Chapter 1552 What Should I Do?
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Britannia Empire, Pendragon, Jacob's mansion.
"Sir."
The butler's voice sounded outside the room.
"Captain Cheng is here to see you."
After the butler's voice fell, Jacob, who was lying on the bed with his eyes closed, opened his eyes slightly.
A look with a little surprise shone out from the gap.
"Let him in..."
"Yes!"
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Squeak...
The door of the room was slowly pushed open.
Jacob turned his head.
A familiar figure with a complicated expression walked slowly towards Jacob from the door of the room.
"Cheng..." Jacob squeezed a smile on his face and said in a half-joking tone, "What's wrong? Why do you look so bad? Did someone bully you outside?"
Looking at Jacob who was telling him a joke, Su Cheng's face also slowly showed a smile.
Although Su Cheng is now a father of three children and is quite old, he still feels like a child in front of Jacob.
As long as he is by Jacob's side, he will feel safe.
When there is something bothering him, Su Cheng's first reaction is to go and talk to Jacob.
"Mr. Jacob..." Su Cheng chuckled a few times, "I... I seem to have unknowingly regarded you as my father..."
"Haha..." Jacob smiled, "Isn't this kind of thing known to the world? I have also regarded you as my own child. Sit down, Cheng, don't stand all the time."
Su Cheng pulled a chair beside the bed and sat at the head of Jacob's bed.
"Mr. Jacob..."
The joy that had just emerged from Su Cheng's face with great difficulty disappeared again, and returned to the complex expression full of bitterness at the beginning.
"Just now... Her Majesty summoned all the staff of the General Staff and held a staff meeting."
Su Cheng told what happened today.
And Jacob on the bed also listened silently.
"Originally, the topic of this staff meeting was very ordinary, just discussing how to quell the rebellion of the 'Former Frank Empire'..."
"But at this meeting... Her Majesty... proposed a very terrifying plan..."
Su Cheng told Jacob everything that happened in the staff meeting that had just ended.
When Jacob learned that Ilsa was planning to launch a massacre and reduce the number of "Former Franks" to at least half, his eyes suddenly widened, and his pupils were full of disbelief.
"Your Majesty..." Jacob's voice trembled slightly, "Did you really say that?"
"Yes... Although there were many staff members who opposed it, there were also many staff members who agreed..."
"Although this plan has not been finalized, judging from Her Majesty's reactions, she is very fond of her plan..."
"Even if many people oppose it, Her Majesty may have to force this plan..."
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"...Alas."
After a long silence, Jacob sighed.
"Ilsa... why did she become like this..."
Jacob's tone showed a trace of pain.
"In just a few years, Ilsa has become... I can't recognize her anymore..."
"The person who was originally ambitious and hoped to unify the continent so that all civilians on the continent could live a peaceful life, now actually intends to wield the butcher knife against those innocent civilians..."
"Is it because the successive victories have made Ilsa's head dizzy..."
At this point, Jacob seemed to be unable to say anything more and closed his eyes in pain.
Su Cheng, who was sitting on the chair next to the bed, was now hunched.
He rested his elbows on his legs and clenched his hands together.
The hunched back was as if there was no bone in it...
"Mr. Jacob... I don't know what to do anymore..."
Su Cheng's face was full of helplessness, like a child abandoned by his parents.
"I... admire Enli very much..."
Su Cheng murmured.
"Enli is... an amazing man..."
"I... am ashamed of myself..."
"He will sacrifice his life for the justice he upholds in his heart."
"But I... can't do it..."
"If I hadn't gotten married and was still single, I might have been like Enli, doing everything for the justice in my heart."
"But now I... can't do it..."
"I now have a wife and 3 children..."
"I have too many concerns..."
"These concerns make me timid..."
"I dare not do too much disobedience to His Majesty..."
"On the eve of the first Holy Xilan Empire's war of annihilation, I questioned His Majesty's decision at the staff meeting. This is the limit of what I can do..."
"Whether it is criticizing His Majesty in public or dying to advise him, I dare not do any of these things..."
"I dare not make His Majesty too unhappy, worried that my family will be implicated..."
"But... I can't ignore these absurd actions of His Majesty..."
"Whether it is launching the third war of annihilation against the Holy Xilan Empire."
"Or the current massacre of the 'original Franks', I strongly oppose all these things."
"But I dare not oppose your majesty too much, and can only make some insignificant protests..."
Speaking of this, Su Cheng's face showed a self-deprecating smile.
"The 'God of War' respected by the world is actually a coward who is afraid of offending the monarch too much, and dare not say 'no' loudly even when facing things he disagrees with..."
"If people know my true face, I'm afraid that many people will be disillusioned with me..."
Su Cheng raised his hands and rubbed his face vigorously.
"Mr. Jacob... I don't know what to do..."
"I dare not anger your majesty too much..."
"I don't want to remain silent..."
Jacob has been listening to Su Cheng's complaints silently since just now.
Only after Su Cheng's voice completely fell did Jacob raise his old hand, whose skin was like dried orange peel, and gently rubbed Su Cheng's head.
"Cheng... all these worries of yours are normal..."
"I'm worried that my family will be implicated."
"I don't want to turn a blind eye to the brutality of His Majesty now."
"These are all normal, which shows that you are a normal person..."
"You are just a knight who takes 'fighting for the country' as his mission."
"Many things and many pressures should not be borne by you."
"I can't give you too much advice..."
"The only advice I can give you is to do what you think is right and what makes your heart feel comfortable..."