Infinite Begins with Giants

Chapter 158 I am good at taking advantage of the kindness of others
"Leader!" x2
Both Michelle and Raphael stood up, pressed their left hands on their right chest, bowed their bodies slightly and nodded in greeting.

Gonzalez nodded and waved his hand: "No need to be too polite, I'm just here for a drink."

Gonzalez, the head of the Knights Templar of the Church of Light, does not look very handsome, not as handsome as Raphael and Michelle.

He has short black hair, light blue eyes, smooth forehead, thick and raised eyebrows, giving people a masculine and resolute feeling.

He is not tall, only 1 meters, not very tall and burly, Rafael is 75 meters, Michelle is 1 meters. In contrast, Gonzalez is not outstanding in appearance.

He was not too polite, and sat down directly, and poured himself a glass of red wine. Michelle and Rafael were not overly restrained, and Gonzalez could be regarded as half of their teacher, and they were very familiar with each other.

"Captain, do you agree with Michelle's ideas?" Raphael touched his round chin curiously.

He felt that Michelle was still a bit too extreme, and hated evil like hatred, but this world is very complicated, and many things are not black and white.

Gonzalez took a sip of red wine for himself and licked his lips: "It's not a lot of recognition, it's just that people need some ideals to support themselves, especially for a paladin. Let you go further..."

Michelle listened with a blank expression, while Rafael was thoughtful.

After talking for a while, Gonzalez couldn't help stretching out his hand to caress his forehead: "I'm used to it. As soon as I get old, I like to preach to young people, and I don't think about whether my experience is still valid."

"Captain, you are still very young." Raphael corrected.

Harold Gonzalez is 91 years old this year. For a strong man in the holy domain, he is indeed very young. If the holy man ages naturally, he can live to be nearly 500 years old.

Laughing at himself, Gonzalez stroked the smooth glass with his thumb: "Compared to the Pope, I am indeed very young, so I sometimes feel confused and cannot calmly look at some problems in this world.

Just like Michelle's philosophy and behavior, I have always disagreed in my heart, but I don't know how to tell him a more reasonable way. "

Raphael was taken aback, his face was very surprised: "Captain, do you also feel confused?"

Michelle also stared at him. The two always thought that the other was knowledgeable and intelligent, able to see things calmly.

A complex emotion flashed in Gonzalez's eyes: "Are you interested in hearing some old stories?"

The two nodded, and Gonzalez laughed heartily: "This world is not a fairy tale!
This is what he told me about 70 years ago when I first met the Pope.

You may not know that when I first came to this city, I was cheated out of my money..."

73 years ago, Gonzalez was 18 years old, at the age of his prime, he had already separated from his parents and lived alone for 3 years.

That day, he sold the valuables at home, together with the cabin he worked so hard to build, and with a passionate heart and 8 gold coins, he prepared to go to the city to do a big job.

He wants to realize his dream - to have a job in the city, to have a flat, to be a decent citizen.

Gonzalez, an aspiring young man, set off. He and a few partners went to a nearby town, took a steam train, and ran from the backcountry to Frenje, the capital of the San Joan Empire.

When they got off the train, it wasn't long before they were stopped by a well-dressed middle-aged man.

The man's name was John Debney, who claimed to be a small businessman, and cried to him for help, saying that her daughter was seriously ill and needed a sum of money for treatment, otherwise she would die of illness immediately.

But he has invested most of his savings, and the cost of early treatment has exhausted his money, and he has no cash at present. I hope Gonzalez and the others can help him.

Several partners ignored it and left directly, but Gonzalez hesitated, and the kind-hearted him couldn't bear it.

Seeing this, John cried with red eyes, saying that his friends were very stingy and refused to help him, and accused the society of being too indifferent. He had helped his friends a lot before, but when it came to this kind of time, none of them could be relied on.

He praised Gonzalez as a warm-hearted and good person, as long as he is willing to help him solve his urgent needs, he will return double the money he borrowed and introduce him to work...

Then he took the 8 gold coins from Gonzalez's hand, wrote down the IOU, and introduced him to a cheap place to stay, asking him to wait a few days, and he would pay back the money immediately.

Naturally, Gonzalez didn’t get anything. The other party’s name was fake. He was at a loss. He couldn’t find a good job for a while. He almost lived on the street. In the end, he went to a construction site and started moving bricks. ...

Billen was still able to move, and it took half a year before he changed jobs.

On a holy day, he went to receive the "blessing" of the priest, and was selected as an apprentice knight.

With outstanding talent, in less than three years, he became a Silver Rose Knight (third rank). Just when everyone was optimistic about him, several young paladins reported him.

They said that he was too indifferent and selfish, that he didn't conform to the way of a knight. When performing missions, ordinary people asked him for help, but he simply ignored it...

He was confronted by a cardinal, and Gonzalez said that he had been deceived and that his enthusiasm had been exhausted on that occasion...

Half a month later, the Pope met with him...

In the private room, Gonzalez shook the wine in his glass, looked at Michelle and Raphael, and said in a vicissitudes of voice: "That deception is not very clever, and it is full of flaws when I think about it carefully, but I was still fooled, he is perfect took advantage of my kindness, maybe my greed and ignorance...

After that, I changed. In those few years, I would ignore the people who asked me for help on the road, whether they were real or liars.

Sometimes I wonder, in this world, are kind people the most likely to be hurt? If I had nothing to do with myself like a few of my friends at the time, would I not be deceived if I walked away? "

There was silence, and it was rare for Michelle to speak: "After Fran's death, I am no longer naive. Kindness means weakness and bullying. There is no best of both worlds in this world. If you hesitate, you will lose. This is not a heroic epic.

In many cases, restraining hands and feet will not only fail to save the hostages, but will only allow the enemy to escape, or fail to save anyone at the cost of your own life, making the enemy have the last laugh.

There is no miracle, there is no such thing as a tortuous process, the hostages are rescued and the enemy is dead, such plots can only appear in legendary novels..."

Michelle's face is full of indifference. If you understand his experience, you will know that he never speaks morally to the enemy. When necessary, he will use gang fights, poisoning, sneak attacks from behind, and any despicable means. .

Seeing this, Gonzalez sighed: "That day, His Majesty the Pope told me that the person who deceived me was caught and handed over to the Public Security Bureau. Let me go and see him..."

He went to visit "Mr. John" in the prison. The other party has been doing well these years, his business is booming, and he has deceived many people, because there is no shortage of good people in this world.

Gonzalez asked angrily whether the other party's conscience would not hurt, would he not feel guilty in his heart, the other party was silent for a while, and said something like this:

"It seems that I offended someone who shouldn't be offended. I still remember you. After all, there are very few people like you who hand over all the money in your body to help a stranger.

You know, I've always been good at taking advantage of the kindness in others, and lived comfortably like that for over 20 years.

At first I also felt uneasy and guilty, but as time went on and the frequency increased, I got used to it, and even felt very happy whenever I cheated out of money. "

"Mr. John" was not uncaught, but there were loopholes in the laws of San Joanne at that time. For such fraudsters, the punishment was very light, and he was released within a few days without additional fines.

Gonzalez was confused. He knew that the other party would still be released soon. Even if the church asked the Public Security Bureau to detain him, there were far more than one "Mr. John". When there are too many people, someone will always be deceived...

The gray-haired Pope met him again and asked him how he felt. He said he was angry, confused, and powerless.

The old man smiled kindly, and handed him a document, asking him to submit the bill to the parliament in his own name.

Afterwards, the law of San Joan was changed, and fraud was criminalized. The prisoner not only had to return all the defrauded money, but also fined the same amount of money to the victim and served at least two years in prison.

If the circumstances are serious, there is no upper limit, and it is possible to spend a lifetime in prison.

"This world is not a fairy tale, there is power in kindness."

This is what the old man taught him. Soon after, Gonzalez received 16 gold coins from the Public Security Bureau.

Later, there were fewer and fewer "Mr. Johns".

(End of this chapter)