Chapter 666 - Between Light & Light (IV) (2/2)
Many of theures in this ceremony and witness their heroic mannerism But they didn’t expect that they actually refused Lydia’s invitation and didn’t turn up!
Fortunately, Lydia was respectful of Rhode and she didn’t question their absence On the other hand, Rhode had no way to explain the existence of the Phantom Guardians It would be incredibly absurd He didn’t need to explain to Lydia, but he had to face the inquiries of others
But he was prepared for thehness’ invitation But they have their own research to complete and couldn’t find the time to join us Moreover, they aren’t too favorable of the Country of Light, so, frankly speaking, they dislike heading into there”
“I remember that Miss Canary and Miss Bubble used to be your subordinates, right, Rhode?” Marlene said “If that’s the case, they’ve been to the Country of Light with you in the past?”
“That’s right, Marlene”
Rhode turned to Marlene Of course, he knew the reason behind Marlene raising this question In order to receive the recognition of these young talents, they had to be convinced that Rhode had rich experience, knowledge, and wasn’t only powerful in strength Marlene was giving Rhode a chance to co to dispel their hostilities This was a kind of rule in the circle and Rhode wasn’t about to give this opportunity a ood cause Even though he had several enemies, he are of their capabilities He didn’t want to be struck down for no apparent reason by so on adventures withand unraveling the secrets andinthousands of books isn’t as fulfilling as traveling thousands of miles There will be many times when you personally experience the benefits that books can’t provide Of course, I’ve been to Country of Light and the experience left unpleasant uess you’re aware that in the Country of Light, they will treat you passionately like any ordinary person if they aren’t aware that you’re frododoh they’re looking at a bunch of thugs, villains, and rogues…”
Rhode shrugged and let out a long sigh
Was Lydia a great ruler? Of course she was What about her domination? Of course she ise and brilliant
But it was definitely idom was perfect In fact, Rhode found that there was a lethal shortcoance
Why was the Country of Light able to receive strong support from their people? One of the reasons was that their politicians often dove into the crowd of their people and announced their thoughts and heartfelt wishes to the people through ardless of the amount of lies in their speeches, the politicians had at least gotten off froh horses and enjoy the experience with the people together, in exchange for their respect, value, and favorable iht Parliament In contrast, perhaps due to the difference in races, Lydia and the Battle Angels had never done so They had never stepped down to explain, encourage, or incite the people with their thoughts and goals They were only responsible for giving out orders and ensuring the people abide by the Marlene for exah she could usually communicate and stay in contact with the civilians in peacetiard the civilians highly because their opinions were only worthy as references As a noble, it was ihts and ideas with the opinions of civilians because it would be an insult for the nobles
The lack of the right to speak was a weak spot and shortcodom The Reformist Party was able to receive the support of their people because the people had learned the ht often carried out Even though Southern nobles and merchants didn’t reveal theuilds under them to subtly spread ru the reputation of the Munn Kingdom Ordinary tax collection could be manipulated into Lydia wished to purchase new furniture and satin, which hy she tried to exploit the people’s assets A group of bandits attacking a regular ainst the tyranny Anyway, the Royal Fah horses to refute the ruenerally far from war and threats People who lived in peaceful society for a long time would naturally believe whatever they listened As the saying ‘a thousand lies transforoes, the Refor the Munn Royal Fa to retaliate, which led to social unrest and tur a ‘the wise , while the fool thinks he knows it all’ kind of passive response They believed that as long as their conscience was clear, they wouldn’t need to clarify the situation like a crime suspect
The reason why the Northerners didn’t believe the rumors was that the stability of their lives were different from the South’s They were directly threatened and the Myriad Flowers Battle was the shame and pain for all Northerners Under such a circumstance, the North naturally leaned to the Royal Family for support and also presented the spirit of ‘we must support those who the enemies oppose and oppose those who the ene the South Therefore, from this aspect, the main reason why the North wasn’t affected by the ru their benefits and Lydia’s charis to do with the Royal Fa class had always been apathetic to people, apart fro i ceremonies or banquets to speak a feords to inspire the people This was because the arrogance and pride of them as nobles made the for them if they were to respond to whatever the people co and exploiting the the people that the Munn Royal Fa and treated people as aniht Parlia, which resulted in the even deeper Frodos from the accusations weren’t totally unrelated to them
But Rhode knew that this was a profound social and cultural issue, where over a thousand years weren’t sufficient to come up with a solution to resolve this probleed class was always above the civilians and the only difference was that soe of the public opinions to attain a positive facade But even so, that was only on the surface In fact, a beggar roala down Wall Street The latter could manipulate the media to his benefits while the former could only protest, protest, and protest Even if they protested to their deaths, the proble of their existence was that they had protested
That was in Earth where the strength of Humans were almost equal In this alternate world where the constitution of each unique races were in a serious unbalance, it was aled class nobles to respect the opinions of the civilians Rhode felt that this was too exhausting and he lacked the capabilities to do so He was neither Martin Luther King nor Abraha their mouths off wasn’t omnipotent—a bullet would be able to stop them in the shortest tiic and spiritual powers
However, Rhode could only process such thoughts privately and had never mentioned this to Marlene before He also couldn’t roup of people Therefore, he changed the topic and talked about his ‘Adventure History’ on the continent With his rich experience in the ga that would be an eye-opener for theh there were experienced ones a them who had traveled abroad and seen the world, they definitely couldn’t beat Rhode who had left his footprints on al hell and the bottoroup was astounded when they realized that he wasn’t reticent at all Not only was he familiar with the unique custoeable about the mysterious, historical ruroup with his stories
When Rhode’s stories caroup realized that it was already dusk The sun had fallen into the clouds below and painted a layer of golden brilliance to theinable, Earl Rhode”
A young lady folded her hands and placed theazed at Rhode idened eyes
“I’ve never expected that someone could experience such plentiful adventures You make me wanna report back home immediately after the ceremony and request for per your stories, I realized that the knowledge gathered from the books are so inadequate Perhaps… we shouldn’t only rely on our heads to think of the proble theht”
Anotherthe conversation, he had raised a few doubts to Rhode about the contents in soed to resolve them easily Not only that, but Rhode also corrected him about the misconceptions between the book contents and reality
“Now… I think I understand why you were able to achieve such accomplishments in a short period of time”
Derick Vas revealed a pensive expression and looked at Rhode with an ad, Earl Rhode, I have previously thought that luck played a huge part in your success But it seems that your rich experiences was the funda I hope… ill have uidance”
“Sure I would be glad to do so”
Rhode nodded slightly and shook hands with Derick
Rhode sensed that the hostility and doubts in Derick’s eyes had turned into admiration, astonishment, and even some respect
Rhode turned to Marlene while the latter presented a warlinted with flashes of smiles