Paine's game

Paine could guess that this face-loving king probably had no intention of giving either of them any honorary knighthood from beginning to end. This dance was probably just a Hongmen banquet, extremely dangerous, and if it went wrong, there would be no return.

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It’s not that Paine presumed others with malice, but the king’s malice was too obvious. This can be seen from his unwillingness to reveal his true identity to Old Tom in the royal capital - the king was really ashamed to be known.

In the middle of the night, he was beaten up by a group of servants of a mere honorary knight. After all, the king would lose face if word spread about it. So the only one who could be beaten was Baron Billiver, while the great king stayed alone.

In the palace, I don’t know what is happening outside.

Only in this way can the king's face be saved.

Face is extremely important to the superiors. To a certain extent, face is one of the things that the superiors value most.

Those in power are very concerned about their status. In the eyes of those in power, they are the most noble. They do not allow themselves to lose anything, nor do they allow their status to be challenged.

It just so happens that besides wearing beautiful new clothes, this king also loves to save face.

You must know that in the original plot, after the king realized that he had been deceived, he still insisted on running naked to complete the parade. How could such a face-loving person change his temper just because he was beaten? No

Possible!

This kind of person will never admit that he sneaked out in the middle of the night and was beaten up. He was as gentle as he asked for help when he was beaten, and he was as ruthless as he stood up and bit someone.

I'm afraid he hates not only the servants who beat him, but also the twin brothers, Paine and Old Tom who witnessed him being beaten.

The group of servants who beat him were lucky and were killed by Paine, but the others were still alive. With one more person alive, the king's embarrassment would be more likely to be leaked. The king's hatred for the servants who beat him

, I’m afraid it has already been transferred to several other insiders at this moment.

So not only would he not admit the matter, I'm afraid he would also be happy to solve the problem once and for all - since it would be embarrassing to spread the word, wouldn't it be enough to silence all those who knew about it? The twin brothers and Old Tom all entered the King's Palace with him

Everything, life and death, depends on his thoughts.

It's just that Paine, who showed off his force, didn't come with him, and Paine's attacks were quite ruthless, which impressed the king a little. He didn't want to directly provoke a hard problem. So the king probably thought it over and released Old Tom, preparing to fight.

Let’s settle it once and for all at the dance.

Seeing Paine not answering for a long time, Old Tom asked strangely: "Ronald, what's wrong with you? Isn't this a good thing? Why do you look so ugly?"

Paine shook his head secretly in his heart. This stupid mandrill is really a rotten tree that cannot be carved out of wood.

"I thought of some other things, which were not very pleasant, so I looked a little unhappy."

Paine casually excused himself, "But isn't it true that only unmarried girls from all over the country can enter that ball? Can the two of us enter?"

But Old Tom didn't notice Paine's abnormality at all, but said happily.

"No problem. There were other male guests at that ball, such as the big and small nobles. They all had invitations. Baron Billiver said that he would send someone to receive us one hour before the ball starts."

This is a seamless arrangement throughout the entire process, and it is clear that we can say that we are just waiting to kill them both.

Paine's eyes were stern. If he really listened to others' arrangements, he might not be able to resist even if he wanted to, and he would have to be slaughtered.