The scenery outside the window flew by, and the slowly falling snowflakes suddenly flew faster, falling like heavy rain.
"You seem to have a good appetite."
Lorenzo rested his chin and said to Seleu who was stuffing bread into his mouth.
This girl has now completely abandoned the halo of dignity and doesn't care about her own image at all.
“It’s just that I haven’t eaten anything like this in a long time.”
Seleu swallowed the bread.
"Yawei never lets me eat outside food. He says it's all junk food."
"It can be seen that you are the descendant of the Stuart family. He values you more than anything else."
Lorenzo also picked up a piece of bread and started eating. Although the witcher had extraordinary strength and endurance, it was still uncomfortable to be hungry.
"But the more he tried to stop me, the more I wanted to eat, so sometimes I would sneak out."
"Like when you came to see me?"
Every time Seleu came to see her, Lorenzo would take her out for dinner and Avi would come to pick her up.
"I guess so."
Lorenzo continued, thinking back on his own experience.
“That’s actually pretty easy to understand.”
"When I was in the cult, I often saw those holy and noble priests. On the surface, they sang praises to God, but secretly they were hanging out in bars and casinos."
"Among them was a pastor who I thought was very pious, but he ended up gambling the most in the casino. I asked him why he did that, but he said he didn't understand. The more you prohibit something, the more it stimulates human desires."
"The doctrine says that it is the original sin of mankind. In the face of that terrible evil, even the strongest faith cannot withstand a single blow."
But I’m curious… Is the desire to explore the unknown also an original sin
Lorenzo thought about it and couldn't help but touch the cigarette box in his arms, which contained cigarettes containing mandrake.
"One day, it was like I suddenly got it all figured out."
“Maybe sometimes people just need this kind of thing.”
"What?"
Seryu asked curiously.
"Forbidden pleasures."
Lorenzo answered mysteriously.
"The confinement of thought is only temporary. The more you warn people, the less they will be afraid. Instead, they will become more curious."
"Like a flame."
Said Seryu.
"Yes, I often hear those people talking about the problem of educating children."
Lorenzo thought of Mrs. Van Roode and the story she had told him.
"No matter how you warn a child not to get close to the fireplace, he will still be curious and want to touch it. Rather than waiting for something to happen, it is better to make him feel pain from the beginning, so that the children will have a fear of fire."
The sound suddenly stopped, and Lorenzo realized something, just like you are aware of the existence of something, but you don’t know what it is, or even how to describe it.
How humans and demons are like everything in the story.
Lorenzo seemed to have glimpsed the root of everything. Is it possible that the demon is this "forbidden happiness"
No matter how much warning is given, it will be useless. Sooner or later, humans will touch that unknown force. Instead of being caught off guard at that time, it is better to release it from the beginning and let humans learn to fear the unknown.