"Well, the spoken words are nothing but one's mind writing. It improves confidence. So not only the younger but persons of all ages need to learn to speak beautifully, since beauty is a component of divinity," I say, turning around, maintaining my composed face.
Here stood a man, his dress fully covered, and his height towering over Augustine, which speaks volumes.
"May I know who you are, esteemed senior?" I ask his identity politely and then glance around me using my Qi sense and find everyone completely still, not moving at all. It feels like the only ones who aren't statues are me and him.
A punch hits me.
"You're using Qi sense to gauge your surroundings, boy? Don't try it, it won't work." He says.
I become too stunned to speak, and I instinctively cover my face where he hit me, but I realize there's no damage.
"Boy, don't worry, I don't hit the face. It's forbidden."
'That means you hit in other areas.'
"Acantha!" I scream but notice no response from her side.
"No one can move unless I allow it. She won't hear you... Hmm, you've assigned a name to the servant. Now that's something honorary and lovely and then it also breaks apart the hierarchy and rules. It's unfair to those who successfully climb the meritocracy ladder," he says.
Now I'm in a dilemma about who he is.
I want to know who he is, but I can't call the system, and while I want to use Qi Sense, he won't allow me.
But I don't think it's hard to discern him. The problem is that he is surely using a mask or Qi-Doll.
Why did this bastard just make me feel insecure about myself man?
Even I don't know what I might do to him once I'm capable enough and What I've done to others and am capable of.
Hmm, these thoughts sound so edgy, it's better to ignore these egoistic edgy thoughts. What I can do to him is in the future but surely what he may intend to do to me is something in the present.
I go into introspection from one punch of his which perhaps didn't even happen. Acceptance is the ultimate zone of bliss. I once again realized this.
I was once poor, getting help from a whore mother, and an irresponsible father who I had always respected for some reason and survived on the subsidies of the government.
My dad was so irresponsible that I don't even remember meeting him much, but then again, it could be due to many reasons. For instance, let's say one reason was my mother. He was with me until around 6 years old, and then he disappeared for 4 years. He reappeared after it, so I won't blame him but after beating me every once in a while, he once again disappeared. And needless to give credit to my cheating whore Girl who eventually helped in my transformation from the weakest loser.
'That's interesting. I'm able to remember my past life much more clearly for now. Is this because of self-realization or because the system is not present? My past was becoming foggy slowly but gradually. One reason could also be the time I spent on the lower realm though.'
"So, boy, you want to know who I am?"
"Sure, esteemed senior. If you want?" I say, kneeling down to show my fake respect toward him.
"Boy, you should kneel only toward Almighty! You're a Divine child... and I'm also no Buddha so you should not even be so respectful unless you have an ulterior motive."
"Divine Child? The title simply uses me, society internalizes my image and now I don't see the meaning of Existence."
I say, and then I hear a sound of beheading, and my head gets detached and reattached.
My hand instinctively goes to touch my neck, and I try to hide my tense mood.
'It seems I may need to keep Augustine and Hui Ying as my beloved. Their strength may help me never to suffer this humiliation.'
I think and I know I'm being shameless for thinking of them affectionately only as of now, but being a child, it's my right to be shameless, and as a great person, it becomes even more of my right.
"Hmm, that's interesting," he speaks his thoughts aloud. "Let's see, so you've reached the True Acquired realm at your age. That's something astonishing. You're the second biggest genius, as it takes 100 years at minimum to reach this realm."
He says, and I get pissed due to this. The reason is that I'm practicing manifestation meditation. I hypnotized my mind to think I wouldn't live past 50 years if I didn't reach the Transcended Nascent realm, and now this man just ruined it.
"Second biggest genius?"
"Yes, your fiancée even surpasses you."
I'll acknowledge it. I am behind her for now, but things can always change.
"Well, I should Introduce myself, shouldn't I?" He says and takes a deep breath as if he wants to scream at such a frequency that even the furthest of furthest of the person can hear it.
He flicks his finger and screams
"Everyone I believe It is important for me to let you know that the young boy who delivered the speech is not a Divine child. He is a murderer and has stolen this speech from an Esteemed saint of the past. This man who calls you his family is someone who does incest with his BLOOD-related mothers and daughters. Forget sister because that could be acceptable but BLOOD-related Mothers and sisters. This man needs to be locked up and fed to cannibals as his crimes go past the crime a human can do. At his birth a prophecy was read: 'This MAN will bring destruction', and yes everyone he is not a young-looking boy but a Man who wore the skin of an innocent CHILD, that innocent child's mother has not eaten food for the day. Tell me everyone does just being poor makes it alright for a monster like this to feast on you and kill..."
He screams, lying shamelessly and I ignore his yapping and look toward Acantha and King Carl, but I notice no movement from their side.
They are completely still in motion and Acantha's existence is hanging in the air like a cliffhanger.
.... And I can verify this on my honor as NígulasI Qiuchill , Round Table head of Three Great Theocracies."
He completes his speech, and everyone screams at such a loud frequency that I shut my ear off, but their stupid bickering continues, and as my gaze drops to NígulasI Qiuchill, he just shows me his gentle-looking smile that hid its mocking attitude toward me.
My ass was almost burning in fire, and to add petrol to the fire, many scums from the crowd were screaming in unison, "BURN THE HERETIC." "BURN THE HERETIC." "BURN THE HERETIC." "BURN THE HERETIC."
I sigh hearing their annoying barking and meet my eyes to NígulasI Qiuchill and say my honest thoughts aloud "You should have stooped in at middle with your lies Old fuck, that didn't in the slighted sound badass, based or manly. This barking of yours was straight-up disappointing and filled with cringe with over a scoop up of edginess."
I frown and look at the sheep-brained demi-humans and humans of the audience and stop their barking by putting off my veil and presenting them with THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CREATION OF ALLAH-KABEER. This made their feeble heart skip beats for a moment, and a loud voice erupted from the crowd in unison. Their expressions show cheerfulness, ecstasy, and lust and I continue "You think it will affect me now? Look at them all my crimes get forgiven and forgotten in front of this peerless beauty I carry."
'I didn't even need to use charm on top of that. My beauty was enough and this hold true for many. In my past life, there were psychopaths and beautiful young cannibals who I had caught but every one of them had fans and their defending cucks fans who defended them solely because they looked innocent and handsome or beautiful. Was It an ugly person Their tone wouldn't have been the same and instead there was a real-life case where two guys killed a Dirty clothed Ugly woman with her naked ugly infant child and the crowd got divided. One crowd proposed it was women's fault and empaths proposed that they are so young and have an active future so we shouldn't jail them but then some sensible people said Let one be jailed (he is ugly), and another be let free in parole because he has an active future (this one was Handsome.)'
"You hear me?" I ask him a rhetorical question.
"Ohh no no no I'm not that much of a fool despite becoming old. I was just trying to show you a mirror."
"What?"
"Persons of all ages need to learn to speak beautifully since beauty is a component of divinity," he repeats in a mocking grandad tone.
I wore my veil back and became almost ready to use my formations to escape but couldn't as he repeated my own words against me.
"You mean everything you did was just to prove that I myself don't speak beautifully."
"Take what you want. Not my concern," he replies back to me and does a flick, and everyone in the audience stops.
Then he walks toward me and tells me, "I will make sure to personally visit you one day. It's such a shame I can't personally kill you due to Murim's rules."
I just look at him in annoyance, and he simply fades away, leaving me with only one type of thought: ALWAYS KEEP RESPECTFUL FULL OF LOVE TONE EVEN WHEN YOU'RE NOT IMMEDIATELY READY TO KILL THEM. 'Respect goes a long way. In this life, I have had a better upbringing. Let's try speaking more civilized.'
"Wow, what a speech."
"Hoo!"
"Divine child" "Divine child" "Divine child" "Divine child" "Divine child" "Divine child"
"Divine child"
"Divine child"
"Divine child"
I notice everyone becoming cheerful, and noticing no memory of them hearing his speech, I recover my composure and gracefully return to my seat.
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As Ji Yan took his seat, at that moment, Ji Yan had resolved to pursue just one goal: achieving deity hood. He couldn't stop, shed tears, or succumb to worry. His sole aspiration was to regain the respect and adoration he had diligently earned in his past life.
In a primitive society where birth and strength were revered rather than just status, his sense of destiny had become clear.
The reason Ji Yan remained alive, escaping both Hui Ying's anger for his relationship with other girls and NígulasI Qiuchill's attempts on his life, was evident: it was due to the rules and ethical moral codes adhered to by them. However, they were unaware that the very moral code they followed would inadvertently provide Ji Yan with an opportunity to evolve into a greater Evil.
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[A/N- Qi doll was previously referred to as androids.]