My family really has a throne to inherit

What Yao Lan said about resuming the old career refers to the great career of assisting her younger brother to win the throne.

In a large country with more than 50 nationalities, she has experienced and won the great cause of tens of 10 people on her own side. She doesn't find it troublesome and difficult in the magic world.

And... In her opinion, their staff is almost enough now.

If you want to do something, you can prepare now.

Of course, if she can live in peace, she is not the kind of person who wants to make trouble first...

One month after the astral body incident, Yao Lan finally met Xia Youjie.

The other party raised his hand to greet her as if nothing happened: "Hey, Lan."

Yao Lan looked at him, frowned, went to the vending machine, bought two cans of drinks, and threw one to the other party: "Senior Xia You, are you okay?"

Xia Youjie raised his hand to catch the drink, opened the can, and took a sip with his hand: "I didn't... Poof—this is wine?!"

"... Huh?" Yao Lan looked surprised, "This is no different from water, right? It's only 14% alcohol!"

14% is about equal to water...Xia Youjie looked down at the packaging on the drink, then looked up at Yao Lan, and showed a somewhat false smile: "Lan, you... do you usually drink?"

"Well, I can drink well. But I usually drink liquor above [-] degrees... Ah, but I stopped drinking after I came to the college."

Xia Youjie: "..." This is clearly a drunkard, right? !Obviously still a student or a minor!At what age did you start drinking? !Does it mean that Chinese people are very good at drinking and treat baijiu as plain water? !

In fact, Xia Youjie was a little bit resistant at first, but because of the wine episode, he suddenly forgot what he was thinking before.

And Yao Lan sat down next to him in the past: "Although it's not obvious on the surface, I feel that your mental state is much worse than before... and if I guess correctly, you have been in this month. Are you avoiding me subconsciously? Are you afraid that I will find out that your state is wrong?"

"...Why do you guess like that?"

"Reasonable inference." Yao Lan raised her hand to open the alcoholic drink in her hand, took a sip, "Based on the previous situation, there are only two reasons for you to hide. One is that you know that I have a keen observation, and you are afraid of being caught. I see something, so avoid me."

"And another one?"

"The other thing is that you suddenly found out that you have a crush on me, so you avoided me." Yao Lan said seriously.

"Ha..." Xia Youjie, who was still in a heavy mood, smiled, and his tone was a bit teasing, "What if it's the latter reason?"

"Then I'm sorry, I only like Nanami's."

Xia Youjie looked stunned: "Ah... yes, I heard that you two are dating, congratulations."

"Thank you." Yao Lan nodded and accepted the blessing, "So are you emotionally unstable because of the previous astral body incident? Is it because of the death of Riko Tiannei or because of the Panxing Cult?"

"...Did Wu say that?"

"Ah."

Xia Youjie raised his head and took a big gulp of the alcoholic drink. He felt that under the influence of the alcohol, his tense nerves were relaxed a lot: "So... what do you see?"

Unlike Xia Youjie's gulping mouth, Yao Lan was still drinking in small sips, and her whole person seemed very calm: "I suspect that the astral body incident is not aimed at Riko Tennei, but you and Wu. And Riko Tennei also Not a real astral body."

Xia Youjie was startled.

"Of course, it's just speculation." Yao Lan saw Xia Youjie put down the drink can in his hand, got up to buy another drink, and said there, "I've met Senior Wutiao before, don't worry about his condition. In fact, if It's not because you're avoiding me, and it's too obvious after a month, and I'm not necessarily sure that you're in an abnormal mood... and looking at it, there is a feeling of collapse of faith and confusion."

"..." Xia Youjie didn't refute, based on what he knew about Yao Lan, the previous debates, and the definition the other party gave him at the beginning... He knew he couldn't refute it, and he couldn't even hide it. .

He smiled, and his tone was self-deprecating: "It seems that I avoided you and ended up being self-defeating."

Yao Lan threw another can of alcoholic drink over, Xia Youjie caught it, but instead of opening it to drink, put it aside.

Yao Lan walked over and said, "It's okay to have a drink. Are you 17 years old?" Ah... But it seems that in Japan you can only drink when you are [-] years old...

Yao Lan was a little distracted, Xia Youjie lowered his head, also a little absent-minded: "No, I am 16 years old this year, because my birthday is in February, so I started school relatively early."

"Ah...it's like this." Yao Lan was stunned, "If you count it like this...I'm older than you."

"...Huh?" Xia Youjie was taken aback, "Are you born in January?"

"No, I'm in September, but I'm 17 years old this year." Yao Lan didn't think it was impossible to say, "When I entered school, I could transfer to the first or second grade, because I wanted to compete with Qihai, so He lied to his superiors that his age was sixteen, and then successfully entered the first grade."

Xia Youjie: "..." Have you been following her so early? !In other words, is it okay to tell him this kind of thing? !

Yao Lan looked at Xia Youjie, and after realizing that he was younger than her, she always felt that the other's image gradually overlapped with her own brother.

Then, the way she looked at people gradually began to look like her younger brother.

Realizing that Yao Lan's eyes were too kind, Xia Youjie always felt that something was wrong: "...what's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Yao Lan couldn't help but sighed, "You are only a few months older than my own brother."

"Huh? Do you have a younger brother?" Xia Youjie asked curiously.This was the first time he heard Yao Lan talk about his family affairs.

Yao Lan nodded: "Well, I have 24 brothers and 18 sisters, but except for my younger brother, they are all half-brothers."

"..." Xia Youjie, who came from an ordinary family, showed a shocked expression, but after realizing that he was being rude, he stabilized himself firmly, picked up the drink on the side with his trembling hands, opened it, and took a sip to suppress his shock.

In other words...a total of 43... What kind of big family is this?Jun—Probably because the incident was too shocking, Xia Youjie really didn't think about anything else at this time, and was immersed in the Yao family situation that he had imagined.

Yao Lan let out a long breath, "Let me tell you... Since I'm older than you, I'll ask you to say something."

"Huh?" Xia Youjie looked up at her.

"Now you are starting to question your own beliefs, but you are forcing yourself not to question, right? You should have understood the ugly side of human nature before, but facing this ugly side is different. Just like there is a big difference between talking about war on paper and actual combat.”

Yao Lan opened the drink in her hand and drank it again.

"I feel that I can only go on one road, even if I can't see the end, even if the end is dark, and even if I don't want to, I have to stick to it. This kind of thinking is wrong."

"There are tens of thousands of human paths, and humans are not gods. Humans make mistakes and are allowed to make mistakes. If you feel that you are going wrong, then change to another path. You don't have to be afraid of failure and you don't have to be afraid of making mistakes. Your life is still very long, and you still have a lot of time to explore and think about what you really want, and try different paths and lives.”

"If you feel that the road ahead is a dead end, don't dig into the corner, put it down and try something else, not to mention that you may not even know what you really want, not to mention that there is not only one way to achieve a goal. There is a way to go."

Yao Lan is enlightening herself. ——Xia Youjie knew this very well.

No, it's better to say that she did it when they first met.

Although it sounds like a mutual confrontation with different ideas.

It's really strange, even though we haven't known each other for a long time, and we can't even be regarded as close friends, the other party can understand me and discover so much... Is this a talent?

...uh, maybe it's because there are 42 siblings working out in the family?

Xia Youjie was a little distracted, and when he came back to his senses, he had already finished the second can of drink in his hand.

He didn't know whether it was the effect of alcohol, or the sequelae of the sudden relaxation of the nerves that had been tense for a month, but at this moment he suddenly felt that he could speak.

Speak it out, the person in front of you will understand you.

"...Can it be done?"

"Ok?"

"I mean... Even if I want to do it, can I do it?" Xia Youjie looked up at Yao Lan, "I began to doubt the work of the conjurer, whether it is really necessary to protect those human beings. , don't want to protect those disgusting stupid monkeys, don't even want to see them, who is responsible for Riko's death? What if I don't want to see this kind of thing again? The smell of the curse spirit is also disgusting. Does everything you do really make sense?"

Xia Youjie's speech was very messy, from the beginning and the regulations to the series of questions later, even the preamble and the afterword were inconsistent.

But he felt that the other party could understand.

Yao Lan listened to him quietly, and then spoke slowly: "First of all, I won't allow you to say that monkeys are stupid."

Xia Youjie: "..."

Yao Lan's eyes became sharp: "Because I like Monkey King very much, so you are not allowed to talk about monkeys like that. Species discrimination is not allowed, and monkeys are very strong."

Xia Youjie: "...Oh."

"As well as the problems you mentioned...in fact, it can be solved with one move." Yao Lan raised a finger with a calm expression, "Isn't it enough to just reform the world of conjuration? Since I have doubts about these established rules, I don't think If it makes sense, then go and be the one who makes the rules."

"...Can it be done? It's not that simple at all, is it? And how do you know that the new rules formulated are necessarily better than the old ones?"

"You don't need to worry too much about these problems. Leave them to me."

"……Hey?"

"Not long after I entered the college, I noticed many unreasonable things." Yao Lan raised her hand and touched her chin, "However, there are still some shortcomings in my plan, so I need to give me a little more time... During this time, you It's better to be patient and deal with the boss first. If you don't want to do it, come to me, and I will help you find a way."

"Xia You." Probably because Yao Lan realized that the other party was younger than herself, Yao Lan couldn't even call out the word senior, so she called him by his first name.

And Xia Youjie didn't care about this at all, he was startled and looked at her.

Yao Lan finished drinking the drink in her hand, raised her hand and threw it, and threw it into the trash can with precision.

She stood there, looking down at him, but her attitude did not appear arrogant. Her whole state was still quite calm, as if she had chatted with him at the beginning.

"It's not that the strong won't fail. And...when you can't do it or don't want to do it, you can rely on others. You don't need to force yourself."

Jianren Qihai was in his dormitory, and when he got out of the shower, he heard his phone ring.

When he went over to check the caller ID, he was taken aback for a moment, and immediately picked it up.Before he could speak, the other person spoke directly: 【Qi Hai, what should I do? 】Yao Lan's voice was a little anxious and asking for help, which is rare, Jianren Qihai stood up all of a sudden, with a serious tone: "What's the matter? What happened? Where are you, where are you? Come here now!"

Yao Lan's tone was a little helpless, but at the same time full of confusion: [Hmm...that's right, I seem to have accidentally called Xia You into tears.But I really didn't scold anyone. 】Qihai Jianren: "...Huh?"