A dull longsword and a heartbroken villager

But one thing surprised Joshua: Linna did not hate him because of this.

Instead, he found Joshua and told him how grateful he was to Him.

Because it was the first time someone would help Him, the first time no one would be prejudiced against Him because of His thoughts.

Joshua was stunned; anyone would have been stunned.

After that, Linna would always follow Joshua like a little tail.

This kind of thing happens frequently to third-order angels, and it's perfectly normal for higher-ranking angels to have followers.

But Joshua understood that this was different.

Unlike other angels, Linna's soul did not decay due to her strange and distorted values.

Joshua would say that Linna is a fool.

Others would say that Linna was a fool and that he was not qualified to follow Joshua.

At that time, Joshua was not only top-notch in strength, but also in wisdom. Even though his personality was extremely wicked, he was still an object of worship for the angels.

But the "fool" Joshua refers to is not the same as the "fool" mentioned by other angels.

He knew that Linna was not stupid at all. Although she was weak and only a first-order angel, He saw things more clearly than any other angel.

Joshua was simply unhappy with Linna's attitude of always smiling in the face of all bullying.

This will only encourage others to take advantage and will only trap you in a disadvantageous position from which you cannot recover.

When being bullied, a smile is like submission.

Even though she was following Joshua, Linna was still bullied.

Things are better where you can see them, but where you can't see them, nobody knows what might happen.

However, Linna ignored all of this and didn't dwell on the fact that she had been bullied by Joshua.

He would tell Joshua that he enjoyed divination, and that he would teach Joshua if he wanted to learn.

He would go and tell Joshua that he was curious about the world below and asked Joshua to tell him about things beyond heaven.

He will tell Joshua that everyone is actually a good person, but they are just bound by something unseen.

Linna also told Joshua not to be so withdrawn, and that if he smiled at others, they would smile back.

At first, Joshua disliked that Linnath was saying such self-righteous things, all of which were his own thoughts and seriously contradicted the facts.

Reality is not as beautiful and simple as it seems.

Days passed, and Linna remained by Joshua's side.

Joshua didn't know why He had kept Linna for so long; there had never been a "little tail" that could stay with Him for so long.

Joshua went to learn divination and occasionally tried to find out about things in the underworld.

Trying to change yourself is difficult; changing your mindset is even more difficult.

But Joshua was trying, and he didn't even know "why".

Even the usually clever Him didn't know the answer.

In the past, He would have thought it didn't matter what happened to His short-sighted and foolish people; in His eyes, the decline of the angels was almost inevitable.

There's no point in doing unnecessary things, and no point in trying to correct anything.

It's fine to let the mistakes continue, and correcting them is too difficult and the price to pay will inevitably be heavy.

The smarter someone is, the more likely they are to choose the negative path.

On the contrary, the rather clumsy Rinna will try.

Even Joshua, a third-order angel, didn't try after seeing everything clearly, while the powerless first-order angel did make an effort.

Gradually, He began to dislike Linna less.

Then, He fell in love with Linna.

This process is far less complicated than imagined; it seems perfectly reasonable and normal for someone to go from not disliking someone to loving them.

Perhaps I've fallen in love with that simplicity, or perhaps I've fallen in love with that clumsiness.

However, the specific reasons for liking someone can't be expressed verbally; what can be expressed isn't a "feeling."

From the moment he stopped disliking her, it was probably destined that Joshua would fall in love with this guy who was different from everyone else.

One day, he had a wife.

Even He found it hard to believe.

He originally believed that it would be impossible for him to unite with another person in his long life.

But that's not the case. He fell in love with someone, and he fell in love with a very stupid angel.

He was always being bullied, yet he was always smiling.

He would occasionally tell Joshua about his unreliable divination results and would often ask Joshua if he had any interesting stories.

At that time, Joshua felt that his life had suddenly become very bright.

He sees clearly what is hidden around him; all along, the holy heaven has been nothing but moldy ruins in His eyes.

For the first time, He felt that Heaven was truly a wonderful place.

He would probably have continued to think this way if nothing had happened to his wife.

Joshua envied Bray, envying him for having a loving wife, a lovely daughter, and children who were like family.

A complete family is truly enviable.

Joshua and Linna once had the opportunity to have children.

Unfortunately, everything was ruined by the distorted and conservative values ​​of the angel race.

Joshua remembered that Linna had once secretly gone down to the surface world.

It is incredibly difficult for an angel to descend from Heaven, but somehow, Linna managed to do so.

However, He did nothing sensational when He went down, and He did not bring anything special when He returned.

Linna simply returned, bringing a teddy bear with her.

This amused Joshua at the time; he had gone to so much trouble, only to find out that he had gone down to find a teddy bear.

And she was pregnant at the time.

Joshua really didn't know whether he should be angry or not.

Then, Linna told Him that the teddy bear was a gift for the unborn child.

There are no such toys in heaven; you can hardly find any toys at all.

Children of angels are often bathed in God's grace and pray with trepidation.

Statues are what they want to see, and church decorations are what they can play with.

Angels aren't incapable of making toys; they just have no interest in doing so.

Joshua simply wanted to tell Linna what change such a simple toy could bring to a child: nothing.

But Linna stubbornly told Joshua that simple toys could change a child's mind.

He did not want his child to be like the other angels, lacking the ability to think for himself.

Regardless of what the child's thoughts may be in the future, He hopes that these are the child's own thoughts, rather than something instilled in them.

Joshua remained silent, tacitly agreeing with his wife's idea.

So, despite his disdain, he still placed the teddy bear in a conspicuous spot.

The crude toys from the Black Iron world look out of place among the exquisite decorations.

But this was actually better, because Joshua believed it was the same as his and Linna's incompatibility with the world.

Because of this thought, Joshua found the teddy bear much more agreeable.

Unfortunately, Joshua knew that the angels' thinking was incredibly rigid, but he did not expect that they would be dissatisfied with Linna's children.

The hierarchy among angels is very rigid.

A lower rank is a lower rank, and a higher rank is a higher rank. Before being promoted, a lower rank can never be compared with a higher rank angel.

Linna should not be qualified to be with Joshua, and should not even have offspring with a high-ranking angel.

That would taint the purity of the high-ranking angels.

Therefore, at the behest of the third-order angels, a second-order angel caused Lingna's unborn child to disappear.

The Black Iron type might be described as "abortion," but the Bronze type obviously has many other ways for the fetus to disappear besides "abortion."

Lingna is very weak, being the lowest in the angelic hierarchy, and unable to resist second-order angels.

The vulnerable child could only be strangled, and was strangled without Joshua's knowledge.

Joshua was furious, remorseful, and also found it quite funny afterward.

"The purity of high-ranking angels"? Weren't high-ranking angels originally low-ranking ones? Anyone can become a high-ranking angel as long as they become stronger.

Joshua knew who was truly responsible for solidifying the class distinctions; who else could it be but those in positions of power?

It's ridiculous that such nonsensical talk was accepted by the lower-ranking angels.

Joshua understood the principle here, but he couldn't do anything about it.

He could only return to his eerily white house and look at his wife with lifeless eyes.

Rinna's eyes had lost their sparkle, but a gentle smile remained on her lips.

"My child, you're back." These were the first words Linna said to Joshua upon his return.

Joshua fell silent at that moment, and for a moment, he felt a little short of breath.

Angels have a very strong spirit, but that doesn't mean they can't go mad after being hit hard.

No one can drive a mentally strong person insane, but anyone can intentionally drive themselves insane.

Even if one's "mind" is extremely strong, and one can remain clear-headed no matter how others torment or attack them, one can also choose to go mad.

Joshua didn't speak, but simply sat down next to Linna without saying a word.

Linna laughed heartily and kept talking to Joshua.

However, when He spoke, He referred to Joshua as His own child, not His own husband.

His eyes showed no gleam, yet he still loved to laugh and talk about all sorts of strange things, just like before.

Joshua had realized that Linna had gone mad because she had lost her child.

He didn't want to blame the second-order angels, nor did he want to dig out the higher-order angels behind the scenes.

It's all meaningless; Heaven has indeed completely gone moldy.

At that moment, Joshua only wanted to spend time with Linna, even though in Linna's eyes Joshua was no longer the Obedience, he only wanted to be with his wife.

Your identity doesn't matter.

Without realizing it, Joshua started crying.

Being smart is useless, being powerful is useless; there will always be omissions and regrets.

"This is a toy that Mom found in the world of the Black Iron race. You should keep it safe." Linna handed the teddy bear on the table to Joshua and said softly.

"Don't cry, hold it, it'll feel like your mom is here with you." Linna comforted Joshua like she was a child.

However, Joshua's tears did not stop, because the voice was so gentle that it made him want to cry even more.

"Don't lose it! Mom went through so much trouble to find it again. There's no other one like it in all of heaven." Linna, like this teddy bear, was like a guardian angel, protecting her child.

Even if His child is gone forever.

Joshua took the rough teddy bear and gently kissed Linna's forehead.

As time passed, Joshua remained silent, and the matter seemed to have been suppressed and no one talked about it anymore.

It was as if Rinna's madness had never happened, and no one did anything to Rinna afterward.

Joshua was not always such a kind and approachable person.

Joshua wasn't always a loner who cuddled his teddy bear.