Chapter 92 92 Respected

But when you deny that concrete concept, and show him the power of humans through science, the man can only compromise with his sanity and turn that human into a god to keep him from going insane. His mind does not have the capacity to entertain this thought since his horizons had been constrained since birth. He cannot bring himself to believe that a human could be so capable without the use of magic.

So Zach had to compromise and let them believe what they wanted with a compromise that no one discuss this topic in the class with him.

As a result, the efficiency of the learning process kept increasing. Ironically, it turned out that it was easier for the people to understand the same knowledge when they labeled it as divine magic instead of the work of humans.

Zach started out with the description and usage of all products based on crude oil and its distillation process and led them towards locomotive driving and repair which he was planning to venture into soon. He planned to revolutionize transportation in this world that still relied on horses to pull the carriage. He could swear that all the humans in this world had grown dumber in the presence of magic.

Thanks to this knowledge having attained the rank of divinity in the eyes of the servants, they treated it as a treasure of immense value and did their best to learn whatever was given to them. Zach was pleased with the results as well and didn't bother with the fact that the people had begun to treat him more and more like a god.

Of course, part of the reason for that was that he already had some experience with these kinds of situations. The more he tried to explain, the weirder their thoughts would become.

It didn't take long for the servants to embark on the path to enlightenment that Zach had planned for them.

Zach became content with their progress after just a few days and only occasionally oversaw some of the practical experiments that were part of the curriculum he had designed.

The process of the transformation of the servants into factory workers went on smoothly and Zach became focused on the other tasks that he had been pushing back until then.

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"…I can't believe he shared such secrets with poor servants like us."

"How can we understand the intentions of a god?"

Diana overheard her handmaidens discussing something in a whispering tone. She wondered who they were talking about and especially put an ear out for any such discussion.

"Do you think that a thing that can make our skin softer really exists?" One of the handmaidens asked while fantasizing.

Which woman wouldn't want to get prettier? Even these handmaidens weren't oblivious to that. So petroleum jelly had naturally become the most discussed topic amongst them.

"Then what reason do you think our god would have to lie to us?" the remaining handmaiden retorted in annoyance as if she couldn't believe that the other handmaiden would dare to doubt Zach's teachings.

Diana found it a little odd that the servants of the Luther family were worshipping Zach as their god even though Zach himself insisted that he was anything but.

She couldn't help but feel a little paranoid even though Zach was her life savior and her master who had taught her how to use a gun and had given her the ability to protect herself and her dear ones.

At the same time, she too became interested in that skincare product that her maids kept on referring to. Maybe she could ask Zach to give her some of it as well.

The more she witnessed the worsening condition of the servants of the household, the more Diana felt that she should talk to her big brother about it. This way she would at least be relieved of one of her worries that kept on haunting her.

Lately she had grown somewhat accustomed to the changes in her handmaidens but the worry regarding her brother had begun to sprout in her heart. She was afraid that her big brother had also turned into a fanatic like the servants after following after Zach this whole time. She was increasingly thinking about the mental and psychological state of her brother after receiving so much knowledge from Zach.

Therefore, making up her mind firmly she went to her brother's room for a thorough discussion on the topic.

She knocked at the door lightly like a proper girl from the elite families and waited for her brother to answer from the inside.

"Come in~"

Diana wondered if she had heard wrong. Her brother's voice sounded somewhat different from usual. It sounded happier to her. But then she shook her head as if to come back to reality and opened the door to get inside.

As soon as she entered the room, she found Bruce in front of the study table looking at some large charts that could only be one of those diagrams that the servants kept discussing so fervently these days.

Panic arose in her heart as she imagined her brother acting like those groupies with stars shining in their eyes while being completely devoted to her master Zach.

Thankfully, her brother sounded completely normal as he called out to her with a smile like he always did.

"Oh~ Diana, come on in. Don't stand at the door."

"Mmm~" Diana tried to get some words out but she forgot what to say in her earlier panic. Therefore she only made a small sound for acknowledgement and closed the door behind her before coming over to take a look at the chart that her brother was analyzing.

She too was curious as to what it was that made Zach's status take a sudden hike like this.

She tried her best to analyze the diagram but failed to make any sense out of it. She wondered how the servants were taught to interpret such things.

Not paying any more attention to the chart on the table, Diana decided to address the issue with her brother directly.

"Brother, have you noticed any changes in the servants lately? It looks like they would even be willing to go against you should master tell them to. What are you doing exactly?"

Her words were sharp and stinging. She didn't hold back despite the fact that she was talking to her beloved big brother.

"Should I be worried?" Bruce retorted with a question and an expression that said, "You are being overcautious."

Diana became incensed at this display of indifference by Bruce even though he was the family head and should have taken these things into consideration before her reminder.

"Of course you should. Do I have to tell you that? What if master turned out to be a bad guy and decided to oust our family from our own home? Have you thought about that or have you thrown caution to the wind already like those fanatics you are growing with master?"

Of course the fanatics she was referring to were the servants who were currently under the tutelage of Zach and were learning the higher concepts of science and were training to become useful workforce for him.

"So what if he does? You should know that whatever we have today, even our very lives are due to his grace. The fact that you are confident and powerful enough to say such things to me is also because of him. And yet you want me to doubt him when I can't thank him enough already." Bruce calmly answered her as if her worries were unfounded and she was just being paranoid but that just made her angrier.

"Why don't you just give over your leadership to master and make him the new family head? Of course master has helped us out so much and is still helping us but have you thought that you might just be burdening him by allowing these people to deify him like this?"

Bruce felt her frustration and could understand where she was coming from but that didn't mean that he had the ability to control things as she was expecting.

"Diana, if I could control it, I would have already done so. The fact that Zach has pulled off feats that aren't less than miracles doesn't help much in suppressing the voices trying to deify him. Can you think of any other human who is this capable? Even S rank mages can't augment a low rank mage to kill of a group of higher level mages like picking off ants, can they?"

Even Diana didn't have any words to retort his argument. Bruce had tossed a low ball this time. His last words were of course referring to Diana and the way she had slaughtered so many of Raisman's men when they came after her.

When Bruce felt that his words were taking effect, he struck the iron while it was still hot and pushed on.

"I am not worried that Zach would end up becoming the next leader of the Luther family at all. Because even if he does, I believe he would make a good leader who would treat you and our family well. As for those deifying him, I think we don't have the right to denounce someone else's faith. The more we will try to suppress it, the more it will bounce back and become ingrained in their minds. Also, Zach has earned himself the right to their worship. The knowledge he has imparted them and the favor he has shown them is far heavier than their lifelong loyalty and their worship."