Chapter 1427 People Who Don’t Have to Worry About Bread
After listening to Dediu's words, Bal's mood became visibly... strange.
If you say that his mood became low, it's not quite like that...
Bal gave people the feeling that... his entire soul was gone.
His eyes were dull, and he didn't walk as vigorously as before.
His entire expression and movements became... soft.
Seeing Bal become like this, the others were naturally very anxious.
While cleaning the wooden house, they secretly discussed what to do.
It was not until night fell that they decided to let Charles, who was closest to Bal, comfort Bal.
However - after listening to Charles's comfort, Bal still looked like a walking corpse...
When Charles was at a loss and didn't know what to say next, Bal, who had been silent all the time, finally spoke:
"Thank you, Charles."
Bal's tone was very calm, and it was hard to tell whether he was happy or sad.
"But - sorry... can I be alone for a while now..."
"...Okay." After sighing lightly, Charles nodded, then turned around and left Baal.
After leaving Baal, Charles walked straight to where Gil and others were.
Because there were not enough chairs or stools in the wooden house, everyone sat on the ground in the corner of the wooden house.
"How is it?"
After Charles came back, Eugene asked Charles impatiently.
"...No." Charles shook his head, "The words the village chief said today... hurt Baal's heart too deeply..."
After Charles' voice fell, everyone's expression became heavier than before.
Not to mention Baal, even they, after listening to what Dediu said today, Gil and others felt very sad.
They shed their blood for this country, but in the end they became the existence hated by the people of this country...
"Asshole...!"
Eugene punched the wooden board in front of him heavily.
"We... paid so many sacrifices, and we were still fighting hard until the whole country surrendered, and they actually looked at us like this...!"
Eugene gritted his teeth.
Those red eyes seemed to be about to shed tears at any time.
Everyone looked at Eugene, who was about to cry, and couldn't think of words to comfort him.
Until-a soft voice sounded:
"In fact...what the village chief said today is not completely unreasonable..."
As soon as this soft voice fell, everyone turned their heads and looked at the owner of this soft voice-Jeanne.
Jeanne was actually hugging her legs with her hands and putting her expressionless face on her knees.
"I am just a civilian..."
Jeanne continued in her soft, but calm and somewhat abnormal voice.
"Although everyone says I'm a 'saint' or something, I never think I'm a 'saint', and I don't understand how the title of 'saint' came about..."
"From the beginning to the end, I just think I'm a commoner..."
"As ordinary people, the thing we care about most is always whether the bread in our hands is enough or big enough..."
"We only welcome those who can help us get more and bigger bread."
"So...if the Britannians can really make my hometown and the people of this entire land rich, then I don't think it's a bad thing to be ruled by the Britannians..."
As soon as Jeanne finished speaking, Eugene retorted excitedly:
"What are you talking about!"
"For a mere piece of bread,
You don't even care about your self-esteem Don't you want anything?"
"Are you willing to be a bunch of people who have lost their country for a little bread?"
"If we stop fighting, do you know how the Britannian Empire will deal with us who have lost our country?"
"The Britannian Empire will deal with us who have lost our country in the same way as it dealt with the mountain barbarians on the Ligasos Mountains!"
"We will be forced to learn the Britannian language! We will be forced to hold various cultural and customary activities of the Britannian Empire!"
"In just less than a hundred years, the descendants of the Roland people will all become Britannians!"
Eugène's original intention was just to convince Jeanne to face the reality and realize how serious the consequences would be if they stopped resisting by explaining the various consequences of becoming a people who have lost their country.
It's a pity that Eugene's words just now did not convince Jeanne.
Instead, it made Jeanne angry.
"'Just a piece of bread'?!" Jeanne repeated Eugene's words in a shrill voice, "Sir Eugene! What you just said is really harsh!"
"I finally understand why you can't understand what the village chief said today!"
"You guys have never been hungry!"
"Do you know what it feels like to have no bread to eat?"
"Do you know what it feels like to have an empty stomach?"
"You have never experienced this feeling!"
"You don't know how hard we work as civilians!"
"We have already used up all our strength just to live well, and we dare not have any extravagant dreams for goals other than 'living'!"
"You guys, who don't have to worry about food and clothing, are so superior, you use a condescending attitude to criticize us for 'mere bread'. It really makes me sick!!"
"enough!"
As soon as Jeanne finished speaking, Gil yelled.
"Stop arguing any more!"
"We are all comrades... Stop arguing..."
"It's really not worth it to have a falling out over something like this..."
"You all should stop arguing...just calm down for a while..."
As soon as Gil finished speaking, Ciel, the oldest person currently present, also joined in trying to break up the fight:
"Yeah... you two should stop arguing. There is no point in arguing here... huh?"
Before Charles could finish his words, he suddenly frowned, turned his head, and looked towards the door of the house.
"Char, what's wrong..." Gill, who noticed something strange about Xiang Charles, was about to ask Charles what was wrong, but Charles raised his hand to stop him.
Ciel raised the index finger of his right hand and placed it gently on his lips. Tell them to be silent
After staring at the door of the house for a while, Charles said in a low voice to everyone:
"You go and prepare your own swords..."
"Remember to move gently and don't speak loudly..."
"After preparing your respective swords, move your wrists and ankles and prepare to escape...!"