Chapter 35 The light that tears the night sky
"This site was built twenty years ago." The old Marquis' voice was low, as if he was telling a bedtime story. It was already very late, but everyone had no idea of rest. Snape directed the waiters to move the tables and chairs to the yard outside the house. Everyone sat around the night, bathed in the light of the three moons, and felt the comfort of the cool breeze in the early summer night. It was quite interesting than the feeling in the house. Not far away, the scorpion-tailed lion Dilly lay on the shore of the artificial lake, stretching his claws from time to time.
Entering the lake and going to harass the fish that had not fallen asleep by the lake, the two girls Maya and Tiya seemed to have endless energy and were flying and chasing in the air in the middle of the lake. Catherine sat next to the old man. In the memory of the knight girl, it seemed that since her father passed away and she took over the family's debts and responsibilities, she had never sat and chatted with Snape like this. Looking back now, it might be really a cruel thing to ignore the expectation and desire in the old man's heart for some of her persistence.
However, the old man obviously did not mind the past, or the loss of this unrelated granddaughter in the near future may have made the old man completely forget the past. As long as Catherine can snuggle beside him like she was when she was a child, the old man was already very satisfied. The old marquis leaned on the recliner and took the fruit that the knight girl had peeled for him and put it in his mouth. For this servant, he didn't need to do anything by himself. He just needed a look and someone would give him a hand.
The old man beside him said that the fruit handed over by Catherine tasted particularly sweet. After swallowing the fruit, every wrinkle on Snape's face seemed to be smiling and continued: "Before this, I was not qualified. This is the case with Neville Federation. If my identity is not enough, even if I am the richest man in the world, even if my property is more than the total of the two or three duke families, I still do not have the right to enter the uppermost circle. If I rashly break in, I will only welcome rejection, hostility and ridicule."
"Tonight, I heard Panis mention the topic of identity and status many times." Catherine glanced at Panis, who was sitting a few meters away on the ground, picking up small stones from the ground from time to time, launching a long-range strike at the flying winged man Gemini, and asked softly: "Can I feel from his words that Neville pays special attention to identity and status?"
"It's not just about paying extra attention. It can be said that identity and status are everything." Marquis Snape sighed and said, "People believe that property is the standard for measuring everything within the Federation. It's right, it's like this on the surface, but it's not accurate enough. In the Federation, the amount of property often represents the status of a person. On the surface, it's true that everything is measured by property, but in fact everything is measured by identity and status. If the status is insufficient, you will always be a lower class person, and you must always lower your head in front of the upper class person, which cannot be changed no matter what. Maybe you have seen two people who are in the same place and treat each other very far apart. This is the reason."
"But, does this have anything to do with the life of these people every night?" Freya asked in confusion: "Even if there is a cliff gap in status, there is no need to be so decadent and indulgent."
"The City Never Sleep is a city full of opportunities. Neville is also a country full of opportunities. In this country's big city, as long as you have the ability to work, it is almost impossible to starve to death, and you can even save a lot of savings." Pannis threw out another stone, but this time, a pebbles of size hit him with a whistling sound of wind. He was so scared that he hugged his head and avoided the bombardment of pebbles. He raised his fists at the Gemini girl in the sky, cursed a few words, and then turned around and said: "But this is also a country without any chance. In this country, no matter how hard it is, most people can only gain money and income. There is nothing else. They have struggled all their lives, no matter how hard they try, most people will never be able to cross the boundaries of identity in their lifetime and will always struggle in the lowest class."
"Master Panis is right. There is no reward for hard work except money." Snape also agreed: "They can't find a sense of identity and no room for upward movement. The road ahead has been completely blocked. They have worked hard all their lives just to make money and make more money. Making money has become their only motivation. In this case, what else can they do besides self-indulgent and numb themselves with alcohol and sex?"
"Then why didn't they leave?" Catherine asked in confusion: "If you leave this house, you have to leave even the entire Neville, then you can solve all the problems? Why do you have to stay here and not leave?"
"There is no way, people who are used to living will never be able to leave. Anyone who has lived for a few years will no longer be able to bear the high income and convenient business environment here, and will also be reluctant to bear the luxurious enjoyment here." Panis explained: "In the end, apart from the money they earn, they lost all their ideals. Everything they see is filled with money and pleasure. They no longer consider the issue of status and status. They just need to enjoy it and try their best to indulge themselves."
"So you're going to bring me over here?" Catherine smiled and glanced at Panis, and said with a lip of his lips: "Let me see what will the person who is overwhelmed by money and has lost his ideals and pursuits in the end? Let me use this as a warning to avoid making similar mistakes?"
"Hahaha, that's right, you guessed it too well." Panis was stunned, put his hands on his hips with smugness, and said with a silly smile: "It's this reason. It's definitely not because I wanted to come out for a night tour myself, hahahaha."
"It's so stupid." Catherine gave Panis a charming look. Just as she was about to say something, she felt Vivian pulling the corner of her clothes aside. When she turned around, she saw the mage girl with concern and said, "I think something seems wrong with Eva."
"What's wrong?" Catherine and Penis looked at Eva who had been expressionless and found that Eva's face was red and her breathing was rapid. What's more terrifying is that her eyes, whose forehead was closed, were slowly opening, and a devastating force was brewing in her slowly opened eyes, as if it might gush out at any time.
"It's so miserable." Catherine slapped her forehead heavily and shouted in despair: "Pennis."
Chapter completed!