Although the number of injured people was not large, it took a long time to finally condolence each injured person because Ilsa condolences one by one.
While visiting the injured, Ilsa also visited the doctors and nurses who were just resting.
After visiting everyone, it was already late at night when I walked out of the temporary hospital.
Under the protection of the guards, Ilsa and Alisa walked silently back to the main hall of Baiyang Palace.
When I arrived at the door of the main hall, Ilsa suddenly stopped and said to the guards beside her:
"You all retreat first and let Alisa and I be alone for a while."
"yes!"
After Ilsa's order was issued, the leader of the escorts immediately responded respectfully, and then led the escorts to retreat, leaving space for Ilsa and Alisa.
Ilsa and Alisa watched the guards who were quickly retreating.
It was not until all the guards disappeared from their field of vision that Ilsa turned his head and smiled at Alisa:
"Alisa, can you accompany me to see the stars?"
Hearing Ilsa's invitation, Alisa raised her eyebrows first due to surprise and doubt, and then nodded immediately:
"Of course I'm happy."
Alisa herself likes to see the stars.
Alisa raised her head and looked at the full moon hanging high in the night sky and the stars everywhere, and her thoughts couldn't help but go back 6 years ago.
——I suddenly miss you...
Alisa sighed sadly in her heart.
——The first time he saw the stars with Su Cheng was 6 years ago.
——6 years ago... After the year-end dinner that year after leaving the Imperial Calendar for 289, I watched the stars in a hotel with Su Cheng.
——It was obviously 6 years ago, but it always feels like it happened yesterday.
——I don’t know where Su Cheng is now and how he is now…
Just as Alyssa looked at the starry sky above her head and missed Su Cheng who had not seen for a long time, she was also silently looking at Ilsa in the starry sky, and suddenly said suddenly:
"Alisha, did you see the scene in the hospital just now? It's so scary... When you think about the scenes in the hospital, you still can't help but feel scared."
Alisa was a little stunned at Ilsa's sudden question and emotion.
But she reacted quickly and nodded with a heavy face:
"Well... it's really scary..."
As soon as Alyssa finished speaking, Ilsa immediately continued:
“Since I started to learn calligraphy and study, I hated war.”
"Because I think war is really scary."
"Just from the teacher's lectures and the introduction of books, I can deeply feel the terror of war."
"As long as a war breaks out, a large number of people will be hurt by the outbreak of the war."
Although Alisa didn't know why Ilsa suddenly felt this emotion, she kept standing aside and listening quietly.
"However - something ironic happened."
Speaking of this, a faint bitter smile suddenly appeared on Ilsa's face.
This wry smile contains a full of self-deprecating expression.
"After I became the emperor of this country, I suddenly realized that war is very difficult to avoid. Even if I don't want war, war will still stick to me."
"For example, the 'Overlord Counterattack' three years ago. I didn't want to go to war with the Holy Hillan Empire at all, but the southern invasion of the Xilan army forced me to start a fist war with the Holy Hillan Empire."
"And, after becoming the emperor of this country, I not only found that war is difficult to avoid, but also found that war is not so annoying."
"The great success of the 'Overlord Counterattack' has brought incalculable direct and potential benefits to our country."
"This is the first time in my life that I have felt so intuitively the benefits of a successful war."
"The great success of the 'Over King Counterattack' stimulated me, and made me decide to have another external offensive and try to recreate the great success of the 'Over King Counterattack'. So my ministers and I, under a lot of pressure, borrowed money from the Rennes family and agreed to launch the 'Aurora' offensive."
"What is the end of the ‘Aurora’ offensive? Alisa, you should know better than me, so I won't say much."
"The 'Overlord Counterattack' three years ago and the 'Aurora' offensive two years ago blurred my previous view on the war."
"What is my opinion on war now... Actually, I don't know myself..."
"I only know--even though I still think war is terrible, I don't hate war so much..."
"Although the war is quite terrible, many people will die because of it."
"But as long as it is a war that can make a lot of benefits for our country, it is worth fighting."
Speaking of this, Ilsa let out a long sigh and a look of remembrance appeared on her face.
"Many years ago...about 5 or 6 years ago, I once asked Mr. Cheng a question - how to make world peace."
"At that time, Teacher Cheng did not give me a clear answer."
"This is normal, after all, this is not a question that can be answered easily."
"When I think about it carefully, it feels ridiculous. A little girl who is less than 10 years old is thinking about how to make the world peaceful."
"But I was still quite naive at that time, and I was really thinking very seriously about what to do so that the countries in the mainland will stop conquering and ensure peace forever."
"The way I came up with was to actively strengthen communication. As long as countries sit down and communicate well, the outbreak of war can be avoided."
“Communication is the best way to solve things – that’s what I thought at that time.”
"I was so naive at that time that I was so cute and naively thought that 'strengthening communication' was the only way to avoid war."
"How can we avoid war with strengthening communication? During the hundreds of years of war with the Frank Empire, we have communicated between the two countries for countless times, and which one worked?"
"We have a deep blood feud with the Frank Empire and a strong conflict of interest. How could we sit down and say something calmly together? This hundred years of war will end because of this."
"It's a pity that I didn't understand this when I was young."
"Until four years ago, after participating in the battle against the bandits in the West, someone taught me a truth. Although I can't remember what the person said to me, I still clearly remember the meaning of the sentence he said to me - whether it is communication or violence, there is no good or bad. They are just means to solve things. Some things are suitable for communication, and some things must be solved by violence."
"I felt very heartbroken when I just visited the injured in the hospital."
"If it weren't for the Frank Empire's invasion against us, these soldiers wouldn't have been injured, and so many people would have died."
"The Frank Empire's invasion of our country made me deeply realize that if the Hundred Years' War with them were not ended as soon as possible, we would still have a large number of people who would be killed or injured in this war that had taken more than a hundred years."
“It’s not just the Frank Empire.”
"The same is true for the Rolling Empire and the Holy Hillan Empire. If peace cannot be maintained permanently with them, there will still be a large number of people who will die because of wars that will break out in the future."
"I want to make the world peaceful, and I don't want our descendants to be injured and die because of this war that seems to be endless."
After saying that, Ilsa moved her gaze away from the full moon above her head.
Looking east.
Looking at the dark skyline to the east, Ilsa pulled out the sword from her waist and slowly raised it, pointing the tip of the sword to the dark skyline to the east.
“…Alisa, I’ll ask you.”
Although Ilsa was asking Alisa, her humble tone seemed to be asking herself.
"Since communication is used, there is no way to stop the conquests of the mainland."
"So--"
“If we are united, will we be able to obtain peace?”
...
...
Alisa did not answer Ilsa's question.
Because... she really doesn't know how to answer.
So, she remained silent.
She remained silent until Ilsa put away her sword and entered the main hall of Baiyang Palace with her. She finally said:
Chapter completed!