Turn around, and your head turns around.
This was not an angry remark, but a threat.
Because very soon, the Beyonders discovered a Blood Servant whose head had turned around.
Well, the kind where the head fell off the neck.
Without a doubt, he had thought of turning around, acted on it, and was ultimately the one whose head turned around.
"But why did it happen here?" Earnest crouched down to examine the Blood Servant's posture, frowning slightly. From the break at the neck and the way he had fallen, it was clear that his head had not been cut off by external force. It was as if he had been walking along when his head suddenly fell off.
At that, Novat offered an explanation.
"Turning back and leaving require a certain degree of subjective intent. He saw his companions die earlier and was so frightened that he ran around wildly, which did not trigger the taboo of 'turning around.' But once he came to his senses and decided to head back, he triggered the rule... This sort of thing is fairly common in the Judgment domains of high-level Arbitrator Pathway Beyonders. Still, there is no need to worry too much. The Arbitrator Pathway's Judgment rules judge actions rather than intentions. Merely thinking something will not bring punishment; only putting that thought into action will invoke the rule's punishment."
"In other words, if someone fired me out of a human cannon while I was asleep, I could leave?" Jones scratched his head, immediately drawing several stares. Fran even patted his shoulder and said:
"How did I never notice that you had the makings of a Lawyer?"
Jones merely smiled awkwardly at Fran's words, but Novat shook his head.
"If there were only one rule, that would be fine. But under