There are many mountains on the Xinyue Island mainland, and even around the fishing villages, they are often surrounded by mountains and rivers, and lack large areas of flat land.

The disadvantage of the complex terrain is the inaccessibility of transportation, and by extension, cultural and commercial exchanges are naturally more difficult than in the plains. In this geographical environment, it is not uncommon for a prosperous center of power to form a convenient area with easy transportation, but if you move a little further away from the rugged terrain into a mountainous area, it will become a chaotic zone.

In fact, similar situations abound on the mainland of Rigal, especially on the west coast. The reason why the Moon Country, which is far larger than the sum of the countries on the West Coast, has been able to maintain its unity for thousands of years is closely related to the power that the imperial family itself has always held firmly in its hands, and on the other hand, it is also due to the thousands of years of civilization that they are proud of.

And when we refer to the latter, we are not really in a position of unilateral approval.

This kind of thing is always clear to the authorities, and even Miss Doctor, who is a member of the highest think tank in the Moon Country, is afraid and unaware. Therefore, if you want to understand all this, the most appropriate place to start is to exchange the documents written by the Lamanites with whom they have been communicating for hundreds of years:

"Countries with long histories tend to have rich traditional cultures, and on the one hand, these things are fascinating, and they make one wonder if they also limit the pace of progress."

Similar to Suomir, the northern kingdom bordering the Patrosi Empire, the "traditional" thing has in some way formed a kind of shackle that imprisons the limbs, causing the entire country to stumble towards the future. Her Majesty Suomir's Queen still has a long way to go on the issue of discarding and preserving national traditions, but she has at least taken that step.

In comparison, the huge shackles of the Moon Country's name "Tradition", which has been precipitated by four thousand years of civilization, may be difficult for even Kramer to break.

"The Land of the Moon does not have the name of slavery, they spurn the Empire's system of slavery as barbaric and uncivilized. But none of the Moonland nobles I've spoken to have realized that slavery existed in their own country. The Lamanite scholars wrote in their writings: "The country is divided into innumerable and detailed classes from top to bottom, and although all nations, including the empire, there are class divisions, but this is the only country that will be so meticulous and strict." ”

"From the clothes you wear to the things you step on, from the way you talk to the ingredients you can eat. Civilians will be beheaded even if they just contradict the samurai with words, and the traditional cultural consciousness that is so strict that it is deep in the bone marrow makes these people kneel and kowtow at every turn, and even illiterate children in remote mountainous areas have been indoctrinated with such ideas from the beginning of their sensibility. The reverence for the mysterious royal family has become an unshakable iron law over thousands of years, which is the root cause of the country's seldom of rebellions, even if it is geographically separated. ”

"The servility of not resisting the upper classes is ingrained in their souls than the actual shackles that the empire has attached to the hands and feet of its slaves. ”

The report, signed by Matteo, was written a year and a half ago, and after it was taken seriously by the Empire and the White Church, the Lamanites reversed their centuries-long invasion policy.

No longer from the people, but from the leading class.

The results brought about by the change of thinking were beyond the expectations of even the executor of the plan himself, and the impact it brought about affected the entire Crescent Continent continent, and the people who are here now can be said to have experienced it firsthand.

The conflict exacerbated by the Lamanite digging has led to hostility towards foreigners and minorities throughout the Moon Country, and the deep-rooted traditional culture has made the people instinctively reject outsiders, if not as the first center of conflict.

Henry: They have dealt with the monsters, but what to do next after they are solved is still a matter of long-term consideration.

Aya, who has heard a little about the current situation, is willing to provide them with some help, but although her status as a doctor is noble, she is only a scholar advisor, and she only has the authority to speak and does not hold real power.

Most of the scholars in the Lunar Kingdom are from aristocratic backgrounds, but despite this, most of the scholars who become scholars are members of the family that are not valued.

Becoming a scholar is largely a voluntary renunciation of the right to belong to one's family, which is why Miss Doctor does not mention her last name when she introduces herself. In the high society of the Moon Country, scholars were often referred to as "Bachelor" or "Doctor" with the honorific title of "Your Excellency", rather than the orthodox aristocratic title of "Lord So-and-so".

Miss Doctor had told them these things herself—all she could do was help them argue their case, and she couldn't just issue some kind of identification like a nobleman with real power, saying that "these foreigners are good foreigners" and that they could move freely on the land of the Moon Country.

And this is exactly the vision that Ayawei and her party have articulated: to help her complete the investigation of this high-threat creature, and to obtain information about the rebels who are inextricably linked to it. After that, all you need to do is go to Honshu, where the power center of the Moon Country is located, and after submitting the report, you will definitely be able to obtain a special status and become a privileged foreigner.

She recounted it all plainly and simply, but Henry, after listening to it, had to pour a basin of cold water on Aya.

"It's not that simple, the rebellious samurai are not immobile puppets. The sage recalls what happened two days ago: "The small troops I encountered at the shrine were lightly armed and purposeful, and it was clear that they had come to clean up the minutiae. ”

"There's only one reason for that: to avoid a stillborn story of an important project that is coming to an end, and to clean up all possible extraneous factors. ”

"It is not known exactly what some kind of large-scale operation was behind this, but from the way the samurai acted, at least two things can be basically determined. He paused, then continued: "One is such an efficient and accurate small-scale elite force, which is inseparable from strong intelligence support and a huge network of influence. This means that they will also have backup, superiors to report to. ”

"And by extension, the second thing that is closely related to our safety is—"

"There will be pursuers. After explaining in short and slick language, Heng pointed out the topic to the point.

"If those samurai miss the scheduled return time and don't report it, then the follow-up troops will inevitably be sent from above. And the marks we left on it are so obvious that they can't be done. The sage shrugged his shoulders and said, "Just the traces of the life of Your Excellency the Doctor in the hut, and the living materials left on it. There are also traces of battles with the samurai before that. Although we took the time to do a simple cleanup, the traces left behind were still enough for them to make a rough inference. ”

He said, and the missionary and Miss Doctor realized why Henry had taken the time to return to the shrine after dealing with the monster.

"And for the long journey, we also collected the necessary supplies in the small village. As long as there are people with a little experience among them, it can be deduced from the traces how many people left this place alive. ”

"These people won't let us go, which is why I want everyone to pack up and hit the road right after that thing is settled. We can take the time to prepare more and we can clean up those traces. But don't forget that the samurai had horses, and we were on foot. The sage explained to the crowd from his own professional point of view: "So for us, even a minute and a second lead time is very important. ”

"I don't think the rebels would venture into the realm of the proper aristocracy, but that's where trouble lies. Henry looked at Miss Doctor next to her, who rubbed her temples and continued, "Yes." We don't understand who is a rebel and who is a nobleman loyal to the royal family, this is the most fatal point. ”

"But wasn't there a list before?" the girl remembered the documents she had seen at the shrine, but as soon as she said that, she realized something.

"Yes, but only names. Aya smiled bitterly and said, "I'm Dr. Xingyong, not Dr. Land." My specialty is biology and climate, not national community. I can only infer a general territory from the surname. ”

She said that the commoners of the Moon Nation did not have surnames, and only the nobles had surnames given by the royal family or named after their territories. This is the same as the lord of the Rigal continent who named the place after his own family. But with the evolution of thousands of years and the countless countrymen and villagers of all sizes up and down the Moon Country, there is only a land doctor who can remember who is who.

"And there is also the theory of the own family and the separation of the family. There may be nobles with the same surname, but the territories are far apart. It would be too difficult for us to completely avoid the territories of all the suspected rebels on the list. "This time the person who opened his mouth to add was Cleric Alfonso, who also knew a lot about the Land of the Moon, although he was hesitant at first to take a stand, but now that he understood that the rebels would rather kill them than let them go, he basically stepped on the same boat as the group.

"So I can only keep a low profile, pass through the territory unnoticed, and quickly go to the territory of the nobles loyal to the royal family, however. Aya glanced at herself, then at the rest of the group.

"Dr. Xingyong, the Yi tribe, the Lamo missionaries, the foreign mercenaries, and the legendary phantom beasts. Miss Doctor's face was full of tears and laughter: "Even if you are dressed in disguise, it is still a combination that will be recognized at a glance, and you really can't keep a low profile." She said as Mira learned a new word through Aya's words, and turned her head to glance at the little unicorn, who snorted.

"If it were usual, I would have suggested going up the mountain trail in a sparsely populated area, but. The sage said this and glanced around, since the snow had blown in the afternoon on the day of the encounter with the samurai and the monsters, it had begun to snow again intermittently for the past three days, and it was too risky for a group of people who lacked a substitute car to take a long detour in such weather.

Mo said that he was caught up by the samurai because of fatigue, and the possibility of being completely killed when crossing mountains and mountains in such weather alone was enough to discourage anyone who knew a little about winter mountain trails.

The land of the Moon, which borders Yidi, is vast and sparsely populated, and it is difficult to obtain enough supplies even with a bow in hand in the winter when the mountains are covered by heavy snowfall.

It's not that they haven't thought about the matter of going to find Lulu's people, but even if it's another time, now that there are chasing soldiers behind them, take these people to a shelter in the mountains where the Yi people have been hiding for generations?

For this reason, not wanting to cause trouble for her own people, Lulu finally decided to stay with everyone in the short term.

"Although the whole world is great, there is no place for me. Miss Doctor smiled wryly and said a proverb in the language of the Land of the Moon, and although her exuberant curiosity was answered, the situation she was facing was even more embarrassing.

"It's not like staying, but it's also difficult to move forward. The girl crouched down and sighed.

"Anyway, let's finish this meal and get on the road. You can only take one step at a time. And the sage fiddled with the flames and whispered.

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