A few days later, as I was proceeding with the people, Amelia quietly came alongside.
"Master Alec,
"Hmm? What's going on?
I'm happy to report that there have been no problems at all in the last few days at .......
I'm glad.
"Dear Alec, what have you done?
Do you think so?
Look at Amelia walking beside me and smirk.
I don't know what I might have done, but I have no idea what I've done.
If you feel that way about Amelia, then this thing worked.
People have a tendency to imagine things they don't understand and can't see, you know.
But on the outside, that's okay.
I believe in Amelia, and I felt I had to confide in her when she looked troubled.
Did you know that Amelia is invincible?
"Is this about Mr. Alec?
Amelia to answer immediately.
It's also trust, but I smiled and denied it.
"No, it's not. It's about someone who has nothing to lose and is on the verge of tears.
"I see.
For example, Lily and Mari . Those two guys you had a chat with a while ago. Do you think they are stealing or committing crimes now?
"I don't think
Amelia answered immediately.
'Why?'
"Because then Master Alec will abandon me.
"Yes.
Technically I'm not abandoning you, but, well, that's not what I'm talking about right now.
That's what it's all about. It's an unconscious calculation that people make, weighing up what they have to gain by committing a crime with what they have to lose. But if you are invincible, you have nothing to lose, so you can commit crimes with impunity.
Having said all that, I glanced back.
Almost all of my followers have a glimmer of hope in their eyes.
"My followers are counting on me, that their lives will be better if they follow me.
Definitely will be.
Thank you.
Also trust, while smiling back at it.
In other words, you must be afraid of being abandoned by me. And I've put the people who committed the crimes in last place. With the message that you don't have to abandon me, you will be last in line.
"I see! Alec's utopia, who wouldn't want to enter it?
Amelia seems to understand.
"That's what I thought. That's what I mean." "We'll back people who do the crime, and possibly turn them away. Just by spreading those rumors, you can create the kind of situation that Amelia is seeing right now where the crime rate goes down.
"I see, you're the man, Alec! No magic, no power, just bringing the guilty to the back of the line to curb crime.
Amelia was impressed.
If it had to be explained from the inside, it would be increasingly difficult to understand it from the outside.
And in fact, almost no crimes of any kind occurred until I arrived at Avalon after this, with no evidence that I used any force at all.
I didn't do anything, but the crime was gone, and my reputation rose in the direction Eliza wanted it to go.