Kairils's voice remained icy, without the slightest fluctuation of emotion.
Ma Lou shuddered, instantly snapping out of his complaints about Lao Lu.
He immediately put on a flattering expression, mixing fear with a hint of overwhelmed gratitude.
Ma Lou took two steps forward and bowed deeply:
"Sir! Please calm your anger, sir Knight!"
Ma Lou raised his head and stared fixedly at Kairils as though gazing upon a deity:
"The... the four of us were simply overwhelmed by your peerless presence, sir!"
Ma Lou slapped his thigh, his face full of self-reproach and awe:
"We're all commoners who grew up in the countryside. The most important person we've ever seen in our lives was the Priest in our town!"
"To have the honor today of seeing Lord Kairils, a genius of Winterhold as radiant as a deity, with a bearing unmatched in all the world..."
"We were momentarily stunned. Please forgive us, sir!"
Ma Lou's flattery knew no bounds. Even [Don't Dream of the Day] and Jiahao behind him broke out in goosebumps.
Yet faced with praise that could have easily gone to anyone's head.
Kairils showed not the slightest trace of satisfaction.
Instead, his ice-blue eyes grew colder, and his brow furrowed more deeply.
"Silence."
Kairils stood ramrod straight and corrected him with utter seriousness:
"Never again utter such blasphemous nonsense!"
"We are all the most devout followers of the great Lord of Winter and Contracts!"
"Mortals are insignificant. How could they ever be compared to a deity?"
"If I hear such sacrilege from your lips again, do not blame your captain for showing no mercy with his spear!"
This rigid yet stern reprimand, brimming with pure faith, made Ma Lou reassess him.
This young Knight was actually a stubborn fanatic!
*He was completely different from that greedy, brutal