When he met Ophelia again, unlike her previous behavior of jumping on the edge of death, this time, Sully chose to take advantage of the moonlit night without wind or snow to welcome this woman who was standing alone under the city early in the morning into the city.
When they were in the same space again, the first thing Ophelia said was full of sneer: "You are worthy of being called the 'Prophet' to be able to do this."
Sully was not impressed by this profound comment and replied calmly: "I'll just take it as a compliment."
With almost equal conditions between the two sides, the second round of negotiations was more like cooperation in which both parties had a clear understanding of each other than a negotiation.
The war against Sardina had been postponed indefinitely from the moment the truth of the intelligence came out.
Seeing Ophelia's gaze fixed on him for five seconds, Suli decisively gave up giving the princess time to assess the situation. Instead, he sat in his chair and said calmly, "I already know that you are the daughter of the Pope of Light, and I also know everything behind the Pope's calculations, including your attempt to steal military power."
"Ignoring the Pope's calculations that will not affect this city in the short term, all I want to know is that you, Ophelia, the great princess in everyone's eyes, chose to attack this city. From your perspective, what exactly do you want?"
"If you already know the answer, stop saying things that disgust me." Ophelia glared at Sully. "Besides, I'm not here to listen to your nonsense."
In this situation, Sully stared at Ophelia for three seconds before his calm expression turned into a cheerful smile.
Then, Suli didn't give Ophelia any time to prepare and said directly: "The City of Mercenaries cannot become cannon fodder in the dispute between you and the Pope. As for Xia Zuo, who you are jealous of and even envious of, even if we have the power to restrain him, I don't think you can pay the price."
When Ophelia was about to overturn the table again, Sully simply stretched out his left hand and made a stop gesture.
Then, even more pointed words came directly: "As for your belief that you can threaten us with an army of 100,000 people, after I know everything behind you, this threat has no value at all."
"At this stage when the intelligence is sufficient, it is impossible for the army in your hands to capture Sadina City and recruit the mercenaries inside it."
"Besides, I don't think you will lead more than 100,000 people to attack this city, because even if you succeed, you will not have the strength to fight the Pope."
"In the end, you will just remain like a puppet, constantly accepting your fate of being manipulated."
Sully looked at Ophelia coldly as if she were a punctured balloon, and sat back in his chair.
But Ophelia, who seemed to have the word "strong" engraved in her bones, was not completely silent.
"It's like you can decide your own destiny. What's the difference between rejecting the existence of elements and being rejected by the world?"
"In this world where the strong prey on the weak, a weakling like you who can die if you are just touched, do you think you have freedom in this position?"
The more sarcasm there was in Ophelia's eyes, the funnier Sully found it.
It's not that I had any thoughts of mocking them, but I felt that there were actually people who would take the initiative to intrude into the areas where others were best at and compete with them.
"I never thought I had absolute freedom. And I don't have any obsession with so-called freedom."
"After all, freedom is only relative freedom within limitations. Humans can never achieve absolute freedom, even if they evolve into gods."
Sully skillfully retracted the meaningless smile from the depths of his heart. He looked at Ophelia calmly again, and his words turned into a knife, penetrating into people's hearts.
"Wise men, from the moment you have the ability to think, you have been confined by your body. No matter how wild your consciousness is, the body that stores your consciousness will always be just a body. As for the strength you mentioned, even if there is a force that can overturn the world within an individual, it is still limited."
"Besides, the freedom you want is nothing more than that other people can no longer influence you. Because only then will you feel at ease."
“No one can give you a sense of security, except for an absolute position that no one can question. The freedom you want, in the final analysis, is just not being restricted. But there is a world of difference between being unrestricted and being free.”
"Using the ultimate things to conceal one's true nature and pursue the sorrow of emptiness. Using the high wall of desire to isolate oneself, all words and actions are based on a little self-desire. But limited by self-esteem, one is unwilling to admit that what one wants is just a tiny bit that seems insignificant to others."
"I am even more unwilling to accept that what you have worked so hard for is easily obtained by others."
The intense visual sensation of a giant looking down on a dwarf made Ophelia lean back uncontrollably. The change in her movement made the chair under her make a harsh friction sound. It took Ophelia a long time to recover from the shock that pierced her heart.
Understanding intelligence and understanding human nature are two different things.
No one would think that a guy whose rational speculations were infinitely close to prophecy would have the terrifying ability to easily see into other people's hearts.
At least for Ophelia, this was an unforgivable offense.
The thought of wanting to kill someone is brewing in my mind, and the uncontrollable desire to destroy something is churning in my mind.
But all of this, as soon as I met those green eyes, was like being poured with a basin of cold water, and I became completely sober.
Just because she dared to do anything inappropriate, perhaps the person in front of her would choose to forgive her and continue to discuss cooperation out of upbringing and because no actual harm had occurred. However, those vicious dogs around him, even if they did not say a word but were already ready to attack, would never give her a chance to live.
Perhaps even if she really died here, for a wise man comparable to a prophet, the Pope's calculations that almost encompassed the entire world would only be a minor trouble for him.
The man's 20 years, or even more, were all revealed in just one child...
"Ha, hahahaha, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha." Ophelia stood up crazily and leaned back laughing.
The interior of the building with traces of ceiling bricks in sight would have been constantly insulted by the eldest princess who had the best food, clothing, housing and transportation in the past. But now, this extremely rough-looking building seemed like a stone giant that could strangle her throat at any time.
Sully looked at Ophelia's sober and crazy appearance with cold eyes, and gave Ophelia enough time to vent before saying, "So now, have you calmed down?"
Ophelia sat back down, and for the first time in her life, she took the initiative to look at someone who frightened her as much but who did not make her feel in danger of death.
There is no doubt that this young man is the kind of person who would be targeted by countless noble ladies if he grew up in Licheng for a few more years.
But Ophelia could see at a glance that Sully was repelled by the elements, which would make anyone who knew of Sully's waste nature define his only value as a plaything.
And then, it was this kind of person who brought her more fear than the Pope.
That man only threatened with death, but Sully did not make any threats, but made Ophelia feel the fear that she was unwilling to face...
"What do you think I should do?"
Seeing a ball kicked towards him, Suli was stunned for a moment. He asked in confusion: "What do you mean?"
Ophelia smiled now, not the kind of gloomy and dangerous smile with all kinds of negative meanings, just like Sully sometimes smiled just for the sake of laughing, she also made this kind of expression without any depth.
"You already know what I want, and you also know what I will do to you. So in my opinion, continuing to talk to you meaninglessly will not bring me any benefits, but will completely offend you because of my sewer-like personality."
"Instead of that, why not let you tell me the best answer I can think of, or the best answer I can think of."
Suli: ???
"Do you think what you said is reasonable?" Suli was too lazy to pay attention to why the princess had self-awareness at this moment.
All Suli wants to know now is: "Because I already know, you can keep it to yourself?"
Ophelia immediately put on a bad face, and once again returned to her usual sarcastic expression. She sneered and said, "What else do you think I should do?"
At this moment Sully activated the Abyss Gazing Technique.
But he was targeting his own people around him.
However, Egbert, who was standing closest to him, gave him an innocent look. On the other side, the crow with long black hair behind him said directly: "She is like this, it has nothing to do with us."
Du Ya added with some annoyance: "At least it has nothing to do with me."
Egbert's glare flashed away.
Suli: …………
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Garbage world, destroy it.
The conversation that day ended with Suli not saying a single word.
But everyone knows that what is not finished has actually been "said".
It's like knowing that the opponent has the ability to read minds. You have to fight him anyway, and there is no way to resist, so you might as well just defeat him.
After Ophelia went back in the night, she could still recall Sully's expression at the negotiation table, as if he had seen nothing.
Her uncontrollable laughter was genuine, an indescribable joy that came from someone else's praise.
No matter how terrifying a person may be, he is still a human being.
Just this point made Ophelia feel much better, so even when Xia Zuo asked her in confusion, "Sister... why are you so happy?"
This was the first time Ophelia answered him seriously: "Maybe because I know that everything will develop as I expected."
Even though what he expected was already fully known by the other person, and, of course, she was not given the right to absolute freedom.
The look in Ophelia's eyes when she looked at Xia Zuo was as deep as the abyss.
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