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"It's a bit like that."

Rhodes stroked his chin and thought, "Speaking of which, I have always had a question, how did you Mond people manage to hold a grudge against the Lawrence family for a thousand years?"

He had thought about this problem as early as when he went to Mond.

The hatred of ten generations can still be avenged.

This sentence is true.

But in reality it is difficult to achieve.

Rhodes would rather believe that it is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge, rather than provoking a conflict that has lasted for thousands of years like now, and leading to a hatred similar to the racial conflict between the people of the Xumi Desert and the people of the rainforest.

What made Rhodes even more incomprehensible was.

The people of Mond have hated the Lawrence family for a thousand years. Since the Lawrence family is not human anyway, why don't they just expel them? Out of sight, out of mind.

unless

"Is it related to that Cluzred Lawrence?"

Rhodes thought of a name.

The founder of the Northern Continent Intelligence Organization, in which both wolf cub Rustam and Diluk were involved, and the traitor of the Lawrence family.

"Is it because of his existence that the Knights of Favonius were able to preserve the bloodline of the Lawrence family?"

"The so-called thousand-year feud."

"Is this a means of suppression by the Knights of Favonius?"

“Well, that makes sense.”

"If it wasn't spread deliberately by word of mouth, it would be difficult to make the confrontation between the Mond people and the Lawrence family reach the level of Xumi."

Rhodes was muttering to himself as he guessed the whole story, completely ignoring Kaeya and Diluk, whose foreheads were already covered in cold sweat.

Just as he continued to speculate.

Diluk and Kaeya stopped him in unison: “Stop talking.”

Both of them had wry smiles on their faces.

Then Kaia said, "We can't suppress them deliberately. After all, the Lawrence family's story is real in history, and they live in Mondstadt. Even if we want to mediate the conflict between Mondstadt and the Lawrence family, we can't tamper with history at will."

"As long as the history of the old aristocracy exists, the Mond people will never give up their malice."

"As for why we didn't take the opportunity to eliminate the Lawrence family, I can only say that the matter is very complicated and cannot be explained in a few words. Moreover, this matter has always been controversial within the Knights of Favonius."

Speaking of it.

Even he, who always hides his inner thoughts with a smile, couldn't help but sigh and said, "Just think about it, if someone had been telling you about the evil things the Lawrence family had done since you were a child, and this period of history was also a compulsory course in history books, with such word of mouth, would the malice of the Mond people towards the Lawrence family still need the Knights of Favonius to suppress it? To go deeper, when the Knights were selecting, if those who were more radical towards the Lawrence family were given high positions, what do you think would happen?"

"Uh"

"Was there any bloodshed?"

Rhodes made a guess.

"Correct."

“More than once.”

Kaia spread his hands and said, "So this matter is now a historical legacy in Mondstadt. Because of Senior Kliuzred, Grand Commander Vanessa did not exterminate the Lawrence family, and as a result, this seed was planted."

Although many details were not mentioned, Rhodes roughly understood the matter.

Cluzreid Lawrence.

He is the main reason for the current situation of the Lawrence family.

This person is a contributor to Mond, and a great contributor at that.

How important is a sound intelligence organization to a country.

This goes without saying!

As the founder of the Northern Continent Intelligence Organization, Kleuzred Lawrence should have left a significant mark in Mondstadt's history.

But what.

Due to his family's stigma, his name could not even appear in Mond's history books.

It was because of him.

The Lawrence family escaped the liquidation after the turmoil of the old aristocracy, and even after a thousand years, they were able to continue to maintain the family's pedantic aristocratic etiquette.

A family that has done many evil things to Mondstadt in history and has clearly committed blasphemous acts. Its existence is a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh for the people of Mondstadt who grew up learning about this history.

But the deeds of Cluzred Lawrence cannot be made public.

Such contradictory behavior triggered a conflict that has lasted for thousands of years.

"Rather than letting Eula Lawrence serve as this buffer point alone."

"You might as well make the cut as soon as possible."

Rhodes suggested.

He still had a very good impression of Eula.

It was not known whether it was because Rhode was an outsider or because the relationship was not good enough, but Rhode had never heard her catchphrase "I will remember this grudge" once.

On the contrary, her meticulous attitude left a good impression on Rhodes.

It was all due to her efforts alone.

Still not enough.

"I have met the rest of the Lawrence family once."

Rhodes lied without changing his expression.

He had only met Eula, a member of the Lawrence family, but he had never seen those pedantic noble lords.

But this did not prevent him from speaking next.

"To put it bluntly."

"As long as those old guys are around, you will never be able to eliminate this historical legacy."

Rhode spoke the truth, and then he changed the subject: "But your contradiction is nothing compared to Xumi's. Xumi's problem involves the issue of faith. You know the mind of a fanatic."

Rhode poked his forehead and continued, "I also know Eula. I have talked with her several times in Jingfu Port."

"She told me that there are still many descendants in her family who are unwilling to stick to the noble ways like her, but they have to give in in the end because of the majesty of the elders in the family."

"Plus, the people around them are too malicious towards them."

"As you just said, the Mond people's hostility towards the Lawrence family has grown from childhood to adulthood."

"Put yourself in their shoes. Even if someone in the Lawrence family wants to give up their family values and integrate into Mondstadt like Eula, if they grow up in an environment full of hostility, even if they are born with a clean slate, they will sooner or later develop an antisocial personality."

“It becomes a vicious cycle.”

"The younger generation of the Lawrence family wanted to integrate into Mondstadt, but they were stimulated by the malice of the people around them and became full of malice against Mondstadt. Then the malice of the Mondstadt people towards them became even deeper, and then this malice continued to affect the next generation. Tsk, no wonder this hatred has been passed down for thousands of years without diminishing."

"Well, if you want to break the situation."

"I have a good idea now."

Rhode smiled and said, "Send the Lawrence family to us as compensation for my previous broken promise."

When these words were spoken, it was like a bolt from the blue.

Even Diluk couldn't hold back his facial expression anymore. He had so many complaints he wanted to say, but in the end, they just turned into one word exactly the same as what Kaeya said.

"what???"

Send the Lawrence family members to Xumi?

what is this?

Divert the target of hatred?

In this regard.

Rhode's response was to spread his hands in the same way as Kaia's. "Anyway, the Lawrence family is a big problem for you. And you can't do anything to those extremely pedantic old guys. As long as those old guys are around, you can't break this vicious cycle of mutual hostility."

"Then just send these troubles to us."

"To deal with such stubborn people, Xumi has plenty of ways to make them settle down."

Rhodes took it for granted.

Diluk and Kaeya didn't know how to respond for a moment.

Because what Rhodes said does make sense.

As long as the history books of Mond are still there, as long as those old people who will lead their descendants into corruption are there, the hatred between the Lawrence family and the people of Mond will be impossible to reconcile.

The Grand Master brought Eula to the Knights of Favonius only as a temporary measure.

Now there are indeed some people in Mond who will look at Eula differently because of her real contributions to Mond.

But it's only some people.

Most Mond people, not to mention having good intentions towards the Lawrence family, start speaking ill of Eula, the hardworking Knight of Favonius, as soon as they hear her last name.

The Grand Commander once lamented about this.

There is still a long way to go to reconcile such contradictions.

Rod's words gave Diluk and Kaeya a new idea.

"What is the root cause of the conflict between the Lawrence family and Mond?"

"It's because it's too close."

"The hatred of ten generations can still be avenged."

“Why can I report it?”

"That's because the enemy is right in front of us."

"What if the enemy is gone?"

At last, Rhode concluded, "Anyway, the Lawrence family's sins were punished a thousand years ago. You are now thinking about reconciling with them. So why not send away the unstable elements and keep those who can and are willing to integrate into Mondstadt? Wouldn't that solve the problem?"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 207: Lost and Recovered Elemental Power

The busy day passed quickly.

Rhodes didn't know what he was busy with. Anyway, he was free for a while after dinner, and then he kept running around, looking for this or that.

The amount of information received is also a lot that makes one's brain boil.

Fortunately.

Most of the things don't need to be handled by him, it is enough for him to help with the overall planning.

to today.

The one who really needed Rhodes to show up had arrived.

Early in the morning.

Rhodes rushed to Jingshan Palace.

Narcida was already waiting.