Chapter 2374: Non-Absolute Justice

Mr. Lean cleverly pulled the topic back from "family conflicts" to the criticism of the extravagant lives of nobles, and then encouraged everyone to participate in this topic.

During this period, Xia De and Matilda rarely took the initiative to speak, but instead whispered to each other. Everyone could understand that they were easing family conflicts, but in fact, the conversation was like this:

"Is it necessary to say such things?"

"Hmm... it's probably necessary."

This could also be considered a small "revenge" by the maid miss for the "indiscreet" behavior of the outsider in her own manor.

And looking at Xia De's slightly awkward expression, while she felt in her heart that she seemed to have gone a bit too far, she also felt that the man in front of her no longer seemed so distant.

He was no different from ordinary people; he also had his own awkwardness and his own various moods. He, in fact, was not special at all.

Then the two "priests" wearing robes organized the people participating in the gathering to carry out various activities. In addition to sharing their daily lives, it also included recruiting volunteers to help distribute leaflets tomorrow, visiting elderly people living alone, and helping to organize other collective activities.

As a family participating in the activity for the first time, the "Holmes couple" of course did not take the initiative to sign up for these activities. But the two were very happy to interact with others; the tips on knitting sweaters and the experience of planting summer flowers shared by Matilda were quite popular among the housewives.

Of course, the process of the gathering also included a link where different families took out their idle items for exchange and donation. And at one o'clock in the afternoon, when the gathering was nearing its end, Mr. Parsons, who lived on the edge of the Lower City and ran a grocery store, said with worry:

"I don't know when these strange fogs will dissipate. My neighbor has already planned to temporarily move out of the Moon Bay urban area. But he can borrow a place to stay from relatives in the countryside, while my family has no relatives here."

During the "chat" just now, this store owner said he came to Moon Bay alone to make a living when he was 20 years old:

"And because of these fogs, the carriages delivering goods outside the city are also unwilling to enter the city, and there are far fewer customers than usual. I know that wanting to disperse these thick fogs is not a matter of a day or two, but shouldn't this matter be blamed on those factory owners? The newspaper also said that this was caused by the polluting exhaust emissions of those steam factories."

These words immediately aroused a chorus of agreement from the people; the lives of the people present were all more or less affected by the glowing white fog.

Xia De originally thought that the two priests would support the people in denouncing the factory owners, but Mr. Lean looked at the Ringed Shushi Mr. Ronan, and the latter said very cautiously:

"Actually, we are also investigating the cause of this thick fog. From the current results, the so-called 'polluting exhaust emissions' are just an excuse to cover up the truth; the truth is... it is like the strange sounds that rang out one after another some time ago, which were called the Kingdom Navy testing new weapons by the newspapers; the truth has been covered up."

He was also very difficult to explain this matter clearly; after all, he could not tell ordinary people about things like the distortion of world power.

People could not hear the implied meaning in these words, so they denounced the City Hall and the Kingdom for always hiding various things together again. Complaining about the high salaries of civil servants, satirizing the Moon Bay Bridge for its long-delayed completion, attacking the government's lack of transparency in work; for a time, almost everyone spoke up.

Mr. Ronan was obviously a bit at a loss; he also did not expect the people's reaction to be so intense. But fortunately, there was Mr. Lean here. This very tall gentleman spoke again to divert the topic, very successfully making people discuss how to unite to deal with the disasters that might occur in Moon Bay next before the gathering ended.

"People are easily led."

The outsider watching this scene said in his heart, and looked at that Mr. Ronan again:

"And in the supernatural world, some things are indeed different from those in the hometown... an interesting world, an interesting civilization..."

After the gathering ended, quite a few people stayed behind wanting to talk to the two priests alone; after all, some things could not be mentioned in public.

Xia De and Matilda also stayed behind. Xia De waited while feeding Little Mia with the cat food he carried with him.

But unfortunately, when it was their turn, it was Mr. Lean, not the Ringed Shushi Mr. Ronan, who talked to them alone. The blonde miss looked at Xia De, and Xia De shook his head slightly to signal her not to be anxious:

"Mr. Lean, you also know that this is our first time participating in the gathering. Actually, sorry, please forgive my bluntness; although I have read your leaflets and the introducer has also talked about what you do, I still don't understand what you actually want to do?"

Before Mr. Lean smiled and wanted to explain, he said quickly:

"I know you are helping the poor and organizing people to unite to resist unfair things. I work at the dock and have also seen what you do. This is indeed remarkable, but helping others and organizing the poor to unite as one should only be a means, not the result."

He asked very bluntly:

"【Eternal Light】 doesn't look like a simple charitable organization, especially after my wife and I came to participate in your gathering today, I can feel this point even more deeply. I am very grateful for this invitation, but I want to know what my wife and I will actually be doing with you if we continue to participate."

Mr. Lean's expression did not change, and he nodded:

"Others have asked this kind of question before; this is normal. Our goal is of course to achieve equality for all; there is no need to say anything too profound, just hoping that everyone can eat well by their own labor."

"Just like you, Mr. Holmes, you support your family by working as an accountant. In a fair situation, even if the trading company you work for has declining efficiency, it needs to notify you of the dismissal in advance and give you compensation for the transition period."

"Although we work for others and take other people's money, we have also put in our physical strength and spirit. In this world where physical strength and spiritual value cannot be quantified, there needs to be someone to take the initiative to strive for fairness."

Saying this, he joked again:

"I am not talking about the managers of the dockworker guild; they have already become 'small nobles' who monopolize jobs."

"Then if you succeed, will you also become them?"

Xia De asked curiously, and Mr. Lean thought for a while:

"Thinking about this before success is just a waste of brainpower. Although it is correct to look far, sometimes one still has to take it one step at a time... I hope I won't change."

"You are a person with thoughts."

The outsider praised, and Mr. Lean immediately shook his head:

"You haven't seen our Archbishop 'The Pious One'; when he came into contact with 【Eternal Light】, we were just a scattered mess, and it was he who told us what to do. In fact, he has always opposed using the church structure within the organization; this will not only make enemies for oneself, easily provoke the hostility of the Orthodox Church, but also easily make the 'priests' who hold power feel that they are high and mighty."

"Then why not make changes?"

Xia De said, and Mr. Lean sighed:

"Archbishop 'The Pious One' is after all not the founder of 【Eternal Light】; although he is very powerful, I mean he has a lot of personal charm, but that gentleman has never advocated using violence to solve problems. He has been silently changing 【Eternal Light】; relatively speaking, the church structure is instead a small problem."

He also realized that he seemed to have said a bit too much, but he did not know that this was Xia De using "hypnosis" techniques, using spiritual power to induce him to relax his vigilance.

"Let's stop the conversation here, Mr. Holmes and Mrs. Holmes. Looking forward to seeing you next time. Young couples like you rarely take the initiative to join us. After all, most of those who can realize that this society is not right are middle-aged people with rich life experience."

Xia De also did not try to continue the conversation. After saying goodbye to Mr. Lean, he took Matilda's hand and left here.

Until the two walked out of the "Lark Opera House" and returned to the street, the blonde miss asked in a low voice:

"Sorry, I still don't quite understand, what is the point of investigating 【Eternal Light】 like this?"

"A potentially existing relic, and I suspect that the Archbishop 'The Pious One' of 【Eternal Light】 is my friend."

Although Matilda was still a bit puzzled, the maid's rules told her that she should not ask further:

"What now?"

"Let's wait a moment and see where those two priests are actually going. Our performance just now was pretty good and shouldn't have aroused suspicion. But we can't underestimate them either; the police have been investigating 【Eternal Light】, and if they had no anti-reconnaissance awareness at all, the organization would have been wiped out long ago."

There was a small alley between the opera house and the clothing store on the left, so the two walked over. Because Matilda was a Sixth Tier, one tier lower than Xia De, Xia De cast the spell, and amidst the fluttering red butterflies, the figures of the two disappeared into the fog at the alley entrance.

"Do you think what 【Eternal Light】 is doing is correct? When the miss talked about them before, she thought they were idealists destined to head toward tragedy."

Matilda asked again suddenly. Xia De turned his head slightly to look at her; the latter's eyes were very bright.

"Correct or incorrect is hard to evaluate; there is no such thing as an absolutely correct thing in this world."

"What a cunning evaluation, 'Mr. Holmes'."

The head maid said, and then asked:

"Even justice is not absolutely correct?"

Xia De stared at that building again:

"Justice is of course not absolutely correct."

"Not long ago, I heard an ancient story: may I ask if I saved a weak child because of justice, and decades later he became a bad person and killed another innocent person. The innocent person might have cursed me before dying: at that time, why did that person save this bastard? Otherwise, I wouldn't have died."

"Then was my initial rescue of that weak child correct?"

He nodded to himself:

"On the scale of time, justice is also not absolute." ===== CHAPTER 2375 =====