"I can intercede with the Duke, or with Sister Natalie, and as long as I show great humility and obedience to the royal family and the nobles, I am sure they will not hesitate to spend these thousand gold coins to play with me."

"And judging by the results, they can easily take away all the fruits of my hard work over the past three years, the mermaid song is theirs, the property is theirs, and the guild members are theirs. They could have gone back for the thousand gold coins in three years' time, just like Eddie and George did in Bujuan City. So, whether I want to win or lose depends not on whether I am trying to make money, but whether I am willing to be more obedient to the demands of the nobility and the royal family. ”

Napa, who was lying on Ariel's lap, pricked up her ears slightly, listening to the confession.

And Cheese is now seriously looking at the girl next to him who has just crossed the threshold of eighteen, looking at her contemplative face.

After hesitating for a moment, Cheese finally understood what the girl was trying to say, but still asked with some unease, "So...... What do you want? ”

"Equality."

"An equality that will allow me to stop being subservient to the nobility and not need that pathetic smile in front of those royalty."

Ariel's voice seemed a little soft, but she still gritted her teeth and whispered-

"It's nothing big about the royal family, the tide and the fierce wave that is nominally my husband can't even suppress a 'little woman' like me after removing the blessing of identity. Even if he knew how to fight? In the face of my death, he will still show me a look of fear. ”

"It can be seen that the royal family is not so scary, we can respect them, but they are also human beings, a person like me."

"Since we are all the same people, why was I born to be a slave, a maid, and a 'doll' who must be by Alice Kingo's side."

"And those 'superior people' who, like me, were conceived in October and were born through the peristalsis of the womb and the yin (harmony) path, they must be nobler than me? Is it the passage that squeezed them out with gold attached to it? Or is it the tube that injected the white liquid into that passage with diamonds on it? Or were they born with a hundred thousand troops to help pull them out of their mother's venerable belly? ”

After saying that, Ariel couldn't help but close her mouth and exhale deeply.

But after waiting for a long time, the cheese next to him didn't respond at all? She turned her head, only to see that the Bloodclan was looking at her with a very strange gaze.

"President, if you had said what you just said a few months earlier, I believe that no one in the guild would have guessed what kind of noble son you were."

Ariel smiled slightly and said, "What are you doing?" Aristocrats don't swear? ”

Cheese pinched his chin and thought about it, then said, "Maybe it won't be as straightforward as you say." Indeed, from the perspective of our Night Clan, there is indeed no difference between your human nobles and commoners. If you slash with a sword, you will die, and if you hit your head with wood, you will faint. To me, you humans are no different. But what I didn't expect was that you, President, would feel that there is no essential difference between you humans. ”

Ariel smiled and said, "Perhaps, it's because of you in our guild that I will understand this after I get to know the flower fairy and our vice president Napa." ”

Cheese smiled and said, "Then President, if you think that the point you just said is what caused the problem between you and those human nobles...... So what do you want to do? ”

After saying that, Cheese paused and continued—

"Of course, the best way to do this is to put a knife on their heads, but I don't think you should be able to put a knife on the head of every one of your human nobles."

Ariel exhaled, held the handle and looked ahead, and after a little thought, continued—

"Actually...... There may really be a knife in this world that can withstand the head of every nobleman. It's just that I don't have the strength to use this kind of knife right now. ”

Cheese seemed a little interested: "Oh? Really interesting, some kind of weapon that can withstand the head of every nobleman? What is it? The sword of the legendary brave? A weapon made of the fangs of the red dragon? Or is it some kind of wonderfully large-scale magic? ”

Ariel: "It's gold. ”

Cheese was still interested, but after hearing Ariel's answer, he obviously rolled his eyes and showed an expression of disinterest.

But it doesn't matter if Cheese isn't interested, Ariel continued-

"I want all nobles to understand that all men are equal, that no one is born nobler than others, and that no one is born to be as low as dust, and that the only weapon is money."

"The nobles used their status to occupy the land and then collected rent from the occupied land to support themselves. In order to protect their land from being usurped by others, the nobility would also take a portion of the rent to sustain their own violence. This violence can be mercenaries, guilds, private recruits, and variety. But there is no doubt that in order to guarantee that the nobility will not be deprived of their status, they will have to solve their security problems with money. ”

"It's like you said, Cheese. In front of you, there is no difference between a nobleman of high status and a slave of low status in the eyes of the Night Clan. Then, as long as a slave-born person like me can grasp enough wealth, build up his own army, and develop a more powerful production capacity than those nobles, then those nobles can only hold back, no matter how unhappy they are. ”

Speaking of this, Cheese's expression became a little nervous, and he waved his hand with a half-joking smile: "Hey, hey, President, do you know what you're talking about?" I joined the Mermaid Song, but I never thought that you would end up wanting to go down such a path? Yes, in my eyes there is no difference between you humans and humans, but you really understand...... Does that mean anything? ”

Compared to Cheese's half-joking smile, there was no hint of joking on Ariel's face. She took out the letter in her pocket, glanced at it again, and said slowly—

"Of course I know what I'm talking about. In fact, I should have known exactly what I wanted a long time ago. In fact, the things described in this letter are enough to represent everything, identity is not the point of distinguishing us from those nobles, wealth is. ”

"Only when our money is not less than those nobles, or even more than those nobles, and the weapons in our hands are more powerful and advanced, an ordinary person who has no magical talent and has not experienced any combat training can talk to those nobles on an equal footing."

"From the moment I lost the bet, I decided that I would never have any illusions about the nobility or the royal family again. I don't expect them to be nice to me, and I don't believe in how merciful the so-called gods of light, heroes, heroes, or other 'noble' beings with some kind of 'good' heart can be to lowly commoners or slaves. If I want them to admit defeat and sit down at the same table with me and talk, I have to have something that will make those who are above realize that we have better weapons, more productivity than them, and more wealth. ”

"That's the only way I can think of it."

Cheese looked at the president silently, and the expression on his face was very complicated.

Ariel stopped talking, and continued to hold the handle and look ahead, allowing the car to continue in the dim wilderness.

Along with the bumps of the vehicle, it is also accompanied by the silent movement of the stars in the sky.

In the midst of this darkness, the starry light emitted by the strange car seems to be the only bit of light that can be emitted in this dark world.

Although it is so faint, it seems that it can be swallowed up by the darkness around it at any time and at any time......

However, this little light is still stubbornly lit, leading this strange car to continue to move forward.

"It's too dazzling, and it will make you the target of public criticism."

Cheese tugged at the bowler hat on his head, and the corners of his mouth cracked, revealing a sharp fang.

At the same time, some strange movements flickered in the wilderness in the distance. In the midst of that darkness, a pair of eyes glowing with a dim glow appeared. As the strange car moved forward, these eyes relied on the darkness and began to attack the strange car in this direction at a rapid pace.

Ariel also saw the unknown creature running quickly in the distance, and also laughed, and said: "Indeed, creatures that have always lived in the dark will always hate the light, they are afraid, they are afraid, they are disgusted. Because they only want to enjoy the fruits of sneak attack on their prey forever in this darkness. So, as soon as there is any little bit of light, they can't wait to put it out. ”

Cheese rolled over and jumped onto the roof of the strange car, one hand still lightly resting on the edge of the bowler hat, and said with a smile: "President, what kind of person are you?" ”

Seeing those shadowy creatures getting closer and closer, Ariel couldn't help but exhale and said slowly: "An ordinary person, the most ordinary human being. But in the same way, I wish I could be your president. One...... Let you not be the president of the mermaid song willingly for any other reason, just because you are loyal to me. ”