Diary of the Improper Monster Girl Transformation.

Chapter 423 Needs No Explanation (4.4K views, please subscribe!)
"in other words……"

"I also bear your fate."

The mortals arrogantly proclaimed.

My fate is intertwined with that of far more than just those monster girls.

The same applies to deities.

the same as you!
That was actually quite outrageous.

Even if one conceals their brilliance, this can still be considered disrespectful to the gods.

Even though gods and mortals think differently, the emotions conveyed in these words are the same.

arrogant.

To attempt to shoulder the destiny of gods with the mere body of a mortal.

That's incredibly arrogant.

In particular, if one delves into the hidden meaning behind these words, it can be described as incredibly audacious and outrageous.

You rely on me.

As allies, Herbert did not place himself in a subordinate position because of his strength, but rather positioned himself entirely as a collaborator.

Furthermore, if we delve deeper, he even views the gods as the ones being helped.

If these words were heard by others, they would no longer be considered arrogant.

Instead, they are arrogant, even insane.

A fool's dream.

This is the ramblings of a mortal.

It is a baseless and naive fantasy.

They presumptuously believed themselves to be the "saviors" of God.

Throughout the history of the world, there have actually been quite a few people like this.

They are ignorant madmen who overestimate their value to the gods and think they are indispensable.

In reality, these people are merely chess pieces that the gods casually pick up from the chessboard, play with them a few times, and then toss them aside.

Foolish, and pathetic.

The greatest happiness for a person is to accept their own abilities with equanimity after recognizing them.

Contentment brings happiness.

The greatest tragedy for a person is the inability to truly recognize their own abilities.

Insatiable greed.

The more one overestimates their own abilities and value, the more they will experience the pain of their own weakness through repeated failures.

Fortunately, Herbert felt that he was still able to recognize his own limitations.

Even from the most objective perspective, Herbert would not underestimate his own value.

He's not some delusional madman.

He is very important.

He is of great value.

Especially for the Sun Goddess who is about to be assimilated by the order, her value as a variable outside the rules is extremely high!
He was clear about his true value to the sun god, and his words were not an exaggeration, but the truth.

In this collaboration, rather than "Herbert needed to borrow power from the Sun Goddess," it was actually "the Sun Goddess needed Herbert's help more."

The one who truly benefited was not Herbert, but the Sun Goddess.

Herbert is the MVP!

The Sun Goddess is a lazy winner!

They won't start a team themselves, they just have to wait until I'm about to win before they come and reap the rewards... cough cough!
Furthermore, Herbert was only mentioning it casually when it came to mind, and he did not intend to explain it further to the gods.

He did not intend to use this as leverage to demand more help.

No need.

Some things don't need to be argued; the facts speak for themselves.

No matter how eloquently you speak, it's not as good as actually doing it.

Only when you truly prove your value through concrete actions will your partners start to see you in a different light.

No explanation is needed.

Don't try to prove your worth with words.

Don't just talk, just do it.

Herbert then smiled, shook his head with a grin, and chuckled, saying, "Isn't it funny if I put it that way?"

"In any case, fate is truly a mysterious thing."

"Whether it's us mortals or you gods who look down on the human world, no one can escape it; we are all caught up in it."

He pretended that he was just making a casual joke and changed the subject, saying, "Haha, I was just kidding..."

But before he could finish speaking, Herbert heard a calm response.

【"Um."】

The voice was flat and indifferent, as if the speaker was too lazy to even open their mouth, and simply grunted through their nose without any expression.

"……Um?"

What did He say?
Did you hum again?
No, you really are a weirdo when it comes to poop?

Can't you say anything other than "um"? You... wait.

wrong.

The god's response caused the mortal's feigned expression, which he was trying to change the subject, to suddenly freeze.

This means that the sun goddess agreed with Herbert's statement.

He acknowledged that Herbert had already borne his destiny in his mortal body.

"……hiss."

Herbert, who was originally going to skip the topic, blinked and said in surprise, "You...you actually don't deny it?"

Herbert was puzzled by the Sun Goddess's unexpected reaction.

Does He not even care about this?
They actually admitted their "weakness" so readily.

Don't you have any pride?
Aren't you very proud?
The deity seemed to understand the confusion in the boy's eyes, his expression unchanged, and said indifferently: "There is no reason to deny it."

Mortals are arrogant, but the arrogance of the gods is above theirs!
"You seem to have forgotten who I am."

The god, with even greater arrogance, looked down at the mortals beneath his feet and said calmly, "I am Ebersta."

Without much explanation, the deity simply stated his name.

Upon hearing this, Herbert was jolted awake and instantly understood everything.

No explanation is needed.

The name alone is enough to dispel all doubts.

!!!

He emphasized it again, gazing calmly into the boy's slightly trembling eyes, and said: "Ebersta."

So, mortal, who do you think I am?
Are they those filthy, cowardly, foolish evil gods who refuse to admit the truth?

No.

I am Eberstadt.

He is the Lord of the Sun, the First Light, the Punishment of the Holy Light...

Evil gods can lie, and righteous gods can also conceal things.

However, for this blazing sun, which has become increasingly extreme, His actions are bound by rules, and His words are not false.

True is true, and false is false.

"I will not tell any lies, nor will I deny established facts."

The god looked at the boy, whose expression was slightly blank, and a tiny, almost imperceptible smile appeared on the corners of his mouth.

After spending so much time together, for the first time, He truly felt the normal emotions that a young person should have from the other person.

He seemed embarrassed by his misjudgment.

【"Ah."】

He chuckled softly and continued calmly:
"After you met me, your fate was indeed changed by my influence, and I did indeed have another choice... a rare choice."

"In a way, you did indeed bear a small part of my destiny."

"Mortal, you can be proud of this."

The sun goddess was not boasting either.

He was simply stating the facts.

For mortals, the fate of gods is extremely terrifying.

Not to mention His fate as the sun god.

Let alone bearing the burden, simply being influenced by Him is enough to completely change the fate of mortals.

Even a casual glance is enough to crush the vast majority of living beings in the world.

The scorching sun's favor is often both a rare opportunity and one of the most terrible calamities in the world.

In the past, there were only two possible outcomes for these people.

Either withstand the test of fate and become a true hero.

Either be utterly destroyed by this fate. But Herbert, faced with the choice between being "destroyed by the scorching sun" and "tempered by the scorching sun," chose a third path.

He assimilated the scorching sun in the opposite direction.

While his own fate was being disrupted by the scorching sun, he also, in turn, influenced the fate of the sun.

Calling it "carrying" isn't entirely wrong.

Calling it "fusion" is also fine.

As for the deeper meanings hidden beyond words—He could not understand them.

All that talk of love and romance, all that twists and turns, I couldn't understand at all.

The blazing sun remained oblivious, naturally ignoring the metaphors and teasing hidden within Herbert's work.

In this back-and-forth exchange, the "verbal battle" between the allies ended in a draw.

They responded to arrogance with arrogance, without offering much explanation.

Neither side really gained any advantage.

However, for Herbert, this conversation was not entirely fruitless.

The gains were not only plentiful, but substantial!

During this exchange, he gained a deeper understanding of the Sun Goddess.

Previously, his impression of the sun goddess had always been that of an arrogant, indifferent, and irritable being, an extremely terrifying deity who could be cooperated with, but required caution.

But now, he seems more like a very "natural" person, with clear eyes and a quiet, innocent look.

This guy was surprisingly honest.

And they have no understanding of, or rather, no interest in, matters between men and women.

how to say?

If we take Miss Harmony as an example for comparison, Ebersta is like being at the opposite extreme from Nenasa.

One is a liar, the other is never false.

One was an expert on matters of love and sex, claiming to be a theoretical master; the other had no interest in it and didn't care at all.

I feel like they're pretty easy to fool...

【"Um?"】

The Sun Goddess seemed to sense some of Herbert's thoughts, frowned, and glanced at him with some displeasure.

Herbert immediately put away his ulterior motives, keeping his eyes down, his nose down, his mouth down, and his mind down, looking completely honest.

wrong.

This guy may seem naive, but he's probably not easy to fool.

Ebersta is extremely sensitive to lies and cannot tell any lies in His presence.

Hmm... it's not a big problem.

After forming his thoughts, Herbert raised an eyebrow and smiled, jokingly saying, "So it seems that in our alliance, you're the one who's benefiting from it."

As for Herbert's shameless insistence, the goddess merely glanced at him casually and gave a soft snort.

【"……Oh."】

To be honest, this guy has a really thick skin.

However, it's not something that people dislike.

The goddess's illusory figure, floating in mid-air, slowly descended, her fair toes gently touching the water's surface.

He ceased his condescending gaze and instead chose to look Herbert in the eye as closely as possible, then softly asked: "Mortal, I will ask you one last time."

"Are you ready?"

ready?

Herbert blinked and laughed.

Although I don't know why He is so insistent on getting this answer from me, my answer will not change.

And so, the mortals' response was as calm as before.

"It's already been prepared."

"Isn't it just fate? Let it come, let it try to defeat me."

"I will bear it all."

The deity nodded slightly and remarked with admiration, "Mortal, you are more selfless than I thought."

As the head of the true gods and the most "selfless" being in the world, He greatly appreciates this quality of selflessness.

As a result, the mortal shook his head after receiving the gods' sincere praise.

"Selfless? No, you seem to have misunderstood something."

"I never said I was selflessly helping them!"

【"Um?"】

The boy shook his head in rebuttal, saying confidently and proudly, "This is not just my one-sided effort, nor is it my self-satisfaction."

"As I give, they will give in the same way."

Regardless of the type of relationship—family, love, friendship—only a two-way exchange is healthy.

Any relationship that relies solely on one person's unilateral efforts is unhealthy and unsustainable.

The reason why "simps" are despised by everyone is because they don't realize this and just indulge in self-pity.

Herbert understood this perfectly and naturally wouldn't go down such a path of no return.

He gives what he can, and they will reciprocate.

"As for what they have to give up, well, that depends on what they can do themselves."

Herbert would not demand any form of reward from the monster girls.

Valentina won't be made to teach others to read, nor will Fremee be made to sing for people...

As long as you have the will, the form doesn't matter.

To put it more broadly, he was always craving a reward.

Love.

Love can heal wounds and allow scars to grow new flesh.

Herbert longed to receive sincerity in return for his own sincere efforts.

【“…”】

The Sun Goddess frowned, gazing intently at the eloquent young man.

Eberstadt disagreed with Herbert's viewpoint.

He believed that selflessness should mean not seeking anything in return and not expecting anything in return from those being helped.

In the past, He would have refuted or even rebuked Herbert's views.

But now, seeing his joyful expression, He didn't speak for some reason.

I saw genuine joy, delight, and contentment in Herbert...

Is his thinking really wrong, given that he can show such a smile?
But if he's not wrong, then what's wrong with all my persistence over the years?

In the past, the sun goddess would not have agonized over such matters; she would have simply followed her own will.

But now, having experienced the backlash from the order, He has to begin to reflect on His own problems.

Was my choice really the right one?
"...Ha, what a naive idea."

The deity did not reveal its true thoughts, casually offering a comment before calmly continuing, "Since you have made your decision, I have nothing more to say."

Then, He gave Herbert no further chance to ask questions and vanished from the spot in an instant.

"Hey! Wait!"

Seeing that the other person had slipped away again without a word, Herbert subconsciously said, "Why are you running away again?! I haven't even... um?"

He suddenly sensed a difference that had been overlooked: the holy power within him remained unchanged, neither increasing nor decreasing.

Time has not passed.

Valentina wasn't too scared to speak, and neither were the others afraid to look up.

The conversation I just had with the Sun Goddess existed only in my own consciousness.

It's like a dream.

It was as if everything that had just happened, the conversation with the gods, was nothing but a hallucination.

Really?

Or fake?

While Herbert was still in a daze, Flora walked up to him.

"I have made my decision."

Herbert turned around and saw Flora kneeling respectfully by the holy water pool, looking earnestly into his eyes and saying, "Master, I want to be baptized."

"Give me a new life, a true new life."

"And this is the only way I can respond to you."

The demon revealed a serene smile and said earnestly:

"From this day forward..."

"You will be my master forever."

(End of this chapter)