"Your Majesty, the statistics of the accident treatment are out." Barov and Scroll walked into Roland's office together.
"Oh?" Roland asked with concern. "How's the situation?"
"Fortunately, no one was seriously injured." The reply from the City hall director made him feel relieved. "Three people suffered fractures, all of which were caused by falling down while escaping. Two people lost their hearing, which was probably caused by the explosion. One person was burned, but after Miss Nana's treatment, everyone has recovered."
"At that time, the teachers who were taking a lunch break in the lounge immediately organized an evacuation after hearing the loud noise. Filin Eltek claimed that the First Army was practicing, simulating the enemy's raid on the school, and asked the students to cooperate and not panic. This statement helped to maintain the order at the scene, except for the sixth class who witnessed the witches' awakening. "Scroll added," So the patients with fractures and hearing loss were all students from the same class. "
"As expected of The Light Of Dawn," Roland could not help but praise. Using the First Army's great prestige in Neverwinter not only made it convenient to maintain order, but also to reduce panic. In this way, the impact was reduced to a minimum. As long as appropriate remedial measures were taken afterwards, most people would not realize that the awakening of witches was actually a very dangerous process.
Of course, it was also crucial for the Awakened to control their abilities within a very small range. The loud explosion was caused by the electric current breaking through the air and forming an arc path with the metal bolts on the window. The principle of the explosion was the same as the sound of thunder. It sounded earth-shattering, but it was not very harmful.
As for putting out the fire, Agatha was good at it. When she arrived at the scene, it only took her a few minutes to freeze the source of the fire, so the main teaching building was spared. Although Roland had already considered whether to replace the buildings with brick and concrete structures to prevent similar things from happening again.
"Your Majesty, how do you plan to deal with this matter?" Barov asked.
"Do you have any ideas?" Roland knocked on the table and did not answer directly.
"I think it should be divided into two parts." The steward pondered for a moment. "The fight between the children isn't the main point. The main point is the conflict behind it. According to the current situation, one side of the conflict is from the Southern Territory, while the other side is from the Eastern Territory. The cause of the conflict is a dispute over whether the Eastern Territory is the home of the rebel king. As you know, Timothy's territory happens to be the Valencia of the Eastern Territory, which has yet to surrender to you. So … "He paused and hid the second half of his words, probably because he did not want to talk too much about the struggle of the royal family." In short, if not for the adults announcing it behind their backs, the children would not have known about these things. Severely punish the parents of the instigator of the conflict and make it clear that it is forbidden to discuss the matter of rebelling against the king. This will put an end to this kind of conflict. "
"Hmm … please continue."
"The second point is that the awakening of witches may cause harm to the people. My suggestion is that no matter what sentence you decide, it should be written into the law so that disputes can be effectively avoided."
Roland glanced at the old steward with great interest but did not express his opinion.
In fact, the fact that he could notice the root cause behind the fight proved that he had a relatively broad vision, which was obviously not something that the former assistant Minister of Finance could perceive. During his more than two years in power, he had also made great progress.
However, the limitations of the era still existed in Barov's thinking. He believed that everything would be fine as long as the decree was written into the law. However, the law still had to be enforced by people, especially in a centralized system of government that eliminated the power of the local nobles. After all, the more power one had, the more responsibility one had to bear. If the law conflicted with the demands of the majority of people, the hidden dangers would sooner or later erupt, and it would not be easy to deal with it at that time.
"What about you?" Roland looked at Scroll.
"Your Majesty, I have some different views. Now that the subjects of Neverwinter come from all over Graycastle, there will always be various kinds of conflicts. If we ban one after another, I'm afraid that the law will become quite bloated. I suggest that we guide them in the direction of their discussion and clearly tell them what is right and what is wrong, which may be more appropriate than banning all of them. "
Scroll paused for a moment. "As for the second point, I think you can first ask Miss Agatha for her opinion. Taquila has many Awakened witches, so they should be very familiar with this kind of situation. "
Roland picked up the teacup and slowly took a sip.
Indeed, compared to a one-size-fits-all policy, he preferred to use public opinion to control people's minds. This matter did not involve the conflict between nations or kingdoms, so it was much more relaxed than the complicated situation caused by the awakening of nationalism in later generations. It was not difficult to spread propaganda that all the people in Graycastle, or even the Four Kingdoms, were the same kind of people. The conflict this time was just the simplest regional conflict, so there was no need to treat it as a model and deal with it severely.
It was far better to write the argument that everyone was the same kind of people, that the traitors were just a small group of people with ulterior motives, and that the majority of the people should not be responsible for it in the textbooks. It was far better than forbidding people to discuss this matter and increasing the gap between different regions.
The difficulty lay in the relationship between ordinary people and witches.
He did not want to make the witches special, but the existence of witches itself was very special, and there was a certain degree of irreconcilability between the two. Alleviating this contradiction as much as possible was undoubtedly a very long-term task, and it was very likely that it would affect the future of all human beings. Since there was no immediate solution, he might as well follow Scroll's words and look at the way Taquila handled it, then slowly adjust it.
Fortunately, this matter had a very small impact, so it could be handled in a relatively easy way to start the implementation of the integration policy.
Thinking of this, Roland ordered, "This matter will be handled as an ordinary fight. The student who hit the witches with a chair will pay for their medical expenses and verbally reprimand them. The Witch Union will pay for the medical expenses of the injured students of Class Six. City hall will be responsible for the repair of the school, and the academy will resume normal classes as soon as possible."
"Yes, Your Majesty," the two responded in unison.
"In addition, as for the follow-up preventive measures, follow Scroll's words and try to use public opinion to guide the people. I'll make a specific draft for you to perfect and implement." Roland let out a long sigh. "By the way, that witch …"
"Her name is Sharon. Your Majesty, do you want to see her?" Scroll asked.
"There's no need. Let her rest for a few days first and calm down. If possible, ask Vendy to accompany her and tell her some basic information about the Witch Union. "
"I understand."
After the two left, Roland immediately called Agatha and Phyllis into his office.
"Your Majesty, I also have something to discuss with you." Before they sat down, Agatha said with a serious expression, "There seems to be something wrong with the awakening of the witches in Neverwinter."
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