"Interesting! Truly fascinating! There's more than one madman here! Julian! Hahaha..."
The shadow of Darius behind Julian also laughed uncontrollably.
"Oh, is that so? It's the first time I've felt the same as you, Darius."
Julian replied, then moved his hand away, looking coldly at Shinji.
"I know you don't believe me, but this is the truth."
Shinji shrugged, indifferent to their mocking laughter, and continued, "That box was opened long ago, without anyone knowing, including that pitiful woman. The disasters, just like in our world's legends, all flew out, and just like in the legend, only Elpis remained."
"Don't be ridiculous! The box was never opened! The proof is that Pandora is still alive! If the box had been opened, the death inside it would have been released, and Pandora would have been saved!"
Although Julian loudly refuted Shinji, he made no extra movements this time, clearly hesitating due to Shinji's words.
"Didn't I already say? She doesn't remember because she was deceived by a group of gods. The gods erased the memories of everyone who knew the box was opened, including Pandora herself, which is why she hasn't been able to die."
"Impossible!"
Darius shouted hoarsely, "Impossible! Impossible! Impossible!"
Shinji shrugged again, speaking casually.
"Believe it or not, it doesn't matter. Even if the box is opened, the world can't be saved. Because Elpis, for humans, is a curse far worse than anything else."
Shinji showed a hint of exasperation.
"Think about it objectively, kid. Elpis, the word in Greek, what does it really mean? Don't just conveniently ignore that, you idiot!"
"Shut up——!"
Darius cursed, then whispered incessantly into Julian's ear.
"Kill him, Julian, kill him now! Kill him! He's lying! He's trying to mislead you! He's stalling for time! He's talking nonsense!"
"Wait!"
Julian remained relatively calm, suppressing Darius's consciousness, and asked Shinji, "If that's true, then how can Pandora be freed? Where is that memory?"
Shinji replied, "Who knows? The gods might have completely erased it or taken it into the world's inner side. As for how she can be freed? It's actually quite simple. Even if she can't recover that memory, she just needs to change her belief and firmly believe she had opened the box.
She's suffered for so long, not realizing this is the simplest way. What's trapping her existence in this world is her own deeply rooted belief. However, there is a condition—it can't rely on external forces like the Holy Grail; it has to come from within herself."
At this moment, Pandora, or rather Emilia, caught between the box and its outer shell, was utterly confused by Shinji's sudden revelations.
Emilia, clutching her head, her eyes wide with disbelief, muttered.
"No… it can't be… it hasn't been opened yet… it hasn't…"
Emilia's murmurs were clearly heard by Shinji and Julian, who were closest to the box.
"How can you prove what you're saying is true?"
Julian asked, frowning deeply at the gravity of the situation.
"You can try it out yourselves. Why should I prove it? Whether the world is destroyed or not doesn't matter to me. I'm just tired of fighting."
"Emilia! What… what do you think?" Julian asked.
Emilia's panicked voice came out again, "I… I don't know, just… if I think that way, it feels like something is slipping away from me, like the meaning of living, life, survival… everything starts to disappear. It's a terrifying feeling..."
At that moment, Julian began to believe.
Because Emilia spoke of survival, life, and the meaning of living!
Following Shinji's logic, Julian conceived a bold and incredible hypothesis.
Perhaps those gods really did have the twisted humor Shinji described!
They deliberately erased the fact that Pandora had opened the box, just to observe a Pandora who couldn't open an already opened box!
"One more thing to tell you."
Shinji glanced at Angelica, who had somehow stood up without the Flash card, and continued, "Humans in this world don't need saving. While this world might inevitably face destruction, humanity will evolve to adapt to those particles you can't observe, without your intervention.
That's the history of humanity and the world's rule. Scientific transformation and human evolution will allow some to survive in this ending world, continuing human history. Believe it or not, that's up to you."
Hearing this, Darius completely lost it, hysterically yelling at Julian to kill Shinji, but Julian made no move, just remained silent.
"And one last thing." Shinji glanced at Beatrice, defeated and walking slowly from another direction, her eyes empty. "That girl, although she lost some memories due to the displacement magic, has fallen in love with you again over time."
Julian clearly froze at these words, and so did Beatrice.
This person had just been talking about grand topics like the world, mythology, and human history. Why was he suddenly talking about something so ordinary?
Julian's eyes showed a noticeable change, and Shinji openly declared he was very tolerant of girls and couldn't stand those who ignored a girl's feelings!
"And your sister, she's actually a heavy brother-complex. Even though the displacement magic made her lose over ninety percent of her emotions, deep down, she still wants to bathe with you, her brother!"
Julian's expression changed even more after hearing Shinji's serious declaration.
Could this guy have been deceiving him the whole time?
Seeing Julian's doubtful expression, Shinji turned to the cold-faced Angelica who had walked up and asked.
"Hey, do you care about your stupid brother? Do you want to save him?"
"If possible, please save my brother."
Angelica spoke to Shinji, her face still cold, but tears suddenly poured down uncontrollably.
Julian was dumbfounded.
First Beatrice blushing from Shinji's words, then Angelica crying because of him.
Could this guy be telling the truth about everything?!
At this moment, high above.
Sitting on the Vimana, Young Gilgamesh watched the scene below with great interest.
Among everyone here, only Young Gilgamesh knew Shinji was lying, yet he didn't intend to expose him.
Young Gilgamesh was curious how Shinji planned to wrap up this elaborate lie. Although he had Harpe, the weapon was far from enough to free Pandora.
Even if it came from Greek mythology and could nullify immortality, the opponent this time wasn't merely an immortal but a myth itself!
To overthrow or rewrite a myth with a human body was nearly impossible! Most mysteries had migrated into the world...
Before finishing his thought, Young Gilgamesh realized something, his eyes widening!
Noticing the faint smile on Shinji's lips, Young Gilgamesh understood.
Shinji intended to conclude the unfinished myth in a reasonable way!
At that moment, Young Gilgamesh's eyes shone with an almost pathological excitement.
This man (big brother) is incredibly interesting!