Before Roland came to the holy city of Assan, he was quite worried, worried that something would happen to him, so he was ready to get out at any time. However, in the days he came to the Holy City, he visited the family of Marshal Sigmunt, the Fogel family, and the Weinstein family, and everywhere he went, he was never criticized for his traitorous status, and he was warmly welcomed by his hosts.

This contrast made him both admire the manners and manners of the imperial high society, and at the same time be aware of the deep crisis of the country.

When human civilization was still in the Stone Age, the basic organizational form of society was the tribe, and then gradually developed into clans and families. In that ancient era, people paid attention to the family with blood as the link, so there was a division between "nobles" and "commoners" and "slaves", and the family honor was above all else, but the concept of "state" was very indifferent. Scholars traveled around the world to sell their scholarly views to nobles and kings, and were not condemned by their own countrymen for serving foreign countries. It is not until the development of human society reaches a certain stage that the concept of the state and the nation gradually matures, patriotism and nationalism gradually become the mainstream concepts in society, and the concept of the family is correspondingly weakened, and the interests of the "country" override the interests of the "family".

Contrary to people's imagination, it is often the middle class and the lower class who are the first to embrace the above trend of thought, while the nobles and members of the royal family at the top of the pyramid of traditional society are less "patriotic", more nostalgic for the family concept of blood as a bond, and keen to use intermarriage to strengthen this bond. Therefore, the monarch of one country is likely to be a close relative of the monarch of another country, and the nobles of one country will also receive the courtesy due to the nobles when they go to another country, and it is not surprising to meet distant relatives such as seven aunts and eight aunts in the social arena of a foreign court. Even in two countries that have been in a state of hostility for a long time, there are frequent intermarriages between royal families, and the exchanges between the nobles of the two countries will not be interrupted by war. Since it is entirely possible for a nobleman of one country to become a nobleman of another country through marriage, and even to become the heir to the throne of that country, what reason does he have to identify with the relatively more "narrow" "patriotism" and "nationalism"? From this point of view, the aristocracy, which adheres to the ancient family concept, and the most open-minded people of today, the transnational capital groups that advocate free trade, are natural "traitors".

Roland's exposure to the celebrities of the Assanite Empire during his days in the Assanite Empire, including the imperial aristocracy and the emerging capitalist families, belonged to these groups, so he was easily accepted by the circle, and the status of the Far Eastern traitor caused only temporary troubles for Palatina's mother, and Lady Hannah quickly got rid of this trouble. This indifference to the concept of the state and the nation made Roland feel good, and if it were in the Far East, there would never have been such a thing.

Anthony Fogel's experience can be used as evidence. When he was still proud of himself as a wealthy prince of the empire, the social circles of Colasburg closed the door to him, and it was not until Anthony realized that people naturally expressed national feelings and strong national consciousness, and in response to the times, he publicly announced that he would change his nationality and pretend to abandon the darkness to the light that he won the understanding of the Far Easterners and was able to knock on the door of the high society of Krasbourg.

As the driving force behind the national liberation movement in the Far East, Roland could not simply evaluate the superiority or inferiority of the above two ideas. Although "nationalism" has its narrow side, it can unite the people's hearts and form a spiritual driving force for the prosperity and strength of the country and the rise of the nation, and is conducive to changing the current poor and backward and disadvantaged position in the Far East. Of course, the concept of "internationalism" of the aristocracy and capital groups of the Assanian Empire had its advantages of tolerance and openness, but after all, the people who were qualified to cross national borders to seek benefits without losing their dignity were only a very small minority of the 200 million people of the empire, and the broad middle and lower classes obviously contradicted the former on this issue. This contradiction is not easy to perceive in peacetime, but it will erupt when the country is in a critical juncture -- the government and the opposition are not of the same mind, and various interest groups are in harmony with each other, and each has its own petty calculations, which will eventually lead to huge troubles.

Returning from the Weinstein family to the Prince's Palace, Roland washed up and wrote a letter to his father, and considering the possibility of the letterhead being intercepted, he told what he had seen and felt in the Holy City in as subtle a way as possible, and cast a spell to send it.

The next day, the 5th of February, Roland got up early in the morning to spend a rare day in Marshal Sigmunt's study, and in the evening he changed into the full gown that Palatine had ordered for him, and took Her Royal Highness the Princess, who was also dressed in a very formal manner, to the Palace of Puai in a carriage to attend a dinner hosted by Crown Prince Frank.

The main purpose of Roland's visit to the holy city of Assans was to meet Frank. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is indeed as young and energetic as people describe.

Roland quietly opened the "Pupil of Destiny" when he met with the crown prince, but it turned out to be unexpected, the other party had divine protection on his body, and he could only be seen as the "Elector of Perot" and the legendary priesthood, but how strong it was could not be detected.

Frank treats Roland very warmly, offering to hug him, welcome him to the Holy City, and complain a little about the opportunity to meet this long-admired young talent until today. Luo Lan knew that the other party's behavior was mostly out of politeness, but he still couldn't help but be flattered and secretly moved.

Frank put his arm around Roland's shoulders affectionately, and the Imperial Crown Prince and the Prince of the Far East, two young and promising beautiful men with extraordinary style, walked into the banquet hall side by side, and immediately became the focus of attention.

Roland quietly scanned the hall and found that the guests attending the dinner were all young and middle-aged, and judging from their mannerisms and temperaments, they were either young and vigorous aristocrats or arrogant scholars. It seems that, as Palatina said, all but one of the outsiders attending tonight's meeting were members of the "Reform Club."

There were no less than 100 "reformers" around Frank, and three of them were most relied on by him, namely Alberton Weinstein Jr., a representative of the business community, Paladina Sigmone Hansenberg, a representative of the military, and John Lauer, a representative of the academic and financial circles.

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