Chapter 414: Our Cause
Donner glanced at the expected confusion on the faces of the crowd, and then said, "Do you remember, Moen? You said that the poor don't have enough to eat because the grain is sold to the dwarves...... You're right, the extra grain did go to the Far North, but they exchanged the grain for the magic crystals, and where did all the magic crystals go in the end, you don't need me to remind you, right?"
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"No," Luna said, shaking her head, "as far as I know, only half of those crystals remain in Middle-earth, and the other half is paid to the Holy See." β
No sooner had she finished speaking than there was a crunch on the dining tableβa few amethysts had been tossed from Donner's hand onto the table.
"Have you seen this in Middle-earth?" asked Donner.
Moen didn't need to look closely at it to know what it was, and the income of the institute in the past three years was all exchanged for amethyst through the Medici family.
But apart from him, Luna, Pino, Doris, and Penal had never seen Amethyst, and Pino and Doris had never even heard of it.
Luna picked up an amethyst and said, "I know, this is an amethyst, more precious than an orange crystal." β
"One amethyst can be exchanged for nearly a hundred orange crystals. Moen helped her with the details.
"Guess how many Amethyst wesley's paintings sold for in the Magic Continent. Donner said calmly.
"Brother Wesley," Pino said with a sudden curiosity, "you turned out to be a painter?"
Wesley spread his hands and smiled, "There's so much more you don't know......
"Master, how many amethysts did you mean for a painting?" Luna asked again, to make sure she heard correctly.
Donner smiled and said to Una, "You tell them." β
"The Brown family of the Spring Sacred Courtyard spent five hundred and twenty-two amethysts to buy Wesley's "Midsummer Night's Starry Sky". Una remembers this price very clearly, not only her, but probably everyone in the Magic Continent can simply say this price, because it is so amazing.
And this astonishing price, in the five pharmacists, the amount is even more impressive, which can be seen from their stunned expressions.
Donner waited until they had digested the number before asking, "Now, do you still think that half of the magic crystals are left in Middle-earth?"
"Teacher...... Are you saying that almost all of the food we have worked so hard to grow and the magic crystals that we have exchanged for have been taken away by the Magic Continent at no cost?"
Donner nodded, "Remember what I just said, the Magic Continent is the strongest, Middle-earth is the weakest, and the Far North is the weakest...... So, what you're seeing now is that the Magic Continent is exploiting Middle-earth, and at the same time exploiting the dwarves. β
"What about the Knights' Federation, are they with us?" asked Doris timidly.
"Yes and no," Donner replied, "Because the Magic Continent is stronger than the other three combined, the Knights Federation seems to be helping us on the surface...... In fact, if they can really defeat the Magic Continent, the fate of Middle-earth will not change, but it will only be a different person to exploit us. The current situation is a balance deliberately led by the Magic Continent, which is the result of the war three thousand years ago, but I believe that there were many conflicts that have not been recorded in history before that great war. β
Donner, without any emotion, explained the world pattern in the simplest way - he will not say it now, and he should never say it in the future, all of this was actually arranged by himself more than 10,000 years ago.
His purpose in this arrangement was to hint something to the current Donner, and the ultimate goal might be to deal with the aliens in the far south, or maybe to deal with the factory owner hiding in the shadows - Donner didn't know about this yet, he needed a little time to figure it out, it should be soon.
Looking at the sad and angry faces, Donner felt that the time had come, and stood up with his hands on the table: "Now I can tell you that my goal is not only to establish a pharmacy research institute, but to establish a new city that includes pharmacy, magic array, engineering and even planting, one day, this new city will affect the pattern of the entire world, so that Middle-earth is no longer a weak person sandwiched between the magic continent and the knight federation." β
All the faces in the candlelight were swollen red with excitement at the moment, even Una and Layla were no exception - they were both low castes in the Magic Continent, and they were more willing to stand with these people than those who were high up in the Helians.
"Master," Pino was the first to break the silence, "are you going to be emperor?"
His question immediately lightened the atmosphere in the restaurant, and even Doris smiled and pushed his head.
Pino smirked and scratched his head: "I think it's good for the master to be the emperor." β
"It's not easy to be an emperor," Wesley half-jokingly pointed out the window, "we can run to the Faymont Palace now, and we can call Emperor Auston to give up the throne by tomorrow morning." β
Donner shook his head with a smile, and then said with a straight face: "Now, our career is just about to start, and this is precisely when we are at our weakest, and any small accident can destroy all our efforts...... Therefore, in the face of survival and efficiency, we can only choose the former first. β
"That means," Wesley explained, "that we're too weak now, so we'd rather slow down and go into hiding." β
"Teacher," Moen stood up with the arm of his dining chair, "I see what you mean, for the sake of your career, no matter where you go, Moen will follow to the end!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Luna, Pino and the others also stood up, although they didn't say anything more, but the determined eyes of all without exception spoke for themselves.
Una and Layla looked at each other and stood up.
Wesley looked at Donner, hesitating whether he should stand up as well.
I saw Donner pick up the wine glass in front of him and raise it towards everyone.
"Moen, you're wrong. He smiled and said, "It's not my business, it's all of us." β
Wesley felt less embarrassed at this time, got up with his wine glass and said, "That's it, for our common cause, cheers, ......" After speaking, he drank it all before the others raised their glasses.
After everyone had finished their drinks, Donner volunteered to switch seats with Wesley and told Una to call the servants back.
Then, the dinner continued in a tacit excitement.
(Ask for a monthly pass!Ask for a recommended ticket!) (To be continued.) )