Guild Boss's Ambition

I chuckled and lightly pressed the human girl's brow. "If you are less than 1.4 meters tall, you have to take good care of your figure. You have no height and no breasts, and you wear a pair of super cute ponytails all day long. It's hard for customers not to define you as a girl. But, if you think the photo is not taken well, then go find Hai Lao to get a new one when you have time──"

"Yes, yes." She agreed to me sweetly.

Feeling a little tired, I got up and sat beside her bed: "Gu Shan, what kind of person you want to be is always up to you. However, as a senior, I can give you some small suggestions. As for whether it is useful, it depends on you to think, select and practice. After all, you are the protagonist of your own life, and others are not and cannot be responsible for you."

"Yes!"

Realizing that the topic had shifted to the point, Gu Shan also responded solemnly.

I sorted out my thoughts and analyzed for her, "In fact, in my opinion, whether it is Blanny or Xiaolan, they are just like me, they just want to achieve their goals. They work hard to improve their inner qualities because they want to make the stone house better and more interesting. When a person works hard and then gets it, she will feel happy and satisfied."

"Teacher! I have no idea what you are talking about!"

Student Gushan started to study hard.

"Don't interrupt me yet, wait for me to finish what I'm saying."

I pushed her back to the ground with one hand, then took a piece of notebook paper from the small table next to me and handed it to her.

"I personally think that your situation is a lack of dreams. Gu Shan, you used to work in the Stone House in order to make a living, but now you have found a stable life in the Stone House, and therefore, you gradually begin to want to realize yourself."

"However, although you subconsciously want to do something great, you have been trapped in your livelihood for a long time and you don't have any specific ideals at all. Your life does not have a clear direction and lacks a goal to devote all your efforts to it."

"So, Gu Shan, go back and write an essay! The title should be "My Aspirations."

After listening to my conversation, Gushan lowered her head thoughtfully. After a long time, she raised her head with a smile, walked forward and gave me a warm hug. This made me feel uncomfortable. Apart from the last time when I was drinking and making trouble, I haven't had such a close contact with other humans for a long time, and I almost forgot their unique scent.

Humans and half-elves are different.

Their lives are always full of vitality.

We half-elves are generally as quiet as trees. We rarely feel overjoyed, and we rarely feel overly sad. Even when he took her away, or she left with him, it was just planting thorns in our hearts. We would be pricked by them occasionally, but in the end, there would only be a trace of sigh, loneliness, and a pool of tears falling in memories.

I pushed the ancient mountain away from me without leaving a trace.

"Gushan, it's late at night, you should go back and rest."

"Eh~ No need! I'm really nervous right now, Gu Shan!"

She was innocent and spoke her mind directly. Her bright eyes made her look like she wanted to have a night talk with me. I felt it was not appropriate, so I smiled and said, "You are a young person and you are full of energy, but I am an old lady in my thirties. If I don't take good care of myself, my face will be full of wrinkles in a few years."

“Oh…I see.”

Gu Shan first murmured with a little disappointment, but then he quickly smiled again: "Well, Sister Annie, remember to have a good rest. Gu Shan will go back to write the composition tonight, and I will give it to you for correction tomorrow. Um - you should be free tomorrow, right? I didn't disturb your private time, did I? If you have any questions, please tell me, and don't force yourself!"

"No, no, I can't wait to be happy to have a junior like you."

I responded to Gushan with a smile, and the older girl happily bowed to me and said goodbye.

When she left, she was still happily wearing a pair of rabbit ears~

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10. Windmill Arena (Erhard)

(Mener-Ehard)

The day after Xiaolan left.

I got up at six in the morning as usual.

Because I worked overtime yesterday and finished two days' work, I just need to finish my daily work quickly today, and I will have the whole afternoon free to do other things.

For example, challenge the windmill arena.

On this day, reminiscing about the feelings of my old military academy, I put on my long-missed battle axe and light armor, and carried a refreshing blue cloak. I came to this battlefield three kilometers away from the stone house. For most warriors, this is a good place to improve their skills. Under the protection of the field's defensive magic, the loser will be able to ensure his own safety and avoid death.

I walked up to the pretty registrar lady and said hello to her.

"Hello, is this where I register to participate in the competition?"

"Yes, dear President of the Stone House."

The registrar recognized me immediately. She gave me a playful look and handed me a competition form and a set of writing materials. On the form was a pile of extremely complicated information, from date of birth to whether there were any hidden diseases. It was so rigorous that it seemed like an adventurer's registration form redesigned by our Xiao Lan.

I wrote it quickly and handed the form back.

"President Stone House, you are only at the Gold level. Are you sure you want to sign up for Group A?"

"Oh no, please correct it for me. I actually want to sign up for both Group A and Group B."

"Eh?!"

The registrar was a little surprised, but she quickly dispelled my impossible idea: "I'm sorry, because the competition time of Group A and Group B will overlap, so you can only choose one of the two."

I had thought I would be rejected, so I smiled in relief and said, "Then I'll just sign up for Group A."

After registering, I went to the registrar to rent the practice space in the arena.

If I'm lucky, I might be able to find an opponent to compete with me.

"..."

"Hello! President Ehard - hey, why did you turn around as soon as you saw me?"

What appeared in front of me was a blue-eared fox girl with unpredictable behavior. I couldn't help but feel a headache. Although objectively speaking, she was also a good opponent, I always felt that the process must not be very interesting. However, since I had the misfortune of meeting her, if I avoided her too deliberately and abruptly, I was afraid that I would only bring her bad taste to myself.

Because I really feel that I am so unlucky.

So my acting skills couldn't be fully utilized for a moment, and I could only force out a stiff smile.

"ViVi, what a coincidence, what are you doing in the arena today?"

"What are you doing here? Of course you are here to practice your skills of stealing money and killing people!"

"..."

The blue-eared fox girl took out two edible banana daggers with a very happy face. I wisely didn't complain, but just patted her shoulder and said something normal between adventurers: "Oh, so ViVi is here to practice. What a pity, I have other arena matches to prepare for today, so I can't be your sparring partner."

Hearing this, ViVi blinked innocently, and stood on tiptoe with great joy, flapping its wings like a bird, and asked in a hurry: "Eh, eh, eh? President Ehard, you are going to play a game today? Which group? Group D? Group C? Or Group B? No, no, no, with your identity and status, you must be challenging Group A, right?"

In the Windmill Arena, there has always been a clear indicator of the competition level.

Group D is a Bronze to Silver level event

Group C is a silver to gold level event.

Group B is a gold to platinum level event.

Group A is the Platinum to Legend level event.

If you understand this clear and distinct indicator of strength, you will realize that what ViVi said just now was a complete sarcasm towards me. She thought that I would only sign up for Group B or Group C events, rather than participating in the highest-level competitions like the presidents of the other 64 guilds. And based on my past conservative style, I think this is the case.

However, today I have a longer-term vision.

I am on my way to the "thousand victories and a thousand defeats" written in my plan.

I looked at the clown orphan girl who was ten centimeters shorter than me. I was not annoyed by her provocation at all. Instead, I felt abnormally calm. I answered in a tone that was half self-deprecating and half excited, "Yes, I am indeed going to challenge those strong men in Group A today. After all, no matter what, I am still the president of a guild. Even if my strength is not good, I have to be on par with other guilds in terms of pomp and circumstance."

"Hmm..." The clown fox girl cast a suspicious look at me unhappily: "President, you are acting weird today."

It's rare to see ViVi with an unhappy expression, and I can't help but feel happy.

I've changed my mind.

"ViVi, there's still a little time before my match starts. Do you want to play a game with me?"

"Hmm--ah--hmm--"

Because of my unsolicited initiative, ViVi couldn't help but be suspicious. She sniffed around me for a long time like a fox that saw a suspicious trap, and finally nodded heavily as if to confirm.

"President, you are on your period today without any doubt." She suddenly blurted out something strange.

"Is it necessary to say it?" I said woodenly.

Suddenly, she took a step back towards me, and the banana in her hand blurred and turned into two scimitars.

At this time, ViVi had changed his expression.

The expression is not one of seriousness, but more of a cynical and violent one.

And her tone was as if she was possessed by a demon.

"We're worried that you'll be fighting too hard and accidentally leak it out."

"That doesn't depend on whether you have the ability or not."

In just a short moment, our fighting spirits were already boiling.

I originally thought so.

But ViVi's enthusiasm lasted only three seconds before she turned the knife back into a banana and started eating it.

While chewing, she said vaguely, "Before we fight, please allow me to eat two bananas. When I was a child, my parents always told me that bananas are a very good weight loss food. They can reduce appetite, improve athletic performance, prevent many epidemic diseases, and even make us a little happier."

"..."

"hateful……"

"She's talking so much that I almost want to eat a banana."

Suddenly, the fox clown turned half of her body away from me and stared at me with vigilant eyes: "Even if it's President Ehard, I won't give up my bananas. If you want to eat them, go to the market and buy them yourself. You can get a bunch for 15 copper coins. Do it yourself and have enough food and clothing. Don't count on others for help with everything, you spoiled monster child──"

"I went to military school by myself when I was nine! Who is the monster kid?"

I couldn't help but complain after all.

The fox clown chuckled, "As expected, President Ehard is the cutest when he's angry!"

cute?

All along, people usually only compliment me on how handsome I am.

Being called cute is really...

My face got hot unconsciously.

The fox clown also laughed an extremely hateful laugh at the right time: "Hahahaha, as expected, the expressions on your faces, sisters Ehard, are very funny! But, in the final analysis, Berlani's is more interesting. No expression is the best expression!"

Belanny?

As soon as I heard the name of Blanny from ViVi's mouth, my mood suddenly sank and my eyes became sharp unconsciously.

"I advise you not to take advantage of Berlane's idea."

The fox clown blinked and said with a smile: "I just want to be friends with her. Do you, as her sister, have to control who she wants to be friends with? Or do you have some special and unspeakable relationship with her? Tsk tsk tsk, philandering President Ehard, which one do you like? Be careful of being chopped──"

I made my face as cold as possible.

"I don't want to interfere with Berlane's freedom either."

"But—"

"Branny doesn't need a dangerous friend like you."

Unfortunately, my serious warning only elicited ViVi's laughter.

With that arrogant smile, she said something similar to what Bai Ye said in the past: "Do you think I'm dangerous? President Ehard, don't you think that the truly dangerous and selfish one is actually you? If you really cherish the people around you, you should never appear in this place, in Mopolis City, in front of me now──"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" I resisted the urge to grab her collar.

"Feel sorry."

Under my glare, her smile was flattened into an emotionless horizontal line: "Miss President, you just said that you wanted to fight with me, right? Then, let's have a good fight, shall we? If you can beat me and everyone in Group A, then everything I said is really just the nonsense of a clown. On the contrary, if you fail..."

There was a long silence.

She just lowered her eyelids, made a big face, and then said nothing else.

I knew she wouldn't explain it clearly even if I asked.

Some things can only be found at the edge of a sword.

What we want is an epiphany.

After exchanging glances in agreement, the clown and I each took out our full sets of equipment and walked step by step to a public practice field not far away, staring at each other with different expressions. Like other standard competition venues, there were also magic arrays here to prevent death and permanent disability, allowing both of us to perform a variety of moves at will.

Although I want to achieve a goal of 100 wins and 100 losses as soon as possible, but──

I don't want to lose this game.

At least, the opponent is just an adventurer of the same gold rank.

At least, my dignity as a knight will not force me to commit defeat.