"Then let's go. It's fine, we still have plenty of time!"
"Got it. Then please lead the way."
"Okay!"
After saying that, Ruler took Lin Yan's hand and started walking forward. Lin Yan did not resist and simply followed behind Ruler. He spoke to Ruler, who was striding ahead with great enthusiasm.
"Um, Ruler. We can talk while we walk. There are some things I'd like to ask you."
"Hmm? What is it?"
Ruler asked in confusion. Lin Yan explained what he had sensed earlier, then asked,
"What exactly is this thing called the world?"
"That is quite a fundamental question."
Ruler seemed to smile happily. Then, intertwining her fingers with his, she faced him and said,
"Everyone knows the world. They learn about it as knowledge, and accept it as reality. Yet strangely enough... no one has ever seen the world itself. They merely understand and accept themselves and their surroundings as the world. Even kings who rule nations are much the same."
"But isn't that strange?"
"No, it isn't strange at all. Humans are creatures who survive by constantly reconciling the worlds within themselves with the world open outside them. People are alone, yet at the same time connected to everyone in the world. That is why tragedies make people grieve, and why they feel anger. Of course, there are also those who cannot reconcile the two. Some regard the world within themselves as absolute and reject the world outside... while others try to change it."
"Is that an evil act?"
"That is hard to say... It may be heretical, but it is not evil. At least, that is what I believe. Wanting to change the world is a desire shared by all people. If it can develop in a better direction, the world will change its own