"You've never even met her, yet you hate her based solely on rumors?" Eric said with a smile.
"Cultivator, you don't understand. The Marchioness has bribed the nobles of Pisa to try and start a war with Milan. Now she's bribing the citizens, too. She's going to drag Pisa into an endless war.
The people of Pisa should live for themselves, not for some self-important Marchioness! They shouldn't die in a meaningless war. Once it breaks out, how many men will die on the battlefield? How many women and children will starve from the food shortages?
You don't understand. I mean no offense, but I have to say it. When war breaks out, your status as a Cultivator means you won't have to go to the front lines. You'll just have to pray for victory in the Monastery, while other people's sons are sent to die."
"All I know is that if the citizens of Pisa don't go to the Church now, they may not survive this Winter."
