You have to admit, big sis had a point. Yu Lian was left speechless.
"Your superior was going to get rid of her anyway. Why not make the most of her while you can?" she added with a smile.
Yu Lian couldn't help nodding. "Yeah... okay. It's like hiring a mercenary, paying them, then not giving them some suicide mission or cannon-fodder job. It just feels wrong."
"I never said that." Little Gray gave him a look like he was scum. "Yu Lian, I'm genuinely worried about your state of mind! Mercenaries are people too. They're just trying to make a living. They may be derisively called war dogs, but that's only because their line of work is a little unusual. Does living on the edge mean their lives don't count? Aren't they part of the working people you were talking about? Aren't their lives worth saving? Yu Lian, your party spirit is still lacking!"
Yu Lian thought, I was just making an analogy. Is there any need to make such a big deal out of it? And I'm getting lectured on party spirit by a robot... Wait, party spirit?
"Didn't you write a treatise? And aren't you preparing to form a party now?" Little Gray said. "I've read it. It's pretty good."
A surge of unprecedented nervousness and anticipation swept through Yu Lian. At that moment, he truly felt like he was standing at a turning point in history. He couldn't help asking in a trembling voice, "Then, the social structure the Enlighteners adopted..."
"That's the biggest forbidden topic!" Little Gray pressed a finger to her lips again.
"..."
Damn it! This was infuriating. He really wanted to punch someone!
"At least I won't say it's wrong." Little Gray smiled and shrugged. "Yu Lian, you have to take things