Chapter Eighty-Eight: A Heavy Responsibility
"What we're thinking about is responsibility, responsibility to our family, responsibility to our friends, responsibility to practicality, and responsibility to ourselves. Catherine's expression was stern and holy, and she said in a knightly declarative tone: "Whether knights or nobles, since they are born as human beings, they must bear the responsibilities that they should bear, but now the responsibility of our family is to make up for our own mistakes and pay off the debts of the family, whether you need it or not." ”
"But I've already passed, and you're not responsible for that at all. Snape shook his head, "There's no need to be responsible. ”
"No, everyone, when he does what he wants, he has to be mentally prepared to take responsibility for the consequences of what he has done, and if he can't bear the consequences, then he shouldn't have done it in the first place. Catherine did not hide her evaluation of her ancestors, and said seriously: "Grandfather made a mistake, and his biggest mistake was to be carried away by the slim hope of reality, and to do something that he could not bear the consequences. He was actually very aware that the success rate of synthetic high-energy hedron was actually very low, but the greed of a mage and scholar for the unknown made him lose his mind. If he could have calmed down and spread the continuous progress of those years into the next ten years, then neither he nor you would have come to this point, but unfortunately, he did not do that, but instead invested more money and energy in a frenzy. I don't know what grandfather was thinking at the time, but I knew that by the time he woke up from his greed for knowledge and realized what he had done, it was too late, and with his ability, he could no longer bear the consequences, and even if he tried his best to make amends, he would not be able to stop the situation from developing, nor would he be able to prevent your fortune from slipping to the point where it was not even as good as it was in the first place. Truly. You have never blamed your grandfather, you have always thought that it is not his responsibility, that he has done nothing wrong, but in fact you do not understand what he really thinks in his heart, he thinks that his mistake is not that the real yàn failure makes your investment fail, but that he has done something that he cannot be responsible for in his madness, which affects not only himself, but also your best friend. ”
"Is that the real reason why he insists on paying his debts?" Snape sighed with a wry smile, "I never thought about it. ”
"Everyone can make mistakes, and it's not a terrible thing to make mistakes⊥ ↗ ⊥ ↗ ⊥ ↗ ⊥↗, m.⊕.co⌒mstyle_tt; , as long as you accept the punishment after making a mistake. If you try your best to make up for your mistakes, you can wash away the shame of your mistakes. Catherine said, "Grandfather made a mistake, almost irreparable, so he sold almost all of his fortune to help you through the most difficult of times." After succeeding, his punishment for himself is to try his best to repay all the money you have spent in vain, not only to return the money to you, but more importantly, to punish himself. Let yourself be the future generations who will always remember this lesson and never make similar mistakes again. ”
"Oh, that's true, he never explained these words to me. Whew, of course, I don't necessarily understand what he explained at the time, and it's hard for me to understand now. Marquis Snape's back was slightly stiff. The eyes no longer contained sadness, but a deep amazement, and said softly: "So." Did his own choices ultimately lead to death?"
"Yes, it was not your debt that led to his death, it was the grandfather who led to his own choice. Moreover, death was only an accident, and for my grandfather to come, death at that time was as shameful as evading responsibility, and if there was any other possibility, he would never be willing to die like that. Catherine gently supported the old man and said: "So you don't have to blame yourself for your grandfather's death, really, the root cause of your grandfather's death and father's death is our family's persistence, and it has nothing to do with your debts, and it is not fair for you to blame yourself for this." ”
"Then I'd do too. Snape suddenly glared at him, and said very unreasonably: "Allowing your family to carry the responsibility of not having zài on their backs, and punish themselves for the mistakes they found out inexplicably, will not allow me to blame myself for unfair reasons? I just blame myself for the death of old Field, I just want to blame myself for Field's death, why, I can't control you, I can't stop you from sneaking money into my house, can you still control what I think in my heart?"
"Good, good, yours is right, yours is right. Catherine laughed and coaxed the awkward old man, and said softly helplessly: "No one can affect your thoughts, who made you Grandpa Snape." ”
"Hmph, that's pretty much it. The old man snorted heavily, and said in a muffled voice: "What about you and your father, you two didn't make a mistake, why are you also messing around, old field is old and confused at a young age, are you also old and confused?"
"I guess my father and I don't think the same. Catherine didn't care about Snape's complaints, and grinned back to the old man, "Father is because of the sense of honor of the nobles, and I am because of the sense of responsibility of the knights, whether it is a nobleman or a knight, or even just an ordinary commoner, trustworthiness is a necessary virtue." The promise of the ancestors, the responsibilities of the ancestors, the faults of the ancestors, he can no longer continue to bear them, then we, as inheritors, have the responsibility and obligation to bear them, and only after completing this qiē can we be qualified to really raise our heads and live. So, you didn't do it before, this debt is not a constraint on us, on the contrary, it is the key to unlock the shackles of the ancestral guilt that we are carrying, can you understand?"
The old man closed his eyes, was silent for a long time before he opened his eyes again, snorted heavily, and said with a bad attitude: "If you are willing to carry it, then carry it, but you remember it for me, since you are willing to continue to carry it, then you still owe me 40 million gold coins, you have just passed, in the face of responsibility, death is an escape, and you knights can never escape." So, in order to continue to fulfill your responsibilities, in order to continue to work hard to make money to pay off your debts, you give me back alive, and you are absolutely and absolutely not allowed to die in the forest. ”
"Of course, Grandpa. Catherine breathed a sigh of relief, with a bright and confident smile on her face, and said, "I promise to do my best to come back alive, so that I won't die in it, don't worry, when I come back, I will work hard to make money and pay off all the debts." ”
"Hu Badao, Hu Badao. The old man suddenly became angry again, and said loudly, "Your grandfather also said this last time when he saw me, and then never returned, and you dare to do something like this now, do you know where he went that time?" (to be continued...... )