"How could this happen..."
Hainan lowered her head weakly at Fang Zheng's question.
"I clearly tried my best not to fall into the cheating-transmigrator routine..."
"Hahaha."
Fang Zheng laughed heartily at Hainan's complaint.
"It seems you still don't understand."
"Huh?"
Hainan froze at that, then raised her head to look at Fang Zheng.
"Mr. Fang Zheng?"
"Why do you think transmigrators cheat? Why do they show off? Do you think every last one of them simply can't stand being ignored?"
"Well..."
"The reason is simple: your values and worldview are completely different from those of the people in this world."
As he spoke, Fang Zheng pointed at Mein.
"Take Mein, for example. What kind of life do you think she would have lived? Let me tell you what it would have been like if she hadn't been reincarnated and had simply been an ordinary little girl in this world. First, after her baptism, she would have become an apprentice craftswoman like her mother. Then, around the age of fourteen, her family would have married her off. She would get married, have children, and work as a craftswoman. Her life might have been difficult, perhaps even impoverished, but that was the reality for commoners in this world. Do you think you would want that? Or would Mein want to live that kind of life?"
"..."
Both girls shook their heads. Mein shook hers especially hard—she truly didn't want that.
"Exactly. Why do transmigrators try to change the world? Because they can't adapt to it. Could you adapt? With just one word from a noble, a commoner's life and death can be stripped away with ease. They don't even need evidence. If a noble thinks some commoners are troublesome, they can wipe out their entire family. Does that sound cruel? But that's