Infinite Reincarnation – Arthur Hurt - Chapter 114



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Infinite Reincarnation – Arthur Hurt Chapter 114

23-Collaboration

“Are you and your friends doing well?”

“huh.”

“Are you only going to hang out with those friends from now on?”

“Uh… … . Maybe so?”

“It seems like you have similar personalities to your friends.”

“huh.”

Rel continued by saying that her friends love history. Maybe that’s something they have in common.

Here Arthur nodded and continued speaking as if he was concerned.

“So, we’re still playing among ourselves. What should we do?”

“why?”

“I heard that scholars need to be exposed to diverse opinions to broaden their horizons. If you stick to your own group, you could end up a frog in a well.”

Arthur’s words were not a lie. However, his intention was a little different from advice for those who wish to follow the path of a scholar.

“Continue to help children in need and make friends with various people. Other people are your mirrors, and in the process, you can reflect on yourself and truly realize which path you should take.”

When Arthur took the medicine, Rel, who was still inexperienced, nodded with an expression of admiration. This was because his brother’s words sounded plausible.

And then a few days later, Rel came home with a worried look on her face.

“What happened?”

“My friends are fighting.”

“Conflict of opinions?”

Rel nodded at Arthur’s words.

“so?”

“One friend seemed to be right, so I listened to his side, but then the other friend got upset.”

Arthur nodded. But he didn’t ask specifically what the disagreement was about. What Arthur wanted to teach his brother was not the knowledge or method of distinguishing right from wrong.

“It is said that a long time ago, a famous minister in the East experienced something like this.”

Two hired servants were arguing and came to the prime minister to ask whose opinion was right.

After hearing one servant’s story, the prime minister said, “You are right.” When another servant refuted that statement and made his own argument, the prime minister said, “You are also right.”

And the prime minister’s wife, who was watching the scene, intervened as if she was astonished and rebuked her husband, asking what kind of judgment could there be.

“So what did the prime minister say?”

“What did you say?”

“You are right.”

“… … .”

Arthur smiled and continued speaking as Rel opened her mouth and blinked her eyes.

“I thought you were just saying something stupid?”

Rel nodded and answered.

“He’s not crazy, but he’s a bit ridiculous.”

“Because the purpose of that chancellor was not to judge right and wrong.”

“then?”

“Look at yourself.”

“… … ?”

Arthur advised Rell, who was tilting her head, that judging who’s opinion is right or wrong will ultimately lead to the arrows of conflict being pointed at oneself.

“It’s like a friend who doesn’t take your side gets mad at you.”

“ah…….”

Rel nodded, understanding as if he was comparing it to something he had actually experienced, and then asked.

“Then how do we know who is right and who is wrong?”

“Let me ask you the opposite. Who is to judge that?”

“Uh… … Me?”

“What qualifications do you have?”

At Arthur’s question, Rel blinked and then changed his words.

“Uh… … Then, someone who studied and learned a lot?”

“How much do I need to learn and how much do I need to study?”

The topic Arthur raised again made Rel’s head spin.

“Ahhh! So you’re saying that distinguishing between right and wrong is meaningless?”

“It’s not meaningless. But there are things to consider before that.”

“What is it?”

“First of all, I wonder if it is a matter worth arguing over. If the squabble between the servants was an important matter, the prime minister would not have taken a mechanical neutrality like that.”

It wasn’t an important matter of state, it was just a clash of opinions between servants. It was probably not something the prime minister could put his precious heart and mind into.

Rel nodded.

“I see.”

“And another one is, am I safe?”

“safety?”

“It’s dangerous to judge right from wrong. Did you know that in the old days there was something called trial by combat?”

“Uh… … . I remember hearing about it in history class. But what kind of trial was that?”

From Rel’s perspective, judging right and wrong through fighting could hardly be called a trial.

Arthur replied.

“It’s the same now as then, taking risks to decide right from wrong. To the point of risking one’s life. Have you ever heard of a story where someone would do anything to win a trial?”

“Uh… I think it was Attorney Sangswart who did it last time.”

“Yes. To judge right and wrong is essentially a risky thing. The prime minister I mentioned as an example pursued the peace of the family and his own well-being rather than taking that risk. If he didn’t take his wife’s side, he might get in trouble, right?”

Arthur looked at Rel, who burst into laughter, and began to organize what he wanted to say.

“So, you have to open your mouth after carefully judging whether it is a situation where you have to judge right and wrong or a situation where you have to exercise your worldly skills.”

“… … Does that have anything to do with your brother’s success?”

“It helped me a lot. At least I can avoid making enemies by not speaking carelessly.”

Rel nodded at Arthur’s words.

Arthur added one more thing to be careful of for his younger brother.

“There is just one thing to keep in mind.”

“What is it?”

“This kind of mechanical neutrality should stop at being a way of life, and should not become a standard for judgment.”

This one is right, and that one is right? If that was your sincere judgment, then you were not qualified to study. No, there was no reason to learn and study.

Because the attitude of thinking hard and pondering to arrive at better judgments and conclusions is the quality of an intellectual.

Rel tilted his head and asked.

“But isn’t there a case where both are right?”

“When there are conflicting theories, it is common for a new theory to emerge that accepts both theories through thesis and antithesis, or for a new theory to emerge that denies both theories.”

“Dialectics!”

Rel exclaimed in excitement when she learned what she had learned.

Arthur lightly patted Rell on the head and continued speaking.

“One thing is certain: two conflicting propositions cannot be true at the same time. Either one is wrong, or both are wrong. One of the two.”

At the same time, they may seem right. But in such cases, the context and conditions are different. It means that they are not even conflicting propositions.

Rel found it strange that his brother would say such things.

“How do you know so much when you’ve never been to the academy?”

“Isn’t this basic logic? I remember there being a copy of it in Father Macron’s study.”

Honestly, I don’t remember. It’s better to just gloss over it than to explain the Infinite Reincarnation.

Arthur’s answer once again made Rel admire him.

“Do you still remember that?”

“If you use it, you can’t help but remember it. It’s a good way to memorize.”

Rel nodded at Arthur’s words. It seemed that he had not yet realized that he had learned a useful tip for memorization. He would realize what I meant if he recalled it while studying in the future.

But a few days later, Rel came home with a gloomy face.

“What happened this time?”

“Two friends got into an argument.”

“Another conflict of opinions?”

Rel nodded and said.

“They both said it was wrong, so why did it turn out like this?”

“… … Aren’t you saying both are right?”

Arthur blinked and said.

Rel replied.

“They’re both wrong?”

In Rel’s view, both were wrong, but he couldn’t say that both were right. It went without saying that he would take sides and say that one side was right.

Arthur understood Rell’s position, but there was one thing he had to make clear.

“It may be helpful in worldly wisdom to say that both this and that are right, but even in worldly wisdom, it is foolish to say that both are wrong.”

Arthur explained that from a worldly perspective, dualism is a stupid and useless idea.

“Then what if it’s not from the perspective of worldly wisdom?”

“A dualistic theory that fails to present an alternative is something that only those who know little about the subject use to show off. Saying such things without an alternative will only lead to regression, not progress.”

Arthur said that and asked while looking at Rel’s strange expression.

“When those two friends said their opinions were wrong, did you ever suggest a correct answer or an alternative?”

“… … .”

Rel lowered his head, unable to answer his brother’s question. His ears turned red from embarrassment.

“When you go tomorrow, apologize to both of them.”

Rel nodded, lowering his head to hide his face.

* * *

23-Collaboration

There was a problem with the music box business.

“How can this be?!”

Samuel was indignant.

“Good job cloning.”

Arthur was amazed. The reason he was amazed was because they were so identical. They were exactly the same as the Balta music box sold by Mato Trading Company, including the case, contents, and cylinder. There were not just one, but several.

And the one who brought them also knew where the items came from.

“I figured out that it was being copied by businessmen and merchants affiliated with the aristocracy.”

“Have you ever protested?”

“It didn’t even taste like cereal.”

“What happens if I sue?”

“Well… I’m not sure.”

The fairness of the courts was not trustworthy. They would make fair judgments on lawsuits involving ordinary citizens, but in lawsuits involving power and large capital, judgments were made based on political interests.

And this is exactly what happened.

“Are we perhaps currently fighting a proxy war between the royalist faction and the noble faction?”

At Samuel’s question, Jaran shook his head.

“That’s not it. I think it’s just because they’re greedy.”

“Even if this continues, it will only result in cutthroat competition and the profits won’t be that great, right?”

When Samuel asked if the nobles were just standing by and watching such inefficient practices, Jaran frowned and said,

“What do the landowners know about commerce and industry?”

From the perspective of an entrepreneur who was attached to the aristocracy, as long as he made a loss and did not lose his investment, it was a sweet potato that he could suck honey from for a long time, and even if he was attached to a foolish aristocrat, he could make a lot of money. Since it was a profitable business, the aristocracy would not give it up easily.

But Arthur offers a different perspective here.

“Or maybe you just want the business to fail.”

“why?”

“The power of the landowners comes from the land, not from the factories.”

Isn’t the process by which the current king formed his absolute power ultimately based on urbanization and industrialization?

In such changes, the landowners and aristocrats were weakened in power and position. Perhaps they would grind their teeth at the mention of industrialization. Even if not to that extent, they would at least want to put a leash on the industry. Even if it means throwing the commercial and industrial order into moderate chaos.

Arthur continued.

“Besides, the music box business is one that His Majesty the King has promoted and encouraged. He probably thinks it’s okay to ruin it. Or maybe the purpose is to prevent the royal treasury from being filled with it.”

“Then why is His Majesty the King watching this?”

“You don’t know… … .”

Arthur thought for a moment and then opened his mouth with a calm expression.

“Or maybe they threw it to me for me to eat.”

Samuel’s face turned pale and he closed his eyes tightly and then opened them.

“Which one do you think is more like this?”

“I’ll have to check that.”

Arthur answered. He had connections that allowed him to glimpse the King’s intentions.