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Chapter 48 Discussion on Ideas

The pattern on the main seat of the room is easy for Fujii Ren to understand; it is the symbol of the holy lance that is the manifestation of Reinhard's relic, but in the form of an inverted cross against God.

As for the runes on the seat, the engraved letter N looks somewhat like a distorted H.

"what is that?"

Looking at the symbol on the main seat, Fujii Ren unconsciously began to mutter to himself.

Slaughter? Destruction?

Even Westerners who cannot read Chinese characters would not think that the words "kill" and "annihilate" represent love and peace.

In other words, it was such an ominous font.

Curse? Hatred? No, it's not.

Like the hieroglyphs of nuclear weapons.

That is probably, no, without a doubt—

"—Hagar (destruction)!"

The sudden sound resounded throughout every corner of the room and answered Fujii Ren's personal question.

"Collapse, the end, the death of the old order, and the forces that formed it, the unstoppable nature, the great catastrophe."

Accompanied by an elegant voice, a golden, demonic radiance suddenly emerged from the main seat and then quickly solidified.

"Ragnarok, the final war, the day of wrath, which I have been waiting for."

Accompanied by the sound, the overwhelmingly dominant soul that now stands before Fujii Ren reappears.

His long, golden hair, without any elegant style, exuded an air of nobility and majesty, despite his undeniable evil nature.

The leader of the Black Round Table, Reinhard Heydrich.

Reinhardt looked at Fujii Ren with a calm and profound smile, a gaze that made the girl feel like she was sitting on pins and needles.

It was different now. The Reinhardt before her was more profound and his immense mass was no longer perceptible compared to when he had appeared before her before.

Perhaps this is something to be thankful for, but the intuition of both body and soul tells Fujii Ren that this Reinhardt is fundamentally different.

Just like when humans face the universe, they don't feel pressure, they can only feel their own insignificance.

If the souls swirling inside... she had eyes that could see through even their number and density, she might have gone mad on the spot.

"There's no need to be so wary of me. This is not the time for battle. I still value etiquette."

Apart from Ren Fujii and Marie, Skadi and Matilda did not take Reinhardt seriously, so Reinhardt turned his attention to Ren Fujii, who could be considered a newcomer.

Seeing that Skadi and the other Matilda remained silent, Fujii Ren paused for a moment before asking Reinhard:

"Why did you invite us here, and what did you do to Mary?"

"I just wanted to have a good chat with you all. After all, I don't have many of my kind, and each one is worth my utmost love."

Reinhardt answered Fujii Ren's question with an elegant and composed smile, then looked at Mary beside her, his smile deepening, and said:

"As for the other lady, I will not do anything despicable. I have only completed the last piece of the puzzle in the goddess's heart. Isn't it good to have such innocent feelings?"

"..."

Fujii Ren was speechless. Should he say this was a good thing or a bad thing?

It's good that Mary can feel joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness like a normal person, but the problem is that it always feels strange and repulsive to think that it's the enemy Reinhardt who is doing this.

Mary fears and rejects Reinhardt, a fact that her soulmate, Fujii Ren, is well aware of.

"have a finger in the pie--"

Fujii Ren couldn't express his dissatisfaction with Reinhardt at this moment, but Skadi wouldn't give him any face, coldly looking at him and saying indifferently:

"Is it your preconceived notions that make you do this? Or have you gone mad with your desire to pursue the unknown? Have you stooped so low as to seek pleasure in women?"

Skadi, Matilda, and Reinhardt were the three people who felt the strongest sense of déjà vu.

The former two won't be as crazy as Reinhardt, but they're not much better.

The three of them could be said to have a common topic in this regard.

"Hehe, I am always trying."

Reinhardt wasn't angry at Skadi's words; he simply raised his fingers slightly, and the bottle on the table opened automatically.

The bottle floated in the air, pouring some fragrant liquor into everyone's glasses, and Reinhardt picked up his own glass, took a sip, and said:

"The same applies now. How can I possibly sense the unknown in a fleeting gesture or movement? After all, I and you are both prisoners of the known."

“I still remember every moment of my experience, which is tiring. Even my conversation with you all here is subtly remembered. I keep repeating this moment endlessly, without end, without stopping…” Reinhardt said with a bored expression in his golden eyes, “I am not recalling similar experiences. I am doing the same things in my own life, and then I remember them.”

Reinhardt wanted to experience the unknown, to feel something new for the first time.

He had been waiting for this for who knows how long, to the point that his own feelings had been worn away to some extent.

Therefore, one can obtain a subtle, unknown sense of urgency from one's own kind, namely Skadi and Matilda.

Like moths drawn to a flame, they are both incredibly powerful, and even after countless repetitions, subtle differences will always exist.

That little bit of uncertainty filled Reinhardt with joy and made him reckless.

The unknown was an absolutely wonderful word for Reinhardt.

And when the audience sees this, they no longer find the profound words incomprehensible as they once did.

Reinhardt's meaning was clear: he felt no sense of the unknown and had no real feeling of being alive.

That feeling is terrible. One or two instances of premonition are enough, but if your entire life is filled with that feeling of knowing everything without any unknowns, it would be like hell.

"So... what exactly is your purpose...?"

Fujii Ren could understand Reinhardt's words, after all, Yuza Shirou had said something similar to her.

But for her, the present is the present, and she only needs to cherish every moment.

Reinhardt's deep gaze seemed to see right through Fujii Ren's thoughts, and he shook his head helplessly, saying:

"For you, now is just now, a blissful moment, truly enviable."

Yes, Reinhard has never seen another being like Fujii Ren, who can feel and enjoy the sense of knowing.

It's truly a blessing to always have this mindset and perspective.

"...What exactly are you trying to say?"

"I would like to confirm who you are, since I have not yet received any information from Karl."

The illegitimate child of his own ally? Reinhardt couldn't imagine that the guy whose head was always boiling could produce offspring in such a simple way.

Therefore, Reinhardt had a sense of familiarity with Fujii Ren, not a sense of having seen him before, but rather a feeling that he had indeed seen him somewhere before.

"...Karl Kraft."

Fujii Ren unconsciously turned his head and glanced at Mary, who was eating like a small animal.

She has her own memories and impressions of this full name; it is someone who is closely related to herself, Mary, and even Skadi.

A mysterious entity with thousands of names, who has lived for countless years and is hidden behind the scenes of human history.

Also from the Black Round Table, Reinhardt's...

"The seat next to you is his. When Karl Craft met me, that's what he called himself, the extraordinary aberrant."

Reinhardt smiled and said, then looked at another seat opposite the Mercury seat, the one near Skadi and himself, and said:

"As for the other one, I cannot see through him, but my intuition tells me that he is definitely more abnormal than Karl, and his illness is more serious than anyone else present. Although I and you are in the same world, I can never empathize with him."

"It's as if he had seen through everything that I and you have done from the very beginning, so his boredom is even more severe than mine."

Upon hearing this, Skadi and Matilda, who had been silent, had a flicker of emotion in their eyes.

Although Skadi had quite a bit of contact with that one, she couldn't compare to Matilda.

However, the girl could sense that the abnormal being was extraordinary and had a profound and mysterious connection with her.

As for Matilda, she neither refuted Reinhardt's words nor largely agreed with them.

But when it comes to the inability to empathize, Matilda ponders the mystery while recalling the Rhine's deeds.

"Just as I have a rather unusual friendship with Karl, Karl also has a friendship with Gray that I cannot understand or empathize with. No, perhaps it is Karl's one-sided longing for Gray that is something he lacks and cannot obtain, something he envies and is jealous of."

Reinhardt raised his glass and took a sip of the exquisite wine Gray had given him, savoring its rich aroma—a flavor he knew all too well, yet never grew tired of. He smiled, as if reminiscing, and said:

“Both of them are connected to you, and this place for entertaining guests was arranged by Gray. Although I do not understand his great power, I am very fond of him as a friend.”

Yes, even if you don't understand the friendship between your two friends, you are still friends with them.

And the longer you spend with Gray, the more you feel a sense of novelty and the unknown.

What was unknown to them was simply something Gray created on a whim.

"So what exactly is your purpose?"

Fujii Ren had gathered a lot of information here, but what she wanted to know most was what the man in front of her was planning, after all, he had set up a transmutation circle in Suwahara. She said:

"To become a god and usurp the throne?"

"You seem to know quite a lot; that is indeed part of my purpose."

Looking at Fujii Ren who was asking him the question, Reinhardt raised his eyebrows slightly, a pleased smile curving his lips, and said with a smile, "I told you from the beginning, didn't I? I want to destroy that sense of knowing."

"...destroy."

“That’s right. I formed a friendship with Karl and Gray and then we talked about this. Thanks to the two of them, the world has become completely bleak in my eyes, and my already mundane life has become even more boring.”

Reinhardt put down his wine glass, lowered his gaze slightly to the sumptuous feast on the table, and said in a dull and low voice:

"I have never felt a sense of accomplishment, a sense of relief, or anything that would satisfy or excite me from the very beginning."

He spoke with an almost reverent sense of awe, as if a monk were addressing an enemy that should be defeated, or a destiny that must be overcome.

“Since the beginning of my life, no matter what honor or glory I have received, or what position I hold... ordinary people would feel joy, excitement and thrill even if they crossed a small mountain, but I have never felt that way once.”

Many viewers may think Reinhardt is a bit of a Versailles, but knowing the achievements and reputation of this blond, handsome man in the video, no one on Earth would think Reinhardt is exaggerating.