Chapter 275: Sin and Morality

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Afterward, you witnessed many things in this world: the apparent strength of the empire hides inner emptiness and corruption, and outside the steel skyscrapers, many people cannot even guarantee basic survival.

Those who often work in illegal factories, one by one, become grotesquely eroded by spiritual energy; terrifying crystal clusters grow on their bodies, and they eventually turn into a pile of spiritual ore. This condition is most common in the mines of spiritual energy veins.

Even worse, you don't even know whether what you dug out from the vein is yesterday's coworker who was talking to you.

Spiritual energy can grant a person great power, or a strong physique, or a special ability, but it also erodes their life.

This land has seen too many tragedies, and those beastmen who look like livestock are all affected by spiritual ore.

After witnessing this, you understood even more the greatness and strength of the Gordon Family; as the Empire's Godblade, namely the empire's peak combat power, namely your father, because of him you and your aunt can live in this complex city.

Otherwise, judging by the Gordon Family's tendency to explode at any moment, no nobles could let you easily survive in this world.

Your aunt began frequently taking you to see the world's suffering and sorrow; you left the empire and came to the far west of the continent, witnessing the beastmen nation with a huge technological gap, and also seeing an equally strong civilization on another continent.

Of course, you also saw the catgirls you had longed for; your aunt seemed to know your taste, deliberately bringing you to a village of only catgirls, where you were dazzled by all kinds of catgirls until your aunt slapped you awake.

"You really like this?" That was your aunt's question to you; you couldn't withstand the interrogation, and once again you became fidgety.

"Liking them is fine, but you must distinguish good from bad."

"In this race, many engage in underground businesses; many are swindlers, thieves, and honey traps—these are common in this race."

Your aunt honestly told you the darkness behind this beauty; you were somewhat incredulous, but when you personally saw a catgirl girl slip her hand into your aunt's pocket, your imagination was completely shattered.

Beauty is also a disaster; most of the catgirl race have extremely beautiful appearances, but precisely because of this, basically few have a happy childhood.

Survival is a great weight on their shoulders; stealing money is because they cannot obtain compensation through honest labor.

"On this land, sin is everywhere."

"You must learn how to distinguish sin from the innocent."

You watched as that catgirl girl pulled out bills from your aunt's pocket, then timidly left; your aunt seemed unaware, only turning to look after she had walked a considerable distance.

"They are all innocent; we have no need to demand they stay virtuous."

"Because the precondition for a knight's nobility is having a relatively perfect life; only with that can we uphold the knight's code."

"This point, you must clarify."

Your aunt's words were blunt yet reasonable, letting even your slow-witted self grasp her meaning; for some unknown reason, after understanding what she said, you suddenly awakened a strange sense.

You suddenly realized you seemed to have a powerful intuition, as if you could see through a person's sin; this feeling shocked you greatly.

"Life entry—Sin Purifier—activated"

You seem to have entered a special state; around everyone's body faintly emits a dark hue, occasionally a few clusters of black fire pass by, which astonishes you greatly.

"What are those?" you blurt out, and your mind unconsciously answers your own question.

"It is sin and morality," the answer from your mind, which also shocks you greatly.

"Aunt! I..."

"What's wrong?"

Jierte said nothing; all that could be seen was his shocked gaze at his aunt, his eyes full of disbelief.

Only see the aunt's body ablaze with intensely fierce golden flames, like a blinding sun.

"Jierte? Jierte?"

Only after hearing his aunt's call did he react.

"Ah?"

"How are you?"

Looking at his aunt's deeply concerned eyes, Jierte nodded nonchalantly, deciding it was better to conceal his discovery, unsure whether this ability was good or bad.

But the only thing known is that he seems to have obtained something extraordinary!

The aunt is like a scorching sun, while his body burns with a tiny flame.

On the street, the bodies of the vast majority emit black vapor, some with thick black smoke, while only a few have golden flames.

Truly a filthy age.

"Although you seem to have the ability to discern sin, it doesn't appear to open at your will; it seems to have its own consciousness, activating only when you have a strong urge or encounter a special person."

"After that, you saw your parents and older sister; without exception, they all glowed golden, merely varying in intensity, while your father, astonishingly, was the brightest, but your aunt's glow was not much less."

"This caused you to admire your aunt even more, while also firmly believing in your family's precepts."

"Watching your two older sisters grow ever stronger, your desire to become stronger also intensifies, but unfortunately you still cannot well fulfill the second precept."

"But this is normal; how could a little child not fear a tall, sturdy minotaur instructor? You are already quite an excellent knight-in-training."

"However, these are not the most important; the most important is that you will soon reach the time to test your spiritual energy compatibility, which makes you greatly anticipate......"