Estabul, as an ally of the Roland Empire, is growing stronger and stronger, and the people are aspiring. Its queen Nayaan is the only queen on the entire Melonis continent, and her ruling philosophy is that people do not offend me and I will not offend others, so she has never carried out a war of expansion abroad, and has made every effort to develop the domestic economy and agriculture, making Estabul become another powerful country after Roland.

To put it mildly, even the Runa Empire, which was presented to the three daughters of Denisha as a paradise, was nothing more than a poor country for the current Estal Empire. And this is something that Rocky never expected.

The Northern Province, near the border of Esthapur and a bay province for maritime trade, is more prosperous than the border towns, when the horse-drawn carriages enter the province. Dinisha and the others, who had never seen those repairs on the Great Sword Continent, couldn't help but look through the carriage, and only heard Sophia sigh of emotion until halfway through, "I heard Luo Yalu say that the border city is already considered a paradise, and this city must be the city of angels, right?" ”

"That's too much, what city of angels? It's just a city with a thriving economy and trade. This is the base of the maritime trade of the Luna Empire, and it is unceremonious to say that 60% of the Luna Empire's annual income comes from here. It's a businessman's paradise. Explaining the reason for the immediate prosperity, Lodge concludes with a sharp end, "At the same time, it is a hell for the poor." Cheap labour comes from the poor. They don't need to be paid too much, and of course, the businessmen don't pay them very much, but they do high-risk jobs that are prone to accidents. So, don't imagine everything in front of you so beautifully, maybe the environment here is heaven for you. But for those who live in hell in heaven, it is more terrifying, even more desperate, than hell. ”

"Will there be poor people here? I thought only our continent would have ......," Luo Yalu said he didn't believe much. After all, hearing is false, seeing is believing, and she can't come up with anything convincing, so she doesn't want to believe what Rocky says.

"Why not? Where there is light, there must be darkness,......" said Rocky, turning to the groom in the car, "You should know the way to the slums of the northern provinces, right?" I don't need to point it out. ”

At this time, Denisha clearly saw a trace of embarrassment and disgust flashing across the groom's face. It was a familiar expression to her, as if she had gone to collect the bounty after completing her mission to defeat demons. The humans looked at her expression.

As the carriage drove through the alleys, what instantly appeared in front of them was a sense of loss from heaven to hell. Dilapidated houses, decadent poor people, and a few poorly dressed maidens with humble looks beckoning the disgusted guests, they enter a dilapidated house with almost no shelter, and even a fool knows what is happening in it.

At this time, Luo Yalu no longer had a look of surprise. The look of the face almost distorted her, "I thought that only where could something like this happen to us...... Because we no longer have the concept of any state, all the people are governed by no organization that has rules. The lives they lead are almost all about survival. However, in this kind of place, which I thought was heaven, there was the restraint of the king, the control of the state. How could such a thing happen......"

"Do you think it's weird? I don't think it's surprising that these things exist anywhere. Whether you want to believe it or not, facts are facts. And so it happens right in front of your eyes. The poor will never disappear, no matter what era or for whatever reason. Maybe it's himself, maybe it's the reason of the rulers......" Lodge sighed, and ordered the carriage to turn around, and had already seen what should have been shown to them, in order to tell them not to think of anything so beautiful, not to get lost in this deliberately created beauty, and to make the most correct choice in their hearts.

Just as the carriage turned course, a group of poor people in rags, who seemed to have been waiting for a long time, rushed to the carriage and surrounded it. Among them, whether it is the elderly, children or adults, they are praying and stretching out their hands.

Listening to the pleading voices of those outside the carriage, even Denissa, who had never taken these things seriously, couldn't help but show sympathy, let alone the emotional contentment of Sophia and the straightforward Loa Road.

"Do you have any money on you?" Luo Yalu gritted his teeth and asked in a rather unspeakable voice, almost without thinking about it, she could know what purpose she was holding, it was nothing more than the compassion in her heart that caused her to sit idly by.

Rocky glanced at her, and then took the money bag from his waist, "There are a lot of gold coins in it, ten times your commission." ”

Hearing this, Luo Yalu didn't blink an eyelid, reached out and took the money bag in his hand, turned around and got out of the carriage.

I know what happened next, even if I don't say it. Rocky's bag of gold was gone, and they were distributed to the poor people, and Luo Yalu returned to the carriage with an empty bag, and immediately said, "I will pay you back." ”

Rocky smiled and shook his head, "No, this is my gift to you." ”

"How can I do that, after all, I'm using your money!" Luo Yalu is very stubborn, she is such a person, even if compassion is something that is pretended to others, she doesn't want others to pay for her, so she is responsible for herself and others.

Rocky smiled and said nothing, he knew that it would be difficult to persuade Luo Yalu, so he didn't plan to persuade anything more. However, at this time, Denisha suddenly said something that made Luo Yalu angry, "Your overflowing compassion, I don't know how many people who depend on this life, who should have a changing future, are ruined in your hands. ”

"Do you still have compassion for this guy? What else can they change? You simply don't see how pathetic their lives are. If we don't give them alms, I'm afraid they won't live at all. Luo Yalu shouted angrily.

Sophia couldn't help but help at the moment, "Denissa, I won't be on your side this time. You're going a little far! ”

"Excessive? I don't think there's anything wrong with what I'm saying. Do you know why he didn't choose to give alms like you did? Denisha pointed to Rocky and questioned the two stunned women, and when she saw that they couldn't answer, she couldn't help but sneer: "That's because this kind of charity can't solve their fundamental poverty at all." Originally, their hearts should not be poor, but once they receive any sympathetic alms, then their hearts will become poor, and there will be no change in their thoughts. They will be poor for the rest of their lives, receiving handouts from others. And what you're doing is speeding up the process! ”

"It's not as serious as you say, is it?" With a little hesitation on his face, Luo Yalu turned to the silent Rocky.

Rocky knew that he needed to speak up at this time, so he saw him sigh: "What Denisha said is right, they have relied on the handouts of others for a living, but there are fewer and fewer people who give alms, and they have no way to give up this possibility of survival. Because they can only do this, their dignity has been abandoned, their minds have been limited, and they are even inferior to animals with a skill in some way, so I never give them charity, because it would harm them! ”

Luo Yalu lowered his head at this moment, if Denisha said this, she might not accept it, but it was different for Rocky, because for her, Rocky started in this way, and his words were easy to convince.

"So, am I doing something wrong? But if I don't give it to them, my heart won't ......."

"You're not wrong, and Denisha is not wrong, it's just that the two of you think differently. In general, your compassion is the same, Denisha is only sympathetic to them on the ground, and you are sympathetic to them on the surface. Rocky comforted Loa Lu and said what was going on in Denisa's heart, which made Denisha look at him in surprise.

The controversy between the poor came to an end, after the slums. Lodge took the three girls to the passenger ship bound for Estable, and it was their first time on board. After all, there are not many inland seas in the Great Sword Continent, and such passenger ships are scarce and almost none, forgetting their unhappiness, they stand on the deck and look into the distance.

Rocky leaned against the wall of the ship, his thoughts had drifted into the distance, and when he returned to his hometown, he remembered his old friends, and the people he cared about, and he didn't know if they were doing well, and if there would be a change in a few years.

This thought continued until the sun was setting, and Rocky was about to get up and return to the cabin when he suddenly heard a voice that froze in place, "Milan, will he be in Estapur?" ”

"I guess so...... After all, when I first met him, he was in Estemble, and I think if he goes out and returns, the first choice will be somewhere......"

"Let's hope so, we've traveled all over the continent, and now only Estal is left...... If he's not here, we'll have to go to another continent......"

"This world is so big, maybe we will die on the road before we can finish it......"

"What's the matter? In fact, we didn't hear from him, but we should feel lucky! At least it proves that he is alive and well......" (To be continued.) )