Seven hundred and ninetieth chapters of the kingdom's disadvantages
The letter of credence, which had been lifted from the spell and unsealed, was placed in front of him by Andrei Kirill. He did not open the letter and read its contents. After regaining his composure, he asked directly: "Since the contents of the letter,
It is a plan led by Your Excellency. Then can you please directly explain the purpose of visiting our country?"
The seemingly random action was actually the result of careful consideration by King Andrei Kirill. He already knew the content of the letter and followed the magician's words, skipping the action of reading the letter, so as to avoid seeing those two letters.
Eleven sacred symbols of the World Tree.
This is of course not a fear of being exposed, but to avoid the political pressure brought by the twenty-one sacred symbols. If the opponent in the negotiation is just a magician, it will be much easier to deal with; but if it is endorsed by the twenty-one world trees
The pressure of negotiation is different for magicians. If you haven't seen the content of the letter, you can pretend to be stupid and pretend you don't know about it.
Although he has been tortured by Onigashima's political commentary program, he is not an outsider in politics. But compared to a king who has been immersed in this art for his whole life, and who has all kinds of sexy tricks at his fingertips, and who is as natural as a king, he is still too green.
Therefore, Lin had no clue about the deep meaning behind the king in front of him. Since the other party asked, he would answer it.
"The main purpose of visiting your country is to hope that your country will give up its behavior of suppressing Yggdrasil's will and liberate it." Lin said bluntly about his destination.
"The elves and the World Tree have a symbiotic and co-prosperous relationship. This is something everyone knows. Why do you say that our country has suppressed the will of the World Tree?" Andre Priel said seriously.
"Haha, Your Majesty, it's okay to deceive ignorant outsiders with these words. I think everyone here knows what the truth is, so don't hide it. I would suggest this, not without reason, because it is related to
The future survival and development of your country. Do you know that your country has reached a critical moment of life and death? If it does not change, it will eventually be swallowed up by the human kingdom. Even the last piece of pure land under your feet will be reduced to nothing." In the spirit of the military strategist of the Three Kingdoms,
To offer advice, start with the tradition of scaring people. Lin exaggerated the facts as much as possible.
Just the scare words seemed unable to sway the king. He smiled with a contemptuous expression and said to the ministers in Elvish: "We seem to be about to perish, and then a human will come to worry about us. When?"
The world has become so crazy that I don't even recognize it.'
"A frog that is slowly cooked in warm water will only feel the water temperature is very comfortable, and has no idea that it is about to die. Then I am here to ask your majesty, is the current water temperature still suitable?" Lin used Elvish language,
He was talking about a fable that was not new in his hometown.
In the Lost Lands, there are humans who can speak Elvish, but they are quite rare. Of course, the magician in front of them performed this trick, which certainly did not shock the experienced elves among them, but the warning behind the words still made them take it seriously.
Think about whether there is really a hidden and unknown crisis in your own country. Maybe they don't have the term "the authorities are obsessed with it", but it doesn't mean that they don't understand this situation.
Although he was a little disapproving, Andre Priel was also curious and wanted to hear what this magician had to say. Using the common language of Huihui, the elf king said: "Your Excellency has already stated it at the beginning.
I am here to liberate World Tree, and how is it related to the fate of our country? I cannot accept this as just casual talk, so please come up with a convincing statement.
If what you say is consistent with the facts, I won’t be able to consider it.”
Andre Purier spoke conservatively and seemed to be giving in, but in fact he just wanted to get information from the magician. From a practical point of view, he did not make any promises. Although Lin was aware of this, he had a chance
Talking is better than not being able to fart at all. So he reached out and pinched the clothes in front of his left and right waists, pulled hard, and pulled the upper body of the robe flat and straight, and said:
"Your Majesty, please don't think that I am being alarmist. There is indeed a causal relationship between the two. Elves have always advocated equality and freedom, and believe that the feudal system of human countries is actually just a glorified slavery system. In this regard,
I have no objection. But maybe you don’t know it, or you know it, but choose to pretend to be deaf and dumb. There has already been a privileged class among the elves that you despise.”
"Human, you should understand that this is a very serious accusation." Andre Priel said unhappily.
Lin was not afraid of the king's wrath, and said: "I believe you all know what happened in the Kingdom of Payat Jaime. Their world tree Lahti was liberated, but the process was not smooth.
.I don’t intend to accuse anything. I just participated in the whole process and used what I observed to predict possible future developments.”
Of course, everyone here is concerned about things in other countries, especially what happens in the Elf Kingdom. In the past, it was because the Elf Kingdom was relatively closed compared to other countries, so it was difficult to obtain first-hand detailed information. Now there are people who claim to be participants.
It should be said that no one was not curious, and everyone listened attentively.
Seeing such an opening, it really attracted the attention of the elves, and they suddenly felt like they were in an academy class. Lin cleared his throat and said: "No matter what the master-slave relationship between the elves and the World Tree is, in order to protect the world
Trees will definitely send a team to station. In addition to protecting the World Tree, this team's mission will also be to regularly collect materials. In this regard, your country should be the same as the Kingdom of Payate Jaime.
"
Andre Purier simply nodded, indicating that what the magician said was correct. Lin continued: "However, the most precious thing about the World Tree to elves is not the various magic materials prefixed with the World Tree.
, but a symbiosis ritual called 'blessing'. The elves who receive the blessing of the World Tree can gain longer life, a stronger body, and even the ability to get closer to nature. Some people call this a talent. It can be said that
The blessed elves and the unblessed elves can almost be regarded as two different levels of life. This is why you would classify the wood elves into a separate category. This is not wrong."
In Andre Priel's thoughts, outsiders don't know much about the blessings of the World Tree. But considering that the magician in front of him has reached the status of a core member of the Turtle Dove Alliance, it is not surprising to know this. So.
The Elf King did not ask any more nonsense, but simply nodded and agreed with the other party's statement.
"But has your Majesty ever thought that the members responsible for guarding are the elves closest to the World Tree. And because they have high enough merit, they can serve as the guards of the World Tree and receive blessings. This matter has become a blessing ceremony.
It is monopolized by this group of guards. And how long has it been that no new blood has joined the guard group, making this most sacred and glorious position the possession of a few people? Of course, this is what I am doing in Pyate
The situation that the Jaime Kingdom sees may be different from the situation in your country."
Although someone just stated the situation in another country, it also made the elves present think carefully. Is there any difference in their situation? Lin gave the elves a short time to think, and it seemed that he was brewing.
Then he continued:
"There is a very arrogant saying in my hometown, that is, 'the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility'. Why do people with greater ability feel that the responsibility is greater? Isn't it because these people think that other people can solve the problem?
If the problem cannot be solved, only he can, so he must step in and help others solve the problem. And the way to solve it is, of course, his own way. To put it nicely, this is called meddling; to put it more unpleasantly, this is ambition.
.When do other people’s problems become his problems, and when do others become his responsibilities? If this person hadn’t taken the initiative to take these things on himself, would most of the things have to do with him? If this isn’t called
Ambition, then I don’t know what ambition is. And the biggest difference is whether this person who is capable and ambitious helps people solve problems after the fact, or hopes to prevent problems before they happen. If so
The latter, what will this person do?"
After asking a question, Lin noticed that the expressions of many elves became unnatural. But whether he felt that his deeds had been exposed or that something serious was wrong, he couldn't tell. But he didn't want to think about it for too long.
Time, continued:
"Take the Kingdom of Paiyat Jaime as an example. The Shenmu Guards who have mastered the World Tree, as long as there are questions related to them, the most common answer given to their young king is: 'Your Majesty is too young and does not think well.
In this matter, just follow what we are used to.' And the matter about the World Tree seems to have become a taboo of the Shenmu Guards, and no one from the royal family is allowed to interfere or even ask one more question. So here comes the question, like this
Will the situation always remain limited to matters related to the World Tree, or will it one day extend to the affairs of the entire kingdom? Just because the king is too young and not as knowledgeable as them; the elves in the kingdom are not as powerful as them, so they
I feel that I need to stand up. Everything is for the good of the kingdom."
"Your Excellency, you underestimate the loyalty of elves too much. This kind of thing will not happen." As the king of a country, Andre Priel directly refuted it.
"Sometimes, the other party does not necessarily have a rebellious mentality to do these things. They just choose a method that they think is good for the kingdom and good for everyone. They believe that they are standing on a righteous side.
Do the right thing. This kind of rebellious behavior with faith is more terrifying than anything else, because you can't shake the other party. I believe that His Majesty Andre's ability is definitely the best among the elves. The kingdom under your leadership
It is prosperous. However, can you guarantee that your descendants can maintain the same situation, and that the future army or Shenmu Guards will not have any ambitions. There is not even a need for ambition. When their ideas and interests are different from those of the royal family, they
What position will you stand on, and for whose sake, do you do this? So the best way is to get World Tree out of their control, or even out of the control of everyone in your country. In a way that is different from the past.
, get along with them. In this way, there will be no worries for the privileged class among elves."