"Um, it's delicious." Karron wasn't the type to be good at complimenting others, so this plain compliment, coupled with a smile, indicated that he was quite satisfied.
Xialin also knew his own limitations. He was definitely no match for the chefs in the palace. But to receive such affirmation from the king made him very happy.
【Ding~ Prevent Karron from executing the other family members of Louise I. Task reward: Decrease the blackening value by 6. Failure penalty: Strip dance in front of Karron】
Hearing this penalty, Xialin had an exasperated look on his face. He was now absolutely certain that this system was an improper one. Look, what a crazy penalty!
Seeing Xialin looking rather gloomy, Karron asked with concern, "What's wrong?"
Xialin shook his head and asked him, "Karron, are you going to execute all of Louise's family members?"
Karron was quite surprised that Xialin knew about this. He thought it must have been Zorro who told him.
"Yes, so what? Is there anything strange about it?"
Xialin didn't want to oppose Karron as directly as he had done before. Instead, he expressed his opinion euphemistically, "I think maybe we can spare Louise's family. After all, her family members haven't done anything wrong."
Karron sighed. He felt unsurprised. His Xiaolin was good in every aspect, but just too kind. He didn't know why every time he wanted to simply kill all those who had made mistakes, Xiaolin would stop him. If it were someone else, Karron would have... But this person, Xialin, was the one who had given him a special palpitation the first time he saw him. So Karron was reluctant to punish Xialin. He just stroked Xialin's head and said, "Let it be like this for now. When you become the queen and have equal power with me, you won't oppose me every day, will you?"
Xialin sighed. He suddenly thought that even if he stopped Karron from massacring people again and again, if he didn't change Karron's concept, it wouldn't be a long - term solution. But he didn't need to be so pessimistic. At the beginning, who would have thought that Karron would care so much about a commoner like him.
Xialin sat down next to Karron and held his hand. "Karron, do you believe in reincarnation?"
Karron scoffed. "How could I believe in such superstitious stuff?"
Superstitious stuff? Xialin was speechless. "If you say so, what about Master Pissman's prophecy? Isn't that something that can't be explained by science either?"
Karron frowned and found that he couldn't refute. "That... that's different. Do you really believe in it?"
To show Karron how serious he was, Xialin nodded heavily. "Yes, I do. It's precisely because I believe in past lives and present lives that I don't want you to always solve problems in extreme ways. I've heard that if people do good deeds in this life..."
Then Xialin told Karron that if one did good deeds in the past life, they would be reborn into a good family in the next life.
"Of course, I especially hope that you'll have a good afterlife, Karron."
So that was why Xialin had stopped him again and again! But even so, Karron still didn't believe in such theories about past lives and present lives. But for Xialin's sake, he was willing to spare Louise's family.
"Fine, I'll spare them. I'll just demote them to commoners, okay?" Karron looked at Xialin with a doting expression as if he was helpless with him.