Translator: La0o9
〖 If I chose a normal citizen, it would have been easier to join the Night Watchers, this is the result of not having enough information 〗before reading Green’s memories, Negary didn’t know much about the Night Watchers.
He didn’t think that an organization that was related to Mysticism would accept any members as long as they wanted to join.
〖 Of course, the current situation isn’t without benefits 〗Negary thought. Although Green wasn’t a devout believer, a total keyboard warrior NEET, but under his brother Reid’s urging, he still had a certain level of body and swordsmanship training; as well as an understanding of the various sinful creatures, divine techniques, and other Mysticism knowledge through long-term exposure to them.
This way, it made sense if he performed a bit extraordinarily after joining the Night Watcher.
If a citizen suddenly displayed surprising power, perfectly knew the weak points of various monsters, as well as displaying overall unfit behaviors to their previous status as a normal citizen; but still wasn’t deeply investigated by the Night Watchers, then they had better reach over their heads to see if there were any halos there.
〖 For a NEET like Green to actively join the Night Watchers, I need to give him motivation, a plausible motivation 〗Negary thought to himself.
For a human to suddenly wish to improve, there were actually several simple reasons.
The first of which was love, the second was hatred, the third was envy, of course, there were also various other reasons like humiliation or regret, but the point was for them to be stimulated, enough for even a NEET to suddenly spring up and turn himself over.
〖 Love and such isn’t possible with Green’s personality; hatred might be possible, but there isn’t a target for his hatred 〗Negary was considering his options: 〖 Humiliation is also the same, as there isn’t a suitable person who’s going to inflict enough humiliation on him 〗
〖 There is a target for envy, however 〗as Negary examined Green’s memories, he found that this guy with every prospect of a keyboard warrior didn’t know many people since he didn’t leave his house very often, but he did have a deep impression of a certain person.
〖 Counier Dragneel 〗
This person was basically the otherworld version of ‘the neighbor’s kid’, completely unlike Green who was excommunicated from the training barracks for not being devout enough. While he was also a family member of the church’s personnel, he was the first of his peers to become a Steel knight of the Sun Shadow church, and had even been nominated to become a Glory knight not too long ago.
He had the standard sense of chivalry of a knight, a handsome appearance, considerable strength, devout faith, and had been all but confirmed to become a Red Sun Knight in the future. If his contributions were great enough, he might even advance further and get transferred to the church’s headquarters to become a Divine Guard.
If that was all it was, the distance between them wouldn’t cause Green to feel envy, the reason why Green had a faint sense of envy against Counier was because during his time at the training barracks, they had actually fought against one another.
At the time, Green did not win but also didn’t lose. Later on, purely due to his faith, Green was excommunicated from the training barracks, after which his brother kept comparing that Counier to him day-in-day-out.
But, quite obviously, mere envy was nowhere near enough to become the motivation for a NEET.
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“You haven’t slept?” a hearty voice resounded as a man with a sun corona decoration on his knight helmet walked in through the door. The red cape on his back fluttered due to the blowing wind at the door, giving him a presence of prestige and power.
“Green, you should at least do something, like go to the security firm or somewhere else for work, staying at home all the time is just going to ruin your body” the one who just entered was Green’s older brother, who immediately chastised him for his lazy appearance.
〖 What good is the security firm? They’re all a bunch of ordinary people without supernatural powers, they’d be the first to run as soon as a monster appears 〗 utilizing the Soul Mask made from Green, Negary perfectly replicated his personality.
“You’re also an ordinary person, God teaches us to be humble…”
〖 But those fat pigs don’t think that way 〗’Green’ cut Reid’s words off in his irritation, which left Reid at a bit speechless.
In the Sun Shadow church, there truly were a portion of priests and knights whose morals left a lot to be desired, but their faith couldn’t be disputed no matter how much you tried.
The reason why they were so devout to their faith was because they understood that the more devoted they were to God, the more freedom they had to do whatever they wanted.
“They’re nothing but exceptions, since the church doesn’t have enough members, it couldn’t be helped that some scum slipped in; aren’t there also knights with high morals and standards?” Reid regained his composure and said: “Like Counier, for example. He was your peer, but he’s now already a Steel knight, and would soon be promoted to a Glory knight”
〖 The Sun Shadow church is irredeemably polluted, some of those priests are fat pigs filled with nothing desires. If such scums can become priests, then the Sun Shadow church is nothing special, and Counier who joined the Sun Shadow church as a Steel knight is also nothing special 〗’Green’ scoffed with an expression of disdain.
“Don’t forget, I’m also a member of the Sun Shadow church, and you’re only living like this because of me” Reid frowned and said. He had hoped that mentioning Counier would stimulate Green and give him a bit of motivation, but didn’t expect Green to react so strongly to it.
He had truly done everything he could for this younger brother. Ever since he was excommunicated due to lacking faith, he had turned into a complete wreck who always had a reason to belittle the Sun Shadow church; in truth, this was just a case of sour grapes.
Part of this was also his fault, while he maintained absolute faith in God, he occasionally had his gripes about the inner workings of the church, so he would complain to Green about them. Never did he think his actions would lead to Green feeling distrust towards the Sun Shadow church itself.
〖 Even without relying on you, I can live just fine. Worst case, I’ll just join the Night Watchers 〗 Negary used the pretext of situational anger to state his purpose, of course, this was nothing but a bit of baseless words right now.
If he truly joined the Night Watchers and did things that contradicted Green’s usual behaviors, other people might not notice or suspect anything, but as the one who understood Green the best, Reid would surely notice the discrepancy.
Reid had indeed complained about the scums who managed to become priests and knights of the Sun Shadow church, but the thing he complained the most about were the Night Watchers.
Due to his responsibility of subjugating Evil God cultists, as a Red Sun Knight, Reid very frequently had to cooperate with the Night Watchers, which allowed him to understand exactly what kind of madmen those people were. Having fought against monsters over the years with very little to no faith in God, most of them had thoroughly gone insane, if not for the fact that they still had the identity of humans, Reid wouldn’t be able to hold himself back from killing them.
Although the two brothers frequently bickered, they still cared a lot for one another, and no amount of irritation would lead to Green actually becoming a Night Watcher.
“I still have to participate in a raid tonight, you need to pull yourself together” Reid didn’t follow up on Negary’s words. He returned to his room, then put down his helmet and doffed his armor beforing washing up to rest.
Watching Reid’s back, Negary retained Green’s usual behaviors, but his mind was extremely calm: 〖 Sorry, but for the sake of my path, you will have to die 〗
