The fire of hope rekindled in Ramos's eyes, and he nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, waiting for Chino's next words.

Kino took out Silver Moon from his pocket, played with it in his hand, and said in a calm voice: "I want to ask a few questions first. If you are thrown into the lower epidemic area, how much time will you have in the rest of your life?"

Ramos seemed to have thought of something terrible and whispered: "At most half a month..."

Chino: "How much money can you make in half a month?"

Ramos was a little confused and didn't understand the logic of the question, but he still answered obediently: "I can earn 27 iron moons every day now. For half a month... um... how much..."

Luka's mind was spinning very fast. She hugged her father's neck and whispered, "405 iron moons."

Ramos patted his forehead: "Yes, 405 iron moons."

Kino continued to ask: "Where is Luca?"

Ramos was inexplicably uneasy and on pins and needles: "She is still young and can only help with some handicrafts. She can only earn 3 iron moons a day. For half a month, that's..."

Kino: "45 pieces, a total of 450 iron moons. This is the value of the rest of your life."

"Ding." He threw the silver moon in his hand into the air, caught it, and covered it on the back of his hand: "King or laurel?"

When Paladin heard this, his face turned pale with fright.

Ramos hadn't realized the seriousness of the problem yet and asked tentatively: "Sir, what do you mean?"

Kino shrugged: "Just choose. Anyway, it's either the king or the laurel flower. Choose one."

Only then did Ramos realize that Chino was playing a coin game with him. He asked in a low voice: "If I guess right, what will my daughter and I get?"

Kino's iconic smile appeared on his face again: "Everything in the second half of life."

Ramos's gray eyes were lit up. He was about to make a choice, but he hesitated for a moment, opened his eyes wide and asked, "Then what will my daughter and I lose if I guess wrong?"

Kino was still smiling, not even the curvature of his lips changed: "Everything in the second half of my life."

At this moment, Ramos finally reacted, with all the blood on his face gone. He hugged Luca tightly in his arms and backed away, his voice trembling as he said, "I...I don't want to play this...I don't want to choose.

..”

Kino: "You want a chance, and now the opportunity is in front of you. The chips on both sides are absolutely fair. Choose, king or laurel?"

"No...no no no! I don't want this opportunity!"

"Life is not a game. Every step you make cannot be undone, just like I can't put it back in my pocket now unless you tell me whether it is a king or a laurel flower."

"My lord! I was wrong! My lord! My daughter is still young... You can't do this to her!"

"Then be brave enough to save her. This step cannot be completed by me, because you are her father and I am not. So, choose, king or laurel?"

Ramos was so frightened that he kept slapping himself in the face and muttering sorry, as if this could correct his mistake.

Luka was young and didn't know that her and her father's lives had been staked on the silver moon and turned into a bet. She thought it was just a game and just looked at them with wide eyes.

Seeing that Ramos refused to tell the truth, Kino's smile gradually disappeared and he issued an ultimatum: "King or laurel?"

Under the pressure of death, Ramos became unconscious and was so frightened that he could not even speak a complete sentence.

Kino looked sideways at Paladin, who understood. Even though he had no choice but to draw his sword, he could only walk towards Ramos.

Seeing Paladin approaching with a sword, Ramos was so frightened that he burst into tears and hugged Luca tightly to protect her in his arms.

Luka also hugged her father obediently, touching his face with her little hands and wiping his tears.

Shadows enveloped the two father and daughter. Paladin raised his hand, the blade exuding a cold light in the last afterglow of the setting sun.

"Laurel flower." Suddenly, a sweet voice sounded.

Luca looked at Kino and said in a milky voice: "I choose laurel, I like its fragrance very much."

Hearing the sound, Kino moved his palm and looked at the back of it.

Paladin also stopped moving and looked over subconsciously.

On the back of her hand, the laurel flower showed a gentle smile.

"Yeah! I guessed it right!" Luka cheered and clapped, her small animal ears twitching to the rhythm.

"Very good." Kino smiled and applauded her, "I will take out 450 iron moons from my salary and ask Paladin to deliver them tomorrow."

Luka said sweetly: "Thank you, Lord Kino."

"Hmm~ You are very polite. How old are you this year?"

"11 years old. Today is my birthday and I will be 12 years old tomorrow."

"Happy birthday, little one." Chino put the silver moon in Luka's hand, with a friendly tone like the big brother next door, "I was in a hurry today and didn't bring anything else, so I just treat this as your birthday.

Give it a gift."

"Thank you!" Luka took the silver moon as if it were a treasure and looked at it in amazement, "I heard that moon coins of this color are very valuable. I can buy a lot of candies with them!"

Kino shook his head: "No, don't use it to buy candy."

"Then what can I buy with it?"

"Don't buy anything with it. This is your lucky coin. Put it in your pocket or wear it around your neck. It will bring you good luck."

"Oh~" Lucaro nodded obediently. At this moment, her eyes caught a glimpse of Kino's damaged sleeves, and she couldn't help shrinking her head, as if she had done something wrong, "I'm sorry, my father ruined your clothes.

..I...do we need compensation?”

Chino: "Of course, if you damage other people's things, you should compensate. This is the most basic courtesy, isn't it?"

Luka shrank her head and asked cautiously: "Then...what do we have to compensate you?"

"Let me think about it." Kino put his hand on his chin and muttered. After a while, he opened his arms to Luka and smiled like a warm holly sun. "How about giving me a hug?"

Luca smiled like sweet honey and threw herself into Kino's arms.

"Wait a minute." Chino took a step back and asked seriously, "Mr. Ramos, your daughter is not yet an adult. Before I have physical contact with her, I must first obtain her father's permission. Do you agree?

Do I hug her?"

Ramos just recovered from his nervousness, kept nodding his head, and muttered: "Agree...Agree..."

"Thank you." Chino hugged Luka and rubbed her furry ears.

After chatting passionately with Luka for a while, Kino didn't say goodbye to the father and daughter until the bright moon was in the sky.

Before leaving, Chino turned around and looked at Ramos with a smile: "If I need your help with anything in the future, will you help me?"

Ramos kept wiping the cold sweat on his forehead with his sleeves and said solemnly: "Yes, sir, I will definitely do it."

If Kino's smile is meaningful, he leaves.

Leaving the blockade and walking to the street, Paladin said half-jokingly: "One silver moon, 450 iron moons, and nearly 500 cranberry breads are gone."

Kino said nothing, his amber eyes moved sideways, looking towards the triple shackles field.

[Respect from Luca de Maupassant: 54.]

[Fear from Ramos de Maupassant: 59.]
Chapter completed!