Chapter 85
Ideology is not something grandiose.
‘A certain viewpoint on the world, society, life, and such.’
As long as people live, everyone has their own life, and life itself gives birth to thought.
For instance, the ideology of the Crimson Magic Tower, which believes without doubt that ‘power’ is the absolute value of this world.
The Pig King believes spreading his seed and perpetuating his bloodline through generations is the supreme value.
Hardline dark mages who believe petty morality is nothing but an obstacle in the pursuit of truth. The hellish mental landscapes once displayed by the commanders of the Black Flame Cult.
The ‘ideology’ that mages or knights project onto their swords or the world is precisely such a concept.
The values they hold dear. Their attitude toward this world, their perspective on life. The systematic collection of consciousness they experience and build up through living.
When this interlocks with the ultimate essence of swords and magic, it unfolds as the ‘Avatar’ and the ‘World of Ideals’.
Avatar ─ The knight imbues his sword, armor, and flesh with his thoughts through ‘aura’.
The World of Thought ─ The mage projects their thoughts onto the world itself through ‘magic power’.
The Avatar of the Grimoire is not fundamentally different in this context.
Faint flurries of sleet drift along the night’s curtain. A white and dark winter night.
There, a steel blade blocked the edge of the sacred sword Durandal.
