"Oh my God, did you finally become a narcissist?
"Eliza

　I turned around with a bitter smile and saw Eliza walking into the room, grinning.
　She came alongside me and we looked at it together.

"It's a wooden statue of Alec, isn't it?
Yeah, I got one made here and there in Avalon now.
"What are you doing? You're not really going to look at this and say, 'I'm beautiful'?
What kind of character do I become in Eliza's mind?

　I protest with a laugh.
　I know that Eliza was not serious, and that it was a light joke, so I lightly returned it.

　...... You're not serious.

I'm not, I'm talking about a test of good behavior.
That's what Angier was talking about.

　Nodding at me.
　If you're hearing from Angel, you're not talking.

I'm wondering what you're going to do with it.
"What's so difficult to talk about?　Or did you make it harder again?
"Ha-ha.

　Chuckle.
　It's really quite obvious to Eliza.

Yeah, I made it harder. Anyway, I made it work if you pray to this.
Let's see. ......

　Eliza folded her hands in front of my wooden statue and prayed like a pious nun
　Then the wooden statue lit up, and her body lit up too.

I see. I'm about a B.
"Mmm, I must have made a mistake. Eliza can't be that low.
"No, I agree with you.
"Huh?
Unlike Alec, we have to do a lot of bad things.

　Elisabeth with a grin and a mischievous smile.

　The Imperial Emperor, Elisabeth C. Forsyth.
　That reminds me.

　She's a mixed breed of politician.

　She probably does a lot of things that I don't know about.

But thank you for this. As much as I like to think I am, I'm on the right track.
I see.

　That's too low by my standards (、、、、), but it's okay if he's comfortable with it.

So what do you want to do on top of this?
"It's sad when low people stay low.
I see. Hey.
Hmm?
"Alec, we used to play that lottery,
Is that lottery a part of ...... the sorting of the place to live?
Shit.

　Nodded, put his hands on his hips and held up his fingers.

'Can't you put those together?　Guiding you to do good things, and so on.
"...... I see!

　Eliza's advice seemed to clear the way for me.

　　　　　☆

　A few days later, in the town square of Avalon was unveiled a stone statue.

　In the square, I had the statue made not of wood or statue, but of stone, to be thrown out into the open.
　In front of the statues, the people kneel down and pray one after another.

　Joy and sorrow.
　That's exactly what it looked like.
　As a result of the goodness check, some are happy and some are disappointed.

　Of course, the one with the higher degree of good deeds is happy and the one with the lower degree is discouraged.
　Once again, we can see how the two ideas of karma and reincarnation have spread among the people.

　From afar, Eliza and Angel were watching this from a distance.

You're very popular.
Yeah, I guess people do care.
That's true. . or maybe it's Alec's fault too.
"Huh?　Does that mean I care about good behavior?　Not from before?
It used to be a lot fuzzier, it was just something. It was that night that changed.
"That night?
"It's about Herschel's secret formula, isn't it?

　Angier answered for him.

　One of Herschel's secrets.
　The release of ten million souls imprisoned for hundreds of years, their rebirth as a higher rank known to the world.

　Or perhaps a hallucination, or perhaps a revelation.


　That's what the whole world saw in this one.

Yeah. To Alec's way of thinking, I wouldn't know what to do with it for hundreds of years.

　I wanted to argue with Eliza's words - but I had no way to argue with her because I didn't understand until Angier told me, even though I had my memories before my reincarnation.

"That caused a revolution in the human mind. The thing that you thought was 'there' before, became 'I knew it was there'.
I see, since then.
"So it's Alec's fault
You will be.

　I smile slightly.
　I see, I did this.

So.
Hmm?
You don't think this is the only one, do you?
Yeah, it's working. I know, that woman over there--that woman in the front row praying over and over again.
"That guy who can't accept low rankings and repeats himself?
"Yes.

　I nodded.
　Both Eliza and Angier looked at the person at the same time.

　Most people who are checked for their good deeds by prayer become virtuous and leave.
　People have some idea about their actions, and if you check them fairly, the results will naturally be satisfactory.

　Sometimes there are people who are not satisfied with the results, and those people are usually in the form of "too low to be satisfied".

　That is the case with the person I showed you.

　That person went back and forth several times, but when she found out that the result was the same no matter what she did, she was about to walk away discouraged.
　Then a small, firefly-like light appeared in front of her.
　The light guides her.

　A people of Avalon, drawing lots, she followed, surprised.

　As she passed by, an old woman was there.
　She's staring at the paper as she wanders about the city.
　A lost child, plainly visible.

　Just as she passes the old woman, the fireflies go out.

　The woman is puzzled and looks around.
　But she doesn't see anything, swears, and is gone again.

　Me, Eliza, and Angel watched the whole thing.

"You tried to get me to help it.
. yes. . a guide to good behavior.
"You can't force me?
"...... by my standards,

　Turn your head to the side while saying.
　You will be staring straight at Eliza, who is standing beside you.

"I don't think it's a good thing if I don't mean to do something good and it ends up being a good deed, or I don't think it's a good thing if I don't mean to do something bad, but I don't think it's a good thing to punish people for doing bad things by accident.
...... good or bad behavior depends on one's heart?
"Yes.

　Eliza is the Emperor. The reigning prince of the emperor.

　If you only counted her actions, she would certainly be a B, but I'd say an S would be just fine.

That's a tough standard. By God's--the standard of a real God.
"I wonder.
Yes, because there is only 'God' to judge it. Because there is only 'God' to judge it.
Maybe.

　I felt a little sad when Eliza said that to me.
　I felt as if she had implied that I was too idealistic.

But I get it. I'll show you around, but you'll have to find out for yourself and cultivate the desire to do good things.
"Yeah, that's what it was supposed to feel like.

　So Eliza and Angel agreed.

"That's tough, Alec.
"I think Master Alec is kind.
It's too hard, it's too hard.
"I think it's too kind,

　Somehow, Eliza and Angel started to argue about opposite things between me and them.
　They stared at each other for a while, and then...

Well, it could have gone either way.
"I think so too . Gentle, but tough.
That's it.

　This time they nodded and convinced each other.

Well, one thing is for certain. Well, one thing is for certain...it's from the perspective of a god, not a man. And that's a lot more divine than some snob.
"Because Master Alec is an amazing person.

　And as usual, the two of us were able to put together an assessment of me.