I have become stronger, but also shorter [comprehensive]

The most embarrassing thing in the world happened.

Because of the embarrassing air-conditioning that seems to come from the Ice Age, there are also dark lines commonly known as murderous aura in the air-conditioning——

People in this atmosphere probably dare not speak for a while.

Perhaps it was aware of the danger of being canned as horse meat, and the horse stopped gnawing on the magician's hair.

One person and one horse held their breath at the same time, so quiet that the air almost stagnated.

The strongest man in the world is sitting on the edge of a certain high-rise building, savoring the feeling of "failure" alone.

It is a failure and a disgrace.

He may be wondering if he has fallen into an even more shameful and unimaginable situation.

From the moment she became shorter—no, she became slightly "less majestic"—the situation began to develop in a direction that was quite difficult to control.

Developed to the present, it has naturally become like this.

It takes a long time for a man to contemplate, what is wrong with him - what caused such an unexpected result?

"That... um... it's my fault, I didn't consider who's habit..."

Merlin, who was not sure whether he had predicted this ending in advance, was also a little embarrassed.

The main reason is that he saw the green-haired boy, Pseudo not being furious and furious, but he didn't show any disapproval either, just like the low and dark clouds in the sky before the storm that almost crushed the ground.

Eric cared about this "failure" unexpectedly.

Too.Except for the connivance at certain times, he is a man who can't tolerate the slightest bit of sand in his eyes.

This time, the reason why he didn't get angry on the spot and fix the culprit who lost his face was probably because the culprit was not a person, but a horse——

Merlin: "...so you have to say something, Stallion!"

——Whether you admit your mistake or act coquettishly or pretend to be cute, if you don’t give some reaction, if you are made into canned frozen horse meat, I will not be able to save you!

Don Stallion: "Chick, chick."

Wang Zhima's attitude was very bad from the very beginning in front of his own king's teacher, Lord Merlin who is also a court magician.

Fortunately, although it doesn't like Merlin, it has a very clear judgment on danger and who is the human being that needs to be respected.

"call……"

The reserved and haughty white horse lowered its head, without Melindo needing to say anything, he got up on it.

Before Eric turned his head, the purest whiteness appeared in the corner of his eyes.

Stallion rubbed his head against the boy's half-raised hand while making a purring sound, looking extremely docile.

The pure white mane was carried by the wind and rubbed against the back of his hand, leaving an extremely soft touch.

Perhaps it was pulled back from his thoughts by this slight touch, Eric finally turned his head at this moment, and the pupils of the white horse, which are far purer than human eyes, were enlarged and displayed in front of him.

Stallion was about to lick his face.

"..."

"Stop. Stop, stop!"

The alarm bell sounded, and Eric immediately spoke up.

He absolutely didn't want to get sticky saliva on his face, even if the current face wasn't his own, that wouldn't work, it was too dirty...

"Whoosh whoa whoa—"

But it was too late.

Enthusiastic saliva has been attacked unstoppably.

Eric: "...Hi!!"

He was so caught off guard that he stopped talking—although in fact, if he seriously wanted not to be attacked by saliva, another hundred Stallions would have no chance of hitting him.

"Hey! Really. If I lick it again, I will throw you down!"

"Whew, wheeze, wheeze—"

It is true that the hot horse tongue did not lick again, only the bite just now was enough.

The boy's voice was indeed full of dislike for the saliva, and there was probably a lot of annoyance that he regretted not avoiding it.

But maybe it's not an illusion.

His expression is obviously much more relaxed than when he was silent before, and there is no such deepness in his eyes that makes one can't help but be shocked.

— somehow.

Watching from the sidelines, the magician, who had already calmed down, thought again.

The green-haired boy sat in front of the place illuminated by the sky, reaching out to caress the face of the pure creature.

This scene looks like... If it is not known in advance that he is not "he", there is a high possibility of misidentification.

Because, the real "that one" is such a special existence that will appear incomparably harmonious when getting along with all life in nature.

The pure heart and the same pure life contain and attract each other, and the channel connecting them is the precious thing called tenderness.

Then again.

Usually, he was not warmly welcomed like this. The silver-haired boy, who seemed to be different in nature, just changed his appearance and did the same thing as him.

Does this mean that he actually has the same "gentleness" as the puppet made of divine weapons, but due to various unexplainable reasons, he is always misunderstood by the outside world?

The answer to this question...

It has already surfaced in my heart.

So, stop thinking about it.

"Forget it," Eric said, as if he didn't want to dwell on the embarrassing exit any longer.

"It's useless to find a reason for failure, so this kind of pure accident happened, it can't be blamed on you, right--no, you have to reflect on it! Give me your share of responsibility Understand well, hey!"

"Whoosh-"

Finding the right time, the magician also approached and took out a clean handkerchief: "Come on, use this to wipe your face."

Eric heard what he said, but didn't pick it up immediately.

In his eyes, the face of the light-haired young man was indeed in a rather delicate position.

It's not annoying, it can even be counted as one of my own people, and I will protect it when necessary, but it just doesn't please my eyes.

There is a wonderful feeling of unhappiness, reluctance, and unwillingness that something important is taken away by the cheeky owner of this face.

Moreover, it is also mixed with the thoughts that floated along with it.

It's been so long.

A person who can still be remembered by him who has lost his memory, and who he cares about unknowingly.

— the memories associated with them.

- that must be.

--Quite.

--【important】.

……what.

Why did I suddenly think of this.

Eric didn't know the reason, but felt that for a moment, the face of the young man in his vision merged with the memory fragments that were too small to be distinguished by the naked eye, which was inexplicably dazzling.

He wouldn't have picked it up.

However, there are also factors that cause the softness in a certain corner of my heart to be affected to gush out.

The veil, which was so clean that it was only white, was taken over so easily.

"........."

Fine.

Now that I have accepted it!

The boy patted the clean handkerchief on his face and wiped it casually a few times.

I don't know if he wiped it clean, anyway, using this gesture symbolizes the softening of his attitude, which is enough for a magician.

"Hmm... Although it's not good to mention this matter again, but what should we do next?"

Merlin sat down as if naturally.

The gentle young man holding a shepherd's staff and the beautiful young man with fluttering green hair are together, and the picture is not at all obtrusive.

"If you've been kicked out, you can quietly—"

"If I sneak in, wouldn't it appear that I have failed even more!"

"It is."

Merlin pondered.

"But if you don't follow up, you won't be able to achieve the goal of observing the children at a close distance. Besides, didn't you make an appointment with the person you met on the road to help him keep an eye on his brother?"

This sentence hits the weakness of a man who keeps his word.

It is really troublesome to make an agreement on this kind of thing sometimes.

Originally, according to the plan, it was impossible to be on the verge of breaking the agreement, but in the end, how did you know the reason was sudden? !

Merlin: "Actually, these are all okay, mainly...Eric, I just reviewed the contract you signed."

Eric: "What happened to the contract?"

Merlin: "If you're not mistaken, the last paragraph of the contract has a special note in very small words."

"If the agreed transaction fails to be successfully completed due to the temporary suspension of the transaction by the non-principal party, we need to pay a liquidated damages of 1000 million or so."

"..."

Eric (frozen for a second, to make sure he heard it wrong): "?"

It's over.

"WTF!!!?"

Because he doesn't understand the language of this world, he didn't understand the contract (of course, he wouldn't care if he understood it). The world who signed it directly was the most powerful and furious!

"I only got 100 million after completing the transaction, and the liquidated damages have been increased by ten times! Damn, is that guy a profiteer!"

Merlin: "What, the focus turned out to be this rather than the font that is so small that you can't see it unless you look carefully... Well, it's as expected."

The strongest man who fell into such a quagmire was annoyed that he had suddenly upgraded from penniless to 1000 million in debt.

Big crisis!

This is a big crisis of vigilance and irritability that is no less than a thousand-year-old's first exam failure!

It's really hard to compare. It's more embarrassing to be out of the exam early and be kicked out, or to suddenly break the contract and bear tens of millions of debts.

Anyway, no matter what.

"Break what contract? Leaving aside the issue of liquidated damages, it is absolutely impossible for me to do such an irresponsible thing!"

"Yes, as expected of you, Erik—so what shall we do?"

"..."

"If you want not to violate the contract, you can only stay around the mission target and not be too far away. In this case, you can only..."

Yes.

For these two boring people who are already out of the game and don't want to reveal their identities to the children who are in the exam, the only choice before them should be the one I mentioned before, but was rejected by Eric— —

"Do not."

"what?"

Eric suddenly denied it again, which surprised Merlin.

Xu Shi had an idea and thought of a real solution, the boy's eyes suddenly became dark.

"You don't need to be close to them, and you can fully grasp their every move."

Merlin: "This method, what is it..."

"Isn't it enough to go to that place!"

"ah?"

"Tsk tsk, I still remember it. When I was taking the Xiongying exam, I broke a bunch of those things at random—"

Surveillance cameras!

After all, Eric has been in modern society for so long, and he understands some "high technology".

If there is a camera, it means that there is a monitoring room.

There is a monitoring room, which means——

He can go directly to the Hunter Association, and rob it... temporarily borrowing resources!