"I built this site 20 years ago. "The old marquis's voice www.biquge.info was low, as if he were telling a bedtime story. It was late, but everyone had no idea of resting, Snape commanded the attendants to move the tables and chairs to the courtyard outside, and everyone sat around in the night, bathing in the light of the three moons, and feeling the comfort of the cool breeze on the early summer night, which was more interesting than the feeling of being in the house. Not far away, Dilly the manticore-tailed lion was lying on the shore of an artificial lake, from time to time reaching into the lake with his paws to harass the swimming fish that had not yet fallen asleep by the lake. Catherine sat next to the old man, and in the memory of the knight maiden, it seemed that since her father died, she had not sat and chatted with Snape like this since she had taken over the debts and responsibilities of the family, and now that she thought about it, it was really cruel to ignore the expectations and desires of the old man for the sake of some of her own insistence.

However, the old man apparently did not mind the past, or rather, the possibility of losing this unrelated granddaughter in the near future had made the old man completely forget the past, as long as Catherine could now snuggle up to him as she had been a child, the old man was already very satisfied. The old marquis leaned back on the chaise longue, took the fruit that the knight maiden had peeled for him and put it in his mouth, for this servant who was innumerable, he didn't need to do anything himself, and someone would send him to him with just a look, but the fruit handed by Catherine tasted exceptionally sweet. Swallowing the fruit, every wrinkle on Snape's face seemed to be smiling, and he continued, "Before that, I was also unqualified. This is the case with the Neville Federation, if my status is not enough, even if I am the richest man in the world, even if my wealth is more than the combined wealth of two or three ducal families, I still am not qualified to enter the top circle, and rashly breaking into it will only usher in rejection, hostility and ridicule. ”

"Tonight, I've heard Pannis talk about identity and status many times. Catherine glanced at Pannis, who was sitting on the ground a few meters away, picking up pebbles from the ground from time to time to launch long-range strikes against the flying winged twins, and asked softly: "From his words, can I feel that Neville pays special attention to identity and status?"

"It's not just about paying extra attention, it's fair to say that identity and status are everything. Marquis Snape sighed and said, "It is believed that within the Confederation, property is the measure of everything. Not bad, on the surface it is, but in reality it is not accurate enough. In the federation, the amount of property often represents a person's status, and on the surface everything is measured by property, but in fact everything is actually measured by identity and status. If you don't have enough status, you will always be a lower-class person, and you will always have to keep your head down in front of the top-class people, which cannot be changed in any way. Maybe you've seen two people in the same place, but their attitudes towards each other are very different, and that's why. ”

"But does this have anything to do with the kind of life these people live every night?" Freya asked puzzled, "Even if there is a cliff-like gap in status, there is no need to be so decadent and indulgent." ”

"The city that never sleeps is a city of opportunity, and Neville is also a country of opportunity, and in the big cities of this country, it is almost impossible to starve to death as long as you have the ability to work, and you can even save a lot of savings. Pannis threw another stone, but this time in exchange for a pebble the size of a head smashed with the sound of the howling wind, so frightened that he held his head to avoid the bombardment of the pebbles, raised his fist threateningly at the twin girls in the sky, and cursed in a low voice, and then turned back and said: "However, this is also a country where there is no chance, and in this country, no matter how hard the vast majority of people try, all they can gain is money and nothing." They struggle all their lives, no matter how hard they try, most of them still can't cross the boundaries of identity for a lifetime, and they will always struggle in the lowest class. ”

"Master Pannis is right, there is no reward for hard work other than money. Snape agreed: "They can't find a sense of identity, they can't find room to rise, the road ahead of them has been completely blocked, a lifetime of hard work just to earn money, to earn more money, to earn money has become their only motivation, in this case, what can they do but self-indulgence, use alcohol and sex to numb themselves?"

"Then why don't they leave?" Catherine asked puzzled, "Leaving this place, or even the whole of Neville, will solve all the problems, why do you have to stay here and not leave?"

"There is no way, people who are used to living there will never be able to leave again, and those who have lived for a few years will no longer be reluctant to live here with high income and convenient business environment, and they will also be reluctant to enjoy the luxury here. "In the end, apart from the money they earned, they lost all their ideals, and everything they saw was filled with money and pleasures, and they no longer thought about status, they just had to enjoy themselves and indulge desperately," Pannis explained. ”

"So you're going to bring me over to see it?" Catherine glanced at Pannis, pouted, and said, "Let me see what will become of a person who is drowned in his throat by money and has lost his ideals and pursuits?"

"Hahaha, that's right, you guessed so right. Pannis was stunned for a moment, put his hands on his hips proudly, and said with a stupid dry smile: "That's the reason, it's definitely not because I wanted to go out on a night tour to pull you up, hahahaha." ”

"It's stupid. Catherine gave Pannith a charming look, and just as she wanted to say something, she felt Vivien tugging at the corner of her clothes, and when she turned around, she saw the mage girl with a worried face: "I think something seems to be wrong with Eva." ”

"What's wrong?" Catherine and Pannis looked strangely at Eva, who had been expressionless, and found that Eva's face was flushed, her breathing was short, and what was even more terrifying was that the eyes that had been closed on her forehead were slowly opening, and a destructive force was brewing in her slowly opening eyes, as if they might gush out at any time.

"It's miserable. Catherine slapped her forehead hard and shouted in despair, "Pennis." ”

Pannis patted the old marquis on the shoulder, and the inherent spiritual realm was revealed, and he and everyone around him disappeared in place, leaving only the winged twins and the manticore-tailed lion Dilly with a curious face not far away, and in the next moment, a pillar of light several meters thick shot out obliquely upwards from Eva's eyes, and the light tore through the night sky like a rising sun. (To be continued.) )