Chapter 21: Justice

One answer, everyone present was stunned. Pen Γ— fun Γ— Pavilion www. biquge。 infoEven the assassin who had been kneeling on the ground, hanging his head silently, had a moment of confusion in his eyes, but no one noticed this.

Prince Arthas was the most confused one, he stood up straight, and his small body was a little erect. In everyone's surprise, he actually put his left hand on his right chest, bowed slightly to Oss, and sincerely asked: "Brother Os, I feel that this sentence is very meaningful, and please explain it for me." ”

Oss froze, really stunned. In the face of the Prince of Arthas, who had made such a move and sincerely asked him for help, this feeling was more heartstrings more heartstrings than someone assassinating him!

Oss and Prince Arthas looked at each other, and he looked at the little prince's clear and immaculate eyes, and before he knew it, he was full of thoughts. After a moment, he raised his head again, staring at the moon that was gradually moving away, and suddenly recalled the journey of climbing the mountain with his teacher!

It was in this recollection that Oss suddenly had an idea, a decision.

"Before explaining, Your Highness, please answer me a question." Oss hung his sword back at his waist and solemnly asked the Prince of Arthas, "What do you think justice is?" ”

When Oss asked this question, both Tirio and Leorik had a strange feeling on the side! Previously, the strength that Oss had shown had already shocked them. And now, Oss has turned the conversation to justice, as if to teach the young prince something.

Therefore, Tirio and Leorik held their breath and stared at Os, who was also young, but only sixteen, and awaited his next step.

It was only at this time that Her Highness Gianna looked at Oss seriously, and there was a little curiosity in her heart, but it was only simple curiosity. Even now, she closes her eyes from time to time to perceive something. Although the people were standing here, listening to the conversation between Oss and Alsace, it was clear that her focus was not here.

"Light is justice!" The Prince of Arthas replied without thinking.

Oss shook his head: "The Light is just the Light. ”

"Huh?!" The prince of Arthas snorted in amazement, twisting his head back and forth between Os and Tirio.

Oss noticed the Prince of Arthas's movements and followed his gaze to Tirio beside him. Then in Tirio's eyes, he saw a surprise.

After a little thought, Oss roughly understood what was going on. He nodded to Uncle Tirio and continued, "Whatever the powers, they don't mean anything in themselves. Only those who have power, and God, will give power different meanings, beliefs, and spirits. ”

"But Uncle Saidan told me that the Light is righteousness. My teacher and archbishop's grandfather also taught me to become a qualified paladin, punish evil and promote good with the holy light in my heart, represent justice, and punish evil! ”

Oss shook his head for the second time: "Paladins are just paladins. The Eight Virtues are indeed good qualities and spirits, ideals and wills that every paladin holds. But is it true that without the Light and the Eight Virtues, justice does not exist? ”

The Prince of Arthas had never thought of this, and thought about it in a frenzy.

"Suppose, Your Highness Arthas, you don't master the Light and you don't become a paladin. Is it because of this that you don't want to be a noble, righteous leader? ”

Oss made such an assumption, and the prince of Arthas suddenly realized: "No, I still want to be like that!" ”

Looking at the little prince with a tense face and a shouting voice with his hands clenched into fists, Oss smiled heartily: "So, the holy light is justice, this is too one-sided." The Light is beautiful and gentle, it heals not only the body, but also the heart. But the Holy Light is a powerful force, and if you go astray, the Holy Light will also become a 'sword' for killing. ”

"Is Uncle Saidan wrong?" The face of the Prince of Arthas showed some confusion again. What Oss said at this moment was clearly inconsistent with what he had learned in the past.

"I don't know His Excellency Dassault and can't say anything about it."

Prince Arthas looked at Tirio, and seeing that Tirio did not object, he said, "Because of the rescue of many nobles and people from Stormwind City, there was some chaos in Lordaeron City for a while. The three Stormwind officers did not want to fight again, so they instigated their men to defect and flee. Later, they were all recaptured, and the three officers led by Uncle Saidan were executed on the spot, and most of the servants were executed, except for a small number of those who were coerced, and they were sentenced to hard labor. At that time, Uncle Tirio and Uncle Saidan were still ......"

"Well, let me tell you, Your Highness." Tirio's expression was a little gloomy, "Sedan, Uther, and I, we grew up together, received the Doctrine of Light together, and were favored by the Light together. However, along this path, the disagreement between me and Saidan gradually emerged in the understanding and use of the Light. Saidan believes that the Holy Light represents justice, and as the spokesperson of the Holy Light, he should punish all the traitors and sins in the world with a thunderous hand! I agree with Saidan on the Light Punishment, but I don't agree with his approach. ”

"Punish all the traitors and sins ......of the world," Auth repeated, and then asked the Prince of Arthas, "Your Highness, there are many ways to punish you. Do you think that in the process of using the Holy Light to punish the sins of traitors, it is governance? Is it a penalty? Is it forgiveness? Or - kill! ”

"I ...... I do not know. Prince Arthas's face was full of confusion and doubt, "It seems that each of you is different. But I think Uncle Saidan is right, and the teacher often takes Uncle Saidan's advice on board. ”

Hearing this, Tirio Ferding sighed slightly, his eyes darkened.

"What does Lord Da Sohan say?"

Prince Alsace paraphrased word for word: "The process of punishment is not in preaching, but in action!" Whatever the means, stopping and judging evil is the only goal! If there's room for conversion, stop it! If there is no room for conversion, then sanction the power with force to kill the criminals and stop the criminals from killing! ”

Oss shook his head for the third time and sighed: "Fight violence with violence, stop killing with killing." Your Highness, don't you think it's too cruel to do this? ”

"Huh!?" Prince Arthas whispered curiously again, "Brother Oos, why do you say almost exactly the same thing as Uncle Tirio!" ”

Tirio sighed as well, and said to Os, "I have discussed this with Saidan as well, and I am a close friend, a companion, a admirer of the Light, and a common ideal and goal. But only the concept of doing things, we are always different! Saidan believed that by punishing evil with light, there was no need to show mercy, and that being merciful to the enemy was cruel to oneself and one's companions...... And at this time, only Uther, who is caught in the middle, can make a fair and reasonable decision, so that Saidan and I will not have endless arguments......"

"I see." Ossey said, looking directly at the little prince with burning eyes, "Your Excellency Da Sohan's jealousy, his courage, and his means of doing things, really make me awe and admire!" But, Your Highness, have you ever thought about the necessity of doing so? ”

"Necessity?"

"Because, even if there is justice in the heart, what is done is not necessarily justice. His Excellency Da Sohan only pursues results, the purpose of punishment and judgment of evil, and this is not justice! He's not, a qualified Light-user! ”

Oss said such a stern and decisive sentence that it was not only the Prince of Arthas who was shocked. Even Tirio stood on the spot because of Os's criticism of his best friend!

"There is nothing wrong with His Excellency Da Sohan believing that he is righteous and then doing what is right, and that he has a sense of justice from the bottom of his heart. But only what he did deviated from justice. Oss continued.

"Why?" Prince Arthas and Tirio asked in unison.

"Because justice is not just a result! To do what is righteous means that everything that is done, including the whole process, must be in accordance with justice in order to be meaningful! Ignoring the means and focusing only on the result is the manifestation of personal will! ”

After a brief silence, Prince Arthas was still reminiscing and thinking, thinking about this very different point of view from Uncle Sedan.

Tirio pondered, followed Os's idea, and asked, "Do you think the process is more important than the result?" ”

Oss nodded, and his words were firm: "Even if the original intention of the goal is to be justified, but in the process of using unreasonable means, arbitrarily and recklessly, inflicting harm, even if the result is as expected, it has long deviated from justice." ”

At this time, the prince of Arthas suddenly let out an "ah", raised his head to look at Oss and said, "I remember, Brother Os, this is what you just said, the Holy Light will also be reduced to a 'sword' of killing!" ”

"That's right." Os knelt down on one knee in front of Prince Arthas, keeping his eyes level with the little prince, and put his hands on the little prince's shoulders, and warned sincerely, "Your Highness, you must remember that the Holy Light is like a righteous 'sword', and you must be very, very careful before deciding everything!" Justice comes from your heart's will, not as an excuse to hurt others! Justice is to adhere to the process and the result at the same time, without the slightest wavering! ”

The Prince of Arthas was completely infected by Os, and replied with a very solemn expression: "I will remember the teaching of tonight, although I do not understand it yet, but I will slowly understand it." ”

"Ha, it's my pleasure to meet you at the age of seven! Arthas Minahir! Oss stood up, put his left hand over his right chest, and returned the salute with a smile in return.

Suddenly, the assassin, who had been silent and had been kneeling on the ground, fell to the ground. His hoarse and dark voice spat out five vague words: "Ridiculous...... Target...... Rhetoric......"

Oss immediately leaned over to investigate, and he turned over the assassin's body, only to see that half of the assassin's face had turned emerald green! This emerald green unknown poison is extremely poisonous! In just a few seconds, not only did the assassin's face begin to wither, but even his short black hair gradually turned green. What can be seen with the naked eye is that after the emerald green poison covers the entire face of the assassin, it begins to spread to the lower part of the neck again!

"Alas...... Since you have listened to what I said, you know that I will not embarrass you, so why bother......" Oss held the assassin in his left arm, and saw the life of a large living person gradually disappear before his eyes, and his heart suddenly made a decision.

However, before he acted, Oss first asked, "Your Highness, if it were you, what now?" ”

"According to the clues of the corpse, dig out the mastermind behind the scenes, and punish the culprit!"

"No, what is in my arms now is just a life that is about to die."

"That'...... Save him? "But he wants to kill you!" said the Prince of Arthas, uncertainly. ”

"Actually, I've killed someone! Mutated wolves, stone palatins, and ooze monsters, I remember, were there to protect my brothers, dwarves, and gnomes. Oss talked about the past, and then about himself, "In my personal opinion, there is always a big truth on my lips, and it is too ethereal and gratuitous. And my justice is very simple, I will try my best to do good things, not to do bad things, and when I see bad things, I will stop it. But, Your Highness, there is one more thing worth doing than stopping it. ”

"What is it?"

"Correct it!" As he spoke, he spread out his right hand with his fingers and palms facing the sky. And in the next second, what gathered on Os's right hand was thatβ€”the shining holy light!

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