With such a long time, what civilization cannot develop?
Ah... Of course she later admitted that the Sara civilization was indeed special.
She originally had no expectations, but Hitzfeld and the others actually did it, and were able to participate in the war of gods as mortals.
And the evil god plans she had interfered with before were all a big help, and Crow acknowledged her contribution.
[I was able to awaken because Richard Barish instilled his thoughts into me through the branches of the Baimu tree.]
The figure said.
At the same time, the background of the three people began to change. From the magnificent and vicissitudes of the Dragon Temple to a... in Hitzfeld's opinion, it should be a treasure exhibition.
Each treasure, big or small, is carefully placed in the display cabinet.
It is completely emitting brilliant light.
The dilapidated ones were also professionally restored.
There were many people in the scene hall, especially children and teenagers. From their clothes and conversation, we could guess that they were all from wealthy families, so this should be a treasure exhibition - a treasure display of the royal family to the aristocratic group.
But calling it treasure is a bit inappropriate.
Hitzfeld corrected the wording.
The king is the biggest lord and landlord. Which landlord would tell his slaves how much money he has at home? Wouldn't that just encourage them to rebel and rob?
So it is definitely not a "treasure".
But "antique".
If I'm not mistaken, the purpose of this exhibition is to let ministers and nobles appreciate the country's long history. It can be regarded as a kind of patriotic education unique to backward times.
After all, not all nobles are like Larence and Barish, who are almost as old as Sarah.
If we want the newly emerging nobles to develop a sense of belonging and identity with the country, this must of course be cultivated from an early age.
That's why there are so many children.
Then I can probably guess what's going to happen next.
Hitzfeld thought - she had even seen a sapphire crown that looked very good lying in a display case.
Because of its good quality and gorgeous appearance, this thing attracted a lot of children to watch.
But if you look closely, you will find that almost no adults stop here. This is because they know that compared to an exhibition with the theme of "antiques", there is no need to see such things that only have appearance but no connotation and vicissitudes, and even have not left much record in history.
The children were accompanied by their parents and they were quickly taken away.
There is only one exception.
...Charuni Sarath has grown up and matured.
Chapter 89 The Curse of Wisdom (Two in One)
At this time, Charuni's appearance was transforming from youth to middle age, and Hitzfeld speculated that he should have ascended the throne by now.
This would explain why he wore a wig and fake beard to attend the exhibition. Hitzfeld, who had seen how naughty he was as a child, almost said on the spot, "Yes, this is what he can do!"
But this does not seem to be attributed to his bad habits in childhood. Just as most people can't help but look back after using the toilet, most kings are also obsessed with incognito visits, just like people are obsessed with that new product.
Yes, he was obviously on an incognito tour.
Judging from this motive alone, going incognito...investigating how ministers discipline their children may reveal their family education and even political inclinations, which is indeed what a qualified king should do.
But it seems a bit unreasonable that you are so attracted by the exhibits you created that you are stuck there and unable to move, doesn't it?
Hitzfeld is just a spirit, and she knows that this happened in the past and that the crown pulled out its memories, but she just can't help it. The young Charuni was really too outrageous.
"What are you doing here?" Fortunately, someone spoke up for her. A tall and thin man with dark green curly hair came over and approached her, scolding Charuni in a disappointed tone.
"You...you are the king now!"
"I know." Charuni looked very calm.
Richard Barish wouldn't have been so angry if his eyes hadn't been fixed on the crown.
He took a deep breath, then walked up to Charuni and blocked his view with his taller figure.
Charuni moved to the left and he followed.
Charuni went to the right again and he continued to block.
The king had no choice but to look at him helplessly: "It's a rare opportunity to come out and relax, why are you caring about what I do?"
"That's right." Richard whispered, "Most of the things you do are reasonable and I can ignore them, but not this one."
"Why not? I think it looks pretty, much more gorgeous than the one I wore at the coronation ceremony." Charuni looked puzzled and shook his head regretfully, "I want to take a closer look at it, and then get one in the same style."
Is this something you can do yourself?
Richard's eyes widened at that moment - the extent to which his eye sockets expanded and so much of his eye whites were exposed almost made Hitzfeld laugh out loud.
She had some understanding of this... Even if it wasn't Sarah, but just any small country nearby, the symbolic meaning of things like crowns and scepters was actually greater than their practical significance.
For example, a scepter made of gold, but it is certainly not as good as the Pope's scepter inherited by Sarah.
Although the Pope's scepter is just a well-maintained piece of broken wood and its actual value is far surpassed by the golden scepter, history has given it meaning, which is greater than the same amount of gold, or even far more.
Similarly, no matter how gorgeous the crown is, it can never compare to the crown of the king inherited from Sara. It was handed down from the time of King Torredo. Don't say it's not gorgeous. Even if it's just a broken iron ring, as long as the country of Sara still exists, its value is higher than any crown made of treasures. No one will allow the contemporary king to privately make a more gorgeous crown to replace it.
This is how Richard explained it to Charuni.
He actually tried to reason with Charuni, trying to convince him from the root and make him give up this terrible idea.
But Charuni is Charuni, he won't listen.
"I said I want to be the greatest king in the history of Sara." He stood in the exhibition hall and looked around, like a lion king inspecting his territory. "Why should I be bound by such rules?"
"Rules are made by people, right? I am also a person, I can change them."
"This is not a question of rules or not!" Richard was almost going crazy, "...This is heritage! This is what keeps this country going till now!"
He already had a bit of wise demeanor at this time. Seeing that Charuni was still unmoved, he immediately changed his words.
"His Majesty."
"Speak directly."
"Have you noticed that all the previous Sara kings did not choose to change their crowns?"
"That's true, but isn't it because they don't dare to make such a vow?"
"More than that, Your Majesty, you should have discovered from the reactions of the ministers that this crown is not popular."
"Yes, because it doesn't look like an antique at all."
"That's what I mean - everyone thinks it doesn't look like an antique, so it would be very 'disrespectful' to do something like this rashly, I mean to make a new crown based on it.
"but……"
"I know you're going to say that they are short-sighted, but have you ever thought about it? When everyone is short-sighted, the only wise person is to admit that he is wrong."
"……is that so?"
"That's right, Your Majesty. You must think this through clearly... Just as the fastest thing in the world is light, the only person who is faster than light is standing in darkness."
Richard saw that it seemed to work, and he immediately quickened his speech: "I don't deny that you are great and wise, but you don't need to put yourself in that situation. It will damage your dignity and will not be conducive to future generations' evaluation."
Finally, after his persuasion, Charuni gave up the idea.
Hitzfeld wanted to laugh at first, but she keenly noticed that after Richard sent Charuni away, he carefully hid in the corner and took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat.
...Given their relationship, is it necessary to be so nervous about persuading someone about something like this?
Oh, could it be that what they both said were images?
Charuni didn't care about the gorgeous crown from the beginning. He just used the "new crown" to represent his desire to overthrow the old rules.
Charles had been persuading him because he knew very well that the new king had just ascended the throne and overly radical policies would arouse rebellious psychology among all classes, which would be extremely detrimental to national stability.
I was almost fooled by these two people.
Thinking things through, Hitzfeld couldn't help but sigh at how cunning they had become over the years.
He went on a secret visit in disguise and was still treated as a riddler. He was really guarding against the ministers like he was guarding against thieves.
But it was this combination, it was these two people who maintained the government in history, plus countless people like Alfred Doria and Lilith Gully, that enabled Sarah to survive that difficult period.
In a sense, they are the most compatible political partners.
[Charuni has no interest in me.]
The figure began to introduce the plot.
[The value of antiques is because they carry time and years, and carry a series of historical stories... and as you can see, there is no record of me in history books.]
[As a secondary creation imitating the Crown of Wisdom, it is a miracle that I have not been lost for so many years and am still preserved in the palace treasury, but the reality is limited to this... People will not be interested in a crown without an owner unless they know that as long as they wear it, they can grasp the truth of the world...]
"Is it because of this opportunity that Richard noticed you?"
Hitzfeld asked.
She was also looking at the background picture. In the picture, Richard came to the crown after wiping his sweat, looked at it for a long time with unknown thoughts, and then frowned slightly.
He seemed to have discovered something different about it.
[Yes. ]
The figure admitted.
[Raising Bai Mushu's spirit is a very laborious task, but if you can stick with it, it can be considered a way to train your spirit.]
[At this time, Barish has maintained his spiritual cultivation for more than 20 years. His total spiritual power has not increased. This is because his talent is limited. However, in terms of observation and sharpness, many extraordinary people cannot compare with him.]
[And most importantly - the reason why the Baimu tree can never give birth to offspring is because of my existence.]
"Didn't you awaken before?" Hitzfeld asked.
[But I can sense all the information.] The figure said.
[Although I am unconscious, I still want to live... I can't stay alive for so many years without food or water, so I will automatically absorb the ownerless spirits above the city. I will try my best to maintain myself without hurting anyone.]
"And in the entire city, there is no other place with more ownerless spirits than Dream City, and no other place with more ownerless spirits than the Baimu tree planted in the backyard of Dream City."
Hitzfeld answered for it.
"So ever since the Baimu tree was planted, its offspring have been unable to grow up because of you... most of the nutrients emitted by the Baimu tree every time were absorbed by you?"
The adult Bai Mu is naturally not considered an "ownerless spirit".
It is also a kind of living being, so its spirit may have an owner, and the crown will not touch it.
But when the white mushrooms have just sprouted and the little white mushrooms have not yet fully developed, this state is seen as an "ownerless spirit" by the crown, and it will automatically compete with the little white mushrooms for nutritional supplies.
And don't forget - in these years, in order to study this mystery, Richard Barish has never given up on the little white mu. He even actively nurtures their spirits on a regular basis by transferring his own spirit to the big white mu, and then letting the big white mu transform and then transfer it to the little white mu at a specific time.
Wouldn't it be true that many of the spirits that the crown has absorbed over the years came from the human Richard Barrish?
After realizing this, Hitzfeld suddenly understood.
No wonder.
No wonder no one was aware of the crown's existence for many years.
The crown itself was set with restrictions. As long as they were human beings, as long as they were healthy life forms, they were all taboos in the crown's "default judgment". Its "default program" did not allow it to try to absorb the spirits of these lives, so naturally no contact could be made.
But Bai Mu is a special case.
Although it is amazing, it is too low grade.
It is one of the few plants that can give birth to souls, but compared with most animals, even insects, its life level is still too low, so low that its seedlings do not deserve the status of life in the "default program" of the crown.
It happened that someone brought back Bai Mu's seeds from the ruins.
It happened that Charuni brought it to Dream City and planted it.
It just so happened that Richard was so stubborn that he was willing to give Bai Mu a spirit.
It was precisely the many "coincidences" and many such coincidences that ultimately led to this result - the crown, under the impetus of the "default program", silently absorbed the soul transformed from a mortal for more than ten years or even decades.
This will undoubtedly interfere with and affect it.
The spirit of this mortal contains his thoughts and his perception of the world as he grows up, all of which will have a chain reaction on the crown itself.
This went on for many years, and finally one day, it was touched by the thoughts of a mortal and began to work along with his thoughts, giving birth to the first autonomous thought in history - Who am I?
