The Gulaman Empire in the Rigal world once said, "If you desire peace, then be prepared for war."
This sentence, like many words passed down by the Lamanites to this day, has gradually been given more meanings by later generations as time goes by. Today, people generally have two interpretations of it: one is that peace is hard-won and must be shed through blood. Gain by sacrificing hard work.
The other kind can not only be applied to national relations, but also used to describe any situation involving confrontation or the handling of interpersonal relationships.
——Even if the goal is peace talks, you must not show weakness.
Weak people are not qualified to bargain. If you show a little bit of weakness and are looked down upon by the other party, then the negotiation will collapse and the other party will choose to take advantage of you.
It is a very simple and barbaric thinking. No matter how refined the rhetoric is, the essential concept will not change in any way.
The strong party does not need to care about any proposals from the weak party.
When you can use force to rob the other party of all their property, few people will care about the negligible peace offer offered by the other party.
So if you desire peace, then you need to be prepared for war first; if you want peace talks, you must first be prepared to fight to the death.
People, countries or forces that have no ability to protect themselves are not qualified to come to the negotiation table, just like a beast with its claws chopped off and its teeth pulled out can only perform a humiliating show for human nobles.
So even though they hoped to take a step back and not disturb each other, Mira still put on a posture of being ready to fight to the death at any time.
The white-haired Luoan girl searched for various excuses in her heart, thinking about how her teacher convinced others, and tried her best to find a solution that could solve the problem peacefully without causing casualties.
But she was still a little naive after all, and she missed a little bit of everything.
"Pfft, hahaha, let's talk?"
This was a familiar tone for Mira, who was born in Luoan and was at the bottom of society in the Kingdom of Avenella before meeting Henry.
The courtesans and Lulu next to them were also very sensitive to this. Only Miss Doctor and the young master did not understand the specific meaning, but they still instinctively felt the displeasure.
Condescending, ridiculing and teasing oneself from a superior position.
It has to be said that this is a very common behavior, with a sinister tone and amplitude that is a bit exaggerated and ridiculing.
"Ah -" the Luoan girl reacted and looked back at herself.
Miss Doctor and Lulu, who were wearing robes, were less than 1.5 meters tall. They were small and looked incompetent at first glance. Although the oiran is tall, her skin is fair, and even with a short haircut, she still doesn't look tough.
Women's status in Japanese society is not very high. They are men's foils and vases at home. These people are inherently looking down on the four of them just because of their gender - and the only young master who looks strong and powerful enough and is male, although he has a good physique, he still has a childish look on his face, and he took the initiative to attack before but was beaten. It was a bloody mess.
In addition, they turned around and ran when the opponent appeared. This series of actions and appearances revealed their own weakness early - so it seems that running away must be a wrong decision, but if they did not run at that time, they would have been on the scene. If there is a conflict, the outcome will not be much better.
People judge people by their appearance, and the more simple-minded people are, the more likely they are to make everything black and white.
Sage is 1.95 meters tall and there are still people who would dare to provoke Klemmer. With the current lineup, it will be difficult for these people to pay enough attention to her unless she does something else.
It's not possible to use a knife. These guys should be very similar to the Luoan people in Avenella and Sivalier in the past - because they dare to attack nobles like Yajiro - most of them live at the bottom with no hope of turning over. , a person who has lost any worries because of poverty and only seeks immediate wealth and enjoyment.
So using the knife cannot scare them away.
Something else must be used, but can it be done?
All she had was a few words of learning. Although sages were good at many things, direct spellcasting like this was not one of them.
Although he had relevant knowledge, he could not teach her how to use it.
The previous two applications were exhausted at once.
Control, control. Mira kept chanting silently, silently.
What should be used to scare them?
wind? I have used this method twice before. As the choice of the Elf Magister, this is a very practical high-level magic system.
However, even if such a transparent thing is extremely lethal, it is not suitable to be used to scare people.
Yes, it must be something that can be captured with the naked eye, something that creatures are naturally afraid of.
"Control, Mira, you can do it." She continued to convince herself, and then whispered the magic inducement in the ancient language.
"Akton——" "Bang——!!"
The overly bright gold mixed with orange light that burst out instantly illuminated the entire alley. The rapid loss of magic power made her immediately feel that her footsteps became sloppy. The Luoan girl gritted her teeth like someone trying to put out a fire. Controlling it and trying to shrink it, this caused the flame composed of magic power in her hand to flicker like a poorly ventilated chimney and even burn into black smoke. The originally gentle feeling even caused a reverse flow of magic power. She felt that the blood vessels inside her wrist were being burned by the high temperature, but she gritted her teeth and endured it, and within a few seconds she forcibly controlled the flames to shrink.
"Hoo——" The half-human-high flame shrank and turned into a tiny flame entwined between the palms.
"This Southern Barbarian woman is an Onmyoji!" The expressions of the rogue bandits changed. As she expected, after seeing something in their unknown territory that could give a strong enough impression, panic finally appeared on their expressions.
The prerequisites were met, and these people paid enough attention to it, no longer looking at it with contempt and ridicule.
"I wish," she said again, word for word, "that we could talk."
"Well--"
"Okay -" The arrogance of the gangsters who subconsciously panicked and took a step back subsided. At this time, some of them finally noticed the doctor's robe on Ling. Although it was not intentional, even the Luoan girl herself did not notice it. Once there, a series of coincidences further strengthened their side's false tall image.
A child of a wealthy samurai family; a doctor from a great academy; and a stranger who can use magic.
These details have actually existed for a long time, but even if they were noticed with contempt, they would not take them seriously.
This kind of darkness under the light is a scene that often occurs when people are prejudiced.
A rich man bought gold-plated jewelry because he was not interested in luxury goods, but everyone thought it was pure gold; while a poor boy spent more than ten years of savings to buy pure gold jewelry, but everyone around him thought it was pure gold. That must be a fake.
By accident, even the Luoan girl herself did not fully understand everything. But the moment she showed her magical ability, as the impression changed, these people put down their contempt for the group and finally noticed. Those details.
Naturally, they started adding fuel to the fire.
Humans are creatures that are good at self-deception. Even though the five-man lineup on the opposite side has not changed at all, the gangsters began to discuss in low voices and gave various reasons to persuade each other to conflict with several people on the opposite side. Not a good deal.
The goal was achieved - it was just controlling the appearance of flames. It sounded a bit ridiculous, and in reality, with Mira's current level, it was not as efficient as fighting with weapons to fight with magic.
In fact, just the appearance of flames made her start to feel out of breath. This was a sign that her magic power consumption was close to being exhausted, which was similar to excessive blood loss. If it continued, she would collapse and go into shock.
But the other party doesn't know this.
The bluff worked, or it was irony, and it was even more effective than real combat.
The next step was to give the other party time to get off the stairs - she turned back to look at Yajiro. The young master probably had a lot of silver with him. Problems that can be solved with money are not problems, but the amount cannot be too large. Make the other person feel like they are being taken advantage of.
It is still necessary to act with caution, the Luoan girl thought, turned her head and opened her mouth, about to speak——
"us--"
A stinging feeling came from his left hand, which was burning with fire.
It was like a combination of cramps and the backflow of magic power, which made her face turn pale for a moment, and then she couldn't help but squat down and cover it with her right hand.
"Mira?" Miss Doctor behind her immediately noticed this, and Sakura and Lulu also came forward to look at her.
The white-haired girl was sweating profusely in pain. She felt cold all over and couldn't exert any strength, but her first reaction was still to look up at the bandits——
"Oops."
——Showing weakness.
Similar thoughts filled her mind, but soon another wave of pain hit her, leaving her with no energy to think. Her legs went weak and she collapsed into Sakura's arms behind her.
This wasn't a magical disorder, although she couldn't say it herself, but the waves of sharp stabbing pain seemed to be——
"What's going on? Target me." She raised her hand despite the pain, and found that her entire left hand had lost its color and turned pale, and her fingers were so numb and stiff that it was difficult to bend them.
"What's going on?" "This Southern Barbarian woman seems to be a parallel import!" the bandits said in a flurry of words, their expressions gradually turning into contempt and ridicule, mixed with a hint of greed.
"Snapped--"
They were focused on the front and did not notice the dark shadow quietly appearing behind them. Only the Luoan girl who fell to the ground saw it clearly.
The sky suddenly darkened.
The sage who was resting in the distance turned his head sharply and looked here. The little unicorn resting in the stable turned around, kicked open the fence door and ran out.
"What's going on? It's going to rain heavily?" "The weather in the mountains really changes at a moment's notice." Narumi, Qiao and others just thought it was an ordinary weather change.
But as Mira raised her head to look at Sakura, Aya, Lulu and Yajiro behind her, they all became stunned.
"Tick tock, tick tock."
The human-like creature was drooling and approaching the unsuspecting bandits with light steps that were incompatible with its huge body.
Gray-black snowflakes began to fall in the sky.
"How could it be?" And the eyes of the exhausted Luoan girl reflected that unforgettable image.
Said word for word:
"Why are there ghouls here?"
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