Guild Boss's Ambition

Feeling so tired...

I shook my head.

"Come on! Just once! Just once! Play with your sister!"

"..."

Sister Gushan is often like this. Even if I reject her invitation, she will still pester me. Unlike Sister Xiaolan, if I don't agree, she will either give up or propose other negotiation conditions, instead of forcing me to agree to her request in an annoying way like Sister Gushan is doing now.

Considering that if I didn't agree to the competition, Sister Gushan would bother me for a long time, I had no choice but to nod and agree to her request.

"Oh! Yeah! Lian'er is so nice! Come on, Xiaoban! Let's have a competition!"

"..."

Under the tyranny of Sister Gushan, Xiaoban, who was drifting happily, was also forcibly carried ashore and forced to participate in the swimming competition she held. To be honest, for a dog like Xiaoban with a cute short leg, it would be very difficult for him to compete with humans in swimming. Seeing Xiaoban's helpless look, I couldn't help but touch his head with sympathy.

"Ready! Three, two, one, go!"

After Sister Gushan and Xiaoban explained the rules of the game, Sister Gushan counted down and announced the start. Although she was the one who called the start, for some reason, both Xiaoban and I started a beat faster than her.

Because the hot spring water was a bit dazzling, as soon as I jumped into the water, I closed my eyes and swam hard!

As I swam, I reached the other side without realizing it.

Looking back again, Sister Gushan and Xiaoban were in the same position.

Sister Gushan is also a talented person as she can tie with a short-legged dog in swimming.

However, it seems that Sister Gushan is more than just a talent. Indeed, at the beginning, she was able to compete on equal terms with Xiaoban, but halfway through the race, she showed signs of running out of stamina and was slowly left behind by Xiaoban, who was silently maintaining a steady speed. In the end, she lost the game very regrettably.

"No... Impossible! How could I lose to a dog? This is not scientific at all!"

Sister Gu Shan, who lost the game, stood on the shore in disbelief, doing the frustrated forward bend movement written in the common language ORZ. But just like her character of getting stronger with each battle, she stood up again soon after, burning with fighting spirit: "Impossible! This must be a coincidence! I lost the game because I started slowly! Lian'er, Xiaoban, let's have another game!"

Seeing Sister Gushan like this, Xiaoban and I looked at each other and both acquiesced in her willfulness.

"Three two one!"

Unlike the last time, Sister Gushan was naughty and didn’t say start. She just shouted three, two, one and jumped into the water.

Seeing that Sister Gushan was trying to sneak ahead, she barked in disdain, and then jumped into the water at the same time as me. Unlike last time, this time Xiaoban swam as fast as a flying fish. His two pairs of feet kicked the water frantically, creating frequent rustling sounds and rolling white waves. In just thirty seconds, Xiaoban swam a distance of more than sixty meters to the other side, and waited proudly for us who had fallen behind to come back.

It turns out that Xiaoban was giving in to me just now...

Or has it never even thought about competing with us for the first place?

Xiaoban is indeed Xiaoban! As Miss Bai Ye's fierce dog and the mascot of the Stone House, his generosity is indeed incomparable to that of ordinary dogs. You know, there is always someone better than you. It's nothing great to compete with two little girls for the first place in swimming in this small hot spring. Even if he wins, he will only gain a false reputation that cannot be used to brag! It's better not to compete for the first place.

I looked at Xiaoban with admiration, slowed down, and returned to the shore at the most comfortable and natural pace. But even though I had slowed down my pace, Sister Gushan, who was far behind, still lost to me. She arrived at the other side panting and it was obvious that she had tried her best. Because she had tried her best, she was even more determined to win...

"No, no! Let's play another game! One more game! There's no way we can lose by this much!"

Since Sister Gushan refuses to admit defeat, Xiaoban and I have no choice but to stick with her to the end. It won’t take much effort anyway.

Ahhhhh

Wang──

This time, there was no need for Sister Gushan to count down. Xiaoban and I jumped into the water one after the other. Because of our quick steps, Sister Gushan behind us immediately complained, but who cared about her? If she wanted to compare, she could do it herself! Xiaoban and I just wanted to swim at our own speed and for our own purpose. We didn't care about the outcome of the competition at all.

"Lian'er, Gushan!"

"Have you had enough swimming? I'm going to get out of the water and find something delicious! Do you want to come with me? If not, I'll leave first!"

Perhaps God wants us to get out of this boring competition. The voice of an angel came from afar. She is my Little Blue Sister, who loves to work but is lazy. There are always delicious things around her, like candies, cakes, and goodnight kisses before going to bed. But we don’t know what wonderful food she will conjure up this time like a magician to share with us.

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50. A snake-like woman (Xiao Lan)

(Ulu-Lannon)

The moment I left the hot spring locker room with Lian'er and the others, I suddenly had a very subtle feeling.

"Why, I seem to have suddenly become the leader of the children..."

"Three little brats plus a cute pet, isn't that a standard travel combination for a certain pet x little x spirit?"

"So what we're going to do next is challenge the gym, collect seven cage balls, and summon the legendary Diya Pineapple?"

"No, I'm not Gu Shan, I can't think about these indecent things!"

Slowly climbing up the stairs, we soon reached the second floor. However, this snake house was huge. I was kidnapped by Meng'er and taken to the basement, so I couldn't recognize the way for a while. As for the other two stupid lolis, of course they didn't remember the way. After thinking about it, we decided to look around to see if we could find one or two snake maids to ask for directions.

As a result, the maid was not found.

Instead, he found the owner of the mansion, a descendant of the royal family, in the living room.

I didn't think much of it at first, but after the discussion in the hot spring just now, Ms. Corvina's image suddenly became taller. Even though her country has been destroyed, in front of her, I am just an ordinary civilian after all, and she is a noble woman covered with the glory of her family. Even if she doesn't deliberately show off, others will realize their own ordinariness because of the greatness of their family.

I remember that during a casual chat, Bai Ye once said...

"When the most capable people shoulder the greatest responsibility, that is the nobles of ancient Lorraine."

"Good afternoon, little ones. Did Ruan's daughter Doris scare you by being rude?"

Seeing me and the two little kids, Ms. Corvina lazily raised her eyebrows to signal us. Before we arrived, she didn't smoke, but just held a big white snake and looked at the scenery outside the window. The place where she sat happened to be where the sun shone, which made me think of those cold-blooded animals that need to rely on sunlight to regulate their body temperature.

"No, no, thank you very much for your hospitality, but Gu Shan is a little afraid of snakes."

I took Lian'er and the others to bow to Ms. Corvina, but somehow, among the three of them, Lian'er, who was originally the most outgoing, turned out to be the one who performed the most perfectly in etiquette, which made me a little dumbfounded on the spot.

"Are you afraid of snakes? Didn't you have fun playing with my pets last time, Xiao Gushan? Why are you afraid of them again?"

Hearing what I said, Ms. Corvina stood up with a surprised tone, and she walked slowly towards us with a smile on her face, holding the white snake in her arms. Perhaps because of Corvina's malicious smile and some bad memories, Xiao Gushan tensed up and hid behind my back with a look of panic on his face.

“Don’t…don’t…don’t…”

The little girl murmured faintly as if she had been teased.

Seeing this, I pinched her little hand and tried to comfort her. Fortunately, Ms. Corvina's pranks seemed to have a bottom line. When she realized that Gu Shan really couldn't stand it, she changed direction and handed the white snake to Lian'er next door, teasing: "Stupid Loli, what's so scary? Look for yourself, this little mute likes them very much!"

As soon as she saw the white snake, Lian'er started playing with it again. Perhaps in her eyes, the big snake with venomous fangs and the wounded Xiaoban were both friends sent by God to her. She even used the white snake to simulate a dog leash for Xiaoban, and she was not afraid that either of them would feel insulted and bite her butt to teach her a lesson.

"By the way, didn't you go to the hot springs? Why did you come to Ruan's place?"

Seeing Lian'er and the white snake having fun, Ms. Corvina also smiled beautifully. That was the beauty of motherhood. I just didn't know whether that motherhood was directed at humans or snakes. But as long as I thought that this great beauty in front of me was a rare species that had lived for more than a hundred years, she suddenly had more of the beauty and intelligence of time in my eyes.

Because of this unprecedented beauty, I was stunned for a moment. After hesitating for a while, I answered blankly: "Why did we come to your place, Ms. Vivina? Um...oh! Nothing, we just got lost and wanted to ask for directions. But then again, we are a little hungry. What delicious food is there in the Snake House──Hmm?!"

"Xiao Lan! No!"

Before I could finish my question, Gu Shan, who was like a hamster just now, had already covered my mouth.

"???"

I was extremely confused, and Miss Corvina in front of me started to giggle: "So you are here to find food! That's very simple! We don't have anything in our snake house, but there are all kinds of snakes, whether they swim in the sea, crawl on the ground, or even fly in the sky. As long as you can name it, I can catch it for you to eat!"

When I first heard it, I was shocked!

"Eat...eat snakes?!" I asked in surprise, "Wouldn't that be equivalent to eating the maids we just saw?"

"Ha ha……"

Ms. Corvina chuckled as if she had heard a joke and said, "Don't worry, what I'm going to cook for you are all monsters from the farm. They are not creatures that have developed intelligence, can read, play the piano, or fall in love. Although I don't mind cannibalism when necessary, it's still a waste to kill and eat them since they know how to do things."

What a waste?!

Although I am glad that I will not be eating that beautiful coral snake later, Ms. Corvina still makes me feel a little strange. I don’t understand whether Medusa and snakes are closely related, but...

Well, there is nothing but yes or no. Anyway, I don’t understand the world of Medusa.

Speaking of snake meat, I ate a lot of it on Earth before, and I've tried several restaurants that specialize in snake banquets. I remember that some were delicious and some were not, but the only thing I couldn't stand was the snake wine. I don't know what other flavors you can get from it, but to me, it's almost the same as super concentrated wheat soy milk evaporated under the sun...

That was a pretty crazy flavor.

However, since this is a noble family, I think the support they give us will not be too bad.

"Then Ms. Laukovina will arrange it—"

"You are welcome."

With a serene smile, Ms. Corvina rang a silver bell in the living room. As the silver sound rang, Miss Coral, whom I had been paying attention to for a long time, half lowered her head, walked out silently from the darkness with a dignified step. After listening to the instructions of her master, she quickly retreated. I silently looked at the colorful three-color ponytail, and once again wondered in my heart whether I should ask her for her contact information.

Probably because the president and the others had not come out yet, Covina did not arrange a full meal for us. What the beautiful Miss Coral brought to us was three bowls of fragrant snake soup.

However, as soon as she saw the snake soup, Gushan started complaining.

"This stuff again! I was fed six or seven bowls of it just a few days ago!"

Ms. Covina was not angry about the girl's complaint. She just smiled and said, "That's because you are too weak and you like to stay up all night. I was worried that you would develop a hidden disease at such a young age, so I increased the dosage. I didn't know that you had been gone for two days, but you came back to play today. If I had known this, you could have drunk fewer bowls that day."

When I heard that this was medicinal food, I immediately knocked Gu Shan's little head hard and scolded him, "You shouldn't refuse a gift from an elder. If someone asks you to eat, you should eat it with gratitude. Why are you complaining so much? You even complain so much when you're eating snake soup. Forget about growing breasts. I'm afraid that in two years you won't even be taller than me and Lian'er, and you'll be a lolita in a stone house forever!"

“Hey hey—”

Gu Shan looked at his flat chest, then at the snake soup, and his eyes suddenly filled with tears: "I'll eat it! I'll eat it right away!"

As for Lian'er, there is no need to say more. She is never picky about food. She will put everything edible into her mouth, and even eat inedible things into her stomach. I still remember that I bought her some goblin-made chewing gum. I only went out for a walk for a while, and she finished chewing the whole pack of chewing gum and swallowed it into her stomach. She just gave me a confused and silly smile when I came back.

The snake soup that Ms. Corvina invited us to eat was also delicious. Although many different medicinal ingredients were obviously added to it, the overall texture was fresh and delicious, without any strange smell of snake. If she hadn't told me that it was snake meat, I would probably have guessed it was something like yokan. After eating and drinking it, I just felt warm in my stomach and had a very good sense of fullness.

After adding another bowl of snake soup to Lian'er, Ms. Corvina suddenly brought up a delicate topic.

"By the way, Miss Lannon, I heard from Annie that you seem to have lost your memory. Are you okay?"

Test.

Those who are in a powerful position are always particularly sensitive to things that they cannot control; that is an instinct that runs deep in their bones.

Now, what I see in front of me is not the easy-to-deceive Meng'er and Gushan, but a poisonous snake from the Wang family.

It seems that I should handle this with caution.

And if you want to hide something, you must be honest enough.

I smiled calmly and answered with respect to my elders, "Oh, yes, since I woke up in the Panlong Forest, I have lost most of my memories before the age of twelve. I don't even know some common sense. Fortunately, Sister Meng'er found me at that time. Although I am confused about my life experience, I live in the stone house and I am quite happy."

"Are you happy?"

Ms. Corvina gave a knowing smile.

It made me feel like a snake had spotted my weak spot.

Finally, she added, sighing calmly, "Miss Lan Nong looks much more mature than the average child. If only the third child of the Ruan family was half as steady as you, then Ruan wouldn't have to worry all day about how to arrange bodyguards for her without her noticing, to protect her so that she would be 100% safe even when she's taking a shower."

After completing the dialogue in my mind, Ms. Corvina's words just now were as follows:

"Ms. Lan Nong, you acted too mature a child! How great would it be if you were as innocent as that fool Dossley? In that case, I wouldn't have to worry about how to be on guard against you all day long, send people to follow you without you noticing, and check your every move, including whether you wash your upper body first or your lower body first when you take a shower..."

Of course, all this is just my imagination.

Or maybe Ms. Corvina didn’t mean anything by it.

Or... or...

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51. Fallolin Astrology (Little Blue)

(Ulu-Lannon)

After President Meng'er and the other beauties came out of the bath, Ms. Corvina held a grand banquet. On the standard rectangular dining table, the maids brought us a variety of delicacies, mainly snake meat, but with the combination of other colorful ingredients, the table full of snake meat did not look monotonous, but instead made people deeply admire it──

It is an art to cook the same ingredients in different ways.

After we had eaten the art and chatted with Ms. Corvina for a while, it was time for free activities. We originally wanted to play a group game or something, but Lian'er, whose biological clock was accurate, had already fallen asleep in Bai Ye's arms, and Brianne, who loved quietness, also said that she wanted to go to the garden to sketch alone.

As a result, there were only five people left out of the seven in our stone house.

In order not to disturb the host, Ms. Corvina, we moved the activity to a small pavilion outdoors. At this time, Miss Doris, a snake girl who was also a young person, followed us. With the help of Bai Ye's calming magic, Gu Shan was not so scared that he could not speak even when he saw the snake girl's slippery tail. He just hid far away in Sister Annie's arms.

"So, what can we do?" Meng'er asked after arriving at the pavilion.

"Let's play Sister Bai Ye's tree spirit game?" Gu Shan suggested.

Without thinking too much, as soon as she heard the word "Bai Ye", Meng'er rejected it without even thinking about it.

"No! I don't want to play board games today. Do you have any other ideas?"