girl knight zero

Chapter 313 There has been no fairness in this world since its birth
"Captain, what exactly are you trying to say?" Cang Ling asked in confusion.

"I just want to tell you that there is a price to be paid to achieve any goal. The bigger the goal, the more sacrifices are required. In the process of achieving the goal, you may work with people you don't like, but you don't let subjective Factors affect your judgment, let alone deviate from the goal. For the Cavaliers, there is only one standard to measure things: whether it is beneficial to achieve the goal. If it is beneficial, then it is valuable and necessary.”

"But people and knights are different!" Cang Ling hugged his head, "Knights are people who know all this and sacrifice voluntarily, while people don't know it at all, and their sacrifices are passive! For those who just want to live well For ordinary people, is this kind of will imposed by others really fair?"

"Fair?" Wolfe lowered his voice, "There has been no fairness in this world since its birth. However, this unfairness is also a kind of fairness in a sense."

"Unfair...and fair?"

"Zero, I don't want to deceive you and give you the illusion of a fairy tale world. In fact, there is no essential difference between the well-dressed human beings and the wild beasts outside. The wild beasts will fight each other to fight for territory and mating rights, and humans are the same .In this world, if you want to survive, you must recognize all of this, and it is useless to deceive yourself or others."

After a pause, Wolfe resumed his gentle tone again: "Believe me, the queen and our goal are the same. Don't doubt the queen in the future."

Hearing this, Cang Ling lowered his head and remained silent.

"I know you are a kind person, and I like that about you. But kindness makes people weak. I hope you will be more decisive in the future." After finishing speaking, Wolfe patted Cangling's head , turned around and left.

Cang Ling stood alone by the lake for a long time, and did not return to the headquarters until it was almost dark.

Three days later, the Queen held the first post-war Senate meeting, at which it was decided to dissolve the Senate, form a parliament, and change the monarchy to a dual constitutional monarchy.

After the meeting, the Queen held an award ceremony for the meritorious generals who participated in the counter-insurgency.

At the ceremony, Cang Ling, as the hero who recovered the holy city of Aden, was personally awarded the Order of Odin and the title of Lord by the Queen.

This medal is a medal of honor second only to the "Star Sea Medal", the highest-level knightly medal in Xinghai. Its appearance is similar to the Sun Medal pinned to the necklines of knights, but the material is different. The word "Odin" and the award are engraved in the middle The date, which can be worn daily instead of the Order of the Sun, can be regarded as the highest honor.

After returning to the dormitory, Phoebe salivated at the medal on Cang Ling's neck, envious.

"It's amazing, Zero! The Medal of Odin! I want it even in my dreams." Phoebe forcibly took off the medal of Cangling, held it in her hand and kept stroking it, and put it on her collar, and ran to the mirror to take a picture. non-stop.

"Zero, what's wrong with you? You don't look happy at all." Kali asked.

"This medal was bought with Paul's life." Cang Ling sat down and said, "It's covered with blood."

"Don't tell me you don't want it, you can transfer it to me if you don't want it."

"No, I'm very happy to get this medal. In fact, when the Queen awarded the medal to me, my hands trembled with excitement." Cang Ling turned the oil lamp and hid his face in the shadows.

"Then why are you making such a dead face?"

"Because I feel that I am a hypocrite. While suffering from killing people, I am excited because of the honor it brings."

"I killed people too," said Phoebe, walking from the mirror. "It was hard at first, and I couldn't sleep at night, but I kept telling myself that if I didn't kill them, they would kill me. So When I think about it, I don’t feel so guilty anymore.”

"Everyone is like this. They will be more accepting of things that are beneficial to them." Kali snorted.

"I'm thinking, maybe I've never been a good person. In my bones, I also put my own interests first." Cang Ling said softly.

"Don't say that, Zero. You're already very good! You're even a little too good." Phoebe took off the medal and handed it back.

"My father once said something to me, which left a deep impression on me. Do you know what it was?" Kali asked, hugging the back of the chair.

"What?"

"He said: 'The good people in this world, except those who are naturally gentle and cowardly, are not qualified to be bad, so they are good people'."

Hearing this, both Cang Ling and Phoebe fell silent.

While Cang Ling and the others were talking, the queen and Duke von Whiston were standing on the balcony outside the palace reception room, having the same conversation.

"Is the taste of power delicious? You have been thinking about it day and night, and you have been waiting for this day in your dreams." Duke von Whiston said.

"Yes, I have been waiting for this day." The queen said, leaning on the railing, looking at the bright moon in the sky. "Waiting for the day when I take power back into my hands. If you don't have power, you can't do anything. Without power, the crown is nothing." It's a gorgeous display."

"I thought you just wanted to kill Downton, but I didn't expect you to disband the Senate."

"If one Downton is killed, the next Downton will appear. If the system is not changed, the situation in China will never change." The Queen turned her head and said.

Under the moonlight, the Queen's green eyes seemed to be shining, and Duke von Whiston couldn't help but have the illusion that he was looking at a wolf.

"You really have a long-term vision." Duke von Whiston, "It's a pity that hundreds of thousands of people lost their lives for your dream. Your new kingdom was built on bloody corpses."

"Duke von Whiston, do you know what peace is?" the queen asked suddenly.

Duke von Whiston frowned and did not answer.

"Peace is a deposit," replied the Queen herself, "and will one day run out as time wears out. Then a war will be needed to renew it. The more victorious the war, the greater the deposit. The higher the amount, the longer it can last.”

"Did you get the deposit you wanted?"

"No, not at all." The queen sighed, "We have eliminated the enemies within, but the enemies outside are still waiting for us."

Hearing this, Duke von Whiston couldn't help but look towards the west.

There, the real enemy of mankind lurks, an enemy far more terrifying than Downton, an enemy that can drive mankind to extinction.

The next day, Duke von Whiston submitted an application for resignation on the grounds of health. The Queen was surprised, but quickly approved, so he took the whole family back to his hometown, and never asked about political affairs again.

(End of this chapter)