Gold is Justice

"It's done! Well, well, thank you everyone, let's go back to rest first. We will wash the dishes later. Ah, yes, your wages will still be calculated. Today is my whim, and tomorrow will continue!"

Hearing Ariel's words, the cooks all showed relieved expressions, said goodbye to the mayor with a smile, and turned to leave Song of the Mermaid.

After they left, the guild members of Song of the Mermaid also gradually finished their day's work and came back one after another.

"Wow~~~It smells so good!"

Coco stood on tiptoe as soon as she entered the door, smelling the aroma of food in the air.

After sniffing vigorously, the girl rushed to the table with an excited face, and said with a smile: "Sister President! This must be the meal cooked by the president's sister herself? You can tell just by looking at it! It's been a long time I ate the meals cooked by the president's sister~~~!"

Ariel smiled and let Ke Ke take a seat.

Moreover, his members began to praise the aroma of today's dinner after they entered the door, one by one, they found their seats and sat down.

Even the cheese, today, it was not completely dark before I pushed open the door, raised my nose and kept smelling it, and finally jumped down from the second floor, and put my ass on my plate of foie gras. Baked blood tofu with honey (harmony) sauce sat down in front.

Seeing everyone gradually sitting down, Ariel looked around and said, "By the way, it's rare for me to cook today. Where's the mochi?"

Cheese couldn't wait any longer, and while looking at the distinctive food on his plate as if admiring a work of art, he said: "Although the girl said she was willing to join the song of the mermaid, she still lives with her mother. Together. Little girl, I always hope to live with my mother, and it is impossible for us to let her live here now, let alone eat."

Margo next to her also nodded, and said, "Yes, but it is estimated that in an hour, the girl should come to us to receive the task."

Tesla smiled and said: "It's a mission, but we actually took her around the city. After all, Mr. Cheese took her around in the end, which is a small security force."

"So what? I think this little girl from our Night Clan has great potential. She really wants to do things, and she is very serious and cautious. I always feel that it would be boring to work alone at night. Now there are With her help, I feel much more relaxed."

Cheese picked up his blood wine glass and took a sip slowly, with an expression of appreciation on his face.

Everyone talked and laughed, while eating this delicious meal, they exchanged their daily work and life experiences.

And Ariel was watching everyone eating and drinking. After everyone was almost done, the mayor finally got up, tapped the cup in his hand, and said——

"It seems that everyone is very satisfied with the meal tonight. My craftsmanship... hasn't deteriorated, has it?"

Everyone's eyes turned to Ariel, and they raised their glasses one after another.And Tesla even directly shouted: "The president's culinary skills are unparalleled in the world!"

Immediately, everyone burst into laughter.

Ariel also laughed along with her, but soon, she put down the cup in her hand and looked at the members in front of her, and said, "Although my cooking skills are unparalleled in the world, there are some things that I still think I did. Not very good."

Margaux smiled and said, "President, if you have anything to say, just say it directly. I knew that you must have something to discuss with us by making us dinner all of a sudden."

Ariel nodded. After pondering for a moment, she looked around the faces of these guild members and said, "Everyone... looks very clean now. Not only are the clothes clean, but the faces are also clean. "

Originally, everyone thought that their president would still say something about the action policy of Song of the Mermaid as before, but after hearing Ariel suddenly say such words with unknown meaning, everyone's faces were full of excitement. They all seemed a little puzzled.

Ariel didn't let everyone continue to guess, but continued to say——

"Of course, we do this kind of work and keep our faces and bodies clean. That's a matter of course. Not only me, the mayor, needs to be clean, but I also hope that my guild members also keep clean. The body is clean, so that we can give It gives people a refreshing feeling, and our work can be done more comfortably.”

Ke Ke looked left and right, and said, "Sister President... you must be... inconvenient, right? It's okay! I haven't smelled the smell yet, so I'll help you back first... ouch!"

Margo, who was at the side, knocked on Coco's head, looked at Ariel, and the expression on her face also became a little calm: "President, what... do you mean?"

Ariel exhaled slowly, and said: "I just remembered my origin. I never dare to forget that I was born as a slave."

Cream was a little puzzled, and after thinking for a while, he said, "President, what do you mean...you hope we won't bring up this matter again?"

"No, quite the opposite."

Ariel pointed at Cream, and said seriously——

"I hope you mention it, and even hope that you can mention it repeatedly and constantly. I was born as a slave, and I want to remind myself that no matter at any time, I must never forget what kind of person I am, and I must not forget Where did it come from?"

The doubts on everyone's faces obviously increased, and everyone didn't know what their president wanted to do.Even Margaux, Duck, and Cheese, who have always been smart, frowned and looked at each other, unable to figure out what Ariel was thinking.

In this regard, Ariel smiled lightly, and said slowly: "I am a slave born, an ordinary person who has no fighting power and no magical affinity. In the eyes of you adventurers, if I am not If you are the president, then I am a very ordinary village girl that you can see casually on both sides of the road."

"Perhaps all along, you all think that I founded Song of the Mermaid. But what I really want to say is that it is not me who can make Song of Mermaid become what it is now. At least, I am not alone .”

"It's from all of you, from all of you."

"It is precisely because of everyone's help and everyone's concerted efforts that Song of the Mermaid has been able to reach this point and have everything it has now."

Hearing this, Brad probably thought that the president wanted to encourage everyone, and immediately raised the water glass in his hand and said, "President! I am here because of you! I admire you even more!"

"Listen to me."

"Yes! I'll listen to the chairman's words!"

After Brad obediently sat back in his seat, Ariel exhaled again and continued——

"The success of Song of the Mermaid comes from the joint efforts of all of you. The success of Song of the Mermaid is obvious to all. Although I am the president, no matter how powerful I am as the president, it is impossible for me to do everything. I need everyone to help and work together, and I also need everyone to cooperate with my work. This way of helping each other, uniting as one, and not relying on someone's heroic leadership, this kind of mermaid song may not be able to produce the legendary hero, but it can definitely be guaranteed A strong driving force for us to go all the way.”

The first thousand and 270 chapters set the rules

At this point, Ariel's speech paused a little.

Her eyes swept over the faces of these people again, and the eyes gradually changed from soft to serious, and then sharp.

When everyone saw her eyes, they couldn't help but shudder in their hearts.Especially when these eyes touched Suta's eyes covered by thick bangs, the paladin's body even trembled involuntarily.

"Since a guild is like this, why not a city?"

After looking around, Ariel exhaled slightly, and continued to say——

"So far, Song of the Mermaid is still the only security force in the entire Pelican City. Among them, there are factors that I deliberately do not allow other guilds to enter, and there are also factors that our guild's management in Pelican City is really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. "

"If you want to run a city well, it's essentially the same as running a guild. I'm still an ordinary human girl who doesn't have any power, no magic, no ability to climb walls, and can't see everything clearly at night. Therefore, the only thing I can do is to rely on everyone in the entire city, and drive everyone to join me in the same direction. Only in this way can I solve all kinds of problems in this city, and finally let Our Pelican City is developing smoothly." "So, how can I work together with the citizens in the city? How can I make them understand that it must be a good thing to do what I say?"

Tesla was a little confused when he heard this, and said, "President, you are the mayor of Pelican City now. Whatever you say, the people in the city will naturally do what you say. How could you not do what you said?"

Ariel shook her head, and said slowly: "It's not the same. They do what I say, and then the citizens will appear very passive. Why are they passive? Because they can't understand the reason for doing this, nor can they understand what they are doing. What kind of benefits can they get? To put it more bluntly, they will think that if they do what I say, then even if they can make Pelican City better, then I, the mayor, will definitely take a large part of it income."

Tesla rubbed the back of his head: "You are the mayor, urban development is good, you take the big head... shouldn't you?"

Ariel wasn't angry either, and she also knew that she was really translating her thoughts into specific actions, and she absolutely couldn't make mistakes at this juncture, so it's better to explain many things clearly——

"It's true that I can take the lead. But in this way, the citizens will feel that they guessed right. They feel that no matter how well the entire city is functioning, they will get very little. Since they get very little, Then their motivation will be insufficient, and even if they follow my orders, they will not contribute very much. In this case, in order to pass on the policies I signed, I have to rely on a team of supervisors to supervise the implementation of the policies , In this way, I will generate expenditures for the Overseer Team for no reason, and may even make the citizens feel that I have completely stood on the opposite side of them, making them even more dissatisfied with me."

After a short pause, Ariel continued—

"So, I can't just be satisfied with letting the citizens follow my orders to do things. I hope that I can let them do things spontaneously for the beauty of Pelican City. Let them feel that they can really benefit from the benefits of Pelican City. gain tangible benefits in the course of development.”

Ke Ke nodded and said with a smile: "Oh~~~! I understand. So, the elder sister of the president wants to do the same as before, telling them to follow your advice and make a lot of money! That's all right, right? "

Ariel smiled, stretched out her hand and gently touched Coco's head, and then said: "Although I have some imagination, but it's not exactly the same. Because I'm not a god, any decision I make may not be guaranteed to be always correct. I can't guarantee that I will never do wrong things. If I just use money to lure them into doing things, then the citizens will come to me as soon as they find out that I have done something wrong and they have lost money. Trouble."

"So, I want something other than money that can make people move towards the same goal. This should be some kind of belief, some kind of power that goes far beyond money, so that everyone can Go forward spontaneously and proactively toward the same goal.”

Margo snapped her fingers: "The God of Light? In the name of religion? I think this is also a good way."

Ariel shrugged, pouted her lips, and said, "Okay... maybe you're right. But this method must first convince me to believe in the God of Light. Then... don't talk about me, Margot, you believe in the light God?"

Hearing Ariel's question, Margot immediately put on a mocking expression, and laughed: "Ha! Why do I believe in that guy? Is that guy louder than all the men I've met before?"

As soon as the words came out, Margo immediately thought that she said hello, she quickly put away the mocking smile on her face, resumed the pious look of a nun, and said slowly: "Everyone, I have a very high degree of faith in the God of Light. Flexible self-control ability."

That being the case, Ariel shrugged again, and said with a smile: "In that case... let's let go of the concept of religion first. Then, I also thought about a belief. I think... I should tell everyone that you can It is not me, nor you, nor even the God of Light, nor the royal family, nor the nobles who make them live a good life. Maybe...not some legendary brave man."

Brad looked at his president with a dazed expression, and Buffy, who was sitting on his shoulder, said curiously, "Don't rely on them? Not rely on anything? No faith, no spiritual sustenance? Then what? By yourself?"

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Ariel snapped her fingers and said approvingly, "That's right! It's up to me!"

"I hope to let all the citizens of Pelican City know that they can live a happy life, earn more money, and have a better living environment. They definitely don't rely on someone's gift. They all rely on They, rely on us, rely on everyone in our entire Pelican City!"

"So, the identity of our Song of the Mermaid in Pelican City, although Song of the Mermaid is now the center of power in Pelican City, both in name and in substance, I hope that those of us who have power will not feel that we are Have an attitude of being superior to others, and don't have any behaviors that distance yourself from ordinary citizens!" "Only to make those citizens feel that we are the same as them. Use your own efforts to gain opportunities to rise! In this way, the difference between us and the citizens will not become bigger and bigger!"

"Growing bigger?" Buffy couldn't understand again, "What do you mean? What does it mean getting bigger? The relationship between us and the citizens? What? Is there a difference?"

Ariel exhaled again, with an extremely serious expression on her face. She looked around at the members in front of her and said slowly, "Ask yourselves, during this period of time, the relationship between the members of our Song of Mermaids and ordinary people, Has something changed? When the citizens see us, can they still call us brothers and sisters as before?"

The atmosphere that seemed very cheerful just now suddenly became depressed.

Guild members, you look at me, I look at you, and there seems to be nothing to say for a while.

After a while, Duck exhaled slowly and said, "Let me be the bad guy. I joined the guild earlier than you, so I don't have any preconceived impressions. So in my opinion, In the past few months, the relationship between the citizens of this city and us can be regarded as very different."

"I remember that when I first came to Pelican City, although the residents of the city still respected the song of the mermaid, they were not too cautious. Just like Brad, you used to recite Go out on patrol with those armed equipment to maintain order, right?"

Brad nodded slightly, with a rather frightened expression on his face.

Darke continued: "Before, some of your friends would hook their shoulders when they met you. Some children would also circle around you, asking you to hold them on your shoulders. But since you rode that horse After the tall and somewhat exaggerated horse, I never saw those residents feel so close to you. I even said...now the children will look a little scared when they see you like that."

Brad was shocked, as if he had been hit with a sap, and he looked very nervous: "I...I...! Have I? I have... Have I changed so much? I haven't even Perceived... President me!"

Duck ignored Brad and continued: "The others... I didn't pay much attention either. Let's talk about Coco. Coco, did you see your friend Guoguo when we were patrolling the street last time? Maybe you didn't realize it, but compared to your familiar appearance, your friends are obviously very cautious about contacting you. It doesn't look like meeting friends, it's more like... my former guild Inside, the way my subordinates feel when they see me, that sense of alienation and alienation.”

Being reprimanded by Dake for a while, Keke also stared and opened her mouth with an expression of disbelief.

Seeing this, Ariel at the side saw that it was almost time, and said, "Don't just talk about others, Duck, although you look like nothing, but you still have the aura of a big city that can't be changed, so No one dares to approach you, does they?"

Dak lowered his head and responded, "The president said so."

Ariel nodded, very satisfied with Duck's current cooperation, and continued: "So, we Mermaid Song can't be so special. What's so special about our group? What qualifications do we have to engage in privileges? What qualifications make people see us so scared and alienated?"

"Brad, do you think you are special? Are you smart? Is eating so much special?"

Brad shook his head quickly, shaking his head like a rattle.

"Ke Ke, do you think you are special? Do you think you have a high status? You are just a necromancer and a glutton."

Coco lowered his head and stopped talking.

"Tesla, you are nothing special, you are an assembler, you can't do anything without financial support, right?"

Tesla said nothing.

"And Cream, don't look at how powerful you are in flying all day long, is it worthy of others' respect if you know how to brag? You're just kidding."

Cream shrugged and nodded helplessly.

"And Suta, not long ago you were a woman who was too scared to even pick up a shield! How do you think you have the right to be so admired by others?"

Suta lowered his head and remained silent.

"Then, it's me. What do the citizens fear about me? I was born as a slave, and they don't even have to be afraid of nobles. Why are they afraid of me, a woman who was abandoned by her own parents and can only become a slave in the end? Why are they afraid of me? Why are they afraid of me so much that they kneel down? Why should they respect you? Just because of the gold and silver jewelry you and I wear? Just because of the luxury of our clothes? The weapons are beautiful ? Because of this, should the residents be afraid of us?"

"of course not."

"It's not what we wear, what we look like, that they're afraid of."