Chapter 386 Core Contradiction


    “Boom--!!”


    Under the cloudy sky, thunder sounded loudly.


    The howling wind mixed with heavy rain blew, hitting the window, making a "crackling" sound.


    Hearing the sound, the blonde girl lying on the bed trembled suddenly, sat up and looked around, and then breathed a sigh of relief.


    This blonde noble girl is nothing else, she is the daughter of Laton, the senior official of Seth.


    However, at this moment, she no longer had the domineering aura she usually had, but had a pale face, haggard face, and panic.


    Saham''s body was placed in a park in a level 1 civilian area, his head was inserted on a wooden stake, and the murderer also left a letter explaining the reason for Saham''s murder. It is because he transformed into a sword knight and killed 2-level citizens, and he was worthy of death!


    Most senior officials do not take this matter seriously. After all, many senior noble officials of Seth have similar behaviors, but they are the first to see him who run to a level 2 urban area to die like Saham. So in the eyes of senior Seth, Saham was just like everyone else, because he wanted to have fun, but he often walked by the river and fell down and drowned.


    But Amy knew that this game of Knife with Knight was actually thought of by herself, and as her fiancé, Saham just wanted to help the top leader!


    Because of this, when the news of Saham''s murder came out, Amy was always frightened. Although others didn''t know, she knew that she was the culprit. You know, Saham is still her fiancé, so he would please herself so much. Fortunately, his father didn''t know that Saham died to play with him, otherwise his family would not have a better life.


    But even so, she was still very scared. Although she lived in the safest place in the first-level urban area, her father also assured her that there was a security team here to protect it and there would be no problems. But Amy, who was guilty, still locked herself in the room alone. Her father only thought that the news that Amy was killed by her fiancé was hit, so he didn''t think much about it.


    Amy didn''t dare to explain this to her father. After all, if her father knew that Saham died because of her, it would be a big trouble!


    So she hurried at home and didn''t dare to go out, but even so, Amy''s life was not easy. After all, Saham is her fiancé and died because of her "game". Although murder is not new to Amy. She has watched her fiancé kill those second-level citizens several times, for Amy, those second-level citizens are not considered anyone. But Saham is different. He is his fiancé and an acquaintance. Even if the relationship between the two parties is not that deep, it feels different when he witnesses the murder of the person he knows and the murder of a stranger.


    In fact, Amy has always had nightmares these days, dreaming that Saham, whose head was twisted, came to the door and asked her why she didn''t come to save her. She also pointed at her and shouted, "It''s all your fault, you have to compensate me!"


    Amy was so scared that she didn''t sleep well for several days.


    For some reason, she always felt... a little uneasy, as if something bad was going to happen around her.


    At the same time, in the camp of the Resistance Organization, Duanmuhuai was giving a lecture to Uluze - or in other words, the leader of the Resistance Organization wanted to ask Duanmuhuai if there was any good solution to the current situation in the Seth Kingdom.


    In addition to Uruze, Kanami and Masashitsuka also joined in the fun, after all, they also wanted to hear what Duanmu Huai could say. In addition to them, Xun and the old doctor also wanted to hear Duanmu Huai''s statement for different purposes.


    However, the first thing Duanmu Huai said surprised everyone.


    "Strictly speaking, there are legitimate reasons for level 1 citizens to look down on level 2 citizens."


    "Why?"


    I have to say that this surprised everyone.


    Are there any legitimate reasons for level 1 citizens to discriminate against level 2 citizens?


    "Do you still remember what the man named Saham said before?"


    Duanmu Huai looked at Kanami and Makoto Shizuka, who nodded.


    "Of course I remember that the man said that in front of the first-level citizens, the second-level citizens are no different from animals and wild animals. He just came to destroy monsters and was not considered a bad deed..."


    Speaking here, seeing that Kanami also showed a disgust expression, and Mo Xiang Shizuka nodded.


    However, Duanmu Huai''s next answer scared them again.


    “Actually he is right.”


    "grown ups???"


    Uruze only feels that his ears are not working well. Is this helping them? Or are you harming them?


    "Let me review the legal provisions of the Kingdom of Seth again... Let me explain this to this old man."


    As he spoke, Duanmuhuai looked at the old man in a white coat standing beside Uluze.


    "Please repeat the difference between Level 1 citizens and Level 2 citizens in Seth Kingdom."


    "OK."


    Although the old doctor didn''t know what Duanmu Huai wanted to say, he nodded and said.


    "Level 1 citizens enjoy privileges, and they also have the obligation to pay taxes, conscription and magical power. Level 2 citizens do not have privileges, but they also have no obligations. They can only live under the protection of Level 1 citizens."


    “That’s the problem.”


    Duanmu Huai nodded, while the others were still confused.


    "question?"


    "Yes, haven''t you seen it yet? Although Level 1 citizens have privileges, they have to pay taxes, conscription and magical supplies. Although Level 2 citizens do not have privileges, they do not have the above obligations - simply put, a considerable part of Level 1 citizens paying taxes is to support Level 2 citizens, and Level 2 citizens basically do not have to be held captive by Level 1 citizens... To be honest, I can''t understand this operation of Seth Kingdom..."


    "ah……!"


    Hearing this, everyone seemed to react.


    “So you mean…”


    "That''s right, simply put, the citizens of Level 1 need to work and work hard, but the citizens of Level 2 don''t say it nicely. Even if their life is poor, they can live without work, and they will not be appointed to work... To be honest, if the living environment of Level 2 citizens is not a little worse, I would have doubted which side is the old man."


    Duanmuhuai said while spreading his hands.


    To be honest, when he first heard about it, Duanmu Huai thought he had something wrong with his ears. Generally speaking, this kind of class differentiation is not without, but generally the lower classes are used as coolies or slaves. Even in ancient times, wouldn’t it be the worst for slaves to be able to build pyramids?


    However, the second-level citizens of the Seth Kingdom do not need to work and can also receive rationed food. Although not much, they will not starve to death. And there is no forced labor that they have to do, and they even give them a place of residence specifically.


    In other words, except for being discriminated against and bullied by Level 1 citizens, Level 2 citizens have basically no problem as long as they lie flat at home and stay still.


    On the other hand, level 1 citizens may have privileges, but they must work hard, serve in the military, and pay taxes. In other words, when they work in 007 or 996, some of the remuneration is taxed to support second-level citizens!


    Take the city where the Knight Knight had a knife before as an example. According to the old doctor, there were 100,000 Level 1 citizens in that city, while the second level 2 citizens were 1.1 million.


    In other words, 100,000 people raise 1 million people.


    Who can stand this?


    To be honest, Duanmuhuai didn''t understand what the original builder of the Seth Kingdom was thinking. You said you asked these poor people to be slaves and hard labor, and he could understand that they were also productivity after all, right?


    As a result, they have no obligation, but they have no right to work, and they have the rations to them.


    Good guy, if you work together with this group of second-level citizens, you will just give birth to a baby without doing anything, right?


    Do you think these level 1 citizens can tolerate it?


    People work hard to study, study hard, graduate hard, and earn money by working hard, but some of them have to "respect" the second-level citizens... Unless the first-level citizens are the Virgin, isn''t it appropriate to look down on these parasites?


    Why don’t other countries have this problem?


    The reason is also very simple. People in other countries can support themselves even if they don’t know magic. For example, it doesn’t matter if the people Duanmu Huai meets, it doesn’t matter if they don’t know magic. You can open a hotel, a prop store, or a restaurant to be a maid. It doesn’t matter if you support yourself, right? Or be an adventurer?


    So there is no such a mess in other countries. Everyone supports themselves and no one owe anyone.


    But in Seth - these 2-level citizens really owe 1-level citizens.


    If the citizens of Level 1 work hard and fight in the army, it is still a matter of whether they can survive.


    This is like those high-welfare countries in modern society where people work hard to pay and pay taxes, but looking back at the homeless man on the street who lives more freer than himself. Can you bear it?


    So Duanmu Huai couldn''t understand what kind of mental retardation was in the Seth Kingdom.


    This is a 1:10 ratio.


    Although Seth Kingdom is highly productive because of its advanced magic, it is not so difficult.


    This is equivalent to working hard for one level 1 citizen and raising 10 level 2 citizens.


    Who do you think is willing?


    After Duanmuhuai told this truth, everyone was silent.


    They didn''t expect that Duanmu Huai''s words... actually made a point!


    "So, what Saham said is not without his reason. In the eyes of many Level 1 citizens, Level 2 citizens are similar to the pets they raise, and they may not necessarily raise them willingly..."


    “…………”


    Now everyone has nothing to say. Before, they just thought that the second-level citizens were pitiful and the first-level citizens were domineering, but now they are put in the position of the first-level citizens... I work myself, and I still have to support ten strangers I have never met before?


    That disturbed me, sorry, say goodbye.


    The donkeys in the production team are not so squeezed.


    This situation also happens in modern times. For example, in some countries, young people even go to nursing homes to kill the elderly and call them "old harm", because they think from the bottom of their heart that these elderly people are useless in life, and they waste money earned from their hard work. And more importantly, these people are not their parents, and they do not support their families themselves? Why do you still need to use these taxes to support outsiders?


    If you don’t pay taxes to do this, then we might be better off in our lives!


    Of course, in addition to this, there are also people who kill homeless people or push them off the rails because of fun. Generally speaking, they have similar reasons. They think that these people may be wasting their taxes, which is better than dying.


    This kind of thing happens in modern law-based society, so it is even less surprising in places like Seth.


    Of course, this is also related to Seth''s system. Level 2 citizens have no rights, but they have no obligations. So they have no job and no need to work, so what is the use of their life... Only God knows.


    Is it just to teach a few more magicians to have a baby?


    Are the citizens of Level 2 pitiful? Poor is pitiful. He doesn''t eat well, has poor clothes, can''t live in it, and is also divided by class.


    But...what is their use to live?


    You can''t join the army to fight, you can''t work, and it''s not even their turn to be a coolie.


    Then what is the meaning of their life?


    In ancient times, even tyrants knew that they could not kill their children at will. It was not because they were wise, but because even the stupid tyrants knew that some people would farm and some people would pay food. He killed everyone. Could it be that he could not farm every day?


    But Seth is obviously not like this. This distorted and deformed system is another reason why Level 1 citizens do not regard Level 2 citizens as human beings, because... From the perspective of the country, Level 2 citizens really do nothing except having children!


    They don’t work and don’t farm. If they kill, they will kill them. So what if they die hundreds of thousands of dollars? It has no effect on Seth!


    This is also the reason why the senior officials of Seth came up with such a proposal that seemed absurd to outsiders before, because in their opinion, this is not absurd at all. Even if these second-level citizens are dead, the operation of the country will not be affected even if it is a slightest. Since this is the case, what is the difference between these second-level citizens living or dead?


    It’s still a little quieter after death!


    "In my opinion, this is the root of the class contradiction in the Kingdom of Seth, not as simple as the contradiction between the magician and the non-magician."


    Duanmu Huai clapped his hands and made a summary.


    "In the eyes of Level 1 citizens, they work hard to pay taxes, but have to keep idle people, and of course they are unhappy. For Level 2 citizens, they have no other life goals except to live, so they can only vent the resentment of being abused to Level 1 citizens, and the latter is certainly unwilling to accept the absurd accusations of Level 2 citizens, so the two sides have almost no room for reconciliation."


    What is the difference between a ungrateful wolf who thinks I have worked hard to raise you?


    A person who feels that his life has no goals and no motivation and is bullied all day long cannot accept it.


    "So...who is the fault of that?"


    Hearing this, Uruze was already confused. Her initial ideal was still very pure, and she thought that it was unfair for level 2 citizens to be bullied. The magician bullied ordinary people, which was a wrong behavior, so she wanted to resist all this. But she didn''t expect that there was such a problem behind it.


    “System issues.”


    Duanmuhuai directly gave the final answer.


    "If it were other countries, there would be no such thing. Whether it is Free City or Lissas, even if it is not a magician, people can find their own jobs and ways of living. This is not only their way of living, but also a kind of check and balance of power. Because these people penetrate into every corner of the country, the operation of the country must also rely on them. Since that is the case, even if these people are not magicians and do not have strong force, the country must find ways to appease and give them some benefits to avoid the country itself losing control. If you don''t believe it, ask Kanami and Shizuka. If Lissas and the Free City Alliance suddenly say that they will kill all non-magics, can their country still operate?"


    Hearing this, both of them shook their heads. This is definitely impossible! Even if the civil unrest is not aroused, if all non-magics are killed, the country will definitely be shut down.


    "But why is Seth the only one who has this system?"


    Uruze still didn''t understand, and Duanmuhuai shrugged.


    "I don''t know this. As long as I understand the crux of the problem, then the reverse may be... Seth, as a magic kingdom, wanted to ensure that magicians were naturally superior, so he used this brainless strategy. You see, I said before that once civilians who do not know magic penetrated every corner of the country''s operation, in order to ensure that they can operate stably, the country must give some benefits to the civilians to appease them. But Seth does not need to do this, and the benefits of doing this are also obvious, that is, they do not have to worry about the ideas of level 2 citizens at all, and level 2 citizens have no influence on the country. Of course, when the number of level 2 citizens is not large, the problem is not big. But once the number of people is too large, the problem will naturally come..."


    After all, even if you raise pigs, you can still kill and eat meat. You level 2 citizens are not even as good as pigs...


    Think about how angry a farmer would be if he raised a farm pig but could not slaughter it.


    “Bang!”


    However, before Duanmu Huai finished speaking, a loud noise suddenly appeared. Everyone looked in confusion and saw a black-haired girl behind them blushing, and she stood up with trembling all over, and even turned to the chair!


    "Xun? What''s wrong with you?"


    Seeing her assistant in the resistance organization so excited, Uruze was also quite surprised. When Xun heard Uruze''s inquiry, he seemed to have reacted, but she bowed to Uruze.


    "Sorry, I thought of some very important things. I''m sorry I''m rude!"


    After saying this, Xun turned around and left in a hurry.


    What''s wrong with her?


    Watching Xun leave, everyone was also confused and didn''t know what was going on.


    At this moment, Xun''s face turned red and his heartbeat accelerated.


    As a member of the undercover resistance organization sent by the king, Xun is certainly very clear that the king has always been troubled by the problems between the first-level citizens and the second-level citizens, but he can''t think of any good idea. And today, after hearing Duanmuhuai''s explanation, she suddenly realized and her eyes lit up.


    I see! It turns out that the problem with the Kingdom of Seth is here! !


    She must report this matter to the king immediately! !


    (This chapter ends)