Chapter 66 Historians_2
Because his mindset was such, he harbored a desire to explore all things, had his own goals and yearnings, and would occasionally act on a whim. These qualities far more than the mere length of existence determined whether one was young.
"Wait, you wrote that wrong," Laine pointed out a mistake after listening to the old man's rationale.
"Wrote it wrong?"
His right hand paused, and the old man amiably accepted the critique:
"Then may I know what the issue is?"
"It wasn't that the Goddess of Law approved of Mephisto's Speech and then elevated him to a Holy Spirit. The punishment of humanity by the gods did not begin from there. From the very day Prometheus created humans, their destruction was already destined," Laine explained.
The old man's slate seemed to link the collapse of the Temple of Law, Mephisto's ascent in flames, and the subsequent events together. But Laine knew that the connections between these events were not so strong.