Chapter 120 Because I Am a Girl Living in a Painting

"Is that... a living thing?"

Annan was a little taken aback.

This mechanical hand, which has no flesh and blood structure at all, has gained life out of thin air.

It is not a clockwork puppet with a purely mechanical structure...or a "hand puppet". It was able to act on its own, not because of the gears and springs, nor the teleportation of spells, nor the fact that Javon put in a simulated soul.

It's purely... the moment Jawon "completed" it, he gained a new life of his own. Although it is still a little immature, like a pure white paper child just born, it does already exist in the world.

"Even without a soul...can you act?"

Annan couldn't help asking.

Javon just gave him a sideways glance.

While packing up the carving knife in his hand, he said slowly: "Who stipulated that one must have a soul to be considered alive? Or should it be a human-shaped soul as you understand it to be called a soul?

"The river of dreams connects thousands of worlds. Is it possible that only our world has 'living creatures'?"

...and it seems to be so.

Annan nodded slowly.

Yaon was right.

The soul of a mortal is light and empty, as if nothing, but still able to survive normally. They don't even realize that they don't have a formed soul enough to be observed.

So the other way around—why must an object have to have a soul before it can be considered a "living thing"?

In other words, what is the difference between a living creature and a non-living creature?

—Is there any flesh and blood? Is there a soul? Do you need to breathe? Can it be remembered? Can you think? Will it die?

Thinking of this, Annan paused.

He seemed to understand—what kind of posture did "Paper Girl" exist in when it was still a painting.

At first, Annan thought it was some kind of automatic answering program that Jawon had programmed in advance. Just like a desktop pet, what kind of response will it make when it hears what kind of words. Maybe it is the simulated character of the old grandmother, or maybe it shows the old grandmother that Jawon understands.

But now...according to Annan's new understanding of Yaweng, he might not be the kind of person who would do that kind of thing.

In fact, for Jawong's works, it is a kind of superfluous, but it will add craftsmanship.

If there is no accident, "Paper Girl" should have acquired a life of her own at the moment the painting was completed. It was a life that was extremely ignorant and pure as white paper.

At that time, countless people were moved by the love between Zhi Ji and Julong that transcended the real and the false, and some people laughed at Julong's illusory love affair. But everyone, including the former Annan, believed that before Zhi Ji used the power of the book of truth and completely turned into a god, she "did not really exist".

After all, before the painting fell into the hands of the giant dragon, it had been handled by many people. Gods, dragons, elves...

Among them, there are many extraordinary people of the golden rank or priests above the bishop level, and there are even righteous gods other than the old grandmother. Of course they can see that in this "magical painting that moves, roars, and can attack people outside the painting",

Indeed, there is no soul sealed up, let alone a mind.

Whatever actions you make, the silver dragon in the painting will respond, and the "script" that can respond is fixed and limited. And these rules correspond to each other, as if they were all set in advance by Yaweng.

At that time, everyone thought it was just a cursed object that could be called a "magic painting".

However, for two hundred years, the giant dragon named "Pygmalion Gherardini" hardly left his cave. He just watched the silver dragon flying in the painting obsessively, and chatted with him in dragon language.

In order to make ends meet, he, as a giant dragon, no longer collects money, but sells the treasures he has collected - but he is worried that this painting will be "lonely".

He even preached that he would spend the rest of his life with this painting.

Even Sir Silver felt that Pygmalion had become obsessed to the point of madness. Not to mention his fellow dragons... quite a few of them came to persuade him, but Pygmalion drove them all out. Some people also questioned Yaweng whether he had created a magical painting that could confuse people's hearts, but Yaweng did not respond to this.

Now it seems...

Perhaps everyone, including Sir Silver, was wrong.

Only "Pygmalion Gherardini" is correct.

Even though Zhi Ji had no soul and no mind back then, she was indeed alive. The extremely careful and thoughtful giant dragon is different from its previous owner... It is truly aware of the confusion and loneliness of the magic painting, and treats it not as a painting but as a friend .

In the process, they already fell in love with each other.

Even with no body, no soul, no mind... maybe even no memory. Love can also be born from it.

Only the distance between two hearts is getting closer.

Since Zhi Ji couldn't change her behavior. Then the dragon will try to transform his soul as much as possible.

It’s just that no matter how the dragon confesses and expresses his love, he can only get a predetermined response; and no matter how high the love in Zhi Ji’s heart is, she can only say what she “should say”.

In this dialogue that is full of mechanical sense, but never really happened at all; in this dialogue that is full of loving gazes, but always answers irrelevant questions... What is hidden is two hearts that can never meet, but are equally burning. heart of.

At that moment, Annan seemed to see the two people on and off the screen, with their fingertips facing each other, as if they were in contact through a mirror.

No matter which side is real and which side is mirror image.

——In the end, only one person can leave the mirror.

In the end, Pygmalion did not use the power of "False and Real" to turn the non-existent Zhi Ji from "illusion" to reality.

Although later, when faced with inquiries from other gods, Zhi Ji always admitted with a gentle and nostalgic smile that this was a sacrifice made by Pygmalion...but it was also her love for the dragon.

In fact, she had actually existed long before that...!

"……I see."

Annan blurted out: "So Pygmalion..."

He was only angered by his own book of truth in the first place!

"False and Real" tells Julong, "Zhi Ji is illusory and does not exist." And the power of the book of truth can make him distort the absolute boundary between emptiness and reality, making Zhi Ji a "false infinitely close to reality".

but……

Another doubt appeared in Annan's mind.

Yawon seemed to have guessed what Annan was thinking.

The old man said slowly, "Are you wondering why the book of truth makes mistakes?"

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