Chapter 1643 Limited help
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Dumbuya City, third floor of the cathedral, prayer room
“This is probably the situation. In short, Si Kolk is in a very bad situation right now, do you have any thoughts?"
Mo Tan, who was sitting at the table, calmly finished the last sentence, and then crossed his fingers in a commander-in-chief gesture, looking away from Ever. Li, Phillip, Luna and Xia Liya were scanned. Among them, Xia Liya was called over when she was about to eat, while Luna originally wanted to skip dinner, but was forcibly taken to the cafeteria to eat by Mo Tan himself. I brought it over after buying something.
"My idea is..."
Wearing a black cloak commonly worn by members of the only intelligence agency in Doumbouya City, her long pink hair tied up randomly looked a bit messy, and she looked up under a frameless flat lens. Shalia Ayin, who had two big dark circles under her eyes, weakly tilted her head and stared at Mo Tan, gritting her teeth and said: "Why did you let this lovely Miss Guardian Knight call me here so early, but you personally accompanied Lin Qi?" Madam, let’s have dinner!”
Holding the velvet cushion that Yuekui kindly handed over before, Luna curled up on the chair next to Shalia and raised her little face sleepily, in a daze. About two seconds later, he suddenly said in a serious tone: "No, I was the only one who ate it, Hei Fan didn't eat it."
"..."
That's not the point at all. Shalia here was stunned for a moment, and then said in a loud voice: "But I didn't eat!"
Mo Tan glanced at his new adjutant, smiled slightly, and then turned his attention to Yi Zou: "You didn't let her eat?"
"I originally wanted to wait for adjutant Ai Yin to finish dinner."< br>
The guardian knight sitting next to Mo Tan shook his head and said seriously: "But she heard about Skolke. After Qing wanted to find her, he rushed over and I didn't have time to stop him."
Mo Tan nodded, then turned his gaze back to the unhappy face of Xia Liya, shrugged and said, "That's why. You don’t blame me for not eating.”
“But you ate with Ms. Lynch while I was waiting for you!”
Shallya flattened her mouth and complained angrily: "Anyone would feel a little unbalanced!"
Because it was clear that the other party was not really unhappy, but wanted to dilute the previous feeling. There was a solemn atmosphere, so Mo Tan happily chatted with Xia Liya and said with a smile: "It's different. The ability of Ms. Lynch next to you to take care of herself is really questionable, and Xia Liya... "
Xia Liya wrinkled her nose and said displeasedly: "What about me?"
"You are undoubtedly a very trustworthy person"
Mo Tan. Picking up the two pieces of parchment on the table that were filled with Shalia's self-recommendation, she said in a brisk tone: "So I believe that you, who can shoulder many responsibilities, will not neglect to protect your body."< br>
Gritting her teeth and staring at the parchment in Mo Tan's hand that had not yet dried, full of how reliable and capable she was, Shalliya took a deep breath, and finally sighed feebly: "I'm so hungry."
"Here you go."
Luna took out a light red candy from her pocket that exuded a light fragrance and looked a bit like candy at first glance. The ball was stuffed directly into Xia Liya, who was really hungry, but mainly looking for trouble, and said lightly: "Eat, I'm very hungry."
Xia Liya lowered her eyes. With the 'sugar ball' in his palm, he immediately grinned and stuffed it directly into his mouth. After chewing it and eating it, he sighed: "It tastes really good, but this thing is not filling enough. Oops." , Lin Qi, you don’t have to feel bad. I don’t blame you. I just feel that our commander is a little unreasonable and made me come to the meeting hungry.”
Mo Tan: “…”
Follow: "..."
Chao Yuekui: "..."
Philip: "..."
Avery: "..."
Shalia herself: "..."
"[Sweet rice balls] are a low-consumption refined product. The principle is to use about half a person's food to make portable rations for one and a half to three people. The price is that the nutrition of the food itself will be lost during the refining process. 90% of it is consumed. Long-term consumption by ordinary people will cause edema, hair loss, muscle atrophy, With a series of problems such as loss of appetite, even people with high physical fitness should not take large amounts for a long time."
Luna calmly turned to Mo Tan and said calmly: "But it is only a short-term emergency. If so, no problem.”
“This thing… ...Hiccup!"
Zha Liya, who did not expect that the topic would suddenly change, hiccupped again, then narrowed her eyes, folded her arms and nodded slightly: "It seems feasible, at least it can help Si. Kolk has gone through the period of formally signing a contract with us.”
Avery frowned and said in confusion: "Can't we directly support you? Since Ms. Yuekui thinks that Skolk will agree even if the conditions are more stringent, isn't cooperation a sure thing? ? Why don’t we just be more generous? ”
"It's not that simple."
Philip, who looked particularly gloomy, whispered. As a holy son of fertility with upright views, he was very reluctant to see others starve. If possible, he He was even willing to personally go to the place where Skolke was entrenched to farm and collect crops, but even so, Philip knew very well that Avery's proposal just now was unrealistic, and his own farming in the past was even less realistic.
“Why?”
Avery’s expression was very puzzled, and even a little aggrieved. Obviously, after simply accepting some popular science from Yue Kui, This kind-hearted young man has begun to sympathize with Skolke, who lives in dire straits every day, and now even has a huge food problem.
“There are many reasons, but the most important thing is that the impact is not good.”
Seeing that Mo Tan had no intention of speaking, Xia Liya, as the adjutant, sighed deeply, spread her hands and said, "Your Highness Avery, you have ignored a very practical issue, which is to put aside the people in the City of Light. Big shots aside, although the attitude of our Doumbouya City garrison towards Skolke is not hostile, it is very complicated in nature, because we are always fighting those bloody barbarians, and every veteran here has the ability to The friend you named died on the battlefield, and the person you want to support generously is actually a part of them in a sense." Except for cooperating with Mo Tan to explain the situation before, Yuekui has always been silent. He immediately raised his head and couldn't help but said in a deep voice: "Skolk is not a blood barbarian!"
Avery also nodded and said seriously: "I hold the same views. Attitude, the reason Hei Fan said before, it’s not like we didn’t do investigations when we were in the City of Light. No matter where you look at it, Skolk is Skolk, and Blood Barbarian is Blood Barbarian. They..."< br>
“I said it, only in a ‘certain sense’.”
Shalia interrupted His Royal Highness the Son’s words without politeness and said calmly: “Our Black Needless to say, Lord Van and Lady Moonflower of Skolk are from other worlds. You are really rational, Lord Avery, and I believe that the same people are also rational, Lord Philip and Knight Jerette, because... Let me explain in advance. I don't mean to offend, but you have indeed been enjoying a comfortable life in the City of Light. Because of this, even His Highness Philip, who probably guessed that your idea would not work, made me feel that I wanted to take the lead to support you. The breath of Skolker ”
Avery frowned, not caring that Shalia, a little priest, had such a rude attitude when talking to him. He didn't even say an honorific, but just asked curiously: "So what is the reason?"
< br>"To put it clearly, although Skolk is not the same as those blood barbarians, we are not They are hostile to them, but the vast majority of them are, after all, born in Guillotine Cliff, Bloodfeather Mesa, Steel Teeth Tribal Nation, and Gray White Plains. Under this premise, at least those of us who have been fighting on the front line all year round are not. Look at them objectively and rationally.”
Xia Liya fiddled with herself. With the quill between his fingers, he looked down at the table and said leisurely: "I once had a friend who was also a member of the Knowledge Sect. She was not as smart as me but she was very good at typing. She was three years older than me and was very good at typing. As a caregiver, she will also talk to me about some ladies’ hobbies, yes, that is, picture books and stories about boys. , In short, she can be said to be the first friend I made after being sent to this hellish place."
Avery, who had vaguely anticipated the subsequent development, swallowed his saliva and asked in a low voice." What then?”
“Everyone has guessed it, right?”
Shalia smiled easily, spread her hands and said: "She died. It was an encounter that took place on the Blood Feather Terrace. I heard from others that she was killed by several harpies after falling behind because of excessive consumption. The banshee laughed wildly and fell to death. The body was not snatched back... Well, it doesn't matter. Anyway, I probably wouldn't be able to recognize it even if I snatched it back."
Suddenly, the prayer room fell into chaos. Dead silence.
Although Shalia's tone is light and her expression is relaxed, everyone can feel the weight of this little story, and the proportion of negative emotions in this weight is obviously not low.
Relief is one thing, but relief is another.
“You should know what I want to express, right?”
Shalliya raised her head, and her calm eyes slowly swept over the two Holy Sons and Yuekui: "It is no exaggeration to say that as long as there is a living person who has served in Dubua City for more than a year, almost It is 100% similar to the story I just had, and it is impossible for everyone to hate a certain barbarian or a few barbarians, so they can only pour out their negative emotions on the whole blood barbarian."
Yue. Aoi pursed her lips, and the cat ears on her head drooped softly, and whispered: "But..."
"Obviously, you rebels who call yourself 'Skolk' are not like us. You also hate the blood barbarians, but you have to admit that, whether willingly or not, your companions were still part of the blood barbarians in the past."
Xia Liya's voice was calm and cold, and her eyes were unblinking. Staring at Yuekui: "Among the members of Skolke, there may be people who like peace and easy life, and there may be people with good character, but they may not have never participated in the evil deeds of their compatriots, even if they were Even if they are just keeping an eye on others while they are burning, killing and looting, they still have a 'responsibility'."
Yue Kui stopped talking, while Avery and Phillip exchanged a silent look. The ground sighed.
"In the eyes of me and my lords, there is never a truly 'clean' person among you Skolks. Even if someone doesn't have half a dead soul on his hand, he has probably drank blood-stained breast milk."
Shalia put the quill that was almost bald from her play on the table and said seriously: "In this case, everyone can treat Skolke as fairly as possible. can It is already very difficult not to treat them as life and death enemies, so..."
"So in other words, although I have applied for a much more generous treatment for the local garrison than before, everyone is already used to financial constraints. Well, even if it is not easy to eat meat, providing Skolk with food on a sufficient scale will still arouse a lot of negative emotions. This is too unwise. "
Mo Tan interrupted Shalia, looking down at the strategic map spread out on the table, carefully observing the Skolk station that had been marked by Yue Kui. While saying softly: "I personally think that the relationship between Doumbouya City and Skolke can be eased, but this kind of relaxation cannot be achieved overnight, just like everyone will not be able to achieve it overnight. Xiji agrees with me as the person in charge, Skolke needs to let Doumbuya see its certificate of nomination. This is a necessary process, but it turns out that Skolke is not even qualified to submit the certificate of nomination. "< br>
Yue Kui pursed her lips, a hint of sadness flashed in her eyes: "In other words, Skolk can't get your help before that, right?"
"It's accurate to say that before that, Skolk could only get limited help from us."
Mo Tan played with a black alchemy chess piece and said lightly: "After that, That is to reach a verbal cooperative relationship and sign a written contract. From then on, I will find a way to make Skolke perform a feat that can serve as an opportunity for reconciliation, and consider the matter of voting for you. In the end, it will be more important. Cooperation on a large scale.”
Yue Kui subconsciously. The ground shook his tail and hesitated: "That should take a long time, right?"
"It sounds like a lot of trouble, but if we move fast enough, it won't actually take long."
< br>Mo Tan breathed a sigh of relief , showing a rather calm smile: "To sum up, first of all, I hope Luna will prepare a certain number of [Sweet Rice Balls] as much as possible, and let Yue Kui bring it back to Skolk to relieve the urgent food shortage. Question.”
Luna nodded slightly and said in a sleepy tone: "Okay."
"Then."
Mo Tan turned to look at the Holy Son of Justice again and said with a smile: "I hope this You can take a team with Yuekui this time, Avery."
The latter nodded without hesitation and said solemnly: "No problem, what do you need me to do?"
“Cooperate with Skolke’s people and bring back all the old, weak, sick and disabled people over there.”
"Eh?"
"I want to give Skolk's biggest advantage, which is its powerful mobility."
Chapter 1,634: The End
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