In a blink of an eye, two days passed, and in these two days, Alice's attitude towards these slave children can be said to be far beyond Charlie's imagination. Alice treats them as 'slaves' as a matter of course.

Except for the children of the slum thieves, the others used coercive orders to make the children participate in the work, and used a rough and high-handed attitude to correct the norms of everyone going to the toilet and eating.

Basically, they were like herdsmen who managed their livestock, and they didn't treat the children they had worked so hard to save from the slave traders as human beings.

It can only be said that this is really not like Alice's style all along. Judging from his superficial attitude, he is no different from those unscrupulous noble children.

Although Charlie felt that there was nothing wrong with this, after all, although Alice treated the children harshly, she did not let them do anything beyond their ability. It should be said that letting these children learn how to be self-reliant in the farm town is exactly the topic given by Count Lutga this time.

So check the ideal, maybe Alice is really too lazy to save the hearts of these children, but intends to complete the task given by her father to a minimum. However, Alice's disciple, who is also her own son, John Jr., seems to disapprove of Alice's approach. As a result, he was very common to have an awkward quarrel, which caused a dispute with the eldest lady.

Charlie knew that although Alice was a ruthless teacher in martial arts training, in other respects, she was quite indulgent to her son John, and could even be called doting. If it had been the usual case and John had protested vehemently, Alice would have relented accordingly.

But despite this, Alice did not make any concessions in terms of her attitude towards the slave children, she had no intention of improving her attitude and practices at all, and even released cruel words to her face, "If you have an opinion about my approach, you will first overturn me from the front". Of course, Charlie also knows that with Little John's current skills, no matter how much he challenges at the moment, it is just an egg hitting a stone.

However, it was stubborn to this point, which made Charlie feel a little puzzled, so with his son who fell to the ground because of the failure of the challenge, Charlie secretly asked Alice a question.

"Miss...... Although John's kid didn't know how to speak with dignity, he was right. You don't have to be too these kids, do you? let my subordinates simply instruct them in some of the work, even if you don't ......do it yourself."

"No, no, Uncle Charlie. ”

Alice said categorically, "I poked out the basket this time, so I have to be responsible for it to the end." Leave it to the others to fool around, let alone Daddy, even I won't agree with it. ”

"However, the original intention of taking them in was not to treat them as slaves. What you're doing now seems to be a bit different from what you originally intended, so John's kid ......"

"I know what you're trying to say, uncle, but the response this time is the conclusion that I came to after discussing it with Alize and Sophia. After all, Sophia was angry about the previous speech, so I promised her that I would discuss more with my sisters in the future before taking action. ”

"Oh...... So, can you give me a reason? John, the kid may not understand, but I should be able to understand the young ladies' concerns. To be honest, even I'm confused right now. ”

Charlie's sincere attitude made Alice think for a moment, then put on a self-deprecating and helpless smile, and then said, "Ahaha...... Uncle, you don't have to be so serious, it's actually not a secret. It's easy to say, it's because these kids are 'real slaves', that's why I have to. ”

"'Real slaves'? I'm sorry, I don't quite understand what you mean. ”

"To put it simply, there are two kinds of slaves rescued this time. One is like Dietrichia and Gretta, and the orphans they went to adopt together. Although they suffered in the slums, they still yearn for freedom, and although they were finally captured by human traffickers, they are not 'real slaves', they are considered 'forced slaves'.

On the other hand, these children who were raised as livestock by their parents are deeply ingrained in their servility. From the beginning, he was like an emotionless puppet, he didn't know what 'freedom' was, he never felt 'family affection', and he couldn't find any other survival value other than 'slave'. For such 'broken-hearted' children, even if we pour our feelings into them now, I'm afraid it will be of little use. ”

"I see......" Alice said in a way that Charlie roughly understood. To put it simply, for people who don't know what 'kindness' is, no matter how 'cordial' they are, it's just useless, and it's better to use the methods they are already familiar with to educate, which is more efficient now.

"The most important thing right now is to ensure the health of these children and teach them the minimum common sense of life. For this, proper physical exercise and forced means of indoctrination are essential...... Hawkers, uncle, your question is a matter of course, and I don't understand John's rebellious feelings. In fact, even I don't really like such an arrogant style.

If possible, I want these kids to have the same carefree childhood as the rest of the town. Having kids suffer for some bullshit political reasons, this damn country is pretty much fucking finished. So, the approach now is a compromise with Sophia. Who made my lovely sister know more about this than I did, so until I found a way to argue with her, I had to do it......"

Charlie only felt that as he expected, Alice's current approach was completely following Sophia's opinion, and because of the means of educating these slave children, the condescending style of treating people as mustard was exactly the same as the 'Marine Corps-style' military training at the beginning of the Celestial Garrison.

And it can be seen that Alice is not lying, she herself is not very happy about it, and she has accumulated a lot of pressure because of this. You must know that from just now, the rude scolding that is completely inconsistent with the status of the nobleman's daughter keeps flashing between the lines of Alice's words.

"So, what about Miss Eliza's opinion, and she, who is proficient in magic, may be able to find a cure for these children's hearts?"

“......”

Charlie's question made Alice look bitter and fell into a brief silence, and the uneasy atmosphere spread.

"Uh...... Did Miss Eliezer make some bad proposal?"

"Well, it's not bad, it's just far from 'humane,' and if I can, I try not to let her do that...... But it seems to be the safest thing to do right now......"

Alice muttered to herself that she didn't say anything for a long time, which made Charlie, who was confused, show impatience, "What is Miss Aliser's idea?"

"To sum up two words - brainwashing. ”

"What...... you mean,...... nao？”

The unfamiliar words made Charlie frown together, and put on a more puzzled look.

"Ah...... How can I say it, uncle, don't be afraid, Arize's girl is very good at this kind of technique, which is to tamper with other people's memories without authorization, so that they can forget their 'past as slaves', and transplant some false information, so as to correct the sick character of these children. ”

"Eh......" Alice's words, Charlie didn't understand the meaning for a while, and when he came back to his senses, his back suddenly cooled, and he immediately asked nervously, "Tamper with memories!?

"Well, I don't know if other magicians can do it, but Elizer's girl can do it...... Say something that might make you uncomfortable. Uncle Charlie, do you remember when the Abyss Dragon was just resurrected, and the town was in chaos?"

"Ahhh......h I remember, it was really ...... at that time" Because it was only less than half a year, Charlie still remembered the panicked scene in the town at that time, a huge monster that had never been seen before suddenly appeared at his doorstep, and many people were busy packing up and abandoning their homes and running away.

And then the next day, everybody calmed down, right? In the end, not a single family fled from Celeria. The demon dragon that is obviously destroying the world is right in front of you, and everyone is not afraid, don't you think it's incredible?"

was pointed out by Alice to his face, and Charlie suddenly realized how bizarre the situation was. Indeed, at that time, after just a night's sleep, all the townspeople seemed to have forgotten the threat, and the idea of fleeing was completely erased.

"Difficult, is that ......?"

"That's right, the work of Eliza's minx. Windmill tower by the river...... It was the place where Uncle and John fell to the ground together, and the building was equipped with a magic guide that could affect everyone in the town, and Alize used it to manipulate the memories of the townspeople...... I'm really sorry......"

"No...... No, Miss Eliza, she must be for everyone's good...... Well, probably ......"

Having said that, once he thought that the daughter of the lord he served was actually a monster who could play with other people's memories wantonly, Charlie couldn't help but feel scared for a while.

"Well, that's it! Since that incident, she has basically not used that magic guide to tamper with everyone's memories, and I scolded her badly for this...... So trust me!

Perhaps seeing Charlie's uneasy state of mind, Alice hurriedly made a round for her sister. Of course, Alice is an honest child, and the 'basics' are used here, because on another occasion later, when Ratche's body went berserk and attacked the town, Ariezel used the brainwashing device of the windmill tower to spread hypnotic poison waves throughout the city.

"Huh...... Okay, of course I believe what you say. ”

"In short, if you want to save those children, you must let them spontaneously pursue their freedom, voluntarily abandon their slave status, and find themselves!"

Saying this, Alice showed a confident smile -

"Moreover, after a few days of research, I already have some eyebrows~~!After meeting with Alize and Sophia, we will immediately put it into practice! Wait and see, uncle~~!"

"Hahaha, okay young lady, but, in that case, John, you also say the same, isn't it okay? ”

"About this diǎn~~ It's just good that guy is dissatisfied with me......! Besides......"

"Besides?"

Speaking of this, Alice showed a cheerful look of eagerness, "I also want to surprise my diligent disciple~!"