LORE) Queen Consort of Versus & the Chronicler P2

The Queen continued speaking about that. Queen: “We do not believe in transcendence, nor in any invisible god. Sooner or later we will discover what the secret of that mysterious light is… it must be something as natural as the true gods, who are those who grant us any kind of favor we desire in exchange for a certain price. That is how the world is. We only obey their commands and receive their favor in return. The strongest and the most powerful rule. It is our instincts that move us, and not the search for truth, if there is one… but it is also human nature that throughout life we maximize satisfying each of our appetites…, our desires…, our deepest longings… Sooner or later each one of us will disappear into dust and the gods will claim our souls for themselves… we only want to be able to choose the way we live without regrets.” Chronicle [The Queen’s smile turned into a serious and melancholic expression. In fact, she almost immediately convinced me that she was despondent. I wanted to comfort her sorrow or speak wonders of her to cheer her up, but she continued speaking and did not give me time to intervene]. Queen Consort: “There is no such thing as ‘the truth’, it is only a construction and an illusion…” Chronicle: [When the Queen finished saying these words I could not help but laugh out loud, her expression was quite unnatural] Queen Consort: Hahahahahahahahaha Chronicle: “Your Majesty, what are you laughing at?” Queen Consort: “Hahahaha, don’t you find it very funny? sorry, it’s just that at the end I always find it very hard to hold back laughter hahahaha.” Chronicle: “What do you mean by that?” [After coughing a couple of times and clearing her voice, she looked around as if searching whether someone else was present in the room. She also looked at the pen and the sheet I was writing on, as if she wanted me to stop writing…] Queen Consort: It is supposed to be a secret… I should not tell you, but now that I look at you closely maybe you can understand it… or maybe not... Chronicle: [The Queen’s smile was charming but at the same time somewhat disturbing] Queen Consort: “You are a very entertaining man… and I like you… that is why I will tell you the truth… Doesn’t the speech I just gave you seem very stupid to you? you can be honest with me, I like you very much, I think you could be a very amusing toy. You do not have to be afraid of me…” Chronicle: [Her gaze was somewhat terrifying at that moment but still as captivating as ever. I could not help but stutter:] “I… I would say that Her Majesty the Queen has said many things but there are many more questions than answers left. Why would the gods waste their time with us if we were such miserable creatures? Ma… maybe there is something we are not taking into account… the… the answer seems not to respond to ma… many questions and to be somewhat reductionist…” Queen Consort: HAHAHA, I knew I was not wrong about you!, you are an intelligent man!. I adore intelligent men! Chronicle [Her expression was one of madness and pleasure as if she could finally say something she had been holding back until that moment. Her beauty remained the same although her attitude sent a cold shiver down my spine). Queen Consort: “Have you ever felt that something is wrong with this kingdom but you do not know exactly what it is?… We always say there are many reasons for that… but it never seems fully convincing, do you think so? Chronicle: [Fear overwhelmed me but I still decided to answer her: yes… it is a feeling of anguish… my chest sometimes hurts… Queen Consort: That is because we do not sacrifice to the gods but to other things hahaha! Chronicle: “What?” Queen Consort: “Oops sorry I laughed too loudly, after all what your family has sacrificed for this kingdom. It must not be an easy truth to process.” Chronicle: [An indescribable sense of horror overwhelmed me. If I had not been sitting in the chair at that moment I would have collapsed immediately]. Queen Consort: “At first everyone has that feeling when they learn the truth… Even I once fell to the ground… luckily it did not leave a scar, that would have been very unpleasant… the other sages from so many peoples whom we have called senile old fools and who have harshly criticized us have always spoken The Truth… but we do not care. Those whom we call gods are in reality beings like us from another plane. That light which we call falsely natural is in truth divine. Isn’t it very funny? We call the anti-natural in ourselves natural, we call the supernatural natural, and what is natural in others we call anti-natural. Isn’t it extremely stupid and at the same time very funny?” Chronicle: [A rollercoaster of emotions ran through my mind. The truth was always out there but I always refused to acknowledge it… I was still trying to recover from the shock. What kind of being have I been worshipping all this time? How much have we sacrificed for them? Has our people been deceived all this time? I looked at the Queen, she seemed somewhat lost in thought, her eyes and her smile were completely unrecognizable. Yet her beauty and her madness stood on equal footing] Queen Consort: We use all the tools we have available at our disposal… Subvert things, break traditions, deny the sacred, that is the true spirit of our kingdom. Or if you want to be more precise… rather of the hegemonies… Denying the sacred and breaking divinity. Making the absolute relative. Creating illusions. But we still preserve some things that are natural. Chronicle: [She looked from side to side as if she did not want others to hear that part. Almost whispering] There is a hierarchy and each link obeys a part… We are not sure which is the first link from which our principles derive.