About the time I was picked up and adopted by Tallulah

Following Orson's intrusion, the two horses stopped moving at the same time and just stared at each other.

"Oh, I just can't see without my glasses. I can't see anything clearly. Um... I'll go back and change my glasses first - RUA!"

Orson, who was trying to fool around, hadn't taken two steps when he was pulled back by Sophia with a whip.

"First of all, no matter what you associate it with, it's not what you think!"

Zofia explained loudly with a red face, and Maria under her also got up from the ground in panic.

"I understand, Auntie. This is a gesture of affection between Kuranta, right?"

"Right...right, I'm massaging Maria's muscles! She just finished two and a half hours of upper body posture training."

Zofia explained angrily, poking Maria's shoulder at the same time.

"Ouch!? Stop poking me, auntie...it hurts so much, huh?"

Maria complained quietly.

"Will you be able to function normally tomorrow if you're in pain now, or are you planning on working out one day and resting three days until the opening day of the competition?"

"Well...I'll try my best!"

After hearing this, Maria endured the pain and picked up the training sword beside her, walked to the side and took a stance.

—Maria was serious… I tried to scare her off by doing twice as much exercise, but she actually persevered. Seriously, the more I see you, the more I think you two really are sisters, Margaret.

Sofia glanced at Maria with a complicated expression.

Even a trained novice knight would be intimidated by such a volume of training, but Maria gritted her teeth and persevered. While she might not yet understand what knightly competitions represented, her awareness was undeniable.

"What happened to those attackers earlier, Auntie?"

After confirming that the two foals were not in the high-intensity lily business, Orson asked curiously.

"Don't call me aunt... Anyway, I've handed those radicals over to the police. With the emergence and growth of the Knight's Tournament, conflicts between different factions have become more frequent. Those retired knights blamed the participants of the Knight's Tournament for everything they've experienced, believing that by eliminating them, they could revive Casimir."

"I never thought I'd one day become what those people call a 'corrupt capitalist,' haha. But no matter what, illegal things are illegal, that's the bottom line."

Sofia laughed at herself, realizing that she had unknowingly been categorized as one of those who "corrupted chivalry."

"So what did you do, Orson?"

Sofia stopped thinking about those things for the moment and asked Orson with some curiosity.

"Well... accompany someone shopping."

"what?"

After Orson pondered seriously for a few seconds, he gave an answer that made a big question mark pop up in Zofia's head.

"Mr. Orson went out shopping? I thought you were going to buy a house—woo!"

"Don't be distracted, Maria. Keep this position for another 10 minutes."

"Yes……"

Maria was a little curious when she heard that Orson went out shopping, but was immediately hit on the head by Zofia for being "distracted".

"Let's talk about the house later. There's no way to trade it now after what happened. I'll think of another way. Remember, don't cause me any more trouble."

Zofia rubbed her eyebrows. For now, she could only return Orson to Maria's house as usual. She had a feeling something was going to happen...

“No, no” “No, no”

The two answered in unison, and at this time, Orson's phone rang.

[Platinum request to add a friend, note: please send a 1-inch bareheaded selfie, the boss wants it.]

What kind of cyber surveillance is this? Does it rely entirely on the self-awareness of the person being monitored?

Orson grumbled quietly, then agreed to the request and took a photo to send over.

A message from the "Love and Love" family: Yelena is the cutest. "Where can I buy a ventilator in Casimir? This mission requires disguises, and it would be best if I could use medical insurance."

Because the Patriot's speech pushed down Platinum's conversation, Orson didn't pay attention and just clicked into the internal group of the Reunion Movement.

Afterwards, he opened the photo album and accidentally sent the photo of himself and Bai Jin next to the selfie, which had the effect of "I can drag you into this from now on", to the Integration Movement group.

"Sent—huh?"

Orson clicked to confirm, and a few seconds later, a series of "???" suddenly appeared in the group.

oh ho...

Orson sensed a problem.

16. Two Horses Fighting for Silly

20 minutes after social death——

"You're really busy, Orsen. Is he from the Knights' Association, or is he trying to poach someone from the United Chamber of Commerce?"

After finishing all the exercises for today, Maria, who was sweating all over, wiped the sweat off her face and asked Orson curiously.

"Maria, have you ever heard of a story called 'The Ring'?"

"Property? Hmm, no impression."

"Anyway, you can think of it as someone calling to demand your life..."

Orson looked at the row of call records on his phone, which were from different people but had almost identical conversation contents, and he felt like he was about to burn out.

After accidentally sending the photo with Platinum to a public group where it shouldn't be sent, the leaders of the [Emerging Security Force] instantly became excited, and everyone was ready to immediately counterattack Casimir, drag Orson out and divide him into five equal parts.

After Orson finally explained that the other party had nothing to do with him and was just dragged into helping her to slack off and get paid, this group of people still expressed their desire to attack Casimir with great enthusiasm, but this time they would divide Orson into five equal parts and also crush the Helmetless Alliance.

Don’t let yourself be the trigger of the Sixth Uka War in the end, that would be too ridiculous.

All in all, it is foreseeable that everyone will come to confront me in the near future. Before being killed by Tallulah and the others, I'd better live one day at a time.

Orson decided not to think about these bad things for the time being. What he had to do now was to accompany Maria to practice well and restore the glory of the Linguang family. It was our duty.

"Thank you for your hard work, Auntie too. You obviously encountered that kind of thing today."

After finishing his workout, Orsen took the cup of water from the butler and handed it to the two of them. After all, having worked for Zaolu's family as a bodyguard and attendant for a while, Orsen naturally assumed the role of "a lackey (mistake) of a large family."

"whats the matter?"

"It's not a big deal. Just drink slowly and be careful not to choke."

Zofia didn't want to talk about being attacked by a radical retired war knight, so Maria could only tilt her head curiously.

"Thank you for your hard work, Maria. That's all for today's practice. Now it's time to stretch and relax your muscles."

"Alas!"

When Maria heard the words "stretch muscles", the expression on her face suddenly became very nervous.

"You have to endure the pain. If you want to quickly become a qualified competitive knight, you must go through these things."

Zofia spoke slowly with the expression of someone who had experienced it, and although Maria knew that her aunt was right, she still could not accept the experience of being ridden by Zofia and almost losing consciousness in pain.

"How about you let me try?"

Orson on the side raised his hand and whispered.

"Okay, I'll help you loosen up your muscles with the force of almost twisting your arm off."

Sofia said with excitement, it seemed that she was still upset about Orson leaving her aside and going "shopping" with a stranger.

"No... I mean I can help with massage. I've learned some related techniques before!"

Orson patted his chest and spoke with great confidence.

"...Are you just trying to take advantage of me? I've met someone like that before, and he's probably still in the hospital eating liquid food."

Sofia stared at Orson carefully, signaling him not to think of anything weird.

"No, I really did learn it."

"..."

Zofia frowned as she looked at Orson. Although Zofia thought she had a lot of experience in judging people, it didn't seem to apply to Orson.

This guy looks harmless on the surface, but he was so decisive when he met those people just now. After all, the other party was a retired knight. Three against one were killed instantly. It was obvious that this guy was not an ordinary person.

But on the other hand……

According to Maria, Orson really did nothing the night he stayed at her house.

Oh, she made breakfast for Maria in the morning, and after the paparazzi blocked the door, she pulled Maria aside and comforted her, saying "it's no big deal", while telling Maria not to go out.

Huh? This guy is so boyfriend-friendly?

"...Anyway, I'm worried. Let me try first."

Sofia hesitated for a long time and finally made a choice that she thought was "reasonable", but in fact, it was quite outrageous when she thought about it carefully.

——Anyway, it’s just harassment under the guise of massage. I’ll take this opportunity to chase him away!

Sophia thought this way and thought her plan was perfect.

25 minutes later--

"Haa~~~"

"Um... aunt?"

In Zofia's room, the famous "Whip Blade Knight" was lying on the bed, his face flushed and he kept making some subtle noises. Orson stood beside her, his hands moving and kneading along Zofia's fair back skin.

Maria on the side looked a little unhappy.

"You clearly said you were going to help me at the beginning, but how come you just tried it for nearly half an hour!"

And it looks really comfortable...!

Maria was a little annoyed when she saw her aunt doing it for free.

Maria didn't know much about Orson, but what she knew was that she felt very happy when she was with Orson.

He wasn't as oppressive as the people in the Knights Association, nor was he like his uncle, always tired and irritable for no apparent reason.

Even the aunt, who was not so easy to get along with, seemed to have a tendency to give in to Orson after spending some time with him.

Maria doesn’t communicate much with her peers. Most of the time, the name “Linguang Family” has already blocked most people.

Some people believed the Linguang family was a noble family in name only and therefore disdained any contact with Maria. However, many others considered the Linguang family to be the most prestigious family and therefore did not know how to approach Maria.

It's really ironic that the so-called knight class has never brought any convenience to Maria, but has to force her to sell her property to maintain this "class".

"I just said that I have trained seriously. Now it's time to give Maria a massage, aunt."

Orson wiped his forehead, but Zofia just grumbled "Hmmmm..." and wagged her tail, showing no intention of getting up.

Orson learned the massage technique from Alina. In the past, after he finished exercising (being used as a punching bag by the Patriot), Alina would always help him massage his body.

Alina's skills are really amazing, but Xiaolu often asks herself some questions while trying to relieve her fatigue, such as "Did you go out to play with Tallulah today?", "Did you make Frost Star angry again?", "Junjun went out today and fell into a trap with Beef Jerky. Is it related to you?" and so on.

When Orson was answering, Alina's right arm, which was gently kneading the muscles on his back, would always make a sound that sounded like a laser cannon charging energy. This made Orson somewhat unbearable. In order to divert his attention, he could only use his brain to think and learn Alina's massage techniques.

What evil could the deer have in mind? At most, he'd just cut half the house in half with one shot.

It seems that Alina has already started charging the robotic arm after seeing the photo of herself and Platinum...

"Aunt, it's my turn now!"

Maria couldn't hold back any longer, she reached out to pull Zofia out, but the Whip Knight had been completely conquered by Orson at this time, and his whole body turned into a puddle, tightly stuck to the bed.

"As a knight, sometimes you have to learn to be patient and give in... Maria."

Sophia showed a satisfied expression, and did not forget to make up an excuse to fool Maria. Of course, Maria did not fall for it.

“Auntie—uh, why is this happening…!”

Maria frowned, then her eyes fell on the pair of furry horse ears on Zofia's head.

"In that case—take this!"

Maria poked her finger into Zofia's hairy ear hole, and the latter immediately made a strange sound and jumped up.