Come to think of it, in this world, whether it was the Demon Lord who started the racial war or the Pope who set the nations at war, they would naturally have been major villains in other light novels or web novels!
And their first impressions were hardly those of good people either. They seemed like they ought to be villains.
Yet in this world, while they truly were not good people, they were not villains at all. Instead, the fairies and elves, who represented kindness, purity, and beauty, were the greatest villains.
As Ariel and Dustin spoke, Sophia suddenly felt lost. Take the Pope before her—he had started wars not for his own selfish desires, but to save the world.
If his intentions were righteous, could he still be considered a bad person...?
Sophia could not figure it out...
As for Dustin, he had committed many unspeakable sins, but he had done so for the humans of this world.
Committing evil deeds in the name of the greater good.
It was not as though he felt nothing. On the contrary, deep guilt weighed upon his heart, tormenting him day and night.
Even death was a luxury to him. He had committed so many sins for the greater good, and his hands had long been stained with blood. Before fulfilling his promise, he could not die like this.
Otherwise, how could he face those he had killed, and those who had died for him?
Even if every life was as light as a feather, Dustin, built upon countless lives, was as heavy as Mount Tai. So too were the determination and regret borne upon his shoulders.
So too was the pain of having to harm humanity even as he had sworn to protect it.
This old man, like a withered