340 – Reason for Being Chosen

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Feel free to correct me in the comments.

For those wondering about the correct answer to the trolley problem, here we got Roland’s response to that.

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As the people that rushed out of the crowd were killed, the sudden development brought panic to the refugees, watching dozens of soldiers carrying strange weapons gathering around, an air of unrest started to spread, the situation was becoming more and more hard to control. At this moment, the clear voice of the Prince suddenly resounded loudly over the crowd.

“Quiet, my people. I’m your Feudal Lord, Roland Wimbledon. For now, listen to what I have to say”

Although the voice is loud, it was not a desperate yell, but one showing his calm and steady state of mind. Vader felt like the Prince was talking into his own ear, and his voice carried unquestionable strength, instantly calming down the earlier scene of panic.

The crowd suddenly went quiet.

“It is exactly as you heard, Border Town will provide you with shelter to ward off the snow, food to fill your belly and numerous well paid jobs. I’m here to tell you, all of these are true.”

“The house is a thick earth-made room, with no gaps to let the cold air in, and under the bed is a charcoal stove, making you sleep as comfortable as if you were laying in a summer sunbaked field. As long as you close the door and windows, you can be inside your house wearing only undergarments, and not feel the cold at all”

“Along with housing, the food you’ll receive consists of wheat porridge, when you dig your spoon in it you’ll see the grains dripping, and as you pour it into your mouth you will feel the thickness as it goes down your throat, it’s guaranteed as long as one bowl can fill your belly.”

When he heard this, Vader suddenly felt his stomach grumble. The actions of the Prince were very novel, he was not like most nobles, repeatedly emphasizing his own authority over his people and claiming that everyone must obey his rule, but was more concerned about the views of the common people, going all the way to fulfill his promises, and by looking at the wistful expressions of these people, he knew the Prince’s word had undoubtedly touched the people’s hearts.

“My goal is to have all the people in the world live a good life without worrying about food or clothing, but there are many enemies lurking in the shadows who don’t want to see this happen, these assassins we just fought without doubt were sent by them, the reason is very clear, they don’t want to see me alive, nor they want my citizens to enjoy comfortable lives.”

“If I’m gone, will the next Feudal Lord provide you with housing and delicious food? You should all be aware of what will happen in that case. I’m the only one willing to do so.”

Vader found the panic had already dissipated. When those men acting like wild beasts were regarded as simple enemies, the worries and anxiety of the refugees turned into anger pointed at those who tried to harm the Prince, they were villains who tried to destroy their happy lives, such kind of people could never be forgiven.

“In order to avoid the attack happening again, the inspection needs to be done one more time, this time the ones in charge will be my personal guard, don’t give the enemy a chance destroy the things we have built!”

Everyone had complied with His Highness’ will, the men who had already crossed the checkpoint were brought back to the wharf by the guards, and nobody protested and was moving in a more orderly manner than before.

He is indeed a Prince, Vader couldn’t help but to think that, just a few words were all it took to extinguish the earlier panic.

“I heard you were the first one to discover the irregularity?” Carter Lannis walked up and said “Come with me, the Prince wants to see you.”

He followed the Chief Knight, and after arriving in front of the young prince, he knelt down in on knee “I offer you my greetings.”

“Tell me, how did you find out that there was something wrong with him?” The prince asked.

Vader reports his findings truthfully.

“Very keen powers of observation, were you just an ordinary civilian before?” 

“No, Your Highness. I once served as a patrol leader in the City of Golden Harvest” he replied honestly “for almost six years, until the city was attacked by a large number of pirates.”

“But you don’t have any special skill listed in your resume’s history” said the prince “I asked Carter, and he said you are still living in the temporary housing, in other words, when the City Hall began the population registration, you hid your experience, which was totally unnecessary. Why?”

Although he didn’t understand the meaning of the word resume, it did not affect him and he answered the question, after Vader hesitated for a moment, he told the prince about Kakushim “If it were not for him, I might’ve not arrived at Border Town, but he was a criminal so I cannot leave him alone in the west district.”

“Therefore, you want to be a patrol member, so you can cover for him in the future, as you carry out your inspection missions?”

“I…” Vader’s chest suddenly tightens, from what he saw before, the Prince is very concerned about violations of the system, and it’s even clear to himself that his actions are clearly suspicious.

“You don’t have to worry, you haven’t done anything, and I won’t punish you just for having that idea.” The other side had totally seen through his thoughts, and said with a smile.

However, to Vader that remark had a hint of disappointment, and without doubt the Prince did not agree with such practices, even if he flawlessly became a police officer, once his judgement became biased, he would be no different from the corrupted Town Hall clerks.

“Do you have a family?” The prince suddenly asked.

“…They were killed in the City of Golden Harvest during the pirate raids.”

“What about Kukashim?”

“He shouldn’t have one either” Vader replied, puzzled over why was the Prince asking such questions “if he had one, I doubt the mouse would have chosen him to be the scapegoat.”

“Those who have any special skill, are allowed access to the rental of community housing, and can obtain identification documents from the City Hall, making them equals to all the citizens. Naturally, that also includes their family members” the prince smiled “you should be able to understand what I’m trying to say, right?”

Vader was startled and couldn’t hide his surprise “You agree to let Kukashim…”

“Take the old man to the City Hall to register, they will help you with the procedures.”

Barely holding up the excitement, he went down on one knee again “Your Highness is very benevolent!”

“Don’t relax, keep being as alert as you were today” the prince nodded “If you can’t pass the following examination, even if you become a family, you can only live briefly in the temporarily residing zone.”

„Yes!”

With the matter weighting in his heart finally gone, Vader felt relaxed and as he prepared to leave, he suddenly remembered the matter about the written test. After hesitating for a moment, he couldn’t help to ask “Your Highness, in the preliminary test there were a lot of questions that I didn’t know the answer to. Why did you still select me?”

“Because they had no right answer” the Prince grinned lightly “all the answers varied from person to person, the key to the test was not the answers, but it was to test the literate level of the applicants and their ability to write. As long as you can identify the problem and write your own ideas, you were qualified on the test.”

 

 

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