"I want to create a personality model like this, and then... let people choose for themselves."
"Choose to have ’a certain part’ of this personality."
Marquis Grant fell silent.
He began to think intensely.
"For a noble family," after a while, he carefully considered his words and slowly said, "the most feared thing is unworthy descendants."
"If their talents aren’t great, it’s tolerable, as the bloodline and Aether Armant can maintain the situation... But the most frightening thing is if their descendants have a terrible character."
"If they’re just wastrels, that’s one thing, but if they have ambition and get involved in matters beyond their control, it can be disastrous for the whole family, even dragging them down—how many families have been destroyed this way? I truly can’t rember."
"If, Ian, you can really develop a technology that allows people to choose their own character... then all nobles who want to preserve their family legacy will fully support you."
"Additionally, those capable individuals from humble beginnings, ordinary families desperate for a breakthrough, will also choose your technology to raise a ’genius.’"
"Soone who is intelligent and conscientious, moral but not rigid, confident yet not arrogant, calm without being cold-hearted, can thrive in any era or situation."
"Unless, everyone has such a character..."
"If everyone has such a character, this world would be on the edge of utopia." Ian calmly continued, looking directly at Marquis Grant: "I’ve said that humans have the power to choose stupidity—they can be selfish and live for themselves, they can be vicious and cruel, they can even be petty and cunning—humans can do anything, it’s the power of life."
"But if humans can choose to fall, why can’t they choose conscience and wisdom?"
"I think I should create this possibility."
"And then, let everyone choose."
—No, this isn’t a choice at all!
Marquis Grant thought silently to himself.
Evil people hope for more good people in the world because only then can their evil yield a greater advantage.
Good people also hope for more good people because they enjoy interacting with noble people like themselves.
But Ian’s technology isn’t about creating a world of simple good and bad people.
It’s about creating a world of intelligent, perceptive, wise, and kind individuals, contrasted with those who refuse to choose this possibility.
Don’t say that ’bad people’ can also choose intelligent personality components and beco super villains—do you think other people’s technology will be inferior and won’t see through their choices? Such people, if not in the majority, are likely to be quickly eliminated.
The majority of the wise will form groups and build a society exclusive to them, and those who don’t choose this possibility will be excluded... excluded from the ’Heavenly Kingdom.’
This...
Is not a bad thing.
The only problem is...
"In that case... will my child still be my child?"
Marquis Grant found his voice sowhat hoarse. Even though he could accept Cotes’s death, at this mont, he realized that there are too many things in this world... more frightening than death.
"This is the purpose of my discussion with you, Marquis Grant."
With fingers interlocked and resting on his legs, Ian calmly said, "How far can you accept this kind of self-modification?"
"Directly implanting a personality all at once, like Axel. I don’t wish to do that."
"But what about implanting personality seeds, unlocking them bit by bit as one grows?"
"By setting tasks, gradually guiding people to grow on their own?"
"Or, not forcing anything, but just putting the corresponding goal by one’s side, constantly reminding them to beco a better self?"
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