About the time I was picked up and adopted by Tallulah

——Anyway, Orson will definitely wake up, and when he wakes up he will definitely stop Li. Then... let's talk about it later.

Bai Jin gave up without thinking any more and followed Li into Orson's bedroom.

"Little Knight, did you sleep well... huh?"

After entering the room, Li walked quietly to Orson's bed. When he was about to pounce on him, he suddenly noticed Orson's sleeping position.

"Why, do you regret it——"

Bai Jin moved closer curiously to see why Li suddenly stopped committing crimes, but what he saw was Orson with half of his face buried in the notebook and his chest slightly heaving.

The notebook was written with "Trainer's Self-cultivation", and Orson even had a gel pen in his hand, probably because he was lying on the bed while taking notes.

"...Why don't we just forget about it today?"

"……Um"

Looking at the young man in front of him sleeping with all his might, even Li had to consider whether he should continue.

It was obvious that this boy was serious. If I took advantage of his genuine friendship... it would probably be more trouble than it's worth.

Li nodded and finally decided not to get into bed today.

"That's just how he is. No matter what the situation is, whether he takes it upon himself or is dragged into it inexplicably, he will give it his all... He's such a helpless idiot."

Bai Jin said in a low voice, then said to Orson in his heart, "Have a sweet dream," and closed the bedroom door again.

Tomorrow will be the debut of the 'Chimera Team', and everyone knows that this is the only competition that Orson can see.

Orson had to leave Casimir before the next game.

No matter what, we must at least achieve victory perfectly...!

Bai Jin and Li each had their own thoughts in the room.

Meanwhile——Maria was still fast asleep in her room.

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"Today's competition is going to be cancelled at the last minute!?"

The next morning, Orson, who had escaped danger the night before and was still making breakfast, repeated Zofia's words with an incredulous look on his face.

"Ah... I'm sorry, the organizers received an anonymous threatening letter last night. This letter was sent by a radical group. This group has been committing various destructive acts this month, and we haven't caught them yet, so--"

My aunt said this a little embarrassedly. After all, she had clearly seen everyone's efforts in the past few days.

"In that case, there's nothing we can do... It's just a match. Well, everyone's already strong enough to win the championship, so it doesn't matter if I can't see it..."

Trainer Orson responded quietly that she was in a good mood, but the lost expression on her face and the fact that she ran to the corner to plant mushrooms while talking made it clear to everyone how big a blow she had received.

"Good morning, Orson—Wow! Orson is already in mushroom-growing mode this early in the morning and hasn't even finished making breakfast. What kind of emergency is this!?"

Maria walked out of the room yawning, and was shocked by the scene before her.

After learning the whole story from Zofia—

“Tell me the contents.” “Mark the previous location.” “Can you show me the site of the destruction?”

Platinum, Li and Maria asked the question in unison.

"Yes, yes...what are you going to do?"

Zofia raised her eyebrows, but did not investigate further. She handed the internal information that she had asked the elder knights of the National Academy to obtain to the three people.

"Nothing—" "Just—" "Just going out for a walk."

The three of them left the room while rubbing their fists.

One hour later——

"nailed it."

Bai Jin and his group returned to Lin Guang's house and said abruptly.

"What's done—"

[The following is an urgent notice: The [Positive Entropy] organization, which has been carrying out criminal activities this month, suffered a devastating blow today. Casimir officials are currently refusing to disclose details.]

"..."

Sophia blinked, looked at the TV, then looked at the three people who seemed to be still angry, and finally said nothing.

Although the culprit who caused the Pretty Derby event was caught, the cancelled event cannot be re-held and the next one will be scheduled for at least a week and a half later.

"Damn it... in the end, I still can't see everyone's handsome side..."

Orson complained unwillingly.

"Really... this will make all my efforts seem like fools."

Bai Jin complained somewhat helplessly.

"Well... I can only prepare for the next battle honestly, but by then Orson will have to go back... Sigh."

Maria was dejected.

"What a shame! My plan of taking first place and then taking down the Knight has been thwarted."

Li also frowned.

"Eh?" "Hmm?" "Ms. Senomi—"

The other three people's eyes instantly turned to Li. Under the gaze of everyone, Li not only did not put on an attitude of "Oops, I accidentally said the wrong thing~", but suddenly stood up.

"Now that things have come to this, I don't need to pretend to be a gentleman anymore - little knight, let's do it here!"

"What are you doing!? Um, Sainomiya, calm down - um, Platinum!?"

Orson was about to get up and run away, but was caught by Platinum.

"I...I might as well..."

Bai Jin said breathlessly, looking like he was ready to fight to the death.

"Platinum, you too—!? Maria, save me!"

Orson placed his last hope on Maria.

"Eh? Ms. Senomi wants to be with Orson—and Platinum wants to be with her—waa ...

Maria, the only one left, also looked confused and seemed to have completely lost the ability to think. She just followed her instinct and unbuttoned her hair and shirt.

"Wait, wait a minute..."

Orson, who was surrounded by three people, was sweating profusely and was ready to summon Pause to dig a tunnel and escape.

And just at this moment—the door was pushed open.

"Is Maria back? Dr. Kel'tsit has come to Casimir with the Cat-Eared Knight to conduct a regular review of the factory's operations. Miss Rosemary really wants to meet you. Are you free—"

Mainna pushed open the door and greeted them seriously, then froze in place.

"Is Sister Maria here—meow!?"

Rosemary was so frightened by the scene she saw that her hair stood on end.

"Don't panic, Rosemary. As an elite operator of Rhodes Island, you need to have—O-Osen...?"

Kal'tsit, who was walking at the end, also froze in place, with the hair on her tail standing up visibly.

"Kay, Dr. Kelsey—Rosemary?"

Orson, who was pinned to the ground by three men, looked up and greeted the two men.

Finally, it was said that Orson was locked in the house for two whole days to play games with Mon3tr.

15. Return to hometown with Exia

"Help me, Orson!"

"……Uh?"

In the room of the mobile pharmaceutical company Rhodes Island, a red-haired girl with a round light tube on her head took a tiger-like posture, lying in front of Orson, shouting for help loudly and sincerely.

Orson, who was studying the third version of the knight sword blueprint sent from Longmen Snow Pheasant, put the blueprint aside, rubbed his hair and blinked at the Archangel who was now kneeling in front of him.

"You're the only one who can help me now, Orson! We're friends, right? And, I'm your senior at work! And we swore an oath together before the Lord's sacred statue, right?"

"Which world line is that last one from?... Anyway, what kind of trouble have you gotten yourself into again, Exia?"

Orson sighed. Although he didn't know how Exia had sneaked into Rhodes Island, he couldn't ignore her sincere request for help.

Of course, when this shameful angel was in Longmen, he would do this almost every few days. The content was nothing more than "I can't finish the mission", "She will kill me if I mess with Texas", "I accidentally attracted a lot of hatred when I was on a mission" and so on.

"Orson! I knew you would help. You are indeed my proudest junior!"

Although Orson had not explicitly agreed to help, Exiah was considered a senior Nobita. As soon as she heard Orson's words, she knew that he was ready to help.

"At least act like a senior sometimes—long time no see, what trouble have you gotten yourself into this time?"

It seems that the repair work on the knight's sword has to be put on hold for the time being. Orson went to the table next to him and made two cups of lemon tea for the Archangel, while asking what trouble this angel, who was always clumsy, had caused.

"Thank you so much~ Mm, it's delicious! Ahem—well, actually, this matter isn't a big deal, but it's not a small one either..."

Exia first expressed her amazement at Orson's tea-making skills, and then she came to her senses and realized the purpose of her coming here. After coughing twice, she put the teacup aside.

"Well, have you finally been expelled from Rutland for 'bad influence on society'?"

"Yeah, this social impact—that's not it! After all, I'm a pure Lateran who enjoys all 13 citizenship rights of Lateran. I won't be stripped of my identity because of something like this!"

Exia nodded in response to Orson's words, but only realized what he was saying halfway through and immediately retorted angrily.

"But... this incident does have something to do with the Lateran... To be more precise, it's a problem with the monastery in Lateran."

Exiah ruffled her short red hair, her tone becoming increasingly uncertain.

"How should I put it specifically... Oh, by the way, I'll show you my phone and you'll probably know."

Exia took out a cell phone from the pocket of his Penguin Logistics uniform, unlocked it, pressed a few buttons, and handed it to Orson.

Orson saw the text message page, and at the top was an unsent draft message with himself as the recipient.

"'Editing and not sending: Orsen, when will you return to Longmen? I've finally learned how to cook without the kitchen exploding! When you come over next time, I promise to give you a'——"

"No, no, not this one!"

Exia's face flushed instantly, and he used the "Bombing Space" move to snatch the phone back from Orson's hand. Then he quickly operated a series of operations, making sure that the text messages that should not be exposed were deleted and hidden completely, before he handed the phone back to Orson.

"Hildeja: Remuel! You said a very generous nun suddenly appeared in your area? Please introduce her to me... No, please introduce her to me! Although it may seem a bit despicable, you must not mind, right?"

"Xi Jiade: Aneng, I have already contacted the church. When you are free, please bring the nun here. We have a lot to ask you."

"Angel Bear: Archangel, perhaps you don't understand what you've done, but I've looked up information about Longmen. Fanatical 'Saint Cultism' has occurred within the Longmen Monastery. This is absolutely unacceptable. Please contact that unknown nun immediately and bring her to the Inquisition as quickly as possible. Do not assume this matter has nothing to do with you. If you remain inactive for a long time, depending on the circumstances, the higher-ups may label her a witch and hunt her down."

"Zagu: Awesome, Aneng! I've heard you have lesbian tendencies, but I didn't expect you'd end up with a rich woman. We've prepared a celebration banquet for you. When are you going to bring your wealthy concubine over to join us?"

"...What the hell is this? The beginning is fine, but the rest of the content is getting more and more outrageous."

After roughly reading the content of the text message, Orson looked at Exia with a painful expression.

"Well, most of them are probably just jokes. Most of them are - 3%... at least! At least % are jokes!"

"If you keep talking, everything will come true—so, Exia, your real name is Remuel?"

Orson glanced at one of the text messages. He had never heard of the name of Archangel before.

"Hmm, hehe...it's quite strange to have your real name known to you. Most Laterans don't hide their names on purpose, but some do give themselves, uh, what Yan Nation calls, something like a 'Dharma name'?"

Exiah put a finger on his chin and thought for a long time before choosing a noun.

"Although I'm not from Yan Country, the way you're using it is definitely wrong. I'm afraid Sister Jingzhe will fire a railgun at you after hearing this."

Orson complained quietly, returning the phone to Exia.

Even though we understand that many people are currently looking for Archangel and the "mysterious wealthy nun lady from Longmen" that Archangel had previously contacted, Orson still has a lot of confusion.

"Anyway, that's roughly the situation, Orson... Now a ton of factions are asking me where that nun who spent nearly seven figures in one go at Lungmen came from. They're asking me to introduce her to someone or bring her back to Lateran. Hehehe."

"That's not even an explanation. Why would Rutland care so much about this 'rich woman' who has no background and only appeared once?"

"Well, how should I put it? On the Terran continent, essentially 9% of clergy come from Lateran or monasteries and churches under Lateran's jurisdiction. Therefore, people will assume that the 'Saint Sister' is a Lateran. Furthermore, many monasteries in Lateran are currently facing financial difficulties, and have even been forced to send many monks to seek additional income. This is also the case with the Landon Monastery to which I belong."

"So, the 'mysterious nun' who suddenly appeared, with no information in Lateran, and was extremely generous, became a hot commodity among all the major monasteries?"

After listening to Archangel's explanation, Orson roughly understood what was going on. He made a summary, and Archangel beside him smiled and nodded obediently to indicate that Orson was right.