"Norman was self-sacrificing."
After letting Mengzhu observe in front of the nameless tomb for a while, Duan Qing took her back to the abandoned Gothic hall belonging to the Mages Council: "In order to achieve certain... conditions, he broke out.
All the magic energy I had left, not to mention my body, not even my clothes were left."
"So that tomb..."
"empty."
Duan Qing shook his head slightly, and stopped in a corner of the hall that was once bustling with people: "I built it for him. Originally there is no such rule in the free world, but some people just want to commemorate him...
…”
"That is to say... you didn't kill the old Norman on the list?" Mengzhu deliberately lowered his voice and gradually became excited: "Our Fool Adventure Group is not the murderer, right?"
"Don't be too anxious to be happy, my captain." Duan Qing's voice remained as low as it should be: "Although I didn't kill him, there is nothing wrong with the sentence 'he died because of me', and
...Except for him, everyone else's death has something to do with me..."
"What on earth did you do?"
After clenching her fists and looking at the other person for a while, the little girl pouted her lips again: "Can you tell me the details of what happened after you entered?"
"...So what if you know?" Looking at every corner of the hall that had become so miserable, Duan Qing replied helplessly: "Scream for us and then be ridiculed by the guys outside for a while?
"
"Of course it is!" The little girl wanted to jump on the other person's head immediately: "At least we know in our hearts that we are not wrong!"
"...Personal values and opinions are not worth mentioning in the face of the common will of the majority of players." Duan Qing sighed and replied: "Even if it is a coincidence or a mistake, as long as everyone thinks it is correct...then it will
It’s just right.”
"This is a society based on interpersonal relationships." Duan Qing's voice became as ethereal as if he had thought of something: "Even today, when technology has developed for more than a hundred years, such a social structure is still based on human beings.
existence without the slightest change. As long as you don't have enough power to fight against the world, you have to succumb to such interpersonal rules."
"But we can at least do what we can." Different from the previous disappointment, the little girl replied seriously: "At least we can publish the facts you said, and someone will definitely believe what we say.
…”
"How do you know what I say is true?"
Smiling and shaking his head, Duan Qing instantly defeated Mengzhu's serious look with this sentence: "Everyone has their own thoughts, and their judgments will also change completely according to different situations.
Many people will change because of your words in the corner, but more people will choose to believe in the public and the trend... Just like you standing here, you will choose to believe just after listening to my explanation for a few words, but those
How can guys who are strangers to us believe what I just said?"
"I, I believe you." The little girl said hesitantly, but her originally firm voice became a little lower now: "You have never deceived me until now... everything you said must be true, right?
?”
"...Look." Duan Qing smiled and shook his head: "It has only been so long, but you have already hesitated... Oh, don't be sad, I'm not blaming you, I'm just using
Your performance proves a fact."
"The truth that can be believed by people is the truth within the scope of cognition." He lamented: "Beyond this scope... Even if it is true, what's the point?"
"I, we must have some way to convince everyone." Mengzhu, wiping his tears, said softly: "As long as we can find a way to make everyone believe what we say..."
"...This is a problem on another level."
After bending down and patting the little girl's shoulder for a while, Duan Qing turned around and looked up at the dilapidated dome above the Master Council Hall: "Things like the right to speak have been continuously allocated by people in every historical period in the past. Their allocation
The methods and distribution standards may be different, but in essence they are still the same..."
"That essential thing... is called power." Duan Qing said in a calm voice: "Whether it is money, prestige, knowledge, technology... as long as your ability is enough to convince the public, you will be in people's hearts.
Your words already have enough influence, and they will easily regard what you say as a reference for success, regardless of whether you are a qualified person in life. This principle is naturally applicable in the game world.
, this is especially true in the professional world. Whenever similar battles and disagreements arise, people tend to believe the interpretations and opinions of authorities, the words of those who 'should' know and understand these things."
"What, what do you mean!" The little girl wiped her tears and stamped her feet: "I, I don't understand what you are talking about..."
"To put it simply, current public opinion is being controlled by some people with ulterior motives."
Pointing to his nose, Duan Qing looked at the other person with eyes as dark as night: "They recognized my existence and sensed an irrepressible threat, so they are trying to use this method... to re-define me.
Obliterated in darkness."
"...Ah?" Mengzhu stopped and opened his eyes wide: "They...you...you...were you threatened?"
"I won't tell you any more. Knowing too much will not do you any good." Duan Qing sighed and shook his head: "You only need to know...the current wave of operations is aimed at
It’s okay if it’s me.”
"But, but..."
The little head moved slightly in the air for a while, and Mengzhu finally understood half of what he just heard: "How can this be done? They actually...did they go to find you? This is against the laws of the alliance! You are now
Still in Cerulean City? Or somewhere else? I'm going now..."
"Sir has left his original address."
An Ning's female voice then sounded in the hall, and at the same time, a figure slowly walked forward in a maid uniform belonging to the secret language Ninglan: "In order to avoid secret tracking, his whereabouts cannot be disclosed to everyone at the moment.
Revealed, so..."
"Please rest assured, Captain." She walked up to the surprised Mengzhu, and then bowed slightly: "Sir, he... is at least safe now."
"Ning, sister Ninglan!" the little girl said overjoyed: "Why are you here too? We have been looking for you for several days!"
"Ninglan has always been by your side, no matter what."
Slowly walking to Duan Qing's side, Anyu Ninglan replied with a smile, and then slowly put away her salute like a lady, and turned towards Duan Qing's direction: "Sir, Ninglan also brought
Two people came."
"……Oh, is it so?"
Looking at the figures of two people, one large and one small, who appeared in the direction from which Huanyu Ninglan had just walked, Duan Qing's lips turned up involuntarily: "They...are also here to pay homage, right?"
"I heard that Mr. made something like that, so they took advantage of this time to come and visit."
Slightly moving away from her position, Ninglan secretly moved the two figures, who were also dressed in white robes, in front of Duan Qing: "Ninglan also went through some confirmations before she could be sure of her identity.
"
"Really happy to see you again."
Holding little Nina's hand, Lorna, who looked calm, then greeted her with a smile: "Excuse me... where is he?"
"……follow me."
Waving to Mengzhu, Duan Qing then led Lorna towards the open space behind the Mage Council, and then after a period of silence, he quietly appeared at the tomb, with a black and white figure there.
A tomb was very obvious in front of it, but the two people did not show any uneasiness. After a period of silence, the low voice belonging to Lorna slowly echoed in the middle of the empty land: "This is... you
made?"
"Because of the poverty of land and the high price... In the hometown of our adventurers, the dead no longer have such an opportunity to receive such treatment." Duan Qing replied in a low voice: "But in line with our unique tradition,
I still built it in a place like this."
"...This is good. It can give people a place to commemorate." Lorna stared at the unnamed tombstone and said in a low voice: "Thank you."
"You're welcome. Anyway, there are plenty of places like this in Fenghua Town." Duan Qing replied slightly unnaturally: "We..."
"I have more than just this to thank."
After interrupting the other party's words, Lorna folded her hands in front of her belly and slowly turned around: "Thank you for saving my life - this is what I want to say."
"Well……"
"I know it was Norman's sacrifice that saved my life, but he is not the child of destiny."
In the cold wind that was still blowing by, Lorna's eyes gradually fell on Duan Qing, who looked embarrassed: "According to the news that my sister later conveyed...the only thing that can change everything in such a situation is the body.
You are the son of destiny."
"..."
"Norman's death only created a condition, and it was you who took action in the end." She looked at Duan Qing's silent face and took two steps forward slightly: "Right?"
"I..." Duan Qing lowered his head and replied: "I just think...Norman shouldn't just die like this..."
"Since I came to Fenghua Town, I have been dealing with Norman for hundreds of years."
Withdrawing her searching gaze, the woman in white robe smiled and cast her eyes into the dark night above: "I am very familiar with that guy. He is arrogant, willful, thinks he is extremely powerful, and looks down on any power obtained without magic.
But from another perspective, he is cowardly, timid, believes that life is difficult to dedicate, and despises the value of his already old body... In the past more than a hundred years, he also came to the library to find a
He has passed me several times, but when facing me, he always can't help but show his shortcomings to the fullest, and even almost forgets who he is."
"A stubborn and lovely old man - this is how I evaluate him." Lorna folded her hands and turned around: "This... I think he must have recognized it himself."
"..."
"Didn't he have anything to say before he died?"
"He said... you understand."
"...Ha, it is indeed that guy's style."
Her eyes fell on the top of the tomb in front of her, and the woman in white robe sighed and said: "It's a pity... I will never hear his feelings expressed in person again."
"……I'm very sorry."
"Don't be sorry about it, it was his choice."
Returning to Duan Qing, Luo Na resumed her usual low voice: "Including you... your joint choices allowed my destiny to continue. Although it went against the will of destiny, as the weaver of destiny,
I am extremely hesitant, but the adventurous spirit you have shown and the survival instinct that allows me to continue my life... make me extremely happy."
"I will live well." She said in a low voice: "With Norman's fate, and... your wish."
"...I don't have any wishes." Duan Qing shook his head sadly: "I just hope...that you can forgive those other people."
"..."
This time it was Luo Na's turn to remain silent, and her silence lasted longer than Duan Qing expected: "You are referring to...that person."
"The world has regarded her and me as the culprits who killed many members of the Mage Council and the accomplices of the Restoration." Duan Qing said in a low voice: "But I know that she is not like that, and relatively speaking... her future is much more important.
Much brighter than me, so..."
"So you want to take the blame alone... don't you?"
As a mature female voice sounded, a figure in a gorgeous blue robe appeared behind the suddenly torn space door: "Do you want to use such a deal... to make the Council of Mages retract their statement?"
"...Your Excellency Christine."
As if he was not surprised at all by the sudden appearance of the great magician of the Seven-member Council, Duan Qing turned around slightly and saluted: "Is that okay?"
"That was the decision of Malok, the person involved, and it cannot be easily changed by outsiders like us." After scanning the two people in front of her for a while, Christine said in a low voice: "What's more, we were all in reality at the time.
The world is unaware of everything that happens inside..."
"I don't know how long you have been here, but I can guarantee... what I just said is true." Duan Qing's expression began to become serious: "With the wisdom of you and other great magicians... you should be able to distinguish
Did you come out?"
"My lovely sister Freya seems to have heard similar remarks before." Kristine showed her mature and charming smile: "But such a guarantee cannot be made without knowing the truth.
Meaningless……"
"No, there's still me."
Slightly blocking Duan Qing's sight, the white-robed Lorna turned around and fluttered her sleeves and then appeared between the two people. The corners of her robe blown by the wind kept swinging in the air, making Tracer sounds one after another.
Hibiki: "My existence..."
"This is already the best guarantee."
This chapter has been completed!