“Uh… what else do I have to say, didn’t you already see?”
Lin Xiao scratched his head and responded to the blond-haired youth that was seriously interrogating him.
“You’re right, I saw a wicked miscreant! Lin Xiao, you heavily injured an alliance official and verbally attacked him… According to imperial law, you’ll be imprisoned for at least ten years!”
“Uh… ten years, wouldn’t I be useless when I come out?” Lin Xiao joked around without any tension and asked back, “But Caesar, what’s our relationship? We’ve been classmates for many years, and teammates, we’re friends… how can you just stand by and watch me get imprisoned?”
“Peh! Stop trying to cozy up to me! I would never bend the law for anyone!” Caesar got caught off-guard by his joking atmosphere and coughed a couple of times to regulate himself and continued to interrogate him, “So, you better quickly tell me what happened!”
“Ah you’re so annoying, didn’t you already see what happened?”
“No, I want you to tell me yourself!”
“Tsk… male chauvinist, prince syndrome.” Lin Xiao complained.
“What did you say?”
“Nothing…. cough, okay, okay, I’ll tell you… I can’t do anything about you.” Lin Xiao sighed and began recollecting about the details.
It’ll have to start from when Hebrew passed out.
Although Lin Xiao already held back and didn’t use all his strength, Hebrew still almost croaked and left a bunch of shit for Lin Xiao to deal with.
Lin Xiao hated dealing with the aftermath, he originally wanted to leave it to Yao Zi, but she was already a mess, crying while hugging her unconscious brother, so she didn’t respond to him at all.
While Lin Xiao was at a loss, he suddenly saw three familiar people, Caesar, Rosie and ShenDai Ying.
It turns out that coincidentally, they also came to get certified today. Before they even came in, they met the investigators outside and were told what happened, so they rushed over and saw him beating Hebrew unconscious.
Someone committing assault in broad daylight in the alliance office, what lawlessness!
If it wasn’t out of his trust for Lin Xiao and ShenDai Ying’s dissuasion, Caesar definitely would have treated him as a murderer and killed him on the spot!
Of course, if they really fought, he wouldn’t even be able to beat Lin Xiao… the only reason he could adopt an arrogant stance right now was because Lin Xiao was letting him.
It can’t be helped since he’s a lovable handsome boy, Lin Xiao won’t stoop to his level.
Since the truth wasn’t clear yet, even if Caesar wanted to quickly find out what happened, saving people was more important. So he immediately gathered people to start treatment.
Of course he didn’t forget the most important person, the main culprit, Lin Xiao!
As for him, Caesar was obviously going to personally interrogate him!
Currently, there were several people sitting around a small table in the office. Lin Xiao sat on one side with his cold maid standing next to him. Caesar sat across from him with his stalker Rosie on the right and his fiancee on the left. He stared at him with a serious expression, like he was afraid that Lin Xiao was going to run from the crime scene.
Even though it looked like he had control of the situation, Caesar was still lead around by Lin Xiao…
“Caesar, there’s something up with Hebrew, I recommend you investigate him.”
“Hm? What do you mean?”
“Not only does he take advantage of newbies and scam them out of money, he probably even regularly embezzles…”
“How do you know? Do you have proof?”
“Uh, no, I’m just guessing. But I’m probably right.”
“You…”
Caesar was helpless.
Even though Lin Xiao said he was just guessing, Caesar didn’t think he was just talking out of his ass, he definitely had some basis! So he immediately ordered people to start an investigation into Hebrew’s work and audited the recent financial statements to find some incriminating evidence.
“I can’t believe something like this would happen in the capital… sigh.”
“It can’t be helped, greed is the root of all evil, it might start off small, but they can never go back once they get a taste of it.” Lin Xiao lectured as if he was a wise sage.
“You’re right, we need to manage it better to make sure the same thing… wait a second?”
While Caesar was speaking, something felt wrong. He slammed his hand down on the table and made Rosie and ShenDai Ying jump.
“You! I’m interrogating you right now, it’s not the time for you to lecture me!” Caesar finally remembered that he was still interrogating him and so he angrily shouted.
“Uh, that’s right.” Lin Xiao almost couldn’t hold back his laughter, “Aren’t I taking the initiative to provide you with information? A cooperative witness like me is simply outstanding.”
“Peh, stop talking back!” Caesar was really riled up, if it wasn’t for his royal identity, he really wanted to go over and give him a good beating!
Lin Xiao was indeed very honest, he not only provided important information, he also did what he excelled in, storytelling… oh no, telling stories, to perfectly recapture what had happened and told everything to Caesar.
He spoke of how the siblings magic had no effect on the stone doll and was almost scammed, but he left out the part about himself and just told Caesar that he luckily hit the doll in the perfect spot and was able to expose Hebrew’s schemes.
As for how Hebrew was beaten unconscious… Lin Xiao said that he didn’t know, he just knew that after Lin Tian was injured, it was like his sister became another person and began crazily casting ice comets at Hebrew. In the end, he just panicked and cast some normal fire magic, and Hebrew just passed out…
“You probably unintentionally took advantage of the fact that they were opposing elements, so you were pretty lucky.” Caesar analyzed how Lin Xiao won and came to a conclusion himself.
“Right… I never knew that fire and ice magic could be used together like that, impressive Caesar, I learned something new today!”
While Caesar was thinking, ShenDai Ying secretly glared at him, like she was saying he really was good at storytelling. Lin Xiao got embarrassed and just smiled at her.
Yao Zi’s wizard bloodline was really great… great at taking the blame!
Since Lin Tian’s brother was heavily injured, it would be hard for him to speak of the truth. Since Yao Zi already agreed to exchange secrets and he saved her brother, she was grateful and already stood on Lin Xiao’s side. So even if he blamed her, she wouldn’t betray him and would cooperate with him to cover it up, doing what she does best, acting dumb!
One responsible for storytelling, the other for acting dumb, they paired perfectly with each other!
“I see… okay, it seems like it was my misunderstanding.”
Not only was Lin Xiao not a murderer, but he was also a hero of justice! Although Yao Zi did the most and he just ended up taking credit in the end, he was still courageous.
How nice would it be if the entire alliance was filled with outstanding youths like Lin Xiao!
“Lin Xiao…”
Caesar took a long meaningful look at him.
“Uh… don’t look at me like that, I’m getting goosebumps… just say it.”
“Lin Xiao, I think you changed.”
Caesar hesitated, then spoke of his thoughts.
“Changed? Did I become more handsome? Sorry Caesar, but I still like women, I don’t like you.” Lin Xiao joked.
“Heh… no, I mean you became stronger.” Caesar chuckled and corrected him.
“Of course, I’ve been at Loran Academy for so long, if I hadn’t gotten stronger, I would probably already be kicked out by Woos!”
“No, not your strength… Lin Xiao, I’m talking about your will, your heart.” Caesar pounded his chest and explained, “Before, you were like one of those homeless people and just lived your life meaninglessly… but now it feels like you found something to fight for, a goal?”
“A goal?”
Lin Xiao tilted his head and didn’t understand what Caesar was saying, he turned to look for some help, but found that since ShenDai Ying and Rosie found it too boring, they were already writing their own names into the investigator roster. They also dragged Elena over and were whispering to each other.
“Yes.” Caesar took out his investigator badge as he spoke, “I never would have thought that you would come to get certified on your own, and even exposed Hebrew’s schemes… Lin Xiao, you’ve grown.”
“Uh… although I don’t understand what you’re talking about, but thanks for the praise.”
“Heh, don’t play dumb, you know what I’m talking about.”
“Okay…” Lin Xiao didn’t play around anymore after Caesar saw through him, “Caesar, don’t misunderstand, I don’t want to be a hero, so you don’t have to worry. I just…”
“You don’t have to say it.”
Caesar interrupted him.
“Who really wants to be a hero? That isn’t the end, but just another beginning, or rather, it’s but a stop on your journey.”
“I hope that you can quickly find your own starting point.”
“…”
Lin Xiao was speechless.
What the hell was this prince talking about?
He just helped those siblings solve something not worth mentioning, was it that shocking to Caesar?
