"Palatina, I think you are mistaken, and in good conscience, I have absolutely no thoughts of gloating."

Roland tried to appease Her Highness the Princess, who was so angry that she lost her mind, but it didn't work.

"How's that going?" Palatina interrupted him, her shoulders trembling slightly with excitement, "Don't think that you are an outsider, you are also one of the accomplices in today's massacre, and you also have to bear part of the responsibility!" ”

Roland was dumbfounded, unable to understand the logic of Palatina's words. How could he, a passer-by from the Far East, be responsible for the massacre of wild elves?

"Palatina, we all know you're uncomfortable, but you still have to calm down and control your emotions." Anthony couldn't look at it, and couldn't help but help Roland say a few words of justice, "Roland doesn't know that crazy wild elf at all, and you shouldn't be angry with him anyway." ”

"Even you think I'm unreasonable?" Palatina snorted indignantly, pointed to the blood-stained "Revenge Corps" flag on the grass and asked Anthony: "Look at that flag, what do you think of it, do you think it's just a coincidence?" ”

Anthony recognized the flag at a glance as resembling the Koras flag. The ephemera is a beloved weapon of the goddess of fate, the "ephemera" on the banner represents the Sindra faith, and the chains represent the dual oppression of the Far Easterners by the imperial government and the Church of Pero. During the Far Eastern War of Independence, Kolas and his son raised this banner and called on the Far Easterners to unite to overthrow the imperial rule.

"Why does the flag of our Far East appear on the Komi steppe, and is still used as its own banner by a group of wild elves who have nothing to do with it?" Roland finally raised this question that had been hidden in his heart for a long time.

"Do you really not understand, or do you pretend not to understand?" Palatina looked at him with a look of grief and indignation in her heart, "Since your father and son trumpeted the so-called national independence and national liberation movement in the Far East, and successfully usurped power in the Far East through rebellion, they have provided the separatist forces in the Assanian Empire with a theoretical basis and a successful example for rebellion. Extremist organizations such as the Revenge Corps have also taken the opportunity to fish in troubled waters, directly copying the Koras military flag as their own symbol, and carrying out genocide in the name of revenge for the empire, causing countless tragedies, and now you can still say with peace of mind that these disasters have nothing to do with you?! ”

Faced with Palatina's questioning, Roland was speechless. The turmoil in the empire stemmed mainly from the country's internal contradictions, but to be fair, the great success of the Kolas government in the Far East was indeed an external incentive that could not be ignored.

The Yashan Empire was a multi-ethnic country, and the ethnic minorities in various parts of the country were unwilling to be oppressed by the imperial authorities, and there was never a shortage of soil for rebellion. An important factor in the refusal of the imperial authorities to recognize the Kolas regime was the fear that if such a precedent was set, the rebels everywhere would be greatly encouraged, and the danger of a dangerous race to follow the example of the Far East in raising a banner for independence had already appeared.

Roland looked at Palatina's blue eyes with hidden tears, and stopped talking several times. Of course, he could stand in the shoes of a bystander, calmly explaining to Palatina and Antony that "nationalism" does not necessarily lead to "racism", and that a terrorist organization like the "Revenge Corps" cannot be compared to the government of Kolas, but when the words came to his lips, he was silent, and his heart was filled with a deep sense of powerlessness.

Most people only believe what they want to believe, and Palatine and Antony may have the patience to listen to him back to his roots, but how can the simple-minded wild elves care about the pale scholarly opinion of these words? If we don't follow the drive of passion and do it spontaneously, such tragedies will still be repeated in front of us.

……

Due to Roland's special status, it was inconvenient to meet the Imperial patrols on the vultures, Palatina barely restrained her excitement and cast a teleportation spell, taking Roland and Anthony out of the steppe where the train broke down, and directly outside the gates of the provincial capital "Harrenhal".

Harrenhal was the political, military, trade, and transportation center of the Empire in the province of Komy. The city has a permanent population of more than 600,000 and a garrison of 20,000.

Harrenburg is located on the banks of the Turbidity River, and the layout is similar to that of Krasbourg in the Far East: the city is built on the river, a railway station is built along the riverbank, the city wall has two gates in the north and south, and a straight line is drawn at the end of the two gates as the main road of the city, and the Cathedral of the Holy Light is located in the center of the city, and the governor of the province is concurrently served by the bishop.

These similarities are no coincidence, as the province of Komi was also the product of the Empire's expansion into the East, while the Far East was the end point of a centuries-long pioneering campaign. In order to facilitate the garrison and the mobilization of supplies, the Empire adopted a similar system of management for these newly occupied eastern territories.

If there is any difference between the two cities, it is probably that the empire defines the Far East as a heretical penal colony, while the province of Descendomi is defined as a large horse farm, and due to the different positions, the central government of the empire attaches different importance to the two places. The Far Easterners of the provincial era did not receive any resources from the central government of the empire, and fended on their own like weeds, and the provincial capitals were in tatters and dilapidated villages, and they could not even afford to build a lock.

Harrenhal's pay was significantly higher, at least with a protective lock, which was why Palatina couldn't teleport directly into the city.

After entering the city, Palatina offered to contact the commander of the garrison and managed to get three tickets to the holy city of Ashan. Roland Ke took a break in the tavern in the city. Anthony drank two glasses with him, and thinking that Palatine would not be able to return for a while, he encouraged Roland to go with him to the city.

Roland had this in mind, and happily left the tavern and followed Anthony to the two most prosperous markets in the city.

The first stop is the "Horse Market". The province of Komi was the Empire's horse breeding ground, and Harrenhal had the most prosperous livestock market in the province and the entire Empire. Roland looked at the prices of livestock, and the prices of ploughing horses and pack horses were about the same as those in the Far East, which was also famous for its abundance of horses. However, the price of war horses sold to adventurers is much lower than that of the Far East, Roland guesses that this is because the Komi Province was developed earlier than the Far East, the local animal husbandry industry chain is more complete than the Far East, from catching wild horses to domesticating, breeding, and selling There is a complete set of efficient systems, and the relevant industry technicians are also more abundant, and the cost of breeding a war horse is lower than that of the Far East, and the market price is of course cheaper.