Warhammer: In the Name of Nirvana

"Do you believe what your mother said: I think it's more like a lie."

"Which one did you say?"

"Filial piety: Our mother always seems to like to claim that she is the emperor's most filial daughter, but the emperor only has one daughter, and there is no comparable object: and compared with filial piety, in her relationship with the emperor , shouldn’t loyalty be more important? What’s more, if there is loyalty, why should we discuss filial piety?”

"You don't understand this, Anya."

"Loyalty and filial piety are different. Don't confuse them."

"...What's the difference?"

"It depends on the situation: There is an old saying among mortals called [Since ancient times, the dilemma of loyalty and filial piety], which means that those mortals who make a living in the bureaucracy system, when there is a conflict between the two systems of the court and the family, We often end up in very embarrassing situations.”

"Because, no matter which system they choose to flatter in the end, they will definitely be contradicted by the other system. These two systems have their own reasons, which leads to wrong results no matter which one they choose, and even To bear more infamy.”

"However, such a problem does not exist for our mother, because the Emperor is both the object of her loyalty and the father she needs to be filial to: I feel that my mother's words are more like she is actively choosing her obligations to the Emperor. , and the relationship between her and the Emperor."

"What you mean is that our mother wanted to maintain a father-daughter relationship with the emperor more than the allegiance between monarch and minister: I don't see the difference, and I don't think the emperor would Want to maintain a close family relationship with our mother."

"That's right, Anya: I think the same thing as you."

"And that's the problem."

[Cassiopeia] Semiramis placed her wine glass on the table.

Semiramis was the fourth and last star maid to walk into the room. Long before she opened the door, her three blood sisters, namely [Virgo] Ania and [Orion] Visenya and [Ophiuchus] Shirley have been chatting in the room for about fifteen minutes.

For Morgan's daughters, this kind of gathering of all members is extremely rare: although their mother has created six star maids in the past ten years, the fifth one has never shown up, and they can't even see this one. None of the sisters' names or codenames were known, and as for the sixth one, no one would talk about it, they thought that guy didn't exist.

Therefore, when the four Star Maidens followed Morgan's order and gathered in the depths of the Dawn Goddess, that is, in the side hall on the left side of the original body's throne room, the Sword Railing Hall, every Morgan's daughter was there. Secretly looking forward to this meeting between the sisters.

Although they are just artificial creations created by Morgan using metal, flesh, unknown technology and the spiritual energy of subspace, the Lord of Avalon is still generous enough to add models of blood and family ties to his daughter's emotional processor. Group, so that the Star Maids can regard each other as sisters and blood relatives, instead of being completely indifferent colleagues like the Forbidden Army.

This generosity allowed Morgan's daughters to do things that the golden guards could never do: for example, when Semiramis walked into the room, her three sisters immediately stopped talking and He put down the cup in his hand and came to her side, hugging her with a smile and welcoming her arrival.

Smiling and hugging: This is certainly not a difficult thing. It can even be said to be an instinctive action for human beings to express their emotions. However, such a simple behavior is basically difficult for those Imperial Guards who have been given high hopes to lead mankind by the Emperor. Arrived.

Isn't this also a kind of irony?

After that, Cassiopeia had time to take a closer look at the sword fence hall: This side hall continues the consistent aesthetic style of the Dawnbreaker Legion. Although it looks grand and spacious, it does not have much luxury. The surrounding walls are also made of gray smooth marble, which is clear enough to reflect the human face.

There are also no decorative items on the top of the wall. The only thing worth mentioning is that on the high wall facing the door, there is a giant flag of good quality hanging on it, which is the symbol of the Dawnbreaker Legion: Betrayed by Kyle. The boundless round sun is wrapped in a special circular knot, and on the walls on both sides, there are various dense data and star sector maps, telling all kinds of information about the Far Eastern frontier, and what the Dawnbreaker Legion wants in the past and future. war going on.

As for the bottom of the wall, there are [sword fences] for storing weapons and filing cabinets for storing documents. They are all tightly against the wall to provide the real protagonist: the solid meeting table. table, and the auxiliary equipment scattered like a spider web around the conference table to make room.

Cassiopeia looked at all this, and it took less than four seconds. When her eyes shifted back, she had already walked to the side of the conference table, put down her wine glass, and sat in her own seat: Five Of the chairs, only the largest one was left vacant, waiting for the Creator of the maids of the stars.

And before the Creator arrived, they could still discuss things they were interested in unscrupulously like sisters: for example, their mothers, or the Emperor of Mankind, who was their theoretical...grandfather?

"In terms of blood, we should call the emperor grandpa, although he will definitely not recognize us granddaughters, and we will only think of him as our mother's monarch."

"Conflicts like this also exist in the relationship between the Emperor and our mother."

As he spoke, Orion's fingers slowly drew circles on the table. She was the more talkative among the people present: among the four sisters, Virgo spent the longest time with her mother, and her character always had This kind of arrogance, and Cassiopeia and Orion are both high-ranking officials who are in charge of Morgan, and they are not stage fright figures. On the contrary, Ophiuchus, who has been assigned scientific research work by the Spider Queen, will only be quiet most of the time. Listen and think.

"What you mean is: between our mother and the emperor, there are two relationships between monarch and subject and father and daughter. Instead of integrating these two relationships and making them closer, they have more problems. differences?"

"This is normal."

As the governor of Avalon, Cassiopeia spoke lazily and waved her hands.

"On Avalon, I have seen too many examples like this: the lord and his heirs are both king and subject, and father and son. It is basically impossible for such a combination to have a good relationship. In those special cases where the relationship is harmonious, most of them They are also a combination of a strict father and a cowardly child, and our mother is obviously not a cowardly child."

"But she still had to be the Emperor's child, or play the role."

"A dutiful daughter?"

"Yes."

The Virgo closest to the main seat imitated their mother, crossing her legs, and her voice had an almost deliberate authority when facing her sisters.

"I have met the emperor. He has always treated our mother with the etiquette of a king and a minister, but our mother has no loyalty to the emperor at all. They are barely partners with the same purpose. Bar."

"Then why does she always emphasize that she is the emperor's filial daughter?"

The one who spoke was Ophiuchus. Unlike her three rather elegant sisters, this star maid in charge of scientific research curled up her legs and almost sat on her seat.

Cassiopeia laughed.

"Because like I said: Loyalty and filial piety are two different things."

"The essence of loyalty is to establish goals in life and determine what kind of career you want to achieve in your life: many people devote their loyalty to a purpose or a dream, a group or a People, because they need this obvious vantage point to set the direction for their lives.”

After Cassiopeia spoke, Virgo next to him nodded and followed.

"Filial piety is much more complicated. I personally think that filial piety is more like your feedback to the world: when you are weak, you are protected by your caregiver, and when you are stronger than your caregiver, you have to Feed that protection back. This is filial piety, which is more like an instinct carried by living things than loyalty."

Finally, it was Orion who nodded.

"In short, loyalty is more precise, while filial piety is more vague. There is no constant relationship between the two. It depends on whether you want to be more careful about things or to be a little more confused."

"..."

After listening to the two sisters' speeches in turn, Ophiuchus nodded, the confusion on her face still not dissipating.

"So, our mother chose filial piety in the end?"

"Not a choice."

"It's fusion."

Orion shook his glass.

"Our mother has no loyalty to the Emperor at all. This is something both of them know very well: Mother does not agree with the Emperor's great ideals, but due to the pressure of reality, she has to Just choose to stand behind the emperor."

"Therefore, when our mother wants to get along with the emperor, the relationship between them will become very awkward: because the relationship between them cannot be defined as monarch and minister, nor can it be described as father and daughter."

"In contrast, our mothers ended up integrating a more flexible approach."

"In what way?"

The answer to Ophiuchus is the sly smile from Virgo.

"When the emperor wanted to reward her, she chose to become a loyal minister: because the emperor's rewards for loyal ministers must be sufficient and convincing. Any deduction will affect the trust relationship between the emperor and his ministers."

"And when the Emperor needs her to give, or she needs the Emperor's help, she will become the Emperor's filial daughter: because a father cannot demand his daughter to help him desperately, unless he has desperately done so. To help his daughter, when faced with his daughter’s request, a father cannot refuse directly with a strong attitude.”

"..."

"what is this?"

Ophiuchus murmured.

"Self-role positioning."

Cassiopeia touched her chin and looked at her sisters with some uncertainty, but no one could give her an accurate answer.

"It should be more or less the same: mother and emperor always need a way of getting along, so they occasionally talk about each other as monarch and minister, and sometimes as father and daughter, depending on the specific situation. It mainly depends on the next meeting. Who is asking for whom?"

"But does this role really matter to people like them?"

Ophiuchus's confusion made her sisters look at each other and giggle.

It was Virgo who finally answered her: Virgo seems to have the final authority on any question about Morgan.

"This kind of thing seems insignificant, but it has its own value, sister."

"As Semiramis said just now, there are many cases where the relationship between monarch and subject and father and son are taken into consideration at the same time, which will eventually turn into tragedy: this is the case with the Emperor and many primarchs. They cannot reconcile the relationship between monarch and subject and father and son. Finding a relative balance between them is an important reason for the tension between many Primarchs and the Emperor."

"Is the Emperor their king or their father? Are they his ministers who fight for him and even have to worry about whether Asuka Jinliang Gongzang will do it, or are he heirs who share the same blood with him?"

"If it is a subject, then why do they call him father, if it is a son, but the Emperor does not behave like a father many times: do you know how many Primarchs are trapped by this problem? What?"

"The Emperor is similarly trapped."

Orion put in with a smile.

"That's why he acquiesces to our mother's method of taking advantage."

"At the very least, when our mother gets along with the emperor, she will not be in an awkward situation. Both of them have a basic understanding of each other's roles and can communicate and trade within the expected range. "

"That's why my mother occasionally calls herself the Emperor's filial daughter."

"Yes, whenever this happens, it means that she needs to ask for something from the emperor: so she will give herself a hint in advance and ask herself to position her role on her daughter. After all, facing a character like the emperor Even our mothers need long-term preparation and self-suggestion."

As Virgo spoke, he looked at the wine glass in his palm, quietly witnessing the bright red wine shaking into a whirlpool.

"From another perspective, this is also one of her original intentions in designing us. After all, the pressure caused by such a twisted relationship always needs another outlet: the Dawnbreakers' worship of her is too fanatical. , preventing her from fully playing the role of a mother."

"So, we daughters can make her realize the ordinary and preciousness of family love."

"In other words, are we equivalent to her Primarch?"

Ophiuchus leaned forward and put both arms on the table. Her question made the remaining three star maids ponder for a moment, but soon, the three of them shook their heads solemnly in turn.

"not completely."

Orion smiled mockingly.

"How to say?"

"After all we have mothers: how could the Primarch have a mother?"

"Yes, the Primarch obviously does not need a mother. The two are completely incompatible: you see how they reject the one with a mother."

#guiltylaughter#

"Then you tell me why the Primarch does not need a mother, but often has a father: and it is usually a very bad father, even if it is a good father. Generally speaking, he will die soon."

"It's not simple yet."

Virgo tilted her head.

“The Primarchs don’t have mothers, that’s because they really don’t have mothers in their lives, and the Primarchs have a terrible father, that’s because they really have a terrible father in their lives. "

"Then why did the good father have to die?"

"If the good father doesn't die, how can they follow that bad father?"

#The sinful laughter rings again#

"But to be honest: the Emperor clearly asked the Primarchs to call him father, but he didn't behave like a father, or rather like a very bad father. What do you think of his behavior? Is this considered a form of deception?”

"I don't think that's cheating."

Orion nodded solemnly.

"Yeah: we generally call this behavior insurance compensation."

"Father's love insurance?"

"Orphan insurance: It guarantees that the Primarchs will not be de facto orphans, but if they live like a group of orphans, it may not be covered by the claim."

"But every Primarch has his own brood: what does that matter?"

"..."

"Orphanage?"

#The Worst Laughter#

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When Morgan opened the door, she saw her four daughters, just sitting there laughing.

Morgan's daughters did not even stand up from their chairs immediately to greet their mother: of course, Morgan did not want them to do this, which would make her feel a subtle sense of detachment from the mother she considered herself. .

Therefore, before the somewhat panicked Star Maids acted, the Lord of Avalon waved his hand and motioned them to continue sitting down: When she arrived at the conference table, Morgan kissed Virgo on the forehead as usual, but She soon discovered that this behavior attracted three resentful looks, so she had to use three more unplanned forehead kisses to offset the resentment of her other daughters.

The water still had to be level, and as a caregiver she had to treat everyone equally: especially when other offspring were present.

Such a little wisdom obviously relaxed the atmosphere around the conference table. The maids of the stars calmed down their previous laxity, sat up straight one by one, took the data tablets handed over by their mother, and then clicked on it. Information storage module, the dazzling array of data takes about thirty seconds for all the star maids to completely browse.

Thirty seconds later, Morgan, who had closed his eyes for a while, opened his eyes.

The meeting started.

[In general, our meeting has only one main topic: other topics are just add-ons. 】

The Lord of Avalon curled his fingers and tapped the table top of the conference table.

[My daughters, I think it is time for us to confirm the organizational structure of the entire Dawnbreaker Legion and its mode of dealing with the Far Eastern Frontier. 】