Chapter 351 Education
To put it bluntly, before the green tide destroyed everything she had, Odin was one of the top feudal nobles in Donnar.

After all, Odin was of royal birth and received royal education since childhood.

Growing up in such an environment and with such education, Odin naturally would not have any opinion on aristocratic politics.

This has always been the case since the founding of the Central Kingdom.

The nobles are high and mighty, while the lower-class people only need to be obedient and follow the leadership of the nobles.

As for whether the leadership of the noble lords is good or not, it depends on the ideas of the noble lords in power.

Even Odin was only a little nicer to the civilians under his rule because he truly admired the traditional Donar spirit of chivalry.

But that was all; her mind was still marinated in the old, decadent aristocratic hierarchy.

At most, she would occasionally show kindness and exempt the civilians from taxes and labor service, and occasionally distribute some food to help them.

Apart from this, the previous Odin was actually no different from a relatively gentle noble.

If some commoners violate the rules of the nobles and appear in their own rivers and forests to steal and poach.

If Odin was in a good mood, he would let them go. If he was in a bad mood, he would beat them up, confiscate their gains, and throw them out.

Of course, although Odin is kindhearted and would not choose to kill people for these things, it also depends on the civilians' good luck to fall into her hands.

If it fell into the hands of her servants, the servants would kill it on the spot and Odin would not say anything.

Odin usually doesn't pay much attention to these little things, so most of the civilians who broke into Odin's territory and were discovered were basically killed by her servants.

Although Odin knew all this, even if he knew it, he would at most say a few words, asking his servants to be less barbaric and to be a little gentler.

As for the servants who turned a blind eye and completely ignored Odin's advice, Odin would not really punish his servants for these things.

Odin's education and the environment he lived in made him not take ordinary people seriously.

After all, in the Donnar tradition of duels, decisions are made on matters both large and small.

From small conflicts among the lower classes of people to large fights between nations, only knights are in an absolute leadership position, and there is no place for common people.

Therefore, in the traditional concept of Donnar, civilians are just ordinary commodities that can be transferred and bought and sold at will. At most, they are treated slightly better than slaves. If they are a little luckier, they will not be slaughtered at will.

After all, although the glory and chivalry of Donnar have declined in the centuries since the deeds of those great knights, they have at least been preserved to some extent. Therefore, the knight nobles of Donnar still have some shame and will not attack civilians at will.

Of course, this is only limited to large towns. If it is just some small villages with not many people, then they can only pray that no knight noble will suddenly want to massacre the whole village for fun.

After all, if all the people died, it wouldn't affect their reputation or prestige.

Odin was naturally well aware of this. She had been invited to massacre a village for fun before. Several low-ranking noble knights planned to mark out a village as a hunting ground to see who could kill the most people.

It's just that Odin at that time disdained to bully the weak, and besides, these bad things were not done in her territory, but in their own territory, so although Odin did not participate in these activities, he did not say much.

After all, according to Donnar's aristocratic tradition, Odin, an heir who has not yet ascended to the throne, has no power to control them.

Therefore, Odin simply classified them as trash who bullied the weak and feared the strong, and reduced his contact with them.

It's not that Odin thinks their moral character is bad, but he simply thinks that these guys who only know how to bully the weak and fear the strong are useless and not qualified to be her subordinates.

In Odin's view at that time.

There is nothing wrong with aristocratic politics. After all, from ancient times to the present, under this aristocratic hierarchy, hasn't mankind defeated one enemy after another and created one glorious country after another?

In this world where extraordinary people exist, this logic has always worked very smoothly. Even if some extraordinary people occasionally rise from the bottom, they will quickly be absorbed and accepted by this effective order.

Although many nobles believed in their hearts that they were not of the same race as the untouchables at the bottom of society, once the untouchables were promoted to the fourth ring and left the ranks of ordinary people, even the nobles who claimed to be noble would regard them as being of the same class.

If the green tide had not swept across the entire Donnar, ruthlessly crushing the Donnar countries, and Odin had not been knocked down from the lofty position as the only heir to the Knight Kingdom, Odin might have become a wise ruler who treated civilians a little more gently.

But that's all. She will always be on the side of the nobles. Once the common people threaten her own interests, Odin will not hesitate to strike hard at the common people like a traditional feudal monarch.

However, this future is no longer possible, as the green tide has shattered Odin's identity and completely shattered her comfort zone.

Odin's pride as a knight prevented him from fleeing to the Allied Forces like the others, so he chose to stay with the rebels.

It was precisely because of this decision that the high and mighty Odin truly realized for the first time the joys and sorrows of the lower-class people.

As the kingdom was shattered and she was separated from the family's arrangement, Odin was left with only herself to rely on. She could not maintain her previous high quality of life and could only continuously lower her quality of life.

Moreover, in order to recruit soldiers and expand the military forces at hand, Odin had to invest all his wealth into army building.

In addition, the Green Tide does not care about Odin's past identity. To the Green Tide, the high and mighty heir to the kingdom is no different from ordinary people. They are all targets of attack.

Therefore, under the crazy attacks of the Green Tide and the difficult environment of the rebels, Odin quickly matured.

She saw another side of the common people that was different from what the royal education had said. They were not numb and emotionless beasts. They also had the joys, sorrows, anger and happiness that belong to human beings. They also knew the word loyalty.

Odin, who had invested all his money in the army and had no money to maintain his noble life, had no choice but to live in the barracks. Therefore, she also witnessed the perseverance of the civilian soldiers under her command and the loyalty and determination of the civilian extraordinary people.

Although they are short-sighted and not very capable, they are no different from ordinary nobles. In fact, in some aspects, they are more chivalrous than some nobles because of their commoner origin.

After all, Odin is not a cold-blooded politician. There is still a trace of kindness in his heart. Therefore, during the years when he led them in bloody battles, Odin also completed the transformation imperceptibly.

He transformed from an unwavering feudal warrior who supported the monarchy into a resolute and enlightened aristocrat who was one with the people.

In fact, most of the nobles like Odin who once rebelled against the border area have turned into enlightened nobles.

If Roland had not come to this world, then the Knight Kingdom, which would be the first in Donnar to accept the concepts of human rights and the rule of law, establish a constitutional monarchy, or even fast-forward to a republic, would be established by these enlightened nobles. According to the game history, these enlightened nobles suffered heavy losses when the resistance army was destroyed, including Odin's enlightened nobles in the mainland who died in the green tide. Only a few who were lucky or who led people to escape from Donnar survived.

However, with Roland's arrival, they naturally did not have such a tragic ending. Except for a few enlightened nobles who died before Roland came to Donnar, the rest were basically absorbed by Roland into the War Committee.

Although Roland knew their future, he did not completely trust them. He just wanted to win them over in order to unite all possible forces.

In fact, Roland had originally planned to find a way to take action against them after the civil war and the Great Purge were over.

After all, enlightened aristocrats are still aristocrats after all, and the future is the future and the present is the present. Who knows whether they are reliable now.

However, what Roland did not expect was that these enlightened nobles really let it go and did not do anything to hinder Roland. When Roland took back power, they were also very cooperative. Therefore, Roland hesitated for several days and still did not take any action against them.

After all, it was a bit rude of Roland to attack them when they were so cooperative.

Anyway, all the power has been taken away by Roland, and the enlightened nobles account for a very small proportion of the war committee, so they are unlikely to make any big moves.

As for the coalition forces in the south, Roland would never accept them.

If they were accepted, the proportion of nobles within the war council would be quite small.

Moreover, one must know that there are many exiled royal families from the Kingdom of Donnar Knights in the southern coalition army. If they are absorbed, and after the Green Copyists are expelled and Donnar is captured, will Roland still have to return their territory to them?
Although by doing so, Roland could gain their recognition, become the legitimate emperor of the Central Kingdom, and establish a strong central government, and Roland could also place his confidants in various knight kingdoms. In this way, Roland could establish and rule a country with a stronger degree of centralization than the Central Kingdom at its peak.

However, Roland didn't come to Donnar to be a stinking guard.

Before Roland came, Donnar was an aristocracy. After Roland came, Donnar was still an aristocracy. Wasn't Roland's coming in vain? At least there should be some progress.

Although the appointment bureaucracy has various shortcomings, it is still better than aristocracy.

Therefore, Roland would never accept the surrender of the exiled nobles and royal family of the Allied Forces. They must either get out or die.

Roland would never allow the War Council to become the new Central Kingdom.

Moreover, there is another point. If the War Council recognized the composition of the Allied Forces and peacefully unified the Allied Forces, then what would happen to the various traitorous treaties signed by Eleanor? They couldn't really recognize them, could they?
Therefore, Roland had only one decision for the United Army: unification by force.

As for the various traitorous treaties that Eleanor had signed, well, that had nothing to do with the War Council.

Looking at Roland's expression, Odin advised in a low voice.

"Chairman, the War Council is short of population right now. Why don't we give them a chance? Perhaps they can be reformed as well?"

Roland glanced at him and said calmly.

"Reform them? We don't have that much energy to send people to reform them. Besides, how can you guarantee that they can all be reformed smoothly?"

"If they can't be reformed, should they still be killed?"

"This"

Odin was speechless for a moment.

At the same time, Roland continued.

"Besides, they won't give up their land and power. How can we reform them? Send people to supervise them and let them govern according to the Golden Rule? Can you guarantee their absolute obedience?"

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Odin lowered his head and said nothing.

She understood the faces of the nobles of the Southern Alliance Army. After all, Odin had once been one of them.

Therefore, listening to Roland's words, Odin knew very well that they would never be able to do it. Even if they agreed verbally, they would never really obey. They would definitely disobey in private, and even find reasons and excuses to kill or corrupt the people sent to supervise.

"If they fail to complete the transformation and start a rebellion because they are dissatisfied with us, what should we do?"

"Even if we can suppress it, what about the people who died in the process of suppression? What about the people who were harmed during their transformation?"

Roland looked at Odin and spoke calmly.

"You asked me to give them a chance, who will give these people a chance."

"Odin, tell me, if something goes wrong, will you be responsible or am I?"

Listening to Roland's words, Odin pursed his lips and lowered his head in response.

"Chairman, I understand."

Looking at Odin who was looking down, Roland sighed and spoke in a somewhat helpless tone.

"Short-term pain is inevitable. As long as we act quickly enough, the sacrifice won't be that high. Compared to absorbing the long-term pain they bring, war is undoubtedly the means with the least sacrifice."

“They may have once been the representatives of progress, but now they are just obstacles standing in our way.”

"When faced with obstacles, what we need to do is to crush them completely with one kick."

"Odin, you are a smart man. Don't always look at many things with the eyes of the past and think with the mindset of the past. If you still think that you are the noble who was once high above the people, then leave the committee. For your achievements in fighting the Green Tide, I will not stop you."

"If not, then adjust yourself. If you still haven't adjusted yourself, you can stay and fight against the coalition forces."

Odin lowered his head and whispered.

"Yes, I understand."

　Once again guarding full attendance
　　
　
(End of this chapter)