A true hero marries a man by his appearance [Comprehensive]

Artoria suddenly realized belatedly that the relationship between Teacher Merlin and Brother Eddie seemed to be getting better quietly.

Hmm... How should I put it, in fact, there is not much change on the surface.

Teacher Mei Lin didn't seem to have any unusual behavior, but when he was talking, he would naturally lead the topic to a man who almost never participated in the topic.

Brother Eddie still doesn't show color to Mr. Merlin, but he no longer completely ignores him as before, and occasionally, occasionally, he can still answer a sentence or two concisely.

I also noticed it—in fact, Kai, who discovered it earlier than the silly and sweet Artoria, curled her lips: "Because Eddie finally got over many obstacles and found that Merlin is generally a good person except for his chaotic private life. Right. Speaking of it, it seems that it has been a long time since I saw him go out at night—"

"Kay—stop! Stop, stop! Stop talking nonsense, you bad boy! Don't use 'generally', I'm a good person myself."

Merlin, who appeared out of nowhere, interrupted Kai in time before he could say the dangerous word. His tone was so decisive and upright, but it made the two young people inexplicably feel a little nervous from looking around.

And, there was a sneaky murmur in a low voice behind: "Besides, I've already repented of my evil ways, and it's been a long time since..."

So, that's what Kay means.

Obviously before, Merlin still had the problem of having an impure relationship with beautiful women. From time to time, when he didn't need to take care of the kid at night, he would sneak out to have a tryst with the lover he coaxed into God knows when.

However, I don't know when—no, it seems that after Brother Eddie joined the team? ——It's amazing, Merlin became honest all of a sudden.

Meticulously teach Artoria, meticulously go to bed early and get up early, and meticulously...

All in all, I am meticulous in everything I do, as if there are a few huge words written all over my body: Seriously!solemn!Never perfunctory!This white furry Nightmare is also a good Nightmare who is upright, optimistic and positive.

This is not a deceit, deliberately hiding the true self.

Merlin just restrained his little shortcomings, and only showed his (thought to be) the most authentic side, so as to restore his seemingly precarious image...

The young people who haven't matured enough to understand what this mentality is just think that Mr. Merlin is very reliable when he is serious, but they are a little shocked by maintaining this state all the time.

Arturia was successfully distracted by Merlin, but she remembered another important point, and smiled happily: "Then, Teacher Merlin didn't deny it? Are you reconciled?"

Merlin: "..."

How is he going to tell the naive students that he has never had a good time with that person, where is the "peace"?

However, staring at Artoria's puzzled eyes, Merlin kept his face on the surface, thought about it seriously, and gave a positive answer:

"This, probably, is—"

"……no."

Artoria: "Huh?"

Kay: "Huh?"

Suspicious and questioning (Mr. Merlin, have you survived to this point?) As expected, the magician looked away cheekily, pretending he didn't see it.

In fact, half of his pleasing plans were successful, and the other half... It can also be said to have failed.

It didn't take long after he said the "nosy" sentence that satisfied him, and Merlin thought that he could end this topic that only needs mutual understanding, and then happily——

In the end, he, who was defenseless, was dealt with quite cruelly.

Eddie didn't even stand up, and Merlin didn't even see when he stretched out his hand.In the next second, a pain came from his ear, almost dragging him onto the man.

"You can call Enkidu out, you are really amazing." Eddie said so, his voice was particularly flat, although the always cold and sharp golden eyes faded a little, they were still calm, Can't tell whether it's joy or anger.

"I remember, I just accidentally said half of my name before, you actually... Tsk."

Merlin: "..."

An ominous foreboding.

Sure enough, he still made a mistake.This man hates being probed into his privacy by outsiders the most. I have dug out his privacy—maybe it’s a sore spot—thoroughly dug out, and even ran over to throw himself into the trap as if asking for credit.

It was only at this time that Merlin realized how stupid he had been. Really...didn't he realize that he was so restless before?

It was too late for him to regret it now, his ears hurt so much, he was forced to recover quickly.

Merlin: "Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah! These are earrings, not ears. Don't pull them even if they are not ears——Okay, okay, I'm really sorry! I'm nosy!"

His earrings made of three petals are really conspicuous, especially, the petals are still pink, and the white slightly curled hair is even more eye-catching.

This is one of the reasons why Eddie grabbed these petals as soon as he grabbed them.

only……

How much strength does he use?Obviously didn't work hard at all.Enough restraint, why is this guy acting like his ears are about to be ripped off?

Eddie's expression didn't change, but he frowned unobtrusively, he was about to be disturbed to death by Nightmare's exaggerated screams.

Of course, no matter how noisy Merlin is, Eddie just wanted to take this opportunity to speak out some words that he had held back for a while.

"So proud, you bastard, I hate you so much I can't stand it."

"I'm asking you." Regardless of Merlin's body froze unnaturally when he heard the previous sentence, Eddie kept looking directly at the magician's pained side face, and his eyes slowly cooled down.

What he really wanted to say was not the same thing as the previous one.But what does it matter?

Behind the tree, it seemed that the sound of the boy and the girl's conversation was carried by the wind, breaking the silence that had been silenced for a while.

Merlin wasn't talking nonsense, he had dismissed the two young people who didn't know, and told them to practice swords farther away and come back after a while.

Now, they came back, but they didn't see Teacher Merlin and Brother Eddie by the lake where they had agreed to meet, so they couldn't help feeling suspicious.

It is very likely that if they wait a little longer and haven't waited for the adults who broke the appointment, they will start to look for someone with dissatisfaction.

However, not far away, the man whose figure was hidden by a thick tree trunk was not in a hurry, nor was he moved.

"I've figured it out. Arturia took this path voluntarily, but, in the final analysis--did you, and others with the same purpose as you, instill this in her from the beginning? Thoughts, what led to this result in the end?"

Every word was paused, and there was still no emotional ups and downs in the voice, as if he was just talking about a matter that had already been settled.

Merlin didn't expect Eddie to bring this up all of a sudden.

He knew the man's attention to Artoria, and how dissatisfied he was with Artoria who was too oppressive and still a girl.

However, he didn't know that what the man was really dissatisfied with was his most fundamental practice.

Regardless of the pain, Merlin turned his head abruptly.

When he met the man's golden eyes, his pupils couldn't help constricting, and because of the sudden shock that rose from his heart, the shadowed pupils trembled involuntarily.

"I……"

He opened his mouth, only uttered one word, and couldn't continue.

It could be explained, but Eddie would scoff at those high-sounding reasons, and Merlin couldn't say any perfunctory words in the face of the man's sharp gaze that could penetrate all disguises.

So, at least at this time, he can't say anything.

Even if it makes men hate him even more——

Merlin stared fixedly at Eddie.He may not be aware of it, but after the inner turmoil reflected in his eyes, his expression also changed.

From the beginning of restraining the smile, to the slight change of astonishment due to the sudden shock, to the end...

There seemed to be a slight sadness in his eyes, and his expression was extremely serious, but it showed a determination that would never be easily shaken.

"..."

"..."

When Merlin felt the familiar cold pressure covering his body for a long time, he thought he was going to be beaten again.

unexpected.

"……Eh?"

He expressed surprise in an extremely low voice, and watched the man suddenly withdraw his hand in a daze, the indifferent expression on his face was actually mixed with inexplicable emotions.

"I really can't understand this approach."

It can even be said that it is extremely annoying.

"I didn't disregard Artoria's wishes and intervene in an obstructive position just because I didn't like it. It's up to you. I'll just watch from the sidelines. If I find something wrong, I'll clean you up again. Not too late."

If you change the time to 2000 years ago - or, not so early, more than 1000 years ago is enough.

According to his temper at that time, he would never have thought of considering Artoria's own feelings, considering whether she was willing to deviate from this long-established path and accept another brand new life.Unexpectedly, he would just stop it according to his own temperament, and at the same time hate people like Merlin even more.

And now...

As he said later.

Enkidu said he was willful, and he was really willful after all, he listened to it, and decided to change his temper a little on the premise of not shaking his inner principles.

It can be regarded as a little mature.

Merlin: "..."

Because the development of the matter was really beyond his expectation, he was stunned for a long time before covering his ears that were almost flushed, watching the man who pulled his hand back change his attitude of ignoring him again, and stood up straight.

At this time, the girl's voice that was involved in the previous topic gradually approached.

Eddie stood up and first stretched vigorously.

From the perspective of Merlin who was still sitting on the ground, the first thing that caught his eyes was the man's profile.

As if outlined by the Yingying light and shadow, his eye-catching eyes looked forward, as if in a trance for a moment, passing through a distance farther than space.The sunlight that passed through the leaves was broken into scattered light spots, and all of them fell on the silver hair, shining like lightly falling on the surface of pure and untainted white snow.

Then, what seemed like only a few seconds passed.

Also a little dazed, Merlin suddenly realized that Eddie had turned his head again.

The fixed gaze enveloped him, and Eddie looked down at him condescendingly, highlighting the arrogance in his bones with indifference.

"—Let's discuss the matter."

"..."

In front of his eyes, the man suddenly and slowly bent down.

Merlin subconsciously thought that after Eddie threw out those obviously dissatisfied words, he felt that talking was not enough, and he had to beat him up to relieve his anger.

He could run away, and he was always beaten too much to lose face, and it would ruin his not-so-good image.You can run away, after all, you can feel that the man doesn't intend to be serious, and he doesn't have the overwhelming momentum like before.

However, Merlin just watched the man's arm rise again, and he was approaching him at an ordinary speed.

Alas, forget it, if you are beaten, you will be beaten - that's probably what he thought as he cast a shadow in front of him.

However... it was really unexpected.

It should be that most of the things this human named Eddie did were beyond the predictability of Merlin, who has clairvoyance and is in control of everything in this world.

I thought Eddie was going to make a move, but it turned out that Eddie just reached out to him.

"It's just a matter of fact. In this case, I'm still very reasonable."

He stretched out his hand and pulled the surprised magician up.

When their hands held each other, Merlin could feel the undeniable strength coming from the man.Very domineering, indeed his unique style, but on the other hand.And inexplicably heart-warming.

Then Eddie said to him, "Thank you."

"Thank you for allowing me to see him again."

……

So this is ah.

It seems indifferent, alienated, and unmoved, but in fact.

He is the one who is tightly bound by the slender and fragile fetters like silk threads, and it is difficult to break free.

And now.Just now, when their hands were held together.There was still some time earlier, when he finally met with his close friend who had almost become a knot in his heart.

One of the longest silk threads was quietly disconnected.

Regardless of whether there are new worries added, he is relieved.

At least for now, it is still unclear whether he can walk more easily because of this, or because of this, he can feel more relieved and walk towards liberation——

Merlin was suddenly startled by the strange idea that came to his mind for no reason.

He couldn't follow that absurd thought any further, because afterward, the man who pulled him up had a new move.

In fact, Merlin has a rather dreamy title: Magician of Flowers.

Xu is blessed by flowers, wherever he goes, even the barren land will bloom delicate flowers, let alone the soil under the trees that have stopped for a while.

Eddie took a petal from Merlin's robe that somehow got stuck on it, the color coincidentally was the same pink as Merlin's earrings.

"Where did the petals come from... Oh, you made them."

The pink petals were gently crushed on the man's fingertips. He lowered his eyes, and a soft smile finally appeared on the corner of his lips.

"Well, a big man has made such a show ... but it's not bad."

Although the tender flower was rubbed between another person's fingers, it seemed to be lightly rubbed into the eyes of the bystander.

With fragrance and refreshing sweetness, the petals were blown to pieces, and then fell more gently to the deepest bottom of my heart.

Just for a moment.

My heart, which was unwilling to be left alone, moved.

……

……

"Mr. Merlin~Merlin~teacher!"

Under the tutelage of Artoria's suddenly annoying voice, Merlin reluctantly ended the memories.

"Since you haven't reconciled yet, then you can make persistent efforts."

Appeared, typical Artoria-style remarks.

"Brother Eddie is such a nice person, he definitely won't care about your private life—eh? What about Mr. Merlin's private life—"

Kai covered the mouth of the innocent little girl as quickly as possible, and shook his head, with a look that could be said but could not be said.

Merlin: "Oh."

Needless to say, the brats, although the success rate is uncertain, he already has a plan in his heart.

At present, they are still staying in the small towns they pass by on the road, and they are going to spend the night before setting off.

After the room was allocated, several people ate downstairs, but Eddie didn't join them, saying that he would come back later.

So, they were waiting for Eddie to come to have dinner, and quietly chatted about topics related to the absent man.

Merlin suddenly coughed softly: "Cough, Artoria, Kay, I've had a hard time traveling today, so I'll go back to my room to rest while I'm waiting for dinner."

"No training?"

"What about the daily study in the dream?"

Merlin: "Well - I'll give you a day off. How about it, I'm very reasonable, training needs to be a combination of work and rest."

Kai's eyes were full of disbelief, and he even cast a look of doubting that an unruly magician would go out to persecute women again after his death.

Merlin still pretended he didn't see it, but after a few seconds, he turned his head with a smile and waved at a man who was walking towards him: "Here~"

Eddie is here.

After he sat down amidst the over-attentiveness, Merlin smiled again: "Are you free tonight?"

Eddie picked up the fork and cast a first glance at the magician.

Merlin: "If you're free, how about going for a drink together?"

Eddie put down his fork and cast a second glance at the magician.

Then, the sight didn't move away for a while.

Merlin: "..."

Merlin: "..."

tension.

perturbed.

He even started to feel a little guilty—could it be that Eddie hadn't forgotten the unpleasant thing that happened when they first met?

no, no...

Merlin had to solemnly declare that he made this invitation absolutely without any intention of disturbing good intentions.

For him, Eddie is no longer the "beauty" that he thought was good-looking at first sight.He respected him immensely and never wanted to insult him again.

so.

Inviting a little bit of someone you like to go out for a drink at night-it's a formal "date". Can a date be called uneasy and kind?

Certainly not!

Thinking of it this way, Merlin immediately felt relieved, and looked at Eddie very honestly.

This was just the first attempt, and he didn't hold the idea that Eddie would agree to him once, and it didn't matter if he was rejected.

However, after a long period of silence—Merlin was assuming that Eddie would definitely refuse—after.

Eddie looked away casually.

"Okay."

Merlin: "No, it's okay, then next time... what? I agree?!"

As soon as these unbelievable words came out, not only Eddie, but even the two little ghosts looked at the wise magician with indescribable strange eyes.

"...I'm sorry, I'm happy. Is there anything strange about it?"

The magician who returned to normal in just a second evoked a bright smile, which was as bright as a clear sky. Even after Eddie focused on eating and ignored him, the sky was no longer covered with dark clouds.

After finishing today's dinner, Artoria and Kai were really urged by the inexplicably eager Merlin to go upstairs to sleep.

The two who were driven away: "...cut."

Although she was driven upstairs, Artoria did not obediently go back to her room this time, but squatted at the stairs, looking down quietly.

Kai opened the door at first, but when he turned around and saw the girl's sneaky appearance, he had no choice but to turn back and try to take her away.

However, Arturia immediately hugged the railing of the stairs.

"Are you guys hiding something from me?"

The girl who was always easy to deceive was finally not so easy to deceive, and it was no wonder that she had been dull for so many months, and finally——discovered some clues from the details.

"I always feel that Mr. Merlin really cares about Brother Eddie. Moreover, the feeling Mr. Merlin gave me...is a little different from before."

Arturia couldn't tell exactly what was different, and her main focus was on the hidden things: "Kay, tell me everything you know. Is Teacher Merlin trying to play tricks again?"

Kai: "..."

tricky.

The truth is so difficult to describe, and people who ask questions still like Arturia who is in a dead end.

After struggling for a long time, he had no choice but to recruit.

"First of all, this is my personal opinion. Don't go to them and say that I will be beaten to death."

"Uh-huh!"

"Then, to tell you in a whisper, I think..."

"Uh-huh?"

"I think."

Kai's expression turned serious.

"Merlin, to Brother Eddie—"

"Well?"

"Hey! Merlin obviously has abnormal thoughts about Brother Eddie, but he doesn't seem to realize it at all—that's how it feels!"

"…………what?"

Kay was silent for a moment, condensing, summarizing, and finally, repeating.

"In other words, Merlin likes our big brother Eddie, but he didn't realize it."

"What are you talking about with rich emotional experience, the way that guy wants to attract attention... is completely young!"