Ark Simulator, is this your photo?

"Oh, you want me to help you with something?"

Li Xia sneered, threw the half-eaten apple aside casually, and made a mocking voice: "Stop dreaming, Duke Kosich, I am not even afraid of death, do you think I will be limited by your threats?"

"He's your real father."

"Well, so what?"

Li Xia tilted his head, this is just the identity fabricated by the simulator, and even there is only a brief piece of information in his memory - he was adopted by Earl Austin, and he was disclosed to the outside world as his own heir, and no one knew about it among the secrets.

"If you feel that he has leaked the secrets of the Dukedom, you can execute him, and I have no objection."

"..."

Kosche was a little silent.

You are really a dutiful son.

His rich experience allowed him to judge that the other party was not just talking, but he didn't care from the bottom of his heart.

"Also, Mr. Duke, I'm getting bored staying in the Duke's mansion during this time, I want to go out with Tallulah." Li Xia said to Kosche.

The butler beside him frowned.

Is your fucking servant or master? !

As if Li Xia didn't see the angry appearance of the big housekeeper, he continued:

"Koseche, you don't want to see your housekeeper complaining to you every day with a bruised nose, right?"

"...Starting today, I allow you to accompany Tallulah to leave the Duke's Mansion." Kosiche didn't care what the butler would do, he only cared about the impact this young man would have on Tallulah.

"You actually agreed?"

Li Xia was a little surprised, he thought that Kosiche would not be able to bear his offense, so he would kill him.

"What if I ran out of the dukedom after leaving the duke's mansion?"

"You can't run out, my snake scales will stare at you."

Kosche could not allow the opponent to leave his chessboard, a pawn that was useless would be disposed of by his snake scales.

"Sounds good, then I would like to thank you for your kindness."

Li Xia ate and drank enough, patted his stomach, and got up from the dining table, his action made the butler frown again.

Can you be a little servant?

"I have nothing to do, I'll go back first, hiccup, remember to call me next time you have something delicious."

With his hands behind his head, Li Xia hummed a little song and walked outside the reception hall.

"Master, he..."

After Li Xia left, the butler immediately stepped forward, wanting to say something to Kosiche.

"Needless to say, I have my own arrangements."

Kosche knew that the butler was dissatisfied with Angus' "evil servant behavior". In fact, he had thought about whether to kill Angus just now.

Kosche investigated the identity of Angus, the only son of Earl Austin, but now he has doubts about Angus' identity.

It is impossible for an earl to educate such a child.

In his eyes, there seemed to be no Ursas, no respect for the duke, and no noble accomplishments, not even a trace of affection for his biological father.

Originally, Kesiche thought that if he could buy Angus, who stayed by Tallulah's side, it would be helpful to his plan at that time.

Looking at it now, this kid named Angus seems to be a little unusual, he has too many things different from the Ursus.

From this point of view, Angus is an unstable factor.

But on the other hand, the other party can also become the pusher in his plan.

Kosche believed that he had the ability to control the other party. He used spells to confirm that this was just a weak noble young master.

The more the other party opposed him, the more Tallulah would trust Angus, value him more, and gradually regard him as the only bosom friend in the Duke's mansion.

Kosich also knew that Tallulah had a lot of complaints about his treatment of ordinary citizens and infected people. She poured out a lot of goodwill to the infected, as if she was using her own way to resist Kosich's vicious idea.

Then.

If one day, the only close friend is killed by an infected person...

Kosche is looking forward to whether Tallulah can continue to believe in the infected and the kindness of human nature at that time.

In other words, his plan can be realized faster, and this dragon girl who can't bear the blow will start to understand the position of the black snake, start to recognize the idea of ​​the black snake, and become...

"The next black snake."

Chapter 21 If you want to hate, hate me alone.

【No. 20th, Kosich gave Tallulah a task, and you are allowed to walk with her as her entourage. 】

[During the conversation, you learned that the mission is to catch a thief in a small town. 】

【You are surprised that Kosiche would hand over the trivial matter of "catching the thief" to Tallulah. Your intuition tells you that this matter must not be that simple. You start to ask about the ins and outs of this incident. 】

"What we are going to arrest is an infected person named Sam."

Li Xia was sitting on the sand bike heading to Ritton Town.

Beside him is a heroic young Drak girl in the uniform of an Ursus officer.

"In this duchy, Kosche placed the infected people's settlements around the city. He deliberately made the infected people and the residents live very different lives, allowing the residents to find self-esteem in the infected people."

Tallulah said: "On the surface, the infected people here have a stable residence, but their life is not good. They are discriminated against and abused all day long. Some people don't even have enough to eat."

"So, some infected people came into the city and stole things?"

"No, he didn't enter the city. It is a felony for an infected person to enter the city without permission."

Tallulah shook her head.

"He went to the neighboring village, Rittonal, and stole some sweet potatoes from the fields."

"The villagers in that town suspected that the infected person stole it. The reason was that someone saw Sam's brother eating sweet potatoes. Everyone thought that Sam stole the sweet potato."

"But Sam told me that he used his savings for a long time to buy that sweet potato for his brother's birthday."

Li Xia pondered, "So, you believe him?"

Tallulah nodded.

"If Sam stole it, then his younger brother probably wouldn't take out the stolen sweet potato so brazenly, and there should be more than one sweet potato in his family."

But Li Xia suddenly said:

"Have you ever thought that maybe his younger brother was too young and ignorant to show off to his playmates that he had a sweet potato when he was discovered, or that his brother Sam didn't tell him that the sweet potato was stolen? To his brother..."

"As for the lack of sweet potatoes at home, there are more possibilities. It is entirely possible that the other party disposed of them in advance."

"...I don't deny the possibility."

Talula said: "But that's because they were forced to steal sweet potatoes because they were hungry. They are not bad, they just want to be able to eat..."

Li Xia guessed Talula's behavior at that time: "So you let Sam go, right?"

"Yes, I let him go."

"Did Kosche say anything to you?" Li Xia suddenly thought of something and asked.

"He didn't interfere with my decision, he just told me...the kindness I bestowed on the infected will not be rewarded, and will only harm the residents of the duchy."

Tallulah said in a low voice: "But I don't believe it, even if he told me this morning that the infected person named Sam stole sweet potatoes in the farmland again, but I will not regret my decision at that time. Infected people can get better if they have enough to eat and live a good life, and I have always believed that.”

"I don't express any opinion on your point of view, but I have to tell you, Tallulah, your expectations this time will definitely come true."

Hearing this, Li Xia already understood Kosiche's purpose.

Tallulah thinks that infected people like Sam can change their ways if they are given a chance.

What is Cosche's approach?

He chose to seemingly do nothing - leaving the choice entirely in Tallulah's hands.

There is only one purpose, and that is to make Tallulah suspect that her choice is "wrong".

So, how can Tallulah suspect that her choice is wrong?

The method is very simple.

Just push Sam in the back, make him do something bad, steal something more expensive, or even have to kill innocent residents...

In this way, Tallulah's heart will be shaken.

Once, twice, maybe it won't affect her much.

But what if this happened ten, twenty, or even more times?

Constantly let her see the darkness in this land, constantly let her see the "evil" side of human nature...

This is the viciousness of Black Snake. On the surface, he completely leaves the right to choose to Tallulah to decide, but he keeps letting Tallulah see the "evil consequences" of each choice he makes.

Even though Tallulah is still sticking to her own path, seeds of doubt will slowly grow in her heart.

Maybe, she needs someone who can accompany her and enlighten her like Alina.

But Li Xia felt that he was more suitable to be a bad guy than a good guy.

[Before entering the town of Ritton, you got off the car early under the pretext of taking a rest. 】

[You took this opportunity to enter the town of Ritton, and soon found an infected person tied up by the villagers in the town square. They were excited, and you learned from their conversation that this man named Sam The infected accidentally killed an innocent couple while fleeing. 】

[You guessed that there must be Kosich behind this. You know that this is Kosich's conspiracy, but you have already thought of a countermeasure. 】

[You revealed your identity in front of the villagers, executed Sam in front of all the villagers, and warned them not to tell the other officers who killed the couple, otherwise everyone in this town will be punished . 】

【Afterwards, you returned to the scene of the crime, destroyed all the clues left at the scene, stained your hands with the blood of the couple, destroyed the corpse a second time, and left your fingerprints. 】

【The villagers are very afraid of your identity. When Tallulah entered the town, they all told her with one voice——Sam was killed by Angus while fleeing. 】

【Talulah was very angry when she learned that you acted without authorization. You pretended to be a leak and told Tallulah that Sam killed the couple. 】

[But because Talula has begun to lose trust in you, she dragged you to do a test, and finally according to the comparison test of blood and fingerprints, you became the "murderer" who killed the couple without any suspense, And because of your noble status, you didn't receive any punishment. 】

【Talulah is very disappointed in you, but you don't care. 】

[The sadness of the last parting is still vivid in my memory, this time you want to make it a little easier for yourself to end the simulation. 】

[You continue to accompany Tallulah on missions, you have dealt with many infected and non-infected people in secret, and many times, you will carry the evil deeds committed by others caused by Tallulah's choices every time himself. 】

【If you want to hate, just hate me alone. 】

Chapter 22 This land is not full of scars

[On the 130th day, you and Tallulah had a big fight. 】

[The cause of the incident is that you passed a village on your way to the next city. 】

【You saw familiar faces from this village—their portraits are on the wanted notice, and they are people who have committed crimes. 】

[Because of the special mission you are going to perform, Tallulah didn't change into Ursus's military uniform, but went out in uniform, looking like a young lady traveling abroad. 】

[The villagers here seem to have some kind of thought. They pretended to be hospitable and invited you and Tallulah to stay in the village overnight, and prepared a sumptuous dinner. 】

【You witnessed the whole process of a villager poisoning food, you drew your knife without hesitation and killed the villager who intended to murder you, destroying the dinner that the villagers prepared for Tallulah and you. 】

【After Talula learned about it, she began to ask you why you killed this villager. 】

[You didn't tell her that you witnessed the whole process of the other party's poisoning, but that you recognized the other party as a wanted criminal. 】

【She asked you angrily, if you were a wanted criminal, why didn't you arrest him, but killed a villager indiscriminately? 】

【She is getting more and more disappointed with you, and you can feel her alienation and disgust towards you. 】

[But Tallulah needs someone who can share the pressure with her and listen to her troubles. 】

【You know that you can no longer play this role well with your current status, but it doesn’t matter. You discovered Tallulah’s habit of reading a long time ago. She resists the thoughts of the black snake, so she often goes to the library to Read other books. 】

[You know Tallulah too well, what color underwear she likes, what brand of shower gel she likes, what kind of food she likes...you know all these things. 】