This period was arguably the most difficult time for Abraham and Elizabeth.
Especially Abraham.
He had never felt his life could be so painful; even the days when he followed His Majesty and ate stinky rats in the Gobi Desert were far easier than this.
That kind of pain is physical pain.
The pain I'm experiencing now is a pain of the soul.
Your Majesty, you big idiot, you've gone mad!
His Majesty's emotions have become unpredictable, I don't know when it started.
For example, he might have asked him the day before yesterday to go to great lengths to find a priest of Holy Lord Church, and to go to great lengths to find a skilled sculptor to carve an image of God, and then follow the priest to repent day and night.
The night after tomorrow, they might suddenly smash the head of the statue of God, gouge out the priest's eyes, and then, in a fit of rage, destroy the entire Holy Lord Monastery and all God artifacts.
For example, he might be calmly eating when he suddenly erupts in rage, overturning his glass of blood-stained wine and shouting, "This is all God's control!"
Or perhaps, while tasting the blood, they suddenly panic, smash their glass, and cry out, "I cannot be part of this!"
Even worse, when he looked at himself and Elizabeth, his gaze was filled with deep disgust, and he would say indifferently, "They're all God's spies!"
Yet, at the height of his despair, he would suddenly burst into laughter, shouting, "I have stolen divinity!"
All of this, the sudden shock and anger, and the capricious state, tormented Abraham and Elizabeth greatly during this period.
Abraham felt completely deflated.
He had never experienced such torment, to the point that for the first time he considered giving up on life and no longer wishing for immortality.
This is absolutely ridiculous!
"I am an old comrade who is over a thousand years old. To be treated like this is simply intolerable!"
"Waaaaah..."
The thick psychology books concealed the aged yet broken face, but they could not hide the sobbing voice that arose from that breakdown.
Although the book "Studies in Personality Psychology" is substantial, it cannot fully capture the sense of despair in Abraham's heart.
Inside the Holy Empire's Royal Library, in the quiet and deserted space, one could occasionally hear strange, hoarse sounds that seemed to be pressing on one's throat.
This faint sound, which could be masked even by the turning of a book's pages, was proof of Abraham's breakdown.
Abraham covered his mouth tightly with both hands, his face contorted in a state of utter despair, tears and snot mingling together, but his eyes were wide open, intently focused on the psychology book in his hands.
"Your Majesty is ill, mentally ill! Damn it, damn it, damn it!"
Such a wondrous thing was already uncontrollable, and now it's even causing mental problems—it's utterly despairing!
Jonah, Kuba, Shenyin, why, why hasn't anyone come to discipline His Majesty yet?!
Abraham has never before so readily embraced the ideas of Kuba ancients as he does today.
As the saying goes, you won't realize the weight of a mountain until it's pressing down on you.
When this mountain truly pressed down on him, he suddenly realized that Kuba's previous ideas were absolutely correct!
He has now even decided that he will follow Kuba's example and ban His Majesty directly!
"Clap, clap, clap..." The crisp sound of high heels echoed from the entrance of the Imperial Library as Abraham turned the pages of his book, then quickly approached him.
The ferocity on Abraham's face vanished in an instant; he even wiped away his tears and snot before looking up at the newcomer.
As expected, it's Elizabeth.
Today's Elizabeth no longer possesses the beautiful and refined appearance of her former self.
Her already pale Vampire face was now even more haggard, her two bright blue True Ancestor- level Vampire eyes had lost their former luster, and even her clothes were mismatched.
Looking at this colleague with whom he had worked for over a thousand years yet still barely knew him, Abraham felt a long-lost sense of shared suffering.
"You've come."
"I am coming."
"Now that you're here, you know what I mean."
"Now that I'm here, I know what it means."
"Aren't you afraid? After all, you are a loyal subject."
"I have never feared death, and I will perish with Your Majesty."
"But from now on you will no longer be a loyal subject."
"But Your Majesty will feel a little better."
Abraham's eyes were deep as he looked at Elizabeth, who had walked up to him.
Women's psychology has always been different from men's psychology. Similarly, His Majesty's attitude towards Abraham and towards Elizabeth has always been different.
Despite two hundred years of companionship and a hundred years of spiritual training, Elizabeth still harbored deep feelings for His Majesty.
Of course, this so-called emotion has nothing to do with love or liking, but is merely a complex and bizarre emotion caused by being together for a long time, between oppression and being oppressed, and because of the long duration and the long companionship.
It resembles family affection, yet it's completely different.
Not to mention Elizabeth, even Abraham now harbors extremely complex feelings towards His Majesty.
This feeling now makes him even think that if he really had the chance to kill His Majesty and take his place, he would never actually do it.
Humans are ultimately emotional beings, just as Norton has already pointed out Abraham's betrayal, yet he has allowed it to continue to this day.
Doesn't this also mean that Norton himself didn't want to kill Abraham?
Even now that he's gone mad, always feeling that Abraham and Elizabeth were sent by God to monitor him, Norton only glared at them coldly, instead of killing them both outright like he would kill the priest.
But Elizabeth and Abraham's behavior now certainly lives up to Norton's expectations.
Abraham's desire for His Majesty to be banished is no longer solely due to his personal will, but because His Majesty's existence has become a serious threat to the creatures of Garden of Eden. Elizabeth's desire for His Majesty to be banished stems from her fear that His Majesty's mind will become completely distorted, turning him into someone who is no longer himself.
Although it is still betrayal, compared to past acts of personal will, today's betrayal seems more forgivable.
"I too will perish along with Your Majesty," Abraham said wistfully, placing the book he was holding back on the shelf.
Elizabeth paused slightly, then looked up at Abraham beside her.
She was willing to sink into depravity with His Majesty because she had no one else who was so close to her, even though this closeness was extremely morbid and twisted.
But didn't Abraham always want to be the true ruler of Garden of Eden?
Seeing Elizabeth's seemingly surprised expression, Abraham sighed deeply and said, "I have come to realize that the absence of a supernatural system is the best choice for Garden of Eden."
"Banning Your Majesty while I alone remain—what difference is there between this and not banning Your Majesty at all?"
"I have lived for a thousand years, and have long since seen through the so-called life and death, the so-called power, and the so-called immortality."
"I have lived to this day, and will live forever. The only one with whom I have a bond is Your Majesty."
Although the oppression by His Majesty has made my life worse than death, I still feel alive. However, I have finally come to understand the words of Kuba from the past. "This Garden of Eden cannot have a God!"