Chapter 307

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Chapter 307: This Is Part of the Plan

"Alright, I can apologize for this. I truly should not have stopped a knight; I was too presumptuous." Karoso said, "Now that things have happened, we should think carefully about our next steps."

Karoso continued to speak, but Celica was still there.

Aileen opened her mouth; she preferred soft words over harsh ones. If Karoso argued with her, she could go back and forth with him forever.

But when Karoso backed down, she didn’t know what to say and calmed down a bit.

Karoso could do anything; he cared about his image, but he knew how to do things properly instead of just being tough. Otherwise, all his lessons in politics would have been for nothing.

Clearly, the king of the Pande Empire only raised Aileen as a normal princess who was expected to marry in the future and hadn’t taught her much about politics, which shaped Aileen’s character.

Karoso sat on the sofa and said to Aileen, "Let’s sit down and think carefully about how to solve this."

Aileen sat down at his words and said, "The best opportunity has already passed; I’m afraid…"

As she said this, Aileen clenched her teeth tightly.

She couldn’t blame everything on Karoso, even if she wanted to.

But… that knight is really unfortunate.

"Let’s forget what happened before, otherwise it will affect what we need to do later. This matter is my fault for stopping you, so I will take charge of it until the end." A spark of determination shone in Karoso’s eyes.

[What?]

[Damn, it was supposed to be Master Karoso who wanted to help Aileen, but now it seems like Master Karoso is helping Aileen with this auction out of guilt?]

[Really!]

[Is this part of the plan?]

[Suddenly I find Master Karoso a bit scary.]

[Um… I don’t really feel that way; after all, Master Karoso is someone we trained.]

[Speaking of which, it seems we taught Master Karoso quite a bit of dragon-slaying techniques while chatting with him…]

[You learned how to kill dragons and sell it to the royal family, right?]

"What will you do about it?" Aileen lifted her head.

"This is the list of items for the next auction, and it has three knights, one man and two women." Karoso pulled out a paper and placed it in front of Aileen, "This time you can save one, and next time you can save two…"

"Lives aren’t counted like that." Aileen shook her head, "If we counted lives with math, and a ship had a hundred people, to keep the ship from sinking, you could only let go of forty-nine people. Would you let them go or not?"

"If it were me, I would choose to fight until the last moment, even if everyone dies together, at least we fought together. If we really abandon those forty-nine people, people will turn into beasts. Besides, they have the right to live and shouldn’t be abandoned."

It is like a country making great sacrifices to save one person, even if it means risking several lives.

For a few dozen people in danger, huge amounts of money will be spent on rescue efforts.

Because if people are abandoned, the rule will weaken, and the people will start to distrust the country.

Although Aileen’s argument is based on justice, from the ruler’s perspective, what she did is actually not wrong.

A cold-hearted math machine, it is very hard for the people to truly obey.

"Yes, I know, so I apologized. I will also try my best to save him," Karoso said.

By the end of the auction, Karoso already knew who bought the knight.

Karoso asked Rio to keep an eye out and inquire if that rich woman was willing to transfer.

After all, it was just a plaything, and under the power of money, it also counted as giving Grand Duke Osiris face, so that rich woman agreed easily.

Aileen opened her mouth; although she felt it was very wrong for a knight to be bought and sold, it would be even more wrong to give him up.

One could only say that the system of this era is too outdated, and in Aileen’s eyes, the problems she faced seemed a bit unsolvable.

"You mean, I rush in, not to save him as a knight, but to reveal my identity…" Aileen looked at Karoso.

"Everyone will give him to you, as long as you buy him," Karoso said seriously. "Because this person does not belong to the auction house; if you don’t buy him, it’s like snatching him from the auction house."

"Sigh, that kind of rescue feels like throwing a tantrum…" Aileen said to herself with a self-deprecating tone.

Karoso said, actually, not revealing your identity is also…

One can only say that Aileen’s wishes are too idealistic.

Karoso noticed that the so-called strong characters in the story, or those who lean towards the main character Sophia, all have a hint of rebelliousness.

Teresa looks down on the lower-class people living poorly and wants to overthrow her father’s rule.

Sophia’s dream is communism, true communism.

Looking at Aileen, if she wants to uphold her spirit, she would have to fight not just against the nobility of one country, but face all the nobles.

These three characters are quite different; Aileen is a bit of a righteous fool, Teresa is strategic and has amazing leadership, while Sophia is just a little girl with dreams.

"Isn’t the church supposed to say something about this? This is openly buying and selling people!" Aileen looked at Celica.

"If that knight’s identity is just a prisoner, then there is no way." Celica felt a bit irritated upon hearing this; she had advised the pope many times, but all he had were complaints about his stomach or back pain, and he would not see her.

She couldn’t even speak during the cardinal meetings.

There was nothing she could do; her sword was powerful, but that didn’t mean her words were.

"In your country, there is a law that any noble can bring back a knight for the nation, and if they do, they will be rewarded." Celica said, "The person who buys the knight just needs to say she is redeeming him for the country, and if she spares his life, who can really check all that?"

"If they investigate deeply, then those who truly want to serve the country and redeem the knight will feel disheartened, won’t they?"

"Ugh, this is so difficult…" Aileen grabbed her own hair in frustration.

"In any case, if we can’t solve the problem at its root, we will have to steal these auction items," Karoso said.

"Ahem!" Celica suddenly felt a headache coming on.

Although what Karoso and Aileen were doing was more humane, sometimes humanity conflicts with the law, like it does now.

I’m still here, can you discuss without me?

"No, we can’t steal!" Aileen quickly said, "You said they don’t belong to the auction house. How are we different from thieves? Can you let them go, and then I’ll rescue them from prison…"

Seeing Karoso looking at her as if she were foolish, Aileen looked down.

"So what do you think we should do?" Karoso spread his hands, "We can’t buy them like others buy knights, dark elves, and high elves, right?"

"You’re using my money, and I have people to take care of too! Can your allowance afford it?"

"I can’t afford it…" Aileen lowered her head even more.

I really am useless…

How about waiting until the buyer is done and then winning them back through a duel?

"Wait!" Celica suddenly reached out to interrupt them, her eyes shining brightly, "Where did they get the dark elf for auction!"