Gold is Justice

"She forgot the last thing she should have forgotten. She didn't prepare breakfast for me. If this situation continues, I may use my power to make her not a judge."

The appearance of this cat acting like a baby is really a little awkward, but also a little cute.

Of course, there is still a little bit of distaste mixed in with it.

No way, Ariel could only go to the kitchen to take out the milk and the little white cat's bowl, and pour it respectfully in front of it.This time, the cat removed its pad from Ariel's porridge, lowered its head, and with a graceful gesture, stuck out its tongue to lick the milk in it.

Ariel let out a sigh of relief, annoyed and funny, and sat down to continue drinking porridge.

After eating two bites, the cat raised its head again, and said very abruptly: "I heard when your members were going out in the morning, and the round cheese guy will come later?"

Ariel nodded, and said: "Yes~~~ It was the meeting last night. I didn't expect that yesterday's meeting lasted too long, and it couldn't be finished. I will continue today. However, it's just some minor issues, no important."

Napa lowered her head and licked two mouthfuls of milk again, and said as she licked, "It's about the stall fee, right? What are you going to do? If the price proposed by Round Cheese is right, do you want to pay for the blood clan?" Ariel asked Thinking about it with his head, he took a bite of bread at the same time, frowned and said, "Well... If the money is not too much, I will pay it if I pay. But the key is that the head cannot be opened... nothing can happen. I have to bear it, right? Now Song of the Mermaid has been responsible for the communication bridge between the blood race, flower fairies and humans. Any problems between the three parties should come to me to solve, and I will also be responsible for coordinating their work. Relationships and economic interests. This is good, they make money, but in the end they spread the cost on me, once this head is opened, won't something happen after that?"

The cat took another sip of milk, then suddenly raised its head, stuck out its tongue and licked its lips, and said, "Our members all want you to be the mayor of Pelican City. What do you think of this proposal?"

This time, Ariel was really stunned.She bit the bread and didn't even take a bite for the first time.

When she looked into the cat's eyes and confirmed that the cat was really not joking, she quickly took out the bread from her mouth and said with a little nervousness: "You even know this kind of thing? Those What the hell did the bastards say?"

Napa only wants an attitude towards the bowl of milk in front of her, so she doesn't drink it now.It sat firmly and said slowly: "After Cheese came back from the night shift, he chatted with Cream and Brad who were about to go out for exercise in the morning. After that, Suta also talked to Coco about yesterday when he was making breakfast. things. Basically, I’ve heard almost everything.”

Ariel frowned, "Well... do they take this seriously?"

Napa's ears flicked slightly: "Looking at your expression, don't you seem very happy?"

Ariel: "What, do you think this is fine with me?"

The cat stretched out its paws, gently pushed away the bowl in front of it, and said slowly: "On this point, I stand with our guild members."

"Round Cheese, I've known him since the first day you came to Pelican Town. No, it should be said, I've known him for as long as you."

"This human being is indeed a good mayor. Although he has some philistine aspects, he doesn't do very well in some small sections. But fundamentally speaking, he is also working hard to be the mayor of Pelican Town. Most of the time, I try to use my own methods to settle things.”

"But now, not to mention you or our guild members, even a monster like me feels that that guy's limit may have been reached. Recently, he has come to visit Song of the Mermaid more and more. He has already dared not make any decisions related to the city, so he must go to your side and only dare to make a direct judgment with your confirmation."

"For me, this person can only be a small mayor. The current position of mayor of Pelican City is beyond his ability. And you, Ariel Garcia."

Napa paused for a moment, as if to better position the human girl in front of her and look into its eyes——

"We all know that the current rapid development of Pelican City is undoubtedly due to your credit. It is because of your decision-making, your leadership, and your many whimsical ideas. After practice, the current prosperity of Pelican City has been achieved."

"In the entire Pelican City, Song of the Mermaid directly employs more than 100 workers. With these 500 workers and their families, there may be as many as 2000 people on Song of the Mermaid's side. The current population of the entire Pelican City, our current mayor should have said yesterday, is less than [-] people. This does not even include those blood races and the flower fairies who communicated with us in depth."

"In other words, there is no need to say who is right and who is wrong. Human beings who are born on our side already occupy a quarter of the entire Pelican City. What's more, the most profitable industry in the entire Pelican City is the textile industry. Song of our mermaids."

"If you want to seize the position of the mayor of this Pelican City, I believe you only need to say it, and the majority of the entire Pelican City will agree and acquiesce. In this case, I really don't think you There is also a reason why it is necessary to continue to maintain the title of this small guild leader. Even, you can be both the leader of Mermaid Song and the mayor of Pelican City."

For Napa's chatter, Ariel just watched and waited silently.

She looked at the cat's face full of expectation, her mouth was closed, and there was only a faint smile on the corner of her mouth.

After the little white cat finally finished speaking, Ariel exhaled slowly, took a bite of bread, drank a mouthful of porridge, and said with a smile: "Is this what our members told you?"

Napa shook her head. This little white cat, which can turn into a giant lion monster, now looks very cute: "From my understanding of you humans, this kind of thinking should not be taught by others. Moreover, you humans themselves It should be a creature with an absolute desire for power. Don't tell me you don't have that worldly desire anymore?"

Regarding this, Ariel couldn't help it, and burst out laughing.

Looking at the strange hesitant expression on the little white cat's face, she suddenly felt that her nervousness just now was a little unnecessary, and she immediately felt better again.

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However, seeing her understated smile, Napa seemed a little hesitant: "What? Are you... are you really that great? If you are really that great, then Mother Earth—— "

"I said, don't call me the kind of existence that might happen to strange things!"

Ariel pulled her face up, trying to look serious.However, for this little white cat, she really couldn't keep her expression deadlocked for too long.With her chuckle, she could only take another sip of porridge and waved her hand.

"Okay, okay, I'm not kidding with you. Napa, you're right, we humans do have a natural desire for power. I'm not a superhuman, I'm even more ordinary than all ordinary people , how could there be no desire for power?"

Now, Napa seemed even more puzzled: "So, what do you mean...?"

Ariel grabbed the bread in her hand with a smile, gently tore off a small piece and threw it into her mouth, and said with a smile: "What I mean is that in this world, if you want to gain power, you don't have to start from Ming Dynasty. Let’s grasp the so-called power on the surface.”

Tear and eat while tearing.Under the gradually rising July sun outside the window, the president slowly expressed his thoughts——

"Being mayor, being the final say with the ostensible power to run a city, sounds pretty good, doesn't it? But my dear Napa, have you ever wondered if I really If the mayor on the board, what will it bring next?"

Napa tilted her head slightly, looking a little incomprehensible.

Ariel said with a smile: "Next, what I need to meet is not the expansion of power, the increase of strength, the entire Mermaid Song will become the largest guild in the entire marginal province in one go. A whole bunch of more real issues. That's the economy."

After a short pause, Ariel thought for a while and continued——

"If I become the mayor, it means that I will truly become the person in charge of the smelly Pelican City. At that time, I can't just think about the song of the mermaid, I also have to think about all the people in the entire Pelican City. Various issues in people's employment, life, economy, and security."

"For example, before this, Song of Mermaid was responsible for the security issues in Pelican City. Before I became mayor, Song of Mermaid was doing it with the attitude of contributing to the entire city. Because compared The security that is almost equivalent to free is not an obligation for Song of the Mermaid, even if I withdraw the security measures tomorrow, or ask Pelican City to pay a high fee for the security provided by Song of the Mermaid starting tomorrow , that is a normal situation, and no one can say anything about it.”

"But on the contrary, if I become the mayor, then maintaining the safety and security of Pelican City will become an 'obligation' from the past 'charity'. In this regard, if I do well enough, then this It's what I, the mayor, should do. But if something goes wrong, then it's my responsibility as the mayor, and it's my failure to fulfill my responsibility to protect the citizens."

While talking, Ariel smiled, shrugged, and continued——

"Similarly, there are also economic issues. When I was only the president of Mermaid Song, I could try my best to make Mermaid Song make money from the entire Pelican City. For example, the contract I signed yesterday, using the flower fairy and I can only consider the interests of our Song of the Mermaid because of the transaction of the blood clan to transfuse our Song of the Mermaid. Even, I can only consider my own interests."

"But if I become the mayor, if any of my decisions cannot be led by the citizens of Pelican City, then I will easily become the enemy of these citizens."

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"One more simple example—work."

Ariel leaned on the sofa, trying to make herself lie down in a very comfortable position.Behind her, the sun shone in through the glass, although a round of halo with a slightly sacred feeling appeared on the outline of her body, but at the same time, her face could not be bathed in the sun because there was no way. , and it looks a little dark——

"Song of the Mermaid now owns eight factories, and the workers in these factories are all hired by me."

"Now, they are working hard for me, making money for me, using their time in exchange for the gold coins I give them. Then, their time will become my goods, and go outside to exchange for more gold coins."

"It's just that I have to admit that there is a limit to the labor capacity of workers. They can work for me vigorously now, but what about when they get older? What about when they lose their hands and feet?"

"When they are young, they can work for ten hours, but after a few years, they can only work for eight hours a day. In this way, don't I have two hours to be wasted?"

"In this case, I can fire those workers, let those who can't keep up with my money-making speed leave, and then re-recruit younger, more energetic workers, and even work twelve hours a day, fourteen hours a day. Workers come to work for me."

"When I was the president of Mermaid Song, I didn't have any pressure to fire those workers. Because I followed the rules, and the contract I signed with those workers didn't say that I would hire them for the rest of my life. Right? Now my contract with them is signed once a year. Wait until next year, if their speed can keep up, they will renew the contract. If their work ability declines, then just don’t sign the contract. At that time, anyway, the Pelicans The judges in the city belong to me, what am I afraid of? Even if the workers who were fired by me want to make trouble, they have no reason to make trouble."

"But then again, if I become mayor, what will happen?"

"As the mayor of Pelican City, I need to solve the job problem of the population in the city. I can't let too many people have no work, no food, and wander around all day idle."

"Wandering around without a job means that they will have a lot of time and energy with nowhere to vent. Without food, it means that they may commit crimes anytime and anywhere, causing problems in the city."

"And those, for example, factory owners like me, who maintain a powerful guild as bodyguards, those wandering jobless people can't find trouble with those factory owners, so they will naturally find me, the mayor. Trouble. They will start to smash and loot, and start to cause all kinds of social problems. If I, the mayor, can't solve it, then do you think I, the mayor, should continue to do it? Or just let go Good job?"

Obviously, this little white cat still hasn't figured out what's going on inside.It straightened up its upper body with a puzzled face, and asked, "Isn't it right? This is completely incompatible with your human liking for power? Of course I understand that after becoming the mayor, you may have more responsibilities, but you humans Which guy in history who fantasizes about power has never thought that there must be responsibility in it? To put it more clearly, even if you refuse power now to avoid responsibility, what will you do if power comes to trouble you one day? Hey, don't tell me now that you don't have that much desire for power because you are a girl."

Having said that, Ariel really wanted to laugh more and more.She simply reached out her hand, gently rubbed the little white cat's head, and said with a smile: "Who said I gave up power? Do you think that the entire Pelican City is essentially listening to that round cheese? Or listen to our lord Viscount Rich who is only responsible for collecting rent but not doing anything? Or listen to my mermaid song?"

Napa was taken aback for a moment, and seemed a little shocked.

Ariel continued to tear off a small piece of bread in her hand and put it in her mouth, chewed slowly, and said leisurely: "Power is just realized in a different way. On the bright side, the round cheese is still the whole The mayor of Pelican City, all orders and decisions related to Pelican City need to be finalized, stamped and signed by the mayor. But the question is, what kind of decision should he make? The person who signed and stamped, who else could be besides me, Song of the Mermaid?"

"Now, our Song of the Mermaid accounts for nearly half of the income source of the entire Pelican City. Our economic strength is the strongest, and the proportion of people who rely on our Song of the Mermaid for their livelihood is also the highest. This also means that Once Round Cheese makes any decision, he must come to ask for my opinion. In this way, what kind of city I hope he will build Pelican City, then what kind of city he will build .And in this case, I don't have to take on those piecemeal responsibilities, you see, isn't that pretty good?"

Regarding what Ariel said now, Napa tilted her head, as if she still couldn't understand it.After hesitating for a moment, it said, "Then...what if one day, that human being, Round Cheese, doesn't want to make the decision you want? He is the mayor and has the power to decide what to do in the end."

Ariel shrugged and said indifferently: "Then he has violated the 'public opinion'. At least, he has violated the public opinion of the 500 people under my Song of the Mermaid."

"The making of a policy is not just a simple matter of 'creating a better world for everyone'. As a mayor, the most important thing he needs to do is how to allocate the resources obtained by our Pelican City .Once he decides to shift certain resources to one side, it is destined that the other side will lack the infusion of resources. At that time, it will be enough to directly publicize the serious consequences of the lack of resources in the other direction.”

Napa was stunned again: "Xianyang? Is that all right?"

Ariel smiled and said, "It's the same as advertising. When you can only hear one advertisement all day long, even if you don't want to, you can't help remembering the advertised product in your heart." .At that time, regardless of whether the consequences caused by the lack of resources and leaning towards the side are very small, as long as the publicity is increased, it will definitely have an effect. Finally, I can use this mayor of Pelican City, which is against me, as 'public opinion' The reason for resigning. In this way, wouldn't he be able to fight against me?"

Seeing that Napa was stunned now, Ariel ate the last piece of bread in her hand, and finished speaking in one breath——

"In addition to using this method to target the mayors of Pelican City who don't listen to me, even the mayors of Pelican City who listen to me can do this. In case, there are any problems with the policies and measures of Pelican City in the future ...Haha, I mean, what went wrong under my instructions. After all, you have to understand~~~ She is just a girl from an ordinary family~~~ There is no guarantee that she will not make mistakes~~~" Napa shrank her neck, and Ariel also covered her mouth and smiled, and continued to say——

"If you make any mistakes and cause any problems in Pelican City, then at that time, you can directly blame all the problems on the mayor of Pelican City. Those who say these mistakes are unpopular and harmful. The policies that caused the disaster in Pelican City were all made by that mayor. We strongly demand that the mayor resign, and we re-elect a mayor to continue to lead us!"

"For the mayor who we used as a shield, I will also seal a big red envelope that is enough to make him shut up happily, so that he will regret it on the surface, but secretly resign happily, bringing his family and friends Leaving Pelican City. In this way, the anger that would have been directed at our Mermaid Song will disappear with the resignation of the mayor, and our Mermaid Song can become very safe, right?"

Hearing this, Napa suddenly said: "The method seems to be a good method... But if Round Cheese resigns, doesn't it mean that you still want to be the step-up mayor? People with more prestige than you in the whole Pelican City Seems like it's gone?"

Ariel covered her mouth, chuckled, shook her head lightly, and said, "How could I do it by myself? You didn't listen to what I said just now?"

Napa: "Um..."

Ariel: "The method is very simple. Wouldn't it be enough to let everyone re-elect a mayor? Well... I can ask everyone to vote and see who they like, and whoever they like will come out as mayor. Of course, because I am currently The prestige in Pelican City is still enough, so I will also recommend someone I can see to be the mayor, and then continue to serve as a shield for our mermaid song. I think the little liquor owner of the Unicorn Bar is Yes, he is usually a taciturn person, and he is still helpful when we get along. If Round Cheese really fails, I don’t think it’s a problem for him to be the next mayor.”

In the face of Ariel's eloquent introductions, as a cat... no, as a monster, Napa can only sit silently on the table, watching with a pair of stunned eyes. In front of this human girl.

Seeing her smiling so sweetly now, seeing the sunlight behind her setting off her long golden hair, like some kind of divine existence is enough to make people yearn for.

After a long time, the cat monster finally shook its head slightly, and said with admiration——

"At one time, I thought I had begun to understand humans enough. But Ariel, you have always been able to make me feel that I still understand too little about you humans after all. Is this what your teacher taught you? You guys How many things can the human teacher use to shock me?"

Regarding this, Ariel pouted, shook her head, and said, "Ah, my teacher didn't teach me this. I figured it out on my own. Well~~~ I think there is nothing wrong with someone like me." If ordinary people with strength and no magic want to live well, they must use their brains~~~ I am really too ordinary, and ordinary people like me can see a lot of them everywhere. Lah~~~ Hee hee, I just don’t know if this theory is feasible or not. What if it’s really just a theory and can’t be implemented in practice? Then I just made a whimsical daydream~~~ "

Napa's head tilted again.

It looked at her with a very strange look, as if it had never seen the little human girl in front of it.

This look was naturally caught by Ariel, she smiled, and said with a half-joking expression: "Why? Make it as if you've never seen me before."

"Yeah, I feel like I've never seen you before."

Napa shook her head lightly, and continued to look at Ariel with that surprised look——

"I still remember the time when you and I met for the first time three years ago. You released me from the cellar. At that time, although you were smiling all over your face, you always showed that everything was right The appearance within your control. But at that time, you were always carrying a little bit of anxiety and uneasiness."

"But now..."

After a short pause, Napa hesitated, and her voice gradually softened——

"But now, you have brought me a sense of uneasiness. I always feel that you seem to be a different person. I used to think about being equal to men all day long, thinking that if a man can do it, you must be able to do it." The girl who made it, seems to be gone now. Ouch!"

Before Napa could finish speaking, Ariel stretched out her finger and flicked the monster cat on the forehead.While it was covering her head, Ariel laughed again, leaned on the sofa very relaxed and said: "Okay, okay, don't speak so nervously. It's as if my whole person has changed Like. I haven't changed, I'm still me, just changed from Arrow to Ariel, but the essence is still the same. Besides, I was just talking, I didn't say I really want to do that , It's just a possibility." Maybe it's because Ariel showed that very refreshing smile again, which finally made the look on Napa's face a little calmer.It floated up and landed on Ariel's head again.When it was able to use its own buttocks to firmly press on the blond hair of this human girl, it seemed that this was the only way it could feel the sense of solidity.

"Well, it is true that you are still the former President Arrow. But Ariel, although you said that these are just in your imagination, and you will not actually practice them, it sounds really feasible, right? What if someone actually did that?"

"What to do? How do I know what to do?"

Ariel shrugged, finished the porridge and bread, clapped her hands, and said with a smile——