to priests are also unaffordable for ordinary people."
"The Church..."
Hearing this term, King Hubbard frowned slightly.
The relationship between the monarchs of the human empire and the church has never been very good. After all, the church has always promoted their theory of divine right of kings, which is something that no king as the head of a country can accept.
However, no matter how much a monarch hated the church, it was impossible for him to really abolish such an organization that had a certain base among the people. He could only weaken the church's political influence as much as possible.
Today, the internal corruption of the church is a problem that anyone with a discerning eye can see, but even the current King Hubbard has no better idea as to how to solve it.
Therefore, Wilhelm realized King Hubbard’s thoughts and said:
"I think it might be a good idea to build such hospitals on a large scale. If we can take the power to treat patients away from the church, it might weaken the church's authority to a certain extent."
"Yeah, that's a good idea."
His Majesty the King nodded in agreement.
No one would have thought that these two king's generals would finalize a proposal that would be quite troublesome and far-reaching for the church just because of a small detail in a film.
…
Imperial School of Magic.
The content of the film caused most magicians to start discussing Ryougi Shiki's mental state. After all, when she originally had a dual personality, the sudden death of one personality was a very influential thing that was worth discussing.
However, most magicians have very weak research on the spiritual soul. Even students who specialize in this area of the spiritual soul are still unable to come up with a more reasonable explanation.
In this situation, Gebulun, who had arrived at the scene at some point, immediately shouted:
"When Ryougi Shiki died, she lost half of herself. Her memory was inevitably disordered, and her grasp of her own personality was bound to be unbalanced for a short period of time. Ryougi Shiki's current situation is probably like cognitive confusion. She knows everything in front of her, but why she knows it, the process of knowing it, and the reason for knowing it have disappeared. To sum it up in a simple sentence, I know that this is paper, flower, fire, and grass, but what exactly are they? I can't give a clear concept in my mind."
"Oh, I see!"
Hearing Geblun's words, the other students nodded with admiration on their faces.
But when they saw Geblun's appearance, they suddenly froze, obviously recognizing this repeater with unspeakable problems.
Of course, Geblun didn't care about the subtle gazes of other students. He was fully immersed in appreciating "The Kyoukai no Kyoukai" at this moment.
Chapter 175 Episode 4: Galan’s Cave (V)
Chapter 175
The plot of the film continues to develop, and a week has passed since Ryougi Shiki awakened.
Aozaki Touko comes to chat with Ryougi Shiki almost every day, but Ryougi Shiki's attitude towards Aozaki Touko is always very cold.
Ryougi Shiki still hasn't stabilized her personality, she can't even tell who she is now.
Therefore, seemingly because they sensed the emptiness in her heart, every night, the undead, which were easily born in facilities like hospitals, appeared in her room, trying to take advantage of the opportunity, enter her body, and replace her.
For this reason, Ryougi Shiki didn't even think of resisting, and allowed these ghosts to continue devouring her body.
To her, her current self is just an empty shell, neither the Ryougi Shiki of the past nor someone new.
In this case, perhaps simply welcoming death is the most pleasant option.
Besides, there was something else that bothered Ryougi Shiki even more.
"Are your eyes recovering soon?"
In no mood…
I don't want to witness a world filled with death like that again.
Instinctively, the girl slowly raised her hands and aimed her fingertips at her pupils, intending to pierce her eyes with her fingers like a bamboo sword.
However, a voice stopped her.
"Wait a minute, you are too straightforward."
Aozaki Touko suddenly arrived at the scene and said loudly:
"Mystic Eyes of Death Perception? It would be a shame to destroy them like this. Besides, even if you poke your eyes out, you can still see what you can see. The so-called curse will automatically return if you try to get rid of it."
"How do you know?"
"Haha, I'm a magician, and I can teach you how to use those eyes."
"Use these eyes...?"
"That's right. Although the method I taught you will only improve things a little, it's better than nothing."
Then, Aozaki Orange explained:
"Mystical eyes are usually obtained by performing psychic surgery on one's own eyeballs to add special effects to one's vision, but your eyes are naturally formed, which shows that you have natural talent. If you want to destroy these eyes, just sell them to me. You can name your price."
"You said that even if I lost my eyes, I would still be able to see those lines. If that's the case, there's no reason for me to destroy my eyes."
"That's true, and you originally belonged to our side. Stop dreaming about living an ordinary life."
"I don't want to live at all."
"Haha, since your personality cannot be reshaped, you simply don't want to live. But, you are afraid of death, Ryougi Shiki. You simply don't dare to die. Otherwise, I can't stop you from committing suicide."
"Don't act like you know everything!"
"Haha, in short, you now have a Galan Cave in your heart, which is the perfect container for the fragments left by the people who died here. Although it is not possible now, those fragments will gradually gather together and form a complete spirit body sooner or later. By then, your life will not be decided by you alone."
"… "
"I'm not a babysitter, and I'm not good at this. It's up to you to do what you want from now on."
After saying this, Aozaki Touko turned around and was about to leave, but before leaving, she left one last question.
"But, did Ori really die in vain, Ryougi Shiki?"
Hearing her words, Shi, who had originally ignored her, suddenly froze in place.
…
Faced with the content presented in the film, the audience couldn't help but start discussing.
And because there is a lack of widespread belief in the Church of Holy Light in the South, most people seem very interested in the topic of the soul.
"Why did Liang Yizhi die? I feel like there's something hidden behind it."
"I don't know. There is still too little information."
"Those ghosts in there are fragments of the soul. What will the soul become after a person dies?"
"I don't know, but according to the Holy Light Church, everyone will go to heaven to see the God of Holy Light after death, while sinners will be banished to the abyss and suffer all their sins."
"Don't bring up this kind of stuff in our Southern Territory. Who in our Southern Territory would believe in going to heaven after death?"
"Yeah, do you believe it?"
"I don't believe it. Do you?"
"I don't believe it."
"The Human Empire was established by us, the people of the Empire, not by the God of Light."
"If the God of Light could care about our lives, why didn't he come out to save us when the empire was besieged on all sides?"
"Yes, yes. If the gods really cared about the life and death of mortals, they wouldn't let those idiots from the church fool people everywhere."
"… "
Various words were heard at the scene. It was obvious that under the influence of the de-religionization of successive Southern Grand Dukes, the people of the Southern Territory simply scoffed at the various doctrines proposed by the Church of Holy Light.
King Hubbard was particularly surprised to hear the unanimous opinion of the people in the South. It was obviously the first time he heard the opinions of the people in the South on the church.
After all, this world was still a feudal kingdom in the past. No matter how wise the king was, he generally would not understand the thoughts of the common people.
This time, the movie created by Durin was an excellent medium, giving King Hubbard enough reason to come into the world of ordinary people and learn many things that he had never thought of in the past.
"Duke of the Southern Territory, I never expected what the Constantine family did. The Empire has granted the Dukes of the Four Territories great autonomy, allowing them to freely establish the laws and development of the entire territory without involving the core interests of the Empire. Now it seems that the Southern Territory is the best developed one."
General Wilhelm nodded in response to the King's speech:
"The Duke family of the Southern Territory has always strictly followed the teachings of their ancestors, strictly controlled the development of the territory, restricted the nobles from doing business, maintained the number of troops, and protected the interests of civilians. At the same time, they also used various cultural propaganda and educational methods to completely block external forces such as the church from the Southern Territory. Today, the development is almost the best in the four territories of the empire."
"I can't believe that the Constantine family is so powerful."
"This is also related to the way the Constantine family selects successors. It is said that every batch of descendants of the family will be forcibly sent to the undeveloped territory south of the Southern Territory to form a pioneering group and conduct free development without any supplies. In the end, only the descendant with the best performance and no cheating in the process can inherit the title of Duke of the Southern Territory."
"Well, I have heard of this. Ordinary nobles and even the royal family cannot do such a thing."
His Majesty Hubbard said this with admiration, with a hint of worry in his eyes.
He is already very old and may abdicate in a few years.
However, among the current heirs, he really doesn't have many that he is optimistic about. If he cannot choose a suitable heir, the empire will easily fall into chaos in the next hundred years.
"Well, after all, we should try to live as long as possible."
After saying these flag-like words, King Hubbard continued to watch the film on TV with other viewers.
At the same time, magicians from the Imperial Magic Academy also began to discuss and express their opinions on the scenes in the movie.
Chapter 176 Episode 4: Galan’s Cave (VI)
Chapter 176
The topic of ghosts and life and death is also a very fresh and worthy topic for the magicians of the Imperial Magic Academy.
After all, the mystery of the soul is one of the ultimate topics of magic, and it is a question that every magician longs to be answered.
At present, "The Garden of Sinners" gives a conjecture about the soul, that is, after a person dies, the soul will turn into residue and remain on the earth, and after condensing, it may become an evil spirit that invades the human body.
The magicians immediately started talking about this setting.
"Aozaki Touko's statement is actually quite reasonable. After all, there have been cases in history where many dead souls gathered together in places that had experienced wars and transformed into evil spirits to attack ordinary villages. It often takes a high-level priest to purify them."
"Yes, but generally speaking, the souls gathered from the remnants of the soul have no rationality at all. They are just a collection of obsessions. Generally, we don't take the initiative to contact them, so they should be harmless."
"You said it was obsession, right? The obsession of the dead is the same no matter what, and that is to be resurrected and have a body again. So the undead who have gathered their soul residue will inevitably attack the living. This can almost be said to be the characteristic of most evil spirits."
"After all, dead things should not continue to appear in the world. Otherwise, once the cycle of life and death is broken, the whole world will fall into chaos."
"If that's the case, then the undead should be in a similar situation, right?"
"That's different. The undead are not completely dead. At least their souls are still intact. But even so, the undead are still not advocated for existence. This is also the unspoken rule of the entire human world."
"What is the difference between life and death?"
"… "
There is no end to the magicians' discussion. After all, the ultimate issues such as soul, life and death are definitely not something that ordinary people can understand.
Even those who have personally experienced the cycle of life and death may not be able to give a reasonable explanation for this issue.
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On TV.
The pace of the screening of "Kara no Kyoukai" suddenly accelerated. Ryougi Shiki was lying on the bed thinking about the conversation between her and Aozaki Touko, but suddenly found that the door of the ward was opened.
In the eyes of the audience, a figure dressed in patient clothes with strange symbols engraved all over his body slowly appeared beside Ryougi Shiki and suddenly grabbed her neck.
"ah-"