Attending formal occasions is never something that Cheese is good at. He hated various etiquette courses as early as during his training in Gray Tower. That is not to say that he thinks these etiquettes are useless. On the contrary, Cheese knows that complex rituals and elegant conversation are extremely important to its users. But he never thinks that he will become one of them, and he never thinks that he will become a person in charge of authority. Because he is a spellcaster, he only wants to explore the unknown side of the world, rather than spending energy and time on the known side.

Therefore, when Gloria proposed to let Cheese say something to the rat people at the beginning of the celebration, the mage fell into a rather embarrassing situation. Especially when Rat Man NV Jue had already said a nearly perfect opening word before him. Although Rat Man's facial expression was difficult to guess, Cheese had many reasons to believe that Gloria's smile was not all about etiquette. She must have felt sincere pleasure in using this method to report to this instructor who was not leaving the door.

Cheese looked at the many rat people gathered in the underground square, and their eyes were lit in the torch. This scene would make people who don’t know about rat people feel creepy, but those standing in the higher position of the square knew that in front of them were not a group of monsters with mattes, they were also humans like themselves. In addition to the information Gloria told him just now, Cheese was already very clear about why this time, NV Jue did not hesitate to get rid of Ailsa and brought him to the scene of this festival. So he cleared his throat and began to speak.

"Today is the fifth celebration. At this time five years ago, Gloria NV Sir suggested to me that a celebration would be held to rejuvenate the depressed. I agree. Now, her advice seems to be fruitful. Look around us, my friends, in five years you have turned the beast x into a castle, a feat I never expected."

Cheese's words caused a cheer from the rat people. Indeed, in the past five years, every rat people in the valley spent all their money to build and transform their homes, and they deserved such praise. The others standing behind Cheese couldn't help but applaud the rat people. This underground city also had what they paid for.

"You dug rocks, you build farmland, you guide the flow of water. After experiencing these, no one can say that the rat man is a wild beast. No matter how your appearance changes, it turns out that I did not misunderstand at that time, you are still descendants of this land." Cheese did not use the word human, but used the vague statement of "descendants of the land" to describe the rat man. The rat man is no longer a human being. As a witness who personally participated in the entire rat man plague, the mage knew this very well.

But not all rats can accept this fact, especially the more timely rats rescued by cheese's y agent. They still clearly retain their memories as humans, and some of them even have uninfected relatives living in other parts of the kingdom. Therefore, in the valley city, there are still some rats who think they are humans in their hearts. No, it should be said that most rats who think so. But the problem lies here. In the past five years, the valley rarely goes with the outside world, because Marcus is in the Cangliu, and cheese has established the image of a powerful wizard on the outside, so the rats can gain this precious time to consolidate themselves. But such self-confidence cannot last long, and cheese does not intend to make rats really become a hidden race to live here forever. Therefore, if you don't try to let rats and humans understand and flow with each other, you should treat yourself as a human rat

After the humans re-meet with the humans who regard the Rat Man as monsters, the war will sooner or later ignite between the two races, and then he may not be able to protect them as he did five years ago. Especially, when the Rat Man party launched the war first.

This is the purpose of Gloria's invitation to Cheese. As the essential leader of the rat people, even though Gloria sees the possible dangers of the race, it cannot be explained directly because she does not have such a position, because she is also a rat man. Cheese is different. He is not a rat man, and the rat man does not regard him as a human, because he is a wizard, and his identity is beyond the race. In this way, he can say what Gloria cannot say as a rat man mentor to avoid certain situations.

"I don't know how many of you have left the valley in the past j years. I don't think much of it, because I can imagine their hostility towards us without going outside. But is that wrong? If it wasn't you who were infected five years ago, but they, now those who hide underground would think it would be different. Humans fear rat people, so they hate rat people for granted. Rat people are rejected by humans and killed by humans, so they turn around and hate humans. But what are the results of these two natural things? Did you spend your precious lives that survived the plague and build this magnificent underground city just to be a murderer? That's really sad."

Cheese's words silenced the rat people who were still cheering. Some rat people lowered their heads, some rat people looked at him and waited for the answer, and some rat people began to show boredom and dissatisfaction in their eyes. He saw it. This is why the mage does not like to be a leader. Every gaze at the scene, whether good or bad, is like a chain, wrapped around Cheese, making it impossible for him to break free, and pull him into the endless mud of the world. But can he escape? The gray tower, there is only one in the world. If he escapes, he has to hide in the only high tower in the world, and don't stick his head out to look around until he dies. Because this is the case in the outside world.

"I saw that some of you are pregnant with y and some are carrying children, which is great. This means that we have a future. You are not the dead left after a plague. You are rats, and your descendants will also be rats. So, I hope you can think about the children born in this city. Even if you have experienced the malice outside, they should not know what things are like under the light for life. It would be too heavy to say such words on such days, but it has been five years, and it is time to think about this problem."

"Then can't you tell us the answer? Just like you tell us how to plan a city? Can't you tell us what we should do? We will follow your instructions completely, even if we can't understand, even if we are dissatisfied, we will fully trust you!" A rat man said boldly. He was the minister who asked Gloria if Cheese would attend the ceremony before.

Cheese looked at the rat man and then at the other rat man, "I asked the Rage Lion a question five years ago, and his answer made me decide to stand on the side of the rat man. Today, I want to ask you this question, but I don't want your answer, because this question is no longer my question. You have to ask yourself, is the rat man, a human or a monster?"

After saying that, the mage turned around and left the underground square. He whispered as he walked past Gloria, "So I said, I'm not good at this."

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Chapter completed!