Chino: "Oh? How can it help? ”

"The Plenary Council of the Kingdom is the highest-level administrative council of the Kingdom of Doguland, which is led by my father and is attended by the king's right and left hands, the governors of the six major provinces, the ministers of the royal family at all levels, and the main members of the royal council. ”

"The final vote will be decided by the supreme will of the father, but in all the plenary sessions, the king did not act arbitrarily, but listened to the opinions of the other participants."

"That is, if you can get the support of the majority at the meeting, and your father will make a trade-off when deciding your fate, you will have a better chance of surviving."

Chino: "How do you want me to cooperate?" ”

"First of all, I want to ask you a question. I would like to receive your unreserved and sincere answer to this question-" André looked at Chino, the candle flame reflected in his pupils, and he asked word by word, "You are a visitor from outside the world, right?" ”

Chino couldn't help laughing: "What? Now it's so hard to be a prince that you have to rush to do the work of a judge? ”

"I knew you would say that," Andre sighed heavily, and he took Chino's shoulder hard and said sincerely, "please believe me, no third person will know about the conversation between us." I am asking you about your identity now, and I am not trying to extract a confession. Trust me! ”

Chino: "Yes or no, is my identity important to you?" ”

Andrey: "It's very important, and I don't know how to help you until you answer 'yes'." ”

Chino: "I'm sorry, I'm afraid you're going to have to run for nothing." I'm not a visitor. ”

Andrei was a little helpless, but he was not discouraged, and said in a deep voice: "In this way, I will first show my sincerity and explain the reason why I am here - if you are a visitor from outside the world, it means that you have mastered the technology of an alien visitor." The alchemists had already disassembled and analyzed it, and it was a completely different technical system, more precise and efficient than rune technology. ”

"Do you know what that means? It means that as long as we master this technology, and combine it with rune technology, and develop a better technical system, the entire Doguland will change with each passing day! At that time, the farmland will not need to be cultivated! You don't need a horse tow to drive! Anyone can take to the skies like a dragon knight aboard the Iron Bird! ”

"Chino Administrator, what is politics? Politics is an extension of the relationship of interests, and it has more rules than disorderly barbarism - if you are a visitor from outside the world, you blasphemous deserve to die from the legal code, but if you can bring unimaginable benefits to the kingdom, and the cost of losing you outweighs the judgment itself, does your identity matter? ”

Chino stared at Andre, his eyes were so deep that he seemed to be able to penetrate people's hearts, and the smile on his face was more like a mask that would never be taken off.

Andre stepped forward and got closer to Chino, his eyes full of heat and sincerity: "If you are still worried that I am coercing a confession, you can not give me a positive answer, just nod your head, or even blink hard, tell me that my guess is right, and I can help you lobby!" ”

"Alchemists are hungry for the skills of visitors from outside the world, and the leader of the Huffy family, Lord Lan Xian, is the current "right hand of the king", and his status is equal to that of Lord Sting, if he is willing to come forward to protect you, your father will definitely give you a way to live! And if no one speaks for you at the meeting, everyone agrees by default, and you will be executed without any suspense... That's something I don't want to see..."

Chino and Andre stared at each other, silent.

Just when Andre couldn't hold back and was about to ask again, Chino's eyes were clear, and he slowly shook his head: "Your Royal Highness, thank you very much for looking up to me, but you seem to have really misunderstood something, I am a citizen of the kingdom like you, not a visitor from outside the world." ”

Andre paced back and forth in the cell, his mood seemed a little impatient, and after a long time, he let out a long sigh and returned to Chino's side: "Okay, I don't care if you are really a visitor from outside the world, or if you are wary of me and deliberately don't say it, I will treat you as if you are not." In any case, I don't want to change my heart to save you. ”

"But my strength alone is too weak, and if you want to survive, you must have the support of other superiors, which means that you need to show enough value to let them speak for you."

"If you are not a visitor from the sky, then I have another question, this question is related to the attitude of other superiors towards you, so please answer me sincerely - you, can you crack the technology of the alien visitor?"

There was no delay, Chino still shook his head: "I said it all, I'm just like you, just a member of the Dogurand Kingdom, and I'm not an alchemist, how can I have the ability to crack the technology of the extraterrestrial visitor?" ”

Hearing this, Andre was stunned: "Then why do you have so many props for visitors from outside the world?" ”

Chino: "The spoils of war." I defeated the visitors and snatched them from them. ”

Andre's eyes wandered: "But I heard the residents of Twilight City say... You know how to use those props..."

Chino: "Of course I didn't understand it at first, I used it once from a visitor from outside the world, and I learned it myself." Or maybe it's like a child who doesn't know anything, you pick him up with a ballista, he touches it, and slowly he knows how to make this 'toy' fire. ”

Andre sighed again and again, pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back: "Administrator Chino, they all say that you are a person with a high intelligence and intelligence, why don't I look like it?" Why do you have to dig into the dead end? You can lie to me now! Let's just say that you know the technique of visitors from the sky, and I will take this sentence to lobby the superiors, which can help you to a great extent! ”

Chino Wan'er chuckled: "You said it at the beginning, you want me to be honest, every word I say now is very honest, without the slightest concealment, this is a respect for you." ”

Andrei couldn't help but sigh, he closed his eyes for a long time, and when he opened them again, his eyes were full of tiredness: "Okay, I see, thank you for your honest answer." I can't bear to see a hard-working magistrate wrongfully killed, but unfortunately I can't think of any way to help you right now. ”

"Still, I'll do my best to lobby for you—in terms of past achievements and merits. But I'll put it in front of you, the hope of this kind of lobbying is very slim, and the past achievements cannot exchange the existing benefits for you, and it is difficult to help you. You want to get out of this matter unless..."

Chino: "Unless I admit to being a visitor from the sky?" ”

Andrey: "Or admit that you know the techniques of the extraterrestrial visitors, get more extraterrestrial props, and hold top-secret information in your hands that outsiders don't know... Anything that reflects its own value, anything that can be exchanged for political benefits, can help you. ”

Under Andre's gaze, Chino's expression did not change, and he still shook his head: "I'm really sorry for disappointing your expectations, I have already said everything I can say." ”

At this point, Andre had nothing more to say, he nodded silently and patted Chino's shoulder lightly as a sign of comfort.

Before leaving, Andre did not take off the clothes draped on Chino's body, but carefully left it here to keep Chino warm, rubbed his hands and left silently.

"There will be a date later—" Chino stared at Andrei's departing back, his amber eyes reflecting a thorn in the remnants of the candlelight, and his smile was meaningful, "Prince Ci." ”