In this cyberpunk era, why are you still playing the traditional villain?

She knew very well that if things continued like this, she would easily change her mind because of what the other person said.

So she decided to take the initiative and asked back, "If I remember correctly, you and your sister... were quite familiar with Xiao Luoyu before, right?"

"Yes, childhood sweethearts."

Pan Ling blinked and readily admitted it.

"Then...why didn't you choose him, but instead chose Xu Shi, this outsider?"

The red-haired, silly girl pressed for an answer.

Pan Ling rolled her eyes inwardly. Why did everyone have to ask her this question?

Lu Baiyan asked this question last time, and this time it's Qin Yiyan again. Of course, his own wicked master would also ask it often with a perverse sense of humor.

While it's understandable, given that Luo Yu was their former colleague, repeatedly answering the same questions is a bit ridiculous.

"Let me ask you, what do you think of Brother Luo Yu?"

So instead of answering as usual, she changed her approach.

"He... Xiao Luoyu is a very good person. He is obedient, sensible, and hardworking in everything he does."

Qin Yiyan lowered her eyes, clearly saddened by the fact that Luo Yu was dead. "Since you and he were childhood sweethearts, you should know these things better, shouldn't you?"

"You're right, I had the same idea as you before."

Pan Ling remained noncommittal. "I used to think that there was probably no more perfect boy in the world than Luo Yu. To be honest, I even thought about marrying him."

"But later I gradually realized that he wasn't as perfect as I had imagined."

“He was actually not very nice to me… or rather, he wasn’t really nice to me at all. Back then, I probably interacted with him more as his older sister.”

"But even with his sister, his attitude was very perfunctory. His sister kept pestering him to teach her swordsmanship, but he never took it seriously."

"Even when my father was forced to go to sea to his death by you, he didn't put in much effort, did he? Even if he did, it wasn't much, was it?"

"so?"

"So don't you think Brother Luo Yu gives off a strange vibe?"

Pan Ling said seriously, "Mingming is not outstanding, and has many shortcomings, even bad deeds, but we acted as if we didn't see them before."

Her choice of words was very accurate: it was as if she were blind to these things, rather than knowing them but selectively ignoring them. There is an essential difference between the two.

After hearing what she said, Qin Yiyan seemed to realize something as well.

What this little girl said... seems to be right?

During the year that Luo Yu joined the Knights Templar, she naturally had a lot of contact with him, and now that she thinks about it, he does have many flaws.

To put it simply, when we were fighting the Sea God, Luo Yu's behavior of avoiding battle and wanting a share of the spoils was something I had always despised.

But afterwards she didn't pursue it much; Pan Ling said she had almost forgotten about it.

Including standing up for him before... Now that I think about it, even if it's an enemy, it doesn't seem like my style to just get a quick verbal advantage, does it?

But she did it anyway, and to this day she doesn't think there's anything wrong with it—thinking about it carefully, if there's any personal grudge between her and Xu Shi, it definitely started with this incident.

Even more so, if Pan Ling's family raised Luo Yu from childhood, wouldn't it be inappropriate for him to remain silent about his past after arriving in the main city?

To put it bluntly, this could be considered a matter of character.

So, for such a person, even if she didn't hate him, she should at least keep her distance. There were people like that in the Vatican, and her interactions with them were definitely not pleasant.

Luo Yu was an exception. Not only did she dislike him, but she also felt indignant when she heard about his conflict with Xu Shi. She especially felt that the Pan sisters, Pan Feng and Pan Ling, were two ingrates.

Otherwise, there wouldn't have been the subsequent remarks made to Xu Shi.

Even just now, she was somewhat resistant to Pan Ling's arrival.

Now that I think about it, the real ingrate should be Luo Yu, right?

"Don't you find it strange too?"

Pan Ling didn't care what she thought of her, but instead gently coaxed her, "You don't need to hide it. I know that most of your hostility towards Master comes from what he did to Brother Luo Yu."

“I was just like you before, and I even questioned him about it.”

Of course, she wouldn't mention how her master had made her cry with just a few words; the child was grown up and had a sense of shame.

"Then...why is that?"

Qin Yiyan unknowingly fell into her rhythm, but she did find it strange, so she couldn't help but ask another question.

"Maybe... because Brother Luo Yu is the 'protagonist' that Master mentioned?"

Pan Ling thought for a moment and then answered.

"'main character'?"

Qin Yiyan was unfamiliar with the concept of "Heavenly Principles" and was somewhat puzzled by this term for a moment.

"Yes."

Pan Ling nodded. "Commander Qin, are you unaware of these matters? Would you like me to explain them to you?"

“…Yes.”

The red-haired girl nodded vigorously. It would have been better if she hadn't said anything, because once she did, she felt a little strange.

"Okay."

Pan Ling was not pretentious and was happy to answer his questions.

only.

"Before that, as your master's maid, shouldn't you first bring me a drink?"

The young apprentice's eyes were full of cunning.

It's clear that she's been corrupted by her wicked master.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 311 A wealth of knowledge is being poured into little heads!

2023-11-07

"..."

Upon hearing Pan Ling's request, Qin Yiyan remained speechless for a long time.

She realized that since she had been staying here for a long time, her mother tongue had become silent.

I was thinking I was having a good chat with Pan Ling, but she had to do this annoying thing, didn't she?

Honestly, she's no better than her heartless master!

I thought we could empathize, but I didn't expect you to be able to either!

However, she has indeed become interested in the other party, and if she gets stuck here, she's afraid she won't be able to sleep tonight.

So, after a moment's hesitation, she had no choice but to bring over two desserts, gritting her teeth as she said, "Miss Pan, please enjoy."

She was good at serving her Holy Maiden, but she wasn't good at serving others—although she was nominally Xu Shi's maid, the other party had been so busy these past few days that he hadn't had time to tease her.

"Okay, thank you, Sister Qin."

Pan Ling didn't stand on ceremony at all, took the dessert, took a sip, and made a satisfied sound.

After enjoying the dessert, she slowly began to talk to Qin Yiyan about the "principles of heaven".

This was the first time the red-haired girl had heard the complete truth. Before, it was mostly just a few words and fragments, enough to arouse her suspicion and thought, but not enough to form a complete story.

However, the more she listened, the colder she felt. After all, if what Pan Ling said was true, did it also mean that her life of the past twenty-odd years had been nothing more than being manipulated like a pawn in someone else's game?

Her position as a pawn was particularly delicate—because her most loyal Holy Maiden was an "observer" under the control of the person behind the scenes, which meant that the other party must have known all of this beforehand.

However, the Holy Maiden would definitely not tell her these things. On the contrary, she would make good use of Qin Yiyan as a sharp weapon. If nothing happens, she would most likely try to bring Qin Yiyan and Luo Yu together so that she could also join this big family in a natural way.

If something happened... then it's even simpler. The red-haired idiot hasn't forgotten what happened during the final battle at the Holy See.

This is actually quite disheartening—after all, she's been taken care of like a younger sister for so many years, and not only does she not get any credit, but she's also being schemed against like this.

It seemed that at this moment, Qin Yiyan finally realized what was happening. She had wanted to drink some water to calm herself down, but she found that her hands were shaking so badly that she couldn't even hold the cup properly, and it fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.

"This...it can't be real, can it?"

She is still trying to deceive herself.

Whether it's true or not, you know in your heart.

Pan Ling remained unfazed.

This is the advantage of knowing early—to be honest, when she first heard these truths, she was no less surprised than Qin Yiyan.

This was only when Xu Shi gave her a general overview. Later, her master had things to do, so she spent most of the next few days taking care of the old man with Wen Shengkui, and heard more from him.

This feeling of lingering fear is even stronger.

However, she has now fully accepted all of this and can even educate others as someone who has been through it all.

Yay! (Read in a monotone)

Qin Yiyan knew perfectly well that this was true; she just couldn't process it right away.

After all, she was different from Pan Ling, or rather, she was more deeply involved than Pan Ling—you know, she didn't only have Luo Yu by her side, but also Xu Ying.

Now that she's told that these people all have problems, how can she possibly let it go just because she heard it a second ago?

"……So be it."

After struggling for a long time, she spoke with a vacant look in her eyes, "Now that Her Highness the Holy Maiden is also guilty of a crime... and has lost her previous memories, I can just raise her as my younger sister again."

The subtext is that they chose to forgive.

Pan Ling didn't say anything after hearing this.

Xu Shi had also given her a lot of serious psychology materials these days, and she knew very well that the knight commander in front of her was probably more inclined to be a sacrificial type, or rather, a people-pleasing type.

This is why she is not as decisive as she seems, but rather somewhat indecisive—her personality has been shaped over the past twenty years, and she is still willing to find a reason to convince herself to accept everything in her own way.

Thinking about it carefully, this might also be the positioning of her "character" in this plot. To put it bluntly, all these years she has been taught in this way by everything around her, with the aim of making her become like this, willingly accepting all possible changes.

They seem a little pitiful, don't they?