Yarra’s Adventure Notes
Chapter 935 - 52: The Truth of That Year

Chapter 935: Chapter 52: The Truth of That Year

"Moreover, a very obvious fact is that your plan spiraled out of control mid-way," Pannis mercilessly pointed out the problem: "Under your permissiveness and encouragement, the issues that erupted from them were far more severe than you had anticipated at the start, isn’t that right, Archbishop?"

"Indeed, you are correct," Archbishop Cain admitted through gritted teeth, acknowledging Pannis’s accusation: "The situation turned out to be much more severe than our initial plan. When we allowed their conflict, we thought, after all, they were just two eight-year-old children. No matter how smart or precocious, they wouldn’t cause too much trouble. At most, they would attack each other through us, for instance, by using lies to disadvantage the other, and then we would pretend not to notice, going along with their wishes. After one of them faced a more severe punishment or consequences, we secretly instigated the instigator’s conscience, letting her realize what her jealousy had driven her to do. By doing this, our objectives would also be met, and they wouldn’t commit acts that were irreparable. Even if they realized it later, they wouldn’t hold any grudge against us."

"Hmm, it seems you did consider this aspect, without setting up too exaggerated a plan," Pannis’s expression softened somewhat, and his speech was no longer as scornful as before: "Although the considerations were quite simplistic."

"We certainly did think it through," Archbishop Cain said with a bitter smile: "Although we don’t have children of our own, we expended considerable effort to raise the two of them, including consulting many scholars on how to educate children. For this, we were even ridiculed by those scholarly friends for a long time. Some of the issues you’ve accused us of were also brought up by them, so we seriously considered it and deliberately avoided some excessive methods."

"Hmph," Pannis snorted coldly, picking up another stalk of grass to chew, and said languidly, "Nevertheless, no matter what, you ultimately lost control. You underestimated the inner worlds of two eight-year-old children."

"That was our greatest mistake, we should have regarded their thinking as that of adults," Cain shook his head and sighed: "We never dreamt that their outbursts would be so frightening. When a priest came to inform me that Lina, in her confusion, had stabbed Betty in the chest and Betty was severely injured and had fallen into a coma, I was truly shaken. When I went to see for myself, I found that Betty’s injuries had been treated and were no longer life-threatening, but both children were in a coma. During their examination, I discovered signs of low-grade mental magic on Lina, and in Betty’s room, I found the book that originally belonged to Lina, so I understood everything. Although I understood everything, I wished I didn’t understand anything at all because I didn’t know how to explain it to them, didn’t know how to face them anymore."

"After they woke up, I spoke with each of them several times," Margaret, the head of the church, said somberly, her voice sharp: "But neither Lina nor Betty revealed the truth. Lina kept insisting that she was the one who stabbed, motivated by jealousy of her sister, wanting to kill her. Even when I mentioned the mental magic on her, she insisted that we were mistaken, that she was fully conscious at the time and attacked her sister of her own will, so she hoped to accept punishment. When talking to Betty, however, Betty insisted that she had used mental magic and mind-altering drugs to confuse her sister, taking advantage of her sister’s dazed state to stab herself. I also mentioned that we had found the book, but she insisted she had never read that book, that it had been left in her room when Lina visited, and she was completely unaware of its contents, claiming everything was her own idea, so she too wished to accept punishment."

"Actually, couldn’t you have just let them meet once?" Pannis said, rolling his eyes, "If they had met and cleared things up at that time, there wouldn’t have been so many troubles afterwards, and they wouldn’t have struggled alone with their guilt for over a decade. Such a simple solution, couldn’t you think of it? Why didn’t you do it?"

"We did think about letting them meet, but both of them refused. Later on, we realized that they understood each other better and knew something had happened earlier and more clearly than we did. Their avoidance of meeting each other was probably not due to a misunderstanding but because of the guilt and regret in their hearts, making it impossible for them to face each other." Cain explained, "Moreover, we thought carefully that since it had already happened, rather than spending great effort to resolve its negative impacts, it was better to stick to the original plan and let them recognize their own hearts in their guilt and dispel the jealousy within. Therefore, we didn’t do anything extra afterward and let them decide their own paths. As you know, both of them ended up living in pain for more than a decade."

"Is it that simple? I don’t think so." Pannis once again spat out the straw in his mouth and quickly added, "I don’t believe that your decision didn’t have Denia’s involvement. Given how you both have shown your feelings for them, without Denia’s prohibition, you wouldn’t have borne to watch them suffer like this, especially not after Lina’s incident a few years ago."

"The will of our Lord is not to be defied." The two old men made a square sign on their chests again, and Cain solemnly said, "The Lord is right. If it hadn’t been for these years of torment, they probably would not have truly abandoned the jealousy in their hearts. I believe that many years later, when they look back on this period, they will understand the foresight of our Lord."

"Of course, she has foresight," Pannis snorted, "God loves all, but she doesn’t care about a certain..."

"Mr. Pannis." The Archbishop raised his voice, "The will of the Deity is not something we mortals can presume to guess. Moreover, I know you are upset and angry because of that child, but do you really have a better way to dissolve their jealousy?"

"Yes, there are many ways. Although not as effective, they are also not as intense and wouldn’t make them suffer so much. Catherine has always been doing this, assimilating her with her own heart, not like a certain..." Pannis’s voice was vehement at first, but slowly trailed off, "Never mind, we all owe Denia a big favor, so no wonder she would... Alright, they are coming out now, let’s end this matter here. I know nothing, and neither do you. Let time resolve what comes next." (To be continued. If you like this work, please vote for it at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)