Wrong Ground, Spiral Twins

It was fine before, but now that she knew the truth, Hestia felt overwhelmed. "Since you chose to bring her back, I only have one question for you: 'Are you really ready?'"

"I'm afraid the trouble I'll bring to you, God, in the future will be worse than hers."

"..."

Faced with this answer that was even more convincing than simple affirmation, Hestia was stunned for a moment, then raised her hand to pull Su Mo into the bedroom, and then closed the door again.

In the bedroom, the mermaid girl sitting on the bed had put on her clothes again.

"Can it be engraved with 'favor'?"

Hestia calmed down and walked to the bedside, sitting down next to the mermaid girl. "It's possible, but it's not necessary. Forcibly engraving my 'favor' on her would be a restriction on her. Anyway, the conversion has been completed. Now, you two tell me the details."

Su Mo looked at the mermaid girl and gave her an encouraging look, "Then let's start with how the heretic was born!"

"My, our birth? Well, we ourselves are not very clear about this. Compared to birth, I feel that it is more like waking up..."

The girl stumbled a little at first, but as she spoke she became more fluent.

He talked about his birth and how he was found by his compatriots, and then about the stories of the heretics one by one after another. He talked about his compatriots' experiences and his relationship with the guild. He also talked about the search for his compatriots and how he came to the surface to rescue them. Finally, he talked about Su Mo and the purpose of his coming to the surface.

The girl told her story in detail, one by one.

Su Mo would occasionally add a word or two, but most of the time he was just listening to the girl's growth experience.

Through the girl's own story, Hestia's concept of the group of "heretics" gradually became clear.

Is a monster with humanity and wisdom still a monster?

Just by listening to the girl's story, Hestia could roughly understand why Uranus would help this group of "heretics" who were hated by monsters and difficult to be accepted by the people of the underworld, and were unpopular with both sides.

If he chose to ignore these heretics even though he had offered his "prayer" in the dungeon, then their final fate would be nothing but misery and despair.

"Let the world know the difference between heretics and monsters, and clearly distinguish between the two..."

Hestia patted the mermaid's head gently as if to encourage her, and slowly stroked her long hair. "Mari is amazing! She is really like a hero setting sail. Stay here with peace of mind. The Hestia family is your starting point. Let us work together to write a story that will be sung by the world!"

Faced with such an unknown that goes beyond "concepts", even gods cannot completely see through the fog and see the future clearly, but the loving goddess who is willing to lend a helping hand to those who complain can clearly feel that the waves of the new era are beginning to surge here at this moment.

Although we don’t know what kind of storm will come in the future? Where will the ship of Hestia Family finally sail to? But the story of Hestia Family has already begun an unprecedented chapter.

"Thank you, Goddess Hestia!"

Looking at the overjoyed mermaid girl, Hestia couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Because the beautiful and lovely girl's face at this moment showed the most flawless and pure smile she had ever seen since she came to the world.

Such innocence actually came from the dungeon, the underworld, where anything could happen!

"Just like Su, call me the Supreme God. From today on, I will be your Lord God."

“Lord God…!”

"Hmm~"

Hestia smiled and nodded in response, caressing the mermaid girl's head and letting her lie in her arms.

Then, she raised her eyes again and looked at Su Mo, "Are you going to tell Bell and the others about her identity directly?"

"They have the right to know, and they will realize this sooner or later. But should we tell them now? I still want to hear your opinion first."

"My opinion... As members of the clan, they do have the right to know."

Hestia tapped Mary's cheek with her index finger, "Mary, do you want to go see your room?"

Knowing that the girl is a mermaid, it goes without saying for whom the room near the bathhouse was specially converted.

"Marie's room?"

"Yes, that is the space that you will live in for a long time in the future, Mary. Now the room has not been decorated yet. How to decorate it and what kind of transformation to make are all waiting for you to decide!"

"Mari wants to see it."

The mermaid girl nodded in response.

"Then let's go down. They must be getting impatient."

The story told by the mermaid girl was a bit long. When the three of them went downstairs, the restaurant had already been cleaned up. Bell and the other two were sitting on the sofa in the living room chatting, looking a bit bored.

Seeing the three people finally come down, he stood up immediately.

"Come here, let's go take a look at Mary's room."

After hearing Su Mo's words, the three of them suddenly realized that the mystery would be solved soon and hurriedly followed.

In fact, they have been sitting here discussing and speculating about Mali's identity for a long time.

Give the key to the mermaid girl and let her open the door herself.

Turning on the magic stone lamp, the empty room was larger than any room upstairs. A waterway and a large pool with flowing water occupied more than half of the room. The ground was a light gray stone floor, and the walls were white with water-colored patterns.

There was no decoration at all, but when the mermaid girl walked into the room, her face was full of excitement and happiness.

After walking back and forth for a while, she squatted down by the pool, scooped up a pool of clear water with both hands, and let the water in her hands flow out. She turned around and looked straight at Su Mo and Hestia.

Hestia smiled in response, encouraging the girl, and Su Mo nodded slightly, giving the final affirmation.

After receiving encouragement and affirmation, the mermaid girl exchanged glances with Bell and the others, then dived into the pool the moment she turned around.

The two feet change, the fish tail swings, and waves are rolled up...

“…???!!!”

After witnessing the changes that happened to the girl in the pool, Bell was stunned and confused. Lililuka subconsciously showed a look of alertness. Haruhime was stunned for a long time before she reacted and covered her mouth in surprise...

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Chapter 213: Unexpected situation.

Humans can possess magic stones and degenerate into monsters, and monsters can also possess humanity and wisdom and become heretics.

The ideas he had always held were suddenly and strongly challenged. Bell did not sleep well all night, which resulted in him being a little absent-minded and completely out of shape the next morning.

Realizing this, Su Mo did not take people directly to the pub for morning exercise. Instead, he asked them to sit in the living room and made two cups of tea for himself.

"It seems like it's been a while since we sat down and talked alone like this."

Bell took the teacup and nodded when he heard this.

"So, if there is anything you don't understand, just tell us and we can talk openly."

"Captain, if monsters can become heretics, then our mission of defeating monsters is..."

This is really too much of a fuss... Su Mo took a sip of tea and added to what the other party didn't say: "It feels like killing someone?"

Bell nodded silently.

“Do you eat meat?”

"what?"

"Monsters are a kind of life, livestock are a kind of life, and even the ants under your feet are a living being. So when it comes to taking lives, what standards do you use to define your own morality and guilt?"

Bell thought for a moment and replied: "Killing people, killing my compatriots will make me feel guilty."

"What is your definition of 'human beings' and 'fellow countrymen'?"

"Of course, it's about being able to communicate and understand each other..."

Bell paused for a moment, and realized that if this was the way of thinking, there was actually not much difference between monsters and livestock.

"But they have become able to communicate. When Miss Mary did not reveal her identity, she gave me the feeling that she was no different from a human being."

"Monsters will reject, target, and kill heretics. Heretics will also kill monsters. The main purpose of Mary coming to the surface is to let the world recognize the difference between 'heretics' and 'monsters' and to completely distinguish the two."

Su Mo put down his teacup with a smile, "Whether it's a heretic or a monster, neither of them considers the other as their compatriot, but you are forcibly mixing them together. It shows that in your perception, Mary is still a monster."

"no……"

Bell wanted to deny it, but after he subconsciously uttered two words, he couldn't say anything else.

The more I think about it, the harder it becomes to refute.

If he could have clearly distinguished between 'heretics' and 'monsters' from the beginning, there wouldn't have been such problems and worries.

"As for me, I don't actually have much sense of racial belonging."

Su Mo raised his hand and pointed at himself, then at Bell who was sitting opposite him, "We can be of the same race, but we can also be different. Whether it's human or fairy, my attitude is more like it doesn't matter, so, questions like 'which race do I belong to', I have never seriously thought about it."

"This makes it easy for me to accept the existence of 'heretics', which is the most fundamental difference between you and me."

"I will correct it, I..."

"no need!"

Su Mo shook his head and interrupted Bell's words, "You are doing well now, Bell. You are another pillar of this clan. I point out the difference between you and me because this clan not only needs me, but also you, and more importantly, different opinions."

"It's not a bad thing that you can clearly state your racial stance, because I also make mistakes sometimes. If one day I mess everything up and let the Hestia Familia fall into a quagmire, then you will need to stand up and correct the chaos and lead the Hestia Familia out of the quagmire."

"Set things right?"

"Purge the inside, expel me, expel the heretic, lead the Hestia clan to draw a clear line between us, and then support this clan."

"No! How can I do this? I agree with the family accepting Miss Mary."

Su Mo raised his hand to suppress Bell's intense emotions. "This is the worst case scenario. I will try my best to avoid it. But, Bell, we must prepare for the worst. If I really mess up one day, I hope you can stand up and support the Hestia clan instead of letting it fall into the abyss with me."

"I know that it's selfish of me to let you pay for it in the end, but if that day really comes, the only person I can think of who can stop the Hestia Familia from going to ruin, who can pull the Familia out of the quagmire and support it, is you."

"..."

Bell wanted to say something, but when he opened his mouth, he felt that his mouth was extremely clumsy.

"I originally wanted to say these words to you after you grow up. Do you feel very pressured now?"

Bell nodded honestly.

He knew that his leader had always expected him to be able to shoulder heavy responsibilities, and he did hope that he could become another pillar of the clan, but that would definitely not be after the current pillar collapsed.

Before this, he had never thought that the burden of the entire clan would fall entirely on himself.

"Then let's turn the pressure into motivation! But don't worry too much. At least the guild is on our side. I will also try my best to prevent such a thing from happening. That day may come, but it will definitely not be now, and it will not come in a short time."

Thinking of the guild's position, Bell felt more at ease.

Miss Mary was able to come to the Hestia family because of the permission of the great god. They were not fighting alone.

"You can only distinguish between heretics and monsters in your own heart. Apart from that, do you have any other problems?"

Bell shook his head subconsciously, but stopped suddenly halfway through.

"There really is another one."

"I went to the Soma clan yesterday to discuss Lily's conversion, but I couldn't even get through the gate."

"The leader of the Soma clan not only refused to discuss Lily's situation with me, but also warned me that if I didn't return Lily immediately, he would report it to the guild, saying that we had forcibly seized members of the Soma clan, and asked the guild to intervene and make a ruling."

Hearing this, Su Mo couldn't help but feel surprised. "The issues regarding Lililuka are clearly written in the contract. Even if the guild intervenes, it will definitely not be biased towards them. How can he have the confidence to bring up old issues with me?"

If the 'wine keeper' had the courage before, he would not have signed the contract honestly and chose to pay the compensation.

But if he just made preparations now and wanted to launch a revenge, he didn't think the other party would be so stupid.

Apart from anything else, his recent reputation is quite loud. A clan that doesn't even have a second-level adventurer, strength, strength is not superior, reason, reason is not tenable, if you don't have any confidence and choose to turn against him, it doesn't seem like the style of that gloomy person.

"Lily and I have been thinking about this as well. I always feel that their attitude is not like they want to solve the problem at all, but rather like they want to stir up trouble, so Lily did a little research yesterday."

"What did you find?"

"One thing is that the guild recently issued a ban on the Soma God to brew divine wine, but the ban only lasted for more than a week and was lifted the day before yesterday. Lily said that this is definitely not something that the Soma clan can do on their own."

It is indeed very abnormal that the guild can change its orders every day.

"I'll ask Firth."

Su Mo had a feeling.

This situation is probably not directed at Lily, but at the two of them...

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Chapter 214: Malicious speculation.

There are people in the court who are easy to do things with.