Chapter 113 The First Liberation of Thought

"Harem chaos... Hiyori... Is it the kind of harem I thought of?"

Momonosuke felt his heartbeat speeding up, his nostrils panting, and his mind was already fantasizing about those beautiful sisters in the flower street.

[Note: Momonosuke is currently eight years old, which is the age in the original book when he traveled to 20 years later, the age when he was lying on the mountain with a face full of beatings. ]

And Hiyori, who was standing next to him, knew what his brother was thinking without even looking at him, and instantly jumped up and punched Momonosuke on the right cheek.

"Bang!"

"Put away your ridiculous expression, bastard!"

Momonosuke's cheeks were swollen and his eyes were full of tears. He glared at Hiyori, but he knew he couldn't beat her.

But... that's a harem!

Just thinking about it makes my heart surge!

Hiyori raised her fist and shook it, causing Momonosuke to shrink his neck.

On the podium, Robin looked at the students below after introducing the reality of Kozuki Oden.

"So now, please think about it from your own standpoint. Is the choice made by Lord Oden from the time he was born until now right or wrong? Is it good or bad for us?"

Then, the students in the audience began to whisper.

Children are different from adults.

The new teaching method makes them feel novel, and the story is still about the past of Lord Oden.

Although the teacher said that they don't need to call him an adult, the long-term education has made them still think that Kozuki is a greater adult than the nobles.

This way of teaching makes them feel more novel than the past rote reading.

"General Oden... It is wrong to go to sea because he violated the law."

"Mother said that the years when General Oden went to sea were when father was captured and taken to the mine."

"Me too..."

"And me."

"Wuwuwu..."

...

At one time, several students in the audience cried. Before that, they were not qualified to go to school because their parents were samurai who supported Kozuki.

After the death of Kurozumi Orochi, they returned to the Flower City, and their children were assigned to the first school in the Flower City.

Robin, who was not much older than her, also had red eyes, but she knew she had to teach the class, to teach these children to learn to stand on their own feet, to know right from wrong, to distinguish good from bad.

"The Kozuki clan has been ruling Wano Country as generals since hundreds of years ago."

Robin's voice sounded, and the sobbing in the audience gradually stopped.

"So, students, what is the responsibility of a general?"

As soon as the voice fell, there was a natural response from the audience: "Harem?"

"Bang! Bang Bang Bang..."

After a round of punches and kicks, the blushing Hiyori decided that she would definitely not sit with this perverted brother tomorrow.

It was so embarrassing!

Robin's hand on the podium moved, but seeing that Momonosuke had been beaten, he did not activate his ability.

"Although there are other hidden reasons for the harem chaos caused by Lord Kozuki Oden when he was young, as the next general, his responsibility must not be to build a harem and expand the Kozuki clan."

"According to research records, basically if the king has many children, the chaos caused by the struggle for power will be greater. When order is too chaotic, ordinary civilians will lose their lives."

"Among those sitting here, there are descendants of nobles, merchants and civilians, but the upper class is a minority after all, so the majority are civilians."

Robin looked at most people in the school: "So do you want chaos?"

"No!"

"Then there will be no food, my father will be captured, and my mother will be very tired."

"I just want to have a full stomach every day."

"I want Mother can live!"

"And grandfather. Grandpa replaced my father to go to the mine. Grandpa loved me the most, but he was taken away that day and never came back."

...

Robin continued: "Yes, because the people of Wano Country recognized the Kozuki clan, the Kozuki clan was able to become the general of Wano Country hundreds of years ago."

"So why do people recognize the Kozuki clan? It's because everyone believes that the Kozuki clan can make Wano Country better, and everyone can have food to eat and survive."

"So now we can see the responsibility of the general. The general is a position responsible for the entire Wano Country, not a high-ranking person who can do whatever he wants because of the power in his hands."

At this time, Momonosuke sighed in the audience.

Dream... shattered?

And Xiao Hiyori beside him, was listening attentively.

Before this, she had listened to the two speeches in Huadu with her father, but she heard the lecturer on the stage very vaguely, and she didn't understand more of the words.

But she understood the lectures in the school, especially what the young lady said today, that is, to look at right and wrong based on one's own standpoint.

So what is one's own standpoint?

The Kozuki clan?

No, my father has never thought that he is superior to others, and so has my mother, except for this useless brother.

So, put yourself in the shoes of ordinary people?

"It was also wrong for Oden-dono to go to sea in pursuit of freedom after he became an adult. Because since his birth, Oden-dono has enjoyed the benefits of the position of general, but when he fulfilled his obligations, he used the pursuit of freedom as a Go to sea in name, no matter what.”

"This also led to the fact that when Lord Kozuki Sukiyaki was seriously ill, it was easy for the black charcoal snake to temporarily take over the position of general."

"By making such a decision, Kozuki Sukiyaki will be responsible for the suffering of Wano Country for several years, and the same is true for Kozuki Oden-dono."

"In my opinion, what power brings should not be condescension, let alone a hereditary aristocracy, but should bring responsibility for the future of the entire Wano Country."

After the words fell, the children in the audience frowned.

At the age when they have just begun to receive education, their thoughts are not as rigid as their parents' generation, and they have not yet been poisoned by the so-called warrior spirit.

To them, Kozuki Oden was just the largest noble among the adults, but they didn't know the class gap between nobles and commoners, so they dared to question it.

At this time, little Hiyori stood up and looked at Robin: "Mother told me that father went to sea for the future of the country of Wano, because one day the country of Wano will be founded in the future..."

Before she finished speaking, Robin raised her hand to interrupt her: "I know this, and I originally planned to put this in the next class, but it's not like I can't talk about it now."

"For the future of Wano, we can only ask the people at the bottom to sacrifice, right? The essence of this approach is this sentence."

"Then if Hiyori you are not from the Kozuki clan, but are just an ordinary little girl from Wano Country, then you are willing to cause your father to die in the mine, your family to have no food, and your brother to starve to death for the sake of the so-called invisible future. , can I survive only by becoming a singer in Flower Street?"

Xiaohihe was stunned by the question.

Because she was really considering what Robin said was possible, so would she be willing?

For the future that Mother mentioned?

Is the founding of the country that important?

Is the Kozuki clan that important?

If the Kozuki clan is really the necessary ruler of Wano, then why...

For a moment, all the children in the classroom looked at little Hiyori.

Most of them are children of ordinary people in Huadu. Today is the first time that they use their own class to question the once superior Guangyue clan.

…

Under Robin's guidance again and again, the school day's classes came to an end.

But all the children's emotions were completely different from the past. Their minds are still thinking about the story the teacher told in class today, and how they should distinguish between good and bad.

Do you use your own position as the standard?

So what are the positions of Princess Hiyori and Lord Momonosuke of Shogun Oden?

With doubts, all the children began to go home one after another.

The one who came to pick up Hiyori and Momonosuke today was Denjiro, who took turns picking them up every day.

"Did you get criticized by the teacher today, Momonosuke-sama, why are you all so moody? Maybe we can buy some delicious food on the street later."

Denjiro said and looked at Hiyori again: "You can also buy beautiful toys later."

However, it seemed that he was the only one performing a one-man show. Hiyori and Momonosuke ignored him.

After scratching his head, Denjiro said helplessly: "Okay. But if there are any questions that you don't understand, maybe I, the adult, can answer them."

Xiao Hiyori looked at him: "So my father's insistence on continuing to travel to the sea at that time was wrong for the people of Wano Country, right? After all, it was during that time that the Black Carbon Orochi stole the general's position and allowed So many people in Wano died in the mines and weapons processing plants.”

Well(_)

Denjiro didn't know how to answer for a while. After all, even nine...no, eight of them also didn't understand Lord Oden that time.

During that time, life was very hard, and the clothes of the mistress and the young master were all patched.

The mistress would go out to help everyone with their work every day, which made the people's resentment towards Lord Oden lessened a lot.

And later...

Facts have proved that Lord Oden's choice is indeed wrong, but how can he, as a retainer, tell him about this mistake?

"Hiyori, father is not wrong no matter what."

At this time, Momonosuke on the side spoke.

Hiyori looked at him.

Momonosuke continued: "For the country of Wano, as the father of the Kozuki clan and the successor of the general, there is nothing wrong!"

"Our position is not that of ordinary people, our position is that of Mitsuki!"

When the last words came out, Hiyori's eyes widened.

They are only two years apart and know her brother well, having grown up together.

The next second...

"ah!!"

"boom!"

He flew up and kicked Momonosuke in the face, sending him flying away.

Hiyori put her hands on her hips and put one foot on Momonosuke's chest: "So you, a guy full of perverted thoughts, are obsessed with the chaos in your father's harem, right?"

Eh?

It seemed that he heard something incredible, and Denjiro was a little confused at the moment.

Wasn't the chaos in the harem caused by His Highness when he was young?

Moreover, I don’t know whether the mistress is clear about this matter, so how come the two young masters know about it?

"open!"

"Don't let go! You perverted guy!"

Momonosuke struggled for a while, but found that he couldn't get away, so he just lay on the ground, but his eyes were not as pitiful as before.

"I am a member of the Kozuki clan and the future general of Wano Country! This... this is my position!"

"They... what they said is all wrong! Father killed Orochi and is the only legitimate general of Wano Country, and I will be too in the future!"

Hiyori was stunned and unconsciously loosened his foot.

In his mind, the words of sister Robin in the classroom flashed by.

"Power can bring many things, but also endless desires. No one can be sure that they will not be tempted and can stay sober. So... power needs to be checked and balanced."

Hiyori felt that her mind was very confused. Today was the first time she learned how to think and how to judge.

But it was this first time that made her feel that the people around her also felt unreal for the first time.

Momonosuke climbed up, patted the dirt on his body, looked at Hiyori, and walked towards the general's mansion.

"Hiyori-sama..."

Denjiro also didn't know what to say, so the three of them went back to the general's mansion one after another.

At one place on the street, a samurai saw all of this, and then turned and left, heading towards Baiwu.

…

Late at night, Baiwu's daimyo's mansion.

Shimotsuki Yasuie continued to look at the records on the table in front of him repeatedly. These were the speeches in various regions and the lectures in the school in recent days in Wano Country.

The easy-to-understand guidance and the deep speeches made Shimotsuki Yasuie's face more and more ugly.

"Bang!"

"Crack!"

The angry punch fell, and the table was directly shattered.

"Bewitching! Bewitching!"

Shimotsuki Yasuie threw the record scroll in his hand and smashed it in front of the retainer.

"What do they want to do? Let Wano Country fall into chaos again?!"

"Questioning the Kozuki clan who just succeeded the general position, do they want all the people of Wano Country to rebel?!"

"For hundreds of years, Wano Country has been safe and sound under the leadership of the Kozuki clan and our nobles. They just defeated Kaido. What right do they have to question Kozuki?!"

"Revolutionary Army!"

"This group of people is the source of chaos..."

The retainer kneeling on the ground trembled slightly, not daring to look up at all.

Recently, this daimyo who was extremely gentle and kind in the past has become more and more irritable, and the cause is all the ideological education speeches and schools that have been carried out recently.

"Hoo hoo hoo..."

Shimotsuki Yasuie, who has calmed down, looked at the record at the bottom of the table.

And on it are the words that Momonosuke said while lying on the ground, and these words finally made Shimotsuki Yasuie smile a little.

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