Chapter 253 Aldridge's Ideal
Byrne looked up at the tall bookshelves and the many books, and the excitement in his heart surged.
He seemed to have changed roles in an instant and became a real scholar. He couldn't help but ask.
"Is this all knowledge?"
However, the situation was beyond Byrne's expectations. Aldridge actually shook his head, and then the middle-aged man calmly stretched out his hand, and the surrounding books poured out from the bookshelves, and they flew around the two of them.
He looked at the books flying around him and said calmly:
"The books in those bookshelves are basically not the knowledge you imagine. Most of them are various studies I have done, and there are also many intelligence, rumors, and information."
Aldridge paused and continued:
"I am indeed a scholar, but my most important observation is people and countries, and I don't have any ideas about those knowledge that I don't use. You can understand that my approach is more pragmatic."
"Those intelligence and information are useful to the family and myself."
Byrne quickly understood what the other party meant. So that's it, "Dragon Master" and "Ring Scholar" Aldridge Romen, he is actually the intelligence chief of the "Night" Romen family.
Then he suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Aldridge had the reputation of "never losing a fight", because people who can do this must do two basic things.
One is not to provoke people who can't beat them no matter what, to prevent them from being defeated in seconds after making fancy preparations.
Another foundation is to learn to be prepared for any eventuality and master all the information about the enemy in advance, so that you can truly be fully prepared in battle and defeat the strong with the weak.
"It seems that you have understood."
The middle-aged man who has been calm and decent for many years nodded slightly, and in his hand there was a glass of red wine that had been placed nearby.
He looked at Byrne, his eyes thinking about something.
Byrne also asked immediately:
"So, Mr. Aldrich, you have the information about the black dragon here, right?"
"Did you kill Best Rhine?"
Aldrich suddenly asked the fatal question without any warning.
Mr. Byrne was stunned for a moment, then frowned, shook his head and said in a serious tone: "What are you talking about? I can't understand, Lord Aldridge, you clearly know that Viscount Best was killed by the Star Embrace Society."
"Lord Aldridge, we have been together for several years, why do you suddenly ask such a thing? Don't you trust me?"
"Please don't be angry, I'm sorry, Lord Byrne."
Aldridge immediately apologized in a gentle tone and continued with a smile.
"I just think you have a motive, and there is that possibility. Anyway, no matter what the truth is, I have no evidence, and our two families will cooperate for many years to come, so the truth is not important."
"It seems that you still doubt me, Lord Aldridge. Do you mean my special ability by the motive?"
Byrne smiled bitterly, shook his head, and said seriously: "I don't think I have any motive. Since I will sacrifice my life to save Zain, will I murder Viscount Bester because I don't want to give up my life?"
"Lord Aldridge, I respect you very much, and I hope you can respect me!"
Aldridge was silent for a while, and then nodded very solemnly.
"I understand, I will never talk about this matter again anyway."
Byrne nodded gently, indicating that he would no longer be angry about this matter.
A storm was set off in his heart! Obviously, several years have passed, and I really didn't expect that Aldridge was still secretly thinking about the cause of Bester's death!
Just now, he suddenly asked such a bombshell question. If his expression and reaction were unnatural, there might be bad consequences.
However, the meaning revealed in Aldrich's words is also worth pondering.
No matter what the truth is, it seems that he has promised not to pursue it further, because his special ability is very valuable, and the alliance of several families is the most important thing now.
"It's here."
Suddenly, Aldrich stretched out his hand and took out two clean and flat pages of paper from a book surrounded by it.
"All the information about the black dragon is on these two sheets of paper. Bayne Fisher, whether you really want revenge is up to you."
Bayne was silent for a moment, and finally couldn't help but express his doubts.
"In fact, I am very curious, Mr. Aldrich, why don't you agree with revenge?"
Aldrich looked at him again and explained his ideas very seriously.
"Well, in short, I prefer to build a country with more order and law, and private revenge is a representative of chaos, and chaos is the source of all disasters and destruction."
Bayne was slightly stunned and immediately asked: "A country of order and law, are you a believer of the Church of Order?"
However, Aldrich immediately denied this and just expressed his views very calmly.
"No, I am not a believer in the Emperor of Order. I just share some of their ideas. In fact, the Order State I want to establish is very different from the society that the Church of Order hopes to establish, which completely serves the extraordinary people."
Byrne became more and more interesting as he listened, and then asked further: "I'm curious, what are the differences between the ordered country you imagined and that kind of order?"
Aldrich thought for a moment and then explained:
"I want to build a dualistic country where extraordinary people and mortals can coexist. Extraordinary people will inevitably be the superior ones because of their superior strength. This is something that is difficult for anyone to change, but even ordinary people with no power should be able to retain a certain level of power. dignity.”
"Today's law and order in Siat are often in vain. Byrne, let me ask you, if a main member of a noble family is wandering in the slums of a certain city and suddenly falls in love with an underage girl, he publicly He took her away and raped her against his will."
He paused and continued:
"What punishment will he face?"
Byrne didn't think twice and answered very truthfully: "If it doesn't alarm too many people and the matter doesn't get too big, he probably won't be punished at all."
Mortals live like weeds, while the nobles have extremely huge power and control the military, legal, administrative and other forces of a region. Even the church tacitly agrees that the status of extraordinary people is superior to others.
Therefore, as long as the extraordinary nobles do not go too far against any evil deeds committed by mortals, there is no possibility of being judged.
The status of extraordinary beings is very transcendent, without any restrictions or supervision.
As long as the cover-up is good, let alone raping an ordinary girl, even private human trafficking and massacre of villages have actually been done by extraordinary nobles.
Especially during the war, all kinds of evil deeds became more frequent, and Byrne had already seen too many of them.
Aldrich nodded and said:
"Yes, this kind of bad things actually happen every day on the continent of Oden. You and I know it very well, but what everyone knows more clearly is that even if we feel uncomfortable with evil deeds, we can still take care of it even if we want to. But come, right?"
Yes, what he said is correct. Byrne fell into silence for a long time, and then asked:
"Sir Aldrich, I still don't understand one thing. Why do you care so much about the lives of mortals?"
"Good question, but it's also a question that doesn't need an answer. Why can't I care?"
Aldrich smiled and drank the red wine from the goblet.
"As a Siyate person, I hope that everyone who is also a Siyate person can live a better life. Isn't it normal?"
Byrne took a deep breath and continued:
"But you just said it, even if you want to control it, you can't control it at all. It's very difficult to discover the crime, let alone the subsequent trial."
"Well, so the country of Siat needs reform."
Aldrich's words made Byrne think in his heart, is the Roman family really still loyal to the royal family?
"And I have been looking for a ritual spell or similar power that can strictly supervise criminal behavior in various cities and villages, but I have not found it so far."
Byrne listened quietly, and deep down he couldn't help but recall the ambitions and ideals in Best's words. Therefore, he also had reservations about Aldrich's statement.
He feels that you should not listen to what a person says, but rather look at what a person is doing in order to see things more clearly.
Of course, although he thought so deep down, on the surface Byrne still smiled and nodded, saying:
"That's it. Mr. Aldrich is a respectable idealist who really wants to change Siyat. I admire your idea from the bottom of my heart."
Then, he looked at the two pages that recorded the information about the black dragon. He looked at them for a while, then nodded and put them down.
"I've remembered it all, thank you."
The name of that black dragon is "Black Ember", it is a powerful person at the monarch level...
Byrne took a deep breath, and the most important thing next was to read which book Christine found.
Is there any way to get several people out of here?
