Mage Joan

"After that, what happened again?" Qiao An asked his adopted daughter.

"It's a pity that the'will' that Master Saoirse read out in public was immediately strongly opposed by the overwhelming majority of the warlords and nobles, and the venue exploded."

"The beholders not only refused to accept the Supreme’s entrustment, they even questioned Lord Saoirsa’s suspected assassination of the Supreme Majesty. With ambitions, they forged a will and tried to prop up an Inanna who emerged from nowhere to act as a puppet and manipulated the puppet behind the scenes. In a vain attempt to control the power of the Demon Eye Nest City and become the uncrowned king of Udinese."

"The council broke up unhappy. After a short while, the ambitious warlords began to gather men and horses to attack each other, trying to seize the throne of Udinese by force...In this way, the Demon Eye Nest City fell into infighting."

"Master Saoirsa did everything he could to appease the forces of all parties. However, things have turned against expectations. These days, the conflicts in the city have intensified and become more bloody. Only the return of the Supreme can make Udinese return to peace."

"It is for this purpose that Lord Saoirsa wrote me this letter, asking me to persuade Lord Father to return to Udinese to prevent the beholders from killing each other."

Finally, Inanna looked up at her adoptive father, her eyes confused.

"Father, what do you think should be done?"

Joan pondered for a moment, and then asked his adopted daughter: "Inanna, you refused to accept the throne of Udineus, but now His Majesty Ishtar is no longer there. Have you changed your mind and deliberately picked up His Majesty Ishtar and abandoned it? The crown that I ignored, brushed the dust off, put it on my head, crowned the new queen of Udinese, rebuilt order in my hometown, and brought peace to my compatriots?"

"My father, do you want to hear me tell the truth?"

"of course."

"Frankly speaking, there are two voices arguing in my heart. One voice persuades me to go back to the throne for the benefit of my compatriots, and the other voice warns me not to be kidnapped by vanity, to do things against my will, and to bear the burden imposed on my shoulders. Responsibility, or you will regret it sooner or later in the future, and you will be kidnapped on the throne of Udinese for the rest of your life. Since then, you will lose your freedom and happiness. Life is better than death."

Tears appeared in Inanna's eyes, and her speech was choked.

"My father, these two contradictory voices seem to tear my heart apart, making me feel at a loss."

"The morality and sense of responsibility urged me to choose the first path and return to my hometown to play the savior; my true preference urged me to choose another path. If the price of saving my hometown is sacrificing my own happiness, then I would rather be a selfish ghost! "

"My father, how do you think I should choose?"

Qiao An looked at the tearful eyes of the adopted daughter, and couldn't help but feel pained like a knife. He raised his hand to caress Inanna's hair, and said softly to her: "Forget Saoirsa's letter, Inanna, we won't return to Udinese. ."

"My father, I listen to you." Inanna let out a long sigh of relief, and smiled again on her face.

Seeing her daughter's expression of relief, Qiao An was both relieved and sad.

Since adopting Inanna, this is the first time he has made decisions for his daughter, and this is not in line with the principle he has always adhered to.

If a person fails to follow the inner voice to make a decision when facing a dilemma, but instead uses the name of obedience to authoritarianism to escape, it is equivalent to leaving oneself with a retreat. In case of regret in the future, there is also reason to take " This is a decision someone else made for me" to excuse myself and avoid responsibility.

Qiao An's personal experience is a lesson for the past. As long as he takes the first step on the road of escaping from reality, he will get deeper and deeper.

He didn't want Inanna to follow this path, but he couldn't bear to see his daughter endure the torment in his heart, making a choice between the left and right dilemma that was destined to bring great pain, and he impulsively made it for her just because of a moment of soft heart. Make a decision, reflect afterwards, deeply feel self-blame, and secretly warn yourself not to make the same mistake again.

Most things in the world are easy to know and hard to do.

Qiao An advised his daughter not to worry about Udinese's solitary, selfish and uncomradely beholders, but after a short while, he himself broke his promise.

...

Three days after learning that Udinese was in conflict, Qiao An was in the Cloud City to instruct Inanna to learn new spells. Suddenly there was a wave of magic power in front of him, and three red **** of light emerged one after another.

"My father, who sent the'SMS' technique?" Inana raised her eyebrows in surprise, "I'm afraid it's an urgent matter to send so many in one breath. Take a look!"

Joan held the ball of light closest to him, read the letter, frowned slightly, and said to his daughter: "It's a letter from Saoirsa, Udinese has something serious!"

Under Inanna's nervous gaze, Qiao An read the other two communication light **** one by one, and the content was exactly the same.

Why did Saoirsa send three sets of "SMS" with the same content?

This seemingly confusing behavior is actually to ensure that the letter can be accurately and timely delivered to Qiao'an.

When Qiao An left Udinese with Inanna, he revealed to Saoirsa that he would take his adopted daughter to a paradise that is far away from the heavens of Vares.

"SMS" may cause accidents and loss of information during cross-plane transmission. Just to avoid this situation, when communicating across planes, it is often necessary to send a few more copies to hedge the risk of letter loss.

If you count the copies that were accidentally lost on the way, there are probably more than these three letters that Saoirsa sent to Qiao'an.

Inanna is very clever. She immediately saw the seriousness of the situation from the three letters with the same content, and couldn't help asking her adoptive father: "Father, Udinese's civil war...Isn't it over yet?"

"It's not over, and it has deteriorated to the point of drawing wolves into the room." Qiao An couldn't help showing an angry expression.

"Sorsa said in the letter that the six'eyes of the warlords' in the city have ambitions to seize the throne. They use their special abilities to'spiritual control' and each control a group of beholder nobles. ."

"Which faction does Lord Saoirsa support?" Inanna asked softly.

"She doesn't support anyone, leading a few nobles to maintain neutrality, and also publicly let out the words that whichever warlord can defeat other competitors in the civil war, she will support whoever is in top position."

"Master Saoirsa...Is it appropriate to do this?" Inana was rather disapproving.

"There is no'nest mother's eye' that can control all beholders in the city, and Saoirsa is not good at'mythical control' or'spiritual control', and the ability to forcibly control the will of the beholder family, no matter how hard she works Advocating peace, those ambitious warlords will not listen to her. It is better to simply let go and let the warlords in the city kill each other until the last one is left, and Udinese will be at peace."

Qiao An said to his daughter.