Chapter 3175: To Want To Love is Love
Rui’s communication with the dark elves went quite well as he managed to get a lot of information about the true world from them. He managed to secure a trip to West Genora as a guest of the dark elves and managed to obtain future targets for him to travel to and reach out to not just to learn to harness the six paths, but also to obtain allies for human civilization.
The dark elves were truly amicable despite the fact that their bridge to the Panama Continent had been destroyed and the fact that they needed to conjure a flora shield to protect them from the Beast Excursion. Their extroversion and openness by nature was more than clear, it was no wonder that bilateral treaties were already being forged between the two civilizations even this soon after their arrival on the Panama Continent.
Rui, however, didn’t immediately depart from South Panama.
No, he took the opportunity to speak with Sage Sera about one of the issues that had been plaguing him, given her background in psychology and her harnessing of psychological change in her Martial Art.
"...You want to brainwash yourself into falling in love with the changed identity of Amare?" Sage Sera gazed at him with a dubious expression. "You are aware that that is infatuation and not love, yes?"
"Brainwash is a strong word," Rui admitted. "As you know with Enlightenment of Self, we come to understand the causality of who we are. And who we are is constantly changing with each passing second. Every experience, every memory, every moment leaves its mark on the soul. Therefore..."
His expression grew determined.
"There should be some causality that will allow me to feel love for the other half of her."
Sage Sera shook her head with a bewildered expression. "...Only you would ever utter those words. I can’t imagine anybody else have such thoughts. ’Adaptively evolving’ yourself to feel love for a person is a level of madness that exceeds anything you have done so far, in my opinion."
Her words were sharp, but her tone was sincere.
He could admit that there was validity in that reaction.