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The players who left the martial arts arena did not take the opportunity to relieve the anguish of their group being 'grounded' in disguise. Instead, he rode directly back to the mansion in the carriage provided by the Malkin's family, because the performance of the nobles of the court after the defeat today gave the blood-stained gray flowers a sense of danger. The look of a hungry wolfdog staring at pedestrians made Barrett tense his muscles and ready to open the film.

After stepping into the merchant house, Rielly let out a long sigh for the first time: "I thought I would be ambushed on the way back!" When I sat in the carriage, I was always scared. ”

"It's Lily's turn this time, you're thinking too much about yourself." Claymatis. Bot patted the mage on the shoulder, "I don't think those court nobles would dare to challenge the existing order of 'Ulrik'. ”

Barrett, who finally walked into the courtyard, also nodded: "As vested interests in the existing order, the cost of those court nobles destroying it is greater than most people think. You must know that many of them, the reason why they are able to maintain their privileges now is because of the skin that they show people! ”

"Barrett, don't talk about it! If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have offended those court nobles so badly. Turning around, Rielie glared at Barrett in a frustrated manner.

And Barrett just spread his hands indifferently: "Isn't this normal?" When you join a faction, you will naturally be blacklisted from its rival faction. Didn't you say before that if you want benefits, you have to take risks! ”

"That's right! The faction situation in the game is a bit like a zero-sum game. On the one hand, the prestige rises at the same time. On the other hand, prestige will naturally decline. If you want to please both sides. First, in terms of our current strength. That's not possible. The third-party forces need to have the strength to make the other two parties fearful! "Claymatis. Bot saw it clearly.

Barrett, who heard this, touched his nose: "There is nothing wrong with the second half of the sentence. But if we want to talk about zero-sum games, I think we can't afford such a lofty definition with our current status! However, the relationship between the central and local forces in the kingdom is a real zero-sum game! ”

The so-called zero-sum game, also known as the zero-sum game, is the opposite of the non-zero-sum game. It is a concept of game theory, which is a non-cooperative game. Specifically refers to the parties involved in the game, under strict competition. The gain of one party inevitably means the loss of the other party, and the sum of the gains and losses of all parties in the game is always "zero", and there is no possibility of cooperation between the two parties.

It can also be said that one's own happiness is based on the suffering of others, and the two are completely equal in size, so both parties try to achieve "self-interest at the expense of others". The result of a zero-sum game is that one party eats the other, and what one party gains is what the other loses, and the interests of society as a whole do not increase by one point.

"I always wonder about this? Why can't these two political forces cooperate for a win-win situation? Rielly stretched out her finger at this time, "You must know that in reality, cooperation and win-win are the mainstream!" Why doesn't anyone in the world think of this? Isn't the positive sum game the best way forward? ”

Unlike a 'zero-sum game', a positive-sum game is also known as a cooperative game. It refers to an increase in the interests of both sides of the game, or at least an increase in the interests of one of the parties. The interests of the other party are not harmed, and thus the interests of society as a whole are increased.

"Rielly, do you think that the local faction of the Norhan Kingdom and the central government are not cooperating?" Speaking of this, Barrett's words naturally had a hint of ridicule: "It's just that cooperation is cooperation, but the struggle can't be stopped." Harmony and difference, fighting but not breaking is the relationship between these two forces! ”

In a sense, cooperative games take a cooperative approach, or a compromise. Compromise can promote the interests of both sides of the compromise and the interests of society as a whole, because cooperative games can produce a cooperative surplus. This surplus arises from this relationship and manner, and is limited to it.

However, cooperative games can often only represent a general direction. As for how the cooperative surplus is distributed among the parties to the game, it depends on the balance of power and the use of skills by the parties to the game - to put it bluntly, at this level, it returns to the circle of zero-sum games, where one side eats more and the other eats less.

"But now, the situation in your mouth that is harmonious but different, fighting but not breaking, seems to have become a little unstable!" Rielly immediately countered Barrett's claim.

Faced with the mage's rebellious mentality, Barrett shook his head: "Rieli, your situation could not be more appropriate to describe in those two lines of poetry, I don't know the true face of Lushan, only because I am in this mountain!" What we see now is only the tip of the iceberg of kingdom politics, and it would be problematic to judge the form of the whole. ”

The environment that people have access to is closely related to who they are and what they are about to see – not to mention all the secrets that have been deliberately hidden, and even if it is public, few people can do it all.

If you look at the same scenery from different angles at the same time, the results you can get will be very different. It's not just a matter of identity, it's also about the comprehensiveness of the information that can be obtained.

In other words, what we can reach now is the struggle at the lowest level. So the impact on the big picture isn't huge, right? Rielly's eyebrows began to wrinkle.

And Barrett also shook his head: "It's not the bottom, it should be able to barely be regarded as the middle level." However, although we were in the middle level, the actions we participated in were only small. There aren't many things that can be touched. ”

After saying this, Barrett clapped his hands: "Okay! Don't all stand stupidly in the yard. The rest of the matter will be discussed after entering the house, so as not to interfere with the normal work of the caravan. ”

Then, under the care, the players all squeezed into Barrett's room. When he got here, he finally showed a relaxed expression on his face: "Everyone behaved well just now!" Now I can handle most of the situations. ”

"I don't think Barrett you're making a bit of a fuss!" Pulled a chair and sat Claudia. Auditore complained.

At this time, Barrett did not answer Claudia directly. Problems with Auditore. Instead, he gave Noodle a look—and the latter immediately leaned behind the door to keep an eye on the movements around the room.

After a few moments, the halfling wanderer nodded, indicating that no one was eavesdropping outside. At this time, Barrett's tense facial muscles finally relaxed: "If it's really usual." I'm not worried about the security inside the mansion at all. The employees who work here know what they can't say. But this time is different, and there is nothing wrong with being careful. ”

"Barrett, is the reason why you are suddenly so sensitive because of the Twilight Blade that you sent flying before?" Rielly, who had a good head, immediately had a guess.

Then I saw that Barrett nodded: "That's right! It's because of that guy. ”

"Are you saying that the identity of this foreign aid invited by those court nobles this time is not simple." Claymatis. Bot also understood at this moment that Barre was deliberately pointing.

"Phew—" After a long sigh, Barrett got into his boat, "In front of that Malkin steward, I mentioned that I had a relationship with Noodles and today's opponent. You must have heard it all at that time! ”

The players around Barrett immediately nodded, and the cat boy tilted his head and spoke: "You said that that guy's pomp was enough to compare to the prince of Norhan." ”

"Nope! Even the prince of Norhan is not as exaggerated as that guy. Barrett shook his head. Of course, this is also related to the traditions of the Norhan kingdom. However, that guy's style should at least be the heir to the big family of the surrounding kingdom. ”

At this moment, Noodle suddenly opened his mouth and took over the conversation: "After that, I also spent some time investigating, and that guy's outfit at that time seemed to be a style that had been popular in the Cruze Kingdom ten years ago." But now, this style has spread and has become a fashion among the princes and nobles of many kingdoms. ”

"But that kind of sissy dress is not very popular in the kingdom of Norhan...... Barrett opened his mouth to fill in the gaps in the puzzle.

The popularity of a style is often closely related to the atmosphere of the environment. For the nobles of the Western Continent, the world has been peaceful for too long - although in the countryside they can't see, the inhabitants of those settlements are still fighting for space with goblins, barbarians, orcs, gnolls, trolls, and other civilized, semi-uncivilized races or monsters. Almost every inch of land, every farm, is infiltrated with the blood of these local survivors.

But these were too far from the lives of the southern aristocracy. In contrast to the stody paupers who were cultivated under harsh circumstances, many of the nobles of the upper echelons of the kingdom began to indulge in false prosperity. In contrast, the Nohan Kingdom's tradition of being good at five and non-warlike style is somewhat incompatible with the new trend that is tainted with the smell of fat powder.

Strong and independent. It is difficult for the Nohans, who respect the strong, to have much affection for that neutral and beautiful sissy - which made the market exploitation carried out by several chambers of commerce in the Kingdom of Cruze a few years ago finally come to naught. The various trendy decorations they bring with them are not very suitable buyers here. Only among the court nobles there were a small number of potential customers.

Of course, if those chambers of commerce take a small-scale trial operation as a start. If you move forward with the layout steadily. It may not be that there is no opportunity to open a financial source that although the share is not large, it can be regarded as a trickle. However, those highly speculative businessmen chose to take a big risk in order to win the market. The end result was that several small chambers of commerce were swallowed up due to broken capital chains, and the Cruze-style trip north naturally ended without a hitch.

Hearing this, Rielly nodded: "No wonder you are so sure that the other party is not from Nohan." But that's just your guess! Maybe that guy is something different! ”

"Nope! Combined with the identities of those attendants around him, I can be sure that the guy is from the Kingdom of Lucia. Barrett touched his chin at this time, "It's just that there is too little information at hand now, and I can't figure out which Lucia family that that guy is from?" ”

"I remember that Steward Malkin seemed to have told you before that fellow and the Ilyich family were close relatives within three generations. I think it would be easier to find out if we started from this angle. The noodles with their backs against the door reminded at this time.

It's a pity that Barrett still shook his head: "I've considered this path before, but in our current situation, I'm afraid it will become a little dangerous to leave Boreham Mansion." It's a bit difficult to conduct this kind of survey! And the steward Malkin apparently knew something, and if he did not tell us, he might have concluded in his heart that we would not find anything in a short time. ”

"I say! Barrett, what are you doing here for so long? Tell me what kind of threat the guy you just sent us away will be. "Claudia. Auditore finally couldn't help but ask: "Even those court nobles who offended before haven't seen you so nervous!" 'Ulrik' is the home of the nobles of the court! ”

"It's because 'Ulrik' is the home of those court nobles that I'm not so worried. Have you ever seen someone fight in their house and smash their own house? Barrett said in an accentuated tone, "Those 'cupboards' don't want to have their bottles and cans broken in their own homes." That's why when the sky falls, there will be tall people on top, and they won't directly attack us little guys. ”

"What do you mean, would that person dare to do such a thing today?" Claudia. Auditore was still a little unconvinced.

Barrett sighed: "The Kingdom of Lucia and our Kingdom of Norhan can be said to be feuding, although the nobles of the domestic court sometimes marry with that side, but the relationship at the top is still very cold. That's why those guys are likely to ignore the situation in front of 'Ulrik' and act impulsively! Because as long as we escape back to Lucia's kingdom afterwards, we can't guarantee that those guys will pay. At the same time, it is also advantageous for them to disturb the situation in the kingdom of Norhan. (To be continued......)