Chapter 362: The Elixir to Cure the Peoples Heart (2/2)

”Human heart could not be changed.” Bedivere wearily said, ”Unless we use magic, turning everyone into puppets, we must acknowledge that human heart is not as good as what we think.”

Aya was surprised to find out that Bedivere would actually say something similar to w.a.n.g Lu. For a time, she actually didn't know what to say.

After a long time, Aya tried once again. ”That's just because we're not strong enough…”

Bedivere was emotionally stirred. ”Not strong enough? Yes, I'm just an ordinary member of the Knights of the Round Table, so I'm indeed not that powerful. But isn't your father, the Knight King, strong enough? He never once compromised in his entire life, but what was the result of that? Wasn't it because he was deserted by friends and allies that the Holy Light Religion was finally able to seep in?”

”How can you talk like that!” Aya was unprecedentedly furious. ”Do you want to say that all of my… our work has been to no avail?”

Bedivere took a deep look at her and then dejectedly said, ”Of course it's not in vain. Without the effort of the Knight King, Brettonia would still be in a state of disunity, always fighting and bullying each other. But these are entirely two different matters.”

Aya replied, ”For the country to be strong, the heart of the people must first be strong. If the heart of the people is defeated, not knowing any sense of honor, greedy and never satisfied…”

However, before Aya could finish, w.a.n.g Lu has patted her shoulder.

”Enough, don't be like a hysterical liberal art hipster.”

Aya glared at w.a.n.g Lu. That legendary level pressure immediately a.s.saulted his face. However, w.a.n.g Lu actually didn't yield even an inch. ”What? Do you want to wield a sword to quarrel with me? Just like what you've done to people around you?”

Aya immediately held back her anger and a deep chill covered her entire body. ”No, I…”

”Come on, let's talk later.”

With that, w.a.n.g Lu pushed Aya around and pulled her away.

After the two of them left, Bedivere was alone in his study room. After a long time, he deeply bent his waist on the direction where Aya left.

”Farewell, my King.”

—

”You have made one mistake.”

On the way back, w.a.n.g Lu said to Aya, ”He is not your subordinate. While you're not here, in the last one hundred years, he was the pillar that supports the spirit of chivalry in Brettonia. He was the one that skillfully controlled the situation in Brettonia which allowed the leaderless country to unite from the state of division into unity in just a few months.”

”…”

”And you, you are merely the daughter of the Knight King. What qualifies you to stand in front of him and scold him? Don't you understand the concept of respecting the old and cheris.h.i.+ng the young?”

Aya didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and had nothing to say in reply. Perhaps it was just like what she said, it was really difficult for her to adapt to the change in the past one hundred years.

”Perhaps Bedivere has found his path, perhaps his approach also has his reason, but it has deviated from the spirit of chivalry.”

w.a.n.g Lu said, ”Of course. He is not your knight anymore, but already a ruler. And as a ruler, he is far more qualified than you. At least, from what I see in Brettonia. Although the spirit of chivalry has been distorted, but inspired by this slogan, people's heart has really come together. The country has indeed revived and will enjoy unprecedented prosperity in the near future.”

”At the same time, it will also be accompanied by decadent things like never before.”

”That's the norm.” w.a.n.g Lu said, ”People's heart has both black and white. An unpardonably heinous person also often shows his humane side. And a sage will have an unbearably bad private thought. A complex person will form a complex society, which is an objective reality and rule, like a sunrise and sunset. So don't be obsessed with cleanliness like that.”

Aya thought for a long time. Her inner confusion could be clearly seen on her face. ”Perhaps, that's just because I am not strong enough?”

w.a.n.g Lu simply wanted to cry because of her stupidity. ”Then how strong do you need to be? In ancient legends, there were G.o.ds who walked among humans in the Western Continent, do you mean as strong as them? But I've never heard anyone of them that could enlighten all the people, making everyone ascend to immortality. Don't tell me you want to break through the legendary level and become a G.o.d, and then break through the realm of G.o.d into the holy realm, and from the holy realm, into the supreme realm, before you can return to deal with the people's heart in the human world?”

Aya was somewhat confused. ”What do you mean by holy realm and supreme realm?”

”Oh, that's a piece of information that is too early to tell you… but in short, don't you find it absurd that you have to be infinitely strong to do something?”

Aya was even more confused. ”Then… Was everything that I did all these years for nothing?”

”How could it be for nothing? Without you, there would be no Brettonia today, but today's Brettonia no longer needs you.” w.a.n.g Lu smiled. ”I know that you don't understand, so I will carefully explain it to you. Actually, the truth is very simple, it's just that previously, you wouldn't listen, but now…”

Aya earnestly asked, ”Please explain it to me.”