Chapter 253 Aldridge's Ideal
Byrne looked up at the tall bookshelves and the many books, and a deep excitement welled up in his heart.
He seemed to have changed his role in an instant, becoming a real scholar, and he couldn't help but ask questions.
“Is this all knowledge?”
However, the situation was beyond Byrne's expectations. Aldridge actually shook his head, and then the middle-aged man calmly stretched out his hand, and the surrounding books poured out from the bookshelf and flew around the two of them.
He looked at the books flying around him and said slowly and calmly:
"The books stored in those bookshelves are basically not the knowledge you imagine. Most of them are various research I have done, as well as a lot of intelligence, rumors, and information."
Aldridge paused and continued:
"I am indeed a scholar, but my most important observations are about people and countries. I don't have much idea about knowledge that I don't use. You can understand that my approach is more pragmatic."
"Those intelligence and information are useful to my family and myself."
Byrne quickly understood what the other party meant. It turned out that the "Dragon Tamer" and "Ring Scholar" Aldrich Romen was actually the intelligence chief of the "Night" Romen family.
Then it dawned on him, no wonder Aldridge had the reputation of "never losing a fight", because anyone who could do that had to do two basic things.
One is to not provoke someone you can never beat, to avoid being killed in seconds after making all the fancy preparations.
Another foundation is to learn to be prepared for any eventuality and to grasp all the intelligence about the enemy in advance, so that you can truly be fully prepared in battle and defeat the strong with the weak.
"It seems you have understood."
The middle-aged man who had been calm and decent for many years nodded slightly, holding a high-heeled glass that had been placed nearby, filled with fragrant red wine.
He looked at Byrne, his eyes contemplating something.
Byrne immediately asked:
"So, Mr. Aldridge, you have information about the black dragon, right?"
"Did you kill Best Rhine?"
Aldridge suddenly and without warning asked the fatal question.
Mr. Byrne was stunned for a moment, then frowned, shook his head and said in a serious tone: "What are you talking about? I can't understand, Lord Aldridge. You clearly know that Viscount Best was killed by the Star Embraceers."
"Mr. Aldridge, we have been together for several years. Why do you suddenly ask such a thing? Don't you trust me?"
"Please don't be angry. I'm sorry, Lord Byrne."
Aldridge immediately apologized gently, smiled, and continued.
"I just think you have a motive and that it's possible. Anyway, no matter what the truth is, I have no evidence. Besides, our two families will continue to cooperate for many years to come, so the truth doesn't matter."
"It seems that you still doubt me, Lord Aldridge. Are you referring to my special ability?"
Byrne smiled bitterly, shook his head, and said seriously: “I don’t think I have any motives. Since I will sacrifice my life to save Zain, will I murder Viscount Bester just because I don’t want to give up my life?”
"Mr. Aldridge, I respect you very much, and I hope you can respect me too!"
Aldridge was silent for a while, then nodded very solemnly.
"I understand. I will never talk about this matter again no matter what."
Byrne nodded slightly, indicating that he would no longer be angry about this matter.
There was a storm in his heart! Even though several years had passed, he never expected that Aldridge was still secretly thinking about the cause of Best's death!
Just now, he suddenly asked such a bombshell question. If there was any unnaturalness in my expression and reaction, there might be terrible consequences.
However, the meaning revealed in Aldridge's words is also worth pondering.
No matter what the truth is, it seems that he has promised not to pursue it further, because his special ability is very valuable, and the alliance of several families is the most important thing now.
“This is it.”
Suddenly, Aldridge reached out and pulled out two clean and smooth pages of paper from a book that was placed around.
"All the information about the black dragon is on these two pieces of paper. Bayne Fisher, the decision on whether you really want revenge is up to you."
Byrne was silent for a moment, and finally couldn't help but express his doubts.
"Actually, I'm very curious, Mr. Aldridge, why do you disagree with revenge?"
Aldridge looked at him again and explained his ideas very seriously.
"Well, to put it simply, I would rather build a country with more order and law. Private revenge is the representative of chaos, and chaos is the source of all disasters and destruction."
Byrne was slightly stunned, and immediately asked: "A country of order and law, are you a believer of the Church of Order?"
However, Aldridge immediately denied this and simply stated his opinion very calmly.
"No, I am not a believer in the Emperor of Order. I just share some of their ideas. In fact, the Order State I want to establish is very different from the society that the Order Church hopes to establish, which completely serves the extraordinary people."
Byrne found it more and more interesting, and then asked further: "I am very curious, what are the differences between the orderly country you imagine and that kind of order?"
Aldridge thought for a moment, then explained:
"I want to establish a dual order country where extraordinary people and mortals can coexist. Extraordinary people will inevitably be in a superior position due to their power advantage. This is something that no one can change. However, even mortals who have no power should be able to retain a certain dignity."
"Law and order in Syat are often non-existent nowadays. Byrne, let me ask you, if a major member of a noble family was wandering in the slums of a certain city, and suddenly fell in love with an underage girl, he took her away in public, and finally raped her."
He paused, then continued:
"What punishment will he face?"
Without even thinking, Byrne answered very truthfully, "If it doesn't alarm too many people and the incident doesn't get out of hand, he will most likely not get any punishment."
Mortals live like weeds, while the nobles possess enormous power and control the military, legal, administrative and other forces of a region. Even the church tacitly acknowledges that the status of extraordinary people is superior.
Therefore, as long as the extraordinary nobles do not go too far in their dealings with ordinary people for any evil deeds, there is no possibility of being judged.
The status of the extraordinary people is very transcendent, without any constraints or supervision.
As long as it is covered up well, let alone raping an ordinary girl, even the acts of private human trafficking and massacre of villages have actually been done by extraordinary nobles.
Especially during the war, all kinds of evil were more frequent, and Byrne had seen too many of them.
Aldridge nodded and said:
"Yes, this kind of terrible thing actually happens every day in the continent of Oden. You and I are both aware of this. But what we all know even more clearly is that even if we feel uncomfortable with evil deeds, we can't do anything about it even if we want to, right?"
Yes, what he said was all right. Byrne fell silent for a long time, then asked:
"Sir Aldridge, I still don't understand one thing. Why do you care so much about the lives of mortals?"
"Good question, but it's also a question that doesn't need an answer. Why can't I just care?"
Aldridge smiled and drank the red wine in the goblet.
"As a Syat, I hope that all Syat people can live a better life. Isn't that normal?"
Byrne took a deep breath and continued:
"But you just said it, even if we wanted to, we couldn't do it. It's hard to detect crimes, not to mention the subsequent trials."
"Well, so the country of Syat needs reform."
Aldridge's words made Byrne think inwardly, is the Roman family still loyal to the royal family?
"And I have been looking for a ritual spell or similar power that can strictly monitor criminal behavior in various cities and towns, but I have not found it yet."
Byrne listened quietly, and deep in his heart he couldn't help but recall the ambitions and ideals that Best had mentioned, so he also had reservations about Aldridge's statement.
He thinks that instead of listening to what a person says, one should watch what he does, so that one can see things more clearly.
Of course, although he thought so deep down, Byrne still smiled and nodded on the surface, saying:
"I see. Sir Aldridge is a respectable idealist who really wants to change Siat. I admire your ideas from the bottom of my heart."
Then, he looked at the two pages that contained information about the black dragon. After just a few moments, he nodded and put them down.
"I've memorized it all, thank you."
The black dragon's name is "Black Cinders", and it is a powerful monarch...
Byrne took a deep breath. The most important thing next was to read the book Christine had found.
Is there any record in it that can allow several people to leave here?
(End of this chapter)
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