Guild Boss's Ambition

No one wants to become those motionless flowers and plants, so when someone has dull eyes and pale face, others will start to distance themselves from him. After all, no one wants to be infected, and no one wants to be hated. However, the sick Sister Xiaolan was not hated by anyone. Everyone rushed to see her, but Sister Bai Ye insisted on blocking the door and prevented us from visiting her.

Sister Bai Ye is sometimes quite stingy.

I have also forgotten how many days it has been since I last saw Sister Xiaolan. It has been a very long time, so long that I have been distracted in class more and more frequently, and Teacher Isabella's punishments on me have become more and more severe. In just two days, I have been punished to copy the scriptures of the Genesis of the Mainland more than twenty times. My right hand is almost broken from copying so much, and I can almost recite the entire scripture.

"After God created the heavens and the earth and all things, he rested on the seventh day. On the Sabbath, the sacred tree of life will sprout and grow, which is history, destiny, and justice. It will bear rich fruits. There will be demons who will deceive the world to devour it, and then God will arrange angels to guard the way to the tree of life so that people will not die and will not be able to distinguish between good and evil. "

Today is the Sabbath, so Isabella doesn't have classes, but the Adventurer's Guild is operating as usual. I was in the back alley of the kitchen in the early morning, teasing Augustus and Xiaoban while folding paper cranes. Sister Xiaolan taught me to use paper cranes for praying. She said they can bring miracles to people, but Sister Baiye said that Sister Xiaolan was lying.

But compared to the weird Sister Bai Ye, I still trust Sister Xiao Lan more, because Sister Bai Ye's room is often filled with props of unknown purpose, and she often lies to me, saying that I will become stupid if I don't eat fish, and then saying that if I swim in the bathtub, I will be dragged away and eaten by water ghosts. It seems that only three out of ten of her words are true, but her nose has not grown half a centimeter.

So, the puppet who loves to lie is also a liar.

Is it because everyone lies to Lian'er that Lian'er is easy to deceive?

No way! Lian'er, I'm not stupid! I'm very smart!

It only took me one day to memorize the multiplication table! And I can count prime numbers up to the sixteenth in one breath!

"239..."

"240..."

"241!"

Before I knew it, I had folded more than 200 paper cranes. Sister Brannie said that if I could fold 250, she would help me string them together with needle and thread tonight. The paper cranes I gave to Sister Sophie last time were made by Sister Brannie. Unlike Sister Blue, Sister Brannie has a very skillful handicraft.

"Yeah, we still need nine! Just a little more effort and we'll be done!"

I reached out to touch the next colored paper, but suddenly a shadow loomed over me.

"Wow, you folded so many. Wouldn't it be nice to fold a few dozen next time just to show your appreciation?"

I suddenly turned around to look at the source of the voice, and a girl with black hair and red eyes was smiling at me. She looked very beautiful, always very beautiful. At this moment, her face was so rosy that she didn't look like a patient who had just recovered from an illness. However, we had only not seen each other for a few days, but I suddenly didn't know how to react to her. I just held the colored paper and stared at her blankly.

"Huh? Why is it like this? I thought Lian'er would miss me a lot!"

Seeing my lack of reaction, Little Blue Sister pretended to be sad and funny. If that puppet fairy tale was true, then Sister should also have a long nose. Wait? Little Blue Sister with a long nose? That would be really funny.

“Ahh—”

"Roar!"

“Oh—”

I greeted Sister Xiaolan with full energy, and when Little Spot next to me saw her, he flew over happily. We seldom see Little Spot approaching others so actively. In the whole stone house, only Sister Xiaolan, Uncle Strom and I can enjoy this courtesy. In the words of Sister Gushan, our Little Spot is not that kind of casual **.

"Alright, alright, that's enough licking! That's enough licking! Sit still!"

After playing with Xiaoban for a while, Sister Xiaolan let him sit next to her. Apart from Sister Baiye, Xiaoban was the most obedient to Sister Xiaolan. He barked and squatted like a stone lion. If it weren’t for his small size, he would give people a feeling of awe-inspiring power instead of looking so silly now.

However, not long after they met again, Sister Xiaolan's face turned stern.

"When I was away, did you listen to adults? Did you lose your temper?"

“Ahh—(Nods)”

"How much candy do you eat?"

"Ah-uh? (side-eyes)"

"So you ate more than ten candies a day again? You're really not afraid of diabetes!"

After the truth was revealed, I resolutely looked down at the ground without saying a word, while Sister Xiaolan began to lecture me nonstop. Based on past experience, what I had to do at this time was to nod and agree with her. When she ran out of words, she would naturally end this long-standing candy topic...

I swear to God, I really love Sister Xiaolan, but sometimes she is too obsessed with Zhi Weiximo's affairs!

She just can't understand my love for sweets.

In order to eat the most candy, I worked very hard to brush my teeth three times a day and rinse my mouth four times!

“Forget it, forget it! I won’t scold you anymore! You won’t change even if I scold you! It would be best if you really get cavities one day, then you will know how to reflect on yourself.” Just like usual, Sister Xiaolan stopped the spell attack after about five minutes. She twisted her mouth, stretched dough like Miss Korolo, and looked me up and down.

Suddenly, Sister Xiaolan's expression became serious and her eyes stayed fixed on my face.

"Uh-huh?"

Is there anything weird on my face?

Sister Xiaolan held my shoulders with both hands, and the smile on her face had a hint of horror.

"Lian'er~~Did you get your hair cut during the few days I was away from you?"

hair?

I touched my hair, looked up at the sky, and began to recall.

Oh - yes!

A few days ago, when I was walking home from class at the bell tower, Sister Blanny forced me to go to the barber shop on the pretext that my hair was too long. This time, the one who cut my hair was no longer a pretty older sister, but a big-breasted sister who looked like a man. The big-breasted sister then gave me a different hairstyle.

This time the hairstyle is long and short.

Hmm? How should I put it?

Probably like what it feels like to be a male lion?

"Ah──" I nodded to Sister Xiaolan to indicate that I had definitely passed the hair.

"Who took you to get a haircut?" Sister Xiaolan asked again.

I patted my cheeks hard, put away the smile on my face, and lowered my eyes a quarter.

Sister Xiaolan immediately understood what I meant and jumped up in frustration.

"So it's Belanny? Damn it, they said you can't cut your hair at the age of twelve, it turns out they are all in collusion to deceive people! It takes me more than ten minutes to get up every day to do it, washing, combing and styling it. After all these steps, it's enough for me to finish breakfast! No, no! I'm going to get my hair cut later, and then I'll go see them after I'm done!"

oops?

Did I just say the wrong thing?

After living in the Stone House for a long time, I have learned a little bit to observe people's words and expressions. Judging from Sister Xiaolan's current expression, it is a prelude to bad luck for some people. Although Sister Xiaolan always smiles, she is actually a dagger hidden in her smile. When she gets angry, even Sister Bai Ye, the most powerful sister in the Stone House, has to be wary of her and stay away from her.

"It seems like Sister Berlane and the others are going to be in trouble soon?"

"Maybe I shouldn't have been so honest just now?"

"But if I lie, wouldn't I just be that puppet with a long nose?"

I looked at the unhappy Little Blue Sister who fell into deep thought. There were many questions in my mind that could not be clearly conveyed by just a few "ah-woo" sounds. That's why I had to seriously learn Little Blue Sister's sign language and Isabella's writing. With their help, I could discuss complex issues with Little Blue Sister and the others and gain a deeper understanding of more things.

anyway……

"Why am I a girl who can't speak?"

Since I was born, I have thought about this question more than once.

Every time, a bitter feeling arises in my heart.

However, when I saw Xiaoban squatting nearby, I gradually felt relieved.

Xiaoban can't speak and can only bark, but he still lives a happy life. Since he is happy, then I should be able to live a happy life too. What's more, I am better than Xiaoban in one aspect. I have a pair of hands that can fold paper cranes. I can use them to pray for Little Blue Sister, so that she doesn't have to become one of those mounds of earth covered with lush flowers and plants.

So, Lian'er and the paper cranes are both very useful.

……

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33. Sequence (Little Blue)

(Ulu-Lannon)

It is a terrifying epic philosophical problem that a mother and a girlfriend fall into the water at the same time.

Who is most important? Who is second most important?

The difficulty of this question lies in the "answer" itself.

Assuming that the mother and girlfriend in the proposition both want to be the most important one, then without taking advantage of loopholes, no matter how we answer, we will not be able to meet the expectations of both of them, and one of them will eventually get hurt.

But sometimes, I can’t help but think…

Who is more important and who is less important in my life.

I even wrote down a list of their names in order of importance.

To be honest, I felt very uneasy when I wrote those familiar names on paper. I felt uneasy because it made me feel like a very utilitarian person, as if I was indirectly putting a price tag on everyone through comparison. It also made me mistakenly believe that I was objectifying human beings and treating every unique person as a kind of existence that could be traded and replaced.

But if you think about it, it's just an illusion.

In fact, after I finished writing all the names, I felt a sense of sudden enlightenment and refreshment in my heart.

After all, it is difficult for people to love everyone around them equally. The love of loving a father is different from the love of loving a mother, the love of loving a brother is different from the love of loving a sister, and the love of loving a relative is even more different from the love of loving a friend. If I keep deceiving my emotions to look at the outside world, then at certain decision points, I may very likely make misjudgments that go against my conscience.

For example, after waking up, I would go to meet Hayato in the kitchen first instead of Rei.

Compared to Hayato-kun, Lian'er is obviously more important.

However, the order in which I met everyone was not determined by who was more important. I just wanted the person who missed me the most to feel at ease as soon as possible. But because I inadvertently discovered a lie, on the way to reporting my safety to my friend, I still went to the hair salon first and cut off half of my hair, which was almost as long as my pelvis, to restore it to normal long hair.

As a boy in the past, long hair that is difficult to manage was really a hassle for me.

After solving the hair problem, I set out on my journey to find my friends again.

After Lian'er it was Meng'er's turn. Judging from her unmannered behavior of chasing the carriage on the street that day, she must have cared about me very much. If I was not unconscious after coming back, she would definitely be furious.

Only when we value someone will we have a variety of emotions because of that person.

However, Meng'er now went to the Windmill Arena.

What kind of mentality allowed her to have the mood to play in the arena when I was unconscious?

What experiences did she have while I was away?

Out of curiosity, I took a carriage to the Windmill Arena. The arena was a violent place with complicated characters. Therefore, for safety reasons, I cruelly took Xiaoban out from Lian'er and only left an Augustus for the little girl. Fortunately, there was still an Augustus, otherwise Lian'er would definitely follow me out no matter what.

After getting off the carriage, I walked straight into the Windmill Arena, and slowly found the customer service counter based on my memory from last time. There was a sexy canine waitress sitting at the counter, eating potato chips while doing some paperwork.

"Hello, big sister! Where can I find out today's schedule?" I asked her.

Hearing this, the dog waiter raised his head, put on a husky-like funny smile, and replied: "Hello, Miss Lannong from the Stone House! If you want to know today's schedule, you can go and check the bulletin board next door. If you want to find your guild leader, you have to hurry up, because she has played at least three or four games today."

I couldn't help but be surprised: "Oh! There are several games so early? Doesn't your arena open at nine? It's only ten o'clock now. How did our president manage to get such a full schedule? Did she sign up for all the games from A to E? Eh? That's not right. Wouldn't the schedule be repeated?"

The dog waiter took two bites of potato chips and said with a smile through her salty mouth, "Hehe, the schedule does repeat, so your president's competition venue is not in the official arena. She spent 15 gold to rent one of the practice venues for a day, and then specifically went to challenge those strong people above the platinum level, and constantly worked hard to break her losing streak record."

Losing streak?

Even though I haven't met the president in person, I can more or less guess her intentions. If she wants to unlock the skill called "Thousand Wins and Thousand Losses", then coming to this windmill arena to seek defeat is one of the most efficient ways. Compared to the mere 15 gold venue rental, the time of our Stone House president is obviously more valuable.

"Anyway, let's go check out the situation first, shall we?"

After waving goodbye to the waitress who recognized me at first sight for some reason, I followed the signs in the arena and found the practice area in just a few minutes. Unlike what I imagined, there were not many people in the practice area. They were mainly contestants. There were about a dozen practice venues in the area, all of which were in use.

"Where is the president?"

I looked around the practice area, and my eyes finally stopped at a place surrounded by many players. Because of the crowd, I couldn't see the situation inside clearly from a distance. When I walked closer to the place, I immediately understood why there were so many players gathered together to watch the same training ground -

In the center of this small venue, a human girl was fighting fiercely with a big and strong black bear.

The black bear was not an ordinary black bear. Its fur was completely resistant to the attack of the girl's battle axe. The only weak points on its body that were difficult to target were its relatively soft eyes and buttocks. But what was even more fatal was that this black bear was extremely fast. Under the brutal claw attack accompanied by a terrible roar, the human girl in front of the giant bear had no power to fight back at all.

"Jacob of the Tree of Life is indeed the only legendary human druid! The bear incarnation has excellent strength and speed. The leader of the third-rate guild on the opposite side has no way to force out the true strength of Master Jacob. Fortunately, I thought I would have a chance to see the master's storm bird incarnation with my own eyes today to see if he can really call the wind and rain."

"By the way, the Stone House guild leader has lost 20 games in a row in the past few days, right? How much spare money does she have to rent a venue? Or does she have a strange habit of being abused on the battlefield? Oh my, look at that face, and then look at those long legs. If the tigress guild leader of our guild also looks so young, how great would it be?"

“Hahahaha…” “Puhehehe…”

Regarding this match which was no surprise, a small number of onlookers started some tasteless discussions, but their mouths are on their faces, and it would be useless even if I ran to protest to them. Anyway, these rumors were the results that Sister Meng'er should have foreseen from the beginning. Those who take shortcuts in the forest will inevitably be cut by the grass and trees along the way.

It happened so quickly that Sister Meng'er was defeated, and the black bear fighting against her also turned back into a human form. It was a sturdy man with his upper body exposed. His appearance and facial features gave off a heroic and handsome look. Even though he won the game, the druid did not smile. He just bowed solemnly to Sister Meng'er, and then left the scene straightforwardly.

He who wins without being arrogant is truly worthy of being called a master.

"Jacob, the tree of life."

I secretly remember this name.

However, after being defeated, our Sister Meng'er did not allow herself any time to rest. She simply went to the paramedics not far away to receive treatment from the Holy Light. She then once again challenged the crowd to a fight. She soon found her next platinum-level opponent as she wished, and the audience around her began to boo her for her pursuit of defeat.

"Why did she lose on purpose, Miss Lannon?"

At this moment, a steady and deep male voice appeared behind me.

I looked back and saw that it was Jacob who had left just now.