Hughie Fal and the Distance to the Door

Of course,

After sensing her younger daughter's confusion,

Old Hughie Fal slowly spoke as he watched the flames burning in the fireplace,

"So-called divine aberrations are contaminated entities that have inherited part of the legacy of so-called 'gods.'

But much more of them has been mixed with the contamination of the abyss. Because of some tremendous upheaval during the First Era or Second Era, one that even the Great Library knows nothing about,

Those authorities of order that should only have been wielded by gods became the greatest bridges stolen by the abyss, capable of interfering with the Current World:

Doors, language—whispers—infinity,

And the most tempting of all: ascension."

"If they're so dangerous, why are we still studying them?"

Little Triss was somewhat confused,

And upon hearing her say that, the dean merely gently reassured his daughter:

"Because these divine aberrations inherited part of the power and wisdom of the gods.

Yet they were also corroded by the madness and chaos contained within, becoming the entities the Great Library paid the closest attention to.

In other words,

The fifth- and even sixth-tier Great Sages from Earth and countless Hidden One civilizations were willing to preserve records for the vast number of deceased civilizations in the universe, as numerous as the sands of the Ganges,

Because they also wished to try and find a way to save everything.

The 'Origin Origin Point' and 'Source of Destruction' of every era were not entirely the same.

And after the Twilight of the Gods in the First Era, because the true forms of the gods, including their temples, had completely hidden themselves away,

Other than the occasional glimpse of Them within some fragment of time,

What remained

Was only the 'divine aberrations.'"

Immediately afterward,

He took a necklace that seemed to have condensed some