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"Why?"
"Hm?"
"Just… why are you going out of your way to waste your time on me? We just met, and yet you're preaching to me—trying to convince me to change. As if a few words could change a man who spent decades being trained as an assassin."
"I believe you can change. You've been listening to me this whole time, after all."
A Paladin was a concept that never existed in Murim—a man who fought to serve his gods, punish evil, and protect the weak.
And Jonathan was not just that.
He was the Hero of Light.
Even if the gods who blessed him weren't what he believed.
Even when he saw Baldr die, punished by his own cruelty.
Even as his entire life unraveled and everything he believed turned out to be a lie.
Still, something remained within him—the teachings that truly mattered:
Be kind.
Believe in others.
People can change for the better.
Protect the weak.
Punish evil.
