Purity Online - The World For The Fallens
[Season 2] Chapter 54: The Pyramid Law of Life

Just to inform, there is a change in the title of this chapter. The title "Wood House in the Middle of the Forest" is not used because it turns out the climax chapter is not that. Thus, the preview of the title of the chapter in the last chapter will also be changed. Thanks and thanks :v

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Two and a half hours had passed since Yamamura stopped resting and continued on his way. The current location of the sun signifies that the blue sky will soon be replaced by the twilight sky. The young adventurer looked a little fresher now because in the middle of the road he found a clear watering river and drank from it. Even so, he still looked hungry.

"Dam. Why is this forest so desolate? The edible animals here seem to be good at hiding" he grumbled. "Or are they a few? That's why the tiger pack looked so hungry."

When Yamamura felt himself about to collapse from hunger, in the distance, from behind the horizon, came the back of a wooden house. It made him raise an eyebrow in wonder.

"Home? In the middle of the forest like this? Who lives there?"

He approached the house and looked for the entrance. At first he wanted to knock on the door, but it turned out that the entrance of the house was unlocked.

"unlocked? The owner is careless or what?"

Slowly and politely, Yamamura opened the door.

"Excuse me ...."

"Hello? Any people?"

"This house is empty, huh?" muttered the golden-haired boy. "But it's still not dusty. Probably just left."

Having just entered, Yamamura was already greeted by dishes containing delicious-looking food on the table. Her saliva dripped. Without a second thought, he immediately ate all of it.

"Maybe the owner of this house left in such a hurry that he left his food. Well, mending I eat instead of wasted. The worms in my stomach were demo anyway" he thought.

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( Elsewhere ..).

"I am a nobody, and will forever be a nobody."

(Note: In order to feel more, read the chapter can while listening to the soundtrack "Monologue" from Oregairu. Btw I am not a member of the group "Gw Banget", yak 🗿)

The sun began to submerge itself into the horizon, dyeing the sky with a twilight orange glow. A boy with disheveled black hair and golden irises looked to be walking in the middle of the forest while carrying a hoe. It seems he just finished his field and is about to go home. The boy looked towards the setting sun for a moment, then sped up his pace. When night falls, the forest will become more dangerous because there will be more active wild animals.

A butterfly with beautiful blue wings flew past it, then circled the flowers. The child paused for a moment and looked at the butterfly with a flat face.

"Maybe someone else will be immediately amazed at the sight, but not me. I can already guess what will happen next."

The child's guess was not mistaken. Moments later, a perfectly camouflaged praying mantis took advantage of the golden opportunity when the butterfly was caught off guard and pounced on it at high speed. The praying mantis immediately tore apart the body of the butterfly who was trying to fight by flapping its wide wings repeatedly. But the butterfly effort was in vain. Slowly, his wing movements weakened and finally came to a complete halt. It ends up being food for the praying mantis.

"Yes, exactly as I thought," the boy's inner self.

"The butterflies are like my parents."

"He tried to fight bravely, but it ended horribly."

"In this world, those at the bottom have no right to live quietly. Be it in terms of economy, food chain, or anything else."

"Those who are weaker will end up being a sacrifice for the stronger. I call this the Law of the Pyramid of Life. For those who were not at the top, it was only necessary to wait for the time until they were eaten and died in a tragic way. No matter how hard you fight, the ending will always be the same, because that's how the world works. The world is full of cruelty that no one wants. A world that should have never existed in the first place. However, no one can change this absolute system."

"Those who do not want to be considered cowards will continue to make big dreams and continue to fight with hope in uncertainty, until they finally realize that all their efforts are in vain. Silence is the most appropriate attitude. People would call me 'cowardly', but this is my way of life. To prevent disappointment in the outcome, we must lower expectations."

"As someone who is at the bottom and has realized that hope in uncertainty is not the right step in the face of the cruelty of the world, all I can do is wait for death to come that might free me from all this suffering. Even so, I did not plan to commit suicide at all. There are still some things I have to deal with in this world."

"Am I .. angry about all this? Well, of course you are. But all my anger has been consumed by the cruelty of reality. After all, anger and resentment will only make me obsess and waste my stamina. I don't care anymore about rights, victories, or dreams."

"Basically, we from the lower classes will never be able to do such a big thing."

"For we are nothing, and will forever be a nobody."

The afternoon breeze blew the short black hair that belonged to the boy. Realizing that it would soon be dark, he walked back as he continued to accelerate his footsteps.

"I think my thesis will end here. I'm not going to develop it into a paper, because I'm not a philosopher or anything like that. Who would be interested in this topic anyway?"

"...."

"I've been talking to ... Who, anyway?"

"I think this world has made me insane."

The sun almost completely sunk when the child arrived at his house. A two-story wooden house that looks simple. He opened the door, but it was unlocked.

"Eh?"

He looked around the door and found unfamiliar footprints and led to the door. Thinking that the thief may have broken into his house, the boy rushes to open the door. His panic-filled push made the door open violently until it hit the wall. A golden-haired boy was eating the food on the table. Yes, that child is Yamamura.

"You ... who?"

Seeing the host coming, Yamamura immediately stopped his eating activities. With a face of panic mixed with fear that he tried to hide with a wry smile, he raised his hand, greeting the owner of the house.

"H-Hi ...."

To be continued

Author: I think there's going to be a thump soon, XD

Geek: Woy, thor. Help me, la. Don't be stingy about being an author.

Author: Glow, ah. Your own fault did not check that the house was actually empty or not.

Yamamura: Skinny. Look at pas pas died his grave is narrow.