Chapter 324: Lin Nuo’s Exemplary Conduct

Chapter 324: Lin Nuo’s Exemplary Conduct

“Saint Mother?”

Luo Xiaoxue found this term strange. How did the royal family relate to a *Saint Mother*?

In her understanding, a *Saint Mother* should be a kind and virtuous woman revered by all, right?

How could the royal family have anything to do with kindness and virtue?

Could it be a metaphor by Knight Lin?

Is the royal family the ruler, the mother of the world?

She didn’t get it, but she felt there must be another meaning.

“Young Master Lin, what is this Saint Mother?”

“Let me put it this way: I kill your entire family, you forgive me, act like nothing happened, and we can still be good friends. What do you think?”

“That, that can’t be! Killing family is a huge grudge; how can one simply forgive?”

“You’re right, but the royal family is seriously ill with this situation. This is severe *Saint Mother* syndrome, you know what I mean?”

“Uh… Do you mean to say that the royal family shouldn’t try to redeem the enemy?”

“Obviously, why should they even try to redeem?”

Lin Nuo said, rather annoyed.

“Do you really think telling some righteous platitudes will change someone’s ways? Don’t kid yourself; anyone with a normal brain has heard the big ideas. If they were swayed by morality, they wouldn’t go down a wrong path.”

“Maybe they just went astray; if we genuinely try to redeem them, I think it should still be possible, right?”

Luo Xiaoxue’s voice dropped, losing the confidence she had earlier. After Lin Nuo’s words, she began to doubt her own thoughts.

After all, Lin Nuo commanded great authority, and many of Luo Xiaoxue’s ideas were influenced by his words and actions.

“Genuine redemption? What kind of international joke is that?”

Lin Nuo grew animated, sternly condemning Luo Xiaoxue’s thoughts.

“Those willing to turn back do so only in the face of overwhelming power. Without strength, all so-called redemption is a farce. Enemies won’t surrender because of your talk of kindness and morality; they’ll surrender because you’re strong enough.”

Having played the villain for so long, Lin Nuo was well aware of this truth.

This little sister was truly naive; she probably only knew how to stay at home with needlework.

“When dealing with enemies, if you’re not ruthless enough, just wait to be killed. Still talking about kindness and honesty? That’s just a joke; it only makes your demise worse.”

“Uh…”

Luo Xiaoxue lowered her voice even further, as if she had completely lost confidence.

With little experience herself, she had always been told in the royal palace that one must use royal virtue to redeem the populace, even redeem the enemies, and she was thoroughly indoctrinated with the idea that enemies might just be misguided, and with genuine redemption, one could bring back a lost soul.

Thus, she amassed a great deal of moral platitudes.

“It seems you still don’t understand the maliciousness of these evil paths. They love hearing you spout kindness and moral talk; after all, they do their killing while you are preaching. It’s a win-win for them. Oh, and by the end, they’ll just kill you. How wonderful!”

“Uh…”

Luo Xiaoxue’s voice was almost inaudible. Thinking of it this way, indeed, she had been too naive.

She originally thought Knight Lin advocated redeeming enemies too, only to realize he believed in being more ruthless than the enemy.

Still, she had a lingering confusion:

“But being more ruthless than the enemy, isn’t that the same as being the enemy…?”

“Then just wait to die; I have nothing more to say to you.”

Lin Nuo gradually finished chewing on his apple. As a villain, his philosophy was to be more ruthless than the opponent; otherwise, the one who dies is oneself. He managed to survive in his past life precisely because he adhered to this idea.

By the way, why was he arguing so seriously with a little girl?

He was here just to take a break, after all.

“My comprehension isn’t great; please don’t be angry, Young Master Lin…”

Luo Xiaoxue tugged at Lin Nuo’s sleeve, like a little girl who had annoyed her crush, pleading for forgiveness.

“You’re overthinking; it’s not worth my anger.”

While Lin Nuo was still pondering over his apple, before he knew it, he had eaten it all.

Once again, a break equals faster munching!

“By the way, do you have any more fruits or snacks?”

“Yes, yes!”

Luo Xiaoxue quickly rummaged through her dress and pulled out two small red fruits, offering them to Lin Nuo.

“These were given to me by the townsfolk; I haven’t had a chance to eat them yet. If Young Master Lin doesn’t mind…”

“Not at all.”

Lin Nuo unceremoniously took the red fruits and popped one into his mouth.

Kind of sweet.

But really tasty.

“I will remember what you said today, Young Master Lin.”

“Remember what?”

“Just what you said, be harsh with enemies, don’t always think about redeeming them.”

“I was just rambling; you can remember whatever you want.”

Once Lin Nuo finished his red fruit, he stood up and brushed off the dust from his clothes.

“I’ll go buy something to eat; what do you want?”

“What you eat, I’ll eat too.”

“Another one of these strange requests.”

Lin Nuo strolled towards a pastry shop.

After hearing Lin Nuo’s lecture, Luo Xiaoxue felt a whirlwind of emotions.

Her past beliefs and thoughts were actually foolish and ignorant, completely impractical.

With a light sigh, she noticed Qin Shili walking up to her.

“You seem a bit melancholic,” Qin Shili remarked coldly.

“I feel so foolish and ignorant now.”

“You just realized?”

“Uh… Though the mockery sounds similar, yours is genuine ridicule while Young Master Lin’s is encouragement.”

“You’re thinking too much; he’s just mocking you.”

Qin Shili stated bluntly, showing no mercy to Luo Xiaoxue. The only one who could directly confront a princess was certainly her, Qin Shili.

“So, what did Lin Nuo say to you?”

“He criticized the royal family, saying they treat enemies with kindness but oppress their own people.”

“I won’t comment on the royal family.”

“That’s fine, whether you comment or not; I already know of the royal family’s shortcomings.” Luo Xiaoxue sighed.

“Actually, if I rated the royal family like that, you definitely wouldn’t spare me.”

“Of course, Young Master Lin is much smarter than you; his words are truth.”

“I won’t deny your viewpoint; he is indeed smarter than me, and his words are true.”

It was rare for Qin Shili and Luo Xiaoxue to agree on something. After all, when it came to praising and admiring Lin Nuo, they had no disagreements whatsoever.

“So he commented on the royal family, and that made you melancholic?”

“Not quite; it’s rather that I believed in redeeming enemies, while he thinks we should be harsher, as if my beliefs of many years have shattered. With that, what makes us different from the enemies…?”

“He’s not wrong at all, and he certainly lives by that. You can see him; he’s fiercer than the enemies, but his reputation remains untarnished, even better than before. No one condemns him for being ruthless and heartless, so what reason do you have to doubt him?”

“Right! Knight Lin’s fame is widespread now; he may not speak of morality, but he gives off the sense that he embodies the best of morality.”

Luo Xiaoxue suddenly understood; Lin Nuo’s actions were the best demonstration.

She had a long way to go, still a naive little girl; she needed to learn more from Knight Lin in the future.

Controlling the world couldn’t rely solely on the words of kindness.

……

After spending enough time in Chuzhen, Lin Nuo and the others flew back to the Lin family estate.