BXBX NOVEL Chapter 357 I Can't Answer You
"Narita, the Dwarves\' curiosity isn\'t bad, it\'s just that there\'s nothing to satisfy their curiosity and creativity, so new troubles arise because of their curiosity."
"If we give them an environment where they can permanently use their curiosity and creativity, they won\'t cause any more problems."
"On the contrary, they will also create a lot of useful things that can serve to better our lives."
As Narita heard that he looked around. Just as Hikaru said, those Dwarves were working hard, they were using all their intelligence and creativity to fulfill Hikaru\'s request.
He felt that even though doing this was a waste of the Dwarves\' talents, Hikaru\'s words made a lot of sense.
If people\'s lives are better, they will stay in this place longer. Moreover they would be willing to sacrifice themselves to protect this place.
"Why?"
"Hm?!" Hikaru frowned, he seemed to hear Narita trying to say something.
"Why would you come up with these things?"
Hikaru smiled at that: "No, you\'re wrong. You have to ask yourself why you haven\'t thought of these things."
"I?"
Hikaru nodded and said, "That\'s right. Narita, your thinking was one-sided, as you were using the mindset of a noble, a person of high social status to impose on others."
"Try to put yourself in someone else\'s shoes, and you will understand their feelings and pain."
"But…" Narita suddenly spoke up: "If their lives are too good they will become weak, is that okay?"
Hikaru shook his head: "You can\'t just let them live like this, if there are no enemies we will create enemies."
"Create enemies?" Narita felt extremely confused but Hikaru did not continue to explain.
He just said, "Don\'t worry about it. Narita, what you need to care about right now is education. Will you do a good job of that?"
Narita and Hikaru were sightseeing while thinking. Naturally, Narita was thinking about the question Hikaru had just asked.
In fact, even if he took on the role of the principal of the school at Hikaru\'s request, he didn\'t know what education was.
Hikaru knew that Narita didn\'t know this because Shala and Lori told him. However, even if those two didn\'t tell him, he knew that Narita didn\'t know the meaning of education.
He and Narita toured the woodworking workshop. In this place, the Dwarves were processing more sophisticated things.
Narita saw the rather long wooden pipes in the distance and asked, "What do you intend to use them for? For shooting arrows?"
Hikaru laughed at Narita: "Sorry… hahaha… I didn\'t mean… hahaha…"
However, Hikaru looked at the tubes and felt that they resembled a gun barrel.
He shook his head and said, "Hahaha… no, it\'s the water pipe."
"Water pipe? Can it produce water?"
Hikaru smiled, continued shaking his head: "No, you also know we have an infinite lake, right?"
"Could it be..." Narita thought of something and said, "Are you planning to distribute that source of clean water to the inhabitants of the territory?"
"Hikaru, you are crazy, even nobles consider clean water more precious than elemental stone, why…"
Narita who was talking suddenly became silent, as he remembered Hikaru\'s words earlier.
If the residents living in this place feel happy and safe, they will be the guardians of this place.
Besides… This place had two powerful warriors, so why should he worry that other kingdoms will attack this place because of the clean water?
However…
"You already have your answer, don\'t you?" Hikaru laughed.
Narita shook his head and sighed: "It\'s just a part, I hope you can help me understand it better."
At this time, Narita\'s attitude was not as arrogant as before. He gave Hikaru the feeling that he was like a student, embarrassed at not understanding the teacher\'s lecture, so he wanted to ask more questions.
Hikaru was also not stingy, he nodded and explained: "Water is rare, but we have an infinite lake. Even if the Ivern tree in the lake can\'t absorb all the water, sharing the clean water with everyone in the territory shouldn\'t be a big deal."
Narita nodded, of course he knew the existence of the Ivern tree. During the era in which he lived, he participated in many burnings of Ivern trees because they harmed the water source and surrounding creatures.
The Ivern tree was like a monster with an infinite appetite as it could absorb so much water that it caused a large area to fall into drought.
Sometimes it even sucked up the water in a giant lake.
Not only that, the Ivern\'s trunk was extremely hard, and even fire couldn\'t burn it, also it couldn\'t be cut with a sword.
At that time, the Elders in the Sanctuary had to use high level fire elemental magic to destroy them.
A retaliation took place just like when other races annihilated the Dwarves. Wherever the Ivern tree appears, that place will become a dead land.
The Sanctuary cooperated with other races to destroy them, so to speak, they had succeeded in making the Ivern tree extinct.
However, upon reaching Hikaru\'s domain, Narita was startled to find that the vines of the Ivern tree had arranged themselves to form a wall for this domain.
The roots of the Ivern tree also covered the entire territory, no, it extended beyond, as it covered an extremely large area.
What puzzled Narita was that Hikaru\'s domain was fine, as it did not turn into a dead land.
It must be known that in the past, Narita had never met an Ivern whose roots covered such a large range.
The largest Ivern tree he saw only had roots covering an area of about 20,000 square meters.
But the Ivern tree in Hikaru\'s domain was different, its trunk was 10 times stronger than the normal Ivern tree. Its roots and tentacles also covered an area of more than 500 square kilometers.
And… this Ivern seemed to have thoughts, as it was serving Hikaru.
That\'s right, it helped Hikaru build the wall, creating an almost impenetrable wall.
Its roots helped to keep the giant buildings in Hikaru\'s domain more stable.
Later, Narita discovered that the Ivern was rooted in the lake surrounding the Landlord\'s main residence.
The water in the lake was self-cleaning and seemingly limitless. No matter how much the Ivern absorbed, it wouldn\'t go away.
That was what made Narita feel strange, but he didn\'t ask Hikaru. He knew it was Hikaru\'s secret, and he didn\'t want to be a curious person either.
Hikaru continued, "However, I also won\'t give people water for free. You must understand that, what is free, others will not appreciate it."
"Hm… have you heard the story of a noble and a beggar?"
Hearing that, Narita shook his head.
Hikaru said as he walked, "Once upon a time, there was a very kind nobleman, he saw a beggar on his way home and felt that the beggar was very poor."
"That\'s why he decided to give the beggar a gold coin. Ah! To make it easier for you to imagine, that 1 gold coin is enough to feed that beggar for a day or two."
"From then on, when the nobleman returned, he gave the beggar a gold coin."
"Day by day."
"Three months passed, and the nobleman gave the beggar 1 gold coin every day for three months."
"One day, the noble suddenly disappeared. The beggar waited for 2 days, 3 days… but still the nobleman did not appear."
"He angrily went to the nobleman\'s house. The noble was also surprised to see that the beggar was looking for him."
"After that, the beggar angrily scolded the nobleman for not continuing to give him gold coins."
"The nobleman said that he had to change his place of work, so he didn\'t pass the street where the beggar stayed."
"Do you know what happened next?"
Narita shook his head and said, "I don\'t know. But I think maybe the beggar will leave disappointed or will find the way that the noble used to go to sit."
"Hahaha..." Hikaru smiled, he felt that Narita\'s thinking was really simple.
"You… Hahaha… your thoughts are too simple."
"So… what happened?" Narita asked, confused.
Hikaru said with a smile, "That beggar attacked the noble because the nobleman made him hungry for three days in a row."
"What?! Impossible! How dare a beggar attack a noble?"
"Hahaha… when people are angry, they can do terrible things, that\'s normal. However, Narita, after the story just now, what did you realize?"
Narita calmed down hearing that, he tried to think. After a while, he said, "I think.. The lesson we can learn from that story is that we shouldn\'t associate with beggars."
"To be more precise… nobles are nobles, if we come into contact with people of low social status they will bring our status down."
"Beggars, commoners who don\'t know etiquette, they have no courtesy, associating with them only puts our lives in danger."
"Hahahaha… Narita, you make me laugh." Hikaru laughed.
Narita was even more confused: "Did I say the wrong thing? Because the noble was in contact with the beggar, and he gave him money, that\'s why the beggar thinks that the noble values him."
"After that, the beggar thought that their status was equal so he dared to attack the noble."
Hikaru smiled and shook his head: "You\'re right, but the most important thing you don\'t understand. You seem to have forgotten what I just said."
Narita felt extremely confused, so he followed Hikaru, hoping Hikaru could tell him the correct answer.
Hikaru said nothing, after a while he continued talking about the dwarves: "Look at the inventions here, there are lamps used for lighting. Although its function is not the same as the Misty Lamp, it can replace the torch."
"That\'s the blower, which can generate wind, in the summer it can also help you feel cool."
"Ah! That\'s a car.. hm… I still can\'t figure out how to use it. There are no horses here either. Alright, that matter can be left to the dwarves to think about, I don\'t need to think too much."
"Hikaru..." Narita got a little impatient, he asked, "So… what\'s the correct answer?"
Hikaru stopped walking, turned his head to look at Narita and smiled: "Hm… you have to find it yourself, I can\'t answer you."
Narita: "..."