363 Experiencing the Vicissitudes of Life Is Really Hard (2/2)

Wang Lu asked back, ”If I say ten years is enough, would you believe that?”

”…”

”I know you can't wait to see that day, but you have to clearly understand that what you can do has already been done. You have created an unprecedented foundation for Brettonia. But, your role is over. If you do more than that, it would only spoil things through excessive enthusiasm.”

Aya nodded slightly, as if she had accepted Wang Lu's suggestion.

Wang Lu also didn't urge her anymore, but just quietly accompanied her walking in the alley outside Dragon City. It was a very tranquil spot because the noise from the city was isolated by the layers of high walls.

After nobody knows how much time has passed, Aya somewhat sighed with relief, as if she wanted to say something.

However, just at this time, a burst of muffled cry suddenly came from ahead of them. Aya focused her gaze, and immediately, her stature flashed and arrived at the source of the sound.

Wang Lu sighed, trotted up and saw a young girl weeping helplessly in a dilapidated house. However, the reason for this thing was simple. They used to be merchants who provided spring water from snow-capped mountain to the church. Later, when the church was expelled, they suffered as innocent bystanders. The father and mother were put on a trial as traitors who supported the church. Although they didn't lose their lives, their decades of accumulated family possessions were almost all looted. Under grief and indignation, the two had taken the extreme choice, leaving only a young daughter and a few possessions that were barely enough for her to survive. Unfortunately, the young woman has never been familiar with the ways of the world, very quickly her parents' inheritance was deceived from her. And now, even her survival was unsustainable.

”Wang Lu, in the future, should I continue to put up with such a sin?”

Wang Lu didn't give her an answer, because Aya didn't really need an answer.

”Wang Lu, I think there's always something that I can do in this country. Perhaps, as you say, I'm not fit to be a king, but I am still a knight and I can do what a knight should do.”

Wang Lu asked, ”Single-handedly doing chivalrous righteousness? Wandering inside Brettonia to take care of the injustice in the land, beheading the world's unrighteous people? Relying on your identity as the Knight King or perhaps the daughter of the Knight King to confront the rigid system? Aya, that is not at all according to the spirit of chivalry, but a knight errant that violates the military prohibition. Once or twice is okay, but sooner or later, one day you will find out that you will face off against the very country that you established. And the knights who still have reverence for you will unknowingly stand in the opposite of you. Do you... really want to see that scene?”

Aya's whole body shivered; she extremely unwilling. ”Am I not allowed to do anything?”

”You can do anything you want as long as you can bear the consequences. From your point of view, this is a country that you have created, and thus you can do whatever you want with it. But, I guess that whatever you do, you will not be satisfied with the result.”

Wang Lu reluctantly said, ”So, do you now understand why in Nine Regions most of the immortal cultivators don't plunge too deep in the affairs of the mortal world? In Nine Regions, it is extremely rare for cultivators of Jindan Stage and above to directly meddle in the secular world matters, because they can't control it. In Nine Regions, the number of cultivators relative to common people is already one in ten thousand, or even rarer.

”In Union of Ten Thousand Immortals alone, there are already so many dog-shit-like affairs, much less in the mortal world, which is a million times more chaotic. The immortal cultivators seek to detach themselves from the world of mortals, in large part because they really can't stand the disturbance from the chaos of the world of mortals. You see, even as the founder of Wisdom Sect, I merely control it remotely; those who delve deeper into its affairs are the several vice leaders. If I involve too deep into its affair, as a professional adventurer, I would be constantly interrupted by its management and the chaos that is inherent in it.”

Aya did not speak again.

Wang Lu patted her on the shoulder and also did not say anything anymore. Aya was never a fool. In her heyday, she very clearly knew what she should do compared to the overwhelming majority of people in the world.

Wang Lu actually didn't feel that he was really smarter than Aya. His biggest advantage was detachment. Aya has delved quite deep in her obsession for Brettonia, making it very difficult for her to extricate herself. Otherwise, with her extensive knowledge, no one needed to remind her of these truths. Now, all that should be said have already been said, and the only thing that he needed to do was to patiently wait for Aya to figure it out herself.

Then, Wang Lu no longer stuck to Aya's side, but instead left her plenty of time and space to consider; some things needed to be decided along. However, after the third day, when Wang Lu had concluded his short travel and returned to the agreed rendezvous inn, he discovered that Aya was nowhere to be seen.

Standing in the bedroom entrance of the inn, Wang Lu was stunned.

”Has she… been abducted by human traffickers?”

With that, Wang Lu immediately became dejected and could not help but put down the travel memorabilia: Aya's favorite mead, which has already been laced with the special efficacious medicine. This was the last resort that Wang Lu prepared. If this silly girl could not think it through, then he could only let her think in another place.

Unfortunately, things in the world were really hard to predict. Perhaps Aya really belonged to Western Continent and thus could not be brought back to Nine Regions no matter what?