It still sounds a bit strange.
Since I hadn't confirmed it with my own eyes, I could only listen to the hunter's description with some skepticism. Then I noticed another question: "Is this kind of festival really rare?"
If this is done a few more times, even if most of it is just flashy but impractical effects and deception based on mere psychological suggestion, it is extremely easy to convert people who have little exposure to other things into believers.
But the hunter shook his head and said no: "Unfortunately, I have never seen it."
"Although there are reasons for the uncertainty of the timing, more than 20 years ago, when the Holy Advent Day was last announced, it was interrupted and stopped due to some unexpected accidents. Since then, it has been shelved, and we have not heard similar news from those important figures again."
"I never expected to hit the jackpot this time."
As he spoke, he gently patted his wife's hand, which was resting on his lap, and looked expectantly out the nearby window before turning his gaze back to his children.
I still felt it wasn't very reliable, and considering Shen Xue's unusual reaction just now, which seemed like she had suddenly been provoked by a fire, I tried to offer a few more suggestions, but the couple obviously didn't listen to me and just gave me a perfunctory response, so I stopped trying to talk to them.
"This isn't a solution. Why don't you leave the child with me for now? That way, I can react promptly should any problems arise."
The blind saintess shook her head and suggested, "After you go out the door, go up the stairs to the second floor and find any empty room to stay in. If you two are worried, you can stay together, which will make it easier for me to change your dressings and bandages later."
"...Thank you, Your Holiness. I'm so sorry to have troubled you."
"No, there's no need to be so polite. I just wanted to help everyone, so I did this." The woman smiled as she tidied up the tools she had placed nearby. "Oh, and remember to change your daughters' towels regularly, give them some water, and make sure they're covered with blankets so they don't catch a cold."
The two nodded in agreement, picked up the child, and walked out of the room. Their figures disappeared around the corner of the stairs in no time.
Do you often do things like this?
Alice, who hadn't come along, turned to look at the saintess with curiosity: "Maintaining charitable treatment like this all the time, and even being willing to keep patients who are difficult to settle in the short term by your side, is a thankless task, isn't it?"
"Small acts of kindness will indeed earn the gratitude of the recipient, but if the kindness becomes so great that it's hard to contain, or even overflows, those people will suddenly change their tune, taking it for granted and becoming increasingly demanding."
The saintess curled the corners of her lips and placed her hands on her thighs: "I have considered what you said, but in the current situation, this is what I can do, and only I can do. How could I possibly turn a blind eye to those who are suffering?"
She continued, “If they are willing to rely on me, it must be because my actions are trustworthy; if they crave me, I will repay them with everything I can; if they ask for more, I will give them more as much as I can; if their desires are endless, it is only because they are often in the dark, and therefore they yearn to be illuminated by the light.”
"Of course, I will not force others to act as I do, because forced good deeds will be coerced and distorted, ultimately leading to more misfortune. But I am still willing to be the first to light that ray of light, even if it is as insignificant as a firefly, to do my best, and to wait with anticipation for the day when everyone can become a better version of themselves."
My immediate instinct was to refute her: "What if that day never comes?"
The woman, revered as a saint, remained silent for a moment before letting out a long sigh: "That's probably just because I haven't done enough, or haven't done well enough."
I suddenly didn't want to talk to her about these issues anymore.
Selfishness is human nature, at most varying in degree; good deeds and good thoughts are like fleeting ephemeral flowers, beautiful but unable to last.
How can we expect everyone to endlessly tolerate their selfishness and treat others with a pure and kind heart?
If that day ever comes, there won't be so many bastards in the world who take pleasure in doing evil or hurting others.
I shook my head and walked outside: "Alice, let's go."
"Hmm? Are you leaving now?"
The familiar soft humming of the rabbit echoed behind me: "I don't have any particular opinions, but... but... we're not residents here, and we don't know anyone here. Mimi, have you decided where you want to go?"
...Suddenly she called me Mimi, it almost made me cringe. I turned around and glared at her, and she was still grinning and making faces at me, she has absolutely no sense of propriety.
Were all the knights from the pre-kingdom era like her?
“You two and your companion don’t seem to be staying long. If you really have nowhere to go, why don’t you just stay here with me?” the woman invited warmly. “I happen to have quite a few spare rooms. It’s not a burden to have three more people stay here. As long as you don’t mind that the accommodations are simple.”
"That sounds like a really good suggestion!"
Alice playfully poked my lower back, and even deliberately used her body to block the space between me and the woman. I don't know if she was being overly cautious or just having a mischievous streak.
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