It's the cyber age now, and you're still playing traditional villains?

In short, a dead end.

"We all know what's going to happen, right?"

Pan Ling didn't make it difficult for her, skipped the topic and continued, "Then what else are you dissatisfied with?"

"Did Xu Shi ask you to tell me this?"

Having said this, Qin Yiyan realized that the girl in front of him was here to act as a lobbyist, and asked this subconsciously.

"No, Master didn't know I would come to talk to you."

Miss Xiaoling shook her head. "Actually, I don't really want to come to you... because I don't agree with Master's approach."

"Ok?"

The silly red-haired girl frowned, "What... do you mean?"

"I mean, if I were the master, I probably wouldn't keep you here."

Pan Ling explained, "If it were me, I would probably..."

She didn't continue speaking, but smiled and made a gesture of wiping her neck.

Qin Yiyan trembled with vigilance.

To be honest, it's really lame that a dignified leader of the Knights Templar was frightened by such a sentence.

But she did find Pan Ling's expression just now a bit scary. She could only say that a little girl saying something like "I want to kill you" with a smile was obviously inconsistent with her quiet appearance.

Is this the disciple Xu Shi taught? He really has some of his shadow on him...

"Don't look at me like that, Knight Commander Qin."

As if realizing that what she said was a bit too much, Pan Ling hurriedly comforted her, "I'm just stating the facts, but I can't do this to you."

"Firstly, I can't beat you, and secondly, I don't want to disobey my master."

There was a hint of regret in her tone...it was obvious that this was her true inner thoughts.

The reason is very simple. For an unfamiliar outsider like Qin Yiyan, especially one who was once an enemy, her perspective on the other party is of course from the perspective of "value".

However, Qin Yiyan's value does not seem to be that great - her combat power is very strong, but compared with the masters and mistresses, she does not seem to be particularly outstanding... In comparison, Xu Ying is more valuable. As I said, although she is at most an S, she can control an old Pope with a SS body.

And more importantly, Xu Ying's memory was cleared. She regarded her master as her father. She was very trusting and affectionate towards him, and she didn't need to worry about doing anything else.

In this situation, it doesn't seem to matter how to deal with Qin Yiyan. Killing him is of course an option, which will always be easier.

That's why Pan Ling had such an idea, but as she said, it's not her place to interfere with any decision Xu Shi makes.

But since the master did this, Qin Yiyan still seemed unconvinced, so she didn't mind fulfilling her duties as an apprentice and helping the master share his worries and solve his problems.

Ever since she had this conversation with Lu Baiyan on behalf of her master last time, she has quite liked this process... It can be said to be a kind of training for herself, and also a way to be a caring little cotton-padded jacket for her master.

"As for why you think the current situation is strange... I can only say that Master is not from the Hualan Empire, and he doesn't think the so-called Church is important, and he won't label you as heretics."

She added, "Of course, you can also be more arrogant. From the beginning, Master never regarded you as opponents?"

"You know what I'm thinking?"

Qin Yiyan was stunned. He obviously didn't expect her analysis to be so thorough, as if she saw through him.

"Why not?"

Pan Ling asked back, and also told her her abilities in a very subtle way.

Just know it if you want to. Knowing it won’t prevent her from reading the mind of the Knight Commander - she has grown a lot now, and the same is true in terms of ability.

To be honest, Qin Yiyan's mental strength is by no means low. The fact that he can control dozens of parts of his body at the same time is enough to prove this point. The fact that he was controlled by Xu Ying, or the Saint, before was only due to the other party's long-term influence and his momentary carelessness.

But for Pan Ling, it was not difficult to hear her inner voice. Even if the other party was alert, she still couldn't resist.

According to my master, my ability level should be at least A, right?

She felt that it was probably the case. After all, all the time she had spent teaching Maomao was not in vain. Screening a large number of opinions in a short period of time was the best training for her.

Not to mention the help of various auxiliary medicines - the medicines produced by "Prism" are simply too good to use. Xu Shi naturally would not be stingy. Since he accepted her as his apprentice, he should have some benefits.

Qin Yiyan also realized this, but his efforts to resist were in vain, and the feeling of being seen through did not disappear.

She knew very well that if she continued like this, she would easily change her mind because of the other party's words.

So she simply took the initiative and asked back, "If I remember correctly, you and your sister... were very familiar with Xiao Luoyu before, right?"

"Yeah, childhood sweetheart."

Pan Ling blinked and admitted it frankly.

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

The silly red-haired girl asked.

Pan Ling rolled her eyes secretly. Why does everyone have to ask themselves this question?

Lu Baiyan was asking this last time, and this time it was Qin Yiyan again. Of course, his bad master would often ask this question out of spite.

Although it is understandable, after all, Luo Yu was their former colleague, but answering the same question over and over again is a bit awkward.

"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, obedient and sensible, and he works very hard at everything he does."

Qin Yiyan lowered his eyes, obviously a little saddened by the fact that Luo Yu was dead, "Since you and he were childhood sweethearts, you should know more about these things, right?"

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

Pan Ling did not comment, "My previous thought was that there might not be a more perfect boy in the world than Luo Yu. To be honest, I even thought about marrying him."

"But then I slowly realized that he wasn't as perfect as I thought."

"He was just average at being nice to me... or he wasn't even nice to me at all. At that time, I was probably more of a sister to him."

"But even with my sister, his attitude was perfunctory. My sister pestered him to learn swordsmanship, but he never took it seriously."

"Even before, when my father was forced by you to go out to sea and die, he didn't make much effort, right? Even if he did, it wasn't much, right?"

"so?"

"So don't you think that Brother Luo Yu gives people a weird feeling?"

Pan Ling said seriously, "He's obviously not outstanding, and he has many shortcomings and even bad deeds, but we just didn't see them before."

Her choice of words was very accurate. It is like turning a blind eye to these things, as opposed to knowing the situation in the heart but choosing to ignore it. There is an essential difference.

After she said that, Qin Yiyan seemed to realize something.

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

During the year that Luo Yu joined the Knights Templar, she had certainly had a lot of contact with them. Now that she thought about it, they did have many shortcomings.

Not to mention the distant past, when we were fighting against the Sea God, wasn't Luo Yu's behavior of avoiding the battle and retreating in order to get a share of the spoils something he had despised?

But she didn't pursue it much afterwards. If Pan Ling hadn't said so, she would have almost forgotten about it.

Including standing up for him before... Now that I think about it, even if he is an enemy, it doesn't seem to be my style to just get involved in a verbal fight, right?

But she did it anyway, and until now she doesn't think there is anything wrong with it - if she thinks about it carefully, if there is any personal grudge between her and Xu Shijian, it definitely started with this incident.

What's more, if Pan Ling's family raised Luo Yu since he was a child, then isn't it inappropriate for him to remain silent about his past after coming to the main city?

If you take it a step further, this can be considered a character issue.

Well, for such a person, she should at least keep her distance from him, if not disgusted by him. There are such people in the Holy See, and her relationship with them is definitely not pleasant.

But Luo Yu was an exception. Not to mention that she disliked him, she even felt indignant when she heard that he had a conflict with Xu Shi before. She felt especially indignant towards the two sisters Pan Feng and Pan Ling, thinking that they were a pair of ungrateful people.

Otherwise, he would not have said anything to Xu Shi later.

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

Now that I think about it, the real ungrateful person seems to be Luo Yu...

"Do you find it strange too?"

Pan Ling didn't mind how she viewed herself, and instead said in a gentle and persuasive manner, "You don't have to hide it. I know that most of your hostility towards Master comes from what he did to Brother Luo Yu."

"I was like you before, and even questioned him about it."

Of course, she would not tell anyone about the fact that her master made her cry. The child has grown up and needs to keep her dignity.

"Then... why is this happening?"

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

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

Pan Ling thought for a moment and replied.

"'main character'?"

Qin Yiyan didn't understand the concept of "natural law" and was a little confused about such a title for a moment.

"Yes."

Pan Ling nodded. "Knight Commander Qin, do you not know about these things yet? Do you need me to explain them to you?"

“…Yes.”

The silly red-haired girl nodded vigorously. It would have been fine if she hadn't said anything. Once she said something, she felt it was a bit weird.

"Okay."

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

only.

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

The young apprentice's eyes were full of cunning.

It can be seen that she had long been tainted by her evil master.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 311 Great knowledge is poured into the little head!

2023-11-07

"..."

After hearing Pan Ling's request, Qin Yiyan was speechless.

She finally discovered that since staying here with Xu Shi, her mother tongue had become speechless.

I thought I was having a nice chat with this little girl Pan Ling, but she had to do this to annoy me, right?

Really, he is not much better than her black-hearted master!

I thought you and I could empathize with each other, but I didn’t expect you too!

But she is indeed now intrigued by the other party. If she gets stuck here, she is afraid she won't be able to sleep tonight.

So, after considering for a moment, she had no choice but to go and get two cups of dessert, gritting her teeth and saying, "Ms. Pan, enjoy your meal."

She was fine with serving her own Saint Lady, but she wasn't good at serving others - although she was nominally Xu Shi's maid, the other party had been so busy these days that he had no time to tease her.

"Well, thank you, Sister Qin."

Pan Ling wasn't polite at all. She took the dessert, took a sip, and made a satisfied sound.

After enjoying the dessert, she slowly started talking to Qin Yiyan about the matter of "natural justice".

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

However, the more she listened, the colder her hands and feet felt. After all, if what Pan Ling said was true, then did it also mean that her life over the past twenty years was just like a chess piece in the hands of others? !

Especially, the position of her as a chess piece is very delicate - because her most loyal Highness the Saint is the "Supervisor" under the command of the person behind the scenes, which means that the other party must have known all this before.

However, Miss Saint would definitely not tell her these. On the contrary, she would also make good use of Qin Yiyan as a sharp blade. If nothing happened, she would probably bring her and Luo Yu together so that she could naturally join this big family.

If something happened... that would be even simpler. The silly red-haired girl hasn't forgotten what happened during the final battle in the Vatican.

This is actually quite disheartening - after all, I have taken care of her like my own sister for so many years, and not only did she not get any good results, but she was also plotted against like this.

It seemed that at this moment, Qin Yiyan finally came to his senses. He wanted to drink some water to calm himself down, but he found that his hands were shaking so much that he couldn't even hold the cup steadily, and it fell to the ground and broke into pieces.