Chapter 304: The Secret Behind His Birth (5)
Keter left out the story of his previous life and what had happened in Liqueur and told Kron only about what had occurred in Sefira.
After hearing everything, Kron stared at Keter with a grave gaze.
“From what I hear, Keter, you want to save Sefira.”
“Stopping at saving them would be boring. Since I’ve started anyway, I plan to make my family the strongest on the continent.”
“Is that your dream?”
“No. It’s just one of the things I want to try. I don’t have one single dream that I’m willing to stake my entire life on. If I had to name one, it’d be living freely, but I’m already living freely, so there’s no need to dream about it.”
“Heh. You’re living the easiest thing and the hardest at the same time.”
Freedom: it was given to everyone. Even life and death could, in a sense, be chosen by humans. And yet, no human could truly enjoy freedom, as freedom inevitably collided with freedom.
Kron closed his eyes briefly. Nobody would reject or hate freedom. Yet, Kron and everyone else knew the truth: freedom did not last forever, and being free wasn’t all good.
“Keter. Do you know why, among all races, humans became the most prosperous? They have no inherent abilities like the beastfolk, nor the survival and reproductive power of goblins or orcs. Elves and dwarves are blessed from birth by nature and magic, but even they live in hiding. Meanwhile, humans have nothing. So how did humans become the rulers of this world?”
It was a philosophical question, which didn’t fit Kron’s rough appearance. He didn’t expect Keter to answer seriously, but once again, Keter surprised him.
“Because they were born with nothing.”