"That's because the Master is doing something important and right!" Abigail dragged the quilt to Kelia's side, trying to cover her to keep her "warmer." "Everyone should do the right thing. , if it’s still important, you have to be more serious.”
Kaelia looked back at the little girl kneeling on the bed in confusion, unsure why she would take the initiative to answer this question. But at this moment, Fujimaru Ritsuka's voice sounded beside her:
"This is a very complicated issue that cannot be explained clearly in a few words." She showed a somewhat embarrassed look on her face, "Well... it was forced by the situation at the beginning. When I first embarked on the journey, I showed I will only be worse than you, but do you really have to start from that far away? In that case, wouldn’t it just be me telling you two a bedtime story?”
"Want to hear it!"
"Spare me, Abi, don't you know everything about it?"
"But what the Master said is different!"
"...But I didn't do anything in the previous war." Kaelia's somewhat lonely voice interrupted the lively argument between the other two people, "Sister can't possibly behave worse than 'did nothing', right?" .”
She thought that Fujimaru Ritsuka's previous words were just to comfort her, but she didn't expect that after hearing these words, Fujimaru Ritsuka actually laughed: "Why do you think you didn't do anything? I heard Aio Sister Lance said, before I came to this planet, didn’t you already purify the wells in Tyros City, repel the Plague Lord’s war engine, and drive out the little devils?”
Kaelia opened her eyes wide: "But that, that's not-"
"Do you think that is what the Emperor did?" Fujimaru Ritsuka asked with a smile, "But you must understand that without you, the Emperor would not be able to throw his power beyond the curtain, and Tyros needs his help. City."
"But, we are not just 'workers'..."
"Indeed, it is important to correctly understand one's own position." Fujimaru Ritsuka said, "But what I mean is that we should not place our position too high, nor should we place it too low, and learn to examine it appropriately. We are more important. We are not 'gods', but without us, 'gods' would not be able to truly come to the stage where they are needed. Although we do some inconspicuous work, this does not mean that It doesn’t matter if they don’t matter – it’s the same thing with a lot of things.”
Kaelia showed a thoughtful expression, and grabbed the quilt Abigail put around her shoulders a little uneasily. The latter realized that the other two were talking about something more important. Although he looked a little unhappy at the lengthy "big truth", he still did not cause trouble. He just hugged his own pillow and got into Fujimaru Ritsuka's side. Lean on.
A few seconds later, Kaelia asked in an uncertain tone: "So, other people will listen to my sister because of this 'importance'?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka shrugged: "What do you think?"
Kaelia wanted to answer immediately, but she stopped the moment before she made a sound. After taking another two seconds to think about it, her tone was still full of uncertainty: "It seems...isn't that the case?"
"No, that's it. You may think there is a problem, just because the word 'importance' itself is too general and covers a variety of situations." Fujimaru Ritsuka's tone was very brisk, "The most obvious thing is that Remember Somni? He only acted with me because I was so 'important' that the Emperor even ordered him to assist me alone. If this crucial point is removed, I am afraid that except for the Emperor himself Besides, no one can control him now."
"...But he is just a person." Kaelia seemed a little uneasy about what she was going to say next. "Although I also think that everyone should follow the emperor's teachings, I don't think those Night Lords..."
"Well, after all, they are traitors to the Astartes. They really will not listen to the emperor, and they have separated from the empire very early." Fujimaru Ritsuka nonchalantly agreed with this very heretical discussion from a religious perspective. "But they listen to their genetic father. My 'importance' in the eyes of most of them is that their Primarch listens to me a lot of the time."
"Huh?" Although he had met the other party before, so he knew that Conrad Coze, the traitorous original body, also had a place on the ship, but after all, he didn't understand it deeply, and Kaelia was stunned, while Fujimaru Ritsuka The discussion did not stop because of this:
"As for why the original body of the Night Lords listened to me, this story is very complicated to tell, but in a simple summary, it can be roughly understood that he wanted to atone for the mistakes he had committed, and the Emperor appointed me to be the one responsible for this process. Witness - without me, his 'atonement' would be impossible to talk about. To him, this is my 'importance'."
"Um?"
"As for Judge Hastings, my 'importance' is reflected in the point that 'The Night Lords will listen to me' as has been demonstrated before: after all, he is too close to us. If even the lowest If he couldn't cooperate with him to the maximum extent, the ten black-armored guards who were specially left on the ship would definitely be able to make his death painful, dishonorable, and meaningless. For him, I think he was more worried. The 'pointless' part."
Kaelia seemed to be completely confused by this structure of rings within rings.
"Look, I said this is not something that can be explained clearly in a few words." Fujimaru Ritsuka laughed, "In short, if you want people to obey your orders, one of the prerequisites is to make others realize your importance. Sex' - when I formally met with Judge Hastings today, didn't he also emphasize his identity as 'Judge' to you?"
"..." Even Kaelia, who grew up in Ultramar and had no unnecessary fear of the name "Judge" because of the stable living environment, after spending most of the day with the other party, she also He showed a clear sense of fear, "But that's the 'Throne Envoy'..."
"What's scary? I'm still the emperor's personally chosen envoy to the throne." Fujimaru Ritsuka said nonchalantly, "I even dared to compete with the imperial regent on the length of my title, but I haven't seen you so afraid of me."
Kaelia was shocked: "But - but you didn't say -"
"——That's the reason, I never said it." Fujimaru Ritsuka patted Kaelia on the shoulder comfortingly, "My importance on this ship no longer requires a specific position or a long title. came to manifest, but Inquisitor Hastings has just come on board. Although he nominally joined as your teacher, everyone on the ship knew that he was captured as a prisoner, even if it weren't for me Interjection, he is dead now. Of course he must seize on the power of 'Emissary to the Throne' given to him by the Emperor and repeatedly emphasize his importance."
Even the "die everywhere" kind of death. Fujimaru Ritsuka wanted to say this, but considering that the conversation was not with other Night Lords, she regretfully swallowed this hellish joke. However, after hearing this, Kaelia thought for a while and showed a somewhat hesitant expression:
"When you say this, Judge Hastings sounds a little pitiful..."
"That guy is so fierce and soft-hearted!" The angry Abigail answered, "Like a cat thrown into a strange environment, he will challenge anything he thinks he can beat. Abigail won't follow. He has common sense, just leave him where he is and leave him alone!"
"It's great that Abi can see this, and the way he handles it is mature." Fujimaru Ritsuka praised the little girl next to him, who laughed a little sheepishly.
"But having said that, there is a saying that 'poor people must be hateful', and the converse is also true." Fujimaru Ritsuka turned back to Kailia's direction again, "Although you should have begun to feel that Inquisitor Hastings is annoying, but he can teach you some things that I can't teach you. I'm not excusing him, but he has served the Empire in this position for almost a hundred and two years. Ten standard years of Terra. During this period, he must have summarized many lessons that he must know as a 'Judge'. Even if you only learn a superficial part of it, it will be of benefit to you in performing your duties as a leader of Chaldea in the future. Immeasurable.”
The last sentence made Kaelia instinctively feel uneasy, but after all, she was just a teenage girl. She was at an age where the future was far greater than the past, so she naturally subconsciously interpreted the disturbing meaning in this sentence. The place is thrown into the distant future.
"But I just don't like him." Kaelia muttered angrily, "I also think it's impossible for me to 'become friends' with him. Are all the inquisitors besides my sister so annoying?"
"I don't know, but judging from the stereotype, I guess it's probably like this." Fujimaru Ritsuka said with a smile, "After all, these people are the first line of defense of the empire, and the pressure that work will bring to them is beyond ordinary people. Imagine it. You have been in this position for a hundred or two hundred years. If there is such a senior inquisitor who seems to be sane and approachable, you have to wonder if there is some chaos pollution at work."
"But sister, you——"
"——Don't make trouble. In terms of time in the real universe, I have only been on the job for less than a year." When Fujimaru Ritsuka said this, she suppressed her smile and pretended to be serious, but within a few seconds, she couldn't bear it anymore. Zhu Po Gong said, "Hey, although I don't know what Judge Hastings said to you to make you hate him so much, but -"
"——I don't want to be friends with him." Kaelia emphasized while hugging the pillow.
"Okay, that's just an additional question anyway. Your most important task is to learn from him how to control psychic powers. After all, he is the only registered psyker with systematic education on the ship." Fujimaru Ritsuka was indifferent to this, " Then let me change the subject for you: think of a way to make Judge Hastings 'less annoying' in front of you."
"...?" Kaelia didn't speak, but her big brown eyes when she wasn't using psychic powers were filled with doubts: Can this still happen?
Miwu (peaceful)
(Try to make a side story)
(End of chapter)
