The Villain Knight Doesn't Want to Be a Hero

As the training continued, Lin Qiao's proficiency in driving the Time Magic Machine became higher and higher.

After the sun went down, it rose again...

After returning to his residence and taking a quick shower, the future demon king lay down on the sofa like a dead dog.

Although there was not a single scar on his body, his spirit was in great shape.

"…Hey, what a coincidence, am I really useless…"

He looked at the ceiling above his head, and then looked at the normal coffee in front of him without any seasoning.

After being tortured for a whole day by all kinds of methods that no Earthling could think of, and being beaten by the three crows mimicked by Lin Qiao for an entire afternoon, Sougo asked weakly.

"Emm, this...you want me to tell the truth?"

“…Forget it. I suddenly don’t really want to know anymore.”

And he almost has the answer to this question himself.

The ragged refugees in the shelter and the deserted streets filled with only cries of people, both of them deeply hurt Sougo's heart.

But he felt helpless in the face of this extremely bad situation.

Chapter 420: Awareness of Evil

For Tokiwa Sougo, if the enemy was a simple monster, it wouldn't be like this.

Even if the opponent is so powerful that he is invincible and makes people despair, he may be depressed because of this, but he will never fall into confusion.

Because all you have to do is try your best to defeat the opponent.

But what we are facing now is an internal war caused by human greed and bellicosity - the opponent is also human.

I want to do something, but I don't know what to do...

This was the dilemma he faced.

"So didn't I tell you before? What you lack is not the method to solve the problem, but the awareness to do evil. Do you understand?"

"No…I don't quite understand."

Sougo was a little confused. What on earth was that?

Do you need to be aware of doing bad things?

"Yes, you need to do this, especially with a nice person like you. When you do this, you need to do more than you do when you are saving others."

She walked out of the kitchen and brought a large bowl of rice topped with braised beef sauce to the coffee table in front of Sougo.

The rich aroma of rice immediately made the latter's eyes light up.

It was just that he had eaten a lot of compressed biscuits before coming back, so he was not that hungry now...but he still squeezed it in.

"But even if you say that, I still can't understand it."

There were too many things stuffed in his mouth, so the sounds were unclear.

Fundamentally speaking, if you know it is wrong, why do you still do bad things?

This is inconsistent with the education that Sougo received.

Lin Qiao smiled slightly: "Of course, I know that this alone will definitely not convince you... So Sougo, let me ask a question first."

"Do you think a righteous hero can commit evil deeds?"

"?"

what?

Sougo's mind was confused for a moment, his throat moved, and he swallowed the food in his mouth.

Although he wanted to directly deny Lin Qiao's words, he hesitated when he opened his mouth.

"Of course you can."

Without waiting for Sougo to speak, Lin Qiao gave an answer with a chuckle.

"Eh? But that's..."

"If good people are not more brutal than bad people, how can we deter them and maintain so-called justice and order?"

Killing, an act of depriving others of their lives, is undoubtedly wrong.

But it is precisely because of the deterrent effect of the death penalty, which has existed since ancient times, that some evil-minded people are afraid and think carefully before doing anything.

"In short, as long as we wave the banner of love and peace, no matter how dirty the means are, it is only a necessary step to achieve happiness - provided that we can win."

“Is that so…?”

"That's right. If you think beyond the bottom line, there are always more solutions than problems."

Listening to Lin Qiao's endless words, Sougo nodded blankly.

To be honest, this was the first time he had heard of such a statement.

Or to be more precise, this has already challenged his past values ​​as a good kid.

only--

“I still don’t quite understand what to do…”

He scratched his head. Lin Qiao's words made him feel as if he understood something, but he also felt more confused.

The latter was not dissatisfied with this.

"As expected. If you had just said you understood, I would have been a little worried that you would go astray."

"Anyway, let's change to a somewhat classic question - if a wolf wants to eat a sheep, what would you do?"

Wolf? Sheep?

Sougo thought for a moment and looked at Lin Qiao with some confusion: "Is this some kind of metaphor?"

"It may be, or it may not be. But it doesn't really matter. Just treat it as an ordinary natural problem."

“It’s a natural problem…”

But the more Lin Qiao said this, the more suspicious Sougo became...

"So the wolf refers to Beidu, and the sheep refers to Dongdu?"

“You can say that, but you can also say the other way around.”

"…It's really annoying that you're like this."

Looking at Lin Qiao who was drinking coffee there calmly, Sougo was speechless and at the same time, he felt disgusted with this kind of behavior.

Seeing him like this, Lin Qiao shook her head helplessly.

"Okay, okay, since you don't like it, I'll just say it straight away."

Considering the torture (crossed out) of special training for a whole day, it is better not to increase his brain workload.

"Sougo, whether you choose to help the wolf or the sheep, or stand aside and watch, it doesn't matter. The key point of this issue is not who you choose to help, but who you choose to harm."

"If you choose to help the sheep, the wolf will starve to death because it cannot catch food; if you choose to help the wolf or stand idly by, the sheep will be eaten."

Helping one party is equivalent to harming or even killing the other party...

Although this conclusion may sound like heresy, it is actually the most true if you think about it carefully.

It’s just that Dongdu and Beidu are not real wolves and sheep after all...or in other words, the relationship between the two sides can be completely swapped.

Once Beidu's invasion of Dongdu fails and Dongdu's losses are not that great, the next step will naturally be Dongdu's revenge against Beidu.

——If the honest man was still the prime minister at that time and there was no snake-skinned monster causing trouble.

A large part of the reason why Sento didn't want to listen to Himuro Gentoku and go to guard Eastern Capital was because of this reason.

As a hero who protects people, if this matter follows the normal course of war, no matter what he does, a large number of innocent people will be injured in the end, and the knight system will completely become a weapon of war.

In this case, it would be better not to do anything at all...

But unfortunately, this idea failed due to the secret actions of a snake-skinned monster.

"But you are different, Sougo. As an outsider in this world, from a purely rational point of view, your existence is like a bystander in a problem. You have no conflict of interest with either party, so you are inherently in a completely neutral position."

Therefore, no matter which side he helps, it would be wrong.

Just as Hongyu said, this is not a place suitable for heroes of justice, but a war between countries and people.

The laughably naive idea of ​​"protecting everyone" won't work.

The awareness of killing and being killed.

This is what people who step onto the battlefield should have.

"If it were a coincidence, what would you choose to do?"

"My choice?"

The natural thing is to exploit the wolves and sheep to the maximum extent at the same time. Is there any need to think about it?

Lin Qiao chuckled and shook her head.

"Forget it. Rather than giving you something like a reference answer and restricting your thinking, I hope you can make your own judgment."

"It's also..."

After all, no matter how correct other people’s opinions are, they are still theirs... not to mention that the guy in front of me is really too contemptuous!

But even though he complained, Sougo still chose to shut up.

And what the other party said was indeed correct. He really had no position to interfere in this war.

Chapter 421 Picking up the old dream

"Isn't there any way to have the best of both worlds?"

After eating and drinking, Sougo asked casually with some hopelessness.

However, he himself knew the answer to this question. There was no such a good thing in the world...

"Yes, I have."

“As expected… Eh heh heh? There actually is?”

His eyes widened instantly and he turned to look at Lin Qiao.

"The specific method is..."

Seeing Sougo's anxious look, Lin Qiao smiled and said, "I don't know~"

"..."

Sougo wilted again.

To a certain extent, what Lin Qiao said is like asking someone whether there are aliens in the world, and the other person answers that there must be aliens since the universe is so big.

But when asked about the specific location, the other party seemed unable to answer.

——What the hell are you talking about?

"But the awareness of doing evil..." Sougo stretched and leaned back on the sofa, stunned for a moment.

It wasn't that he couldn't understand what Lin Qiao said, or rather, it was because he understood the meaning that he felt at a loss.

It takes more courage to do something that is obviously right than to do something that is obviously wrong.

...The above premise is for people with conscience and normal outlook.

If there are some scumbags who enjoy doing this, it is not worth discussing... I'm afraid they are enjoying it too.

"But what should I do..."

Watching the news program that was still reporting on the disaster situation in Toudou, Sougo scratched his hair in annoyance.

Because Lin Qiao did not reveal to him the next move of the snake-skin monster.

Or because another time traveler intervened in advance, even he himself could not be sure whether the subsequent development would be the same as before - after all, Evolto's evolutionary drive had been taken away.

So whether it was the subsequent knight war or Xidu's intervention, these were information that Sougo did not know.

——The situation in the northern and eastern capitals alone is enough to give people a headache.