Guild Boss's Ambition

Although it is reassuring that Doris is the homeroom teacher, as a guardian, I still need to have a deeper understanding of the school's arrangements as a rule. If anything unexpected happens in the future, I will be able to respond in a more flexible manner. Not to mention this alien world, even school trips on Earth can occasionally encounter unforeseen disasters.

Avalanche... Earthquake... Plane crash...

As I thought about it, my originally peaceful heart suddenly became filled with worry.

When I asked about the school trip, Lian'er gave me a detailed explanation using a mixture of sign language and a writing board. It was indeed not a trip that involved combat, but since the location was close to the Panlong Forest, the students might encounter some low-risk monsters such as the Swift Rabbit during their activities, so they should not be careless.

"There's no problem with the location, but you'd better strictly follow Teacher Caesar's instructions on the way. No matter what happens, don't leave the team, and don't go deep into the forest. Panlong Forest is a dangerous place. Your sister Meng'er almost died there."

"That is to say, Panlong Forest is a place worth challenging."

After listening to my advice, the first person to react was not my Lian'er, but Huabi, a classmate sitting next to her.

He inexplicably began to take notes seriously, and his two childish eyes looked bright and energetic.

As soon as she noticed her friends' strange behavior, my daughter Lian'er considerately explained to me on a writing board: "Huabi is a big fan of President Erhard. He seems to like everything related to the president."

It's not unusual for the fool Ehard to have an admirer, but it's a little surprising that it's Lian'er. Besides the surprise, it's a kind of pity for the uninformed, which makes people can't help but imagine President Ehard's casual and lazy appearance after work...

Ignorance is really scary.

I smiled helplessly, put on a serious face, and instructed: "Don't do things that you are not capable of completing. Seeking breakthrough evolution in an impossible battle is just a fantasy for idiots. Even that idiot Ehard would only challenge enemies stronger than herself with sufficient safety measures. What's more, you are not her."

"As expected of the legendary Miss Lannong! The lesson is very reasonable!"

I wanted to show my power to this bastard, but I didn't expect that my punch would hit cotton. This rabbit man named Huabi is obviously a fickle and romantic man. While worshipping President Ehard, he also admires me as a peer. As the saying goes, you should not hit a smiling person, let alone his own followers?

It's really tricky...

I forced a smile and replied politely, "What legend? I'm just a part-time trainee task appraiser. I don't even have a formal license. But judging from your conversation and behavior, Huabi, you must be from an extraordinary family. May I ask which martial arts family you come from?"

Huabi touched the sword at his waist, nodded seriously and said, "My father is a swordsman of the Feilong School. He has a small-scale dojo in the south of the city. He has only fifty or sixty disciples. The business is not very good, but it is just a little profitable."

The conditions are quite good! Besides his handsome appearance, he is also the prince of a famous dojo. As the saying goes, like father, like son. Huabi's martial arts skills will not be much worse than his father and son when he grows up. It is obvious that he is a potential stock with both talent and wealth. If I were a girl in Lian'er's class, I would definitely buy some stocks at a low price as soon as possible and make friends with him.

Speaking of this, the lunch I ordered for them at the beginning has been delivered one after another. While the two children were eating lunch, I left the table with them and went to the guild's storage room to check the status of various travel props. Generally, adventurers will bring their own equipment before going out, but a few who are short of money will choose to rent from the guild.

Since few people rent these tools, a lot of dust has accumulated on them. If you really want to use them, you must clean and organize them beforehand. Even some aging parts should be recycled or directly discarded. However, since my nose has always been sensitive to dust, I really don't want to do this job myself.

And since lending the props to Lian'er and the others is a matter outside the guild, it is impossible for me to ask other poster girls for help.

After simply checking the items in the storage room, I covered my mouth and nose and retreated from the harsh environment. I returned to Lian'er and Huabi and told them the result: "Our guild does have what you want, but you have to go to the storage room by yourself, and you have to find ways to clean and maintain it yourself."

"If it's free, we naturally have no objection."

Huabi, who knew nothing about the storage room, agreed immediately, while Lian'er, who knew the interior of the stone house very well, squeezed the five members into a ball like a bitter melon. Then, I chatted with them for a while, and when they finished their meal, I took them to the storage room and let them choose things they would need for the trip.

Beg──beg!

Beg! Beg!

Beg! Beg! Beg!

As if yawns were contagious, the two people who entered the storage room kept emitting bursts of hilarious noises. At first, they barely endured it, but when their noses were running so fast that they were unbearable to look at, they finally came out in defeat and asked me if I had any protective gear such as masks.

Of course there were no masks, I only found two towels for them.

Beg──beg!

Beg──beg!

With the help of two towels, the dust and their nasal reactions were finally not so intense. In a more comfortable working environment, they soon found all the props needed for the trip, including large items such as tents. In order to clean these dirty old items more efficiently, we threw them all into the back garden.

With a rustling sound, the water pipe in the back garden splashed out water columns and rainbows, and the clean water splashed on various props, which were soon dyed into a mysterious black liquid. Looking at the tent that still oozes out dirty water no matter how it was washed, in the end, I couldn't help but soften my heart and agreed to buy Lian'er a new tent so that she could live with another girl.

"Yeah, well, you can just go sleep in the dirty tent by yourself."

Looking at the rabbit boy classmate who was working hard, I smiled with satisfaction at my own insights.

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16. Yingzi (Lian'er)

(Lian Er-Lan Nong)

The day after we went treasure hunting in the stone house with Huabi was the day we agreed to go watch Sister Meng'er's competition.

Except for Huabi, classmates Tris and Taimi didn't know much about Sister Meng'er. Although they were going to the arena to watch the performance, they were probably more in the mood to watch the fun. According to our agreement on Friday, our meeting place was at the entrance of the Windmill Arena. The grand arena itself was a landmark that was easy to find, so everyone was not afraid of getting lost.

When I brought Xiaoban to the arena, Tracy and the other three had all arrived early.

The agreed time was clearly 1:30, but we arrived at the venue at 1:15, and the official start time of the competition was even later at 2:00 p.m. So, during these extra 45 minutes, are we going to stand in front of the arena and wait foolishly for the game to start?

"Everyone is here early, what can we do now?"

After greeting the three people, I asked with a little embarrassment.

"How about walking around? I don't come to the arena often anyway. Just now when I was walking along the road, I seemed to see some clowns and magicians performing. Are you interested?"

Among the four of us, Taimi is obviously the most sophisticated one. She has a slender figure and is simply dressed in a short-sleeved shirt and long pants today, with a neat ponytail on her head. She does not have the distinctive personal traits of the older sisters in the Stone House, but she is also quite bright and handsome besides being ordinary.

After hearing Taimi's opinion, Huabi objected ungraciously: "Sorry, I have no interest in those boring tricks. Personally, I want to walk around the arena first. If it is convenient, I would like to meet Senior Ehard in person──"

Before I finished speaking, Huabi looked at me expectantly.

Do you want me to lead the way for him?

Hearing this, the quiet Tris suddenly became uneasy and said, "Are we really...really going to meet the president of Stone House? Can we meet such an important person whenever we want? Won't it cause trouble for her?"

I nodded affirmatively and wrote down my explanation: "No, Meng'er, you idiot, doesn't care about these things."

After resolving Tris's doubts, we temporarily changed our plan to look for President Ehard of the Stone House. Since that big fool was a celebrity in the Windmill Arena, the officials of the arena set up a special lounge for her. I used to be a runner for Stallone and the others, and I had delivered meals to the big fool several times, so I knew the location of the lounge.

I led everyone straight into the arena from the entrance, and headed straight to the big fool's lounge.

Answer!

Just push the door open as usual, and Meng'er's silly look appears before us.

"Crack... cough cough cough... water water water water"

Meng'er Idiot is worthy of being Meng'er Idiot. Her stupidity has once again exceeded her own limit. The moment we opened the door of the lounge, she was gnawing on eight senbei at the same time. Those senbei were stacked high into eight layers, which she bit from top to bottom with a sound of her teeth brushing, and finally they were all over the floor due to the limited space of her mouth, and she choked her throat.

"How about a challenge to eat eight senbei secretly without anyone around?"

"You're just as stupid as ever..."

"Looking at your stupidity, I'm afraid you'll never be able to surpass my record in your lifetime..."

While I was secretly looking down on the fool Meng'er in front of me, classmate Taimi also realized the subtle atmosphere at the scene. She hurriedly poured a glass of water for the fool Meng'er, and then explained to her: "Hello, we are Lian'er's classmates. Because we admire your reputation very much, we specially asked Lian'er to bring us to visit you. If we offend you, we are really sorry."

"Gulu Gulu!"

Meng Er took two sips of water, refilled his cup and said with a smile, "He's a polite and good kid! He must be that Taimi classmate, right? I heard you seem to be short of money? Do you want our guild to help you? The salary is very high!"

Less than a minute after they met each other, that big idiot started to have evil thoughts about my classmate Taimi.

"The salary is high? How much?"

"If you're an intern, you can earn five gold coins a month. Even if you work part-time and four hours a day, you can earn three gold coins a month."

"I'll quit my job and work with you tomorrow!"

It was just four lines of dialogue, but the two of them looked as if they had met too late.

"Taimi-san, you can't just give in like that. He's just a rich idiot..."

Seeing my new friend being easily bribed by money, I couldn't help but sigh in my mind that people's hearts have changed. If the stupid Meng'er and I suddenly quarreled and insisted on dividing the Chu River and jumping into the Han border, the only one willing to stay and help me would probably be Cui Si, the greenhouse flower with the least fighting power... Well... at least I still have a loyal little spotted.

I smiled and hugged Xiaoban. Over there, Huabi, who saw President Ehard's ugly appearance, still did not give up the respect for his idol. He walked up respectfully and introduced himself to Meng'er, talking about our classmate relationship in the academy and his family background: "So, as a strong man who defeated my father, I hope you can allow me to follow you."

"follow?"

It seems that I am not the only one who cannot keep up with Huabi's pace. Even Meng'er himself is confused: "I don't quite understand what you mean. Do you want to find a good teacher? I am definitely not a good teacher at the moment."

After hearing Meng'er's reply, Huabi quickly corrected his statement: "My following is not what I mean. My following is the kind of following based on belief. Senior Ehard, since you were able to use the Flying Dragon Style to defeat my father who also practiced the Flying Dragon Style, it means that you are the person in the world who understands the essence of the Flying Dragon Style the best."

Oh──

It sounds very powerful! But he is obviously a thief who steals tricks!

Perhaps because he felt guilty, Meng Er, who was praised by Hua Bi, also blushed: "Your sect's Flying Dragon Style is indeed the sharpest sword style I have ever seen in my life. At that time, I really only had a chance of survival if I used Flying Dragon Style to fight against your father. But saying that I am the one who understands the essence of Flying Dragon Style the most is definitely a misunderstanding."

"Misunderstanding?"

After whispering for a while, Huabi didn't say anything else. He smiled rarely and stepped back. From his expression, I read confusion and loss, but Sister Meng'er didn't know Huabi's temper. She quickly ignored her little fan and focused her attention on the guild's future new poster girl. She had a pleasant chat with Taimi.

no problem?

I gently grabbed Huabi's arm and tried to ask him and show my concern with my eyes.

He smiled again and said, "I'm fine, I just don't understand something."

Huabi is a boy who is very serious about everything. He is also one of the few male friends of my age. I don’t quite understand how boys think. At this time, Huabi seemed hurt, which made me feel a little bad for not considering his feelings. But specifically speaking, Meng'er obviously did nothing.

After meeting President Ehard himself, Huabi, who was originally very interested, became silent. Since Sister Meng'er had to prepare for the competition alone, we didn't spend much time in the lounge. We just chatted for a while and then, at Sister Meng'er's suggestion, we went to the restaurant to buy snacks.

There are many advantages to going to school, one of which is that no matter how I sneak candies, Sister Xiaolan won’t know.

There were a lot of people in the restaurant, and we had to wait about twenty minutes before we got our food orders. Huabi and Taimi were both meat eaters, so they bought fried chicken, soda, and roasted corn, while Trish was a vegetarian, so she only bought a mixed fruit salad and a bottle of coconut juice.

As a result, I seemed to be the greediest among the four of us. I was the first to place an order and bought a chicken drumstick, two baked sweet potatoes, three crab sticks, four mini salmon burgers, fifty silver coins of fried chicken, and 600 milliliters of freshly squeezed orange juice in one go... I originally wanted to buy more, but considering that I couldn't take so much food by myself, I temporarily gave up the idea of ​​buying the rest. However, even so, Taimi was still quite interested in my appetite.

"So Rei-san has a physique that won't gain weight no matter how much you eat──"

If the same words came out of Gu Shan's mouth, the tone would be sour, but Tai Mi was different. After noticing our confusion, she smiled and explained: "If there is a famine, you have to be careful, Lian'er. You can't store fat and you will probably be the first to starve to death."

While we were talking about this, we had already arrived at the audience seats. Tris, who had just picked up a coconut milk to sip, started to tremble when she heard Taimi's explanation. She complained with difficulty, "Ahem, really, Taimi, please don't suddenly say such terrible things. Starving... starving to death is really unlucky."

"That's right, I'm not afraid of famine! I've already experienced it!"

It was so magical that I could never have imagined it in my dreams. Today, I could use those dark histories from the past as material to show off. However, it was quite different from what I imagined. Tracy and the others reacted interestingly when they saw the show-off on my writing board. They just looked at me with confusion and worry, and there was a hint of sympathy in the eyes of the three of them.

In the silent atmosphere, Huabi was no longer immersed in his own inner world. He raised his two rabbit ears to the sky and asked me with concern: "Does Lannong have a bad past?"

perhaps……

Aren’t those past events suitable for making jokes?

Looking at everyone's unhappy faces, I reflected on my own behavior, shook my head and wrote a response.

"I am very happy now!"

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17. Communication and Distance (Tracey)

(Tracey Garcia)

Maybe it's because birds of a feather flock together, my circle of friends is often filled with people who are good at dealing with people.

To say they are smooth is just a beautifying word. I prefer to call that behavior pattern cunning. They are all bad guys who appear to be upright but are actually inconsistent in their words and deeds. Whether it is the kids in the past, or Lily and Columbus whom I met in class, none of them are purely good people.

If society suddenly fell into anarchy, Lily and Columbus would be the most dangerous people.

For their own benefit, they will not hesitate to betray those who trust them.

However, in a seemingly harmonious society, they will only be regarded as good children in people's eyes.

Smart people will make friends with them.

Idiots are like Huabi and Taimi.

As for Lian'er...

Like her sister Agatha, she is a transcendent and noble being. Both smart people and fools will be attracted to them and gradually gather around them. I don’t know the reason, but Agatha and Lian’er have the same qualities, the magic that can give higher value to mediocre things.

It was because of Lian'er's existence that I, who originally didn't like Huabi and Taimi, came to this noisy arena on a beautiful weekend. Seriously speaking, after experiencing those bad things a while ago, I now hate violence between people from the bottom of my heart, and it makes me unable to help but think of the situation at that time.

The taste of blood slowly grew in my mouth. I suppressed the hallucinations in my mind and quickly took two bites of salad, letting the not-so-pleasant sweetness and grassy taste stimulate my taste buds. While I was experiencing these unpleasant experiences alone, the entire arena was filled with shocking cheers, and two fighters entered from both sides.

Today's match is the highest level event in Group A.

I heard that all the contestants are the strongest among the strong, mainly consisting of platinum level, but also including legendary level.

The first match was someone versus someone else. Both sides were names I had never heard of. I personally didn't care much about the content of the fight, but Taimi and her classmates didn't seem to think so. Judging from the expressions of the three of them, they were all very involved in the fight. Taimi and Lian'er even followed the rhythm of the audience and started cheering for the players they supported.

De──fend──

Ah──wu──