Chapter 21 A Fire Not Kindled For Himself

"I know about it."

Annan nodded, and continued: "Later, in order to save his first love from the crack in time and space, Benjamin gave up it and chose the path of the Pope instead?"

"You are wrong."

Unexpectedly, Hugo gave a negative answer: "Actually, it was after that. It wasn't that he voluntarily gave up and became a fire thief...but at that time, he had already lost the ability to become a fire thief." Qualifications of fire.

"Benjamin's character is the perfect fire spreader... He can sacrifice his own happiness for others, and he will not feel pain for it. This is the necessary quality to obtain the gold-level profession of [Fire Stealer]."

…Aside from elemental adaptability, do occupations requiring a gold rank require some special character traits?

Annan was also a little surprised.

But after thinking about the "victory knight" who has skills that can be used even at the golden level, he feels that he can understand.

"There is only one reason why Benjamin did not inherit [Fire Stealer], that is, we got Salvatore. He is the most perfect successor.

"That's why Benjamin was his mentor.

"Before this, Benjamin was disgusted with those wizards who were full of 'self-interested' style. He found me and said that he didn't want to take any more students... because he didn't want to see the kind of wizards who were for his own benefit. people who study.

"He knew there was nothing wrong with thinking like that. But he just didn't like it. I won his request.

"But after that, Salvatore entered the Black Tower. It was for him that Benjamin became a mentor again."

Hugo said seriously: "Your Majesty, you are Hugo's most reliable friend. This secret will be handed over to you to guard after my death."

"... Keep it secret?"

"That's right, keeping secrets for Salvatore's curse."

"etc……"

Annan frowned.

He realized the weight of this question: "Salvatore's curse, isn't [Reflection of Restless]?"

The reflection of good is the egg case of the devil.

The "Reflection of Sleepless" curse is one of the ten "Reflection" curses. A person who can fit the curse of reflection must be a person with a certain kind of pure goodness.

Because this was originally a ritual for hatching demons...it was only later transformed into a curse.

Hugo asked back: "We don't want a demon to be born from his corpse. How can we give him such a dangerous curse when we don't know that Skycar will come to this world?"

"...So, what is the truth?"

"Salvatore actually has a double curse. In addition to the reflection curse when he advanced to the bronze level, he has another curse that he himself has forgotten... It is this curse that gives It gave him the qualifications to become a 'son of the tower'."

That's why, Salvatore himself can't remember exactly when he became the son of the tower.

He'd always thought he wasn't talented enough -- and actually, he was right.

"This is the curse passed down from generation to generation in our Zedi Black Tower, and it is called [Fire Not Kindled for Yourself]. This curse can be traced back to the living desert in the past, and it stole the power of the third luminous sun. Elven sage Prometheus.

"He engraved his will on this profession, and hoped that his successor could replace him and become an eternal light."

Hugo said solemnly: "Its requirement is [not to profit from the knowledge taught to me by the mentor], and I cannot learn about this curse, nor can I doubt my own motives.

"It's a continuous spell...the longer it lasts, the more benefits Salvatore can get.

"As the 'Fire Follower' who bestowed this curse on him, I am actually just the custodian of the fire. The fire of my wisdom will gradually flow to him through this curse...that is the power of the third yao —a bright fire that burns forever.

"It is because this power demands perfect goodness,

We will put the curse of 'reflection' on him. The purpose is to guarantee Salvatore's goodness in the ceremony - that is, we don't expect Salvatore to act for others forever.

"But if the curse of reflection is established, then it is no longer Salvatore who breaks the ceremony, but his reflection. Then this curse will continue to be established."

Annan finally understood.

It turns out that from the very beginning, the existence of the reflection was to "release" Salvatore's psychological pressure.

She was "selfish" for Salvatore's anger and Salvatore's... scapegoat.

As long as Salvatore can't control the shadow... then when the shadow comes out to vent, it can take away the pressure in Salvatore's heart. Because Benjamin told him that it was "another personality" and "the demon that destroyed the world", so it was impossible for Salvatore to release it on his own initiative.

——It was as if he couldn't take the initiative to fall asleep during the day, so he could only find someone to knock him unconscious.

This is actually the exact same idea.

As long as Salvatore is not willing to release the shadow, then the sin of the shadow does not belong to him.

But what they didn't expect was...Salvatore used his kindness and rationality to forcefully suppress his own reflection.

Although they are all good people, they are still fundamentally different from them.

Salvatore... is a pure good man in the true sense.

"Yes. The shadow summoned by the reflection ceremony is the dark side of personality... It is an irreversible primitive instinct."

Hugo nodded heavily: "I didn't expect that child Saar could do this to this extent..."

Amazing kindness.

Just relying on kindness and rationality, without any "constraints"... can completely suppress all my selfish feelings.

It's like a person who doesn't know how to think for himself from birth.

Annan suddenly recalled... Theoretically, it should be "Sister Valtore" who is completely opposite to Salvatore. Under that irritable and irritable personality, there is also an imperceptible kindness and kindness towards others— —Generally refers to Annan's goodwill.

At that time, Annan thought it was "the malice buried in the deepest part of the honest man's heart" which was turned into kindness by the reflection ceremony.

Annan was also surprised... It is impossible to see that Senior Saar has any malice in his heart that can make "Sister Valtore" have "kindness visible to the naked eye".

As a result, he only knows now.

His judgment was correct.

Salvatore did not have that kind of evil in his heart.

Because the kindness and humanity held in Valtore's personality...is not "reversal", but "overflow".

It is while Salvatore maintains one hundred percent pure goodness, he can also give a part to the shadows.

Because of this, "Sister Valtore" can not become an "extremely evil demon", but has a complex personality that is more similar to mortals than Salvatore.

"... I also didn't expect that he has not broken this curse until now. Among the masters of the tower in the past, I am the only one who was taken away by this curse.

"I have been serving as the accumulator of the black tower of the Zedi... not because I have such an obligation as the tower owner, but because I don't want Salvatore to notice my intelligence degradation. I'm afraid I can't even walk. fall.

"If I were to leave the external thinking ability of the holy fire, I wouldn't even be able to cast spells. Not to mention finely blending transformation mixtures.

"This is also the reason why I have Benjamin as his mentor under my 'master'. Because under the erosion of this curse, my wisdom is not even as good as a farmer, let alone teach Salva Torrey mastered the art of alchemy.

"That's why I use myself as the core of the operation of the Wizard Tower—and use the endless flame that originally powered the Zedi Black Tower to assist my own thinking. I just use projections to appear in the tower and reduce the load of thinking To the minimum. Only then can I maintain my rationality.

"Of course... a large part of his wisdom flowed into his shadow.

"But that doesn't matter. The shadow of Salvatore is even human. I think maybe it's because Salvatore has a certain 'divinity'. He's special—unlike me, he Should be a god.

"In that case, I intend to help him."

Hugo said slowly.

Annan took a deep breath.

He vaguely realized that he would witness a miracle.

He said cautiously: "What do you want to do?"

"I've burned my wits, why can't I light something up? So, I decided to burn my soul and prepare a big ceremony."

Hugo Tower Master said in a deep voice: "Give my soul, elements, magic power—and the last holy flame passed down from generation to generation in the Black Tower of Zedi...all to Salvatore."

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