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Isabella's thinking was not particularly mature. Limited by certain circumstances, she could not clearly distinguish what in the world was good and beautiful, and what was dross produced under special conditions.
Under such circumstances, Isabella could only rely on the purest and most simple moral sentiments to condemn Naimus and instruct others.
Shepherd learned from Naimus that it was the latter who had inspired Mokania.
What made Mokania different was that he had seen too little, and he too possessed only simple moral sentiments.
Under such circumstances, his fate had been forcibly interfered with, causing those simple moral sentiments to remain while being grafted onto a pillar of divine authority above all else.
Faced with the banner of divine authority above all else, even though that "divine authority" had been obtained by ordinary people from him, he appeared exceptionally weak.
That inner weakness tore him apart, and the morality within him began to collapse from top to bottom.
Yet he had indeed passed down the simple moral sentiments he had received from Isabella.
In most regions of this world, many people had inherited those sentiments.
They were simple, they were kind, and their appearance showed people the most beautiful side of this world.
Unlike Shepherd, Mokania had grown up in the slums of the real world and had seen a world ravaged by divine authority.
In that kind of world, Mokania did not truly understand what simple emotions were.
He possessed the corresponding knowledge, but he had never experienced such things firsthand.
Shepherd, on the other hand, had grown up on that land. Amid falsehood, he had come to understand all this intimately.
Thus, the two were similar, yet they made different choices to a certain extent.
Mokania sank deeper and deeper, while the