Chapter 1504: Hypocrisy

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Britannia Empire, Pendragon, Jacob's mansion, Jacob's room——

Jacob, lying on the bed, closed his eyes tightly.

Sunken eye sockets, withered skin, and a very poor complexion—this is Jacob's current state.

Boom, boom, boom.

A sudden knock on the door broke the silence of the room.

"Your Mightiness."

The person who spoke was the old steward who had served Jacob for many years.

"Captain Cheng is here."

As soon as the old housekeeper finished speaking, Jacob slowly opened his closed eyes.

"Let him come in..."

"yes!"

Squeak...

The door was pushed open.

A young man with black hair and dark eyes and a complicated expression slowly walked into the room and walked to Jacob's bedside.

"Mr. Jacob..."

"Cheng..." Jacob, who was lying on the bed, turned his head with difficulty and looked at Su Cheng, who was standing beside his bed.

"You look... seem to be darker than before... It seems that the sun in the south is really poisonous..."

Hearing Jacob's joke, Su Cheng couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, and a smile appeared on his face.

"It's very annoying to say that we obviously went to the south to play together, but my wife, children, and sister didn't turn black. I was the only one who turned black. I don't know how long it will take for me to be free again... "

Su Cheng and all his family successfully completed their "southern trip" yesterday and returned to Pendragon.

However - just after returning to Pendragon, Su Cheng learned a piece of news that was tantamount to a bolt from the blue for him - Jacob was seriously ill.

Ever since Jacob swallowed the magic potion during the "Great Patriotic War" and his health suffered a devastating blow, Su Cheng had expected that this day would happen sooner or later.

But when that day came, Su Cheng still felt as if his chest was blocked by something...

Having just returned to Pendragon yesterday evening, Su Cheng hurried over to visit Jacob early this morning.

Looking at Jacob's face, which was much older than he thought, Su Cheng felt a tingling sensation in his chest.

To Su Cheng, Jacob was no longer a benefactor.

In Su Cheng's eyes, Jacob was not only his benefactor, but also his father-like presence.

Without Jacob's various help, Su Cheng was sure that he would never be in the position he is now.

Su Cheng pulled a small chair next to him and sat down, then slowly took Jacob's withered right hand.

"Mr. Jacob...how could it...become like this..."

"Cheng... don't... show such an expression."

"Human birth, old age, illness and death are just extremely normal things."

"And I'm already a long time old. I feel very lucky to be able to live until now."

"Cheng, let's talk about something happy."

"Tell me about what you saw while traveling in the South."

"After traveling in the south for so long, you will probably encounter some interesting things or go to some interesting places, right?"

Su Cheng was startled when he heard Jacob's question.

After pressing his lips together and thinking for a long time, Su Cheng said quietly:

"I have indeed encountered a lot of interesting things... but ah... I have also encountered some... very heavy things..."

"Mr. Jacob, I am very glad that I have traveled to the south..."

"Thanks to this 'southern trip', I realized how stupid and arrogant I was before..."

"Since I don't know when before... probably since I became the leader of the Knights of Michael, my mentality and my thoughts began to change..."

"Since I became the leader of the Knights of Michael, my position has suddenly become higher."

"Standing at such a high position, I can't see what the people standing below look like, and I can't hear their voices..."

"After learning that His Majesty decided to build plantations in the west,

When the natives of the New World were captured as slaves, I felt really angry..."

"But now when I think about it, I was really hypocritical at that time..."

"My tragic experience for the New World aborigines is nothing but condescending sympathy and extremely arrogant pity..."

"It's just that the aboriginal people of the New World happened to appear in front of me..."

"I just feel sympathy for the people who are in front of me."

"But I ignored the thousands of people underneath that I couldn't see..."

"The more I think about it, the more I feel that I was really a hypocritical person at that time..."

"Your Majesty just moved the oppression from the ordinary citizens of our country to the aboriginal people of the New World..."

"As a person who has been oppressing ordinary citizens of our country, who am I qualified to say anything against His Majesty..."

"Thanks to this trip to the south, I learned that the wars over the years have caused such a serious drain on our country's national strength..."

"I have been sitting on a high mountain, and everything I look at is magnificent."

"It wasn't until I came to the bottom of the mountain that I realized how different the scenes were at the bottom and the top..."

"The bottom of the mountain is already a mess."

"Even the wealthy Soma County has become like this. I can't imagine what other poorer areas are like now..."

"The war...can't go on anymore..."

Jacob has been listening to Su Cheng's words quietly since just now...no, it should be said that he was confessing.

When he heard Su Cheng say that he was a hypocritical person, Jacob's expression was complicated.

After hearing Su Cheng say that the war could not continue, Jacob's expression was heavy.

"Cheng...you don't have to feel guilty...let the stupid things you did in the past go by themselves..."

Speaking of this, Jacob pulled the corner of his mouth and showed a self-deprecating smile.

"After what you said, I found that I am also a hypocritical person... When His Majesty decided to build a plantation, I also expressed opposition..."

"Now that I think about it carefully... What I should have opposed at that time should not be His Majesty's building of a plantation."

"What I should oppose... should be 'oppression'..."

"Forget it... Let's skip this topic for the time being and talk about other things..."

"... Cheng, long before you started traveling, I had already discovered that our country's national strength had suffered extremely serious damage."

"Originally... I wanted to wait until you finished your trip to have a good talk with you about a problem."

"Now that you have discovered this problem yourself, it will be much easier..."

"My opinion is the same as yours. The war cannot continue... If we go to war with a country of the size of the Holy Xilan Empire, our country will be in great danger..."