One-Eyed Monster

Igor didn’t understand what was happening to him.

Everything came so suddenly, yet in an instant, it disappeared. He always tried to grasp the key points, but he kept missing what he wanted to achieve.

Many things were not as he thought, so now he no longer had blind confidence in himself.

He looked at the Great Witch, feeling a sense of familiarity.

He didn’t expect that he was just about to leave this mountain, and now he had acquired a lot of other knowledge here...

The gains from this stay were significant for him.

It was a strange thing, and Igor couldn’t figure it out no matter how hard he tried.

However, now he learned to relax. He didn’t think about the things he couldn’t understand much anymore.

Nightfall came quickly, and the winter night was so cold, yet Igor felt no sleepiness. He wondered if he could remain so calm if he himself had encountered a Great Witch.

The Great Witch looked at Igor and suddenly recalled the first time she met this boy, his face was so innocent, and now he still looked dazed.

At that time, the Great Witch was only attracted by Igor’s Rain Crystal Stones, but now she looked at Igor with new respect. The boy’s simplicity seemed familiar, just like her own state many years ago.

Back then, she tried her hardest to prove herself, but she didn’t know how. Now Igor was the same, striving to prove himself but unable to find a way.

”Respected Wizard, when you abandoned your wizard robe, did you feel sadness?”

”Sadness?” The question puzzled the Great Witch, whose thinking was different from Igor’s. What kind of question was this? It was somewhat perplexing.

”Yes, after all, you held on for so long and then decided to abandon it. Was there not a little bit of emotion attached?”

”This thing restrained me; it didn’t allow my potential to unfold!” The Great Witch gestured while explaining. To her, it was a very simple matter.

”But it has been with you for so long!” Igor now understood the comings and goings but still felt it was a bit wrong to just discard the wizard robe like that.

”It was a constraint, dictating what others wanted me to become, something beyond my control. Thus, I didn’t feel much sadness,” the Great Witch said honestly.

”Did you have resentment towards it?” Igor asked from another angle.

”Resentment?” The Great Witch froze again. She realized that communicating with Igor was not an easy task. Just now, she was trying to help him understand the Wizard Robe System, but now he had no doubts and instead was asking all sorts of strange details.

Moreover, these other details were so odd...

They were things ordinary people wouldn’t think of!

Igor felt he couldn’t just abandon something that had followed him for so many years, even if it was wrong, even if it hindered his development...

He felt that no matter how inadequate these things were, they were his own choices, and he couldn’t abandon them or completely negate his past self.

The Great Witch looked at Igor and continued, ”Not everything is correct; some things are beyond our control.”

”But, after all, it’s something I chose, and I have feelings for it too,” Igor said.

”If we do not reflect or contemplate, and are attached to everything, we will eventually become indecisive and never reach the other shore,” the Great Witch said philosophically, not caring whether Igor could understand.

In fact, Igor was able to understand this matter.

Strangely, in Igor’s mind, sometimes things he couldn’t figure out would become clear through a special catalyst.

It was natural, without any difficulty.

As long as Igor wasn’t stubborn, his mind was quite clever. The only fear was being stubborn like before, unwilling to acknowledge the Spirit Book, refusing to believe in those simple truths, which led to his struggles and inability to understand.

When he calmed down, everything naturally became clear.

So he understood what the Great Witch meant.

”But I just can’t do it. I can’t negate myself, and I don’t know why,” Igor confessed to the Great Witch.

The Great Witch had considered this problem too, knowing that many proud people have this flaw, just like she did before. However, after experiencing many years, she finally saw herself clearly and was reborn.

So when she saw Igor’s situation, she naturally wanted to help him.

She didn’t want to see an innocent young boy stray, following the same detours she once did.

”Denying one’s past self is indeed a very difficult thing, but it’s not the most important thing. The key is to examine ourselves thoroughly, realizing our shortcomings. No one is a saint; thus, we must constantly learn and grow.”

To be honest, the Great Witch wasn’t very good at comforting people either. Her words were somewhat incoherent, lacking continuity.

However, Igor took her words seriously and listened closely.

”Respected Wizard, do you mean that the things we held onto firmly before could all be wrong?”

”Yes, nothing is permanently accurate. As time progresses, everything needs to be reassessed,” the Great Witch said in a tone reminiscent of an elder. Even she didn’t know why she uttered such words.

Perhaps reaching this level of understanding made everything flow naturally.

Many words just came out naturally.

Igor naturally understood these principles as well, not knowing why himself.

Everything on Guru Mountain, everything that happened, had affected him greatly, and his inner turmoil would continue for a long, long time.

He never forgot why he came here and knew what to ask Teacher Hadi when he returned.

Everything happened suddenly yet understandably, and now he needed to carefully reflect on himself.

Perhaps what he held onto, like that wizard robe, was restraining his steps, preventing a breakthrough.

The night grew late, most were gradually sleeping by the fire after their lamentations, but Igor still couldn’t fall asleep.

The conversation with the Great Witch enlightened him on many things, and at that moment, he began to drift off in thought alone under the night sky.