The Mistery of Belicena Villca that would be making it a target of the Enemy , expose it to a sure destruction , and , worse , it would be our weak point . Back then I underestimated his warnings , but now I fatally understood how much truth there was in his words ; that ' s why he insisted so much : he who knew the Enemy knew , as I now knew , that no advice was enough to prevent against Them . He had deprived himself for 35 years of assiduously seeing her sister to protect her , and it would be Me , the son , who would recklessly send her to the executioner . It was enough to drive you crazy . But I couldn ' t go crazy . On my family ' s death I had a certain responsibility for the negligence committed . But I shouldn ' t forget that the objective killings had been carried out by the Enemy . So , we were in a war : and in the Strategy of that War , I had a mission to accomplish !
After breakfast , Maidana would spend a moment at the Headquarters of the Police in Salta and then he would go to rest . He had promised to return at 6 p . m . for burial . However , he was rushing a definition on the spot about his offer of help . For him , time could not be lost , because every minute that passed was an advantage that the assassins gained in their escape tactic . However , he suggested , if I did not wish to catch the material murderers but did wish to strike the instigators , then we could speak on another less dramatic occasion , because he guaranteed that his nationalist group would also support me . It would not be necessary to wait : I had already made a decision : – Commissioner Maidana , would you be so kind as to wait just half an hour more , and do not take it bad that I talk alone with Mr . Sanguedolce ? --I asked him .
– I have no problems --he said confidently . Then while Uncle Kurt was heading towards the stairs , he leaned close to my ear and added-- . Deliberate calmly , but don ' t think I ' m stupid . I have watched him closely and would swear he is not Italian . He maybe German or from some Nordic country . And he may be a relative of yours or one of those Nazi heroes that the Jews seek to liquidate . Maybe he is the hidden target of the oriental assassins : a Mossad “ contract ”, why not ?...
I walked away without listening anymore . It was very difficult to deal with Maidana : he was intelligent , educated , he had intuition , but he persisted in the wrong attitude of encompassing all the facts with a superficial political concept . I shouldn ' t think more about him , but on the speech that I would make to Uncle Kurt .
We gathered in my room , a place saturated with painful memories . Uncle Kurt leaned back on the bed , and I took a chair . Before I said my first word he made me know his opposition . But I was prepared for his reaction , since I had understood days ago why Tarstein called him obstinate .
– I imagine what you are going to tell me , neffe . Since the policeman Maidana showed up , and you gave credit to the incredible idea of the " humanity " of Bera and Birsha , I ' ve been fearing to hear " your plan ". And do you know why ? Because I imagine it . But do not worry ; I will listen to your plan and consider it with my best good will . I only want to leave something settled in advance , a principle from which I will not move whatever happens : the Immortals cannot die .
It ' s obvious , " the Immortals can ' t die ", and Uncle Kurt standing stubbornly on that principle would never coincide with my plan . Not even with his better " goodwill ". But , as I anticipated , I was prepared for his reaction and I had already found a way that the future would not be left to his " goodwill ": I admired Uncle Kurt but I thought he was very capable of waiting for another 35 years before taking action . I released my speech :
– My dear Uncle Kurt : we are faced with two points of view ; and to be able to move , one of them must prevail over the other . However , none of us will yield in his position ; and it is not convenient for us to do so . You , because , although you are overly obstinate , you have powers that nobody has and an Initiatic knowledge that must be respected . Me , because , oh tautology , I can be right or I can be wrong ; nobody knows , not even you . For some reason I was summoned now by the Gods , for some reason I received the Letter of Belicena Villca , for some reason I am a Von Sübermann , for some reason I suffer this pain , the attack of the Demons against my family ; there is a reason for all these things , but they are not enough by themselves to decide if I am right or wrong . You tend to believe that everything that happens to me is because of you , but I have a different idea of myself and I think that I also exist ; and that if I exist it is for some reason : for that reason that we ignore what it is but that maybe it is being right in my plan , which would suppose that I will also be right when fulfilling Belicena Villca ' s request , that I will find her son , the Noyo of the Wise Sword .
How to know what the truth is ? How to know it if , after what has happened with my family and verifying that Bera and Birsha have reincarnated to attack , I will never accept that the future steps are decided by your " good will ” nor will I decide for myself ? I will explain you how we will know . And forgive me if I have to be hard on you , Uncle Kurt . You have settled your principle from which you will not depart . Well , I will expose mine to you , from which I will not move either : I will only accept , and I will uniquely accept , the Will of the Gods ! Let them decide !
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