Chapter 335: The True Meaning of Healing Magic! Part-3.
From the very moment that Riya awakened and became a healer, she always had doubts in her mind.
'All the teachers and all the senior healers say that 'healing' those in need is the duty of a healer... But how do you 'define' that person in 'need'..'
Even when fighting in a dungeon, you are ultimately attacking other creatures home and killing them mercilessly.
Wounds inflicted on those beasts can also be considered wounds, and they can also be considered someone who needs 'healing' magic.
However, no one goes ahead and heals a beast that you need to kill to conquer the dungeon. Because every creature in the world is inherently 'selfish'.
If it benefits you and you think that it's morally right, then you would not hesitate to hurt others.
That's the way the world works.
Trying to run away or trying to not acknowledge this fact is pretty useless. You can't run away from something that is an inherent part of your existence.
To exist is to be selfish, and to be selfish is to find benefits for yourself.
Awakeners conquer dungeons by killing all the beasts that live there, and it's considered morally right to do so.
This situation always used to cause doubt in Riya's heart.
She walked the path of 'healing every wound', and such a goal would be theoretically impossible to achieve.
From the very beginning, Riya's 'Path' was already one with no real ends in sight. Her 'Path' itself was already extremely unique and strong from the very start; very few people can walk on such difficult 'Paths'.
This is also one of the reasons why even the 'World' itself was forced to acknowledge her and protect her from the 'heavenly punishment', when she awakened her legendary power.
But if there's a 'Path', there must always be an 'End' to it.
The 'Path' that Riya chose has no 'End' to it theoretically, but if there's no 'End' then you can always create an 'End' by yourself.
Creating an 'End' to an 'Endless Path' with the help of your own talent and mind is also one of the unique abilities of people who walk on 'Paths' that have no real 'End' to them.
For example, when you know that the road ahead of you is endless, you will go as far as you can and consider it the end point for you, and that's exactly what it means to be 'Creating' and 'End' yourself.
If the 'Path' is 'Endless' then create a boundary and set up the 'End' point for yourself according to your abilities.
"The reason I always wanted to become strong and wanted to heal wounds was because I wanted to protect everyone I can..."
"I want to be strong enough to protect all those whom I care for and all those whom I can care for... My goal is simple: I will save the lives that I can..."
"Also, if the life that is in need of saving is trying to hurt others, then I can consider not
saving that life, as saving it will only harm others..."
"There is no such thing as endless kindness; I acknowledge my own shortcomings and my selfishness; that's the 'End' of my 'Path'..."
Riya's expression turned serious as she said all those words.
Although it's the job of a healer to save those in need, the healer itself is a creature with self-
awareness.
As all creatures are inherently selfish, the healer can choose who to heal and who not to. Riya acknowledges the fact that she can never become truly 'selfless', she can never heal someone who tries to hurt those she cares about.
When conquering a dungeon and when fighting those who want to inflict harm upon you, your fight is always for selfish goals, but that's the way people are supposed to be.
once, you know..."
Although Riya felt quite shocked when she found out that Link lost to Rio in the finals, she wasn't particularly worried about it.
It's been nearly two years since the group started to adventure together, and by now, Riya has already considered the members of Team Astra as her friends.
Thus, she wasn't unhappy that Rio won, as he is also a friend. She was just worried about
whether Link would be depressed about it later at that time.
"Haha, I know what you want to ask... You want to ask, If Link can't be evaluated, then what
will we say about someone who defeated even Link?"
Aria just sighed and said,
"The thing is, Rio, that kid is a unique case... I had a look at him properly when we were
teleporting you guys away..."
"We were able to teleport you all, including even Link, except for Rio... The evaluator literally
had to carry him on foot..."
"I don't know if the 'Sleep' spell even worked on him. The teleportation spell of an SS ranker
is already extremely strong, but it didn't work on Rio at all..."
"If I have to evaluate him, I would say he's an 'Anomaly'...."
Riya tilted her head in confusion and asked,
"What do you mean by that?"
Aria just shook her head at that question and replied,
"The problem is that even I can't define what I mean by that; an 'Anomaly' is not something we can predict or define; it happens randomly; sometimes it's bad and sometimes it's good..." "Even my intuition is useless on him, and I can't tell what's going on with him, so I have no way to describe him..."
"His existence is as weird as it is fascinating..."
Author's Notes.
Yo! It's your beloved author here!
It seems we can finally see some deeper details on the secrets behind Rio's existence. Let's
goo!!
Question of the day:
What would you like to become if given chance?
1. A Genius that can't be evaluated.
2. An anomaly that can't be predicted.
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