The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed

269 – The Contradiction of Perfection

When I think about it, I thought our relationship was enough to make us feel awkward. Ellie was meeting me for the first time in years, and I was regaining memories I had wanted to forget. There is a gap where it is okay to feel awkward.

But I never felt awkward while talking to Ellie. No, she was rather happy. I don’t know if it’s because we were childhood friends in the past, or because we’ve revealed everything to each other. However, the fact that our conversations are mutually interesting is an obvious truth.

“… So, to avoid her crazy Roel, I made a passage and escaped here.”

When I told Ellie about the story I experienced in the world awaiting destruction before coming to this world, Ellie put her right hand to her lips and thought for a while.

“… Certainly, Roel’s contradictions that Raelan pointed out are strange. “We need to investigate.”

After muttering that, Ellie got up from the sofa, looked around the room, took out an old book from the bookshelf, came to my side, and opened it.

“Last year, I studied curses and potions. I was wondering if there was a way to create good synergy if I combined it with elemental magic. “At that time, I remember reading material about black magic that had similar effects.”

Ellie frowned slightly and stopped turning the pages.

“here. The twin parts of the secret.”

I leaned shoulder to shoulder with Ellie and read out loud the part I pointed to.

“… They were originally destined to be born as twins, but this is a phenomenon in which one child is born inside the mother’s womb by killing the other child with the umbilical cord and absorbing it as nutrients. A child born this way has the love, destiny, and luck that a sibling should have. Even the noblest unspoiled soul. By absorbing all of that, you become a being superior to ordinary people. In most cases, neither the parents nor the parties involved are aware of the fact that there were originally two people… “But don’t you know best that I’m not a twin?”

I looked at Ellie with eyes demanding an explanation. Ellie shrugged her shoulder and tapped the ‘absorbing it all’ part with her fingertips.

“That’s why I said it was similar. This is just shown for illustrative purposes. See, it says here that you can absorb everything and become superior to others. Since one person has the souls of two people, it’s only natural. But your soul is still there, and Roel said he can feel your soul… .”

Ellie quickly turned the pages. She then began to read her content, stopping her hand on the page called ‘Subordinate Love’.

“… “You can sense the existence of the subject you subordinate, wherever it is, and obtain the emotions and knowledge that the subject feels.”

Ellie closed the book, her eyes lit up, and explained to me.

“It would be a sufficient explanation if the magic combining two dark magics was used on you and Roel while you were in your mother’s womb. but… .”

For some reason, Ellie’s expression was dark. She looked unsure of her own words.

“Is there something that cannot be explained by that alone?”

In response to my question, Ellie put the book aside and sighed.

“huh… First of all, the secret twins have fatal side effects. Because there are two souls, the body cannot endure and their life is short-lived. This is the case where they say geniuses are short-lived. Even if the life is not short-lived, one side of the soul cannot grow at all, so the imbalance in the soul will eventually cause one to go crazy.”

“… “It seems right to see him willing to kill his colleagues and younger brother without hesitation for gain.”

Ellie narrowed her eyes at my muttering and slapped her thigh with her palm, telling me to be serious.

“And as for ‘subordinate love,’ as the name suggests, the activation condition is love. However, there is no way that you in the womb would know of the existence of Roel, nor would you be able to love him. Even if magic was used after birth, the crucial contradiction is that the object of ‘subordinate love’ dies within 10 days. But Roel told you it was your whole life, so this doesn’t make sense either.”

Ellie sighed heavily and leaned back on the sofa.

“I tried to explain it with the most likely possibilities, but in the end, I concluded that it didn’t make sense. “The effect is similar, but the result is different because you are alive.”

I stroked my chin as I organized Ellie’s explanation in my head.

“Wasn’t there any magic or curse in my body?”

“… There was no trace of it except for the forgetting spell on its head. That’s why I can’t explain it. If Roel sensed that you came from another world, then it stands to reason that there must be something magical within you! “This doesn’t make magical sense!”

Ellie frowned and pursed her lips as if she was frustrated. I sighed and scratched my eyebrows, but somehow I felt like something was bothering me.

“It doesn’t make sense… ?”

Strangely enough, out of all of Eli’s explanations, this insignificant statement stuck with me. I don’t know the exact reason either. But I realized that this was a crucial clue.

I got up from the sofa. He then walked around the room and stopped in front of the moving iron plate. A phenomenon that makes no sense exists between Roel and me. then… .

A flash passes through my mind. The puzzles that had been scattered without rules in my mind settle into place. With a shiver that made her whole body tremble, she turned and shouted at Ellie.

“… Then, just make it make sense and that’s it.”

“what?”

Ellie tilted her head with a puzzled expression. I picked up the chalk and wrote the word in large letters on the blackboard.

[probability]

What cannot be explained magically can be solved through probability.

“probability… ?”

I took a moment to gather my thoughts as Ellie’s eyes asked for an explanation. After coming up with a story that was sufficient to explain the possibility, excluding the fact that I was possessed by Ross, I explained it to Ellie.

“Such a law exists in the world…” ? How did you figure that out? If probability really exists, it is impossible to be conscious of probability! Denying something obvious as not natural is itself going against probability! “It’s the biggest contradiction!”

That’s a sharp point. After all, he is an archmage. As expected, it was difficult to persuade with a hastily made story. But since I couldn’t reveal anything about possession, I had no choice but to ask Ellie.

“I can’t explain it in detail, but… This is solid information obtained from another world. Probability exists. just… “It may be hard to believe, but believe me.”

I thought this was just a tantrum, but surprisingly, Ellie nodded slightly without any objection. After her sigh of relief, Ellie muttered softly.

“… I don’t want to doubt you anymore. It’s not persuasive, so it’s more persuasive. So, I will put our heads together under the assumption that everything you say is true.”

“thanks.”

I turned and tapped the word [probability] on the blackboard.

“If there really is a connection between Roel and me, there must be a good reason. “If we find it, we can resolve all contradictions.”

“So you mean, rather than looking for an explanation for what happened, we need to find the reason why it happened?”

Ellie got up from the sofa and came to my side, picking up a piece of chalk. After thinking for a moment, Ellie turned her head towards me and made eye contact with her.

“Do you know how to find the raw materials for medicine in alchemy?”

“Can you kindly explain?”

Ellie smiled slightly at my joke and moved the chalk.

“It starts with analysis of the results. Because it is easier to go back the way you came than to find the starting point of the road. “Think about it from the moment you guessed that probability might have come into play.”

From Ellie’s words, I started thinking about why Roel, the perfect protagonist, should absorb something from me.

However, even without absorbing my talent and emotions, Roel has excellent innate talent. Above all, the character Ross is a suddenly added consumable with an inferiority complex. Is there really a reason for probability to come into play? It wouldn’t be if I possessed Ross. The probability had been established before then.

To organize my mind full of thoughts, I wrote them on the blackboard.

“Roel is perfect. But he feels everything in me, and he can take it away… “Is there really a reason for it to be that probable?”

Ellie silently circled the word perfect with chalk several times. When I looked at Ellie, unable to understand the meaning, she smiled and said.

“It’s just that it’s strange. I was curious why Roel was so sure he was perfect. To be honest, I thought that the person I knew would never acknowledge Roel oppa for the rest of his life.”

“Yeah… .”

I couldn’t explain to Ellie that there was such a thing as character setting. Because no one can easily accept that she is a character in a novel.

“Roel is good at everything and is loved by everyone.”

When I mumbled vaguely while averting my gaze, Ellie answered right away.

“But isn’t it strange to explain it as perfect?”

I felt puzzled by Ellie’s words. Isn’t this lover who knows better than anyone else that Roel is perfect?

“Why is that… ?”

“The word perfect is rarely used in magic. Except in special cases, there is no situation where the word perfect can be applied. So, I thought that the reason why you were so sure that Roel was perfect was based on the probability that you would think that way.”

Ellie’s words seemed to pierce my heart. A thought crossed her mind with him. I muttered something out of her mouth without realizing it.

“… Yes, perfect.”

“huh… ?”

I messed up my hair. I think I understand now. What is the effect of probability? Why did the perfect Roel need me?

I smiled helplessly.

“My mistake wasn’t just one.”

The reason why probability worked as it wanted.

That’s because there was a configuration error in Roel as well.