This is not the date I wanted.

Meng Yue shook her head slightly.

"No, it has nothing to do with DEM. To be honest, when you proposed this idea, Westcott would have used the 'Divine Eclipse Volume' to investigate it sooner or later. The reason I said to keep it secret is that I didn't want to spread this to Lingyin."

"Lingyin?"

Hearing this, Shidao couldn't help but think of what happened when Mengyue pulled him away from Lingyin just now.

"Come to think of it, just now you also..."

"Shh-"

Just when Shidou was about to speak, Mengyue suddenly raised his index finger to his lips, reminding Shidou not to make a sound.

Shidou seemed to understand something and immediately shut his mouth.

Meng Yue cannot be detected by the "Divine Eclipse Volume". Although she learned something from Er Yana, she was actually confirmed by Kuang San's clone.

So far, the conversation between him and Mengyue, in Westcott's opinion, was just Shidao talking to himself in the air. So he could only interpret Mengyue's content from Shidao's words.

In other words, what Meng Yue was going to say next was the plan that she really didn't want the other party to notice.

"Shidou, what I'm going to say next is the key. If you want your plan to succeed, there's one thing you must do, and then everything else will be meaningless."

Looking at Mengyue's serious expression, Shidao swallowed and nodded solemnly.

"Next, you must go on a date with Murasame Reine, and make her shy just like you would an elf."

(……ha?)

PS: Well... my thoughts are a bit messy. There was originally a second half of this chapter, but the content is not sorted out, so I will put it aside and write it later.

PS2: By the way, I originally wanted to make Mengyue and Shidao’s love show sweeter in this chapter, but after I finished writing it, I felt it was too corny, and I felt that I was not good at this, so I gave up and rewrote it.

02 Allen's Dream

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Alan Mathers had a dream.

The dream is a beautiful world like a fairyland.

The gentle spring breeze blew slowly, the leaves rustled, and the mountains were covered with a coat of green. The flowers in the flower fields outside the village bloomed, turning into a colorful picture.

Here, she, who is not even seven years old, is following her sister Kallen, as well as Elliot and Ike from the same village, skipping the village magic class to go exploring outside the village.

Elliot is the leader of the children in the village. He is eccentric, naughty and mischievous. Although he has an enviable talent in magic, he always likes to do things deliberately to make adults angry.

Ike is a student in the same class as Elliot. Compared with the childish Elliot, he is intellectual and modest. His every move is calmer than his peers. Although his magic skills are average, he has unprecedented attainments in magical knowledge and is called a prodigy that is rare in a century by the village magicians.

However, although he had the ability to study magic with magicians, Ike did not skip a grade and instead made friends with Elliot, who had a completely opposite personality to him. He did not dissuade Elliot from his reckless behavior, but followed him with interest.

His younger sister, Karen, was an excellent student at school. She always completed the assignments assigned by the teacher perfectly, whether in the use of magic or academic research. She was promoted to Elliot's class a long time ago. Every time he walked in the village, Allen could always hear the villagers praising his younger sister. Both his parents and Allen himself were proud to have such an excellent family member.

But what's a bit strange is that every time she meets Elliot, Karen will suddenly become a different person. She often uses various excuses to have physical contact with Elliot, and even replaces Elliot's personal belongings when the other party is not paying attention.

But Ellen was different. She didn't have the amazing talent for magic and manipulation of magical powers like Elliot, nor did she have the profound knowledge and foresight like Ike, nor could she handle everything as skillfully as her sister.

She is very stupid and has no idea how to study or do things. She can only work hard in a way that seems extremely inefficient to others. She was even ridiculed by Elliot as a "wild boar that only knows how to bang its head against trees."

To be honest, Allen felt a little inferior to herself at that time. In the team of four, she was the only one who seemed out of place and always held the others back during the action.

Of course, neither Kallen, Ike, nor Elliot disliked Ellen because of this. Instead, they believed in her, encouraged her, and helped her. No matter how clumsy she was, they would patiently wait for Ellen to catch up with them.

Perhaps it was because she was treated so gently that Ellen became more and more afraid, afraid that she would not be able to keep up with their pace and would be abandoned, so she worked harder and sacrificed her sleep time at night to practice magic.

However, an unexpected change completely destroyed her small and happy world.

That day, Alan followed the three people to adventure outside the village as usual.

This time the destination is the depths of the forest. It seems that Ike found an ancient book in the library that records information about the earth's spiritual veins. After hearing about it, Elliot clapped his hands and decided to go to the forest to look for the spiritual veins.

The exploration was not smooth, and the four even lost their way while searching for the spiritual vein. When they finally used magic to leave the forest, it was already completely dark.

(This is over. Mom must be very angry.)

Alan couldn't help but feel his palms sweating at the thought of being severely scolded by his parents when he got home.

However, halfway home, Alan suddenly discovered that the village in the distance was different from before, and it was flashing a bright red light like strawberry candy.

(Hmm, is there any memorial service today?)

Alan couldn't help but think so.

However, noticing the strangeness in front of them, Elliot and Ike looked at each other, and their expressions became a little solemn.

"Ike. Something's wrong."

"Ah...it seems better not to go back directly."

So, Alan did not return to the village, but came to a hill with a better view to spy on the current situation of the village.

"what--"

Looking down at his hometown in the distance, Alan's mind went blank.

Raging flames raged everywhere in the village, and the houses were reduced to ruins. The villagers who managed to escape did not even have time to catch their breath before they were shot and killed by the soldiers who were ambushing outside.

Such a scene was undoubtedly a nightmare that was too cruel for a seven-year-old child, and Alan just burst into tears, feeling helpless.

"Elliot...Ike! The village, our village!"

"…Don't make any noise, Alan. You'll be discovered."

"But...everyone..."

Even with Elliot's gentle admonition, Alan still couldn't stop his tears.

"Why...why were they all killed..."

——People will have fear of unknown things.

——Fear breeds riot and madness.

——Ignorance is actually a virtue that surpasses all others.

——We are magicians. We have a cultural system that is completely different from common sense, and we are considered aliens in the eyes of ordinary people.

——So if an unknown alien is discovered, it is very normal to eliminate and annihilate it.

——Elliot, Kallen, and Allen. Let's create a world. Banish humans and create a world for magicians. This was started by them, so there's no reason for us not to fight back, right?

Listening to Ike's words with a smile, to be honest, young Allen didn't understand the meaning of his words.

However, even though she was clumsy, she understood this truth.

She was too weak. Because she was too weak, she was bullied and could only watch the enemy destroy everything she had without being able to resist.

Then, let’s become stronger.

Become stronger than anyone, stronger than Kallen, stronger than Elliot, stronger than anyone else in the world.

As long as you believe this, one day...

——————————————I am the dividing line between waking up from a dream————————————————

"Sister Allen? Sister Allen?"

"Well……"

Hearing the voice in his ear, Alan first frowned slightly and uttered a somewhat confused mumbling in his sleep.

Slowly opening her eyes, she saw her subordinate Ai Wulian, shaking Alan's shoulders trying to wake her up.

"—!"

Alan regained consciousness instantly, straightened up abruptly, and looked around vigilantly.

(Is this... the rest room at the training ground?)

After recognizing where he was, Allen's memory gradually became clear.

For some reason, Westcott did not give Allen and the others the order to assassinate Gokawa Shido today like she did in the past few days. She had nothing to do and received a special training request from Ai Wulian.

Although this subordinate has good skills in the use of general weapons and close combat, her use of the random field remains at a very basic stage. She can only do physical strengthening and emergency treatment. Even if equipped with her sister machine, she cannot exert her full strength.

Out of appreciation for her work attitude and passion for improving her own abilities, Allen decided to sacrifice his precious personal time to mentor her.

Then, after the training was over, Allen gave Wu Lian ten minutes to rest. But he accidentally relaxed and fell asleep...

"How long have I slept..."

"Hmm... maybe thirty minutes."

Wu Lian glanced at the electronic clock on the wall and answered truthfully.

"I slept for half an hour..."

Allen looked very unhappy. Although he had neglected his health a little due to the continuous assassination missions in the past few days, he actually lost consciousness for half an hour without any preparation, and even dozed off in front of his subordinates. How out of control was this?

"Hmm...is there any smell in the room?"

Alan noticed that there was a hint of floral scent in the lounge that he never smelled before.

"Ah, that's probably the scented candle I bought."

Wu Lian pointed to the small candle lit on the cabinet and replied,

"It smells pretty good, and this aroma can cure insomnia and relieve fatigue. I often order it before going to bed."

(This is the reason...)

Staring at the candle with an unfriendly look, Alan activated a small random field and crushed the flame along with the candle itself.

"Eh?!"

“Personal belongings are not allowed to be brought into the workplace.”

Alan warned in a deliberately stern tone.

"Hi~ I understand Miss Allen."

Although she felt a little regretful, Wu Lian still nodded and agreed.

"…By the way, did I say anything weird while I was asleep?"

"No, nothing."

"That's it..."

Hearing this, Alan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

——Hey, what’s the harm in bringing a personal item? Stingy Alan.

——Sleep is the enemy of beauty. What's wrong with girls paying attention to skin care?

——It is because you don’t pay attention to these things that you have such a bad temper.

——The mission always fails.

——Hair also has split ends.

——You must have reached menopause.

——The bean sprout minister.

At this moment, "Nibelcol" suddenly passed through the wall and floated in the lounge like a group of ghosts, chattering and speaking up for Wu Lian.

In an instant, Alan's arrogant and cold expression was distorted by pressure and unhappiness.

"Throat - although I am Ike's subordinate, there are still some things I can and cannot say. Let me show you whether I am a bean sprout or not..."

The random field enveloped the "Nibelcols". Alan clenched his fist, and the girls in the field were squeezed by the huge gravity and turned back into a few pages of books.

"Hey~"

Wu Lian, who was watching from the side, couldn't help but whistle for Alan's move.

——Ah. Let’s get started.

——When you can’t win the argument, you just resort to violence. You don’t act like an adult at all.

——A bean sprout on the outside, a gorilla on the inside.

——It’s menopause indeed.

Of course, this was not considered death for the magical life form "Nibelcol". At most, it was just the feeling of being tapped on the head by the fingertips. The rest of the "Nibelcol" did not care about the death of their companions and continued to mock Allen.