Volume 1: The Awakening of the Lion Cub Chapter 13: Patience and Lessons
When Will and Choi Ming arrived at the location of the incident, there were already several circles of people inside and out.
Will and Choi Ming looked at each other, the latter shrugged his shoulders, and Will sighed, only to go to the outermost tall strong man, stand on tiptoe and pat him on the shoulder.
"Let me go, thank you. β
"Why...... Ah, it's Master Will, please. β
"Don't call me young master, just call me Will, my father said that the Holy Clan is originally equal to each other. β
"Huh...... Lord Richard is too ...... In short, you please. β
β...... All right. β
Helplessly, he looked at the strong man and squeezed out a respectful smile, and while giving way, he yelled at the person in front of him: "Get out of the way, Young Master Will is here." β
Will could only sigh, his father was right, although he had worked hard and declared that after coming to his new home, he would abolish the original hierarchy of the Holy Clan, however, the shackles in people's hearts, especially the shackles he put on himself, would not be so easy to break......
"Tut-tut, Will...... Master...... I also feel that such a title is very suitable for you. Cui Ming smiled narrowly on the side, and Will was even more helpless, so he could only roll his eyes back, and quickly squeezed towards the center of the crowd with Cui Ming - he didn't have that much work to spare.
After the crowd gave way to a passage, Katosh's figure finally appeared in front of Will and Cui Ming, but seeing the scene in front of him, Will's eyes became cold, and Cui Ming, who was usually always giggling, also became expressionless.
Katosh looked arrogantly at the young man who was prostrate at his feet and kept knocking his head to the ground, and the young man's eyes clearly showed remorse, unwillingness, anger and other chaotic emotions - he did not do it voluntarily.
Kneeling means submission, or obedience. In the Kingdom League, when the king bestows his name on a knight who is loyal to him, the knight will often kneel on the ground to complete the ritual as a sign of loyalty and respect. But the Holy Race is different, the Holy Race kneeling is the knee of the two legs, both touching the ground. This means that the kneeling person gives up all his dignity and completely surrenders to the other person.
Obviously, the difference between the two has different symbolic meanings.
There are two sayings about kneeling, the first is "kneel to heaven, kneel to the earth, kneel to parents", and the other is "a man has gold under his knees", which means that the holy family does not need or cannot kneel to objects other than "heaven, earth, and parents".
Oh, by the way, in the legend of the Holy Family, there is also a "Son of Heaven", who is the Holy Family needs to kneel down when they see it.
But this tradition, under the interpretation of the Council of Elders, has gradually changed its taste.
After a conspiracy, the elders in the Council of Elders claimed to exercise jurisdiction over the ordinary Holy Clans on behalf of the "Son of Heaven", so it became a rule in the old homeland for the Holy Clans to kneel down when they saw the elders bowing their knees, even their heads bowed, and not being able to look directly at the faces of the elders.
A rule that makes people dare not speak out...... After all, the Council of Elders has been the leader of the Holy Race since ancient times.
Prostration, on the other hand, is an even more excessive act......
The young man, he tried his best to resist, but behind him, a smiling, samurai-like man was grabbing his limbs, making him unable to move. And when he was panting for breath, he slammed his head to the ground.
"Hey, Will, do you care about this matter or not?" Cui Ming suddenly smiled, but his hand quietly reached into the pocket of his upper leather jacket, where the dagger that was found from the belly of the Sombra boar and which Will disliked and did not want.
"Calm down, Cui Ming. Let me take care of that. As if aware of Choi's impending action, Will shook his head, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "My father said that you must not offend the Council of Elders without a full foothold...... Otherwise, we will lose the support of our people, and those who are still not completely turning to us will scatter away...... So, we need to be patient...... However, I can teach Katosh a small lesson......"
"Oh?
"You just look at it. β
Will didn't look back, and walked with firm steps towards the young man who had been forced to kneel.
Katosh, who was excitedly watching the young man kowtow to him, suddenly noticed the silent crowd, and Will, who was constantly walking towards him, his face changed, and he remembered what Richard said before leading everyone to his new home, "After arriving at the new home, every Holy Family will be equal".
He also took advantage of Richard's absence to dare to find trouble with the young man who accidentally bumped into himβor rather, he deliberately knocked this young man down, and then deliberately found fault.
After all, these damn dalits have been looking at themselves more and more strangely these days, and Katosh can even hear insulting words about himself coming from the tent next door in the tent at night.
This is unforgivable!
So, for the purpose of Liwei, after confirming that Cohen was out hunting and Will was not at the camp, he planned the plot.
According to his script, the farce would eventually come to an end, and the lowly untouchables would not go to their leader, Richard, or his children, and his brothers, to administer justice.
Because the untouchables need to kneel when they see the elders, this is the rule, a long, long time ago, the rules set by the Council of Elders!
Not to mention, this lowly pariah "offended" himself as an elder!
But now, Will suddenly appeared......
Damn it!
Katosh glared fiercely at his servant Lore, who had told himself that he had not seen Will in the camp or outside the camp.
Damn it!
However, he quickly squeezed out a smile and greeted Will - this little imp should be very easy to fool, according to his performance the other day, he should admit it with a little threat.
"Elder Katosh, what are you doing here?"
"Oh, hahaha, Will, you're just in time, this pariah, you offended me just now......"
"Excuse me, Elder Katosh, what are you doing here?"
"Uh...... Can't you see, I'm asking my servant to teach this untouchable......"
"What are untouchables? I don't see untouchables here!"
Cato's smile grew colder, and he realized that Will wasn't as weak as he thought.
On the contrary, his clear gaze was staring into his eyes without squinting.
He asked again, "Elder Katosh, what are you doing here!"