Many people followed us into the lobby of the small building.

Not only the injured and sick hunter family, but also other residents who had just gathered in the surrounding open space.

The hall of the small building looked very spacious. Apart from the pillars supporting the floor, the numerous benches placed at equal intervals, and the windows that allowed sunlight to enter the room, there was only a winding staircase leading upstairs, a podium at the front, and a door leading to the depths.

The residents spontaneously and orderly took their seats, while the woman at the front turned and whispered something to the man who was following her not far behind. She then leaned on her cane and slowly walked into the doorway deep inside the house.

Unlike the hunter family, who nervously glanced around when they were placed on a bench, the other residents who entered the room, though a few looked unwell, did not show any signs of worry. Instead, they sat calmly and quietly chatted with acquaintances nearby.

I curiously leaned over and listened for a while. Most of what they said was about the many ways the blind saintess had taken care of them and the various miraculous healing methods she used.

"...I still can't completely believe that the saintess would treat everyone without any selfish motives."

Shen Xue, who had also circled around, sat down to the side, her back still ramrod straight even while resting.

Completely ignoring the gazes cast at her from elsewhere, she casually drew her longsword, placed it across her lap, and began her meticulous work of healing: "This city has always been controlled by the church, and any work related to healing is forbidden to be conducted privately under their orders. Either you choose to spend a fortune to obtain a certified plaque and access to resources, or you have no choice but to operate in the shadows, constantly facing the risk of being discovered at any moment and the predicament of a shortage of relevant medicines."

"What should people do when they are sick?"

This is truly a perplexing situation.

How can anyone guarantee that they will always be healthy and free from illness? No matter how strong a body is, it cannot maintain the strongest level of defense at all times; there will always be a moment when a weakness is found.

The people Miyuki mentioned seemed to be forcibly ordering the people under their jurisdiction to maintain their best condition at all times.

Shen Xue shook her head: "They really don't care about the lives of those poor people, whether they are healthy or not, it has nothing to do with these people."

"However, contrary to what you think, the reason all of this was able to become so distorted in the beginning was because it was based on a premise: the city was never prepared to accept those people from the start. In other words, we are not residents here; we are just parasites who happened to discover this city in the mountains and then took over living here."

They actually called people parasites...

I was speechless.

Although the chaotic streets and buildings, and the apathetic people I encountered when I first entered the city did give me the impression that "they live worse than pigs, dogs, insects, and flies," the sheer number of buildings and the ongoing maintenance of the city's defenses proved that this city had a long history of development spanning over a hundred years.

Even if you initially looked down on the other party, or felt disgusted by such an uninvited neighbor, since you didn't actively drive them away, you must have some sympathy for them, right?

"Oh, this kind of thing is actually quite easy to understand, isn't it?"

Alice sat down on my other side, leaned closer, and suddenly reached out and hooked her arm around my neck: "Let me give you an example~ Suppose we change the scene: replace this city with your miniature garden, and regard those uninvited residents as guys who suddenly barged into the miniature garden and insisted on living there."

"In this situation, what would you think, Master?"

I tried to break free from the rascal's grasp, but the guy, while smiling, unexpectedly tightened his grip: "If it were me... I would probably try to communicate with those guys first, ask them why they suddenly broke in, and try to persuade them to leave, right?"

"How gentle you are, as expected of my master~ Hmph, but what if those guys not only don't listen to you, but also try to cut down the plants you've worked so hard to grow, use them to build their own houses, and even find your presence troublesome and want to drive you away from this territory that they've arbitrarily divided up?"

Great, I suddenly understand.

The fist hardened.

Thinking about it carefully, starting from the very beginning [Dawn], the people who successively broke into the miniature garden either voluntarily stayed as laborers or were simply dealt with as enemies. A few of those who received invitations seemed to feel uneasy and volunteered to do something for me, thus becoming busy, but none of them were idle.

This made me subconsciously use them as a reference standard for my subsequent thinking. In addition, the information I had so far was too one-sided, and the scene I witnessed was so moving that my thinking was somewhat biased.

Reality is not a simple matter of mathematical esoteric arts, but a much more complex, difficult, and convoluted problem.

"Looks like you've thought it through~"

Alice smiled and raised her eyebrows: "Although the later arrivals in this city are not as extreme as the example I just gave, they are probably similar in nature, right?"

"The reason for this is that the territory is large enough. The sheer size of the area is enough to reduce and eliminate most of the fighting and conflicts. In addition, the large number of people are not a monolithic group. With a little provocation, they can fight among themselves, thereby reducing the growing dissatisfaction."

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