Miss Witch Doesn't Want to be a Diva

While love for family and country may be mocked, when it comes to the stage of brutal struggle, the moment of life and death, for an individual, a strong collective and nation is the greatest reliance.

So how is such a national collective established? Is it constructed by those full of greed and pursuit of profit? No, they can only ever parasitize within a vast and stable orderly society because away from such an environment, they cannot survive.

"Ultimately, they merely steal the residual benefits of the ancestors and the favorable environment they created."

This is like borrowing money. If everyone borrows and never repays, then the concept of 'borrowing' will perish. When someone asks you for money again, it will equal theft and robbery, because no one will repay. The reason borrowing is still possible now is that ancestors established an environment of trust, and this trust is beneficial for mutual help within a community, allowing it to gradually flourish.

Such people can only pick fruits from well-grown trees because, relying solely on themselves, they could never grow a tree.

And as these parasites multiply, trust gradually dissolves first, followed by a continuous moral decline, culminating in an inefficient world filled with suspicion and doubt, making the nation and civilization weak until they are toppled from within or without.

If toppled from within, there might still be an opportunity for rebirth, but if it's an external conquest, the outcome is more brutal, and who knows how many civilizations have disappeared into the sands of history this way.

Now, these parasites lament to you, saying that the tree they've been perched on isn't bearing fruit, or the fruits are getting smaller. Have they ever thought that it's because they've devoured so much that the tree can't bear fruit anymore?

They may indeed be innocent in some ways, but they are not pitiable. Even if a few leaders among them awaken their conscience, the trend of the whole group can't be changed. Even if a few leaders oppose, it won't stop the entire organization from moving forward. You can't just stop the organization because you, as the leader, have earned enough.

You've earned enough, but those under you, and countless executives, middle managers, and employees in the company, look at you and desire to prosper like you. And because of the worsening environment they face, their tactics will become more aggressive and unethical.

What good is a sincere repentance by one or two people? You must understand, initially, you attracted so many people with benefits and profits. Now you say you regret it and want those who haven't earned enough to betray the original goal like you. How is that possible?

"Alas..."

Standing on the city's overpass, the girl gazes at the Central Avenue before her, with luxury hover cars passing over her head without pause, and below the overpass are various fully loaded freight trucks and vehicles from ordinary households.

In fairy tales, the ending is often the defeat or repentance of the villain, and then everything gets better. But in reality, even if the villain falls, all the small characters beside and behind him will grow into new villains.

As long as the environment remains the same, people will be tempted into the Demon King City.

[So, are you just going to stand on the overpass and sigh?] A voice from another girl echoes in her mind.

'I'm not sighing, just feeling sad,' Tilan whispers a reply in the night.

'The sadness lies in having to kill many people to complete the rebirth of an entire civilization.'

'Some people are destined not to be saved. It's not that it's impossible, but saving them would be an injustice and harm to another part of the population.'

'You think hitting both sides equally would maintain order, but in the eyes of the oppressed, this is injustice and betrayal.'

'Indeed, I'm terrified of killing because the dead can't be resurrected, leaving no room for regret. What if I kill the wrong person? But now I think maybe death has an advantage because it physically removes abscesses and dissolves resentment, and with this deterrence, people might restrain themselves.'

[My soft-hearted sister, can you really do it? If not, I can play the villain.] The voice of the other girl echoes again.

'Don't try to provoke me, you know I'm not so easily swayed by emotion.'

'Besides, since this matter is so important, it shouldn't be handed to my sister to handle.' The girl shakes her head.

[So how will you start now? Announce to the world that you have the potential of a Color-level Songstress and have Ores make way for you?]

'Of course, I won't act so recklessly; that would make me too easy to target. I might have that potential, but the objective reality is that current powers only trust Ores, born from the Central Star Domain. There's no need to break ties with Ores over this and simultaneously add various uncertainties and dangers to myself.'

[Then how will you intervene now, relying on the slow infiltration by the military and conglomerate? By the time you're ready, Blanchi and Ores might already be at each other's throats.] Temisia's voice has a hint of discontent.

'Forcibly taking everything from Ores would only trigger greater chaos and civil strife. Think about it, originally the Federation propagandized trust only in Ores, and now if I enter the fray, surely it's a deadly struggle between the Elf Faction and the human conglomerates, unnecessarily fueling the Federation's disintegration.'

'The military does have strong power, but lacks great righteousness, and if we rely entirely on them, subsequent issues will arise. I don't wish for our future nation to be a world that must rely on the military to suppress constantly.'