Hearing this, Huggins' face did not show any relief, but was a little cramped and uneasy.

Todd nodded, motioning for him to sit down and talk.

Huggins took a stiff step and sat cautiously on the edge of the sofa, awaiting the king's inquiry.

"I've heard that after you left Twilight City, you took your family and opened an inn in Silver Ring City, and it seems that business is not bad. ”

Huggins smiled dryly and said, "Your Majesty, I'm just trying to find a way to keep myself from idle......"

"Today is the first time you've returned to Twilight since you left?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. ”

"I'd like to hear your thoughts on everything in town. ”

Huggins's words were tinged with emotion: "I had imagined that Twilight would become more prosperous, but I never imagined that it would progress so fast......!

Todd interrupted Huggins: "That's not what I want to hear. ”

Hugginston froze, seeming a little hesitant: "Your Majesty, I don't know what ...... you are referring to?"

Todd sighed slightly: "Let's put this topic aside, let's talk about the coup d'état a few years ago. ”

Huggins' body trembled slightly, and he lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, that is the biggest mistake in my life, I have disregarded the safety of the entire kingdom in order to protect my friends and colleagues, I am a sinner......"

"I didn't call you today to rebuke you. ”

Todd looked at the middle-aged man with a slightly fat body, and for a moment suddenly remembered the old days of the monastery.

"You're a nostalgic person, and that's a good thing and a bad thing. ”

"Your Majesty......"

Todd tapped his knuckles lightly on the tabletop, frowning slightly: "On the premise of foreseeing that coup d'état, I also placed you in the post of the Security Bureau, which is also a fault that I cannot shirk." ”

Huggins shook his head vigorously: "At that time, you were giving me a chance, giving me a chance to be able to be on my own, but I failed......"

Todd was silent for a moment, then spoke, "Huggins, what if I said I wanted to give you another chance?"

Huggins raised his head suddenly, and the expression on his face was troubled: "Your Majesty, I don't know if I can do it well. ”

"Back to the same topic, what do you think of the current Twilight City......?" From an internal security point of view. ”

Huggins pondered for a moment and gave his answer.

"Your Majesty, have you ever seen a steam room in the North Island tribe?"

"Steam room?"

"Yes, there is such a building in the North Island tribe, a large domed building, with a huge boiler in the center, and the boiler is divided into two floors, with water on the top and red-hot stone on the bottom. ”

"There is a controlled iron gate between the water and the stones, allowing the water above to drip slowly or all of it into the hot stones. ”

"When the water hits the hot stones, it evaporates into a hot steam that fills the room and turns into a huge steam room. ”

Todd pondered: Isn't this a sauna?

Huggins continued, "The current city of Twilight is very similar to this boiler, except that the water above represents the humans, and the hot stones below represent the xenomorphs of the Holy Cult. And the iron gate in the middle ......"

Todd nodded, "That's me, right?"

"That's right, as far as I know, most of the humans in Twilight City envy the status and glory of the Holy Cult, and some of them want to participate in the transformation ceremony, while the Holy Cult Army calls humans an old species, uncivilized beings. And you are the only barrier to isolate them. ”

Huggins shifted his ass and adjusted his sitting position: "Think about it, without your authority and suppression, there would be a huge contradiction between the human race and the Holy Cult Army, and I am sure that the latter will not hesitate to drive the former out of the city." ”

Todd mused, "The Transformation Ritual is dangerous and unpredictable, and there really are a lot of humans who want to join it?"

"Your Majesty, you are in a high position, and you may not know much about the situation among the people. Take the Silver Ring City, where I live now, for example, after a few wars, the city has long since lost its former prosperity. Although most of the buildings have been erected on the ruins, almost every citizen there considers himself an inferior countryman......"

"Redneck?"

Todd was a little confused, he had never noticed the difference before.

"Looking at the entire Dragon Kingdom, Dusk City, as the capital, not only has a population of millions, but also the most prosperous city in the entire continent, and is naturally the best city in everyone's minds. ”

"And the second-tier cities in the Dragon Kingdom, the Holy Acropolis is the first, in addition to it, it also includes a number of northern cities represented by Froststone City. The Holy Acropolis is known for the manufacture of military equipment and weapons, while Froststone is the center of north-south trade and the religious center of the Northern Realm. As for other cities, such as the port of Guxuan......"

Todd asked, "So, Silver Ring is a third-tier city?"

"No, before it, there were the capital of Ulster and the capital of Connaught, although these two cities have declined, but the overall pattern has been relatively well preserved during the war, so it can be regarded as a third-tier city. ”

"And such as Silver Ring City and Lone Rock City can only be counted as fourth-tier ......"

Hudchinston paused, and continued: "Those who live in fourth-tier cities, they don't stay there voluntarily, if possible, they are willing to give up their families, they are willing to give up their family affection, just to come to Twilight City to find the so-called hope and faith. ”

Todd pondered, "Just like those humans yearn for the Holy Cult." ”

"That's right. Huggins shook his head and said, "The reverse is also true, the inhabitants of Twilight City, they look down on and even hostile those who come from backward areas, thinking that they are ignorant and backward, and that they have been enemies of the kingdom in the past, but they are just a group of villains who tend to be inflammatory. ”

Todd sighed, "It's like the Holy Army calling humans an old species, thinking that they are a race that has not yet evolved. ”

Huggins looked at Todd and said, "There are two ways to eliminate this barrier and break this prejudice. ”

"Tell me about it. ”

"First, give everyone a common belonging. ”

"Belonging?"

"The people of Twilight City, the people of Silver Ring City, although they have different statuses and different wealth, they are all people of the Dragon Kingdom. Once they accept a sense of belonging to the same kingdom, they will slowly let go of their preconceptions about each other. ”

Todd chewed on these words carefully, and after a moment asked, "What about the second way?"

Huggins said in a deep voice: "Erect a common enemy for everyone, and let the pressure from the outside force everyone to unite." ”

Todd's eyes narrowed, and he stared into Huggins' eyes, "What are you trying to say......?"

"The Black Plague. ”