The Arrogant Heroine Was Too Overbearing, So I Immediately Switched Sides to Become the Traitor-Chapter 30 - Excluding Two Wrong Answers
Sylvie’s boss—that is, Professor Cliber—had previously initiated a research project on the ancient evil gods. The aim was to find the “continuity” of the evil gods that had survived from the Ancient Era to the present day.
“The Ancient Era was about two thousand years ago, and the United Empire was founded less than six hundred years ago. Before that, there was a dark age that lasted for three hundred years...”
Once she started talking about research topics. Sylvie, in her element, became eloquent, finally showing some semblance of her “literary girl” persona.
“Anyway, Old Man Cliber suddenly had this idea one day while resting on his old lady’s belly—that’s my guess—and came up with this topic.”
“That is, why after so many years, do we still know that there were seven evil gods in the Ancient Era?”
“According to the Empire’s saying, as long as everything about the evil gods, including their titles, names, images, etc., is forgotten... the evil gods will cease to exist in the world. But why do we still know about the ancient evil gods?”
Sylvie started talking about things that Isabella didn’t understand, but Evan could somewhat grasp. She also threw some shade at her mentor.
“You see, Bebe’s reserve food, while reading a book, suddenly discovered the name of a certain ancient evil god, Aphrotenis, and thus knew that this name belonged to one of the ancient evil gods.”
“From then on, you, Bebe, and your reserve food, discovered the existence of the ancient evil gods.”
“Don’t you think there’s actually some kind of subtle connection here?”
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Isabella looked like she had just realized something, as if she understood what Sylvie was talking about. But Evan just pursed his lips.
Because seeing the name Aphrotenis in an ancient book and asking Isabella to find out who the name belonged to was a lie he had made up himself.
But.
What Sylvie said did make sense. Why would Aphrotenis be fixated on him?
“The ancient evil gods have always existed and are subtly reminding everyone that they haven’t left.”
“This brings us to the research topic assigned to me, which is [The Wind that Blows Through This World]. This ancient evil god represents all intangible things.”
“But what are intangible things? There are many records about them, but they are not literally [wind]. Rather, they are malicious thoughts, gazes, sounds, etc., which can broadly be included as all the sensations of life itself.”
“In that sense, it actually includes [wind], because people can feel the wind blowing.”
“And interestingly, it is said that the deity worshiped by the elves today, [World Tree], has a very close relationship with [The Wind that Blows Through This World].”
“Because elves believe that all things have spirits. The World Tree itself can be any tree in this world, or even not a tree.”
“There is an ancient elven proverb, [Flowers are not flowers, mountains are not mountains, flowers are also flowers, mountains are also mountains], which is like this.”
“So there are also rumors that the deity worshiped by the elves, [World Tree], is actually [The Wind that Blows Through This World] itself, or one of its incarnations...”
“That is to say, the evil gods have actually never left this world.”
Speaking of this, Sylvie’s voice was very low. And she immediately whispered.
“But this is heresy. Just listen, don’t spread it around.”
“Got it.” ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
Evan was thoughtful, but he was thinking that this [The Wind that Blows Through This World] had nothing to do with how Aphrotenis had behaved before. According to Sylvie’s explanation.
The Wind that Blows Through This World should be similar to making people feel various emotions, sounds, etc., things that are invisible and intangible, have no concrete form, but are real. It was not the same as Aphrotenis’s ability to create false memories for him, like speaking things into existence, turning fake things into real ones.
He was a bit disappointed.
But fortunately, there were only seven ancient evil gods, and now he had excluded four wrong answers, leaving three.
“What about [The Old Emperor]?”
Evan asked Sylvie, not forgetting that the girl had just mentioned this name.
“[The Old Emperor], ah.”
Sylvie habitually pushed up her gold-rimmed glasses and continued.
“That’s my senior’s research topic. I only heard her mention it once, so I’m not very familiar with it.”
According to Sylvie. Her boss, Professor Cliber, assigned the topic of the seven evil gods to all students in research groups, with each group researching one evil god. So Sylvie only knew about her own group’s topic, which was [The Wind that Blows Through This World]. As for [The Old Emperor], she only knew a little bit from what her senior had mentioned.
“Legend has it that [The Old Emperor] is the oldest human belief, but not a specific deity, but something akin to ancestor worship.”
“The human kingdoms of the Ancient Era, including some dwarves, demonkin, beastkin, and us vampires, etc., all had the tradition of worshiping deceased emperors, kings, or heroes. And [The Old Emperor] is the collective term for these worshiped individuals.”
“That’s all I know.”
Sylvie spread her hands, indicating she was finished. And Evan also nodded, knowing in his heart that his gain today was excluding two wrong answers.
After all.
By the looks of it, Aphrotenis had nothing to do with [The Old Emperor]. The girl was nothing like the deceased emperors, kings, and heroes worshiped by the various kingdoms of the Ancient Era.
Sylvie later also said. When she returned to the research lab tomorrow, she would help him and Isabella inquire about the titles and information of the other evil gods.
As for.
Why they needed to know these things.
Sylvie didn’t ask at all, probably assuming that he and Isabella were just curious about the ancient evil gods. This was also normal; who wouldn’t be curious about unknown knowledge?
What’s more...
“Evan is a studious good student, isn’t he? Do you want to apply to the [Tower] research lab? I can recommend you for a spot~”
“That would be best. Without a recommendation, I probably can’t get into the [Tower]’s graduate program, right?”
“Yes.”
The two girls asked and answered each other. And Evan also knew this was a great opportunity, but for now, he didn’t plan to spend every day in the research lab as a graduate student, so he only declined.
“Let’s finish the exams first, then talk about it.”
“That’s right. To apply for a graduate program in the [Tower], you have to be at least a Class A student.”
“Exactly! Reserve food also has the midterm exam to take!!”
As if suddenly remembering something.
Isabella suddenly jumped up, realizing that she had dragged Evan over yesterday, not only for an entire night of intimacy, but also causing everyone to take a leave of absence and not go to class today. What if it delayed his studies?!
“Go, go, go, let’s go back to sleep. We have class tomorrow!”
“Huh? It’s already too late. Why don’t you guys just...”
Sylvie blinked, the meaning was very clear, it wasn’t too late to leave tomorrow morning.
