Chapter 23 Seraphine's Thoughts
"Alright, alright..." Levi felt that he had finally satisfied the young lady's curiosity, so he urged Seraphine behind him to keep going: "Let's go, there's nothing to see in a dead body."
"But..." Seraphine still took a step forward at Levi's urging.
But she kept her head down, as if she was thinking about something, and she was so absorbed in it that she forgot about the garbage flying all over the street. She just kept walking , not even trying to hide.
However, not long after they walked, Levi and she met a few more people on the roadside.
Those people, both men and women, sat by the roadside with empty eyes, their hair was messy, their clothes were tattered, and in front of them were broken bowls, cups, hats and other things.
"These people are beggars." Suspecting that Seraphine was going to perform another "Why?", Levi simply explained first: "Beggars are those who cannot or are unwilling to work for various reasons and make a living by begging..."
"Mr. Li, Mr. Levi..." Seraphine blushed and muttered, "I'm not stupid... I know what beggars are! Even outside the Zaun community, there are beggars... I've seen them."
"That's good." Levi noticed Seraphine's eyes.
From time to time, she glanced at those poor beggars, and after looking at them for a few times, she walked gradually slower.
"You want to give them alms?"
"Hmm..." Seraphine looked at him inquiringly: "Is it okay?"
"Do you have money?" Levi had used all his money to pay the rent.
"I took it. Before I escaped, I also took out the purse that my father had left on the table."
"Well...if you want to give it, just give it." The eldest lady wanted to be kind, and Li Wei didn't stop her: "But be careful not to give too much."
"Just give me one or two dollars."
"Okay." Seraphine nodded obediently, as if she had heard it.
Then, she took out a heavy purse from her bosom, opened the purse, and casually took out a handful of jingling coins from it, and finally gave them to the beggars...
Each person was given 2 gold Hexcoins.
Yes, gold hexcoins.
Levi had to go without food or drink for several months to save up a huge sum of money, but she just threw it to the beggar.
"Fuck!" Levi was stunned.
When I ask you to give me one or two dollars, I mean one or two copper rings as a token of your appreciation.
Why do you just give gold coins?
"Wait, Seraphine..."
"Does '1 dollar' in your impression mean 1 gold hexcoin?"
"Or... you have only seen gold coins in your life and have no idea what a copper ring looks like?"
"Of course I have!" Seraphine looked at him with a blushing face: "I'm not stupid, Mr. Levi... I know how much money I gave out, but I just want to give this much."
"You..." Levi hesitated.
“Mr. Levi, I know what you want to say.” Seraphine, who had always been silly, looked very determined this time: “When I was a child, I went out with my father once... and met a very poor beggar. I wanted to give him a little more money, but my father disagreed.”
"He said there were too many beggars in the world and they could never be saved. No matter how much I gave to them, no matter how many people I gave to, nothing would change... He advised me not to be so naive and not to do those meaningless things."
"Mr. Levi, you should think so too, right?"
“But I don’t think so…” Seraphine bit her lip and encouraged herself secretly: “I think that helping one person is helping one person. Regardless of whether the world has changed or not, at least that person’s life can get better with my help. How can this be said to be meaningless?”
"Uh..." Levi was speechless.
He was not convinced by Seraphine, but was speechless by her words: "Well... Actually, your father and I don't have the same opinion."
"What I mean is that if you give out too much money, you're not helping them, you're hurting them - especially in the Zaun community, where there's no order at all."
"Huh?" Seraphine looked puzzled.
Levi just pointed at the beggars and said, "Look for yourself."
After receiving the gold Hexcoins, the beggars were suddenly immersed in unprecedented surprise and astonishment.
They stood there stupidly, and then they collectively reacted -
Instead of reacting and expressing gratitude and thanks to Seraphine, he immediately clenched the two gold Hextech coins tightly in his hands, protecting them in his arms, and then looked at his companions beside him vigilantly.
They are wary of each other and also spy on each other.
Just like a hungry wolf guarding and snatching food.
There was a bloodthirsty red light in his eyes.
"Wait..." Even the naive Seraphine realized that something was wrong.
But she could do nothing and could not stop it.
I don't know who was the first to take action.
Almost in an instant, several beggars who got the gold coins went crazy and started to fight, snatch and kill each other.
"If you don't want to die, hand over the money!"
"Mine ...this is all mine!"
“…”
They suddenly became bloodthirsty and the scene was in chaos.
Even if someone tried to escape, he would be pulled back by others, stepped on to the ground, and searched for money.
All of a sudden, all the ugliness was exposed and all the evil was rampant.
Some passers-by noticed what these beggars were stealing and joined the robbery without saying a word.
Some people even became so bloodthirsty that they turned their greedy eyes towards Seraphine who was kind enough to give them alms.
Fortunately, Seraphine's upper-class attire as a noble lady prevented them from acting rashly, and with Levi, who was like a bodyguard, protecting her closely, the situation did not develop in a worse direction.
"Why, why is this happening..."
"I was just trying to help."
"Because your father is right, you are too naive." Levi criticized unceremoniously: "You may know how much a gold Hextech coin is worth, but you don't know how much a gold Hextech coin is worth to a Zaun person, especially a Zaun beggar."
"To you, these gold coins may just be a fancy dinner. But to the people of Zaun, these gold hex coins... are enough to save several lives."
"To be honest, if it was the old me..."
"If I see it, I will definitely fight for it."
Grab it, why not grab it?
If I can snatch it, I can pay the rent, I can get my sister medical treatment, I won’t be driven back to Zaan, and there will still be hope in life.
Compared to these, morality is worthless!
Seraphine casually threw huge sums of money to the Zaun people who were unable to protect their property, and she herself was unable to maintain order, so the result was only a bloody storm.
"I, I don't want this."
"I didn't know it would be like this..."
Seraphine bit her lips tightly, tears of guilt welling up in her eyes.
She just wanted to do good things, but she ended up like the cruel spectators at the Noxian arena, using money to create a bloody drama of cannibalism.
"Do you understand now?"
" Sympathy can't save them, and charity can't save them either. Even if you really help them, the result will be just like what your father said... It can't change the overall situation, let alone save the world."
Levi thought this might be an opportunity.
An opportunity for Seraphine to see the cruel world clearly and start thinking seriously.
So he patiently guided her to think:
"Seraphone, please think about it carefully..."
“Is there any way to really help those people you can never help enough?”
This question is difficult, and Levi himself is just an explorer .
He didn't expect Seraphine to be able to answer anything, he just hoped that she could come down from the clouds and think from a realistic perspective.
And Seraphine seemed to be touched as well.
She couldn't help but start to ponder and ponder...
“I figured it out!”
Suddenly, Seraphine's eyes lit up.
"What did you think of?"
Levi encouraged her to speak out her thoughts.
No matter how innocent or childish it was, it was progress for her.
He was thinking this in his heart, and then... he heard Seraphine say seriously:
"When my parents are in pain, sad, angry or quarreling, I always sing to them. As long as they hear me singing, they will relax... Through my singing, they can hear each other's voices, understand each other, and care about each other."
"So I thought..."
“If I can convey my singing to everyone in Zaun and Piltover, maybe they can understand and care about each other.”
"This may encourage more people in Piltover to help the people of Zaun like I do, and at the same time allow the people of Zaun to be united and harmonious like a family..."
Levi: “…”
I asked you to think about how to solve the main problem, but you told me that you want to debut as an idol singer?
WTF... Never mind...
The person is stupid, so stop cursing.
"Mr. Levi..."
"how?"
"Are you calling me stupid again?" Seraphine pursed her lips in grievance.
"Huh?" Levi was slightly surprised.
He didn't have any physical contact with Seraphine.
"You read my mind again?"
"No...you just admitted it yourself."
