Diary of Guarding Monster Girls

Chapter 820 - 421: No Need to Explain

"Selfless? No, it seems you’ve misunderstood something."

"I never said I was helping them selflessly!"

["Hmm?"]

The boy shook his head in rebuttal, speaking confidently and proudly: "This isn’t just my one-sided contribution; it’s not self-gratification."

"While I give, they also reciprocate."

No matter the relationship, be it familial, romantic, or friendly... only when both sides contribute can it be healthy.

If it’s only one person’s effort, any relationship is unhealthy and unsustainable.

Lapdogs are despised because they fail to recognize this, moved only by their self-righteousness.

Herbert understands this clearly and would naturally never go down such a one-way path.

He gives what he can, and they respond in kind.

"As for what they give, well, that’s up to what they can offer."

Herbert wouldn’t force the Monster Girls to repay him in any particular form.

He wouldn’t make Valentina teach others to read, nor would he have Fremay sing for people...

As long as there is sincerity, the form doesn’t matter.

Broadly speaking, he has always yearned for one kind of return.

Love.

Love can heal wounds, let scars grow flesh.

Herbert longs for others’ genuine affections after he has given his own true heart.

["..."]

The Sun Goddess furrowed her brows, gazing deeply at the eloquent boy.

Alberta didn’t agree with Herbert’s perspective.

She believed that selflessness should not seek rewards or expect the helped to give back.

In the past, She would have argued or even reprimanded Herbert’s views.

But now, upon seeing his current joyful expression, She found Herself uncharacteristically silent.

Witnessing Herbert’s genuine joy, delight, and satisfaction...

Could such a smile mean his thoughts were truly wrong?

But if he wasn’t wrong, then had my many years of perseverance been misguided?

In the past, the Sun Goddess wouldn’t have been troubled by such matters, only enforcing Her will.

But now, after experiencing the backlash of order, She had no choice but to reflect on Her own issues.

Were Her choices truly right?

["... Heh, naive thoughts."]

The Divine did not expose Her thoughts, casually offering a comment before continuing calmly: ["Since you’ve made your decision, I have nothing more to say."]

With that, She gave Herbert no chance to question further, disappearing instantly from the spot.

"Hey! Wait!"

Seeing the other vanish after a disagreement again, Herbert instinctively said, "Why do you keep running away!!? I haven’t even... hmm?"

He suddenly sensed a difference he had been neglecting, with no change in the Holy Power within him, neither increased nor decreased.

Time hadn’t passed.

It wasn’t that Valentina had been too terrified to speak, or that the others were always afraid to lift their heads.

His conversation with the Sun Goddess had only occurred within his consciousness.

As if in a dream.

As if everything that happened just now, the conversation with the Divine, was merely an illusion.

Was it real?

Or was it false?

And while Herbert was still in a daze, Flora approached his side.

"I have made my decision."

Herbert turned his head, seeing Flora respectfully kneeling at the edge of the Holy Water Pool, looking at him earnestly: "Master, I want to accept the Baptism."

"Please grant me rebirth, a true rebirth."

"And as the only return I can offer you."

The Demon revealed a serene smile, speaking earnestly:

"From this day forth..."

"You will be my eternal master."

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