dark moon

Chapter 627 Two Stories
"Let me tell you a story."

Her brother came again, and Lisa secretly laughed in her heart. Her brother's favorite explanation method was to tell stories. There was no other way. Who made his sister like to listen to it?Moreover, it is said that in the ancient times of my brother's hometown, which should be regarded as the ancient times of the previous civilization, people liked to express their meanings through stories. This is considered a tradition.

"There is a story circulating in my hometown, which happened in the last civilization era (sure enough). At that time, the sudden natural disasters and the incompetence of the monarch caused the people's lives to be extremely difficult, and they were almost unable to survive. Then they caught up with the foreign invasion. , In order to fight against foreign enemies, heavy taxes had to be levied, and the public grievances that were about to burst finally broke out, and those starving people who could not survive began to rise up against the monarch.”

"It's going to be a terrible death."

"Well, it was really miserable at first, until a strong man stood up, united the hungry people, and led them to resist the tyranny. In the eyes of the hungry people, this man was their hero, and they were proud of him."

Lisa stopped talking. She had begun to understand the metaphor that Soul wanted to make.

"In the end, under internal and external troubles, the incompetent monarch was finally defeated, and the monarch committed suicide. The hero led an army of hungry people into the capital, completely ending the tyranny, and was supported by all the people."

"He is indeed a hero." Lisa nodded, "Just like my brother, my brother will be supported and admired by everyone like him in the future."

"I don't want to be like him."

"Ok?"

"Want to know the story after that?" Xiu Er said with a mocking sneer, "Eighteen days, hehe, eighteen days only. The hero who killed the dragon became a new dragon, and the hero who overthrew the tyrant became a new dragon." A new tyrant was introduced. The hero took control of the country, but within a few days people discovered that what he had done was more brutal than the old tyrant, and that he had done more serious damage to the country and the people. So, eighteen days later, after foreign enemies and Under the attack of civil strife, the hero was forced to flee the capital, and finally died in the wilderness, and the name that was once admired by all was cast aside by everyone."

"This..." Lisa was a little confused. It was the first time she heard this story, and the psychological gap was inevitably a bit big. "Why is this happening? Did he hide it too well before?"

"No, in fact, according to common sense, he is not that unbearable. To be able to lead everyone to this point, he must have extraordinary abilities. Only the top-notch brains, strength, and will can confront a huge empire head-on. .”

"Just like my brother, they are all top-notch?"

"Oh, I should be shameless to say that right?" Shuer smiled and shook his head, "It's a pity, even the top one is useless, because in the eyes of the people, he is a hero, well, unilaterally treating him as For heroes. In the eyes of the people, a hero should be selfless and fearless like a saint, but he is just a mortal, greedy for money, lustful, power-loving, self-aggrandizing, and makes mistakes like every mortal. , the most important thing is that he cannot satisfy everyone, huh, no one can satisfy everyone. So the image created unilaterally collapsed, and the people who felt that they had been deceived were overwhelmed with anger, and they would naturally His imagination was extremely bad, so the hero became a demon and eventually became a meal for wild beasts." "However, this ending is probably mainly because of foreign troubles." Lisa still understood very well, "If there were no foreign troubles, it should be It won’t be so miserable.”

"Yes, if there are no foreign troubles, and if you give him a while, maybe he can really replace the old dynasty completely, but what's the use of that?"

"Ok?"

"He has indeed become the new king, but people will only fear his power from now on, instead of admiring him, and he will never become a hero again." Xiu Er's smile is full of sarcasm, "And another story just happened Contrary to him, a powerful minister planned various schemes and schemes for his king, and finally defeated another old enemy country. On the day when he finally succeeded, he quietly left with the beautiful woman with the money he seized from the treasury. His own country. It’s a very bad behavior, and it should be spurned by everyone, but on the contrary, he not only lived to the end of his life, but everyone is missing his achievements, admiring him, and his The deeds were compiled into stories and sung everywhere, and even passed down to the next era."

"I seem to understand." Lisa said thoughtfully, "Just like what my brother said to the silver idiot this afternoon, sometimes taking a step back will give you a wider space, especially for me personally. .”

"That's right." Xiuer nodded lightly, "Once the community is stabilized, I, who can be regarded as half of the creator, is no longer suitable to stand at the forefront as a single-handedly promoting the establishment of the community."

"Now everyone can cooperate fully because the shadow of the end of the world is always hanging over our heads. Everyone instinctively puts aside their selfishness and gives up some of their interests. However, once the danger has passed, a lot of contradictions will inevitably emerge. If I were still sitting here at that time, In the position of decision-maker, it will be quite troublesome.”

"The Parvatiga people hope that I will favor Parvatiga. As the key to Lady Luna's recovery of strength, the Brown Star people hope to have the same status as Parvadega. Lord Anika's follower races can be regarded as the gods. I am the strongest, hoping to have a transcendent status. What should I do then? Oh, no matter what I do, it is wrong. There is no right answer. I can't even forcefully suppress everyone's dissatisfaction, because I only represent Lady Luna, no Representing all the gods, hehe, after all, our goal is to wish that the Lord will hang in the night sky forever, rather than hang alone in the night sky."

"Actually, everyone knows in their hearts that no one can satisfy everyone, let alone everyone agrees. So as long as no real war is prepared, then no matter who sits in that position, all races will make compromises and try to understand The difficulty for decision-makers is that I am the only exception. Because now everyone has become accustomed to the fact that I can satisfy everyone. Once they find out that I can’t actually do it, the huge gap will make me fall to the first place. In the ending of this example, I don’t mean being eaten by wild beasts, but the collapse of the image. Only when I am not there, and there is a sharp contrast between the old and new decision-makers, will everyone miss me and always think of my merits. .”

"If I just want power and status, of course I can continue to sit in that position. I think that with my ability, I can do it very steadily, but..."

"Absolutely not." Before Shuer could finish speaking, Lisa interrupted him without a doubt, "If that's really the case, then brother must retreat."

　Let me explain in advance, don’t talk about history with me. I never said that Shuuer came from the future earth, so the story is not the history of the earth. Even if it is the history of the earth, an era has passed, and it has experienced the destruction and rebirth of civilization, and history has emerged. Deviation is perfectly normal.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)