After saying goodbye to the people in the Royal City, Kino was ready to return to Twilight City.

On the way out of the city, Solandel stayed with Kino and insisted on giving him a ride.

Solandel's physical condition is much better now. She still remembers that at the third meeting of the Kingdom's Plenary Council, when Chino was acquitted, her hard work and grievances over the past few days were finally released, and she could not hold back her emotions.

, cried directly in front of all the congressmen.

While crying, Solandel suddenly fell to the ground and fell unconscious, frightening Perseus and others into confusion. Fortunately, the doctor said that it was just physical fatigue and nothing serious.

After being sent back to the mansion, Solandel slept for two whole days before waking up.

After more than a month of recuperation, Solandel recovered very well and lived a very leisurely life. She and Chino stayed together all day long, either reading together or playing the piano together. They would also go out to breathe the fresh air next to the warm water lake and watch.

The afterglow of the setting sun on the lake

The flow of time is eternal, but the body feels that time is fast and slow. Some days pass by like years, and some days pass by in the blink of an eye.

Processors are very sensitive to time. After all, time is one of their weapons. It takes a few seconds to kill a person and a few seconds to make the processed object open. Therefore, their biological clocks are often in step with the real time, and they rarely sense time physically.

Be aware of it.

But the more than a month in the palace was a bit like a dream. Kino seemed to have not realized the passage of time, but suddenly realized that the day of separation had arrived.

On the carriage leaving the city, Kino and Solandel sat in it, looking at the scenery outside the window together.

At this time, Solandel sat closer to Kino and laughed softly in her ear: "No, I have a secret message to ask you."

Kino nodded, indicating that he was listening.

Solandel asked in a low voice: "Why did you say that to me when you were in the dungeon? I can sense the invasion of aliens."

Yes, it is no coincidence that Solandel asked Kino at the general meeting of the kingdom whether you can sense the invasion of aliens.

At that time in the dungeon, what Kino whispered to Solandel was "I can sense the invasion of aliens."

Kino told Solandel this sentence, and it became a secret that only she knew. Then she asked this secret in the form of a question at the meeting, and turned it into an answer made public.

Kino stretched out his hand and smoothed Solandel's long hair that was blown by the wind. A mysterious smile appeared on his face. Instead of answering, he asked: "Why do you think I said that to you?"

Solandel tilted her head, gently pressing her little head against Kino's arm, with a thoughtful expression: "I was really frightened by you at first, and my mind went blank with a buzz, and I couldn't think at all. Wait."

When I came to my senses, Lorna had already taken me back to the mansion."

"I've been thinking about why you told me this. I couldn't figure it out, so I didn't dare to tell anyone, even Lorna. I was afraid that if this matter was leaked, it would make it worse for you, so I

I can only hide it in my heart and find other ways to help you."

Kino asked with great interest: "Then how did you figure it out in the end? Why did you think of asking me this question that you already know the answer to at the plenary meeting?"

Solandel shrank her little head, with an expression of surviving a disaster: "I, I, I, you don't be angry after hearing this. In fact, I haven't figured it out yet. The reason why I asked it at the kingdom's plenary meeting,

It’s completely a gamble mentality.”

Kino found it very interesting, and it was rare that he had bad intentions and deliberately made things difficult for her: "You have won the bet now, and everything is fine with me. But if you lose the bet, and I am killed by the questions you asked, what will you do?"

?”

This question caused Solandel to lower her head and fall into silence, her lips pursed slightly.

Kino didn't disturb her and let her think by herself.

The warm breeze blew across my face, and the surroundings were quiet, with only the sound of the carriage driving across the bluestone slabs.

I don’t know how long she was silent. Solandel raised her head, her eyes as clear as lake water without impurities, and said firmly: "I can’t make up for this kind of mistake. I will always remember you in my heart and feel guilty for the rest of my life, but I won’t

It's just decadent and stagnant."

This answer surprised Kino. A 12-year-old child like Solandel, with a simple and naive personality, would probably be devastated, helpless, and even start to doubt if he really killed a friend because of his own problems.

In life, it is possible for your temperament to change drastically, or even to make you unable to think about it.

I will feel guilty for the rest of my life, but I will not be decadent or stop moving forward. It is really strange to say this from a child.

Kino couldn't help but smile and squinted at the sun screen outside the window. There seemed to be a glimmer of light flowing in his amber eyes: "You will definitely become a great person in the future."

Solandel leaned against the window and sighed: "Actually, the person who played an important role in this meeting was not me at all. I was able to speak impassionedly at the meeting only because of the teacher, who woke me up!"

Kino thought for a moment. If Solandel's teacher remembered correctly, he should be the current "Minister of Law" and the "Grand Bachelor" of the royal palace, Yuan Wen Doguland, a man with profound knowledge and legendary life experience, but bad temper.

An extremely eccentric old man.

It is said that this person has a very bad attitude when talking to everyone. He is arrogant in class and arrogant in meetings, as if someone owes him hundreds of gold and moons.

Before Perseus became king, he was Yuanwen's student. With this old relationship between teacher and student, no one could do anything to Yuanwen, and he was not afraid of anyone. Even princes and princesses had to be honest in front of him.

Really, if you don't obey, you will be punished immediately.

Solandel continued: "A few days before the third meeting, I really couldn't think of a way, so I had to go to the teacher for help. After all kinds of hard work, he reluctantly agreed to help me.

"

Kino: "Did you tell him what I told you?"

Solandel quickly shook her head: "It was a bit leaky at the time, but I stopped it in time. He only knew that you whispered to me, and didn't know what exactly you said. Later, it was what he said to me. Be more thorough.

What woke me up was that you have to think like a king."

Kino: "How do you understand this sentence?"

Solandel held her little face in her hands and stared at the passing scenery outside the window, thoughtfully: "I didn't know what it meant to think like a king at first, but then I thought of a way to try to assume the identity of my father.

, imagine myself sitting on the throne, listening to the speeches of those members of the plenary meeting, and then how I would feel in my heart."

At this point, Solandel pursed her lips and her expression became a little sad: "After putting myself in my father's shoes, I only feel sad."

Kino: "Sad?"

Solandel said quietly: "Yes, sad, very sad. In the eyes of my father, the invasion of aliens has evolved to this scale. They massacred the border, bombed the main city, and even started to assassinate the prince. It has long since shaken the kingdom's regime."

It is no longer a matter of a certain person, or some people, but a matter of everyone in the entire kingdom! Doguland is facing an unprecedented threat!"

"But at this time, the members are not thinking about how to defend the kingdom, but only about their own families. Some want to gain benefits, and some want to protect themselves wisely. They all want to seek more benefits from it without endangering their own interests.

.”

"No one among so many congressmen realizes that this kind of invasion should never have happened in the first place. It is a matter of original sin and must be stopped. But what is the result? No one sees this.

, everyone only cares about themselves, they seem to be incompatible with each other.”

"When I went to take my father's place and saw this aspect, I was really disappointed and sad, and I felt extremely sad."

Kino said lightly: "But in fact, this is normal human nature. The vast majority of people in the world are self-interested. You cannot require everyone to be selfless saints."

Solandel nodded lightly: "I understand, so this is why my father remains silent. He is very powerless. He knows that this situation should not happen, but there is no way to reverse the situation, or to be more precise.

, he did not make up his mind to reverse it.

"Because what is good for the kingdom is not necessarily good for the major families. The things that my father cares about are completely different from the things that the kings and leaders care about. At that time, he was like an isolated island, without help everywhere. Even when he was young, he

Sting, a good brother who has been playing for a long time, has always been willing to protect himself and raise the right to silence, but he is even more confused and it is more difficult to make up his mind."

At this point, Solandel's eyes became extremely firm, she clenched her fists and said, "After understanding my father's situation, I made a decision that I want to help my father speak out!"

"I want my father to know that no matter what others think, even if everyone in the kingdom is against him, at least my daughter is on his side! He is not alone! I want to tell him that there is at least one person in the kingdom who is with him.

They all have the same idea and want to unite the entire kingdom, no longer stick to the open and secret fights between families, but unite to the outside world to completely eliminate threats from outside the world and end the eternal invasion!"

Kino's eyes began to darken: "But have you ever thought that the reason why your father didn't stand up before was because saying such words would involve too much interests and would affect the cakes of major families and offend them.

Many, many people.”

"The essence of power is not that you get power just because you sit in a certain position, but that you have power only when the people below are willing to give you this position."

"On the surface, power appears to be from the top down, but in fact it is from the bottom up. If you encounter too much hostility and exclusion, even if you are a king, it will be difficult to secure your position."

Solandel nodded heavily and said without hesitation: "I understand, but I'm not afraid! As long as it can help my father, as long as it is beneficial to the kingdom and all the people, as long as this matter is right, I will

Gotta do it.”

"It doesn't matter if I'm hated by others. At worst, everyone will hate me, alienate me, and no one will play with me. As long as what I do can bring a positive impact to everyone, what does it matter if I am alone forever? I'm not afraid."

After hearing this, Kino fell into a long silence. He reached out and stroked Solandel's hair, showing a meaningful smile: "As I just said, you will definitely become a great person in the future."

Solandelle turned Kino's fate around, no doubt about it.

But in fact, she is not Kino's only way to escape.

In Kino's expectation, if Solandel failed to understand the profound meaning of the whisper and failed to ask it skillfully at the plenary meeting, he would have a final plan to show off.

Members of parliament from all parties wanted to kill him because, between risks and benefits, executing him was the best option.

After he introduced the concept of "curse" and hinted that the curse would be transferred, the execution proposal was immediately scrapped, and imprisonment became the best solution.

Politics is like this, it can be complex or simple, if you make them think it is beneficial, they will do it; if you make them think it is harmful, they will abolish it.

If there was no Solandel at that time, and Kino did not want to become a tool of imprisonment, he had one last way, which was to show off his intelligence about the rejecters through a language that would not be obliterated by the supreme being.

, tell everyone everything.

The most tempting one among them is undoubtedly the "respect" system of the triple shackles. If the powerful people in the kingdom knew about this ability to exchange various items "out of thin air", it would not be a question of whether to kill Kino or not. It would be a matter of being reluctant to kill him.

, we must not only protect him well, but even build a palace to enshrine him.

At that time, the kingdom would capture a bunch of civilians every day to worship Kino, contribute respect points, and then let him exchange for various items. It would be mutually beneficial to both parties. Wouldn't this be great? Who would want to imprison him?
To be continued...