Guild Boss's Ambition

Refugees...

After a little calculation and sorting out the timeline, I suddenly discovered that Bai Ye was the one who smuggled into the Alliance of Light forty years ago. I really wanted to ask her why she came to this land, but I felt that this was her own privacy and not something I could ask about casually.

But today I was asked this question.

The excited Miss Doris turned into a questioning baby and kept asking Bai Ye: "By the way, Miss Bai Ye, why did you come to our Bright Alliance? When did you come? Where did you enter the country? How did you get formal residency? Have you been treated unfairly in our Bright Alliance? What is your impression of our alliance?"

If it were me, I would definitely not be able to stand Miss Doris's enthusiasm, but who is Bai Ye? She was used to seeing big storms and waves, so she smiled slightly, and after thinking for a moment, she avoided many questions with a simple response: "In fact, there is not much difference between the Celia Alliance and the Light Alliance. The main reason why the Celia people are labeled as evil is because of people's misunderstanding."

But in this matter, our Miss President's face was full of disagreement: "Misunderstanding? Look at how many adventurers from our Light Alliance have been killed by people from the Dark Alliance in natural areas over the years? Are those numbers all misunderstandings? And how many stowaways like you, Bai Ye, who come to our alliance, really abide by the rules?"

Obviously, Sister Meng'er was targeting Bai Ye herself.

However, there is no need for Bai Ye to defend himself, as Meng'er's childhood friend Doris has already made the opposite statement.

"Xiao Meng, you are right. It is true that many adventurers in our alliance have been harmed by the Celia people. But if you can understand the cultural background of the Celia people, you will understand that deception and betrayal are all their instincts, because they do not know what honor is. Under the heavy pressure of life, honor is a deadly poison. No one will take it to heart!"

"What? They don't understand benevolence, righteousness, honor and disgrace? Then what's the difference between them and beasts?" The president's daughter scolded disdainfully.

"Beast?!"

Doris raised her duck-like voice and pointed at Sister Meng'er's nose and cursed: "Do you know what you are talking about? What do you know about the Celias? Do you think that the dark alliance you see from this land 108,000 miles away from Celia is the truth? Are you sure that the information conveyed to you by the media is the real side? Idiot Ehard!"

"Otherwise, how do you think those criminals came here? Stupid Doris!"

Like quarreling children, Sister Meng'er was not to be outdone and poked back with her right index finger.

Seeing the accusations coming towards her, Doris emotionally splashed the water with her tail and retorted unhappily: "Do you think every place is as rich as the Alliance of Light? In the northern polar regions, the resources of the Celia people are so scarce that our slum children can still use their labor to exchange for bread, but in Celia? The poor children's bread is obtained by robbery and deception. The reason they can live and grow up is because they committed crimes, not because they prayed to the gods in the sky every day in the shelter!"

"The people are so poor that they have to lose their dignity. Are you sure it's not the Dark Alliance's national policy that's wrong?"

However, she did not expect that even though Doris described Celia as so miserable, Meng'er remained indifferent. This is a very scary habit, and it is both her strength and weakness. She is stubborn and good at using her intuition to look at others. Although her intuition has always been more accurate than the rationality of many people, there is no guarantee that it will not be inaccurate.

From my perspective as a third party from another world, I don’t think there are any particular races in this world that are more evil than others.

Because in my understanding, what changes people are the land that gave birth to us, our culture, our elders and ancestors, and a whole bunch of other factors. Although we all have the free will to choose in our minds, if we can only search for treasures in garbage dumps throughout our lives, how many people can find kindness and truth?

When Doris was about to have a quarrel with Meng'er, Bai Ye added another twig to the topic: "In fact, a large part of the poverty and chaos of the Dark Alliance should be blamed on the Light Alliance. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to speak well of the Celia people, I'm just stating the truth of history."

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48. Dark Land (Little Blue)

(Ulu-Lannon)

"In fact, a large part of the poverty and chaos of the Dark Alliance should be blamed on the Light Alliance. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to speak well of the Celias, I'm just stating the truth of history."

Bai Ye's short words immediately caused a stir in the hot spring.

However, although it was a wind and fire, it was only Doris and Meng'er who were burned. Anne and Blanny were just two silent spectators. I felt that the scene was already chaotic enough, so there was no point in adding fuel to the fire and getting myself burned.

The young lady president stood up fiercely, causing a splash of water. "Bai Ye, what do you mean by this? Why should our Light Alliance be responsible for the mess of your Dark Alliance? What kind of logic is this?"

Meng'er was extremely excited, but Bai Ye was calm as ever: "Do you all know the conditions that constitute the wrath of nature?"

Upon hearing Bai Ye's question, Doris immediately answered, "According to historical records, there are two conditions for the formation of nature's wrath. One is that the diversity of species is seriously damaged by the activities of intelligent life groups, and the other is that the living land occupied by intelligent life groups greatly exceeds a certain limit."

"When any of the above two conditions is triggered, the high elves will gather the power of nature to launch an indiscriminate massacre against the intelligent races around the world, returning each intelligent race to its original state. We call these massacres the wrath of nature. From the perspective of the high elves, the wrath of nature is the will of God, and they specifically call it 'Formatting'."

format?

Partition?

Because of this familiar term, even though I was in the hot spring, I couldn't help feeling a chill in my heart. Perhaps it was just a linguistic coincidence, but it did give me many terrible associations. I seemed to see many invisible threads connecting my limbs and soul, and all my actions were merely the arrangements of some existence.

"What's wrong? Blue?"

The attentive Blanny noticed my strange behavior and asked me in a low voice in my ear.

"It's okay, I just feel a little embarrassed seeing everyone without clothes."

I used half-truths to evade Berlani's good intentions. Berlani did not delve into it and immediately turned her attention back to Doris's discussion. I only heard Sister Meng'er ask back, "We know what you said, but how can this prove that our Bright Alliance interfered with the internal affairs of the Celia people?"

This time it was Bai Ye's turn to speak: "I don't want to talk about any evidence, but the wrath of nature that has occurred in recent hundreds of years was triggered by the size of the territory of intelligent life groups. Calculated by land population density, the Light Alliance has 26,000 people per square kilometer, while the Celia Alliance has 89,000 people. In other words, it was mainly the Light Alliance that caused the massacre."

Data always convinces people. No one would question the data provided by Bai Ye because everyone knew that she was not obsessed with this debate. Just like in the past, she just threw sharp questions to the person who appeared most confident. Because of this question, Meng'er, who was used to confronting Bai Ye, was speechless for a while.

"But no one in our Bright Alliance wants to see the wrath of nature!"

But at this moment, Doris, who had always spoken well of the Celias, changed her tone and criticized in a new direction: "The wrath of nature happened because of the high elves! Think about it carefully, aren't we developing the population and the land to create a better garden? Why can the high elves talk to themselves and judge us in the name of God? Massacre us!"

Although they were soaking in a resort-style hot spring, the three women in front of me were unwilling to enjoy it quietly, and insisted on talking about the heavy and repressed family feuds and national hatreds. I have never liked such political topics, but Aristotle said it well, man is a political animal, and political science is the primary science. Since we live in society, no matter how troublesome it is, it is better to have a deeper understanding of it.

Even though Miss Doris was indignant, Bai Ye still sneered at the angry young man: "Judgment? I don't think any high elf would say something like that, right? Every high elf I know loves all creatures, and because they love every intelligent race, they want to kill us."

"Are you going to kill us because of love?" I couldn't help but interrupt and ask.

At this time, Annie, who was a half-elf, was full of emotion: "I remember what my father said when he left - the reason he left me and my mother was because he loved us. He was afraid that he would love us too much in the future and would not be able to kill us cruelly. He said that was his mission and his duty as a high elf."

Killing your own daughter out of love?

"Are all high elves crazy?"

I was silent and confused. Miss Doris didn't care about Sister Annie's existence at all. She cursed all the high elves in the world without any noble manners: "****! Fucking murderers! Bastards! Bloodless and tearless hypocrites! Because of their self-righteous kindness, we humans don't know how many tens of thousands of people have died! Bah!"

Miss Doris was quite happy to curse, but her words were all emotional and had no effect on the discussion. Perhaps because of this kind of useless emotional venting, Bai Ye gave her a cold look: "Bloodless and tearless hypocrite? As a child of the Caesar family, is this really the only vision you have? Or are you just unable to refute their ideas?"

"What concept?" Meng'er asked.

The snake lady Doris replied sullenly, "What's the point of talking about ideologies? Isn't it just what the high elves said about humans and subhumans destroying themselves due to over-expansion? But think about it, since we are called intelligent races, how could we set fire to our own homes and use forbidden magic to blow the continent apart?"

"Are you sure you won't?"

It was just a careless mistake and I didn't control my mouth well.

Doris also looked unhappy because of this: "Well, in fact, given our human race's habit of courting death throughout history, if there is no obstacle from the high elves, we have to admit that there is a slight possibility of destroying the world. But haven't we had several respected sages appear in a few hundred years? With them around, there will be no problem!"

Having said that, I have almost understood the situation in this alien world.

First of all, there are currently two main political systems established by intelligent races: the Alliance of Light and the Celia Alliance.

Then, the opposition of the Alliance of Light and the Celia Alliance is the natural forces led by the high elves. In order to balance the ecological environment and prevent the human and sub-human races from ruining the continent, the high elves severely suppressed the development of human and sub-human civilization, regularly reduced their population, and even carried out devastating damage to their civilization.

And then...

"Hmm, wait?"

After sorting out my thoughts from beginning to end, I suddenly discovered a blind spot.

"By the way, since you say the high elves are so powerful, how did our two alliances stand?"

Upon hearing this, Miss Doris, who seemed to have a wealth of knowledge in this area, immediately answered my doubts: "Originally, it should not be tenable, but three hundred years ago, the sages Michelle and Nareshia successfully solved the puzzle of the three bags of fate and used the power of the demigod Philes to seal all the masters of the mountains and forests, thus greatly reducing the power of nature."

Sage Michelle? Nareshia? ? Yuan Sandai? Demigod Fileas? Lord of the Forest?

At first glance, it sounded like a long story, so I decided not to delve into it, as my skin was wrinkled from soaking in the hot spring. I just asked for confirmation: "To put it simply, it is because of the lack of the power of the Lord of the Forest that the two sides of the alliance were able to fight against the high elves, resulting in the situation we see now?"

Miss Doris nodded vigorously and replied, "That's right! Although there is a history that is at least seventy volumes thick of the Common Language Dictionary, the facts are roughly like this. Compared with the countless eras before, the current high elves are already extremely weakened. It is also because they are weakened that our Caesar royal family can muster the courage to fight them to the death!"

I vaguely remember Bai Ye once said that the Caesar royal family of the ancient Faroese Kingdom gave up their belief in the goddess of life and death and gave up the sustainable reproduction of an entire nation to fight against the powerful high elves. Now, judging from Miss Doris's demeanor, she probably wants to inherit the will of her homeland and embark on the thorny road of fighting against the forces of nature.

The meaning of life...

The country and the people...

Fight and flight...

Honor, shame, life and death...

Unlike me on Earth, there are many young people in this world who have to understand these heavy and difficult things at a young age. The prosperous cities seen on the streets in the past were treasures defended by the flesh and blood of soldiers. And at this moment when we are soaking in the hot springs carefree, there may be a hero somewhere who is risking his life for our common interests.

Should we continue living this life without a sense of crisis?

Should we continue to stay in our original position?

Am I doing my job well if I act cute every day?

What more can I offer to these trying times?

Or is it because I soaked in the hot spring water for too long and I feel a little dizzy?

I looked at Lian'er and Gushan who were still swimming against Xiaoban in the middle of the hot spring. Even though I didn't have a definite answer in my mind, I at least knew that I should shout to them at this moment: "Lian'er, Gushan! Have you swam enough? I'm going to get out of the water to find something delicious! Do you want to come with me? If not, I'll leave first!"

As soon as they finished speaking, the two of them and the dog swam desperately back to the shore.

I took the children with me, left behind the old adults who were talking about current affairs, and left this place of gossip.

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49. My Sisters (Lian Er)

(Lian Er)

Today, Lian'er saw a hot spring for the first time.

The white hot spring is hot and smelly, but also awesome!

It doesn't look as wide as the rivers in the city, but we can still swim freely in it. Sister Xiaolan said it can cure fatigue, but why do I feel more and more tired in the hot spring? However, Xiaoban looks very happy. He half-closes his eyes and floats on the water motionlessly, as if he has fallen asleep comfortably.

On the other side, Sister Xiaolan and her friends had no intention of swimming.

Through a piece of white fog, I heard some strange words similar to Dark Alliance and Celia from afar. They were all very profound and dull things. However, even though they were profound and dull, I still wanted to understand them. Perhaps as long as I could understand them, I could get closer to them.

It's a pity that Sister Gushan is a coward who is terribly afraid of snakes. When she saw a beautiful sister with a big snake tail over there, she became as timid as if she saw Xiaoban's stray dog. But if I really left her aside and ignored her, she would seem too pitiful to be alone, so Lian'er had to stay and play with her.

"Hey, Lian'er, among all these big sisters, which one do you like the most?"

After swimming to the other side of the shore, Sister Gushan asked me this question with a smile.

She always asks some strange questions from time to time.

But this time it wasn’t a difficult question to answer, and the answer came to me immediately.

“Ahh—”

I pointed at Sister Xiaolan.

"Oh! It's Xiao Lan! Well, that girl is very likable anyway." Sister Gu Shan tilted her mouth with a rich expression, and then asked me expectantly: "So, who's the second one? Lian'er, who do you like second?"

This time I changed the direction slightly and pointed towards Sister Blanny.

Sister Blanny takes me to the bell tower for classes every day and is so nice to me!

Then, Sister Gu Shan asked, "What about the third place?"

I originally wanted to answer Teacher Isabella, but since she was not at the scene, I pointed to Sister Bai Ye, because it was Sister Bai Ye who rescued me from Sister Ailan. At first I didn't like her very much and thought she would hurt others and was terrible, but then I gradually realized that Sister Ailan was a bad person who harmed me, and the image of Sister Bai Ye in my mind changed drastically.

“Eh──it’s Sister Bai Ye? Then where’s the fourth place? Where’s the fourth place?”

Seeing my answer, Sister Gushan let out an exaggerated cry. If I had shouted like that in front of Teacher Isabella, she would definitely slap my hand again. I secretly frowned at Sister Gushan for being rude and pointed at Xiaoban who was floating towards us - Xiaoban will always be one of my best friends.

"Lian'er..." This time, Sister Gushan suddenly acted awkwardly and waved her hands at me. She pouted her lips and cried, "Don't ask me one by one! Tell me! Where does this useless and invisible Gushan rank in your mind? As long as it's not more than double digits, I will be very satisfied!"

Where does Sister Gushan rank in my mind?

Well……

Let me think about it...

The fifth is the gentle sister Anne, the sixth is President Erhard who provided me with food and lodging, the seventh is the old man who sold hot pancakes, the eighth and ninth are Korolo and Uncle Sterlon who made delicious food for me...

Um?and many more!

In this case, wouldn't Sister Gushan be ranked outside the top ten?

Judging from her expression, if I told her that she was ranked tenth, she would definitely be very sad, right? Should I lie? Should I lie like a long-nosed puppet? Or should I tell the truth to Sister Gushan?

I hesitated, not knowing how to respond.

"What's wrong? Lian'er? Could it really be a ten-digit number?"

Sister Gushan's voice was trembling with disbelief. I looked at her cautiously, and finally nodded my head heavily to her, spread out ten fingers, and told her the whole truth, because Sister Xiaolan said not to try to do unfamiliar things in important matters, and since I was not good at lying and keeping silent, I had to admit my thoughts.

"Hey! There's actually a tenth place? I'm so happy! Lian'er is so nice and well behaved!"

Unlike what I imagined, even though she was ranked tenth, Sister Gushan still seemed very happy. But when I think about it carefully, she actually has no reason to be unhappy, because Lian'er also likes her very much, and cherishes everyone in the Stone House. I really don't understand why everyone always has to compete for rankings in different things. Is that fun?

"Yes, Lian'er, how about the three of us have a swimming competition?"

Contest……