The woman named Leia looked up happily, and then saw Lu En, and then, she walked up quickly and said to Riston, "Are you back?" Who is this? ”

"The envoy from the Empire, I invited him as a guest, and then we have something to discuss, Leia, why don't you cook today?" The giant man asks his wife for advice.

Taking advantage of this gap, Lu En carefully looked at the woman named Leia.

is a very normal human woman, not ugly, but not a national beauty, her body shape is very average, and she has a feeling of small jasper.

As the wife of an imperial general...... To be honest, some people don't live up to their names, and Riston himself is not handsome, but at least he is powerful and majestic, and his body type knows that he is a super hunk at a glance.

But his wife is too ordinary, and if Lu En were to write an evaluation, it would definitely be "the most beautiful girl on the street where she was born." ”

is not a professional, there is no special temperament or anything like that, an ordinary pure-blooded human being, his appearance is limited to the beauty of ordinary people, compared to Carla who often wanders around Lu En's side, Elaine is too far behind, even Nana can't compare.

"Well, okay, then...... If you have something to do, let's talk about it first, and I'll go get ready. She saluted Lu En, then packed up her apron and walked out of the door to the side room.

"She's not quite who you are." Lu En said as he found a place to sit down.

"We're together because of love, not because of identity." Riston sat down as well, face to face with Luen.

"You are completely different from all the imperial nobles I have ever met, you and them are two different things." Lu En leaned his cane against the leg of the table, then placed his hand on the table.

"You're not like them either, I can feel the aura of nobility in you, but you're completely different from theirs, new noble?" Riston asked rhetorically.

"It's new, I just knighted today, to be precise, I just knighted ten minutes ago." Lu En replied with a smile.

"Hmm...... And what about your identity? Only people in the noble circle of the empire, who have been vassals for many years, can be knighted in an expansion operation, and the empire's recent expansion operation is only aimed at the coast of the sea, but I also participated in that operation, and I have not seen you. Riston spoke of his doubts.

"Did you forget? In addition to the coast, the empire also had an expedition, led by Marshal Anderson. Lu En smiled and narrowed his eyes.

“…… I haven't seen you on the expedition to Demon King City. Riston said.

"Of course, after all, you didn't personally participate in the decapitation operation, the decapitation was the result of the breakthrough of the eight level 8 brave squads, and then only the Imperial Knight Livia came back alive without a corpse, so of course yours didn't see me." Lu En knocked on the table, his tone slightly playful.

Riston was silent.

The other party has already identified himself.

After a long time, he finally said:

“…… The king of monsters, the empire even allowed you, and even knighted you. His tone became low, even incredulous.

"It's nothing special, I'm Magic 9, I'm worth far more than you, since I can be used by the Empire, the Empire won't care about my origin." Lu En shook his head.

"Then what are you here for?" Riston's tone took on an inexplicable sting.

"Marshal Slais asked me to take you to the coast, where the Sea Clan is ready to move, and the Empire still needs you." Lu En said.

"I received the assignment a few months ago...... Stay here for a meal, and I'll go back with you after that. The Earth Dragon replied bluntly, without the slightest hesitation.

But Lu En could hear a hint of reluctance.

So he asked, "You don't seem to be very happy, don't you want to go?" ”

"I'm a soldier, there's nothing I want or don't want to do, as long as there is a call from the empire, I will definitely move forward." Riston said this without hesitation.

Lu En asked again: "Then why did you resign from the post of general?" ”

"Because, I don't think I deserve to be a general, that's all." Riston is candid.

Lu En was not very satisfied with this kind of conversation, and he sighed: "I thought you were dissatisfied with the Empire, because I saw the disagreement between you and the Empire. ”

Lu En said, and as soon as he raised his hand, about a dozen secret magic eyes quickly flew back from outside.

As early as when he arrived, he had already cast out these secret magic eyes to gain insight into his surroundings.

Riston was surprised by his expectations.

The observation of the arcane eye during this time was enough for him to perceive everything around him.

Riston didn't occupy any land, everyone around him was homesteaders, everyone had their own land.

This was completely different from the Empire's usual policy of land annexation, Riston did not have his own fiefdom and was not a nobleman with a knighthood, but as a general, he had his own estate.

But his manor was divided by him, and it can be seen that he doesn't care about this, his food, clothing, housing and transportation are very simple, and he even grows his own food.

"The Empire is doing the wrong thing." "But there is no right or wrong order," said Riston, "and I have sworn allegiance to His Majesty, and I will fulfill my oath." ”

"Foolish, stupid." Lu En said unceremoniously.

"Say whatever you want." Riston wasn't going to defend anything.

Lu En sighed, but he still had a question: "But I took a look, you should have done this kind of thing recently, and you can see that these fields have just been divided, why are you doing this?" ”

Yes, the division of land should be just a few months ago, and many parts of this manor are even arguing over the division of everyone's area.

"Because of an organization called the Federation, I heard their public lectures in a nearby city, and I thought it was very reasonable, they said that everything is created by the laborers, but the laborers do not get what they deserve, and all the fruits are eaten by the aristocracy, and they are right, so I did it."

"I'm interested, can you tell me more about it? At the dinner table. Lu En asked.

"Of course, there is no problem."

Lu En didn't rush either.

They were just like friends, chatting while waiting for the woman named Leia to cook.

The meal came up quickly, and it was not a lavish meal, it was just an ordinary peasant meal, but it was very generous, and it seemed that it was specially prepared for Riston, and he could eat five people's servings alone.

Most of them are vegetarian, but there is also meat, which is supposed to be prepared for Luen.

Riston's wife, the woman named Léa, was a little shy, but she kept herself as warm as she could to entertain the guests, and brought out some wine.

And Lu En has always maintained elegance, tasted the meal very seriously, and then praised it, saying the truth.

At the dinner table, they also talked about many things, such as about the federation and why Riston would agree with such a concept.

Riston said that he was born at the bottom, and he became an imperial soldier because of his talent, first as an ordinary soldier, and then promoted to a general step by step, so he was not a nobleman, and he did not even have a little aristocratic blood.

After the development, he has always been very confused, he has always scattered all his belongings, with sincerity to all the soldiers, but nothing can change anything, every time he goes out, he can see the suffering people, but there is no way, can only use his financial resources as much as possible to help those who were once "themselves".

However, after returning from the expedition to the Demon King's City, he was silent for a while, because there, he had to order the soldiers to be thrown into unnecessary casualties, which made him feel extremely painful, and he decided to resign from the Imperial army and return home, so that he could barely calm himself down and not affect his mental health because of guilt.

Otherwise, he closes his eyes every day and is one of those soldiers who died because of himself, and it is almost difficult for him to live a normal life.

When he said this, Léa quickly stood up to reassure him.

It seems that he was really tortured by this kind of thing, so much so that Léa is still worried about him to this day.

Then, he began to talk about the time when he came into contact with the Federation, which was about two months ago, and he found himself in a city where someone was preaching.

It's not the kind of public preaching, it's an organization trying to persuade some workers to quit their jobs and come to work in their own workshops.

This kind of prying into the corner was common, and Riston didn't pay attention to it at first, but as a high-level professional, he still heard other words from the other party.

The man who was prying into the other workers began to talk about why they suffered so much, about exploitation, about the injustice and despicability of the bosses.

They do nothing, but they take most of the profits, and the workers work hard for a day and get paid to buy the goods they produce.

Is this reasonable?

Just think about it, anyone, even if they haven't read a book, knows that this is unreasonable

But why is this method widely used, no one feels that something is wrong, and even everyone feels that it is unbelievable to work hard, and then the things they produce are taken away by others, and they can only continue to be poor.

Why is this a matter of course? Usually if someone steals your things, the thief will be cursed, beaten, or even killed on the spot, but your boss steals your things openly, and you even need to be grateful to him! Thank you for giving you a job.

That's hundreds of years of subtlety! In this subtle way, everyone's cognition is distorted, this is an incredible conspiracy, a terrible chess, all the upper echelons of society, together to create this biggest lie in the history of mankind, deceiving tens of billions of people, they say it in schools, they say it in the office, they say it in the factory, everywhere emphasizes this, and everyone has completed the cognitive baptism.

It is obviously an absurd system, but it has been turned into a truth that everyone agrees on, and the lies that are repeated over and over again have been turned into truths.

Terrifying than any magic, more terrifying than all power.

Riston wasn't stupid, he understood it on the spot, and broke out in a cold sweat.

He had never thought about it in this direction, but after being awakened today, he immediately understood why he had been working to improve the environment of the lower classes, but it had never been of any use.

But he found that there was still nothing he could do.

This is the unspoken rule of the whole empire, the identity of the empire, the identity of the nobility, the identity of the merchants, the identity of the commoners, the identity of the slaves, and the workers who work in the workshops for fifteen hours a day.

No one can change all this, and perhaps the newcomer to the workshop thought of it, but only for self-preservation, that is, to create a workshop without a boss, and that's it.

No one can change the big picture.

When he said this, Riston put down the bread in his hand, and Lu En could even see the frustration and tears in the other party's eyes.

"So, I scattered all the land and told them not to sell it, so that they could work for themselves and not for others." Riston said.

In the second half of the meal, Lu En listened to Riston's story and did not speak again, but listened quietly.

Finally, a meal is eaten.

Léa packed up her things and went down, leaving Riston and Luen where they were.

"Let's go for a walk in the fields, take a walk." Riston suggested.

Lu En did not refuse, and walked out.

Walking on the ridge, the setting sun is in the distance, and the golden sunlight is sprinkled among the ridges, which is beautiful and peaceful.

The two men walked all the way and did not speak to each other.

Just suddenly:

"Trouble for Léa's life, she doesn't know anything." Riston spoke.

"After I'm sure of that, I'm not going to kill her." Lu En nodded: "She's just an innocent." ”

"That's good." Riston breathed a sigh of relief, then said relaxedly: "You did a good job, you can subvert the entire empire, you have discovered the real shortcomings of the empire. ”

"I've been suffering for it all my life, and I don't see any hope of liberation until now."

"But I won't serve you, and I won't beg you to spare me, on the contrary, I will fight you with all my might." Riston looked at Lu En and straightened his chest.

Lu En knew what the other party was talking about.

Riston knew that when Lu En said that he was the Demon King, the general had no intention of going to his post alive.

The original coalition army slaughtered the entire Demon King City.

So it's impossible for him to let go of the original coalition forces, it's impossible to forgive them, even including Livia, but he can't do anything to Livia, because everything she does is for herself, but there is nothing he can't do to these humans.

Riston already knew about the workshop, and Lu En should know about the exposed place, which was the blast furnace technology of the workshop.

Riston knew that the Federation had a blast furnace, and he also knew that the blast furnace had been passed down from the hands of an imperial nobleman, Lucian.

Although from any point of view, the Federation actually had nothing to do with the Demon King, it didn't prevent him from thinking about the joints, because he was the only Imperial high-ranking person in the world who knew the origin of the blast furnace.

These two reasons are the reasons why Lu En must kill him.

Both sides know this.

"Come on, King of Monsters!" The Earth Dragon roared and rushed towards Luen.