I have become stronger, but also shorter [comprehensive]

The second hurdle of the hunter exam is in progress. From the laughter (not) on the scene, it can be seen that everyone is having a good time.

Ok……

Well, are the examinees happy? I can't guarantee this.

I can be sure that at least the examiner Arturia-san is really happy.

It can melt a "goddess" who has almost exhausted her emotions for a thousand years, and be melted by happiness in just a few moments. This is the powerful power of "food".

The change seems a little big, and the speed of the transition is too fast.

But as long as one understands the nature of the King of Britain, such a rapid change will definitely not feel abrupt and strange.

"If I hadn't seen it again today, I would have almost forgotten it... Well, it turns out that Arturia often showed similar expressions in the earliest days."

Back in the monitoring room, one of the two who once again occupied the display screen couldn't help but let out a slightly sighing sound after observing for a period of time.

His words caught the attention of another person next to him, Eric.

For Merlin, the magician who was suspected of being sneaky with him for several worlds, Eric's attitude now is a little bit better than at the beginning - but only a little bit.

Because it seems to have mentioned Arturia, and perhaps... the past, he also restrained his expression of relief slightly because of the happiness of the blonde woman in the picture.

"What was she like before?"

For some reason, Eric asked a question, with unclear emotions: "I don't remember very clearly. However, it must not be the appearance I see now, the only thing I am very sure of."

"Before——? I was a little surprised... Ah, but it's okay, I mean another thing."

Merlin didn't speak clearly, but it was easy to guess the subtle thoughts in his heart. It was nothing more than that the man who had always resisted the term "past" unexpectedly began to accept it on his own initiative.

For them, this is definitely a good thing that is too late to be happy.

Therefore, magicians are happy to solve puzzles for those around them.

"Arturia in her teenage years, how should I put it, was an overly lively and cheerful person, so she always caused trouble for her companions."

He avoided some content that was still not suitable to be involved, and told the interesting stories of the group of them on the road of practice before King Arthur became king.

The straightforward but slightly reckless young knight is always jumping up and down, as if she has nothing to worry about.

Different.

No matter how you think about it, you are completely different from the "goddess" today.

Eric listened to the magician's narration, but what he thought in his heart was that the fragments that appeared in his mind were indeed true and accurate.

Yes, he told the magician that he didn't remember very clearly, but in fact, some impressive shadows were not so easily blurred.

The figure of the girl knight Merlin mentioned coincided with the figure of the girl he remembered, which also allowed some irresistible emotions to sink in.

"...At that time it was not as miserable as it was later. Except when we slept in the wild, we usually ate in restaurants in towns. At least the taste was not that bad. Everything Arturia ate looked delicious."

"Eat everything... Tsk, doesn't she have anything she likes?"

"I don't know—I'm sorry, sorry, because as long as the child can eat on time, the child will show such a happy expression like now, and there is no preference at all."

"Is that so? Why does the more I listen to it, the more I feel that she is miserable? Hey wait, speaking of which, how bad is Lily's food later on, to make her numb like this!"

Merlin (eyes wandering): "Uh, well, there is a reason for this, hahaha."

He introduced to Eric the background of the times at that time, such as the chaos of war, the barren land, and the decline in the quality and quantity of food year by year.

On this basis, even if the king who led the army against the enemy went to the battlefield, he could not get excellent treatment during the long march.

It is the most basic thing to eat what you have, and you can't be picky about the taste.

It is said that among the knights under the king's command, there is one who is extremely good at potato cooking and is extremely willing to cook all kinds of potatoes for the king and the princes... Ah, Gao Wenqing, the knight of the round table.

Under normal circumstances, Wang would sweep away the potatoes mixed with potatoes that Gao Wenqing sent without changing his face, and he couldn't tell whether he liked it or not.

How many years she has eaten potatoes and dishes that are not much better than potatoes, it is difficult to trace back now.

all in all.

"It's only during the practice period and now that the king will show joy. It's just a touch of happiness now. Now that I think about it, Arturia and us... and you, the earliest time when we traveled together, is the most important thing. The happiest and most comfortable."

Merlin said so.

Eric was not surprised that the magician mentioned himself at the end.

With the traction of the topic, he seemed to be able to recall the details of the past more easily than before.

On a moonless night, in the depths of the forest eroded by darkness, a warm and scorching bonfire was lit.

Tired all day, the girl hugged her legs and sat on the ground without any distaste, staring straight ahead without blinking her bright eyes.

The wild boar leg pierced by a branch was on the fire, and the young man next to her was holding one end of the branch and flipping it over and over again, so that the pig leg was heated evenly, until it was roasted until it was oily.

'Hahaha, eh【】, come and guess, did their eyes fall into the fire first, or did their saliva fall to the ground first? '

Sure enough, the unreliable nightmare of the teacher in name was hanging high beside him, and he didn't forget to pull out the poor children who had been hungry for a long time to make fun of them.

'Do you still need to guess? '

The scariest thing was that the man who was the most serious and least likely to answer the phone actually answered it.

'Definitely drool, I've seen it.It hasn't been baked yet, and the ingredients haven't been added, so why are you two in a hurry. '

Since he really couldn't bear to see the impatient appearance of human beings on the verge of starvation, the man drove away the boy who was in charge of the barbecue before, and did it himself.

It is probably because he has accumulated rich experience from his wandering career for so many years. Not only can he roast meat, but he is extremely skilled in the way of roasting meat, and the taste is surprisingly good.

This inadvertently exposed strength aroused the interest of everyone present, which led to him being forced to briefly tell the interested little ghosts about his wandering history in the next hour.

The content of the wandering history is not important.

It doesn't matter how delicious the wild boar leg roasted by the man is.

The memories in the "past" are real, and the happy smile of the girl when she hasn't changed is real, and this is the most important thing.

"..."

Merlin stopped talking for a while, maybe it was because he remembered the only good time in the past.

Eric didn't speak either. He might still only remember a few fragments, but this alone was enough to make him fall into deep thought for a short time.

The atmosphere in the monitoring room became a little delicate, and there was a feeling of time returning to the past that was difficult to get involved, so peaceful and quiet that others could not get involved.

The real-time broadcast of the exam scene showed that the examiner Artoria's side was about to end, and all the subjects of focus had successfully passed the exam.

However, due to unlucky timing, Brother Eric, who was temporarily distracted, missed the key content of his apprentice making shaved ice (too embarrassing to himself).

He just happened to be thinking about it. His current thinking is different from what he imagined before, but the overall direction remains the same.

When Artoria came back, it seemed necessary to make the step-sister show the same smile as the expression she showed during the exam.

It doesn't matter what he has to think about or struggle with, anyway, he really hopes to do this at this time.

"……Oops."

It seemed to hear some discordant voices.

"Why is this time..."

Because it was too abrupt, Eric frowned slightly, unable to pretend that he didn't hear: "What?"

The person who made the sound wanted to know who it was.

Merlin's accident came a little unexpectedly. I don't know if he sensed something was wrong, or if he expected something bad to happen somewhere. At this moment, the magician's eyes flickered slightly.

What he showed was only the most obvious annoyance: "A sudden incident happened, because it is very important, and only I can solve it, so..."

"Oh, you just have to go."

"Then here..."

"Isn't it the same with you or without you? If you want to go, go quickly and don't bother me."

Eric didn't try to stop him at all, and impatiently signaled that he should just get out.From a magician's point of view, my dear sweetheart is quite ruthless.

Still, compared to the worst results...

It's just that, it's good.Merlin thought.

It's really helpless to leave the sweetheart I found here with great difficulty.

Merlin considered that Arturia was here, and it was impossible for Eric to encounter something like [that time] again, so there should be no need to worry.

Thinking of this, he left in a hurry, so hurried that he even omitted further explanations, in order to prove that the accident he mentioned really needed urgent treatment.

Eric had no way of knowing the magician's rather comprehensive psychological process, and even if he knew, he wouldn't care.

However, what I didn't expect was that not long after Merlin left, there was also a turning point here.

"We still want to get rid of Miss Artoria and continue to invigilate the exam, and we have her consent."

People from the Hunter Association came to tell him that because some of the exams had objections to the assessment format of the second level, President Nitero decided to conduct an additional exam.

The additional test will be postponed until tomorrow, and Artoria will have to delay her return for a while.Therefore, the association thought that there was a high-risk person who could not move in the base, and specially prepared treatment similar to welfare for him.

"You can rest in our staff dormitory today... Ah, yes, there is still a period of time. If you are bored here, you can go for a walk in the city. There just happens to be a ticket for the museum exhibition."

A ticket to the exhibition that the museum happened to be holding recently was delivered to Eric.

Eric: "What museum? I'm not interested..."

"..."

"Forget it, there's nothing to do anyway."

He suddenly changed his mind: "Whatever he is, just let me go shopping alone."