honor me as god

Chapter 268
"Because if I didn't have status and power, I would be dead now!!!" Paladin poked his chest hard, his eyes seemed to dissolve poison, "I am now the leading businessman in the entire Twilight City, not to mention ordinary nobles, even eight-rank officials Talk to me politely! Why? Because I represent the administrative residence!"

"If you annoy me, these nobles will lose one of the most important trade routes, and the monthly currency income of the year-end bills will shrink by at least half! So they must come to please me and act according to my face!"

"Now, no one will throw me to a border town, let me do nothing, and live there for the rest of my life waiting to die."

"I will not be tied up like a dog because I saved a child on the street, and I will be taken to the house to ask for punishment."

"I will not become a victim of covering up the superiors, being pushed out to take responsibility, branded as a slave and dispatched to the border mining area!"

"If I didn't have status and power, I would have died! Died in Xilin Town! Died in the hall of the Executive Government Mansion! Died in the ruins of Twilight City after the war! It is status and power that have kept me alive until now!"

"Paladin turned his palm into a knife, and slammed it on the neck forcefully, his voice was like a roaring lion: "I swear, I will never be put on the neck with a knife in my life again! "

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

Seeing the indifference in Baisa's eyes, Paladin slowly closed his eyes, opened them again after a long silence, and his expression had returned to calm: "I know that my mentality is ugly and you will look down on me. But I want to tell you, You have never experienced the feeling of being treated like a wild dog, beaten and killed whenever you want, so you can't understand my feelings."

"Baiza, I actually envy you very much. After so many years, you haven't changed at all. You still have such a sense of justice, and you can't tolerate sand in your eyes."

"However, according to my brother's advice, you can't be overwhelmed by enthusiasm and act without thinking. Let me ask you, even if you go to report on Kino, have you considered the follow-up?"

"Do you have conclusive evidence in your hand? You took a dummy to sue, pointed at the bullet hole, and said that the administrator of Twilight City was an extraterrestrial visitor. How many people would believe you? Do you think the Ombudsman Emer would believe it? Qi Nuo casually said, 'It's just luck, I just hit it blindly', and he could get over it perfunctorily, and then make you disappear the next day."

"Even if you persuaded Aimo and did not alarm Kino, Aimo also submitted the documents to the provincial capital, but they would really attack Kino? With a stain on his body, do you think the consul and the governor will choose to kill Kino directly, or keep him and continue to deal with the aliens?"

"Even if the provincial capital is very courageous and plans to take away Kino, what about the royal family? Do you think such a major event involving visitors from outside the sky does not require the royal family's approval?"

"Kino went to the royal city last year and participated in the New Year's banquet. The king even sent him a reserve imperial bodyguard. This shows that he has already established a relationship with the royal family, and his connections are far deeper than what you and I can see."

"There is also the Regnome family. The consul of Resakhar regards Chino as a robe, and Lorna, the only daughter of the king's left-hand Lord Sting, is his good friend."

"There is also the little girl with Lorna. Although I don't know her identity, judging from her skin type, she can't be a servant. She is probably the daughter of a nobleman who travels in plain clothes. If the superiors decide to kill Kino, Do you think these people will just sit back and watch?"

"There are so many layers of relationships in it, and any one involved will be the high-level of the kingdom. If you, a small military commander of Twilight City, go head-to-head with them, what good results can you come up with?"

"Baiza, politics is far more complicated than you think. It's different from fighting on the battlefield. You can't win with blood and courage. If you want to live a free and easy life and be worthy of the justice in your heart, you can, but you Don’t be kidnapped by a sense of justice, and do things without thinking. Impulsivity will only make you lose your way, and even be used as a gun, and you will die meaninglessly in the end.”

Baiza closed his eyes, his fists tightened and then loosened, loosened and tightened again, his heartbeat was sometimes hot as fire, and sometimes seemed to be extinguished by cold water. Finally, when he opened his eyes again, those complex expressions had disappeared, replaced by It's exhausting.

Baiza: "I listen to you. I really didn't think carefully about this matter, and I lost my mind for a while. Let's get rid of this dummy quickly, as if we never noticed anything strange."

Hearing these words, Paladin finally heaved a sigh of relief, and his heart was relieved a little.

"But I have a question." Baixa looked straight into Paladin's eyes, his eyes were so deep that people couldn't see through his heart, "If... I said if, one day, Kino and I will really be at odds. Where will you stand?"

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

Paladin lowered his head and said quietly: "We have been good brothers for more than ten years, I should stand by your side, but... Baisa, you are still young, you may not have any worries, but I have my own family, so... I No idea I just hope that day never comes."

The deep color in Baisa's eyes faded slowly, he patted Paladin's shoulder, and said softly: "Okay, let's not talk about these things, let's go drink, okay? Get drunk and forget about these troubles .Let’s leave it to us in the future to worry about the future.”

Paladin sighed and patted Baisa's arm: "Go, now only alcohol can give us comfort."

The two walked out of the shooting range side by side, talking while walking:
Baiza: "Paladin, I'm really sorry. I just said that you are greedy and said some very exaggerated things. Don't take it to your heart."

Paladin: "Don't worry, no, I can understand your feelings at that time."

Baiza: "In order to apologize to you, I will pay for today's wine, let's have a good drink."

Paladin: "No, no, let me buy it. Your salary is only a little, and you can save some savings while you are young, and save it to marry women in the future. Hey, are there any women who are interested? How many can I introduce to you?"

Baiza: "Come on, I have lost trust in you. The few you introduced to me last time all look like dragons walking on the ground."

Paladin: "Although those few look strange, but the family is aristocratic, wouldn't you be happy to be promoted by you?"

Baiza: "I don't care if I'm high or not, I'd rather marry a beautiful commoner than an ugly noble~"

The two chatted without saying a word, and together they took the dummy and burned it to get rid of the suspicious traces on the scene, and then they walked towards the tavern.

"Paladin." When the two left the administrative mansion, Baiza called out suddenly.

Paladin looked back at Baiza, waiting for his next words.

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

Paladin nodded in response, without saying much, the two walked side by side to the tavern.

(End of this chapter)