Chapter 776

"You want to change tragedies that were bound to happen. Even if you can change one tragedy, more tragedies will still appear afterward. Tragedy can never be completely eliminated. Even if you can change many things, there will always be something you cannot change—and more than one thing at that. You should understand this principle. You should know it. So why insist on clinging to your delusions? This was never something you should have done."

"This indeed wasn't something I should have done, but I wanted to do it. What can you do about that? I'll do what I want, and I'm willing to do it. I'll do whatever I please, because I don't want those tragedies to happen. Whenever I saw them, I felt they never should have happened. They happened only because of your stupidity. If they were tragedies that absolutely had to happen, I couldn't change them. But if your stupidity caused those tragedies, then I would absolutely change them. I can't let tragedy arise from your stupidity, because that is unfair to the people caught up in those tragedies. Deeply unfair. Your stupidity made them lose their family, their friends, even their lives."

"Under such circumstances, I felt I had to change all of this, because I possessed sufficient strength and ability. How did that saying go? The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. My responsibility was closely tied to my abilities. Since I possessed such great power, I had to bear such great responsibility. Of course, I certainly wouldn't meddle excessively in things that were none of my business. But this wasn't idle meddling to me, because it made me happy, it brought me joy, it pleased me, it delighted me, it put a smile on my face. That was enough. That was enough.