honor me as god

Chapter 902

(Two in one big chapter, today and tomorrow together)
On the first day of Dilu in the year 526 of the Huoyao calendar, just after turning over the calendar, before the court ministers had time to enjoy their leisure, the atmosphere of the New Year was broken by an unexpected event.

The murder of the three governor's sons in the tavern was reported to the Queen's ears, and Solandelle held an impromptu meeting to make a decision on the crimes of the three.

Chino drank a lot of wine yesterday, so he got up relatively late. He was the last one to arrive at the meeting hall, and all the ministers were already seated when he entered.

At this moment, Kino noticed that the atmosphere was somewhat delicate, and the ministers were all looking at him with strange eyes that had never been seen before.

He didn't understand at first, but soon understood why.

On the altar, the place that belonged to him—the curtain and the piano behind it were gone.

They were still there yesterday, but they were dismantled overnight today.

Instead, there was a temporary seat next to the throne, without any cover, just next to the throne.

Solandelle sat on the throne looking at Kino, and nodded slightly to him: "Your Excellency the Regent, you are here, everyone is waiting for you, please sit down."

A cold light flashed in Kino's pupils, and he slowly walked up the stage to the throne, leaning down with his hands on the seat handles on both sides, looking straight at Solandelle.

Their faces were so close that they could even feel the temperature of each other's breath.

Chino: "Maybe my piano skills have regressed, you want me to go back and sharpen my skills before I come out to play?"

Solandelle gently took Kino's hand, her voice was very soft: "I hope that you can be seen by everyone and be by my side like before."

"Ka Ka Ka" There was a distorted sound in the air, and where Kino started, the throne handle was under tremendous pressure, and several cracks appeared faintly.

Kino's expression didn't change, with the usual smile, but it looked extraordinarily strange amidst the cracking sound.

Just when the seat of the throne was about to be crushed, he let go of his hand quietly, without saying anything, and slowly sat down on the seat that Solandelle had prepared for him.

The ministers secretly exchanged glances, and their expressions were elusive for a while.

Solandelle looked at everyone and got straight to the point: "Today is the first day of the new year. I didn't want to disturb everyone, but just yesterday, a very bad case happened in Wangcheng! Bring those three people here!"

Soon, the imperial guards pressed the three teenagers who were bound by shackles into the hall, and pushed them down in front of the stage.

It can be seen that the three teenagers were terrified all night, they didn't even sleep, their faces were pale and bloodshot, they knelt there and kept trembling, not daring to breathe.

Solandelle looked at them coldly: "These three teenagers were born in famous families and should have received a good education, but they obviously didn't learn the most basic rules from school. Killed an unarmed civilian."

As the fathers of the three teenagers, Jashan and the other two governors didn't say anything, didn't plead for mercy or make excuses, but secretly looked at Kino with eager eyes.

Solandelle looked at the three governors: "Although their fathers are all governors, their actions must be done according to the code. So—"

Before she finished speaking, a voice suddenly sounded beside her: "Let it go."

Solandelle was stunned, and after a moment of sluggishness, she looked at Kino with unbelievable eyes.

I saw Kino sitting there with his chin resting on his side, and the other hand kept playing on his thigh, as if he was playing a repertoire as usual.

Shocked, Solandelle quickly explained: "Your Excellency the Regent, I think you may not have heard clearly, these three people"

"I understand." Kino interrupted Solandelle, turning his head to look her in the eyes, "I said, let it go."

For the first time in her life, Solandelle actually felt that the eyes of the person in front of her were a bit dazzling. She unconsciously avoided Kino's sight, and said in a very low voice, "Why? Give me a reason."

Kino stuck his head out to Solandelle's face, and looked directly into her eyes again, forcing her to look at him.

The curvature of the smiling lips disappeared at some point, Kino's face was expressionless, but it was also the most terrifying because of this, his sight seemed to penetrate her: "Because, I said, let it go."

Solandelle pursed her lips tightly, her face turned red and turned pale, and there was a little sweat on her forehead, as if she was in great pain and couldn't say anything.

Only then did Kino sit back in his original position, and with a random hook of his fingers, his telekinetic force tore apart the shackles on the three teenagers, giving them freedom.

Jashan's son, Matthew Hedge was grateful, kneeling and moved forward: "Thank you for the photo"

Before he could finish his sentence, Jashan kicked his son down to make him shut up, and said coldly, "You useless thing, why don't you hurry up?!"

Only then did Matthew realize that his life was saved by the Lord Regent overriding the law. escape.

After the three teenagers left, Solandelle sat there with her head down, powerless, and Kino also remained expressionless and said nothing.

Jashan is a smart person, although he doesn't know what happened to Solandelle today to dismantle Kino's piano overnight, but he can tell that Kino is in a bad mood right now.

Staying here any longer is completely unpleasant, so Jashan simply didn't even say hello, and led everyone away without saying a word, giving Her Majesty the Queen and the Lord Regent a space to be alone.

After the ministers left, only Solandelle and Kino remained in the hall.

Solandelle looked lonely, and forced a wry smile: "Really? Are we really going to be like those vulgar palace fighting stories, because power is on the opposite side of each other?"

Chino: "Didn't you pick it up first?"

Solandelle closed her eyes to calm herself down, then put her arms around Chino's wrist, and said softly: "No, many relationships break down because of lack of communication, which leads to deeper and deeper misunderstandings. I don't want to see this This tragedy happened to us."

"So, let's all calm down. The conversation ended too hastily yesterday. Now let's communicate and talk, okay?"

Speaking of this, Kino felt helpless, and said flatly: "Okay, let's talk. Tell me, what do you mean by what you said yesterday?"

Solandelle pursed her lips and said quietly, "Let me tell you a story I heard when I was a child."

"Once upon a time there was a little wild boar named George, who lived with the same kind since he was a child, but their living environment was not good, the habitat was relatively barren, and hunters often appeared."

"One day, George and everyone were looking for food in the forest, and found a lot of berries piled up under a tree. He was so hungry that he couldn't wait to eat, but his mother stopped him."

"Mother said to it——George, you have to remember that the food piled up under the tree that you can get for nothing is a hunter's trap. Don't be fooled by the hunter."

"George stared helplessly at the food in front of him, and was pushed away by his mother. In the next few days, they couldn't find enough food, and there was a heavy rain in the sky. George, who was lying in the mud, was cold and hungry. , despairing of such a life."

"At this moment, George remembered the pile of berries under the tree. Being hungry and cold, he couldn't bear it any longer. He left the group in the middle of the night and went under the tree."

"The berries were still there, and no other small animals gnawed them. George couldn't wait to eat them, and the result was just like what his mother said--the trap hidden under the berries caught him, and it didn't take long for him to be caught by the hunters who came. Captured the human village."

"However, the life in the human village is different from George's imagination. The hunters never bully it like jackals, tigers and leopards. They give it clean water, delicious young leaves and berries every day, and build a warm nest for it."

"Slowly, George got used to the life here from being scared when he first arrived. Every day when he woke up from the den, he could see the berries in the trough. After eating, the hunter would take him to the farm. Run, play with it, and give it precious herbs when it is sick."

"George lived a very happy life day by day, and he began to laugh at the little animals in the forest—you are so stupid, the hunter is so kind, but he still avoids him. See how smart I am, I don't have to eat and sleep in the open, and eat and drink every day Someone is offering, much happier than you.”

"In this way, when the little animals are looking for food, George has endless berries. When the little animals hide under the tree to hide from the rain, George sleeps lazily in the warm nest."

"George grew up day by day, with more and more flesh on his body, and it became stronger and stronger. Suddenly, one day, a hunter put a rope around him and tied him to the slaughterhouse."

"When he saw the shiny butcher knife, George suddenly realized and smiled miserably—it turned out that I was looking at the hunter's berries, and the hunter was looking at my meat."

Solandelle showed an unspeakable wry smile when she said this: "No, where did your endless supplies come from? I have never asked you, and I will never ask, because I know it belongs to you. human secret."

"But now, the unknown feeling in you has made me start to fear. Like I said yesterday, you remind me of that existence thousands of years ago—the Sun King."

Kino: "You compare me to that kind of false god who spreads fear? At least I didn't brand anyone as a slave, and treat them like pigs and dogs."

Solandelle closed her eyes and said quietly: "That's the problem. Do you know why I told the story just now? Because I found that the current situation of the people of the kingdom is exactly the same as George in the story."

"Under the Guarantee Act, everyone no longer works, no longer produces, and can enjoy life all the time. Yes, I admit that this is a happy life that can be called perfect, but what is the price?"

"This kind of life is not achieved by people's own struggle, but by you. Food, drink, clothing, and everything you use to give people life, absolutely dominate their destiny, so that they can no longer leave you."

"What's the difference between this and captive breeding? It's just a kind of captive breeding that has shed its savage cloak and has a more advanced form."

"Some slaves are branded on people's bodies. And some... are branded on people's hearts."

When Solandelle said this, she didn't know whether she felt cold or because of something, she folded her arms, her body and voice were trembling slightly:
"There is one thing that I have never understood before. The hunter wants George's meat. What do you want from the people?"

"I used to think that you wanted to work with me to make the kingdom better and make the people happier."

"But I found that it's not. Everyone's life is indeed very happy now, but this is just an objective phenomenon, not your goal."

"And when I saw the people kneeling in front of your death bird, chanting 'Glory to the Lord' wildly, I suddenly realized that what you want is their awe, and you want them to respect you as a god. "

"But I don't understand. I really don't understand why you must make them fear you? Is it so important to you to be regarded as a god? Is there a reason why you must do this?"

Kino remained silent. Suddenly, the eternity of time was frozen by endless frost, and he went to the mirror world that he had entered countless times in these years.

The mirrors of the worlds of the six rejecters stand in the vast void, and the power of the awe system roars and converges like a torrent.

However, the end of the awe system, the place that symbolizes the ultimate power of "arrogance", the head of the seven sins
[Unlocked] (accumulated awe points are not enough)
The hint of scarlet is so dazzling.

The mirror world was shattered, Kino returned to reality from the awe system, frost and white disappeared, and time returned to normal. Solandelle, who couldn't perceive all this, still sat beside him and watched him.

In Kino's consciousness, it was only a few seconds before he entered the awe system, but for some reason, when he saw Solandelle again, it felt like a long time had passed.

"Why do you care about this?" Chino looked into those blue eyes, and said in a very soft voice, "We have known each other for 12 years since you were 26 years old to now 14 years old, have I ever hurt you? "

Perhaps because she has never been hurt before, the fatal tenderness made Solandelle extremely painful at this time: "I don't know, I just suddenly feel that you have become so strange, everything before is just a dream."

"The changes in the kingdom over the past ten years, as well as the ideals I have held on to since I was 12 years old, seem to have turned into a dream, a dream woven by you. I don't know if this dream will last forever, or one day will suddenly wake up"

Just when Solandelle fell into a daze, her neck was strangled again, and a slight sense of weightlessness spread throughout her body.

The sudden touch made Solandelle tremble unconsciously. Before she could struggle, she was pushed to the back of the chair by the white-gloved hand.

Kino strangled Solandelle's neck as always, and his fingertips caressed the most vulnerable part of life, like a poisonous snake winding around, with cold scales rubbing against her skin.

However, unlike the hunting snakes, Kino's movements were very gentle, just like his voice at this time: "You don't need to think so much, you don't need to worry about what I'm doing, and you don't need to ask where the future is. "

"You only need to remember one sentence, the one I have told you many times - just listen to me, and you can get everything you want."

Kino reached Solandelle's chin with his hand, lifted her small face, and left a light kiss on his lips.

"Hey."

The thin lips are soft and moist, and they are affectionate, but they are as fierce as Judas' kiss.

Solandelle did not return the kiss as usual, she sat on the throne with her head bowed, her eyes dim, as if she had lost all her strength.

It wasn't until Kino left that Solandelle raised her head to look at his back, eager to see through her eyes, her voice was full of helpless sobs: "Do you know? We have known each other for 14 years, you have hugged me many times, kissed me passed me many times"

"But you never once said 'I love you' to me."

A processor with no blood temperature is always pursuing perfect works of art, unable to understand the most precious emotions of human beings.

Even if it comes to him, trapped in it, the demon will only feel at a loss.

Kino stopped, remained silent, and stood
In the end, he couldn't say the words that he didn't understand yet, turned his back on Solandelle and left the palace, drifting away.
(End of this chapter)