Mage Joan

Heimdall took a step forward, blocking Baron Laval in front of him, making no secret of the hostility in his eyes.

Baron Laval gave the legendary monk a cold look through the grid visor, then looked away, bowed slightly to Sir Castis, turned and walked to the remains of Logan Walsung, and lifted the visor. He took off his helmet and held it in his hand, saluted a military salute in silence, and then turned away without saying a word.

Looking at the back of Baron Laval, Qiao An couldn't help wondering whether there was a moment when he saluted the body, recalling the scene of fighting with Logan on the shore of Lake Aosta two years ago.

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After Baron Laval left with his troops, Sir Castis sat in front of his old friend’s body for a long time. It was not until the dawn of dawn that he temporarily got rid of the torment of grief and self-blame, and accepted Joan and Heimdall’s persuasion. Escort Logan's body to his hometown "Stone Pillar Town" for burial.

Qiao An took the materials on the spot, cut down a cypress tree, and used "great skills" to directly process the big tree into a coffin, containing the remains of Uncle Logan, and nailing the coffin lid after applying the "preservation technique".

In the afternoon, Joan and Heimdall accompanied Sir Castis to **** Logan’s coffin back to Stone Pillars Town. They thought they would be blamed by Haakon and Thrud, but unexpectedly, the town turned out to be Luo. Uncle Gen is ready for the funeral.

After Qiao An inquired about Hakon, he learned that the letter that Uncle Logan sent to Elder Sigmund before his death had explained the whole story and clarified the death ambitions. Although the Walsung brothers and sisters were very sad, they understood that this was his father. The ending he chose did not anger him and Sir Castis.

However, Qiao Ann himself could not be relieved. He always felt that he was entrusted by Slud. After the funeral, he returned to Midgard City and still couldn't solve the knot.

In the morning of the next day, Qiao An went to the Moriarty laboratory to report the smallpox epidemic in the Vimur Valley to his tutor, and asked whether his tutor was involved in the development of a new type of smallpox virus that specifically infects indigenous people.

The results are not surprising. Professor Moriarty admitted that three months ago he provided the military with a sample of smallpox cultivated with the "Holy Grail of Death". As for how the military uses this new virus, he does not know and does not care. .

"The funder provides funds, and I am only responsible for the research and development of the virus strains that the funder needs. This is like doing a business, paying off both money and goods, and then they have nothing to do with each other."

Professor Moriarty smiled and poured red wine and handed it to his students.

"Qiao An, viruses don’t matter good or evil. Even if I don’t participate in research and development, they will be developed by other scholars sooner or later. You can’t blame the person who invented the weapon just because someone was killed by a weapon. The one who is really responsible for all this is The person who controls the weapon."

Is that true?

Qiao An could not agree with the tutor's evasive attitude.

"Teacher, what kind of person your employer Baron Laval is, you should know in your heart?"

"If you know that this person is cruel, hates the Asa people, and provides him with efficient weapons to slaughter innocent people, wouldn't he be an accomplice?"

"If you have to say that, Joan, I can accept your criticism, but so what?"

Mr. Professor shrugged and spread his hands, with a helpless smile on his lips.

"I am willing to apologize to your Asa friends who died of smallpox, and don't mind if you send them my vaccinia paper as a reference for the prevention and treatment of the virus, as a little compensation for me, but you can convince Baron Laval Do you apologize to the countless indigenous people who were slaughtered?"

"Can you persuade the colonial masses who support Laval to put aside prejudice and discrimination, give up westward and open up the land, embrace the aborigines with open arms, and share the land and wealth on this continent?"

"If you can't do all of this, just ask me for a'sorry', it's like a jackal who doesn't care about it and only dares to investigate the fault of the fox. What's the point besides satisfying your own moral and cleanliness?"

Facing Professor Moriarty's sharp questioning, Qiao An was deeply ashamed, and it took a long time before he expressed his pain.

"Tutor, the behavior of Baron Laval and his party members is maddening and inhumane. I admit that I cannot persuade them to give up killing and plunder, but I don't think you and them are the same, otherwise I won't say this to you."

"Unfortunately, the behaviors you despise are just the manifestation of human nature!"

Professor Moriarty put down the glass, patted Qiao'an on the shoulder, and said earnestly:

"My students, selfishness and even viciousness are an inseparable part of human nature, and even a major part. If you want to gain a foothold in the crowd, you must face reality and learn smarter, as long as your life is better than most people around you. Better, you can easily get happiness from life."

Professor Moriarty’s thesis reminded Joan of what Sir Castis had said to him not long ago. The two elders who were highly respected by him put forward opposite views.

In contrast, Joanne is more willing to accept Sir Castis's views.

"Please forgive me for not being able to accept your point of view, mentor. In any case, there are still many good people in the world."

"What about the evidence?" Professor Moriarty sneered and asked, "How many people do you know, how many people do you know, do you have data to support your conclusion?"

"I have no evidence, but you also have no evidence to support that human nature is evil!"

Qiao An was not overwhelmed by the mentor's momentum, and for the first time since meeting Professor Moriarty, he argued directly and confronted him directly.

Professor Moriarty laughed and asked calmly: "Since neither of us has sufficient evidence to support our views, why is it you and not me who is feeling the pain at this moment?"

Qiao An was speechless, and then realized that the tutor was actually arguing, and reminded himself not to be led by his nose, and then brought the conversation back to the topic:

"As individuals, people may be selfish and cruel, but human society as a community, with the constraints of morality and law, should show more of a good side than evil."

Professor Moriarty lit the pipe and took a deep sip, his handsome face looked unpredictable under the smoke.

"However, when you talk about'ought to be', you subconsciously admit that this is different from'actually."

"Qiao An, your high evaluation of human society has not been empirically tested. You have overestimated the rationality of human beings, just like a fanatic who enthusiastically respects the church. This in itself is an irrational self-paralysis."

"You have never been far away from human society. As an insider, how can you correctly evaluate human society?"

"You have never lived like a beast. Why do you judge that humanity is more valuable than animality?