Chapter 388: Wanting to Be Belldates Dog
Mental damage compensation.
This concept, which Ashe had previously dismissed as an irrelevant fantasy akin to “team-building on a workday,” suddenly became a reality for him—for the first time, he found himself on the hook for mental damage compensation.
The accusation was that “when Igor insulted Miss Yvaren, you remained silent and did not intervene, thus being complicit in the group bullying of Miss Yvaren.”
Ashe almost wanted to applaud Gospel’s robust legal system for allowing lower-class workers to bully capitalists. The most alarming part was that, after spending 1 Gospel point to verify, he found that Gospel indeed ruled in such a manner.
However, this was a civil matter. If the people do not bring it up, Gospel will not pursue it. Even if pursued, it would not matter much. Although the victim could make reasonable demands of the perpetrator, if the perpetrator refused to comply, Gospel would at most lower their ranking list evaluation, and only by a tiny bit—compared to the Blood Moon, which places a high value on human rights and freedom of speech, Gospel is surprisingly lenient on public opinion. Unless it causes significant social impact, Gospel is extremely tolerant of casual remarks.
The Blood Moon prohibits racial, gender, and educational discrimination because these forms of discrimination genuinely exist there. Conversely, Gospel’s indifference to public opinion is because the populace harbors little resentment, or they hide it well. Casual remarks and heated words are not lauded but are instead criticized and educated by rational individuals, exemplifying the idea of good currency driving out bad.
Although Ashe and his companions had only traveled through a small part of Gospel, just from the cities of Azura, Vamora, and Mephila, they no longer expected Gospel to have any PVP zones.
Other kingdoms might have areas where “the sun does not reach every shadow,” but in Gospel, the “radiance of Gospel is truly omnipresent.”
Casual remarks wouldn’t incur significant punishment, but this leniency only applied to ordinary people.