Durin's Diary

Chapter 522 Think About It

But how to change it?

The nun gave her a choice - to become Lord Durin's true bride, bear his child, let the child with his blood become the Lord of the Great Forest, let him rule this land, and ruthlessly rule all living things on this land with the voice of one person.

Only in this way can the greedy forest owners be driven out of the forest and all animal species will have to listen to only one voice.

Is this choice really the right one?

To be honest, Yara didn't know if all this was right, because she was just a girl who had just come of age. She naively wanted to become a legend and help everyone, but she found out in the past few days that becoming a legend would not help anyone.

Those young people in the large group are still suffering.

While thinking about this, Yara noticed the Changtang girl named Lan'en. It was said that she was a descendant of the old man and was a nominal relative of Dulin, but the two families had separated at least seventeen generations ago. One married the Duke of Yish, and her daughter eventually married a northerner and gave birth to Dulin; the other married a member of the Changtang noble family, and eventually her descendant married back to the Mo family seven generations later and gave birth to a daughter like her.

To put it simply, the two parties actually have no relationship at all.

The only relationship was that about twenty generations ago, everyone had the same surname... But twenty generations ago, in the big forest, they were not even relatives.

"You are hesitating." She said softly.

Yara nodded: "Yeah, I'm hesitant."

I hesitated, hesitated about the injustice of fate to me, hesitated about whether what I did could really help the Great Woodlands, hesitated about my children...whether many years later, when facing a civilian firing squad baptized by Northernism, would they recall the afternoon when they took their first step with their father's encouragement.

At this moment, the stories in the several books written by Mr. Durin that Yara had read were entangled together like a tangled thread.

She didn't know whether giving birth to Mr. Durin's child, and then having that child become the first king of the Great Wood with the help of the church, would really help the land, or whether it would be like what was said in those stories in the fields, that after becoming king, the child of the Elsh and Sora families would eventually become a dragon, and many years later would be a thorn in the eyes and flesh of those who stood up against its terrorist rule.

Yara has seen too much, and fate has seen too much injustice. In her opinion, Mr. Durin is great. He has helped Northernism and saved many people. His cruelty is only directed at those who have committed heinous crimes.

However, Yara was not sure that the child she and he had would be a good person.

She can only ensure that she does not degenerate.

She could only assure Du Lin that he was a good man.

But what about their two children?

Yara never dared to guarantee that this child would be a good child.

In Yara's opinion, the child's future is not guaranteed.

No matter how bad the king is, no matter how bad the nobles are, what about the forest owner... they are all just birds of a feather after all.

Yara really doesn't want her child to become that kind of person.

What are you thinking about? You haven't even given birth to him, so why are you so sure that this child is bad? Lan En's doubts shocked Yara.

Because her voice rang directly in Yara's mind. And in the face of her doubts, the girl from Chang Tang just smiled slightly.

I am a psychic, so of course I can hear everything you are thinking. For you, all the things you worry about are just illusions in your mind. You and Du Lin don't have children, so there will be no future.

Then she waved her hand gently, and the rain from the sky seemed to stop falling around the two of them.

She waved, motioning Yara to follow her.

Walking along the city wall to the coast, the small Chang Tang Zhulong gazed out at the distant sea. "You want to help those soldiers, but you understand that the Forest Lord is oppressing them. If nothing changes, the story between the Forest Lord and the people will be passed down from generation to generation. This is the price of civilization. In times like these, a strong ruler can bring a better future to all. I don't know what Northernism is like here, but please believe me, if every individual in a civilization forgets their responsibilities and obligations, then civilization has no meaning."

At this point, she squatted down and looked at the distant sea: "If we don't have civilization, what's the difference between us and animals?"

"But... I can't see the future. The past of the Great Woodland has never changed, and it seems the future won't change either."

"The people of Chang Tang had an emperor ruling over the people a thousand years ago. Now that there's an emperor leading China, we must expect there will still be an emperor leading all of humanity a thousand years from now. But I believe that as times change, civilization will also improve. Think about it, a thousand years ago, our ships wouldn't have been able to reach the Western Continent. And did your Western Continent have the prosperity and wealth it has today a thousand years ago?"

Faced with this question, Yara hesitated and finally shook her head.

"No." She answered with certainty.

A thousand years ago, this land was in chaos, and humans were little different from animals.

But now it’s completely different.

"I'm just hesitant because I don't think my child will be the one who can change the fate of the Great Forest. If Mr. Du Lin comes himself, he will definitely be able to do it, but what if it's me and his child? Can he really do it?"

"He can't control anything in the Great Forest now because he has no reasonable reason. He is the Duke of Lublin, and you are the daughter of the forest owner. Your descendants are qualified to become the lords of the new Great Group, right?" Lan En asked.

Faced with this question, Yara nodded.

"Look, isn't that right? With this child, when he becomes the Lord of the Forest, Lord Durin will have ample reason to interfere in the affairs of the Great Forest. And when he becomes the Lord of the Forest, Lord Durin can reform the Great Forest." Having said this, Lan En turned his head and looked at Yara: "The only regret is that your child may become a victim of this goal. He will no longer have freedom in his life, and he may even feel that he is your puppet. This is exactly what you fear."

"Yeah." Yara nodded, admitting that this was the outcome she feared.

"But have you ever thought that if there were no sacrifices, the suffering of those young people who had their hands and feet sawed off in the medical area would be passed down from generation to generation without change, for a hundred years, a thousand years, such suffering, generation after generation." After saying this, Lan En stood up, jumped off the parapet, and walked towards where Du Lin was.

"To advance something, no matter how big or small, requires sacrifices and offerings. In Chang Tang, this is known as the principle of equivalent exchange. Sister Yala, are you willing to make such a sacrifice to change the fate of those young people's brothers and sisters, and the future of their children?"

She turned and stared at Yara as she backed away.

"Are you willing to sacrifice yourself and your children to change the land beneath your feet, so that suffering no longer prevails? You still have time to think it over."

(End of this chapter)