Fang Zheng actually knew why Emilia's reaction had been stronger than everyone else's. It was because she was a Half-elf, and in Lugnica, Half-elves were treated like goblins—despised by everyone for no reason at all. So when Emilia saw the goblins, she instinctively put herself on the same side as them.
That was what it meant to be unable to distinguish right from wrong.
But Fang Zheng also understood that Emilia would never comprehend it through words alone.
It was not that Emilia was stupid. It was simply that the civilization of this world had not developed its ideas, philosophy, and theories to any great height. In fact, Emilia's current view of good and evil would have been roughly equivalent to that of a rural villager in Fang Zheng's era. They possessed simple values and relatively honest beliefs, but the moment they encountered a slightly more complicated problem, their minds immediately crashed.
Emilia was the same—kind, innocent, and sensitive, but beyond that, she lacked a rational and critical way of thinking. In truth, there was no point arguing with Emilia over whether goblins were good or evil. One only had to look at her argument with Megumi to understand. Emilia's point was that even if ninety-nine percent of goblins were bad, what if the remaining one percent were good?
Megumi, however, believed it was better to kill by mistake than let one go! What were they supposed to use to gamble on that one percent? What if they lost the bet? If those little goblins grew up, attacked other villages, and killed people, would Emilia pay with her life?
Naturally, Emilia could not accept that... which was why the two of them argued so fiercely. To put it plainly, both of their ways of thinking had problems.
So Fang Zheng