Blood tax

Chapter 365 If You Win, I Will Let You...

In the early hours of the morning, Chaoyang hid behind gray clouds and refused to show up.

Griffith sat up in bed groggy, as if he was hungover.After performing continuous tasks, his body has become accustomed to short rest in a highly stressful environment, and it has become difficult for him to sleep deeply.

The decoration of the bedroom is very comfortable and warm. There are encyclopedia-like textbooks on the dark desk, your own coat and scarf on the chair and hanger, and the soft mattress and quilt are warm and comfortable, making you not want to get out.The ground and walls were made of large black rocks, smooth and flat, and the fireplace opposite the bed was flickering with a charcoal fire that had not been completely extinguished.

The room had three beds, and Berthier and Lana were Griffith's roommates.The two of them curled up in the bed without any movement.

Griffith rubbed his face and put on his clothes.Since you can't fall asleep, it's better to hurry up and review your homework.When he went out to fight on a mission, he couldn't let go of the book, but after all, he couldn't compare it with school, and the progress of the course inevitably fell behind.

The official sent a notice to order military uniforms. There was a sum of money, 200 silver lang and enough fabric buttons to make two sets of uniforms.Griffith can order his suits at tailors in town in Baltimore.Wearing the uniform issued by the army is something only junior officers and non-commissioned officers do.

In addition to the excellent military uniform, he has many other benefits, including but not limited to wartime separation allowance, long vacation, marriage leave and family visit leave. If he is fighting outside, he can give priority to designating his own dormitory and having orderlies.

Griffith looked at it for a while, then put the letter away.

The final exam is not far away, and the college can let it go lightly for the sake of performing duties. Who told him to be Xiu Torral~ But the exam and thesis will not be ambiguous!
Just thinking about it makes me nervous!Griffith couldn't help sweating on his forehead.He looked at Lana who was still sleeping soundly. This guy had also been on duty in Verona for a long time. He must have studied hard. How could he be so calm?

Griffith opened the textbook on his desk and took a brief look, and found that the notes had been made on it, and the important points were still marked with an end point, and a small note was pasted for notes.The thin and beautiful font has a unique style, as pleasing to the eye as bowstrings and crescent moons, and one can tell at a glance that it was prepared for him by Galadia.

Shutoral is not a professional thug in Bayeran. Many of them will bid farewell to the military career after graduation and become the family's administrators and staff.Four years of study is a very precious experience. During this period, if you can win achievements and honors like Griffith, that would be great.However, if military exploits are placed above academics, then the cart before the horse.

Although they hang long swords around their waists, one day, the swords will be put in their sheaths and accompany their masters as decorations at banquets and balls in Bayeran, or they will be placed in the inquiry seats of the Senate and the offices of the army headquarters. at the table.Poor grades and experience in the academy will tarnish the honor gained by knights and apprentice knights in battle, which is more serious than the nature of defeat.The worst case is, in case of being repeated grades, you can't be with Feng Jun... For example, next year, Galadia and Sonia will be promoted to the third grade, and Griffith is still in the second grade. This, how frustrating it is Awkward.

Calm down, as long as I review the materials Galadia prepared for me, and borrow Sonia's paper for "reference", everything will be fine!
No matter what, the top students in the grade are all very familiar with me. I can tutor whoever I want to tutor. It’s just a final exam or something. I have the advantage!
Griffith took a deep breath, hummed twice, pulled up his coat and began to read.

After a while, the wall clock on the wall of the living room outside the bedroom struck five times, and the sky lightened slightly.

Griffith raised his head from the book in a daze, slapped himself heavily on the face twice, and then buried himself in his notes.

Soon, he raised his head again, and beads of sweat the size of soybeans rolled down his cheeks.

"Introduction to Advanced Spells", "High Energy Alchemy Materials", he could recognize every word in these notes with strange names, but after combining them, why couldn't he understand a single word?

……

In the early morning of December 12, Griffith left the dormitory with a solemn expression, and walked along the long corridor on the cliff to the dining room.On a gloomy winter day, the snow in the distant mountains stretches to the infinite sky, blending with the gray sea.

There was no one in the empty corridor.The bitter wind crossed the mountains, plains, and cities from the wilderness in the extreme north, blowing away the morning fog, blowing all the way into the spinal cord of the second-level assault squadron leader, and then savagely slashed a few times.

What is the aesthetics of the school.Griffith criticized bitterly in his heart.Why not install glass on this long corridor, or paint the walls with white ash? Is this cold and lonely tone leading us to the abyss that will never be restored?Doesn't anyone know what beauty is in this ancient and pedantic castle? ?
what--!My final exam!Combat missions cost me a lot of study time, the situation is too bad for me, I need support!Griffith almost rolled on the ground with his head in his arms.

"Morning~"

The agile voice is like clear spring water, tinkling in the gloomy heart.The coldness in the morning suddenly became brilliant.

"You're finally back~"

"Morning! Galadia!" Griffith turned his head abruptly, and was pleasantly surprised to see the person he was thinking of appearing in front of him, and almost slipped and knelt to hold his last hope.If it hadn't been for years of fighting to cool his heart down, he would have burst into tears this time.

Reinforcements, my reinforcements are coming!
"Why are you so excited..." Miss Elf tilted her head in surprise.She stood there slim and graceful, wearing a woolen long winter school skirt and cloak, with a red fine velvet scarf wrapped around the neckline.

Griffith was so excited about his final exam that he wanted to pray for help quickly.When he saw the beautiful figure beside him, he immediately lost the ability to speak.

The cold and dark corridor is so pure. Is this the way to guide weary travelers to find the blooming rose fields in the dark wilderness? As expected of Homemonwatts, only the palace of knowledge accumulated in history can have such a taste!
Galadia carried a thick textbook, and came lightly to her boyfriend, leaning on Griffith's arm like a nightingale returning to a branch.Shui Lingling's eyes flickered a few times under the long eyelashes, a little embarrassed, but also a little happy.She gently stroked the smooth long black hair around her ears, and her fingertips followed the hanging hair ends to her waist. She lightly touched the knight's fingers, and immediately held her fiery and powerful hands tightly.

"Give you five points~"

……

The ceiling of the Homenwarts Great Hall is so high that it can hardly be seen, and the huge arched glass windows like the sky are shimmering with ever-changing colors and paintings.Four long tables are arranged here, and it is the venue for major festivals and events in the college, and students also eat their daily three meals here.

"The final exam is after Frost Day, and I brought the schedule." Sonia sat down across the long table as usual, poured herself a bowl of yogurt and sipped, "Griffith, your face looks so bad , The task is too hard, haven't you rested yet?"

Griffith sat there with a pale face, flipping through his textbook while eating.

"Sonia, you care about your knight—!" Fiona smiled, looking at her good friend and then at Griffith.

"I'm just..." Sonia's cheeks flushed slightly, "I'm just...um, uh~"

"He just found out that he didn't know a single word in the review materials, and he was going to be finished at the end of the semester, so he was frightened!" Galadia sat next to Griffith, glanced at the thick textbook on the table, and pierced through it with one sentence. over him: "Isn't it?"

"I can still read the characters." Griffith defended.

"Look," Miss Elf looked first at Sonia, then at Fiona, "I know."

"There is still time for the exam." Sonia flipped through the book and handed over a timetable. "You need 444 Dafa!"

"What is this, magic? Can magic handle the exam?"

"I only sleep 4 hours a day, drink 4 cups of coffee, and have a GPA of 4.0!" Sonia added some fruit to her bowl, "I do this every time before the exam. Come on, you still have time."

……

All day long, Griffith, who had nowhere to retreat, was studying hard and kept learning late.Most of his friends have gone to prepare Frost Day gifts and dances, and he is still gnashing his teeth to learn.

Griffith felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart due to too many homework arrears.He casually picked up the newspaper on the table, wanting to take a break.

"What about your thesis?" Galadia, who had been at the desk all night, brewed a cup of coffee and handed it over. "Of course the written exam can be a surprise attack, but what about the thesis?"

"Huh?" Griffith looked up suspiciously, "Don't you want to write a paper too?"

"Hey? Is my thesis related to yours?" Galadia didn't follow his train of thought for a moment, "I've finished writing it a long time ago."

"I think so." Griffith found a small cup, threw a lot of sugar cubes, and poured some coffee into it. "Since you wrote the paper, I can just copy your paper. Why do you have to write it yourself?" to write?"

"..."

Galadia almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

She bit her lip, ready to sternly reject the villain.But, take a closer look, when he refused to copy the project report for Griffith last time, he threatened himself by rolling all over the floor, but he succeeded in the end.

"How about it," Miss Elf's bright eyes flickered, and a little smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, "Let's take a rest. How about playing a game of King of Mysteries?"

"I'm busy~" Griffith shook his head, "I'm about to start writing, um, copying the paper."

Sure enough, the villain!Galadia clenched her fist, resisting the urge to beat him up, and said with a smile:
"If you win, I'll give you the paper and tell you how to modify it so that the professor won't find it."

"real!"

"Of course, can I still lie to you?" Galadia nodded seriously, "I'm your true friend."

"Hey, you are such a good person, um, such a good elf!"

"Don't be so polite," Miss Elf laid out the chessboard of the King of Mysteries, "Which one of us is with whom~"

……

Humph, as planned!Even if I don't care about the final paper at all, Galadia will bring it up.I take advantage of the opportunity to use the characteristics of the brawny face, and I can save more time to review the written exam, and with her help, I can get a high score in the essay!
As expected of me!

Griffith hastily covered the corners of his mouth with sugar mixed with coffee.

What?What if the King of Mysteries loses?This is impossible!I have long known that King of Mysteries is a war chess game developed by Roland. Apart from the long quest line and adventure plot, another major selling point is the real-time strategic confrontation between chess players.Chess players can use spiritual power or manually manipulate cards and national policy routes, produce armaments, upgrade weapons, assemble as many troops as possible, and then fight on complex terrain.

Can I lose! ?I'm a professional military officer, and it's not been a day or two since I played King of Mysteries!Hehe, there is such a good thing~ I usually have to find time to play a game, but now I can not only let Galadia play with me, but also solve the paper by the way, it is a good thing like a dream!
Losing is impossible!

The King of Mysteries is a game that almost all the students of Homemonwarts like, and the school has made a ranking of Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Master and Grandmaster according to each person's record.I, Griffith, a master-level chess player, can easily deal with cute and simple silly roe deer!

Griffith injected psychic energy into the huge unfolding chessboard.The chess surface immediately showed a fine diamond-shaped grid of thousands of cards used to arrange the cards, and then the coat of arms marking the player's level appeared at the corner of the chessboard.

See my coat of arms with two swords and golden oak leaves!Galadia, this is the proof that I am a Homemonwatts master chess player. Even Professor Heinz may not be able to beat me. The moment you see this coat of arms, you should... what!
Griffith thought he was dazzled for the first time.He suddenly saw that the coat of arms presented on Galadia's side had a sparkling diamond more than his own double swords with golden oak leaves.

what!Galadia, are you actually a master! ?
(End of this chapter)