I was put on the throne by the villain【Interstellar】

"That slave collar, my father gave it to me."

Lei Zhe, who was chasing Dio all the way back to the room, hadn't decided how to speak. The young man standing in front of the porthole looked down at the approaching space teleportation magic circle, and suddenly said something that was enough to shock everyone.

"It's light in the hand, but once it's buckled around the neck, the magic circle on it will start to run. It has three main functions. One is to suppress the power of the orc. As long as you resist or use the magic collar, it will become very heavy. One is to control the language ability of orcs, so that they cannot communicate with each other; the other is punishment and self-destruction. There are many ways of punishment, the most common is electric shock. The self-destruction function will destroy the collar by external force When activated, it resonates with the collars within one kilometer of the surrounding area. As long as one of them explodes, the rest will also explode."

"When I was seven years old, I overheard a group of people discussing about slaves on the Monet. Some of them swore that something would happen to Auston sooner or later, because Auston's domestic slaves never wear collars, just like not giving them collars. A vicious dog on a chain will be doomed sooner or later. After hearing this, I cried and went to my father and asked him to put a collar on my slave, so my father took one and gave it to me for a whole day."

"That day was the longest day I've ever lived. The weight of the collar made me unable to move, but I couldn't even cry out in pain. I could only lie on the ground and look at the ceiling with tears. After the collar was taken off, I My shoulder was injured, but my father forbade anyone to treat me."

Dio turned to look at Lei Zhe, and under the background of the instant darkness when the spaceship sailed into the space to transmit the magic circle, he said softly: "Since then, I have been thinking why I was so cruel at that time, and regarded the freedom that imprisoned others as Take it for granted."

From the moment they met, Lei Zhe had always had a question in his heart, and this question was finally answered at this moment-why, as the heir of the fief nobles, was Dio so friendly to Raymond and Eugene?

In the beginning, he really hated Eugene all the time, but that was more because of Eugene's status as a killer. Except for the Holy Mother, no one would smile at someone who wanted to kill him.But after the hatred faded and they got along with each other for a long time, although Dio was not close to Eugene, he could get along peacefully.After boarding the Valkyrie, he kept his promise to protect the abyss elves and never had any bad thoughts towards the elves because of race.

Even more so for Raymond.Even when he was angry because of Lei Zhe's attitude when they first met, Dio never hurt the orc with words, and always treated him as a real housekeeper, with a natural and friendly attitude.This kind of attitude is so rare, even just from the attitude of the townspeople in Corolla towards Raymond, we can get a glimpse of how the entire empire looks at the orc race.

In the past, Lei Zhe was curious about why Auston let an orc take care of him, but because he didn't want to hurt Raymond's feelings, he never asked this question.Now it seems that his father, the patriarch Alston of the title singer, is not as simple as he imagined.

After passing through the space outside the z1793 airport to transmit the magic circle, the Valkyrie appeared over another airport, and then passed through the magic circle continuously until it entered a blank field.

The space teleportation magic circle is very stable, almost no abnormalities can be felt.But what happened a few hours ago still put a lot of mental pressure on Dio, so he went back to his room early and fell asleep.Lei Zhe stayed in the living room with Raymond, Eugene, and Leila, watching the space outside the spaceship turn from light to dark, and then from dark to light again.

When everything settled down, Lei Zhe finally said, "Why did he send you to take care of me, Raymond? He should be able to imagine what an orc would encounter on a purely human planet, right?"

Raymond was silent for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Master, even the most innately talented human magician is still a citizen of the empire. And an orc, even the son of the clan chief, is also a slave."

"From what you say, it seems that he doesn't appreciate his kindness to the orcs?" Lei Zhe asked.

Regarding the young master whom he brought up with his own hands and who knows everything, Raymond did not shy away, and replied bluntly: "If I hadn't met the young master, I would be very grateful and respectful to the singer. But the young master made me understand that treating slaves well It's not the same as being treated as an equal. The chanter asked me to take care of the young master, and ordered the slaves as a slave master, without asking for my opinion. The young master has never regarded me as a slave."

This is the difference between an employment relationship and a slavery relationship.Although they appear to be the same on the surface, they all have affiliation, but one gives workers equivalent remuneration for their labor, while the other deprives workers of their remuneration and even their freedom of life.

In the process of Lei Zhe and Raymond getting along, even though Lei Zhe is the master and Raymond is the servant, the relationship between them is always equal because of Lei Zhe's attitude.This kind of equality is not manifested in wages, holidays, etc., but that Lei Zhe respects Raymond's right to speak—although he may not necessarily listen; he will give orcs the right to choose—although sometimes he will force them to Orcs pick what he wants orcs to pick.

This is fundamentally different from the relationship of slavery.

After listening to Raymond's words, Lei Zhe nodded uncompromisingly, but he had another opinion in his heart.It is true that the orc's view of the chanter was not wrong, but from Dio, Lei Zhe could see the deep meaning of this father.

A man who treats orcs as slaves and treats them well simply because they are kind can't make his own son wear a slave collar.And in an environment where the people around him are all slave owners, Dio, who can still treat orcs as equals, is by no means the one who can reflect on himself like this and erect the correct three views just by wearing a slave collar once. —Otherwise he wouldn't have asked his father to put a collar on the orc in the first place.

Wearing the collar was just a heavy hammer, and the more important concept of equality was taught to Dio subtly by the chanter in the days to come.Even his orc butler might have arranged it for this reason.

If the chanter hadn't fallen in the family strife, the future Holy Empire might be very lively.But now, whether the spark planted by the chanter can start a prairie fire has become an unknown.

——At least, one of the little sparks is too lazy to burn.

"No more hesitation! Don't you want to watch Chimera step on the iris!" Brian Alston slammed the table fiercely and roared.His eyes were crimson, his forehead was covered with blue veins, the black eyes and the bloodshot eyes in the whites clearly showed his fatigue, anger and unwillingness.

No one spoke in the circular meeting room, and the eyes that everyone exchanged with each other included worry, contempt, and indescribable complexity.But no matter what kind of thoughts they have in their hearts, no one gloats, and no one makes trouble. The purpose of everyone gathering here is not to blame each other, but to solve the problem.

After a long silence, a man said in a rough voice: "The Gibran family dispatched the flagship Valkyrie to pick up the two heirs. We are too far away and we cannot reveal our identities. How can we rob people?"

Brian hurriedly said: "I just said, as long as we..."

"I don't agree to pretend to be a pirate to rob people," a woman interrupted Brian, and said in a deep voice, "It doesn't matter what kind of stupid pirates would target Gibran's Valkyrie. The safety of the two heirs cannot be guaranteed."

"The safety of the heirs? At this time, do you still want to support them? Is it more difficult to choose me than a squib, a waste who has killed a seventh-level magician!" Xu was afraid of missing the opportunity, or it might be more There was no progress in the day's meeting, and Brian finally yelled out his true thoughts naked|naked|nakedly.

There was an uproar in the round meeting room of Iris Castle.Although Brian's intentions are known to everyone, most nobles like to talk about fig leafs when dealing with people, and few people express their true thoughts so bluntly.

"I think..." an old man with a snow-white beard and carefully trimmed slowly said.When his voice sounded, the circular conference room, which was noisy because of Brian's astonishing words, gradually fell silent, "Brian is to blame for Auston's current chaos. But this is the end of the matter, we What needs to be considered is how to stabilize the situation as soon as possible, and maintain the longevity of the iris at the lowest cost."

"Therefore, I agree with Brian's suggestion."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and a few minutes later, there were voices one after another in the circular meeting room.

"I agree."

"Seconded."

"I abstain."

"I agree."

Brian smiled with relief as he listened to the votes of the clansmen.

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