Chapter 647
The day I witnessed how the Immortals were being created with my own eyes, Vertus had said something. He said that someone had to take responsibility for everything that had happened.
After that, Vertus and I had a brief conversation.
“I’m not just talking about responsibility for the Gate Incident,” Vertus said.
“What responsibility, then?” I asked.
“The responsibility for the Great War as well.”
Everything had its roots in the Great War. Vertus seemed to believe that, if we were to discuss responsibility, it had to start from there.
In our discussion, it was clear what responsibility Vertus was referring to and who he believed should bear it.
If the true cause of the Gate Incident was the Great War, then who was responsible for the Great War? It would have to be humanity.
Yet, humanity as a whole was not taking responsibility. It was merely bearing the consequences. Someone had to shoulder the blame, and it had to be humanity, who was the beginning and root of everything.
Vertus argued that the Gradias imperial family, who had initiated the war, had to be held accountable.
“It’s not like you’re the one who started the Great War,” I objected.
Of course, it wasn’t Vertus who decided whether the war would occur or not. And was it truly the unilateral decision of the Gradias imperial family that had sparked the conflict?