Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

This is not the answer Haven wanted to hear. "Why do you want to understand nature?"

"Because..." She pondered for a while, "Because nature is beautiful."

"Isn't human society beautiful?"

"Do not."

"So you fled into the forest and became a hermit in isolation?"

Gerrit frowned and asked, "What exactly do you want to say?"

"Miss Gerrit, have you ever thought about changing this world you hate?" He took a sip of fruit wine and said, shaking his glass.

Geralte was silent.

"Changing the world is too much to talk about. I might as well narrow it down a bit—Miss Gerrit, are you willing to use your power to change this town? Are you willing to make this place beautiful and rich? Would you like to bring people back to basics and goodness again? If you would, I'd be happy to hire you, good salary, two days a week."

Zhe Lite said: "My lord, witches are not welcomed by the nobles. If someone knows that you are hiring a witch, you will be rejected, suppressed, and cause various problems." Isrit also nodded and said: "I I am willing to help you, but the witch's power is limited by nature, so it is not very useful here."

"Whether it is useful or not is up to me, two ladies. As for the consequences and costs of hiring a witch, I will also bear it. I have thought about this matter, and I will guarantee your safety."

"This is not the age of witchcraft, Your Honor." Gerrit told him, "If wizards walk the earth, the fifth mass extinction will come—this is the old prophet's last words, and people obey it."

"The fifth mass extinction?"

"The Creator God destroyed the world four times." Isrit nodded, "And we are in the fifth era—Your Honor, you should know this history."

Haiwen tried to search the memory bank, but found that this "history" was nothing but legends and myths. "You shouldn't be afraid of legends. In my opinion, witchcraft is a very useful skill. Such a great power should be used to benefit mankind, not hidden in deep mountains and old forests."

Gerrit looked at him and said, "My lord, your request is indeed irresistible, but I can't believe what you said - you have to tell me, what do you want? Power? Money? Or something else? what?"

"Justice." He said, "I want to give justice to this world."

Gelie raised her legs and let out a disdainful laugh, "Do you think I will believe it?"

"I trust him, Master Zhe Lite." Isrit said at this time.

Then Isrit stood up under Zhe Lite's surprised gaze, walked to Haven's side and knelt down on one knee, kissing his feet.Hewen didn't expect that she would do this kind of thing suddenly, because Isrit had always given him the impression that she was a timid and shy girl, she... oh, no!She can calmly face thousands of eyes on the execution platform, she is definitely not a timid girl.She may be as shy as a kitten at ordinary times, but she is never timid when encountering big things.

"This represents my loyalty, my lord." Isrit stood up, "You saved me, I believe in you."

He looked into Isrit's eyes, and he saw the girl's fiery gaze, which was like a fire hidden under ashes, which could be ignited as long as someone pulled her coat off.All of a sudden he realized that Isrit gave him not only loyalty, but also fanatical love.

After seeing this scene, Gerrit's expression changed from being puzzled to contemplative. She stared at the shadow of the fruit wine on the table, twisted her lips with her hands, and her eyes straightened.After a long time, Gerrit said, "I still can't believe that a judge full of crimes suddenly became a saint who wants to save the world."

Haven said: "There is a reason for my transformation, and Isrit knows this reason. After we trust each other, I am willing to tell you this secret."

Gerrit said: "Many years ago, I also thought about using witchcraft to change the world. But in fact, it is too difficult, Your Honor, it is too difficult! Assuming you really have the heart of a saint, I don't think you can." success."

"Even if there is a slight possibility, I am willing to try. The worst result is to die on the road of pursuing justice. In fact, Miss Gerrit, I have died once. My attitude towards life is the same as yours. It is very different." He took a sip of fruit wine, "I may fail, but everything I do is meaningful. Everyone who knows me will remember me, my body will die, but my mind will stay ——Miss Gerrit, I dare to swear that even if you leave today, you will still remember that there is such a person here who is willing to sacrifice everything for the pursuit of justice. And when you are faced with the distinction between good and evil, you may think of me, In order to make a righteous choice; the more people I influence, the more the world tends to the direction I want, justice will not be achieved overnight, it needs the efforts of several generations, in this case, I am willing to be the first one People who opened up wasteland."

Ge Lita listened quietly, her face remained expressionless, and Haiwen couldn't guess her thoughts.

"Okay, okay." Afterwards, Gerrit applauded symbolically, "I admire your lofty ambitions, Your Honor. But you can't make others work for you by pointing out some impassioned words."

"Then what do you want?"

"I need you to pay three months' salary in advance, and build me a secret laboratory." Gerrit raised her index finger and drew a standard square in the air, "I also need you to provide me with various A kind of experimental material, and guarantee my safety. In addition, if there is danger, I will put my own personal safety first—the above are my conditions.”

"Then I have to talk about my conditions." Haiwen cleared his throat, "I will meet all your requirements, but you also have to help me when I need you; I need you to make a list , tell me what your witchcraft can do, so that I can assign you work at the right time—what do you think?"

"Deal." They shook hands.

Afterwards, he went to shake hands with Estherite and said, "Thank you for trusting me, Miss Estherite."

However, Estherite did not immediately shake Hewen's hand, she looked at him, and that gaze made Hewen's heart beat faster.Then she gently shook hands with Haven, the feeling was the same as when they first met, Hewen took her hand and ran through the violent crowd-her hand was still so soft, and warmer than before.

Their hands were held together for a long time, and he didn't let go until he felt Gerritina's gaze.Isrit's pretty face blushed slightly, and she bowed her head in silence.Hai Wen subconsciously clenched his right hand, as if this would preserve the previous tenderness.

Author's message:

ps: I hate playing ambiguous the most.

In some books, the hero and heroine you love me, I love you, but it turns out to be a mess. More than 800 chapters don't even hold hands, just deliberately tricking readers. This is the thing I hate the most.

WTMSB!

Chapter 9: Hyacinth and Violet

Chapter 9: Hyacinth and Violet

He first arranged a room for the sorceress apprentice.He used to live on the third floor of the house exclusively for his mistresses, but later he gave the group of women a severance pay, dispersed them all, and left the house empty.He ordered the room to be redecorated, and the old furniture removed and replaced with new ones, and then made room for the two girls.

Later, Isrit told him that there was no need to go through such a lot of trouble, she could live anywhere.But Haiwen insisted on letting them live better. He said: "I will not only give you a comfortable and warm house, but also clean food and water; not only that, but you will have to change your living habits in the future. I will also let the people in the house come to the "hygiene class", and everyone must come."

After arranging for Isrit and Gerrit, he went to the room of the two female slaves.

Since he "accepted" these two girls, he has never visited or spoken to them.Thinking about it now, the two of them don't know how scared they are.So before he went to visit the two girls, he asked the chef to prepare an exquisite lunch, and then he pushed the dining car to deliver the food to them.He believes that the most suitable place to talk about things is at the dinner table, which is the experience of his previous life.

"Knock knock." He knocked on the door.

Soon there were hurried footsteps and a few nervous whispers, and then the door opened a crack, and he saw a pair of eyes full of fear looking at him through the gap.

"Miss, it's me." He said in as soft a voice as possible.

Then the door opened, and he saw two female slaves kneeling on either side of the door, not daring to raise their heads.He sighed, pushed the dining car into the room, and said, "Stand up, I don't have that much courtesy here."

"Yes, my lord." The two girls said in unison, but they still knelt on the ground.

"I told you to stand up." Haven said.

The two stood up quickly.Only then did Hai Wen see that they were still wearing their old clothes and their feet were bare.Then he smelled a rotten smell behind him. He looked towards the smell and saw several dinners on the table. It seemed that none of them had been touched, and many of them had just rotted away.And under the table was the clean clothes he asked Dreyer to prepare for the two girls, but the clothes were neatly placed on the ground, as if they had never been moved.

He was very puzzled, so he asked the two girls, "What's going on here?"

The two looked at each other, then fell to their knees again, "We know we were wrong, please forgive me, sir!"

Hai Wen was even more puzzled. "What do you want me to forgive?"

The two glanced at each other quietly, and then lowered their knees.Haiwen sighed softly, thinking: I can't speak like this.So he ordered the two to sit down at the table, then sent the servants in to take away the spoiled food; at last he did it himself, and put the new supper on the table.

"Now I ask you, and you must answer truthfully."

"Yes, my lord." The two said in unison.

Haven asked: "First, tell me your names."

They looked at each other, and the petite girl on the left said first, "Hyacinth."

Then the older girl on the right said, "Violet."

Haven nodded.Hyacinth is a girl who looks fifteen or sixteen years old, with bronze skin and bright eyes, she is looking around anxiously, like a kitten that has just moved into a new home.Violet is an adult, her skin tone is slightly lighter than that of Hyacinth, showing a wheat color; she has brown eyes and beautiful long hair, she is calmer than Hyacinth, staring straight ahead, expressionless.

Hai Wen remembered the two girls, and then asked, "Did you eat any of these things?"

Violet said seriously, "We didn't eat any, my lord."

At the same time Hyacinth whispered: "I ate a little..." But she changed her words immediately after hearing Violet's words, "No! Not at all, my lord!"

Hai Wen nodded and continued to ask, "Why don't you wear these clothes?"

They looked at each other, this time Hyacinth didn't dare to talk nonsense, she winked at the older Violet, beckoning her to speak.Violet's face froze, then she lowered her head and quietly observed Hai Wen's face, as if she was thinking about how to answer - Hai Wen saw all this, there were so many dramas on the faces of these two girls, he thought to himself .

At this time Violet said: "Because you didn't tell us to wear it."

"What?" Haiwen was stunned for a moment, "It's because I didn't give an order, so you...don't eat, drink, or change clothes?"

Hyacinth nodded repeatedly, and said, "Because...because the lord didn't let us eat, and he didn't say that the clothes were for us to wear. He just put things here. He...just pointed out to us where the toilet is. , and told us not to run around." They looked at each other, and then Violet whispered: "I'm sorry, my lord, we dare not."

"Then I will order you to eat now." He opened the fruit wine, poured two glasses, and stopped when he was about to pour the third glass, "Oh, Hyacinth, you are too young to drink."

They exchanged glances again before they began to eat.At the beginning, Violet and Hyacinth were very restrained in their eating movements, sipping small mouthfuls, acting more elegant than the noble lady when they were receiving guests, but after a while, Hyacinth began to bite the bread with big mouthfuls, and drank onion and beef porridge wheezingly; then Violet simply put aside her politeness, stuffed the grilled mushrooms, blood sausage and smoked herring into her mouth, and then washed it down with fruit wine.

They were really starving.He said from the side: "Eat slowly, you have been hungry for too long, and eating too fast is bad for your stomach." But the two girls ignored him.

Although Haiwen wasn't too hungry, he ate a little food—it was very important to eat and live with his subordinates, even if it was just a formality.But having said that, the catering in this place is really underdeveloped, the ingredients are scarce, and the condiments are few, and there is no monosodium glutamate. Chili, pepper, soy sauce, cooking wine... Anyway, he doesn't have all the accessories he is familiar with, so he can't make what he likes Chinese food.He remembered that the value of pepper used to be equal to that of gold in history, and a tael of pepper was worth a tael of gold. If he could get these things, he would probably be able to make a fortune.

After a while, the plates on the table were empty, the two girls took a breath, Violet wiped her mouth with a napkin, resumed her previous posture of sitting upright, peeking at the expression on Haiwen's face; while Hyacinth completely relaxed, She patted her belly and squinted her eyes contentedly, "I must live for today... hiccup!" She hiccupped in a short voice, which sounded like a bird chirping, and she covered it with a flushed face. mouth.

Haiwen didn't mind this kind of thing, he nodded slightly, and said, "The meal is over, let's talk about the next thing."

Violet whispered, "Yes, my lord."

Hyacinth looked excited, "Okay! We... hiccup!" She quickly sat up straight and covered her mouth with her hands.Haiwen smiled and poured some water for her, and said, "You are in a hurry to eat."

She nodded repeatedly, then took the cup with both hands and took a big sip of water, but coughed again. "I'm just kind of... hiccup! I'm nervous, I can just... hiccup! Ah, I mean... hiccup!" She tried to hold her breath, but the hiccup couldn't stop, and she broke out in a cold sweat from embarrassment.

"Relax, Hyacinth, relax." Haiwen tried his best to make his tone gentle, "I won't do anything to you, I came here today, just want to see you. After eating and resting for a while, then go to take a hot bath Bath..."

At this time, Hyacinth suddenly said: "Then you will kill us?"

under hyacinths and violets

under hyacinths and violets

"Hyacinth!" Violet called her name in a low voice, signaling her not to talk nonsense.

Haiwen looked at the poor little girl and asked her, "Why do you think so?"

"I heard that you like to kill people, especially women!" She said loudly, "You will wash us clean, and then kill us one by one, won't you?" Live to flow out.And just when she was about to continue, Violet shouted in a screaming voice: "Shut up!"

Hyacinth was so frightened that she didn't dare to make a sound, and immediately knelt down on the ground; Violet also realized her gaffe at this time, her face turned pale, and she also knelt down immediately.

"Get up, get up." Haiwen walked over to pull Hyacinth up, and he felt the little girl's arms trembling.They may have been hurt more than I expected, he thought.Then he went to help Violet, but Violet didn't dare to let him touch it, and stood up by herself.

"I swear, no one will hurt you in this place, go back to your chair, I have something to ask you."

The two girls nodded together and sat down in their seats like students.

Haiwen said: "In the future, you will live and work here, but you don't have to continue to serve the bed."

Hearing this, Hyacinth tilted her head in a daze, but Violet became nervous, and she asked, "Then what does your lord want us to do?"

"What will you do?"

"We can't do other things." Violet said, "We can't do anything except bed work." After she finished speaking, Hyacinth nodded, and then shook his head again, saying, "Actually, Hyacinth also does bed work." I won't do it, because you are my first master." After she finished speaking, she couldn't help laughing.

Haiwen had expected this, so he said: "I can let other servants teach you, starting from the most basic, and you will be able to return to your previous life after a long time."

Hyacinth said: "I heard them say 'a slave for a day'."

"That's not the case." Haven said.

Violet said, "No, my lord, what she said is right. We have the imprint of stamens on our faces, and we are slaves wherever we go."

Haiwen's heart sank when he heard this, "Come here, let me see the marks on your faces."

The two girls walked up to him and were about to kneel down when Hai Wen stood up from his seat and said, "In the future, unless I order you, don't do this kind of salute. I don't like kneeling. I don't like being kneeled by others." Violet and Hyacinth agreed, then stood up.

So Haiwen gently touched the stamens on the faces of the two girls with both hands. The stamens represent the genitalia, and this hint is obvious.The scar was uneven and felt a bit oozing. In Haiwen's memory, this kind of slave branding needed to be ironed out with a hot iron, and then applied with potion to shape it. The process was very painful.

He couldn't help asking, "Does it hurt?"

Violet paused for more than ten seconds, then replied in a low voice: "It doesn't hurt very much."

Hyacinth didn't speak, she cried.

The little girl sobbed twice at first, and then wrapped her head tightly into Haiwen's arms, and Haiwen took half a step back after being hit by her.She's just a child, Hewen thought, stroking her curly hair gently with his hands; then Hyacinth cried loudly, warm tears wet Hewen's clothes, he couldn't help but hugged Hyacinth into it with his left hand. arms.At this time, he found that the door was still open, and he wanted to ask Violet to close the door, but found that Violet's eye sockets were already wet.

Violet was only eighteen or nineteen years old, he sighed, and opened his right arm, "If you are willing—" halfway through his words, Violet fell into his arms and began to cry—I am willing to give you Provide a place to vent your emotions.The second half of the sentence was swallowed back by him.

At this moment, out of the corner of his eye, he saw the door close by itself—was the butler passing by just now?

The two girls cried for a long time, and Haiwen kept comforting them.What kind of villain would torture such a beautiful girl?A cloud of anger rose in his heart, if possible, I really want to hang all the slave traders in this world.

"Crying properly can help release emotions, and excessive sadness can damage the body. Two ladies, please restrain yourself."

Hearing this, the two gradually calmed down.Violet took the lead in apologizing for her gaffe, and Hyacinth followed suit, but just as she was about to speak, she bit her lip again, and then cried out with a "wow".Okay, you are young, let you cry a little longer, he put Hyacinth in his arms, pretending to be holding his daughter.However, the charming fragrance exuded from the body of the girl from the southern country disturbed his mind.

After a while Hyacinth stopped crying, and at last they could sit down and talk.

"From now on, you have to work with the servants in the house every morning. Everyone in my house has to work. Hardworking people get more wages, and lazy people can only continue to be poor."

Violet nodded solemnly, and Hyacinth raised her hand and asked, "What kind of work are we going to do?"

"I don't know, but Dreyer will give you a suitable job. Maybe it's laundry, maybe it's going to help in the kitchen, it won't be too difficult anyway."

Violet listened silently, but Hyacinth spoke again: "Work in the morning, what are you doing in the afternoon?"

"Class in the afternoon." Hai Wen said.