"That's because the Master is doing something important and right!" Abigail dragged the quilt over to Kylia, trying to cover her up so that she could "warm up," and "everyone should do the right thing, and if it's important, be more serious." ”

Kellia looked back at the little girl kneeling on the bed a little dazed, unsure why she would take the initiative to answer the question. But at this time, Rika Fujimaru's voice was already ringing beside her:

"It's a very complicated issue, and it can't be explained in a few words." She had a slightly embarrassed look on her face, "Hmm...... At first, I was forced by the situation, and I only behaved worse than you when I first embarked on the journey, but do you really want to start from that far away? Wouldn't that be me telling you two a bedtime story? ”

"I want to hear it!"

"Spare me, Abi, don't you know it all in general."

"But the Master's words are different!"

“…… But I didn't do anything in the previous war. Kelia's lonely voice interrupted the other two's lively argument, "Sister can't behave worse than 'did nothing.'" ”

She thought that Fujimaru Rika's previous words were just to comfort her, but she didn't expect that after hearing this, Fujimaru Rika laughed instead: "How can you think that you haven't done anything?" I've heard Sister Iolans say that before I came to this planet, didn't you purify the wells in the city of Tyros, repel the plague lord's war engine, and banish the little demons? ”

Kylea's eyes widened, "But that's—that's not—"

"Do you think that's the emperor's doing?" Fujimaru Rika asked with a smile, "But you must be clear that without you, the Emperor would not be able to throw his power beyond the Veil and need his help in the city of Tyros." ”

"But we're not just 'field workers'......"

"Indeed, it is important to correctly understand where you are." "But what I mean is that we shouldn't put ourselves too high, we shouldn't put ourselves too low, and it's more important to learn to look at ourselves properly." We are not God, but without us, God would not have been able to truly come to the stage where He is needed. Just because we do some of the humble things doesn't mean they're not important – a lot of things are the same. ”

Kelia looked thoughtful, a little uneasy as she grabbed the quilt that Abigail had draped over her shoulders. The latter realized that the other two were talking about something more important, and although he showed a little unhappy look at the long "big truth", he still didn't make trouble, and just hugged his pillow and got to Fujimaru Rika to lean on.

After a few seconds, Kylia asked in an uncertain tone, "So, will other people listen to my sister because of this 'importance'?" ”

Fujimaru Rika shrugged: "What do you think?" ”

Kylia immediately wanted to answer, but she stopped a moment before she spoke. After thinking about it for another two seconds, there was still a lot of uncertainty in her tone: "It seems to be ...... Not so? ”

"No, that's right, you'll find it problematic, just because the word 'materiality' itself is too general and covers all sorts of situations." Fujimaru Ritsuka's tone was instead very brisk, "The most obvious, remember Somny, right?" He would only act with me because I was so 'important' that the Emperor even had to order him to assist me alone. If this crucial point is removed, I am afraid that no one except the emperor himself will be able to command him now. ”

“…… But he's just a man. Kylia seemed a little uneasy about what she was going to say next, "Although I also think that everyone should follow the Emperor's teachings, I don't think those Midnight Lords ......"

"Well, after all, it's the renegade Astarte, they really won't listen to the emperor, and they have been separated from the empire for a long time." Rika Fujimaru agrees unconcernedly with this religiously heterodoxical statement, "but they will listen to their genetic father." In the eyes of most of them, my 'importance' is that their primordial body listens to me a lot of the time. ”

"Huh?" Although he had met with the other party before, so he knew that Conrad Coetze, the renegade primordial, also had a place on the ship, but after all, Kelya, who did not understand it deeply, was stunned, and Fujimaru Ritsuka's discussion did not stop because of this:

"As for why the Midnight Lord Primordial listened to me, it's a complicated story, but in a nutshell, it can be roughly understood that he wants to atone for the sins he has committed, and the Emperor has appointed me as a witness to this process—without me, his 'atonement' would not be possible. For him, that's how important it is to me. ”

"Huh?"

"As for Inquisitor Hastings, my 'importance' lies in the fact that the Midnight Lord will listen to me, as I have already argued: after all, he is too close to us, and if even the slightest cooperation is not possible, the ten Blackarmor guards who have been specially left on the ship are absolutely capable of making his death painful, undignified, and meaningless. For him, I think he's more worried about the 'pointless' part. ”

Kylia looked completely dazzled by the one-on-one structure.

"You see, I've said that it's not something that can be explained in a few words." Fujimaru Rika smiled, "In short, if you want people to obey your orders, one of the prerequisites is to make others aware of your 'importance' - didn't he also emphasize his status as 'Inquisitor' to you when he officially met with Judge Hastings today?" ”

"......" Even Kelya, who grew up in Otlama and had no unnecessary fear of the name "Inquisitor" because of her stable living environment, also showed obvious fear at this time after spending most of the day with the other party, "But that was the 'Throne Envoy'......"

"What's so scary, I'm still the emperor's chosen envoy to the throne." Fujimaru Rika said nonchalantly, "I even dare to compare the length of the title with the imperial regent, and I don't see you being so afraid of me." ”

Kellya's whole body was excited: "But-but you didn't say-"

"—that's why, I didn't say it." Fujimaru Rika patted Kylia on the shoulder comfortingly, "My importance on this ship doesn't need a specific position or a long title to show it, but Inquisitor Hastings has just come aboard. Although he nominally joined as your teacher, everyone on board knew that he had been taken as a prisoner, and that he would have been dead by now had I not intervened. Of course, he had to grasp the power of the 'envoy to the throne' that the emperor had given him, and repeatedly stressed his importance. ”

Or even the kind of death that "death is everywhere". Fujimaru Rika wanted to say this, but considering that the person she was talking to was not another Midnight Lord, she regretfully swallowed the hellish joke back. However, after hearing this passage, Kyliea thought for a while, showing a somewhat hesitant expression:

"Why, Inquisitor Hastings sounds a little pitiful......"

"That guy is a bad guy!" It was a puffed Abigail who answered, "like a cat thrown into a strange environment, provoking everything he felt he could beat." Abi didn't have the same knowledge as him, just leave him where he was! ”

"Abi can see that this is very powerful, and the way of dealing with it has matured." Fujimaru Rika took the opportunity to praise the little girl next to her, and the latter laughed a little embarrassed.

"But then again, there's a saying that 'the poor must have something to hate,' and the reverse is true." Rika Fujimaru turned back in Kylea's direction again, "While you're probably starting to find Inquisitor Hastings annoying, he does teach you something I can't teach. It's not that I'm excusing him, but he's certainly been in this position for almost one hundred and twenty Terra standard years. He must have learned many of the lessons you must know as a 'judge' during this time, and even if you only scratch the surface of them, the benefits you will have to do in the future of your duties as a Chaldean leader are immeasurable. ”

The last sentence instinctively unnerved Kylia, but she was only a teenage girl, at an age where the future was much greater than the past, so she naturally subconsciously threw the disturbing parts of this sentence into the distant future.

"But I just don't like him." Kylia muttered angrily, "I don't think it's possible for me to 'be friends' with him, too." Are all inquisitors other than my sister so annoying? ”

"I don't know, but in terms of stereotypes, I'm guessing that's the case." Fujimaru Rika said with a smile, "After all, these people are the first line of defense of the empire, and the pressure that work will bring to them is not as great as ordinary people can imagine. It's been a hundred or two hundred years in this position, and if there is such a senior inquisitor who seems to be sane and approachable, you have to wonder if there is some chaos pollution at work. ”

"But sister, you-"

"-Don't make a fuss, based on the time of the real universe, I have only been on the job for less than a year." Fujimaru Rika restrained her smile and pretended to be serious when she said this, but after a few seconds, she couldn't help but break her skills again, "Hey, although I don't know what Inquisitor Hastings told you to make you hate him so much, but-"

"—I don't want to be friends with him." Kelia hugged the pillow in emphasis.

"Okay, that's just a side question anyway, and your main task is to learn how to control psionic energy from him. After all, he was the only one on the ship who had been systematically educated, a registered psyker. Fujimaru Rika didn't care about that, "Then I'll give you another subject: you think about how to make Inquisitor Hastings 'less annoying' in front of you." ”

“……？” Kylea didn't speak, but her big brown eyes were filled with doubts when she wasn't using psionic powers: could it still be like this?

Miwoo (serene)

(Try to make an extra roll)

(End of chapter)