On this day, who knew how many people in Stoen City, aided by suddenly appearing "options," made choices concerning their own fates and stepped onto different "Fate Tributaries."
A young woman ultimately chose her parents over her lover. She did not elope with him and turned back home just before leaving the city;
A seasoned Judge chose money over Conscience. Yet no sooner had he accepted the bribe than all evidence related to his corruption appeared on the desk of the Lawyer handling the case;
An "honest man" driven to the ruin of his family chose to rise up in resistance and perish together with his enemy;
A young student chose a gift his beloved hated most from the "options," yet it ultimately left a deep impression on the young woman...
These examples of people taking different Fate Tributaries through different choices allowed Abner to vaguely realize that the River of Fate in the Lord of Mysteries world—or rather, the source of the Absolute Rational World—was not the "determinism" some scientists in his previous life believed in. Nor was there a "Laplace's Demon"... Instead, as described in the honorific name of the Key of Light, it was "endless chaos"!
Yet the Wheel of Fortune, the Unique corresponding to the Pathway of the Key of Light, was trying to turn the world into data, establish "determinism," and become "Laplace's Demon"... That was rather interesting.
As he pondered, Abner saw the young man to whom he had just granted a "fate choice" walk into the church with an expression as though he had been redeemed. The corner of Abner's mouth twitched.
Speaking of which, this young man's experience was somewhat similar to Abner's. His family had originally been wealthy, and he had wanted for nothing... But due to an unforeseen upheaval, the