Chapter 1152: Digging Your Own Grave
Barbara listened in a daze.
Cat people are inquisitive, have a great interest in anything new, and they are extremely possessive, generally reluctant to share their own things with others, including their partners.
These two points are the nature of the cat people.
Now that the second point has been compromised a little after the run-in of time, at least she is willing to admit the fact that the four of them are my fiancΓ©es with her.
But because of this, her first instinct became more violent, and she could hardly hide it, otherwise she would be jealous, angry, and then go violent.
At this moment, she was looking at me with a question mark on her face, and gently biting my thigh with her small glittering teeth.
It's a signal, a red flag!
This means that Barbara, who is rapidly brewing anger, is estimated to be going on a rampage soon, and this part of my thigh will be her main target after this rampage.
The thought of how likely she would bite off a piece of meat from my thigh troughs made my heart twitch.
Subconsciously, I reached out and grabbed her head, freed my thighs from under her sharp teeth, and then pulled her and told her to sit on my lap.
Obviously, the moment Barbara sat comfortably on my lap, her anger level automatically subsided.
Then, I kneaded her soft palm and said, "It's normal that you don't understand what you said just now, after all, you are not an adventurer, and you don't know much about combat, let alone war." β
"War?" Barbara wondered.
"Yes, it's war," I said, "what I was talking about with Cagalli was actually a war, a war between Eri City and each other. β
"But why did you get involved in the war in Ari City?" Barbara was puzzled.
"Because of Carter Rodney, because of Achilles" I said lightly: "Carter Rodney is my friend, and he is also the youngest son of the Carter family in Arie City, and the future heir of the city lord, I want to support him to become the city lord, naturally it is very likely that he will participate in the war for this reason, as for Achilles, I have fought with him several times, although each time he was completely abused, but between the fights, I learned that he is not an evil person like the second young master, but a very simple strong man, and later, I talked with him again, confirmed my thoughts, so, I wanted to try to stop him, or, against him. β
Barbara listened even more confused, but her anger had dissipated, the reason was very simple, I was willing to tell her, it was not a concealment, as long as it was not concealment, even if she didn't understand, she would be satisfied.
Cagalli said at this time: "I'm afraid it's not so easy to turn against Achilles, the more simple the person, the more stubborn he is, according to what you say, that Achilles's stubbornness towards the Carter family will not be easily reversed." β
"Not necessarily," I smiled, "and don't forget, we still have Carter Rodney in our hands, and he's also a true descendant of the Carter family, and Achilles is just as loyal to his choice." β
"In that case, it would be nice for you to suggest that Achilles be directly loyal to Carter Rodney from the beginning," Cagalli spread her hands: "Why bother so much!" β
"That's not something that can be successful if I say advice," I pouted, "After all, Achilles was summoned back by Carter Scott, and Carter Scott is also a descendant of the Carter family, and the two relationships are together, so Achilles has to work for him, after all, the combination of kindness and loyalty is always more important than one of them, especially for a grateful person, this emotion is more than the other, so it is unwise to turn against Achilles in this situation." β
"What's the use of you playing Carter Rodney now, if it's not wise?" Cagalli was puzzled and asked again.
"There are two reasons," I said: "First, Carter Scott is an extremely casual and cruel person, he kills when he wants, cuts when he wants, and pursues power like an addict, even at all costs, in this case, he is easy to make mistakes, and even unforgivable mistakes, as I said before, Achilles is a simple person, so he can't tolerate too many mistakes, once Carter Scott's mistakes exceed Achilles's tolerance, then, Achilles leaves Carter Scott. Sooner or later, Scott will happen, but before it happens, he will definitely do a few big things to repay Carter Scott for saving his life. β
I stretched out my finger and said slowly, "Although this is a conjecture, it is also the first reason. β
"The second reason" I stretched out my middle finger, put my index finger together, and said slowly: "Political turmoil is the most dangerous and terrifying, because maybe when, maybe somewhere, there will be the death of the heir, at present, the only one in the Carter family who has the ability to compete for the position of the city lord is only the eldest young master of the Carter family and the second young master of the Carter family, Carter Scott, at present, the eldest young master of the Carter family controls the resources of the great noble, and the second young master Carter Scott controls most of the small and medium-sized adventurer guilds, Compared with a small number of large adventurers' guilds, plus Achilles as a powerful chess piece, Carter Scott has a slight advantage, but, if you think about it carefully, the actual advantage of this game is actually the eldest young master. β
"How so?" Cagalli asked.
"Mastering the great nobles means mastering most of the economy of Ari City, with the economy, there will naturally be outlaws who seek wealth and sacrifice their lives, as long as the price is in place, they can even hire adventurers from other countries to serve their lives, this is an uncontrollable factor, we can also call him a potential stock, on the other hand, Carter Scott, in order to stabilize his regime, actually ordered Achilles to kill foreigners on a large scale and drive all the foreigners away, so that although he has a firm foothold in Ari City, But he lost the trust of other countries, on the surface he got totalitarian power, in fact, he pushed himself into an irreparable abyss, so the final winner of this game is likely to be the eldest young master, of course, these are just my personal conjectures, and do not represent the development of the situation. β
"Actually, Carter Scott is also quite interesting," I said with a smile: "The one who should have been the most advantaged has gradually eroded his advantages, and at the same time dug a hole for himself, I just don't know when he will jump in." β
"Dig a pit?" Barbara wondered, "What pit was dug?" Where is it? Can I go and have a look? β
I reached out and tapped the tip of her little nose: "Little fool, I mean, he's digging his own grave." β
(End of chapter)