honor me as god

Chapter 309
Chino: "The first question, why did you stand up for you? There is no other reason, Lugo and the others are gone, I want to beat them. Sorry for those three idiots, they have done a lot for me, I shouldn't use It's rude to call you that."

"But I have to say that in the Seven Plagues incident, these three people were really stupid. Not only did they fail to fulfill their obligations, but they also seriously inflated their self-esteem. They went to detain my close relatives without my asking for instructions Guard."

"This is a very serious mistake that must be reversed by me. So, instead of saying that you are the first, it is better to say that you just provided me with such an opportunity, and we each take what we need."

Kino pointed to the Chilling Cicadas placed on both sides of Nicole, and said indifferently: "As for why I gave you these two swords, the reason is even simpler - although you have no credit for the Seven Plagues, I need Using your deeds to establish the principle of clear rewards and punishments, I gave you these two swords. It’s not that you are special, but that you happen to be in that position, and it’s the same for other people.”

Nicole raised her head in bewilderment, with pear blossoms on her face, she felt a dull pain in her heart, her voice was hoarse from crying, and she asked the following question almost desperately: "Am I meaningless to you?"

Kino showed a mysterious smile: "This question is up to you to answer. If you answer correctly, I will give you a reward. If you answer wrong, we will settle the matter, and you can find another job."

Nicole's shoulders twitched and she looked confused and helpless. She opened her red lips a few times, but she couldn't cry.

I don't know how long she struggled in her heart, her eyes collapsed, and she tremblingly said the answer in her heart: "Yes"

Chino: "Congratulations, you got the answer right. That's right, you mean nothing to me."

For a moment, Nicole's mind went blank, and a huge sense of confusion surged into her heart, which overwhelmed her reason like a wave and almost swallowed her whole body.

The last time I felt this way was when I learned of my father's death.

In that bloody night, she was only 3 years old, and she didn't understand many things. When someone told her that her father was dead, she didn't have much emotional fluctuations at the first time, because she was too young to understand losing her father. mean something.

But when she returned home, she faced the unoccupied dining table and saw the pairs of dining chairs, pairs of tableware, and wooden swords for playing. The memories of getting along with each other in the past were vivid in her mind, and her father’s cheers seemed to echo in her ears. Laughing, but suddenly torn apart by the empty home.

At that time, she suddenly realized that her father was gone, and she would be alone from now on.

The feeling now is exactly the same as that time.
Chino's words without any emotion awakened Nicole from the gloomy memory and returned to an even more gloomy reality: "The principle I treat my subordinates is very simple, how much I have given you, how much you should give me in return, Lugo , Baisa, and Paladin are all like this, if I give them preferential treatment, they will give me back."

"I'm not a philanthropist. My family doesn't support idlers. For me, the meaning of a subordinate's existence is equivalent to contribution and doing something for me. Just imagine, after you come to my place, Has anything been done?"

"In all fairness, I haven't treated you badly, have I? Have I done anything to hurt you? Not only did I not, I also let you join my clan, put on my surname, and changed my name to Nicole Helsing, making the whole Everyone in Twilight City knows that you belong to me, even officials with eight ranks must respect you. If someone touches you, even if it is a confidant brought out by me, I will still punish you severely."

"I gave you shelter, did you give anything back?"

"In the seven plagues events of the past few months, and this time, you have a chance to break the game. The gods are so sympathetic to you, and I can't even catch the opportunities with all my agencies. He puts them in front of you like a gift. But because you are too weak, you didn't seize a single opportunity, not a single one."

Nicole wiped her tears, like a child who made a mistake, and couldn't help sobbing: "I tried my best. They are too strong but I really tried my best."

Chino: "You have fallen into a misunderstanding, Nicole. Doing your best is just an excuse for incompetence. Because you are too weak, you can't defeat the enemy with all your strength, but you dare not face this fact, so you can only comfort yourself Do your best."

"Is it useful if you try your best? This is a world that depends on the results. Everyone only agrees with the results, not the process. If whoever tries his best will be great, then you, who work harder than anyone else, have long been the chief imperial guard."

"I am very pleased that you can do your best for me, but if the process is tortuous and the result is still bad, then it is blind effort. To put it nicely, it is called hard work, but the deep meaning behind it is-it has no effect, nothing. significance."

Nicole knelt on the spot in a daze, her tears seemed to have dried up, turning into tear stains on her face under the blowing of the wind.

Kino squatted down, took out a tissue from his arms, and helped Nicole wipe away the tears on her face, just like the big brother next door, with a gentle but cruel voice: "So, Nicole, really don't say I'm heartless, you You can't always be like a parasite, taking my benefits, but being useless, and kneeling like this after failure, forcing me to give a little time and compassion to comfort you, so that you can get comfort and accept it with peace of mind Fail. It's very unfair to me."

"Okay, let's get back to business, about your reward for answering the questions correctly." Kino took out a small bag of 10 golden moons from his bosom, and put it in front of Nicole, "I will give you the reward that many people dream of. —wealth and liberty."

"From today onwards, you are a free man, no longer called Nicole Helsing, you can restore your original surname, go wherever you want, do whatever you want, no longer have any constraints, completely follow yourself heart."

"These 10 gold moons are your severance pay. This is wealth that many nobles can't earn in their lifetime. You can lease a vast manor, buy hundreds of servants, spend your life in luxury, and even start to develop your family. Industry, let your surname resound throughout the kingdom, and join the upper class. Maybe next time we meet, I will have to call you 'Master'."

"Okay, now you are free, go home."

"Home" The girl who lost her loved ones due to the war sobbed helplessly and whispered heartbreaking words, "I have no home for a long time"

"This is not something I can care about. You can't let me be responsible for helping you settle down again, can you?" Kino stood up, and suddenly stretched out his fingers, leaning impartially on the center of Nicole's eyebrows. His fingertips and voice seemed to carry Some kind of power, "Goodbye, Nicole, I hope you will be firm and have a bright future."

Kino left without looking at the weeping little girl again.

(End of this chapter)