Arknights' Lock of Heaven

"Once you're labeled a terrorist, it's very difficult to get rid of it..."

"Once the reputation of the infected thugs as carrying out terrorist attacks is confirmed, who in the entire Grand Knight Territory will dare to stay with you?"

"Legal status? We have the status, but people's hearts are scattered."

“People who used to sympathize with those infected will now stay away from you.”

"Moreover, the infected groups in the Great Knight Territory are probably not limited to your Red Pine, are they?"

"You are thinking about the infected, but there are always some unscrupulous scoundrels."

"After seeing the government compromise, what do you think those immoral, unscrupulous, and brainless scum will do?"

"Even if you have the so-called 'legal status' at that point, can you still stay in the Grand Knight Territory?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, the Securities and Futures Commission really lives up to its reputation for playing politics; their hearts are truly dirty..."

Xia Yu sighed, "You risked your lives for a promise that was neither here nor there, and in the end you were taken advantage of and left with nothing. You might even be grateful to them."

"They even erected a golden signboard for themselves to fight for the rights of those infected, thus reinforcing their own sense of justice."

"As for the survival of the infected afterward, what does that have to do with them? It's the residents of the Great Knight Territory who don't like the infected."

"They all did their best!"

"So? How much of what I said did you understand?"

a bit?

I've explained it so clearly, and I'm not a fool...

How could I not understand!

“People who play politics have dirty hearts…” Sona forced a smile when she heard this, “Then what about you, who can understand this whole series of operations?”

She... didn't know what to say, and couldn't say anything.

Even though I was mentally prepared, Xia Yu's analysis still surprised me...

Although I knew long ago that the Securities and Futures Commission wasn't exactly a saint either, but...

Sona didn't know what to say, so she could only make a joke.

"Hey, you don't understand," Xia Yu shook her head calmly. "As the saying goes, judge by actions, not intentions. Whether I understand these things or not, as long as I don't do them or use these schemes against others, then I'm a truly good person!"

"Are you right?"

"..."

Sona was no longer in the mood to talk.

I thought there was still a glimmer of hope, but I never imagined it would turn out to be an abyss.

So where should we infected people go?

She just stared blankly at the wine glass in her hand, without saying a word.

Seeing this, Xia Yu, who was opposite her, remained silent.

The two of them just sat there quietly.

Only one person couldn't hold back.

That was Maria, sitting behind Xia Yu.

Because of the threat from the Unarmored Alliance, Xia Yu has been taking her with him wherever he goes lately; well, that's what Zofia requested.

This time is no exception.

So Maria listened to everything.

She wanted to do something.

Indeed, with her sense of justice cultivated since childhood and her admiration for her older sister, Miss Maria has always been an absolutely good person.

When she heard Sona, the infected person who called herself a fan on the field, talk about her experiences, she really wanted to do something.

But soon she found that there was nothing she could do.

She's just a lowly competitive knight, what can she possibly do?

Can she change the business federation's killing of infected people? Can she change the SEC's exploitation and abandonment of infected people?

Will not work.

At this moment, Miss Maria was very confused.

Xia Yu slowly sipped the wine in her hand.

Everything he said was not an exaggeration.

In the original storyline, this is how the Securities and Futures Commission used Hong Song.

In the end, the Red Pine Knights, who had already secured their legal status, were forced to take the infected under their protection and escape from the Grand Knights' territory on Rhodes Island.

"..."

“Well then, Mr. Xia Yu, who is a truly good person,” Sona quickly recovered from the blow. She had the lives of many people on her shoulders and couldn’t let herself sink into despair like this.

How much advice can you give me?

"Of course I have suggestions."

There's a saying in Yan language that I don't know if you've ever heard of.

"It's called 'the emperor is far away and the sky is high.'"

There's another saying: "The sea is wide enough for fish to leap, and the sky is high enough for birds to fly."

"Why are you so fixated on the Great Knight's Territory? Why can't you find a piece of land elsewhere?"

“That’s… easy for you to say,” Sona sighed upon hearing this. “Outside…it’s not some wonderful paradise. There are natural disasters and man-made calamities…”

"In the Great Knight Territory, we can barely survive thanks to the knighthood we hold."

"But once we get outside..."

Swarms of bandits, a legendary rusty hammer that supposedly devours people without spitting out bones, and an unpredictable natural disaster...

Furthermore, do these people who live in the city really know how to survive in the wilderness?

Or are you like a bandit, making a living by robbing?

These are all big problems.

Here, Sona can survive on the prize money from the Knights Tournament, even though life is tough. But what about outside?

How can someone who knows nothing about this live with those who trust him?

“I know what you’re worried about,” Xia Yu said, seeing through her anxiety.

"Of course, I also have a solution."

"First, financial resources!"

“You’ve all tried the effects of our Rhodes Island inhibitors. Right now, we’re just missing a distributor in Casimir.”

"Secondly, safety, friend, I don't know if you've heard of someone."

"His name is Patriot."

219 Sona: What have I done to deserve this?

Patriot Bozokasti.

He was a renowned figure throughout Terra.

Even Sona had heard of his legend.

While he was still serving Ursus, his most recent battle with Kazimir was during the Tenth Ursus War, where he led the army to defeat Kazimir's most powerful Silver Spear Pegasus at the most critical moment and rescued the besieged Ursus army.

Perhaps the name "Patriot" is not so familiar to people in other countries.

But in Qazimir, a nation that has fought more than a dozen major battles with Ursus, the name of the Patriots endures.

The Wendigo, with its terrifying skeletal structure and long horns, would take away and devour any disobedient child; many Kazimierz people must have heard this story in their childhood.

However, I heard that Patriots defected from Ursus and became a rebel army wandering the snowfields.

When the news first came, many people in Kazimierz were relieved, thinking that if war broke out, they wouldn't have to face the terrifying Wendigo.

However, Sona didn't know much about these things either.

After all, as an infected person, it's good enough that she's alive; she doesn't have the time to care about so many other things.

"You mean, we should go and join the Ursus rebels..."

Hearing this, Sona asked tentatively.

To be honest, this is not a good idea.

“Rebels…” Xia Yu raised an eyebrow.

"So this is how Casimir views the Patriots?"

Do you know what kind of people Patriots has under his command?