Chapter 010 Confession

Bai Su's face turned pale and he was speechless for a long time.

But he stubbornly pulled on Keos's arm and wouldn't let him go.

There was no way to continue in this stalemate, so Keos could only helplessly say, "Hold on tight." He let Bai Su pull one of his arms with both hands, and with the other hand, he grasped the young man's waist and, with a little skill, lifted him up. "Hold my waist."

Before Bai Su could react, Keos lifted him up and put him on the horse.

Bai Su:!

He subconsciously hugged the centaur's muscular waist.

Bai Su had ridden a horse before when he was in his hometown in the countryside, but it was a Mongolian pony used for production work. This was his first time riding a tall horse like the heavy draft horse in the arena, oh no, a centaur.

Keos's horse was two meters tall at the shoulders. After Bai Su rode on it, he found that Keos's muscles were more developed than they looked. It was not comfortable to sit on it, and it even felt very hard and bumpy.

Since the centaur had no saddle or reins, Bai Su was afraid that he would fall and become paralyzed, so he stuck to his back and hugged his waist and abdomen tightly.

Keos kicked off his hooves and started running. Soon, he bypassed Bai Su's farm and came to the edge of the forest.

At this time, a centaur with red hair and black skin also walked out of the forest with his team. It was Faria who was on duty today.

"Keos?" Faria was initially puzzled as to why he saw Keos on vacation on the outskirts of town, but he quickly followed the hand that was around Keos' waist and saw the black-haired young man sitting on him. "So it's you, the new farmer."

Faria quipped, "Are you guys dating?"

Bai Su didn't know whether he should refute or not, so he didn't say anything.

"Let's get down to business." Keos interrupted Faria's teasing.

Upon hearing this, Faria's expression immediately turned serious. "It was an orc, a snow leopard orc. We found him behind the farmer's house while on patrol." He looked at Bai Su, who remained silent. "Farmer, it's a good thing you were dating Captain Keos, otherwise you might have been attacked by that orc."

Faria continued: "He was very alert and noticed us almost at the same time we spotted him. The snow leopard is so agile that he fled into the forest. We chased him for a while but lost him."

Keos paced a few paces and said thoughtfully, "What is that orc doing behind the house?"

"I don't know. Perhaps they're trying to break in and attack people? Or maybe they're looking for something to eat. After all, this is in the suburbs, making it easier to hide." Another Centaur guard added, "You said before that we should focus on patrolling the area around the farm. We just happened to run into that snow leopard orc, but he ran too fast."

Bai Su was shocked. It turned out that after that morning, Keos had ordered his subordinates to patrol his farm in particular, but when he was at home these days, he never noticed any traces of Centaurs patrolling around the farm!

Bai Su felt that he had really underestimated this world where the technology tree had not yet been lit up. The town's guards were more well-trained than he had imagined.

Fortunately, he had always asked the two little tigers not to go out or make too much noise at home. Even when they were active in the living room, Bai Su would always draw the curtains - now it seems that this action was indeed necessary.

Keos pondered for a moment and gave an instruction: "Faria, return to the guard post immediately to dispatch personnel." He then looked at the other centaurs and said, "The rest of you, immediately block the edge of the forest and don't let anyone get close!"

He said in a deep voice: "Increase the search efforts and find that orc!"

"Yes!" The guards responded immediately.

Several Centaur guards took their positions and went to carry out their tasks. Then Keos took Bai Su's hand and let him go.

When they were discussing official business earlier, Bai Su was very embarrassed, but at that time, Keos had no intention of asking him to leave, and did not even let him down from the horse. Bai Su could only remain silent and listen, trying to reduce his presence as much as possible so as not to disturb their meeting.

Now there were only two of them left. Seeing that Keos had already started working, Bai Su thought it was a good opportunity to say goodbye to him since his home was right next door anyway.

He carefully considered his words and said, "Keos, thank you for accompanying me to the Vatican today. Since you still have work to do, I won't bother you."

The tall centaur lowered his eyes to look at him. "I suggest you don't go home now. You can't guarantee that there won't be other orcs who will sneak into your house when no one is paying attention."

"No, there shouldn't be any other orcs who would..."

"Or, were those orcs already in your house?"

Bai Su's smile froze on his face.

He looked at Keos's serious face without a trace of joking, and his sharp eyes, and felt that he had nowhere to hide under such a gaze.

But he quickly adjusted his breathing and forced a smile to try to get away with it: "Keos, are you kidding me? How could there be an orc in my family?"

"You know I'm not joking," Keos said in a deep voice. "I don't want to treat you like a prisoner. I'm on leave today, so you don't have to treat me like the captain of the guard. Tell me a little about yourself, and I think I can give you absolutely fair and effective advice."

"You can choose to believe me."

"Or explain it to them when Faria comes with his entire guard to surround your farm."

Bai Su took a breath of cold air.

He was a little bit in disbelief. Except for the first time he met the mythical Centaur on the day he came through, and felt a sense of oppression from the unknown, every time he met Ceos afterwards, he felt that this handsome Centaur was extremely gentle.

Who is this person who is so high and mighty and uses both kindness and force?

Bai Su felt aggrieved for reasons he couldn't understand. He felt that he hadn't done anything wrong or hurt anyone. He had only captured two little tigers. Why did Keos treat him so harshly?

As if sensing the grievance and fear in the young man's eyes, the tall, gray-haired centaur glanced away uncomfortably, then slowed down his tone and repeated, "You should try to trust me."

Bai Su thought for a moment and asked him, "Promise me that you are still my friend, not the captain of the guard."

Bai Su actually knew that he had no other choice. He could only hope that Keos would be willing to understand his approach. When he adopted the two little tigers, Bai Su only felt the excitement of capturing cute pets. How could he be proficient in the history and laws here?

"I promise." Keos said firmly.

…

The two came to Bai Su's farm and found a vacant lot.

Bai Su looked around and found a haystack more than one meter high, so he patted Keos and asked the Centaur to carry him onto the haystack.

Keos:?

Although Keos didn't understand, he still respected Bai Su's request and carried the young man to the haystack by his armpits.

Bai Su sat down on the top of the haystack, glanced at Keos, and immediately felt relieved.

"I always felt like I couldn't talk to you properly because you were too tall," the young man complained, swinging his legs. "Now that we're about the same height, I can finally communicate with you as an equal."

The young man's childish words made Keos relax a lot. He told Bai Su seriously: "We have always been equal."

"Of course, even if you are a civil servant, you still have an administrative position. I'm not bad either. I have a farm this big." Bai Su gestured. He really felt that his farm was very big.

If the farm wasn't so big, the orcs wouldn't have chosen to hide here.

"What is a civil servant?" asked Keos.

"That's not important. Keos, what I'm going to say next is crucial." Bai Su took a deep breath. "I hope you won't ask questions first, but listen to me. I hope you trust me as much as I trust you."

Not far away, several guards were already setting up a cordon. Bai Su did not talk to Keospi anymore, but briefly recounted his experience of encountering the two little tigers.

It was difficult for him to explain to Keos why he liked the little tigers so much, because there was no concept of protecting wild animals here. He had to use some classical writing style and focus on what he learned from the two little tigers.

Bai Su guessed that a large-scale food crisis might break out, and he told Keos that his hybrid rice might be able to cope with this crisis.

Finally, in order to draw a clear line, Bai Su said righteously: "I really don't know that snow leopard half-orc. If he broke any law, it has nothing to do with me."

Keos: "...Don't worry, the Wenk Empire doesn't believe in collective punishment for crimes, and even if it does, you won't be held responsible."

Bai Su immediately felt relieved.

Keos pondered for a moment and said, "If things are really as those two tiger orcs said, then I'm afraid your guess is correct."

"Ten years ago, my father, the former Centaur King, predicted that ten years from now, when a large number of orcs leave the Dark Forest, a food crisis will erupt that will shake the entire world."

"We were on the move the first time orcs were sighted."

"It was my father's idea to accompany you to the Vatican to enchant the gold. He believed that with the food crisis inevitable, your presence and the hybrid rice you possessed might be the turning point."

Bai Su agreed with this. He also felt that the fact that he traveled here with hybrid rice, adopted two little tigers, got news from them, and Garcia also traveled here three days ago and became the Son of God... all of this was linked together, and it seemed like a destined plot.

Bai Su touched his empty neck. His gold cake was now being enchanted by Garcia.

Bai Su hesitated and said, "According to you, those orcs didn't commit any crime, right?"

"We haven't received any reports of Orcs injuring anyone yet," Keos corrected sternly, "but the charge of illegal immigration still stands."

"Including your two very good, chubby tiger cubs."

Looking at the black-haired young man in front of him, who was wilting like a plant, Keos felt a little sorry. He thought for a moment and added, "Unless someone is willing to go through the formalities and formally adopt them, for them..."

"I do!" the young man shouted happily.

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