"If hanging the ignorant can correct all wrongs, then the world is too kind," Gawain couldn't help but smile and shake his head when he heard Penny's words, "They are just being instigated or accomplices who have taken advantage." ”

"But they are more hateful than the main culprit," said Penny Glenn coldly, "for whom my husband fought against tradition and rules, and gave a chance to live a decent life for those who had to spend their lives wallowing in the mud, but they were deceived by a little lie, or bought by a little money, and turned into a mob to rob the castle and attack their lords!" ”

Amber heard this from the side, and at this time she finally couldn't help it, and she looked at Gawain and Penny in amazement: "Wait a minute, you mean that most of the mobs that stormed the castle were actually the people who were helped by Viscount Roman?!" ”

"Of course, that's what I'm inferring based on your findings," Gawain nodded, "and it's pretty much what I expected at first. After knowing the specific actions of the Roman viscount and the subsequent mob attack on the castle, I knew that this would definitely happen. ”

Penny looked at Gawain in disbelief, she had calmed down a little from the excitement of the old injury, and couldn't help but wonder what Gawain's real purpose was today: "Why do you say that?" ”

Gawain did not answer the question directly, but threw out a new question: "Do you want to know why your husband failed?" ”

Penny was stunned and took a deep breath slowly, she wanted to regain control of the topic: "Why should I discuss with you these things that have passed?" ”

"If you could have known about Cecil's laws currently in force, probably you wouldn't have this problem," Amber next to him began, "Cecil collar...... Serfs and slaves are also being gradually emancipated, and the distribution of land is proceeding simultaneously......"

"My husband has already failed on this, and I didn't expect anyone else to do the same," Rowpenny Glenn glared at Gawain, "now that you've learned what happened here years ago, you'd better stop it in time, this kind of deviant ......"

"There is nothing wrong with this kind of deviance in itself, your husband's failure lies in the fact that he has done three other things wrong," Gawain shook his head and directly interrupted Penny Ropeney, "First, he is too big, second, he is not hard with his fists, and third, he keeps the people ignorant. ”

As he spoke, he turned to the wall behind his desk and looked at Viscount Romain Gülen who was smiling faintly in the painting on the wall.

"He was a pioneer, a pioneer of reform, but like many pioneers, he made serious mistakes. He tried to correct the mistakes in the current Ansu system and let the power of the people be unleashed, but without rational planning, he directly put all the reforms together, without thinking of the mutual influence and interaction between these decrees, and the gradual nature of the social transformation, so his reforms would make a mess of the order - if I guessed correctly, those serfs and slaves who were suddenly freed caused chaos at the very beginning, because they had neither land nor property, That's why your husband had to do the land distribution without being prepared, and that led to even more confusion.

Second, he didn't have enough strength to defend against the backlash, he didn't first secure an army of his own, and he didn't think carefully about how much the traditional aristocracy under his influence would resist if their interests were damaged.

"And finally, and most fatally—he didn't tell those who had been given freedom and land, didn't tell them all 'why.' ”

Gawain paused at this point and turned his head to Penny Gülen: "The arrogance of the nobility still restricts his vision, so he does not take a closer look at the lowest commoners, does not understand the thoughts, insights, and logic of those people, but takes it for granted that those people will understand this great cause as well as himself, and his original intention of handing over the land and many rights to the people is to let the people live a good life, but in the eyes of the people at the bottom, this is just another 'charity' carried out by the nobles from above— If the lord can give, others can also give, and the lord's benefits can be taken, and the benefits of others can be taken in the same way. ”

Penny muttered, "...... How can they think like that......"

"Why can't they think like that? Hasn't it been like this for hundreds of years? Thunder and rain are all the rewards of the nobility, the untouchables don't need to think, just bear it silently, that's what this society ruled by the nobility has taught them for hundreds of years," Gawain snorted softly, "So I'm sure they won't feel the slightest guilt when they're bewitched and stormed the castle—but when you settle the kink afterwards and you send them to the gallows, they won't feel the slightest wrong!" ”

The study fell silent, and for a long time, Penny, Gawain, and Amber did not speak.

It wasn't until a few minutes later that the baroness broke the silence: "So, you're here to talk to me about this?" In order to figure out how a catastrophe occurred a few years ago? ”

Gao Wen smiled faintly and shook his head slightly: "I just came to see a friend I have never met." ”

He was referring to Patty, but Rowpenny Glenn would obviously understand her as Viscount Roman, but it didn't matter.

Gawain turned again and looked seriously at the smiling Viscount Romain Gülen in the portrait.

As he had thought, the world didn't revolve around him as a traverser.

There will always be people who will awaken, and there will always be people who will do something deviant, like the wild mage who studied the nature of magic decades ago, and Viscount Roman Gülen who started the reform ten years ago.

That change failed, due to lack of experience, limited vision, and ideological constraints, Roman Gülen's new policy failed in just a few years, and he himself was branded with many negative imprints, becoming a typical example of being cursed by the devil, if it were not for the aristocratic system in order to maintain its own face, the fate of Viscount Roman would probably have been even worse - and his short-lived change became a solo of romantic utopian reformers, no one could understand, and no one even wanted to record.

But there is a pioneer after all, and there was indeed such a pioneer before he Gawain unveiled his coffin.

That's why Gawain came here and talked so much to Penny Gülen.

His original purpose was only to confirm Patty Gülen's existence and whether the land was also contaminated by the Sleepers, but it was only after Amber investigated the events of Glenn Territory that he changed his plans a little later.

He withdrew his gaze and nodded slightly to Baroness Penny: "Ma'am, if you really want to hang those murderers who killed your husband, then you should put the noose away and put it around the neck of the right person when the right time comes." ”

Lady Penny looked into Gawain's eyes quietly, "But I'm afraid I don't have such a noose. ”

Gao Wen looked at her for a moment, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly: "That's just right, I have it." ”

Instead of waiting for Penny to answer, he continued, "Can I go see Patty?" ”

"Of course," Penny Glenn nodded, "she always admired you. ”

"Then I can't keep my little admirer too long," Gawain laughed, "take me there." ”

Guided by the Lady, Gawain and Amber came to the door of the little girl Patty's room.

"She's not in good spirits for the other day, but she's suddenly getting better in the last few days," Penny said as she stepped forward to open the door, "probably because I heard that you're coming, so I'm glad I heard that you're coming...... When my husband was still alive, he used to tell Patty stories about you. ”

The wooden door, adorned with yellow and white tassels, was pushed open, and Gawain stepped into the room, where he saw Patty's chair in the middle of the room, and the little girl was looking out the window—through a large crystal window, she was looking at the starry sky outside the castle.

The house has a lot of large windows, and the castle walls have clearly undergone a drastic makeover in this part - near the roof, Gawain even sees a skylight rarely seen in a traditional castle, which allows the midday sun to easily fill the room.

"The doctor said she needed more sun – the magic of the sun would soothe the itching of her skin." Penny said softly.

Gawain remembered what Patty had told him in Dream City: she needed to enter the dream world to sleep well, because her body was itchy and painful.

There is no sunlight at night.

At this time, Patty finally heard the movement at the door, and the little girl's head trembled, turned in the direction of the door, and then a bright smile bloomed on her face: "Uncle Gawain! ”

Penny stepped forward quickly, turning Patty's chair around and correcting her, "It's Duke Gawain." ”

"It's the same with calling uncle, so I feel more than seven hundred years younger all at once," Gawain smiled and waved his hand to show that he didn't care, and then he came to Patty, "Look, just like the appointment, I'm coming to see you." ”

The little girl blinked happily: "Hmm! ”

Then she asked curiously, "Uncle, are you really resurrected?" I heard from the maid that the great hero of the founding of the country was resurrected from the grave......"

Gawain turned his head and glanced at Amber with a smirk, then nodded to Patty, "Of course." ”

"It can really be resurrected!" Patty looked surprised, "Is that okay with Dad?" Daddy loves to tell your story! He must be eager to see you......"

At the edge of Gawain's vision, the fingers of Penny Gülen clutching the back of the chair suddenly turned white with exertion.

"I don't know if your father will be able to come back like me, but we will all meet somewhere someday," Gawain tapped Patty's hair lightly, "and he would have envied you if he had known that you had met me so early." ”