Chapter 88 Heavy Responsibilities
"What we are thinking about is responsibility, responsibility to the family, responsibility to friends, responsibility to actual responsibility, and responsibility to ourselves." Catherine's expression was serious and holy, and she said in a knight's declaration tone: "Whether knight or noble, since she was born as a human being, she must bear the responsibilities she should bear. However, the responsibility of our family is to make up for our own faults and repay the family's debts, whether you need it or not."
"But I've said that you have no responsibility for that matter." Snape shook his head and said, "You don't need to be responsible at all."
"No, everyone, when he does what he wants to do, must be mentally prepared and be responsible for all the consequences caused by what he does. If he cannot bear this consequence, then he should not do this from the beginning." Catherine did not hide his evaluation of his ancestors at all, and said seriously: "My grandfather made a mistake. His biggest mistake was to be blinded by the slim hope of experiments and do things that he could not bear. He was actually very clear that the success rate of artificial synthesis of high-energy crystals was actually very low, but a wizard and scholar's greed for the unknown made him lose his mind. If he could calm down and divide the continuous experiments that had been carried out over the next ten years, then neither he nor you would have come to this point today, but unfortunately, he was not that
Doing it is like investing more money and energy crazy. I didn’t know what my grandfather thought at that time, but I knew that when he woke up from his greed for knowledge and realized what he had done, it was too late. With his ability, he could no longer bear the consequences. Even if he tried his best to make up for it, he could not stop the development of the situation, nor could his property fall to the point where his property was not as good as the initial one. Indeed, you never blamed your grandfather. You always thought it was not his responsibility. He did nothing wrong, but in fact you didn’t understand his true thoughts. He believed that his mistake was not in the failure of the experiment and failed to fail your investment, but in the crazy that he did something he could not be responsible for. It affected not only himself, but also your best friend.”
"Is this the real reason why he insists on repaying his debt?" Snape sighed with a wry smile: "I have never considered this."
"Everyone has the possibility of making mistakes. Making mistakes is not a terrible thing. As long as you accept punishment after making mistakes and try your best to make up for your mistakes, you can wash away the shame of making mistakes." Catherine nodded and said, "The grandfather made a mistake, which was almost irreversible, so he sold almost all his property to help you through the most difficult period. After a lucky success, his punishment for himself is to try his best to repay all the money you consumed in vain, not only to return the money to you, but more importantly, to punish yourself, so that the descendants of future generations will always remember this lesson and will never make similar mistakes again."
"Ha. It's so. He has never explained these words to me. Huh, of course, I may not be able to understand it when he explained it at that time. In fact, it's hard for me to understand it now." Marquis Snape's back was slightly hunched, and his eyes were no longer sadness, but deep regret, and he said softly: "So, did his own choice eventually lead to death?"
"Yes. It's not your debt that caused his death, it was caused by his grandfather's own choice. Moreover, death is just an accident. For grandfather. Death at that time is as shameful as evading responsibility. If there are any other possibilities, he will never be willing to die like that." Catherine gently supported the old man and said, "So there is no need for you to blame yourself for your grandfather's death. Really, grandfather's death and father's death. The root cause is our family's persistence and has nothing to do with your debt. You blame yourself for being unfair to you because of this."
"Then I'm willing, too." Snape suddenly glared and said unreasonably: "Your family is allowed to carry the responsibility that does not exist. Because of the mistakes found inexplicably, I will not allow me to blame myself for unfair reasons? I am just blaming Old Field's death, I am just blaming myself for Little Field's death. Why, I can't control you and can't stop you from secretly putting the money into my house. Can you still control what I think in my heart?"
"Okay, okay, everything you said is right, everything you said is right." Catherine coaxed the old man who was quarreling and said helplessly: "No one can affect your thoughts, who made you Grandpa Snape?"
"Hmph, this is almost the same." The old man snorted heavily and said in a muffled voice: "Where are you and your father? You two have not made any mistakes, so why do you follow the trouble? Old Field is old and confused at a young age. Are you also confused?"
"I guess my father's idea is different." Catherine did not care about Snape's complaints, and smiled and said to the old man again: "Father is because of the nobles' sense of honor, and I am because of the knight's sense of responsibility. Whether it is a noble or a knight, or even just an ordinary civilian, keeping trust is a necessary virtue. He can no longer bear the promises of ancestors, the responsibilities of ancestors, and the faults of ancestors. Then, as inheritors, we have the responsibility and obligation to bear them. Only by completing all this can we be qualified to truly raise our heads and live. So, what you said before is wrong, this debt is not a restraint for us. On the contrary, it is the key to opening the shackles of the ancestral guilt we bear. Can you understand this? "
The old man closed his eyes, was silent for a long time before opening his eyes again, and snorted again, saying with a bad attitude: "If you want to carry it, then carry it on your back, but remember it for me. Since you are willing to continue carrying it, you still owe me 40 million gold coins. As you said just now, in the face of responsibility, death is a kind of escape, and you knights are absolutely not allowed to escape. Therefore, in order to continue to fulfill your responsibilities and to continue to earn money to repay debts, you will definitely not be allowed to die in the forest after you come back alive."
"Of course, grandpa." Catherine breathed a sigh of relief, with a bright and confident smile on her face, and nodded, "I promise to live as much as possible so that I won't die in it. Don't worry, when I come back, I will work hard to make money and pay off all my owes."
Chapter completed!