Chapter 167 Prove Yourself (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to Everyone)

Chapter 167 Prove Yourself (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival~)

"So my father's matter is over?" Miss Rabbit said with red eyes.

"This may be a little unfair to Ruth, but for the Arias family, doing nothing may be a better choice." Ona said.

"Really? Then why did you suddenly change your mind and tell me about this?"

"I admit that I misjudged you before, or the people around you... But these are not important. What's important is that you won, not only won the election, but also defeated your stepmother and brother, and became the master of this territory.

"I have seen everything you have done during this period. I think I must take back my previous evaluation of you. Although you are still a little immature in some things, you are already a qualified, not... an outstanding lord.

"I told you about your father's affairs not to let you avenge him, but I hope you can distinguish between enemies and friends, be vigilant, and don't repeat his mistakes." The old man said slowly.

"I would rather hear you tell me this secret because I am your great-granddaughter and you are worried about me, but I guess you don't care about your own descendants. We are just pawns in your hands, for you to manipulate at will to achieve your goals." The girl said coldly.

"Of course I care about you, otherwise why would I want to control the previous election? Anyway, whether it is you or Blanco, you have the blood of the Arias family flowing in your body. It doesn't matter to me who becomes the head of the family." Ona shook her head.

"That's the problem. You always talk about the family, saying that the interests of the family are above everything else. From beginning to end, you only love some invisible and intangible grand concept of a collection, not the living people under this collection."

"If you can live to my age..."

The girl interrupted her great-grandmother, "I don't have to live to your age to remember that I am my father's daughter, your great-granddaughter. If I have a child in the future, I will also be his mother. No matter what other identity I have in the future, I will never forget this.

"So I will never choose to remain silent when my grandson is murdered. No matter how shocking the identity of the main messenger is, I will continue to investigate and thoroughly investigate the matter, and let the real murderer pay the price he deserves."

The old man was silent after hearing this, and then spoke again after a while, "You are the current head of the Arias family. It is your right to deal with the affairs left by the previous head of the family. I just draw inferences from my previous life experience and some rumors I have heard. The danger behind this matter may be far beyond the imagination of all of us.

"The Arias family may still be considered a force in the West, but compared with the real big families in the capital, we are not much stronger than a nest of ants.

"Not only us, didn't you take in some refugees from the East some time ago? The Wetting family was once one of the twelve major families in the empire and the top noble family on the Bratis continent. However, after losing in the game of power, less than 10% of the family survived.

"Now these people have been exiled to the West and become the lowest civilians. They can only rely on hard farming to get food. If you insist on tracking down Rus's death, please be cautious. Don't act rashly before you have enough power and evidence. Otherwise, the Wetting family today will be the Arias family tomorrow."

Ona paused, and then continued, "But what I am most worried about is the prophet named Merlin and his double-day religion. I still can't see his intention..."

"Merlin? Merlin's intention is very simple. He wants the entire Bratis continent to believe in Saturday. This is what he told me himself." Ileya said.

The old man seemed to want to say something, but in the end he just sighed, "Alas... divine authority."

"What's wrong with divine authority? The Silver Moon Church has existed in the West for thousands of years. Most of the people here, including our Arias family, are their believers. Aren't we used to it?" The girl said disapprovingly.

"The Double Rest Church and the Silver Moon Church are not the same thing," said the old man. "If Merlin wants to continue the way of survival of the Silver Moon Church in the West, then it's no big deal if the Double Rest Church really replaces the Silver Moon Church. Everyone just prays to a different god, but I don't think he is satisfied with this."

"Are you afraid that if there are too many believers in the Double Rest Church in the territory, it will affect the family's tax revenue? There is no need to worry about this. Merlin promised me that the harvest from the fields next year will only be more than this year, otherwise he will pay for the shortfall himself."

Ilia said, "Merlin said He always keeps his word, and he will definitely do whatever he promises. "

Oona looked at her great-granddaughter again, and a rare smile appeared on her old face, "That's good, in fact, I will move out of Teacup Castle in a few days."

"Move out of Teacup Castle...what do you mean?"

"Like I said, I'm too old, and you are now capable of shouldering the future of the Arias family, and you don't need me to point fingers at you anymore.

"We have different ways of doing things, and staying together will only deepen the contradictions between us."

"Then you don't have to leave the castle."

"With my prestige in the Arias family, as long as I don't leave Teacup Castle for a day, you will not be able to truly control all the power of the family and make them all willing to use it for you." The old man said.

"So you can think of this as my compensation for the manipulation of elections before. In addition, you are indeed right in what you said. I am the kind of person who will always put the interests of the family before personal interests. This Of course that includes my own interests.”

"Is there no other way?"

Ona shook her head, "I have made up my mind. Once the trouble in the swamp is resolved, I will leave for Rock Snow City."

"Yan Xuecheng, you don't even want to stay in Luye anymore?"

"Of course not. Don't you want to investigate your father's death? I happen to have some friends in the Western Region, and I can also help you in Yanxue City."

The girl was moved when she heard this, and after a moment she said, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have questioned your feelings for us juniors before."

"You don't need to apologize. I still disapprove of your act of avenging your father. But since you have decided to do this, as a member of the family, of course I will do my best to help you. As for repaying... I hope that one day I can see the Arias family rising under your leadership.

"If you want to completely convince me that the path you have chosen is the right one, this is the best way."