"Because if it weren't for status and power, I'd be dead !! now" Paladin poked his chest hard, his eyes as if he had dissolved poison, "I am now the number one merchant in the entire Twilight City, not to mention ordinary nobles, even the eighth-rank officials have to speak politely to me!" Why? Because I represent the Executive Residence! ”

"If you annoy me, these nobles will be missing one of the most important trade routes, and the monthly income from the year-end bills will be reduced by at least half! So they have to come and please me, and look at my face! ”

"Now, no one is going to leave me in a border town and leave me to do nothing, where I will eat and die for the rest of my life."

"I wouldn't have been tied up like a dog because I saved a child on the street, and I was taken to the house to ask for guilt."

"I won't be a victim of covering my superiors, pushed out to take responsibility, branded as a slave and sent to the border mines!"

"Without status and power, I would be dead! Die in Shirin! Die in the lobby of the Imperial Palace! Die in the ruins of the aftermath of the Battle of Twilight! It's status and power that have kept me alive until now! ”

Paladin slammed his hand into the neck and slammed it the neck, his voice like that of a roaring lion: "I swore that I would never be held to my neck again with a knife in my life!" ”

Baiza was speechless, and he didn't know if he had nothing to say, or if he didn't want to speak, so he looked at his former good brother coldly.

Seeing that Baiza's eyes were indifferent, Paladin slowly closed his eyes, and after a long silence, he opened them again, and his expression had returned to calm: "I know that my mentality is very ugly, and I will be looked down upon by you. But I'll tell you, you haven't experienced the feeling of being treated like a wild dog, and you can be slaughtered whenever you want, so you can't understand my feelings. ”

"Baiza, in fact, I envy you, after so many years, you haven't changed at all, you still have such a sense of justice, and you can't put sand in your eyes."

"However, listen to your brother's advice, you can't be carried away by blood and do things without consideration. Let me ask you, even if you go to report Chino, have you considered the follow-up? ”

"Do you have conclusive evidence in your hands? You take a dummy and go to the complaint, point to that bullet hole, and say that the Administrator of Twilight is a visitor from outside the world, how many people will believe you? Do you think Ombudsman Emme would believe it? Chino casually said, 'It's just luck, I'm playing blindly', you can perfunctory, and then directly let you evaporate from the world the next day. ”

"Even if you convince Emo and don't alarm Chino, Emo will also hand over the documents to the provincial capital, but will they really do something to Chino? The attacks of the Aliens are rampant in waves, even if there is a stain on Chino's body, do you think the Archon and the Governor will choose to kill Chino directly, or keep him and continue to deal with the Visitors? ”

"Even if the provincial capital is very bold and ready to take out Chino, what will happen to the royal family? Do you think you don't need the approval of the royal family for this kind of big event related to visitors from outside the world? ”

"Chino went to the royal city last year to attend the New Year's banquet, and the king also gave him a reserve royal guard, which shows that he has a relationship with the royal family, and his connections are far deeper than you and I can see."

"And the Regnom family, the Archon of Resakhar regards Chino as a robe, and the king's left hand, Lord Sting's only daughter, Lorna, is his friend."

"And the little girl with Lorna, although I don't know her identity, it can't be a servant from the perspective of her skin, and most likely the daughter of a nobleman who travels in plain clothes. If the boss decides to kill Chino, do you think these people will sit idly by? ”

"There are so many layers of relationships in it, and any one of them is a high-level member of the kingdom, and you are a small military commander of Twilight City to go and fight with them, what good results can you encounter?"

"Baiza, politics is far more complicated than you think, it's not the same as fighting on the battlefield, you can't win with blood and courage. If you want to live freely and be worthy of the justice in your heart, you can, but you must not be kidnapped by the sense of justice and do things without thinking. Impulsiveness will only make you lose your way, and even be used as a gun, and finally die a meaningless death. ”

Baiza's eyes were closed, his fists clenched and loosened, released and tightened, his heartbeat was at times as hot as fire, sometimes as if extinguished by cold water, and finally when he opened his eyes again, those complicated expressions were gone, replaced by exhaustion.

Baixa: "I listen to you... I really didn't think about it thoroughly, and I was dazed for a while... We quickly disposed of the dummy, as if we had never noticed anything unusual. ”

Hearing this, Paladin finally breathed a sigh of relief, and his hanging heart was also relieved.

"But I have a question." Baixa looked directly into Paladin's eyes, and his gaze was so deep that it was impossible to see through his heart, "What if... I said that if one day Chino and I really got to the point where we were incompatible, which side would you be on? ”

After thinking for a long time, Paladin spat out three words: "I don't know..."

Paladin hung his head and said faintly: "We have been good brothers for more than ten years, and I should be on your side, but... Baixa, you're still young and probably don't have any worries, but I have my own family, so... I do not know... I just hope that day never comes. ”

The depth in Baiza's eyes slowly faded, and he patted Paladin on the shoulder and whispered, "Okay, let's not talk about these things, let's drink, okay?" Get drunk and forget about these worries. I'll leave the future to us to worry about. ”

Paladin let out a long sigh and patted Baiza's arm: "Go, only alcohol can give us comfort now." ”

The two walked out of the shooting range side by side, chatting as they walked:

Baixa: "Paladin, I'm really sorry. I just said that you are greedy, and I said some very excessive things, don't take it to heart. ”

Paladin: "Don't worry, no, I can understand your feelings. ”

Baiza: "In order to make amends to you, I will pay for today's wine, and we will have a good drink." ”

Paladin: "No, no, no, I'll buy it, you kid just have a little salary, save more savings while you're young, and keep it to marry a woman in the future." Hey, there are interested women, no? How many may I introduce to you? ”

Baiza: "Come on, I've lost trust in you. The ones you introduced to me last time all looked like Earth Dragons. ”

Paladin: "Although those few look strange, but the family is noble, are you not happy to climb high?" ”

Baiza: "I don't care if I climb high or not, I would rather marry a beautiful commoner than an ugly nobleman~"

The two chatted without a word, and together they took the dummy to burn it, disposed of the suspicious traces at the scene, and then walked to the tavern.

"Paladin." As the two of them left the executive residence, Baiza suddenly called out.

Paladin looked back at Baixa, waiting for his words.

Baiza was silent for a long time, looked deeply at the good brother in front of him, and said, "I just want you to know that I have never regretted getting to know you. ”

Paladin nodded in response, and without further words, the two walked side by side to the tavern.