A Stroll Through the Tree Court / What Is Human Nature? Realizing One's Self-Worth

He clenched his fingers, clawing his face until it hurt, venting the deeply buried anger and sorrow.

"Mr. Savior, if there is no body and no soul to be found, is there any great power beyond the sky that can bring the dead back to life?"

"Your thinking is too pessimistic."

Hua Yi patted Anaxa on the shoulder.

"Perhaps the Black Tide did not bring death to anyone. Maybe it merely swept those who fell into the water far away. Your initial assumption was flawed."

"..."

Anaxa did not feel any joy. He simply did not believe it.

Even though he had personally witnessed the Grove of Epiphany's people survive the Black Tide, that had only been possible because Hua Yi and his group had supported them. During the original disaster, Hero had not arrived.

They were not even from the same era!

"I let my personal emotions spill over too much and made a fool of myself. Mr. Savior, you came here specifically—what do you need me to do? Continue questioning the Titans' authority, or convey a new revelation?"

Penacony had an elderly Genius, Chadwick.

As for Amphoreus, the researcher who best matched Hua Yi's values while possessing wisdom, talent, and morality was none other than Anaxa before him.

Hua Yi took out a company-made phone, loaded it with information about the stars, and gave it to Anaxa.

"I have already made the Titans' direction of effort clear. You can continue studying it, then, as an Amphorean, submit several papers on topics I assign."

Hua Yi was assigning homework to Anaxa, a scholar of the Grove of Epiphany.

Anaxa rubbed the Black Tide water between his fingertips, still unable to distinguish its essence. After examining the phone Hua Yi had given him for a while longer, he scanned the