"Captain!" x2

Both Michelle and Raphael got up, pressed their left hand to their right chest, leaned forward slightly and nodded their heads in acknowledgment.

Gonzalez bowed his head and waved his hand: "No need to be polite, I'm just here to have a drink." ”

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

He has short black hair, pale blue eyes, a smooth forehead, and bushy raised eyebrows, giving him a sense of masculinity and fortitude.

He is not tall, only 1.75 meters, which is not very tall and burly, Raphael is 1.82 meters, Michelle is 1.85 meters, and in comparison, Gonzalez is not outstanding in appearance.

He didn't be polite, he sat down and poured himself a glass of red wine, Michelle and Raphael were not informal, Gonzalez was half of their teacher, and they knew each other very well.

"Captain, do you approve of Michelle's philosophy?" Raphael touched his round chin, a little curious.

He thinks Michelle is still too extreme, jealous and hateful, but the world is very complicated, and many things are not black and white.

Gonzalez poured himself a sip of red wine and licked his lips: "It's not much recognition, it's just that people need some ideals and things like that to support themselves, especially for a paladin, this can make you go further......"

Michelle listened expressionlessly, and Raphael was thoughtful.

After talking for a while, Gonzalez couldn't help but reach out and stroke his forehead: "Get used to it, as soon as people get older, they like to preach young people, and they don't think about whether their experience is still valid. ”

"Captain, you're still young." Raphael corrected.

Harold Gonzalez is 91 years old this year, which is indeed very young for a Sanctuary powerhouse, and if a Sage ages naturally, he can live to be nearly 500 years old.

Laughing at himself, Gonzalez's thumb rubbed the smooth glass: "I am indeed very young compared to His Majesty the Pope, so I sometimes feel confused and unable to calmly look at some of the problems in this world.

Just like Michelle's philosophy and behavior, I don't really agree with it in my heart, but I don't know how to tell him a more reasonable way. ”

Raphael was stunned for a moment, his face was surprised: "Commander, do you also feel confused?" ”

Michelle also stared at him, and the two had always thought that the other was erudite and intelligent, and could see things in a calm manner.

A hint of mixed emotion flashed in Gonzalez's eyes: "Interested in hearing some old stories?" ”

The two nodded, and Gonzalez laughed heartily: "This world is not a fairy tale!"

This is what His Holiness the Pope told me about seventy years ago when I first met him.

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

Seventy-three years ago, Gonzalez was 18 years old, in the prime of life, and he had been separated from his parents and lived alone for three years.

On that day, he sold the valuable things of his family, together with the log cabin that he had worked so hard to build, and with a passionate heart and eight gold coins, he prepared to go to the city for a great job.

He wanted to fulfill his dream - to have a job in the city, to have a apartment, and to be a decent citizen.

Gonzalez, an aspiring young man, set out, and he and a few companions went to a nearby town, where they rode a steam train from the backwoods to Frenje, the capital of the Saint-Joan Empire.

As soon as they got off the train, they were stopped by a middle-aged man who was dressed decently.

The man, John Debunney, who claimed to be a petty businessman, cried and begged him for help, saying that her daughter was seriously ill and needed a sum of money for treatment, or she would die immediately.

But he has invested most of his savings himself, and the cost of the early treatment has exhausted his money, and there is no cash at the moment, hoping that Gonzalez and they can help him.

A few of his partners ignored it and left directly, but Gonzalez hesitated, and he was a little unbearable in his kindness.

Seeing this, John cried with red eyes, saying that his friends were very stingy and refused to help him, accusing this society of being too indifferent, and that he had helped his friends before, but when it came to such a time, none of them could be trusted.

He praised Gonzalez as a warm-hearted and good man, and if he was willing to help him with his immediate needs, he would double the amount he had borrowed and introduce him to a job......

Then he took the eight gold coins from Gonzalez's hand, wrote an IOU, and introduced him to a cheap place to live, telling him to wait a few days, and he would pay it back immediately.

Gonzalez naturally didn't wait for anything, the other party even had a fake name, he was at a loss, he couldn't find a good job for a while, he almost ended up on the streets, and finally he went to a construction site and started moving bricks......

Than Rennes can still move, it will take half a year to move, and then change jobs.

On one of the Holy Feast days, he went to receive the "blessing" of the priest and was chosen to become a probationary knight.

Gifted with great talent, in less than three years, he became a Silver Rose Knight (Third Order), and just when everyone was looking favorably on him, several young paladins reported him.

They said that he was too cold and selfish to conform to the way of knighthood, and when he was on a mission, he simply ignored the fact that ordinary people asked him for help......

When a cardinal confronts him, González says that he has been deceived and that this time has drained his zeal......

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

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

After that, I changed, and in those years, I didn't pay attention to anyone who asked me for help on the road, whether it was real or a liar.

Sometimes I wonder if good people are the most vulnerable to injury in this world, if I was like a few friends at the time, I didn't care about myself, and I walked away, wouldn't I have been deceived? ”

There was silence, and Michelle rarely spoke: "After Fran died, I was no longer naïve, kindness means weakness and deception." There is no such thing as the best of both worlds in this world, and if you hesitate, you will lose, and this is not a heroic epic.

Many times, not only can you not save the hostages, but you will only let the enemy escape, or you will not save anyone by taking your own life, so that the enemy will have the last laugh.

There are no miracles, no twists and turns, the hostages are saved, the enemy is dead, and then the plot will only appear in the legend......"

Michelle's face was full of indifference, if you know his experience, you will know that he never said anything moral to the enemy, and when necessary, he can use group beatings, poisoning, sneak attacks in the back, and any despicable means.

Gonzalez sighed when he saw this: "That day, His Majesty the Pope told me that the person who deceived me had been caught and handed over to the Sheriff's Office, so I was asked to see him......"

He went, went to visit "Mr. John" in prison, and the other party had a good life over the years, had a prosperous business, and deceived many people, because there is no shortage of good people in this world.

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

"It seems that I have offended someone who should not be offended, and I remember you, after all, there are few people like you who hand over all the money they have to help a stranger.

You know, I've always been good at taking advantage of other people's kindness, and I've lived comfortably like this for more than twenty years.

At first, I would feel uneasy and guilty, but as time went by, I became accustomed to it, and even whenever I cheated money, I would feel happy. ”

"Mr. John" was not uncaught, but there were loopholes in St. Joan's law at that time, and the punishment for such fraudsters was very light, and he was released after a few days, and there was no additional fine.

Gonzalez was confused, he knew that the other party would be released soon, even if the church let the sheriff's bureau keep detaining him, but there was far more than one "Mr. John", many train stations have this kind of person, specializing in deceiving travelers, and when there are many people, there are always people who are deceived......

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

The old man smiled kindly and handed him a document for him to go to Parliament in his own name to submit the bill.

Later, St. Joan's law was changed, and the offender not only had to return all the money fraudulently obtained, but also fined the victim an equal amount of money, and spent at least two years in prison.

If the circumstances are serious, it is possible to go to prison for the rest of the year without a cap.

"This world is not a fairy tale, kindness is powerful."

This was what the old man taught him, and soon after, Gonzalez received 16 gold coins from the Sheriff's Office.

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