Misuzu smiles.
That’s right. It is as Misuzu-sama says Mariko, do you know why?
Edie asks Torii-san.
If you investigate the behavioral principle of humans, it all boils down to like or hate. And liking something is tied together with your survival instinct. That means, human embrace acts that this feels good for my life, and hate I don’t like this, even though I survive with it
She speaks smoothly.
What does that mean?
Torii-san looks dumbfounded.
For example, there is a delicious looking cake in front of you. Wanting to eat something delicious is pleasant for the person. Humans are creatures that had a really long age where they’re always hungry and suffering, and thus, eating something with high nutritional value stimulates one’s survival instinct. It’s natural for humans to seek pleasure, after all, it’s better than survival. During the age where humans hunt for food, they’re always in danger and so life is precious Edie continues her talk. Therefore, if there is a delicious looking cake. You’d think I like that, I want to eat that, and it’s natural. If it’s any other creature but human then they’d eat it right away. Isn’t that what happens when you give food to your pet? Another pet could jump in and eat the food we put out for that pet
Yeah, I’ve seen those.
Animals don’t think this isn’t my food
But, that’s not how it works with humans. If there’s some delicious-looking cake before them, they won’t jump in and eat it without thinking, right? That’s because humans have reason
Torii-san said.
Then, what is that reason? Make it easy to understand
Reason.
Isn’t it one’s strength of intellectual judgment?
Torii-san asks.
Then, what is intellect? Err, uhm
Torii-san mumbles.
In ancient Greece, reason and intelligence are expressed with the same word, logos. However, in the Roman era, Cicero separated the two and used another word for reason called ratio. That means reason and intelligence are two different things
Edie said.
Let’s use the delicious-looking cake as an example again to illustrate intellect. The first emotion that arises from living beings is that I want to eat it because it looks good. It’s an emotion that comes up from the living beings unless you’re saying I’m already full and I don’t want to eat anything, or I don’t want to eat sweet cake Yeah. But, human has a reason, and so there comes the next sentiment. What I mean is Is it okay to eat this cake? Humans are social creatures that only survive in a group, and so they’re afraid of destroying their status by arbitrarily eating. They’re afraid of being chased out of the group and die
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I see.
That is why they won’t jump in right away after seeing the cake. They’ll think if it’s okay to eat the cake, depending on their relationship with who made the cake. Their head makes simulations, asking what will happen if they eat it
I see. For example, if the mother brought that cake for the family, you can guess that they won’t get angry if you eat it.
If it’s a sibling’s cake, then they might get angry, and so you’ll probably stop.
Understanding who’s connected to what, and what about my relationship, is what’s called reason, Reasoning and argumentative ability. It’s because of this ability that people have been able to build up history and society without acting only on instinct, like animals
If all humans act of what they personally want and steal away from others without thinking anything, no society will form.
But, don’t misunderstand. Humans have not always been able to overcome emotional behavior with reason. As always, the sentiment of wanting to eat if they see something delicious-looking comes first. Intuition, sentiments, emotion, feeling, passion, and such, there are a lot of words to describe it but the carnal desire goes first, and reason only starts working after the sentiment came out. Humans are also animals, and so they can never escape their carnal instincts. Never Edie said. And as mentioned earlier, it’s the survival instinct that brings out one’s sentiment. It’s not a bad thing. Instead, it’s a necessity as a living creature
If your reason takes complete control over your carnal emotions.
Humans with no carnal desires nor sentiment will become extinct
That’s true.
Haa, I see. So that’s it That was a fun talk Onee-san
Rie and Rie are impressed. Not Torii-san.
Now then. Let’s say for example that there’s a dictatorship and people are starving. Then, it happened that there’s food in front of a person, but it’s an offering to the dictator, and people aren’t allowed to eat it even if they’re starving. Meaning, the food is linked to the dictator, and so if you use reason, you’ll think I mustn’t eat this, I mustn’t touch it But, won’t you think If I don’t eat right now, I might die You’d go for all-or-nothing and steal I’d do the same
The twins replied.
If it’s at the very limit of a life-andeath situation, your judgment is socially and ethically wrong. In a dictatorship, it’s a serious crime to steal food from the dictator. However, making that judgment is the reason’s job
Edie said.
Meaning, the basis of reason isn’t social justice nor ethics. In the end, it’s about looking at the relationship between yourself and the society and making a relative decision. What’s good, what’s bad? What’s allowed? What’s forbidden? the answer changes depending on the situation. There is no universal sense of values in this world Then, she speaks to Torii-san. Mariko’s problem is that you’re mistaken about your relationship with society and are imprisoned in it. That is why your conclusions from your reason are weird
Edie said. Torii-san realized.
I’m imprisoned? Yes. Mariko, you’re imprisoned in your self-consciousness
Edie smiled.
Mariko, you must first accept that you have a sentiment that says want to, that is passion. You can’t fool that. It exists inside you, Mariko i. Then, try considering that desire that is inside of you. Currently, you’re overthinking things that’s. Right, for example, if someone said I want to marry you but your father’s brother’s son works for a rival company to which my father’s brother’s wife works. That is why I’m hesitating to marry you because our marriage would affect their career, what would you think? That’s stupid He’s overthinking it I mean, he’s overly conscious He speaks of something so jumbled up. If he wants to marry her then he should just do it
Eri and Rie replied immediately.
But Mariko is in that situation. Her head is confused from the thoughts of this and that she couldn’t come up with her answer. That’s not good
Edie said.
Onee-san, be honest. You want to do it with Onii-san, right?
Eri asks Torii-san.
what?
Torii-san looks confused but.
We mean sex!
Rie finishes it off.
If you want to do it then ask Onii-san, do whatever, even prostrating yourself That’s right. Onii-san will give it to you if you ask nicely Onii-san doesn’t really hate Onee-san Yeah, actually, he’s gentle with you
The twins said.
but, I’m a daughter of the Torii house. Kuromori-sama is Misuzu-sama’s fiance, and I am Momoko-oneesama’s protegee, therefore, there’s the relationship with Kouzuki and Kaan house, besides. But, you want to do it, right? Sex with Onii-san? that’s.
Torii-san hesitates.
Danna-sama, what do you think?
Misuzu asks me with a smile.
Be honest, well, Danna-sama’s always honest either way
Err.
If we use Edie’s talk just now. Let’s see, I’ll take a look at the girl in front of me and.my desires tell me that I want to have sex with Torii-san
I answered honestly.
Torii-san’s interesting, cute, and a beautiful girl. I want to do it with her me? interesting?