At first, Soshiyang, who had been looking at the planet, did not respond immediately to Ammonium's "Ke" until more than ten seconds later, he straightened his waist and stretched out his right hand to reverse the hourglass on the tray.
As the white fine sand began to pass, he slowly spoke:
"You only have so much time to convince the orphan."
Immuno'ke didn't ask what would happen if the time came, just asked another question.
"His Royal Highness Phoenix, are there any survivors in the expeditionary army?"
Soshiyang looked at him and then chuckled.
"There is, but I plan to let them work as a coolie for the rest of their lives to repay their sins."
"Please release them, Ke Shan is willing to accept all the conditions you have put forward."
"Are you sure?"
"I'm sure."
"They are only more than a thousand people."
"Even if there is only one."
"Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha--"
Soshiyang laughed dryly, then sighed:
"The best and good way is indeed kind, but it is disgustingly hypocritical. It clearly sends millions of lives to hell, but it is against the false kindness and righteousness that are alive."
"This is not hypocrisy. It is precisely because millions of lives sacrificed are a huge mistake and tragedy, so even if there is only one survivor left, we must make up for it, otherwise the tragedy will only be forgotten."
"Well... Ammonium' Ke, an ether, but can you say represent your home world?"
"Can."
"Tsk tsk tsk."
Soshyang raised his hand and shook his finger.
"Lying is not something that Ether should do! You, you can't. The messenger sent by Gu came back and told Gu very clearly that the Ether, who truly represents your family's world, rejected Gu's request very clearly, and said very hard, it would be better to be broken than to be full of tiles... Ah, very tough, Gu admires this kind of integrity and plans to fulfill you."
Ammonium'ke always acted calmly towards such near-threatening words.
"If Your Highness the Phoenix King really wants to destroy us, according to your fleet's strength, the moment we discover your fleet, Ke Shan was already destroyed."
Soshiyang snorted, not continuing the topic, and asked instead:
"You agree, what about your fellow countrymen?"
“The Ether Parliament agrees, and everyone else will agree.”
"Why do you represent the Ether Parliament?"
"By this."
Ammonium'ke shook the blade of honor in his hand, and saw a bun of slightly different colors tied with a thin rope, with a total of 22 strands.
It turned out that before leaving, the members of the Ether Council who suddenly asked to see him off all the ether council members cut off the end of their whip and gave them to him. Everyone was puzzled at first because ether would not cut their hair when they became adults, which was equivalent to a symbol of their life length. But when the ethers silently cut off their own bundles, the other ethers followed one after another.
"All members of the Ether Council cut off their buns and handed them to me, as evidence that I, I, at this time, represent the entire Kshan!"
Soshiyang nodded slightly.
"Okay, since that's the case, you said you agreed to my terms, right?"
"Yes, just hope to release those captured people, no matter how many."
"So you must know which ether you are going to send?"
Ammonium'ke greeted Soshiyang's gaze.
“Below.”
"you?"
"Yes, I will apologize to the victims on behalf of K'shan."
Soshiyang chuckled, glanced at the hourglass after the light, and only half of the fine sand was left.
"Why you?"
"Because the Ether Parliament erroneously launched this war, based on the subsequent analysis, we can basically infer that it was not the indigenous people who attacked the colonies. This is our responsibility and mistake, and we will naturally bear it."
"Error? Afterwards?"
Soshiyan had a smile in his language, but the voice was not warm. Then he reached out to call a projector ball and projected the images of Manye Aida and Comoro Aida.
"I believe that your survivors must have said some clues that you can analyze. You must have doubted when making decisions, but when you find that the world is not powerful and very rich, you become greedy. The facts are no longer important. How to occupy that world is the key, right?"
Ammonium'ke was silent for a moment, then nodded.
"Yes, we were confused by an opponent that could be easily defeated and the generous rewards."
"So, is this the so-called superior good path?"
"no."
"Oh? Then what do you mean is that you have deviated from the highest good path?"
"Yes, the moment we initiated this war, we deviated from the best and the consequences that followed were naturally borne by us. The long-term war has made everyone, including the Ether, more radical and risky."
"Ha, is it because of a long war? How do the Arakans explain it?"
Ammonium' Ke was speechless, only silent.
"well."
Soshiyang sighed and shook his head.
"I also specially learned about your best and good way. To be honest, I was very disappointed. I thought it was a high-level or far-sighted thought. In the end, I was just an expansionist that followed me and those who defied me died. Under the seemingly inclusive shell is an exclusive heart. Indeed, I admire your non-supervised collectivism and dedication, but in the same way, this does not mean that you can make everyone accept this voluntarily. The Arakans are the best example... I often heard an ancient sage preaching, and I had a lot of experience. Do you know what he thinks about the non-believers? Anyone who is confused but does not believe must use true sincerity to preach the truth of what he knows. Those who cannot know should not force themselves. All sentient beings are confused, like those who are born blind, if they want to lead, they are like hitting a wall and knocking a wall, falling into a pit and falling into a trench."
After a moment of silence, I said slowly:
"Reality always forces people to do things that go against their will. As long as it is beneficial to the people and the best of the best, we are willing to accept such consequences."
"Do you really have to take responsibility? Go apologize and kneel down?"
"It's me."
"I don't think it should be you."
“Why?”
"This responsibility does not belong to you, you must not agree with this war."
"I have the responsibility to dissuade me, but I have failed to do my duty."
“The people who decide this war should be brought to you.
Im'ke thought for a moment and said meaningfully:
"What is the difference between you? All you need is a form of collecting the hearts of the people. In that world for so many years, we have never seen the power of the Eternal Court, and we have not even discovered it when we attack... I guess they actually do not belong to the Eternal Court, but our attack forced them to ask for help from His Highness, and His Highness can take advantage of the opportunity to bring him under his command. This is the most critical, isn't it?"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Soshiyang laughed a few times and pressed his hand on the hourglass.
Chapter completed!