464 Not Worth Saving

The sun gradually went down.

The sky was covered by sunset, making the sunlight shining on the earth softer and less intense than during the day.

Rige and Arturia walked along the coast together, listening to the sound of the waves and the sea breeze, they felt so comfortable.

However, neither of them spoke, nor turned their eyes to each other. They just walked quietly without saying a word.

This state has been maintained for a long time.

The two of them were in this state after coming out of Eckert's workshop. Li Ge did not take the initiative to speak.

Artoria didn't know what to say.

As a result, the two of them became like this. For a moment, it seemed as if they had nothing to say.

Of course, this silence does not make people feel uncomfortable. Instead, it feels like they are thinking seriously and carefully considering what they are going to say next. It is like an extremely tense debate competition is about to begin, which makes people feel that their bodies are full of energy. gained strength.

Finally, Artoria spoke first.

"So you know about the Child of Prophecy." Arturia smiled stupidly and said like a haha, "I thought you saved me because you didn't know anything."

After being silent for so long, the first topic Arturia raised was this. This made Li Ge feel a little bit dumbfounded.

"Is there anything wrong?" Li Ge didn't look at Artoria, he just stared ahead and continued to move forward while saying: "Whether you are the child of the prophecy or not, I will rescue you in that situation. , so you don’t need to worry about this.”

This is the truth.

Arturia saw through this instantly, and couldn't help but feel secretly happy. However, on the surface, Arturia looked nonchalant.

"After all, you are a good person, and you will definitely not leave it alone." Arturia held the staff of choice in both hands and followed Li Ge step by step, but she whispered: "How could a good person like you do this? It's a weird thing to say this country isn't worth saving."

This is Artoria's second concern after the identity issue just now. She really didn't expect that someone would say such a thing.

Ever since Artoria could remember, everyone around her had been telling her that she was the child of the prophecy, someone who was destined to defeat the queen, crown her as the true king, save the goblins, and save the country. Therefore, this was the first time that someone was there. She was told in front of her that this country was not worth saving and that she did not need to follow any mission.

This kind of comment was quite new to Artoria, and it also made her feel strange.

But Li Ge said so.

"First of all, I'm not a good person. At least what you said that I won't die without saving my life is absolutely wrong." Li Ge said without looking back: "I'm not the kind of person who sees anyone in trouble. People who will rescue without hesitation. For example, if I were you, I would definitely not have any attachment to the village of Tintagel, let alone being thrown into a dungeon. I can never be that kind if I have to stop others from drawing swords to kill the goblins in the village."

Artoria knew that Li Ge was referring to what happened when he met the goblins of the Wind Clan in the dungeon.

At that time, seeing Li Ge preparing to draw his sword to attack, Artoria relied on her unique "eyes" to see through Li Ge's confidence in killing him.

If this man pulls out his sword, those goblins from the Wind Clan will definitely be hacked to death. With such conviction, Artoria didn't even think about it, and directly called out to Lige, asking him to stop.

Even though she was imprisoned in a dungeon by the villagers and prepared to be handed over to the execution team for execution, Artoria was still willing to save the goblins in the village. Li Ge made it clear that if it were him, he would definitely do it. Less than.

"Who am I to be a good person like this? You are a good person, right? And a bad one at that!" Li Ge said: "Based on this, your point of view is wrong from the beginning, do you understand?"

After saying that, Li Ge stopped and stopped moving forward. "ah!"

Arturia, who almost bumped into Li Ge's back, couldn't help but exclaimed, and quickly stopped and braked in time.

Li Ge turned around and looked at Artoria.

"Secondly, I don't think there's anything wrong with what I said." Li Ge looked at Artoria and said, "Let me ask you, do you think this country is worth saving?"

This question directly stumped Artoria. Is this country worth saving?

Arturia really doesn’t know.

Before that, Arturia had rarely left Tintagel. Although she had seen a lot of fairies, they were mostly fairies from within Tintagel, and she had not seen many fairies outside.

In other words, although Arturia knows that she is in the Fairy Country, what is this country like? Even if she has seen it, where has she seen it all?

Since she has not seen everything and does not know the entire face of this country, how can Arturia be able to boast and comment on whether this country is worth saving?

Li Ge seemed to see this too.

"What I want to say next is to talk about this matter from my perspective, that is, from a human perspective." Li Ge first declared, and then started talking.

"For humans, fairies are actually a very terrifying existence." There is no doubt about this.

This is not only because goblins are inherently more powerful than humans, nor is it just because humans in this country are dominated by goblins.

The real terror of goblins, as far as Li Ge is concerned, lies in their thoughts.

This kind of creature is different from humans. Its world view, outlook on life and values ​​are all different from humans.

"Humans have their own code of conduct and their own moral bottom line, but goblins don't have that." "Humans know what they should do and what they shouldn't do, but goblins don't know." "Humans will know how to restrain themselves. And affect others, but goblins don't."

"The fairies I know are just like this. They shouldn't be any different from the ones you remember, right?"

In response to Li Ge's question, Artoria chose to remain silent. She couldn't refute any of this.

Indeed, goblins are exactly what Li Ge said.

Take the previously mentioned incident of goblin pranks in Scotland. The goblin legends in that area mentioned some of the methods used by goblins to play pranks.

For example, they can cause random passers-by to lose their memories.

For example, they will lure children into the forest and prevent them from returning home for a week.

For another example, they would replace newborn babies with goblin children, or secretly place some animal carcasses in front of other people's homes to scare humans.

In the eyes of goblins, these pranks are just pranks, just a small joke. They do it just for fun. They just do it for fun and to have fun watching humans panic. But these jokes of theirs are, to humans, But it is an out-and-out crisis.

People who lose their memory will forget all important people and things and become a walking zombie.

When the child who was lured into the forest was found a week later, he had become food for wild beasts, leaving only his corpse.

There are many examples of newborn babies being lost, whose parents cannot find them alive, and who die in despair. People who have animal carcasses secretly placed on their doorsteps will be suspected of being a cult, and will be arrested and tortured. Slander, and eventually run away from other people's rumors. In the lighter case, they move to other places, and in the worst case, they become autistic and depressed.

This is called the goblin's prank.

To them, this is just a game, but to humans, it is a matter of life and death.

To them, this is just a play, but to humans, it can be fatal.

Goblins are like this, they have no sense of gain or loss, no thought of importance. They will do something for pure pleasure, even if it does not bring any benefit, as long as it can entertain

themselves, they will do it.

The goblins in this country also do not have the same concepts of good and evil as humans. They are sometimes very kind and will entertain you cordially.

They can be cruel at times and will twist the heads of those around them without hesitation. They are moody.

They have a changeable temperament.

As long as there is a reason, they will even want to attack those close to them with swords, or even torture them to death. This is a goblin.

Because fairies are long-lived and have tenacious vitality, they can survive just by existing there. They can do most things, so they will not work hard and grow, and will not think of ways to accumulate knowledge in order to survive and prosper. , will only do things they think are interesting.

What is the saving value of such goblins and the countries where these goblins exist? "You should also know, right? How selfish goblins can be!"

Rige's blunt words made Artoria choose silence again.

Others don't know, but Li Ge knows what this girl who is regarded as the son of the prophecy and the savior has experienced in the village of Tintagel.

Sixteen years ago, when Artoria was still a newborn baby, she and her Staff of Choice drifted here together. They were discovered and taken in by the goblins of this village. The treasure that came was divided up by the goblins in the village.

The villagers of Tintagel knew that Arturia was the child of the prophecy and raised her, but they raised her as a horse and kept her in a stable.

The goblins in the village plan to sell Artoria to the queen when she grows up, because the queen is looking for the child of the prophecy.

Arturia also lived a life in the village where she was monitored, brutally trained, and even bullied, a life worse than death. A few years ago, two of her toes were frozen off because the place where she lived was too cold.

Because she was not born powerful, but grew up like a human being. Until now, she has not been able to show the power consistent with the prophecy of the child. The belongings that followed her to Tintagel were almost used by the villagers. It’s all gone, so seeing that Artoria is about to turn 16,

When they were almost old enough to embark on a pilgrimage, the goblins in the village became anxious.

If Arturia fails to demonstrate power consistent with the prophesied child, her identity will be questioned.

If her identity is questioned and she is suspected of not being the true child of the prophecy, then the queen will not pay a high price to buy her.

Therefore, in order to prove that Arturia is the true child of the prophecy, the fairies in the village asked her to kill Ector.

Artoria didn't do anything, and the person who exposed her was the fairy who grew up with Artoria and claimed to be her friend and her little girl.

"Is such a fairy worth saving?"

Li Ge didn't even bother to laugh, he just said one sentence. "Sorry, I don't think so."

After the words fell, the only response Artoria could give was silence. To be honest, Arturia is not unable to understand Li Ge's feelings.

If it were anyone else, being treated like this by goblins, and yet having to save them, save their country, etc., that would be the most ridiculous thing in the world.

However, Arturia herself didn't feel much about this. Because she has eyes that can see through lies.

Because she knew that the people in the village had no good intentions toward her.

Therefore, even if she was so abused, Artoria actually did not have much emotional ups and downs, because she had long known that things would turn out like this.

To sum it up in one sentence, if you are already mentally prepared, how can you have other emotions?

But "That's right."

Arturia couldn't help but blurt out her inner thoughts.

"I actually have no motivation to save the Fairy Kingdom." That's right, Artoria has no motivation to save the Fairy Kingdom.

She knew her mission was to save the country. She knew she was here to redeem the goblin.

But Zhigui knew that she, who had not had any good memories in this country, really had no urge to do anything for the goblins here.

So far, she has only lived to this age in confusion, because everyone in the village hopes that she is the child of the prophecy. In order not to be swallowed up by the malice in the hearts of the goblins, she has to cooperate with them and work hard to act like What the children of prophecy would do.

"After all, you are actually confused, right?" Li Ge said calmly to Artoria: "You are confused about whether you should embark on a pilgrimage after leaving the village, and whether you have to fight to save the Fairy Kingdom. Go for it."

These words struck a chord in Artoria's heart.

"What about you?" Artoria concealed her feelings, smiled at Rige, and said, "You are so powerful, don't you want to do something for the humans in the Fairy Country?"

In Arturia's opinion, Lige's power is much stronger than most elves.

Although she didn't see Li Ge actually fighting, just because he could fly around in the sky as he pleased and flash around as if teleporting, he was already stronger than most goblins. It's coming hard.

Although the goblins of the Wind Clan are not as powerful as the goblins of the Fang Clan, Lige can easily trap them, and it can be seen that his power is much stronger than that of ordinary goblins.

Even if he raised a flag against the queen for the treatment of the human race, Artoria would not find it strange at all.

If he really has such thoughts, he, the son of the prophecy who defeated the queen in the prophecy, should be a very useful weapon for him, right?

Just as Arturia was thinking this, a hand quickly reached out in front of her at an elusive speed.

"Snapped!"

The next second, a brain exploded in front of Artoria's forehead. "it hurts!"

Arturia covered her forehead and screamed in pain while retreating. "W-What are you doing!?"

Arturia glared at Rige with tears in her eyes.

"I should be the one asking you this, right?" Li Ge took back his hand nonchalantly and said, "Although I don't have the fairy eyes that can see through lies like you, I can probably guess that you just Are you thinking about something very rude?"

"I, I was just thinking about it!" Artoria complained: "I didn't say it out loud, so why did you flick my forehead?"

"I didn't spank you and that was already pretty good."

Li Ge glanced behind Artoria, causing the girl to jump out in fright and cover her back subconsciously.

Li Ge smiled silently and turned around again, facing away from Artoria. "I haven't decided yet on what to do. After all, I'm new here." "I can't say for sure that I won't go to war with that queen in the future."

"But, even if I want to go to war with her, I won't make an issue of you, a little goblin who is just starting out."

With that said, Li Ge stepped forward.

"If we really want to fight, I will rush into the royal city of Camelot and fight with that queen." "To be honest, I'm quite looking forward to it."

"Whether it's the queen or the knights who serve the queen, they should all be very strong, right?" At this point, a little fighting spirit emerged from Li Ge's body.

Artoria, who knew that this was Li Ge's innermost thoughts, could tell that this man was indeed looking forward to it, even excited.

"Fighting Mania"

Arturia cursed, and while she hurriedly followed Li Ge, she felt a sense of relief in her heart for some reason.

At the very least, nothing this man said was false.

Compared with those people I have met so far, compared with the malice and ugly thoughts I have felt so far, the person in front of me is so real and calm.

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Artoria smiled unconsciously. Until, Li Ge stopped again. "what happened again?"

Artoria braked quickly and complained.

Li Ge looked straight in one direction, and after a while, he spoke. "Looks like we're in trouble."