"What do you mean?" Xavier, feeling the boss's helpless tone, couldn't help but ask rhetorically.

"That strong man, after all, is just a scoundrel. The innkeeper sighed, "So, he doesn't want to go too far, and at most collect protection money everywhere to avoid accidentally offending a big man like you." ”

"But if you let the police, or the soldiers, they do arrest the scoundrel, but again, they will charge a corresponding return, even more than those protection money."

Hearing this, Xavier couldn't help but be silent for a while, he really didn't expect that behind such a small matter, there was such a big problem, the so-called harsh government is fiercer than a tiger, probably this is what it means, right?

But in his eyes, the soldiers should be a part of the protection of the people, at least in Reston Village, although the soldiers' moral character is not very noble, but at least during his tenure as the captain of the detachment, he has never seen any oppression of the people, let alone collecting protection money.

This made him extremely puzzled, and he couldn't help but continue to ask, "What about their chief, don't you care?"

In the village of Reston, Sir Liszt was strict with military discipline, which is why he asked.

"Mr. Swordsman, you overestimate their virtues. The innkeeper shook his head at him, "I'll bet in my father's name that nine out of ten of the officers of the inner city police and soldiers are yes, and the rest of them are mostly stupid." ”

"You mean, after their men collected the money, they gave them some of it, and thus obtained their protection, so they didn't care?" Xavier quickly understood what he meant, and asked rhetorically.

"That's it, Mr. Swordsman, this is what this country really is, and it is impossible to expect them to save us. "The innkeeper seems to have lost faith in the soldiers.

"Is this so?" Xavier remembered the captain Andrew, and the soldiers he met at the city gate, could it be that they were all black sheep who oppressed the people, as the boss said?

He wanted to believe it, but he couldn't believe it, after all, the words of the family may not be correct, only what he sees with his own eyes is the real truth.

In the blink of an eye, he decided to expel this thought for the time being, get out of the hotel, and solve the problem of satiety.

But it was precisely because of this that he really saw the problem happening.

In the restaurant, next to Xavier, four soldiers sat scattered around the table, got good wine and food, and ate it in laughter, there was no problem, but when it came time to settle the bill, there was a slight contradiction.

A new waiter, I don't know if it was because of youth or ignorance, actually asked these people in military uniforms for money for food, which made them angry and asked the boss to come over to save the scene.

"I'm sorry, he's new here, he's not sensible, do you need any more dishes?"

"No need, hurry up!"

Looking at the groveling appearance of the boss and the arrogant and domineering appearance of the soldier, Xavier suddenly remembered a sentence in his heart.

That's what the cloaked assassin said to him

"If you knew the truth about this country, you shouldn't have stopped me!"

Perhaps, this is what he really meant, and although I completely disagree with his actions, I now understand his reasoning, Xavier thought silently in his mind, and turned his gaze from the heart of the matter to the other passers-by.

In his eyes, Xavier found that their reactions were as if they were used to it, as if it were a matter of course for soldiers not to pay for their meals, just like the sun rising in the east.

So, if I go out and stop it, am I the one who goes against the tide?" Xavier thought to himself, or should he acquiesce to this behavior and not react to it?

Thoughts, suddenly there was a dispute, but in the next moment, suddenly stopped, because Xavier quickly understood his true heart.

From the day he drew his sword and dealt with the water ghosts, he was destined to be on the side of justice.

This is his character, and it is the reason why Sir Liszt chose him as captain of the detachment, and it is also the reason why Caroline likes him.

The so-called, choose the good and be stubborn.

So, amid the stunned gazes of several soldiers, Xavier stood up and said to them with a smile on his face, "I think you should pay, so that everyone will be happier." ”

Several soldiers were speechless for a moment, thinking to themselves that you are the oldest, how dare you come to talk nonsense? Indeed, this black-haired man has two sword blades around his waist that I don't know whether they are good or bad, and I don't know what strength he has, but they, but they are soldiers in the inner city! Don't they also have steel swords on their bodies? Who is afraid and who doesn't know?

Immediately, several people stood up together and aimed at Xavier with angry eyes.

Under such momentum, Xavier in the previous life may be frightened and take a few steps back, but how can he be afraid if he has killed all the barbarians? At this time, he continued to smile and did not take the initiative to make a move, just staring at a few soldiers.

However, the boss next to him was directly frightened, for fear that these uncles would fight in his store and destroy the entire store, "A few friends, can you calm down, my shop"

"He was the one who took the initiative to provoke first, and we didn't do anything. One soldier said with a puff, then turned his fierce gaze to Xavier, "If you're willing to apologize, we can pretend nothing happened." ”

"If you're willing to pay what you have due, I can pretend nothing happened. Xavier looked at the steel sword at his waist and smiled at the others.

Hearing this answer, one of the soldiers couldn't help but shout at Xavier, "Who do you think you are?

As a soldier who has been in the inner city all year round, he naturally knows what big people are in the city, but this black-haired man, he has never seen before, he must be an outsider who doesn't know the rules, and he doesn't know how he came in with a sword.

But this is the kind of person who dares to criticize them, the soldiers in the inner city, is it so easy to bully?

In an instant, several soldiers pulled out their swords together and aimed them at the black-haired man.

In the face of this tense atmosphere, the passers-by next to them suddenly felt bad, threw the krona one after another, and ran away from the store without caring about eating.

And the boss and the waiters didn't dare to continue to persuade them, they were afraid that if they really started fighting, they would be the first to die.

But Xavier, but still had a light expression, shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly, "Didn't I say, don't draw your sword casually?"

As he spoke, he also pulled out the steel sword that had been with him for a long time.

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