Chapter 30: Front row seats
’It doesn’t matter... whether I get it now or later, none of it matters.’ Liam replied.
He wasn’t a human in the first place, and he didn’t feel any religious connection to the so called benevolent goddess worshipped in the kingdom.
After living a life filled with discrimination and bullying, all because he failed to awaken a blessing, a lot of questions started rising within him... doubts about the religion he was born into.
He felt like he was abandoned by the goddess, ignored despite praying to her countless times, even for just a common rank blessing.
But then, nothing happened... he didn’t even receive a response from her.
The last few years of his life were spent questioning everything around him.
Though he didn’t confide his thoughts in anyone, due to the fear of them being classified as blasphemy—which was honestly what they were.
He felt that everything around him was a sham, starting from the goddess herself, to the holy church, down to the religious fanatics who lived in the kingdom.
If the church were really as ’holy’ as they said, then why did they discriminate against those without blessings... acting like they were walking piles of shit.
He could still remember the piercing gazes of disgust the priests gave to him after he failed to awaken one, plunging his heart into sorrow.
’It’s all in the past...’ Liam mumbled, gnashing his teeth as he pushed those thoughts to the back of his mind.