Chapter 123

"Because it's useless to say it to someone you don't know well."

"... Is this a child throwing a tantrum?"

"That's the truth." In Philen's puzzled eyes, he shook his head and lay back on the bed, covered himself with a quilt, and said without turning his head: "Anyway, I'm going to sleep first, Fulilian, you can take your time, if you really can't stand it, you can sleep with me first."

"I'm different from the bad-hearted Lord Ash, I won't abandon Lady Fulilian and let her cry like this!"

Philen turned back and glared at Ash, making such an assertion, and tried to comfort the crying elf in the following night - until dawn.

After Philen's sleepless night of hard work... Fulilian was still crying almost as if it was natural, and it could even be said that there was no effect

After it was useless, Philen finally gave in and completely believed that Ash was not exaggerating.

However, when the sun rose, Ash wanted to run away, but Fulilian followed him. Philen threatened him that he should solve the problem himself, otherwise he would cry for him.

He had no choice but to endure the crying and read a book.

At noon, when Connie and Rabinie came, they saw Ash lying on a rocking chair with earplugs and reading a book, and Fulilian squatting beside him with her hands on her knees crying. They were shocked by the situation and thought Ash had done something unscrupulous.

After Philen, who was depressed, explained the truth, he shook his head with a smile and tears, and volunteered to comfort Fulilian, but the result was... nothing.

The two girls who volunteered soon couldn't stand the quarrel and ran away.

Fulilian really kept crying for three days and three nights, which made Philen and Ash almost nervous. She felt that it was almost done, so she wiped her tears, proudly put her hands on her hips, and straightened her ordinary chest.

That rather complacent look made Ash want to beat her, but he had to give up because of worry and crying. Philen patted his chest and thanked her for a long time. He even handed her a hot towel and helped her wipe her face and wash her hair, taking care of this "older child" as usual.

The noisy days lasted for three days before finally returning to peace. Philen and Fulilian also fell asleep in the same bed after that, hugging each other tiredly.

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The next morning, the sun was shining.

But the atmosphere in the courtyard was not very good, but this was not because the air in the north was colder and more tense than that in the central countries.

On the left and right sides of Ash, who was simply reading a book in a rocking chair, Philen and Fulilian were both interrogating him and staring at him silently.

Ash tried to ignore the two, but they were inexplicably determined. Fulilian also stepped on the rocking chair, so that he could no longer rock it, and was forced to face the two: ".... What happened?"

"Master Ash! Where have you been these days? Explain it clearly! Why did you run away on your own birthday?" Not only was Ferren's face puffed up with anger, but even Ferren put her hands on her hips and cast an angry look:

"-That's what I mean! I made so many hamburgers and ate them all by myself in the end. How are you going to take this responsibility?"

"... This is a bit complicated..."

"It's complicated, but you have to explain it!" At this moment, Ferren was like an angry pufferfish, and his round face seemed to be about to burst if he poked it... Unfortunately, the current atmosphere did not allow it, otherwise he would have to poke it.

"Well... I will tell you..."

Naturally, he had thought of the words a long time ago, and now he naturally sorted them out a little, and shared the prepared story with the two in combination with the actual situation.

As he spoke, he was thinking, it's almost time to leave for the capital tomorrow... But how to avoid Aura's mess, and what words should be prepared?

The burial of Fulilian·The official start of the journey: Chapter 49 Temporary separation·Humanity does not have "one day"·First visit to the capital

A perfect explanation is really a bit difficult.

After all, neither Fulilian nor Philen is stupid... Although I don't know if it's because Fulilian brought them up, not only Fulilian, but also Philen is sometimes quite slow.

But in order to avoid saying too much and making too many mistakes, or revealing flaws in some aspects, he just gave a brief description.

Due to the sudden attack of the empire, his friends in the kingdom asked for his assistance, and he had to abruptly board the battlefield, help defend and make necessary plans, and also guard the pass snatched from the empire for a while.

Anyway, he tried to be vague throughout the whole process, mainly because he couldn't refuse the favor, so he had to go on the field for a while.

But this somewhat vague explanation unexpectedly changed Philen's angry pufferfish state. He even showed a worried look and looked him up and down:

"... You didn't go to the battlefield, did you? Are you injured? Do you want to go to the temple?"

"Who do you think I am? How could I get injured so easily?"

"Really? Didn't you go to a dangerous place?"

"I didn't encounter any danger at all, but thank you, Philen, I knew you always cared about me like this~" He didn't answer the question directly, but stood up with a smile, facing the girl with a melancholy face, and gently stroked her soft purple hair, trying to ease her worries.

Because he knew that Philen was really worried about running to the battlefield.

The girl, who always had a stern face on weekdays, now frowned and wanted to ask in detail.

But Fulilian was on the side, and she understood that Ash didn't want to talk about the details of the matter, so she sighed silently and suddenly interrupted:

"...Speaking of which, why did you help the kingdom to this extent? You haven't said anything about this, right?"

"This...well, the situation here is a bit complicated."

"Then do you know about the cooperation between the kingdom and the great demon clan?"

"...I know." He turned his face away vaguely.

This subtle movement was immediately captured by Fulilian, and she narrowed her eyes suspiciously: "Why?"

"Why..."

"Don't you know how dangerous the Great Demons are?" Fulilian's tone suddenly became extremely serious:

"The Demons themselves are very dangerous, and the Great Demons are the best among them. It is no exaggeration to say that there are not many magicians in human history, but every Great Demon can be compared to a Great Magician. Even if I want to deal with them, I almost have to gamble my life, and some of them are not opponents even if I gamble my life."

"Is it so dangerous?" Driven by curiosity, Philen couldn't help but interrupt and ask.

"I've said it before, you must run away immediately when you meet them... Although Philen is a genius, it will take at least half a century to compete with them." Fulilian seemed very serious about the issue of life. Seeing that she still didn't understand, she added: "The powerful demon tribe, let alone me, even if the brave team of that year came together, they would still have to risk their lives, just like the immortal Bezer back then, if he hadn't underestimated us, he wouldn't have died in our hands.” “Is it that exaggerated?” master once said that some of the magic of the demons was as incredible as described in fairy tales. Even after a thousand years, it was still the same. If we don't talk about the strangeness, the most exaggerated one at present is the Golden Country Mahat, which is an invincible disaster. "

Fulilian thought of the monster that was completely invincible, and couldn’t help but let out a long sigh: "... At least to this day, I still can’t imagine a scene where I can defeat him."

"That guy is really a trouble~" Ash unconsciously sat back in the rocking chair, nodding while rocking.

But before he could finish two sentences, Fulilian stepped down again with a black line on his face, and stopped his chair directly: "-Don’t fish in troubled waters here. You should understand what I want to express, right?"

"The big demons are very dangerous, of course I know this." He spread his hands helplessly.

This obviously didn't hit the point, and it didn't satisfy Fulilian:

"The point I'm talking about is this, but there's something more important - the kingdom is cooperating with the Great Demon Clan and you didn't stop it. Aren't you afraid that the tragedy of the Fortress City Weiize, which is covered in gold, will happen again?"

"Humanity must always be enterprising to progress. If it stagnates and stands still, how can it develop? Didn't the Empire also cooperate with the Great Demon Clan before?"

"But the Empire has already suffered a heavy backlash, you should know that, right?" The tragedy of the Fortress City Weiize made Fulilian grit her teeth and unconsciously raised her voice:

"Ling and in front of the dream, Liu was in the scar to ask/Sejiu City Wu Weiize, the O killed by Maharlingtes was only the remnants of the Wu Mo Wang army and the demon generals, which was completely useless to the demons. They would care about the character and habits of their own race to fight against the demons, but now the kingdom is letting the demons deal with humans directly..."

"What's the problem with this? For the country, as long as they are hostile targets, what is the difference between humans and demons?"

"That's true, but now you also know that there is a mastermind behind the demons, who has been trying to rise, and may have gathered enough power, and even humans are controlled... Wait? Isn't Celie talking about the kingdom?" She was only halfway through her speech when she frowned and lowered her head, distressed:

"No, it was the empire that actually started the war, and the empire also cooperated with the demons. No one knows whether it is still cooperating now..."

As Fulilian spoke, she became a little confused for a while.

The complex situation is not something that she, an idle magician, can grasp... Not to mention other things, just the source of intelligence-she has no source of intelligence at all, everything is hearsay, or relying on what she sees and hears along the way to infer the situation.

Therefore, the debate between the two sides did not achieve any substantial results and was forced to end.

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Without any result, Fulilian returned to her room to ponder, trying to sort out the scattered information and figure out which one was wrong, the Empire or the Kingdom.

Of course, if you want to say something suspicious...in fact, both of them are quite suspicious, whether they are the empire or the kingdom.

But...compared to Fulilian who was worried about the world, Fearon stood aside and stared at him after watching Fulilian leave.

"What are you doing, you keep staring at me like this... Let's talk if you have anything to say?" Ya Xiu silently moved his chair back, fearing that Feilun would also step on his chair... After all, he I don’t want to experience the feeling of a sudden emergency stop again.

Seeing his appearance, Philan lowered his eyes feebly, with a wry smile on his lips, and handed over the box hidden behind him:

"Don't be so defensive about me...This is a birthday gift for you, Master Ash."

"What?" He subconsciously shook the small box that had been specially packaged.

"You'll know after you take it apart and take a look."

"Hmm...pocket watch?" Under the girl's urging, he opened the box without much delay and saw an exquisitely crafted silver pocket watch inside. Compared with ordinary pocket watches, there was an extra pointer on it. It seems like it can still keep time?

In this case, the next time you kill someone, you can say, give him a circle of time? ——Ash looked at it and tried it, and found that the bottom pointer was twice as fast as the second hand, and one revolution took about 30 seconds.

"Yes." Feilun naturally didn't know what he was thinking, so he just said solemnly:

"You have always lacked the sense of time. If you have this thing, it will definitely help you gain a stronger sense of time. When you want to procrastinate, you can just turn around in a circle. When the circle is over, you must start taking action."

"But... I shouldn't have any problem with procrastination, right?" Ash muttered in a voice that only he could hear, but he didn't struggle with this matter, so he stood up and patted it. He patted Feilun on the head and said with a smile:

"Thanks, Philon, I love it."

"Really? That's good..." Just hearing what he said, Feilun unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth. His previous dissatisfaction also disappeared at this moment, and he quietly moved forward and got halfway closer. Stepping forward, he smiled and said:

"Master Ashui, do you know what kind of magic cave I got from Master Er Saili'Elen?"

"...I guess it's a long-lost legendary magic that only existed in the age of mythology - a magic that thoroughly cleans stains on clothes and leaves them with the fragrance of flowers."

"Eh?....How did Ash-sama know? Did Frillian-sama tell you?"

Fearon, who originally wanted to feel proud, suddenly seemed a little unhappy when he heard him accurately tell the source of the magic.

Just like a child who wants to show off to his parents and whose report card is exposed in advance, his cheeks suddenly bulge.

This made him dumbfounded. He stretched out his hand and flicked the bulging cheek, and before the girl got angry, he shook his head and said: "What are you thinking? How could Fulian do something that might allow herself to be lectured by you? It only took a long time. I've heard about it from Celie before... now that I smell this familiar smell on your body, can I still guess it?"

"....Master Ash sniffed my scent?"

When Feilun heard this, his expression suddenly became strange, and he quietly took a step back.

"What nonsense are you thinking about? I could smell it when you came closer, but..." He looked at the girl in front of him, who had grown up a lot compared to the past, and shook his head unconsciously. :

"You actually use this rare opportunity in this regard... But this is in line with your and Fulilian's personalities... Fulilian must be very happy."

"...Yes, it will be easier to wash clothes in the future. Lady Fulilian also praised me happily, Lady Celie was very reluctant, Lady Ash thought... you really don't like it?" A kind of magic that lacks practical ability."

The choice of settling for the second best made Philan feel somewhat uneasy. He clasped his hands in front of his chest and quietly observed his face with unconcealed nervousness.

"Think about it seriously, isn't this great?" Not wanting to influence Fei Lun too deeply, Ash quickly let go of his earlier regret that he felt it was a waste. He just touched the girl's face with his fingertips and looked into her eyes. , smiled and said:

"Phelan...you just need to follow the path you think is right."

"What about Master Ash?"

"My opinion is not important. What is important is your thoughts. After all, this is your own magic and your life."

Of course, Ash knew that although Feilun cared about his thoughts, that was not what he was asking now. However, he still repeated the same answer and walked toward the courtyard gate with his hand:

"If you think about it seriously, it's almost time for us to leave, so I'm going to say goodbye to Celia first, and don't forget to say a word to your little friend."

"...Just wait until Lord Ash comes back and then we go together. Rabine and Kangne ​​will definitely want to have a good talk with you."

"Alright."

He just waved his hand casually and left here leisurely.

Originally, after the privilege granting ceremony, they were supposed to set off for the royal capital, but now the sudden war between the two countries delayed it for a while, and then Fulian cried for three days and was delayed again, but it was almost time to leave.

Although he can probably imagine now what Celie's attitude would be towards him... After all, Celie still quite likes the laundry magic.

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Magic Association, above the top of the tower, there is a glass greenhouse-style sky courtyard.

Sailiai, who was idle and had nothing to do with the flowers and grass, glanced at Yaxiu and showed an unhappy expression:

"....Hmph, the daughter you picked up did that kind of thing, and now she dares to come here; I must take back my preamble, your adopted daughter is really not good at all, she has no ambition at all."

"That's what you say, and it may be true, but you're just having trouble now because she stole your laundry magic, right?"

"She is as talented as her master but lacks ambition. This is all your responsibility for the failure of education. Reflect on it."

"Well, I'm reflecting on it." He nodded casually and got back to the point: "But I came here to say that I'm almost leaving."

"Let's just go. What else are you talking about? You should change your attitude. I'm very unhappy now."

Celie had a look of disgust on her face, and she didn't intend to give him a good look even if they were to separate.