It's hard to imagine a whole month's break, and it's hard to imagine anywhere else outside of Gensokyo.

Even in the slow-paced world, after the seven-day gate loosening period, there are already shops opening one after another - of course, if everyone picks on the child, the small social system will be paralyzed immediately.

On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, about eighty percent of the shops in the village have opened, and even Mo Ming's breakfast stall has been put out - it is easy to make money when there are many idlers, it seems that everyone understands this truth.

In this period of relaxation for the whole people, in the world where there is a lack of sufficient basic entertainment facilities, Suzuna-an has undoubtedly become a good place to escape the cold.

Many people even brewed tea early in the morning and began to line up in front of the Suzuna-an, which had not yet opened. Suzuna-an has recently set up a few tables and chairs for people to browse in the store, and because of this, it has suddenly become a holiday relaxation destination.

Not only is there a large number of books to entertain here, there is a warm atmosphere that fills the room, there is free hot water throughout the day, and there is even a cute and energetic Kanban Lady Honju Kosuzu sitting on the side, adding a bit of youth to this store - although the face of the Kanban Girl herself is very bad, but there are so many customers in the store, every reader thinks that it must not be because of what they have done.

The only fly in the ointment is that Suzu has made clear restrictions on reading in the store, not allowing any food to be eaten in the store, not even simple rice balls that have no odor - leaving guests with a choice between starvation and a comfortable reading environment.

In the afternoon, Mo Ming pushed the door and entered Suzuna-an.

A warm breeze blows in the store, as if the whole body is covered in a "tired" atmosphere, and behind the counter, Suzu Honju plays with a dipping pen with her arm on her pillow, looking bored.

Mo Ming walked to the side like a regular customer, put down a few books in his arms that he had read and planned to return, and pushed them over, and said in a low voice: "Wen two bowls of wine, ask for a plate of fennel beans." ”

Xiaoling looked up, saw that it was Mo Ming, and didn't react, so she picked up the book and began to check the borrowing records one by one.

Mo Ming, this guy, sometimes says some inexplicable things that no one understands, and looks proud as if he is waiting for someone else's complaint.

Mo Ming asked in a low voice: "What, I feel that there is something on my mind, and the suspect is disturbing your creation too much?"

The counter is a certain distance from the reading area, so if you keep your voice down, you won't be heard.

"It's only this month, and I must ask my dad to remove these tables before the end of the month," Xiao Ling, who was reading the books, saw one of the books, and specially pulled it out and shook it in front of Mo Ming, looking at him with a subtle smile, "I finished reading it so quickly, how do you think you have learned?"

Mo Ming's eyes widened: "How can you tarnish people's innocence out of thin air? This is the book that Lingmeng wants to borrow, I just glanced at it casually." ”

"Whoa?" Suzu smiled even more, "With all due respect, Miss Reimu wouldn't borrow this kind of book, and with her personality, she wouldn't be skeptical of her own ideas. ”

"What are these words? It's like I can't make up my mind about my own ideas? Don't forget who taught you to write romance novels last year? Not bragging, I think back then, in Svetness, I was also a high-quality handsome guy who was popular in half the country, how could this kind of thing stump me?"

One after another, there were difficult words, such as "Freud", "analysis", "three theories", etc., which caused Xiao Ling to laugh out loud.

"Don't panic, Mr. Mo Ming, I didn't plan to talk about this in detail," Xiao Lingjing turned the book to one of the pages, spread it out and put it in front of Mo Ming, "It's too pitiful to talk about this topic with people who don't understand the amorous feelings." ”

"You don't need to say such excessive words, do you?" Mo Ming glanced aggrievedly at the open page, which was written in bold Japanese on it-

"When we talk about love, we talk like we know what we're talking about. 』

The topic seemed to extend to an unknown territory that he was not familiar with, Mo Ming closed the book and asked:

"What's going on over there in the past two days?"

Xiao Ling shook her head: "Everything is normal in the chestnut, it doesn't look like there is something to hide." ”

After Mo Ming received the anonymous letter a few days ago, it seemed that there was a clue to this almost unknown house girl Kokura Kuriko - but after Suzu went to inquire, she was told that she didn't know anything about it, that Ogura Kuriko had never written any letters, and that she had never even paid attention to the "Mo Ming Wanshiya" signboard in Suzunaan's store.

In this way, the clue of the letter is interrupted - fortunately, it is not his friend Chestnut who has happened to him. But reminded by Mo Ming, after all, he can't be careless, Xiaoling will still visit Kokura Chestnut every once in a while, and even ask Ah Qiu for advice, but even the father of Gensokyo mystery novels (mistaken) Barnyard Ah Qiu, can't figure out the true purpose of this letter for a while.

"But you came just in time, I had a new work a few days ago, this is the first volume that Chestnut helped copy, you can show it to Miss Reimu?"

"Speaking ......of this," Mo Ming sighed, "It's all the love novels you wrote, and Reimu has become a little abnormal lately." ”

"Yes, it means that I wrote it well, and even people like Miss Reimu think it makes sense. ”

"Isn't it strange that my personal opinion has changed because of a romance novel?"

"Of course you don't think it's weird that you don't read romance novels, it's normal, okay? It's human nature to learn from any source where you can learn knowledge. ”

"That's it, since Sutaro is so confident, why don't I come up with a theme for you to write, just write about a father and ......"

"Stop!" Moto Xiaoling unceremoniously interrupted Mo Ming's words, "Do you think I'm still the same person I was last year?"

"Since you're talking about this, I'm going to take it back and read it first...... Wait for my unsympathetic caustic comments. ”

"We're here to help. ”

……

……

In the evening, Mo Ming cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and came to the entrance with a plate of dried fruits.

The weather has not yet warmed up, and Reimu is still in the habit of sitting in the hallway at dusk with a teacup in his hand, waiting for the teacher's dessert.

The two didn't have something to say all the time. Sometimes, the girl just quietly eats refreshments and reads by candlelight, and if it is windy outside, she is reprimanded by the teacher and asks her to go back to her room to read...... The flowing air outside makes the candle flame flicker, and reading a book in the entrance is easy to catch cold and hurt your eyes.

But sometimes, when the girl tries to talk about something, or more often, waits for her teacher to say something, "I hope we can talk about it after dinner today", "I hope today's topic will be interesting", which is basically something that Reimu thinks about every day.

It's just that from the end of last year to the present, the two have not had much chatting in the past month because of various busy affairs.

Mo Ming sat on the side, absentmindedly flipped through two pages of the novel, and said a little abruptly:

"Reimu, do you want to call me by my real name instead of 'Sensei'?"

After being stunned for a long time, the girl sitting on the side seemed to understand the meaning of the words, and suddenly spoke a little hurriedly: "I...... I think!"

Reimu's face was a little ruddy, and she looked quite excited.

"How much do you want? uh...... I mean, how strong is that thought?"

"Extraordinary, extraordinarily strong!

"In that case, you can call me by my real name when no one is around...... In fact, our relationship is no longer as simple as ordinary teachers and students, and the title of "teacher" is indeed a bit generalized. ”

"Really?!"

"There's no need to lie to you. ”

Hearing this, Reimu put down the teacup in his hand and took a deep breath.

adjusted his mentality, and then said quietly: "Mo Ming." ”

"Huh?"

"Nothing, give it a try. ”

Reimu's expression seemed to become very satisfied, and his face turned red.

Mo Ming's side didn't look at the atmosphere at all, and suddenly asked, "What are you planning for the past two days?"

"W-What do you mean?"

"It's your attitude these days, sometimes you suddenly ignore me, it looks like you're losing your temper, and after a while, you change back and act like nothing happened...... After a while, I suddenly had another seizure, and I just called me "Hey" when I ignored it...... I was wondering if you were doing something again......"

"What, the teacher noticed......" Reimu looked a little confused, "I'm still thinking, I'm about to pick a time to run away from home in the next few days......"

Mo Ming sighed when she heard this: "Although I didn't guess that you planned to do this, but after reading the few love novels you borrowed, I almost have points in my heart...... Sutaro, this guy、It's really a problem for me.。 ”

The two get along day and night, and the possibility of Reimu's personality changing is not difficult to guess - casually flipped through Reimu's borrowed love novels, and on the back cover of the book, Sutaro's words made Mo Ming clear.

"Can't go any further with your beloved, try to stay away from him first—teach him to cherish what is in front of him." 』

- By Sutaro.

"Eh?!, does the teacher know Sutaro?"

"I didn't say you...... It's a little bit of a self-consciousness that you are in charge of Bo Li," Mo Ming turned on the preaching mode, "Still running away from home? I'm afraid it's inconvenient for you to do this, isn't it?

"Yes, yes, yes, yes, what the teacher said makes sense, Reimu did something wrong. Obviously, I thought about nothing, but when Mo Ming pointed it out, I felt very shy, and Reimeng's brain was down, and I was going to give up thinking.

"Actually, it's not that anyone is at fault," Mo Ming ate a preserved fruit, "The key is that your wise and martial teacher saw the clues of the problem and took precautions!"

At the mention of this, the girl's eyes widened: "It's a little different from what is told in the story of Sutaro!Teacher, I haven't done anything yet, why can it go so well?"

Mo Ming crossed her legs on the cushion.

"Of course it's different, it's good to have a problem and then fix it, but sometimes there are cracks that come with the problem, and those cracks may or may not heal over time, but they may not ......."

This kind of past, often referred to as the throbs of youth, may provide us with enough memories in old age. ”

"But your teacher and I, I have some unpredictable personalities, but there are few people around me who care, and I have been thinking about some things that I can't figure out - until I come up with a reason. ”

"At the fireworks festival last summer, you danced Kagura beautifully. But because Alice and I signed up for the Wisdom Game Festival, it seems to have you off......"

"That's ......"

"Don't be in a hurry to interrupt, it's been a long time, what's the shame," Mo Ming smiled and picked up the teapot to fill Reimeng's cup, picked up the teacup and handed it to her, motioning for her to listen, "I talked to Alice about you at the time." ”

"Since then, I've been thinking about whether there is a problem with my attitude and position, and of course I haven't mentioned this kind of self-examination to anyone else. ”

"It didn't take long for Marisa to get involved.,It's rare to be able to put up with the embarrassment on the girl's face for you to ask me for a commission.、Reimu really made a good friend.。 ”

"Marisa, ......"

"Well, Marisa thinks I'm stupid to think about my elders, so she tried to convince me. And then a lot happened...... In a real sense, it's hard to put into words. ”

"No matter how stupid I am, I have to face myself up to myself - I didn't feel wrong at the time about me taking such a posture to Reimu as an elder, but because of this, I ignored your own feelings, and it was an ignorant act that could not be justified anyway. ”

"I've made my position public more than once - I'm with you as Reimu's teacher and family, and not as anything else. ”

"I'm constantly maintaining this position. ”

"Actually, not only you and me, but in fact, everyone is the same, and they will always involuntarily deceive themselves again and again, making themselves think that the choice they once made was the right one. ”

"It's human nature, influenced by a certain social psychological factor – we all like people who walk the talk. ”

"Inconsistencies in speech and behavior can be perceived as mentally confused, inconsistent, and even mentally ill – on the other hand, a high degree of consistency in words and deeds is often associated with a strong personality and outstanding intelligence, and is seen as a manifestation of logic, stability, and honesty. ”

"Although I often act casually in front of you Reimu, I actually care about what you think of me - I want you to see me as an upright person, and not think that I have a problem with my character or even alienate me. ”

"So, when I make a solemn statement in front of you, I subconsciously defend its legitimacy – even refusing to think about what makes sense. ”

"Luckily, reality taught me a timely lesson. ”

"First of all, something happened over there at Eternity-tei, and I heard by chance in the village that the boy from the Miyake family was proposing to you—that I found out what the problem was. ”

"I'm ...... to Reimu to you It is likely that he is holding a completely irrational relationship between teachers and students - possessiveness. ”

Miss Hakurei's shrine maiden took a deep breath, intending to calm her pounding heartbeat so that she could continue listening to her teacher.

Mo Ming didn't look at her here, but just looked into the distance, as if looking directly into her heart, and said in a calm tone.

"I told myself that Miyake would definitely not be able to do it—that kid wouldn't be able to give Reimu happiness. ”

"I was relieved that in my eyes, there didn't seem to be enough good young people in Gensokyo to be worthy of Reimu - which made me very relieved at the time. ”

But now that I think about it, whether it was the cold sweat, the heartbeat or the unwillingness to delve into it at the time, it was extremely unreasonable. ”

"What I don't want to go into is - if there is such an incomparable young talent - who has a successful career and is humble and good-looking, and has a soft spot for Reimu, what if there really is such a person?"

The answer is, I don't want to entrust you to anyone else—is this the so-called 'reluctance' of separating the elders from the younger generations, or is it a more undesirable betrayal of morality...... While I was still confused, these days, Reimu you're doing this again. ”

"The so-called estrangement is to go further, and it's not incomprehensible - if you read Sutaro's signature on the last page, I didn't guess that you were going to run away from home, but I probably guessed something similar—"

"But either way, you're going to make Reimu do something that makes you feel sad and tormented for me and me...... Rather than that, I know it, so why don't I take a step back? ”

"Even if it's just a self-professed gentleman, how about relieving a girl from the slightest trouble caused by herself, just a requirement of an entry-level gentleman?"

"That's why I offered to call me my real name. ”

After a long time, Reimu was finally able to move.

The girl stood up a little shaky and said a little slurred: "Old S...... Mo, Mo Ming, I'm going to boil water. ”

Mo Ming laughed: "Go, go, the water is hot, it's been a day, and I want to take a good bath." ”

Lingmeng disappeared as soon as she slipped away, and Mo Ming tasted tea alone and sorted out her state of mind.

It didn't take long for Reimu to sit back down.

Mo Ming was a little surprised: "It's burning so fast?"

On weekdays, he is responsible for lighting a fire and boiling water, after all, Mo Ming doesn't know how to maintain a girl's hair, but it is estimated that it is not suitable for adding firewood to the fire, but this kind of thing is naturally difficult for Reimu, but I didn't expect it to be so fast.

"Well, because、It's rare to feel that the atmosphere is better.,I want to hear what the teacher has to say again.,So I used my spiritual power to fly to fetch water.,And used a spell to make a fire......" After saying that, he realized that he had accidentally used the title of 'teacher' again, and stuck out his tongue.

"Say something...... Mo Ming thought and nodded, "Indeed, it seems that we haven't talked about anything seriously for a long time, but it doesn't seem to be long, when the two of us are still sitting here debating in a decent way." ”

"yes, the teacher doesn't like to talk to me lately," Reimu puffed up, and then realized that he was using the honorific title again, so he added, "I can use both the titles 'teacher' and 'Mo Ming', as for which one to use, it depends on my mood!

Lingmeng, who obviously finally got her wish, seemed to be because of Mo Ming's previous words, and suddenly found that calling "Mo Ming" would bring a sense of shyness that penetrated deep into the bone marrow - not enough for outsiders, so she continued to use her previous name for the time being.

"Whatever you want," Mo Ming shrugged, "However, it's not because of anything else, when you were young, you used to talk about society, human nature or something, in order to increase your knowledge and improve your bearing—you don't need to, but it's best to be clever." ”

"Later, I slowly found out that you seemed to take what I said too seriously - it is not a big deal to say less about those big truths, and if you teach you to be like me, it will be in vain, and you will say less in a while. ”

"Well, now is the right time. Since you think we should be on an equal footing, be more cautious about what I say, so that we can communicate more equally. ”

"Hmm...... Good. "I don't understand it at all.

"Will Reimu lower your opinion of someone because they did something bad for you?"

"Definitely. The answer was straightforward.

"What if it's me?"

The spirit dreamed and did not speak.

"So, it's not just a joke, if you have always had an incomparably inflated sense of trust in your teacher and me, I may miss the opportunity when I need your help one day!

“…… I see," Reimu finally nodded solemnly, "I've memorized the fact that the teacher is an elm lump scrap who doesn't know anything......"

Mo Ming knocked on the wooden board of the entrance: "How can you speak?" I will punish you to write a piece of 'My Most Beloved Teacher', within 10,000 words, and the style is not limited." ”

Laughing like two fools.

"Small talk...... Well, let's continue with the previous topic. ”

"Uh-huh. Reimu has no objection to "continuing with the previous topic".

"Before that, let's test you a little bit - why has Gensokyo been established for so many years, and the Hina of the Doom Key Mountain has not been accepted by the villagers?"

"Uh," I didn't expect it to be this question, Ling Meng thought about it and replied, "Because ...... Gensokyo Origin didn't exist from the beginning, and before it was written, the people of the village had already formed a unified opinion about this god who would bring bad luck if they got close - even though this point has been clarified in "Origin", the god of bad luck does not bring bad luck, but collects everyone's bad luck so that everyone can become happy, but still nothing changes...... Everyone has long been accustomed to the previous view. ”

"I see...... You've really improved, Reimu, I thought you'd answer that the god of misfortune was killed by the wind or something, I didn't expect to take this step into account," Mo Ming was very happy and rubbed Reimu's head, "The god of bad luck is not the victim of the wind commentary, she brought bad luck to those close to her This is a fact, and in fact, it is also related to her lack of careful management of her image in the eyes of others - maybe she thinks that doing this kind of thing is unnecessary, and this is not the point of our discussion." ”

The reason why the notoriety of the god of misfortune is widely recognized is actually the result of a principle called "social proof". People in social groups tend to assume that if many people were doing the same thing, they would know something they didn't know. But unfortunately, the crowd is often wrong, because the members of the group do not act on the basis of superior information, but only respond based on the principle of "social proof" - since everyone does not agree with the god of evil, then the god of evil must have done something bad that he does not know, and since everyone does not accept the clarification of the god of evil in "Dependent Origin", it must be that what is written in the book is limited or even untrue. ”

"People always mechanically follow the principle of social identity to recognize, learn and work, and the more backward the civilization lacks individual thinking, the more serious this phenomenon will become. ”

After Mo Ming finished speaking, Lingmeng didn't speak for a long time.

Mo Ming rubbed Lingmeng's head again, and said with a smile: "Don't look sad, you're not doing useless work. To believe that things will get better, you must first believe in this way in order to have the possibility of coming true. ”

Reimu asked, "Can it make it?"

Mo Ming nodded: "Of course you can, but you need to be carefully guided." So the conversation will return to the original point - about a certain nature of human beings, the so-called "consistency theory". ”

"It may not be convenient for you to understand some big truths, but I will first talk about what I have done and plan to do. ”

"I went to the village for the New Year's Festival, so that the village chief and the big families in the people owe us a great favor from Hakurei Shrine - the human beings here no longer need to fear monsters, in other words, the civilization in the world will no longer need to be restricted, and can move forward peacefully. ”

"Of course, I don't really have much to do about this, although I can count my share of the idea, but it is mainly thanks to the genius magic array of the witch Pachou Noreji and the Oriental Project project launched by the monster sage Yakumo Purple in the outside world. ”

"It's a digression.、Naturally, there is no need for the Yokai Sage to tell humans this.,Because the progress of civilization may be accompanied by unrest and turmoil.,It will only bring unstable troubles—but you and I at Hakurei Shrine are different, and we are the most suitable intermediaries to guide human progress.。 ”

"What does Yakumo Murasaki himself think of humanity as a whole? Not to mention Reimu or the ancestor Hakurei Shrine Maiden, I remember that Yuyuko of the Saigyoji Temple in the White Jade Tower of the Underworld made friends with her when she was not yet a human - that is, Yakumo Murasaki certainly did not maintain a completely negative attitude towards humans. ”

"As long as there is even a little expectation of humanity, things are much easier. In fact, it is impossible that there has been such a serious change in the night festival that it has not alarmed the youkai sage, but she has not appeared in the human world in the end, which shows that she acquiesced in my "speculative drill camp". ”

"To get back to the point, since we have monopolized the credit that does not belong to us, in exchange for the great favor of the whole world for us, this is a rare opportunity, and it would be a pity not to make good use of it. ”

"I asked the head of the old village of Miyake, the head of the Kiriyu clan, the head of the Taira clan, the head of the Tachibana clan and other major famous families to jointly draft many documents, some of which will be posted in the world in the near future, such as the "Notice on the Exclusive Statutory Commemorative Festival of the Five Gods such as the Doom Key Mountain Hinata", and the "First Series of Essay Contests on the Past of the People", which will be posted and released after the year. ”

(Outside humans: that is, outside of humans, generally referring to monsters, gods, ghosts, or any other non-human race)

"Hmm...... How to say it, I feel that the teacher's approach seems to be very ...... Is it going to be useful, like this?"

"Changing the perception of a group of people cannot be achieved overnight, what we need to do is not only to correct the belief that "bad luck will bring bad luck", but to prevent this kind of similar situation from the root level, so it is necessary to take a more far-reaching approach - to make the villagers realize that their ideas are wrong, and change their understanding of the concept from the bottom of their hearts, so it is not as simple as posting a notice in the world to correct the name of the god of misfortune. ”

Seeing that Reimu was trying to pretend she understood, Mo Ming smiled again and rubbed her head—and then her hand was slapped off.

"I'm going to be bald when I touch my head!"

"Okay, okay," Mo Ming smiled a little regretfully, "for the sake of understanding, let me tell you a story—it's the story of a country called Svetenness that takes place in another world far away. ”

"Hey, it's not that I don't know, that's not ......"

Ahem, the story takes place in a war-torn era - after years of war by the invasion of the neighboring Niklass Empire, the Republic of Svetenness gradually regained the military initiative. ”

"Although Swaitnes had been at peace for too long before the war, and even if they were to chase after him, they could not match the combat effectiveness of the well-trained soldiers and generals of the Niklas Empire, but in fact, what really frightened them was the ubiquitous and inscrutable intelligence network of Sveteness that was as ubiquitous as a ghost. ”

"One day, Major General Swaytenis, known as the Devil's Executioner, received a secret letter from a former president who was no longer a member of the Republic's political service at the time. ”

"This kind of malfeasance has violated the law of the time, and if the former president had done something to point fingers at the active military officers and was made public, he himself would have gone to jail - fortunately, the major general remembered the old affair and did not expose him, but the content of the letter made it difficult for the old fritter who had been in the intelligence field for a long time. ”

"The former president was a typical utopian who created a set of theories in his life and hoped to spread them to the whole world - but he found that there seemed to be only one place that was unattainable, and that was the Niklasian Empire, which actively invaded the Republic of Svetenis, and whether it was won or defeated, you could not expect the people of a country to accept the political ideas of the head of the enemy country, even after a hundred years. ”

"The flames of war have not yet reached the Niklas Empire, but as far as the war is concerned, it is only a matter of time. The war had brought the nations of the world into two sides, with Svetnes on one side and Niklas on the other. It was common for the prisoner of war camps on both sides to torture each other's soldiers, and after all, it was not possible to send the other party's head of state to court-martial, so for the time being, these soldiers were held responsible for their lives. ”

It was in this context that the shameless former president made a plea to his old subordinates - to be kind to Niklas's soldier captives. ”

The reality is always like this, the boss pats his head, and the subordinates want to break their heads - even if it is just a foreshadowing for the former president's personal political opinions, and there is no need to pay attention to it, the young major general still intends to repay the old boss for his kindness and begins to think about what to do. ”

"This is not something that can be done as simply as a military order prohibiting the abuse of prisoners - at the time of the war, a lot of critical military information was obtained from the mouths of enemy prisoners through torture and torture, and to stop doing so is equivalent to being irresponsible to the people of your own country and land. Therefore, he needed a more comprehensive plan of punishment—an action that was later adopted by other countries and known as the 'Devil's Forbidden Fruit' plan. ”

"It was not for nothing that this Major General was later called a demon by his colleagues, subordinates, and others, and he was indeed a genius in this regard. He replaced the torture he had been using instead of what he had been doing with what he had been calling for "leniency." It was a sophisticated psychological offensive that was carefully crafted, and ultimately led to an even more comprehensive military intelligence of the Niklass Empire than ever before. ”

"The soldiers of the Niklas Empire, unlike the uneducated villagers of the world, were trained and fanatically loyal to the Empire—but even those who were so strong in that camp were gradually willing to reveal their military intelligence to the Svetnes, denounce the escape plans of their comrades, and even publicly denounce their own country, their native Niklas. ”

Hearing this, Miss Hakurei's witch face once again showed a puzzled color—it seemed to be the same as usual, but it made Mo Ming hesitate.

Reimu ......

"Teacher, I'm listening. ”

"No...... I mean," Mo Ming pondered her words, then sighed, "I'm wondering if I should say these things...... Those who play politics have already dyed their hearts, and no matter what color they are, they will never be pure and flawless. ”

"Yakumo Murasaki asked me to be your teacher for her own reasons, but I tell you some things for my own personal reasons - I want you to be a pure and pure person like the other girls in Gensokyo. ”

"And some things are so filthy and filthy that just knowing that they exist affects themselves...... Isn't it better not to let you know?"

"But in my personal opinion, the so-called 'purity as white paper' is not really pure, the white paper is not blackened, but only because it has not yet been inked - in fact, the white paper is easily blackened, and it has no ability to refuse itself. I said that I want your heart to remain pure, and it is not in this sense at this level. ”

"In comparison, I think moonshine is a purer thing. The moon does not shine, but the light it reflects from the sun contains all the colors that are visible or even invisible to the human eye, but even so, it is still pure white and untainted by any other color—"

"Out of the mud without staining, clever without use. Reimu, you must understand that these so-called small talk is definitely not trying to make you learn anything from it, and if you try to use those methods, I will be very sad in my heart. ”

"I know, I know," Seeing that the teacher suddenly became a little agitated, Reimu nodded hurriedly, "I know, just like when I was a child, the teacher just said that I would be well-informed and not be taken advantage of." ”

Mo Ming nodded: "Most of it is experience that you don't need, because I'm here." But it's not easy to talk about it, because you should have your own opinions, not rely on me to make judgments. ”

“…… Teacher ......"

"Huh?"

"There's something I've wanted to say for a long time. ”

“…… What?"

"You underestimate your students too much, right?!" Lingmeng grabbed Mo Ming's neck and shook it back and forth, "Does the teacher treat me as a good baby who will feel completely right no matter what you say?!"

"Uh......" Mo Ming was silent for a long time, and suddenly smiled: "I suddenly found that I seem to be worrying about it all day...... Could it be because of menopause?"

As if adjusting his mood, Mo Ming snapped his fingers.

Then the topic continues, and the defection of the soldiers of the Niklas Empire is gradually getting better by relying on the so-called "principle of consistency". ”

"There are many ways to lure these poor soldiers to the point of no return—to use an analogy, to make them write down something that is unfavorable to the Niklas Empire, but which is undoubtedly true, and which no cunning liar can refute. ”

"According to the different education levels of the soldiers, they will be asked to write words of different depths, some are very shallow, such as 'Niklas is not perfect', obviously no earthly country is perfect, and some are slightly deep, such as "the Niklas Empire despises human rights", "The civilians of the Niklas Empire have no freedom at all", etc., in fact, at that time, nine out of ten countries in the world had human rights problems of one size or another, Even Sweetness is no exception, so these remarks should not seem strange to anyone who prides themselves on being literate – but they are indeed the first steps that need to be taken. ”

"There are many other ways to replace the first step, such as the so-called 'essay contest' that will be posted in the village later. All it takes is a few simple prizes, such as a few packs of cigarettes and some fruit, to make the prisoners in the camp excited. It's worth thinking about the so-called essay subject - Niklas was an empire, and Svetnes was already a republic at that time, and the political differences between the two sides were quite large, and even civilians could talk about the differences between the two countries for half an hour. And if he blindly advocated the Swaitnes Republic and belittled Niklas, he would definitely be blindly resisted by these prisoners and soldiers in the end. So, while the prisoner soldiers who did so would definitely win the prize, they would also give the appropriate number of awards to those who sang the praises of Niklas but only slightly echoed some of Swaitness's political views - the change of thinking was sometimes as simple as that, and the Niklas soldiers found that the articles that sang about their own country could also win awards, so they were less resistant to the essay campaign, but whether consciously or not, they gradually adjusted the tone of the article to be more on Swittenis's side, and thus achieved the original purpose. ”

Of course, there were other ways to do it, and many of the inmates wanted to tell their families that they were okay in the camp so that they wouldn't worry about it — but that was also a hurdle that had to be sifted through the letters by the Svetnes hierarchy. Thirty soldiers sent letters home, but only three were allowed to send letters, and the remaining twenty-seven were returned. The two soldiers received one after another inquiries from others—and in the end, they found that only those who had said good things about Sweetnes, such as that he had not been mistreated, or bad things about Niklas, such as the corruption and inaction of the Imperial Army, were selected to be sent...... After that, everyone wants to report their safety to their families, and they all know what to do. ”

Incidentally, the letters ended up in photocopies, and the originals are all preserved at the Campbell Museum in Svetenness, showing the world the tolerance of the Republic and the atrocities of the Empire during the war. ”

Reimu took a deep breath and sighed, "The people outside are so scary. ”

"It's not what's wrong," Mo Ming thought deeply, "I happened to know that major general, I thought he was an honest and honest man, but I didn't expect that there was bad water in my back, I really misjudged him, and it was well deserved to be nicknamed a demon or something." ”

"Hmph-" Reimu gave a subtle expression, "Is that so?"

Mo Ming continued: "With the first step, the next step is logical. Either way, if you fall into the pit and don't want to climb out again, these prisoners suddenly discover a shocking fact one day—that is, he has become a so-called "traitor". ”

"I want to deny it anyway, but after all, I left a black and white letter. They were even printed in books and circulated in every country of the Federation to which the Republic of Svetnes belonged—even though he knew in his heart his loyalty to the Empire, but the handwriting was indeed from him, and no one even forced him to write those words, and there was no way to refute them from the bottom of his heart. ”

"The proportion of 'traitors' in each camp varies, ranging from two or three percent to seven or eight percent, and most people gradually become members of the traitor circle, either voluntarily or involuntarily – even if they are reluctant, they will be treated as such. ”

"Then comes the point, one of the ultimate meanings of human nature, the 'Principle of Consistency'. ”

"Even though there are many opportunities for interaction, prisoners spend most of their time alone in prison – constantly reflecting and trying to convince themselves that they are not traitors, but the writings are written in black and white by others and not by others. Gradually, these people began to adjust their image to fit their behavior into the new label, which in turn began to lead to more and more far-reaching collaborations. Then, the climate was contagious, and when the word "traitor" no longer appeared in the concentration camps, and the word "collaborator" was replaced by the word "collaborator", the stubborn die-hards had become the last people in the camp who did not know the time and no one cared about them. ”

"Svetness's rebellion was a real shock to the world at the time, and people in many places could not understand why so many highly educated and well-trained Imperial soldiers and officers were so easily reinstated after being held in concentration camps for less than six months or even months. ”

Although there is a follow-up to the story, it has come to an end for the time being. Reimu, do you understand?"

After being silent for a long time, Reimu nodded slowly: "I roughly understand the story told by the teacher, and I also understand the meaning of the teacher's words, but there is one thing...... I can't agree with that. ”

"Oh, it's good to have different opinions, what's it?"

"In the story, the teacher said that the country of Svetnes was invaded by Niklas, but according to your description, it really doesn't make people feel good about the country's practices...... Instead, they will feel sympathy for the soldiers who were imprisoned in the concentration camps. ”

Mo Ming nodded: "That's the case, there is resistance to that kind of means, this is the reaction of normal people...... If you think it's exciting and you want to learn, it's a bit of a problem. ”

"But, I know what the teacher meant, but the teacher told this story as an analogy to our actions in the village to justify the name of the god of misfortune, right?"

Mo Ming nodded: "The two do make use of similar theories and techniques. ”

"But, our approach is different from the teacher's story, in the story the two countries are hostile, one side will benefit, the other side will suffer, if you look at it completely neutrally, you can't tell who is good and who is bad, right?"

"Hmm...... That's right. ”

"But our actions in the village are different?!, we let the people in the village accept the god of evil and like her, this is a good thing, no one will be harmed by this, this is different from the behavior in the story, it is completely righteous?"

After Reimu finished speaking, Mo Ming immediately understood what her problem was.

Because his neutral way of describing it caused the child's resistance-

Mo Ming stood up, twisted her waist, and did a chest expansion exercise.

"I thought it was just a casual chatter about some things that I didn't have, but I didn't expect it to be a little earned. ”

"Teacher?" Reimu looked puzzled for the first time.

"When you ask this question, I understand that this is a good opportunity to correct a misconception that I don't usually get to talk about. ”

“…… Misunderstanding: Did Reimu say the wrong thing?"

Mo Ming shook his head: "Reimeng, the so-called justice, doesn't speak for itself - because of this characteristic, many people will call themselves its spokesperson. ”

"Many people will do things under the banner of justice, for example, your teacher and I are a middle and old player, but the more people like me, the more they understand a simple and easy-to-understand truth, which is also something that cannot be said to outsiders——"

"Never think you're righteous. ”

"Huh?!"

Actually, this is the philosophy of life for people like me, and the reason why I teach you is that I want you to be more relaxed. ”

"Eh, wouldn't it be easier not to be right?"

"It's not that you don't want justice, it's that you don't claim to be righteous. Of course, we can use this banner to do what we want to do and justify Hina Kagiyama, why can't it be just? Of course it can be. ”

"But, in private, it's better not to think so in your heart. ”

"You can have other reasons for self-motivation, such as - Hina Kagiyama is gentle and kind and a great beauty, you like her very much, and you hope that she will be rewarded. This kind of is quite appropriate, positive and substantial. ”

"If you and I have someone around you who claims to be righteous, or even thinks that he represents justice – you have to be careful when that person starts to believe in this and makes similar statements publicly. Don't be dragged down by such a person, this kind of person usually doesn't have the intention to harm the people around him, but his own existence is actually a complete trouble. ”

Lingmeng supported her chin with one hand, tilted her head to look at Mo Ming who was standing on the side, and said distressedly:

"I seem to understand what the teacher said, but I don't seem to understand. ”

Mo Ming thought for a while and said, "Then let's use an analogy - ask, justice and I can only choose one, which side do you choose?"

"I choose teachers. A non-thinking answer.

Mo Ming snapped his fingers: "The answer is correct, it seems that you are not poisoned by the evil of justice." ”

"The evil of justice?

"I'll just say it casually...... You can just understand it as some kind of broad daylight shadow or something, your teacher and I am not a writer like Suzutaro, how can I understand any rhetorical devices......"

It was rare to see a serious Mo Ming in an embarrassment, and Lingmeng smiled backwards and forwards.

Thinking that the bath water was almost ready, Mo Ming summed up his statement.

"The long-lost small talk is over, and I will leave you a classwork ......"

"Eh?——" Reimu immediately expressed her dissatisfaction, "This is our small talk with equal status, why should you assign me homework?"

Mo Ming said disregardlessly:

"Ask Lingmeng to examine yourself and find out ten of your own strengths that are beyond the reach of Mo Ming. ”

"Eh?————————" The voice dragged on longer to express his dissatisfaction, "It's too difficult......, isn't it? That's it, isn't it?"

"You want to say it's too narcissistic? No, it's self-scrutiny," Mo Ming Zhengse, "I agree with you calling me by my name, think about how many times you've shouted in the past half a day?"

"Yes, it's because of shyness!" If Mo Ming hadn't stood far away, Lingmeng would have planned to choke him again.

"No, it's the reason why your heart is still looking up to me - so, re-examine yourself and see your strengths and my weaknesses, which is indispensable for people to live in harmony and friendship on an equal footing, just like ...... "I and Penglai Mountain Kaguya. Of course, Mo Ming still didn't dare to say this, or rather, he felt that the time had not come.

"Since the teacher thinks it's so important, why don't you ......" Reimu's eyes rolled, and he was suddenly amazed by his genius idea, "Why don't you tell the teacher about my advantages?"

"Then, I refuse!" Mo Ming walked over and pinched Reimeng's bulging cheeks with both hands, "What did I say just now?" Didn't you understand the "Principle of Consistency"? Out of my own mouth, it will become the image of Reimeng in my cognition - you will subconsciously maintain your image in my eyes because of my evaluation, and even modify your own true personality, which is not what I want to see. ”

"When I was a child, I said that Reimu has a personality that is neither close nor combed, I think it's very good, I like it very much, because you are still young and your three views are undecided, and I need to guide you a little - but now? This year you are already a sixteen-year-old girl, and this is the age of the coming-of-age ceremony in Gensokyo, but it gives me a little self-realization!"

"Of course, it's not that Reimu is perfect, but whatever the strengths and weaknesses, it's up to you to find something better - now that you're an adult, the perfections and flaws in you will be part of who you are, and I love everything you do. ”

"I—I'm going to take a bath!" Lingmeng suddenly jumped up and ran away without a trace, leaving Mo Ming laughing on the spot.

……

……

What a good bath.

Turn off the lights and get under the covers...... Then, there was a knock on the door.

Mo Ming turned his head, saw a candle outside the door, got up and dressed, and asked at the same time:

"What's wrong?" It's rare for Reimu to come looking for him in the middle of the night.

No response, it's weird.

Inexplicably, I got dressed and pushed open the door, it was indeed Reimu standing outside, but with a candle in his left hand and a large stack of bedding in his right hand, he was about to come in.

"What's going on?" Mo Ming didn't mean to give way.

"Teacher, I want to sleep with you. ”

Mo Ming folded down and clasped his hands on his chest, blocked the door tightly, and asked:

"Reimu, do you know what you're doing?!"

"I'm clear, better than you think. Reimu was also rarely unshaken.

"In that case, let's go back to my room and sleep!"

"Teacher, your tone is very fierce, and the side of the dispute that is more fierce is at a disadvantage, right? Is it an instinctive sense of defense to hold your hands on your chest? Teacher, why do you feel so nervous?"

“…… It's the other way around?!...... "I didn't know what to say after thinking about it for a long time."

"This is the only time, and there must be no inch!" Reimu seemed to be prepared, and said in a heartfelt manner, "Teacher, a gentleman should exempt a girl from the troubles he has because of himself, right?, what kind of determination does a girl make such a move, and the teacher will bear to drive her back, so that she will be disgraced and leave a lifetime of shame and memory?"

"You...... Reimu, you know, I'm over a hundred years old and still haven't ...... If you don't find a wife, do you know the risk you're taking?"

"It's okay, I did the classwork left by the teacher seriously," Lingmeng smiled at Mo Ming's threat, "Because the teacher is indeed a waste wood that won't attack me in this situation, so I know exactly how much risk I have taken." ”

Mo Ming took a deep breath to calm herself down.

"I'm so angry! I'm so angry!" Mo Ming rarely experienced this kind of aggrieved feeling that he had no place to vent when he was angry.

But in the end, he gave way.

Dig back into the bed on your own.

"Whatever you want, I'm going to sleep—and, as you say, only once, not next. ”

"Okay~" Reimu answered while laying out the futon next to Mo Ming.

Mo Ming turned his back to that side, only to hear Lingmeng say slowly:

"I'm very happy to hear a lot from my teacher today. ”

"The teacher said, I hope I don't learn what you said. ”

"Actually, I don't care too much about a lot of things, so it's okay to apply everything to what the teacher said. ”

"However, the teacher himself is special, so I think a little more about it. ”

“…… Even, I couldn't help but think of the dirty methods that the teacher said. ”

"The teacher is willing to let me call your name, but ...... The uneasiness in my heart did not lessen at all. ”

"It's like...... The prisoners need ironclad evidence written by their own hands to guide them to slowly change their minds and positions, and I think that's more like a verbal convention than a verbal convention...... It's more "black and white" feeling. ”

Lingmeng extinguished the candle, and on the other side, Mo Ming's eyes widened, and his heart was cold.

"You spent the night in the same room with the sixteen-year-old Hirori Shrine Maiden, and remember that at all times. ”

"So ......"

"Good night, Mo Ming. ”

The aura of Reimu behind him gradually stabilized, as if he had fallen asleep.

Mo Ming's psychology is mixed, how can he still have the heart to sleep.

Ay...... Things seem to have gone out of their own way again.

Why do you say again?

The girls in Gensokyo, none of them are fuel-efficient lamps......

Alice made rapid progress, and as a result, she was gone, and even I couldn't figure out what she was thinking.

Under what circumstances is it better to mention Kaguya's affairs? If you tell Reimu all about it, will this child not be able to accept it?

Even Reimu himself, who thought he knew very well, didn't let himself worry at all.

Reimu is by no means a stupid kid who doesn't understand anything, but most of the time he doesn't care that much.

Her loose and free personality makes her impartial to external objects.

But that's not all there is to this girl.

Once she is devoted to something, then her ingenuity can be used.

He believed that he was not a dull person, but he was also caught off guard.

There was a good-smelling, girl-specific scent in the air - was there a fragrance in the bath? No, I was a post-washer, and there was no fragrance in the bath water.

In other words, did Reimu get dressed up when she returned to her room?

I really don't understand myself at all, this old virgin.

Think about something else and divert your attention......

Yakumo Lan said before that Gu Ming Dijue didn't seem to be very stable, but he hadn't heard anything about anything recently...... Is the monitoring on Yakumo's side lax, or is it that Gu Ming Jijue has given up his actions?

The draft of the gods' statutory holidays has not yet been announced.,You can let Reimu go to Shouya Shrine.,Sell a lot of favors to those two gods.,Shouya's Miss Fengzhu and Reimu are the same age.,Maybe you can play together.。

Is Suzunaan's letter really a prank? If not, why is the clue completely cut off? Doesn't the helper want to be noticed? So what is he writing the letter for?

In the midst of all kinds of pain, Mo Ming didn't fall asleep until the second half of the night.

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PS: I recommend a book called "Influence", the principle of consistency, the principle of social identity, and the implicit mention of the principle of reciprocity (the exclusive festival of the gods) are all excerpted from it, and the case of the concentration camp is also the same (in a novel that I like very much, "Son-in-law", the protagonist also borrows from it), in short, it is a very classic social psychology series, you can find it if you like it.

This chapter is obviously sugar, but in fact, it is mixed with a lot of private goods - I hesitated for a long time when I wrote it, should I delete this part?

After thinking about it, I still didn't delete it in the end (definitely not to make up the word count!).

It is true that a good story should be pure, and the feelings and conclusions should be summarized by the reader himself, rather than being fed to the author with a bowl and spoonful.

To put it bluntly,It's good that this kind of thing exists in textbooks.,Put it in a fanfiction.,No matter how profound and shallow,,It's ridiculous and generous.,But I didn't delete this paragraph in the end.,It's because I think it's not just private goods.,These ideas.、Experience.,Whether it's right or wrong.,It's part of Mo Ming.,If you don't say anything.、Readers may not be able to realize its existence.,But if it's all left to the reader's own brain,I'm afraid it's difficult to achieve the final expected effect.。

However, there are always few chapters like this, and the long-winded private goods are definitely not the mainstream of this novel, what Guoba wants to do most is to make an interesting and good story, for the whole story, Mo Ming's personal experience and memories are just a little flavor. It's like one of the dipping sauces provided for a dish, if you think it tastes delicious, then you might as well dip it, if you don't like it, it doesn't hurt if you don't dip it.

In addition, seeing the interaction between Mo Ming and Lingmeng in this chapter, some people may say that Lingmeng's stock has stabilized, and it is estimated that this book is almost over-

In fact, the book has so far only covered less than half of the outline, and even if the outline is not added in the future, the book will not be completed in two years. There are still many wonderful stories waiting for you in the future, and I hope you will not lose faith and interest in this book so easily.

Even if it's just this volume, the wonderful ones are still to come.