Volume 4: No One Survives in Fantasy High School Chapter 24 The Truth (Part 2)
"And? Did you do all of this?"
After finding a chair and sitting on it, Li Lin's posture as the White Knight looked sacred and righteous.
"You are the source of all the depravity and corruption. This school has become like the undead and has fallen into a nightmare. Did you do all this?"
"…I thought you could consider this a normal school."
"It was normal to some extent, but the lich showed me a scene that I was afraid of, and it made me return to normal."
Li Lin, sitting in the chair, shrugged with a fearless smile on his face.
"Life in any era is precious and cherished, even for the undead. There will be no senseless harm and killing."
“Maybe our school rules are a little too strict?”
"Then you should have been trampled to pieces long ago."
Looking at the seemingly helpless principal, Li Lin's smile became more confident and arrogant.
He really liked the feeling of seeing behind the scenes, just like playing a mystery game and finally finding the truth. Although he hated this, he still enjoyed the pleasure of finally pointing to the murderer.
Of course, Li Lin selectively ignored the fact that the murderer had taken the initiative to find someone and brought him to the door. He would definitely ignore this. As a player, ignoring some factors that make you feel uncomfortable or affect your own happiness is always a basic skill. So he sat on the chair very proudly and confidently, looking at the gentle old principal.
"The knight in white...what a great symbol."
Looking at Li Lin's radiant appearance, the old principal sighed and then said:
"You know what? In mysticism, the meaning of knights represents protection, warriors, and rules, but recently, with the passage of time, many new interpretations and meanings have been added. It makes people feel the passage of time."
"Really? What else?"
"Decay, rotten, complacent, arrogant... and as history progresses, these words will become more and more stable on the knight. Although there are many romantic explanations, and it has even become an important component of love potions, its etymology is constantly changing and collapsing. This is an indisputable fact. From the original blessing to the current neutrality , it is really sad."
"So what you want to say is?"
"Power comes from mystery. If there is a problem with the explanation of the mystery itself, then the power will naturally be problematic. When the meaning of a word completely changes, the power it represents will naturally change to the state that everyone defaults to."
Looking at the radiant Li Lin, the old principal smiled and sat on the chair, as if he had no sense of crisis at all.
"In the past, the meaning of school was completely positive. It meant transformation, change, metamorphosis, birth, awakening, evolution, and the meaning of becoming strong from weak. Learning itself is the progress and disintegration of becoming stronger . But as time changes and the world's attitude towards knowledge changes, school itself will also undergo a change."
"Decay, depravity, numbness, ignorance, oppression, and solidification. When these concepts are present, as part of the concept of mysticism, this place will naturally change into what everyone wants. Yes, it is what everyone wants, not just individuals."
“That’s why we become who we are, and this place becomes here. And beautiful dreams will gradually turn into nightmares.”
“…”
"Don't you understand? No wonder. After all, this is part of a long world. It may be difficult for you to understand."
The old principal smiled friendly at Li Lin, who was sitting calmly on the chair.
"This is the world of dreams. This was once a world of beautiful dreams. Everything you see, many are beautiful memories, but there are also unwilling memories. After all, this is school. There are good and bad things. This is reality. Right?"
"Yes."
"However, when all the people think that this place is not good, then this place has really become bad. This is not because of the language brought about by the phenomenon, but the phenomenon brought about by the language. It is the source of all decay and degeneration. That is time."
"Over time, people will gradually forget all the glory and ideals . This is not only true for humans, but also for the immortals, and it is much worse than for humans because their lifespans are much longer. They will become complacent and treat everything with disgust. The messages of disgust and prejudice spread from their mouths will gradually spread."
"Time keeps passing, hundreds of years, thousands of years, the short-lived species come and go, but the prejudice of the long-lived species still exists, and secretly affects the concepts of the short-lived species. The old age of the long-lived species is longer than the youth, almost dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of times longer. They will not go out to take a look, nor will they confirm anything themselves, but only rely on their inherent impressions to tell. Therefore, most of the old long-lived species will be killed by the young, but the historical factors they pass on are much more than those of the young."
"And this is a typical victim. Yes, a very typical place. A place where a dream turns into a nightmare."
The old principal wiped the crystal glasses on the table with a gray smile on his face.
"There was once a generation of immortals who studied here. They were gifted and talented, and they had a great and broad future. However, their greatness was not greater than that of another group of people. That was an era when genius was not valuable. So they were suppressed without any suspense, suppressed by all kinds of talented people."
"The capable people always have various powerful reasons, but the unfortunate people always have similar misfortunes. That glorious era has passed, and the strong ones have gradually withered away. However, memories will never fade. Those immortals are not qualified to participate in too great a place, so they survived under the protection of others and became the so-called strong ones."
"But so what? They can deceive everyone but themselves. When they talk about their youth, they always intentionally or unintentionally belittle their school . They denounce it as that hell place. Yes, because those who think it is a good place are either dead or no longer care about it. Who would care about a so-called small middle school? Although it has nurtured countless talented students, it is just a part of the trajectory of the strong. But even this part is enough to affect everything."
"So you see, isn't this already a 'haunted place'?"
The old principal smiled very kindly.
