Life has dealt a heavy hand to a weak demigod like me.

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Chapter 424: Mernade and Noah

"Sister Antilia, has the source of this incident not been found yet?"

In the office, Mernadette looked seriously at Antilia who was sitting next to her.

In the past month, there have been frequent disputes throughout Nason Castle, and many criminal cases have also occurred.

In terms of the overall number of cases, Nassenburgh is still a very peaceful place compared to other places in the Kingdom of York.

but...

Obviously, things cannot be viewed in this way.

As the headquarters of the mutual aid society, Mernadette has never slacked off in terms of food, clothing, housing, transportation and education.

Maybe many of the things she thought about were not perfect.

But many of the decisions were not hers alone.

Therefore, there might be some omissions, but she estimated that it would take at least several years for class or other conflicts to truly emerge in Nassenburg.

By that time, they will have a better solution.

But in the past month, unnecessary disputes have often occurred in Nason Castle.

Mernadette often heard some of the old people in the mutual aid society who used to follow her use their qualifications as capital, and used this capital to unconsciously divide the people of Nassenburg into different classes.

In addition to those who have just joined Nasonburg, many of the original members of the mutual aid society, many core members, and even some mutual aid members in the city hall are supporters of similar remarks.

There are many supporters and even more opponents.

After all, when they first came to Nassenburg and joined the mutual aid society, Mernadé and the mutual aid society’s program was to ask everyone to abandon their previous classes. At least here everyone is of the same class.

At that time, Mernade or other leaders of the mutual aid society would always take the trouble to emphasize this point.

The lesson is not over until everyone has some understanding of the mutual aid association's program.

But after so much effort to get everyone to abandon their previous classes, it doesn’t take long before someone wants to re-divide the classes?

Many people are attracted by the slogans and creeds of mutual aid. If the mutual aid society is the same as other places, then what is the point of them coming here?

Therefore, as more people joined this trend of thought, there were more disputes in Nathan Castle. Even in the past few days, dozens of former core members of the Mutual Aid Society have left Nathan Castle.

Mernade has been keeping an eye on the situation in Nasonburg, and when similar signs appeared, she tried to nip them in the bud.

But it was probably because she always showed her gentle side to others and didn't have much authority.

After several conversations, that trend of thought not only did not disappear, but became more and more intense.

Later, she thought that only a small number of people had similar ideas, but as time passed, more and more people had such thoughts.

Only then did she feel something was wrong.

The trouble they encountered this time did not seem to have arisen spontaneously due to internal reasons within the mutual aid association, but seemed to be guided by someone behind the scenes.

Although there is no direct evidence.

But as the leader of the mutual aid society, Mernadé knows every member of the mutual aid society very well.

If there were only one or two problems, it could be considered normal, but so many people had problems at the same time.

Even someone as naive as Mernadette would notice something was wrong.

"Forget about the source, I haven't even found out how this idea spread." Antilia pouted.

As a witch who controls emotions, she thought the task given to her by Mernadè was simple.

Who knew that was not the case at all.

She found a few people who were promoting similar ideas, and used her abilities to guide their hearts, but the answers she got were actually their own choices.

Some people have similar ideas because they feel unbalanced when they see newcomers doing the same work and eating the same food as themselves.

Some people feel that as members of the city hall, those peasants have no respect for them when they see them, and even put their dirty hands on their shoulders, so they have similar thoughts.

Some people even have similar thoughts because newcomers do not greet them or address them with respectful titles.

During this period of time, their sense of superiority seemed to burst out in an instant.

However, they forgot what their identities and lives were like before joining the mutual aid society. At the same time, they also forgot that joining here was just something that Mernade emphasized again and again.

Antilia also felt that something was wrong.

After all, it is strange that hundreds or even thousands of people had similar ideas within a month.

But...it was such a strange thing that she couldn't find anyone to interfere.

"I also asked Sister Sif to investigate, and she told me that there is no supernatural power involved in the affairs here."

"Someone must have used psychological suggestion to guide everything."

The power of the One Creator was able to shield Noah from detection by the power of the Night Goddess.

But if she just found the root cause of the incident and ignored him as the culprit, Sif could still find many clues that were slightly related to him.

"But I've asked many people through my own abilities. They didn't interact with other people when they had similar ideas."

"Or perhaps no one is inducing them to think this way, they just naturally come up with similar thoughts on their own."

People's thoughts can change at any time, and sometimes even some very evil thoughts may arise. However, most of the time people would suppress such thoughts, but this time, after they had such thoughts, not only did they not suppress them, but they became more and more intense.

"Legend has it that a brilliant psychology expert can give certain hints to a person without using words, just by using some actions and colors." Mernadette touched her chin and recalled the knowledge in her mind that might be helpful to recent events.

"Antilia, perhaps we can change the way we investigate."

"The first step is to map the activity paths of people with similar ideas. Excluding those who were guided by the original creators of similar ideas, we can find those who claim to have had similar ideas themselves."

“Then look for people or things that were around when they had similar ideas.”

"If there's one person who's been around most of the people, then he could be the culprit."

"Or if a person doesn't appear frequently, something will appear around them that doesn't fit the scene, like a painting at a construction site, or a bouquet of flowers at a factory. These are strange things that don't fit the scene at the time."

"If they have similar people around them and similar things happen to them, maybe we can use this to make some judgments and understand the people behind the scenes."

Antilia nodded and said, "I will instruct the Investigation Department to re-interrogate and count those people."

"I also have some suggestions of my own."

"We can investigate those who joined here in the last month or two months, and temporarily ban new members from joining to prevent the situation from getting worse."

Mernadette clenched the pen in her hand and hesitated for a long time before she said, "Before we find out the root of the problem, I will have someone build some temporary shelters outside Fort Nason and provide food and shelter for those who come here."

"As for investigating the population that has joined Fort Nasen in the past two months, there's no need for that."

"After all, many people have joined Fort Nassen recently. An investigation might exacerbate the conflict."

Originally, Nasonburg and the Mutual Aid Association had a lot of trouble because of the issue of qualifications. If the new members were checked at this time, it might cause greater misunderstandings.

"I did some research before coming here. There aren't that many people joining Nasonburg in the past two months. There are only less than two thousand."

"After all, we haven't been actively looking for people to join us since a long time ago. We just rely on the publicity from the people in the external action group to attract others to join us."

“However, due to the previous reputation of the mutual aid association, I believe that not many of them come here.”

In the previous incident involving the new King Ron of the Kingdom of York, the Mutual Aid Society took a lot of blame. In folk legends, they can almost be equated with some banned evil sects.

Although Mernade had previously sent some members to other places to promote the mutual aid association, the results were not optimistic.

"Two thousand people are enough." Mernadette still shook her head.

"Don't worry, I will find a way to reduce and eliminate their resistance to the investigation."

Mernadette looked at her seriously, "What are you going to do?"

"Although two thousand people is a lot, it's not actually too many."

"In addition to the Investigation Department, I hope you will allow me to transfer some of the people who frequently appear in Nathan's Daily and Mutual Aid Weekly."

"Every time I investigate someone, I ask those they are familiar with who have a certain status within the mutual aid association and Fort Nathan to apologize."

"At the same time, before the investigation, we will also be open and honest with them about why we did this."

“A lot of the grievances wouldn’t have come out in that situation.”

"If it does appear, it might be an important clue."

Although the mutual aid society's creed stipulates that all people are equal, all members of the mutual aid society are of the same class.

But it is obvious that this creed is difficult to be fully realized.

Among most residents of Nasonburg, members of the mutual aid society still silently divide people into different classes.

For example, Mernadè is in the first tier, then the extraordinary people in the mutual aid society are in the second tier, and those who work in the Nasonburg City Hall are in the third tier.

Then there's fourth, fifth, and even sixth gear.

However, because of the lessons that Mernade taught them when they joined here, this division would only appear in their hearts and would not appear on the surface.

Antilia's method is to take advantage of those people's inner inferiority and make those who are ranked second or third in their minds apologize to fight against the unpleasant feelings caused by being excluded.

If you are suspected of being a criminal without any reason, everyone will be angry. But if someone tells you the consequences of these criminals beforehand, and some high-ranking officials personally apologize to you and reiterate the reasons why they had to do so.

Probably many people would accept this kind of survey, and might even use it as a way to show off.

“It’s indeed a good idea.”

"But I always feel that the method Sister Antilia came up with is reminding me that the mutual aid association still has a long way to go." Mernadé said dejectedly.

In Mernadè's vision, such a thing would never happen in the future of the mutual aid association.

Just because you are an official or a supernatural being, your apology will not be more useful than that of ordinary people, and it may even make them feel flattered.

"You've done well enough. Many things cannot be changed overnight." Antilia stood up and said seriously.

"Anyway...I'll leave everything to you, Antilia." Mernadette said after adjusting her mood.

Antilia nodded and walked out of the office.

For her now, the mutual aid association is her goal to strive for and even the place to realize the value of life.

Therefore, she would never allow others to destroy the city that Mernade had built with great difficulty.

On the other side, Noah, who was working on the construction site, ran to the foreman in front of him with sweat on his forehead to ask for leave.

After obtaining approval, Noah slowly walked out of the construction site and headed towards the city hall.

"Her Majesty Mernade has really thought of a good breakthrough point. However, when these breakthrough points slowly guide others, and guide someone who will never do something similar, what choice will you make?" Looking at the vibrant city in front of him, Noah's face was full of smiles.

"Don't let me down..." Many plans flashed through Noah's mind.

The instigation of the mutual aid society members was only the initial stage of the plan.

If you want to make Mernadette fall into despair, this kind of thing is not even an appetizer.

He knew how strong the heart of the Mother Earth was.

The current Mernadette may not be the real Earth Mother, but her heart is definitely not much worse than that of the real Earth Mother.

“You always think you are on the right path, but one day in the future you discover that your actions have not made the world a better place, but have made it a worse place.”

"What will you do then?"

"Being deserted by everyone, those you helped turning against you and blaming you, the guilt of countless lives lost, will such things shake your heart and allow me to find some flaws?"

"I'm really looking forward to it..."

Noah sighed, time was not on his side after all.

Whether it was Charles' temporary absence, Mernade or Sif's growing power, they all reminded him of this.

Otherwise, he would have had more and better ways to find Mernadè's flaws instead of such a cruel and impatient way.

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Chapter 425: Mernade's Sorrow

three days later.

In the city hall of Nassenburg, Antilia walked into Mernadè's office with a heavy expression.

"Mernadette, I need you to take a look at this document." She walked over and handed the document in her hand to Mernadette.