After the exchange was completed, Chino put together his original savings, the money Milo had just given, and the money exchanged with respect points, and made a calculation.

Kino before the time travel was very unclean. They collected money from passing caravans, and it was unknown how many smugglers like Milo were among those people.

By the end of the count, Kino's money totaled about 1,000 silver moons, which was a full 8 kilograms, equivalent to 20 years' salary of a civil affairs officer - according to the diary, he had only served as a civil affairs officer for three years before.

Although Xilin Town is an important border town, Doguland's senior officials will not run here without incident, but once someone traces the origin of the money, it will become a big trouble, and it must be dealt with through some means.

Kino looked around and found an oil painting on the wall. It was very ordinary and had nothing outstanding about it. It could be sold on the market for 20 copper months at most.

He took it off and put it on the table.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and Paladin's trembling voice came from outside the door: "My lord..."

Kino started to pack the painting and said calmly: "Come in."

As soon as Paladin entered the door, he stumbled forward and knelt down behind Kino, with his hands, feet and forehead touching the ground. It was the most humble kneeling posture with five hearts on the ground.

Kino turned his back to Paladin and didn't even look at him: "Good morning, Centurion Paladin, what can I do?"

Cold sweat kept flowing out from Paladin's forehead, and soon it gathered into a small circle of wet traces on the ground. His voice couldn't stop trembling: "Yes...I'm sorry...Master Kino...please...please...

.Please don’t kill me..."

Kino chuckled: "Why should I kill you?"

Paladin was so frightened that he couldn't even speak a complete sentence: "I...I saw...you...night...Tivine...yesterday..."

Kino: "What did you see?"

"I saw you..." When the words came to his mouth, Paladin's body suddenly shook, his eyes were blurred, and his voice was as hoarse as rubbing sandpaper, "I didn't see anything! Nothing! Even gods.

Come, I won't recall what happened last night! Nothing... nothing..."

As he spoke, he punched his face hard, as if doing so would make him lose his memory.

Kino: "Since I didn't see anything, why should I kill you?"

Hearing the sound, Paladin felt as if he had surfaced after drowning. His whole body suddenly relaxed and he breathed in fresh oxygen.

He kept wiping his sweat, and his face was full of the look of surviving a disaster: "Sir, let me ask one more question, why have you changed so much overnight? You were not like this before... Tiwen often appeared in public

Making fun of you, but you never..."

Kino interrupted him: "Let's get straight to the point, Paladin, do you want to serve me and always obey my orders? Or, do you want to be my dog?"

Paladin froze for a moment, got down on one knee, and kowtowed to Kino: "Yes! I used to laugh at you with Tiwen. At that time, I thought you were a... useless... cough! But now I

Realize, that is an extremely wrong concept! I hope you can ignore my previous stupidity and allow me to follow and serve you!"

Kino handed over the bottle filled with amnesia capsules: "Then I'll give you a task. The 63 soldiers who attacked and killed Milo's caravan yesterday were all part of your centurion team. They should be having breakfast now, you put this

Pour it secretly into the rice soup and make sure everyone eats it."

Paladin took the bottle with trembling hands. He thought it was poison and said in despair: "You want to kill them all?!"

"So what?"

"Those are your soldiers...I...I will become a murderer..."

Kino turned around and asked playfully: "Have you ever raised a dog?"

Paladin shrank his head: "I raised him when he was a child."

"did you like it?"

"I liked it. When it died, I cried for a long time."

"Just imagine, if you ordered it to bite someone and it barked against you, would you still like it?"

The words that contained words made Paladin silent.

He has served in Xilin Town for more than ten years and is an out-and-out veteran.

But not long ago, there was a change of soldiers in Xilin Town. The centurions he now leads are all new recruits. They have no friendship with him. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are strangers.

Even so, if you want to poison 63 people in one breath, even if they are not your friends, it is still murder!

It is not difficult to kill people on the battlefield because it is a fighting atmosphere.

Murdering your own soldiers in the camp is a completely different pressure, let alone poisoning them in the canteen...

Seeing that Paladin didn't speak, Kino continued to pack the painting: "It doesn't matter. If you really can't do it, I won't force you. We'll just pretend we haven't spoken."

Paladin's eyes were wandering, and various thoughts were surging in his heart.

Kino's meaning is already clear: if you want to be a dog, then be a dog. If you don't want to be a dog, just leave, and then end up like those soldiers.

To kill one of your own is too cruel.

but...

Is it worth risking your life for 63 strangers?

Is your own life more important or the lives of others?

You haven't lived enough in this life, how can you die here?!

It would be better for me to feel sorry for others than for others to feel sorry for me!!!

Paladin's face turned grim, he held the bottle tightly and left the room.

Kino turned his face sideways and looked in the direction where Paladin disappeared, with a mysterious smile in his eyes.

After a while, Paladin came back, with cold sweat on his face, and muttered at a loss: "They... After they finished eating, they all fell asleep, but soon woke up. They were not dead, just...

A little confused..."

Kino chuckled and said: "You don't really think that I would be stupid enough to try to silence 21% of the soldiers in the town, do you?"

Paladin felt his tense nerves suddenly relax. He collapsed on the ground and let out a long breath: "By God..."

He sat for a while, then stood up and asked cautiously: "Sir, what kind of medicine did you give them?"

Kino did not answer directly, but changed the subject: "Since you have raised a dog, do you know what kind of dog is lovable?"

Paladin thought for a while and said tentatively: "A smart dog?"

Chino: "Why are smart dogs so lovable?"

"Smart dogs can understand all commands, and then they..." Paladin frowned in thought. He suddenly realized something and said in a deep voice, "They won't ask any questions. I won't ask any more questions, sir."

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A processor like Chino has processed too many people. As long as he looks into the eyes of the processed products, he can grasp the emotions hidden in them and judge the other person's will.

The look in Paladin's eyes told Kino that his surrender was sincere and had passed the test.

Kino had just arrived and knew little about the world. He needed a guide, and Paladin just came to help.

Maybe one day in the future, Paladin will rebel for various reasons, or serve him wholeheartedly until his death.

None of this matters.
Chapter completed!