Olga (2)

People like beautiful things, either it was a man, woman, animal, plant, or a view, it's the universal truth, but only a fool would be blinded by it.

People adored a rose, but its prickles stem made them careful of roses. People agreed that a skunk was cute, but its habit of spraying foul scent made them started avoiding it.

It's the same as people, handsome men or beautiful women, who didn't like them? But if they possessed a toxic attitude, who would like them anymore? Even toxic people disliked one another.

I loved women, I fancied beauties more, but I didn't reject normies, as long as their personality wasn't that of a toxic person, I wouldn't mind chasing them.

Regarding Orga, I still adored her appearance, whether elf or dark elf, they were beauties, and a woman's past wasn't a concern to me, whether she's a criminal or wicked person before.

I believed people can change, and they deserved the chance, who were we to deny it?

However, it still didn't give them the pass of their crime, a wise man once said, 'do not hate the person, but hate their act because if we hate the person, even if they try to repent, we will still hate them, and it's a wrong attitude.'

"Why? Why side with the Savage Race?" I probably knew the answer, but I couldn't help it.

"Otherwise, how else we earn our status?" Olga chuckled, "people admire Elf, but when it comes to Dark Elf, they are all the same, thinking of us as lower citizens."

"No, perhaps worse than that, perhaps they consider us no more different than the savage..."

"Because of what? Because we were born with the affinity of Dark Element, they think it is something foul, something disgusting, therefore, their user also a disgusting creature."

"But had they possessed the slightest bit of intelligence, they would have realized that Dark and Light go hand in hand."

Right, Yang and Yin, the world existed with the ultimate balance between the two, once one of them surmounted the other, there would be an accident in the world.

"Why not just rally the other races? I am sure it's not only Dark Elf suffers from this treatment."

"Controlling the Savage Race... is simpler, they are simple creatures, they only follow their desire with instinct, as long as I gave them what they want, they will follow my orders."

Yeah, that's where you made mistakes.

"You think you have become their master by fulfilling their desire?"

"..."

"Olga, allow me to tell the story, there was once a king, he is considered benevolent by his people, he didn't make a strict rule, he let people do whatever their wishes, at one time, there is a long dry season, the rain hadn't come for a long time and the people's crops were failing.

So, they demanded the king to share the kingdom's wealth, however, the king can only give them a few shares because that wealth was for the stability of the kingdom, but who cares? they wanted their stomach to be filled and that's all matters.

So, the king had no choice but to give much more supplies from the kingdom's wealth, but do you know what happened? The neighboring kingdom knew this, and they started the assault on the king's kingdom, however, due to the shortage of finance, the neighboring kingdom managed to conquer the kingdom, and the people accepted the king from the neighboring kingdom as their new king now."

Olga's eyes flickered, but soon they became static, I guessed she had known this for a long time, but she didn't have the choice.

"The Savage Race is easier to control because they are simple-minded, it's true, and it's their most flawed characteristic."

"Anyone with a better benefit than you can control them, even if that means killing you, or worse..."

"You allow them to plunder, you allow them to rape, you allow them to kill innocents, believe me, instead of buying their loyalty, you just one step closer to bring your own destruction."

I took a deep breath, said, "Olga, I have been into many wars, do you know? If I dare to kill someone who has surrender, they who have thrown away their weapon and gives up fighting, I will be punished.

If I dare to harm an innocent life, ruining the civilian houses, destroying their crops, I will be punished.

If I dare to insult a woman, not rape, just insult them, I will be punished.

If I dare to steal money, no matter how small it is, I will be punished."

"So, Olga... war doesn't give you an excuse to do whatever you want, in fact, it restricts you more than you think, however, if you want to buy the loyalty for your armies, a rule with reward and punishment is a must."

"And doing wicked will not give you a better status, they might fear you, but this fear will lead to rebellion, and rebellion will lead to revolution, soon or later, the better status you dons at the moment, will fall further down the line."

Olga went silent, I saw the expression on her face was getting gloomy, after quite a while, she said, "I have known that for a long time..."

She sighed, then looking around the palace, it lacked a cheerful decoration and simply depressing, there was almost nothing to admire in the room except for the beautiful queen herself.

"As soon as I build the Black Citadel and corrupt the land, I know I have done the evilest crime."

"I don't care about people, but we Dark Elf is the same with Elf, we love nature, we live as one with nature, harming them is something unforgivable."

"Therefore, I know my end, it won't be better than the fate of my victims, and I believe it won't take long anymore."

"What do you mean?"

"My power is declining, soon the Black Citadel will lose all of its effects, and I will no longer be able to support the Savage Race, and once they lose my support, they will rebel, and they will overthrow me."

"So, yes, everything you say is right, I am fated to doom."