Chapter 15: Father-Son Dialogue
Early in the morning – the Blue Song City is still asleep.
"Knock knock." Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, which woke up Jia Er who was in a daze. He hurriedly walked to the water tray by the window and poured a handful of water on his face, and his thick palm touched the water droplets on his face while agreeing, "Please come in." ”
A petite but graceful Herant walked in, she was different from the tall Garer, she was dressed in a blue dress, about 1.7 meters tall, her plump body, smart eyes and beautiful face all exuded maternal tenderness and elegance. This woman with a light and steady gait is none other than Garr's mother, Lan Hua.
"Good morning, Garr." Lan Hua was worried, but when she saw that her son was already washing his face, she secretly thought that things were not as negative as she imagined.
"Good morning, Mother." Garer looked at her mother with a brace of spirits, trying to hide her physical and mental exhaustion.
"Did you sleep well last night?" Lan Hua was cautiously tempted, she knew her son's thoughts. Seeing Jia Er's tired eyes, Lan Hua immediately changed her mind just now, and she concluded that the child in front of her should have been sleepless all night.
Jia Er smiled quite naturally and said, "Yes, I had a good night's sleep, thank you, mother." Shall we go for breakfast? ”
"Well, your father is waiting for us, let's go." Lan Hua hesitated for a moment and said, as his mother, she couldn't bear to ask more, and took her son's hand and walked out.
In the middle of the east side of the second floor of the hall is a large balcony with a sweeping view of the square and the city gate in the distance, where the king of the Lan Ge Kingdom would enjoy his breakfast every morning. When she came here with her mother, she saw her father standing on the edge of the railing with his back to them and looking into the distance in contemplation, so she greeted her father: "Good morning, father." ”
"Morning, Garr." Schaller, the king of the Blue Song Kingdom, withdrew his gaze from a distance and looked at his son, his voice deep and deep. Schaller wore an ordinary white linen coat, and the muscles on his chest were faintly visible without armor. Schaller's height of 213 cm is more burly and robust than Garer, his eyes are sharp and full of energy.
At a round table on the balcony, the king's family of three sat down and began to enjoy their breakfast – a basket of fruit and a plate of grilled fish. Watching his father eat the sliced grilled fish casually, Jia Er didn't have the heart to eat anything. He couldn't help but say, "Father, I saw the Moth Man and the Scale Demon yesterday, don't you ask me about the results." ”
"They're going to join forces to fight us, Black Armor told me last night. But you know, it's not our fault, we're not afraid. Schaller saw that his son was desperate to say this.
"Father, it's ridiculous that you're indirectly forcing them to give up their homes, and that it's not your fault. I didn't learn from the Moths until yesterday that you asked the Scales for their land in exchange for our city of Modoko. Garr had been angry with his father for making this decision since yesterday and couldn't wait to ask now.
"Garr, I'm all thinking about the Ant-Man. They don't need to defend the northern borders of Maca, but we have been guarding it to ensure peace and tranquility in the Kalle steppes. They only need to live in the city of Modoko in the north, near the banks of the Mana River, and I don't think that's too much to ask. Garr tried to convince his son.
Lan Hua next to her looked at the father and son in front of her arguing and didn't make a sound, she just looked at Schaller expectantly, hoping that he could listen to her son's thoughts.
"But, father. Isn't it possible to take advantage of the vast jungle on the east bank of the Mana River? Garer said the proposal that had been thought about all night last night.
"King, this seems like a good note." Lan Hua's eyes lit up after listening to her son's suggestion, and she immediately added, "We just need to build another bridge near Modoko City. ”
Jiaer listened and glanced at his mother next to him gratefully.
"Child, I've thought about this for a long time, but the Kalle jungle on the east bank is not irrigated by the stream water from the snowmelt of the natural Baiji Mountain in the Kalle grassland on the west bank, but is a perennial drought that is not suitable for cultivating food." Schaller looked at Lan Hua and continued: "The reason why the bridge over the Mana River can be built is because it is located in a delta, so that we can intercept the flow of the Mana River and build piers, and it is not easy to build bridges in other sections of the river that do not have this natural condition. What's more, the Kalle jungle on the east bank does not have a natural barrier like Mount Baiji, except for the Mana River, which borders the Maka Heights on three sides, and with our strength, we simply cannot resist such a huge threat. ”
"Father, I really don't want to see the kind Mothman and the Scale Demon forced to become our enemies, we should get along well, shouldn't I." Garer opened his hands helplessly and looked at Schaller expectantly.
"We have to do this for the sake of the future of our race. We must defend the right of our people to develop and exist. Even though it may seem like I'm a sinner and I'm wrong, I have to. Schaller tried to keep his emotions in check, he knew that his son was kind.
"There may be other options, such as the idea of bringing water from the Mana River in the jungle on the east bank of Kalle for irrigation. Forgive me for not agreeing with you, father, I will not be involved in this war, and I am saddened that you made such a choice. Garr's face was a little ugly, he didn't want to embarrass his father, but he couldn't approve of this wrong decision. With that, he turned and left.
Seeing this, Lan Hua was about to catch up, but Charle waved his hand and said, "Don't chase, let him go, I understand him." ”
"Lan Hua, do you think what I have done is right or wrong?" Scharle asked after waiting for Lan Hua to calm down. Lan Hua didn't look at Charles, and replied with a beautiful face looking at the city gate in the distance: "I can't say whether what you did was right or wrong, but I think you can handle things more gently, after all, the Moth and the Scale Demon have defeated the invincible unicorn dragon with us." Schaller was silent after hearing this.
Schaller's inner mind was actually to make a reasonable exchange with the Slimes, his starting point was for the benefit of the Ant-Man, but he didn't really consider the potential consequences of the Slimes living in the jungle east of Kalle. He had now come to his senses, and since it was not suitable for the Antmen to cultivate and irrigate, it was the same for the Scaly Demons. He did give the Scaly Demon an unacceptable pact, which is why the Moth and the Scaly Demon should join forces to settle the problem with war.
However, now that the war has reached the point where it is inevitable, Schaller is considering that the Mothman and the Scale Demon joining forces against the Hett-Man are just preserving the current tripartite state and their respective territories, and at most redrawing the line. Schaller finally calmed down and decided that in order to be responsible for his lover and all the inhabitants of Kalle, whether the two sides could negotiate on the battlefield to avoid this war that would be unfavorable to all three sides, and whether the victory and defeat were either sides, the problem would eventually need to be solved by the wisdom of the three races.