Chapter 42 This is the battlefield
Iroviel's unconcealed anger and hatred made everyone feel a little scared. Seeing the topic gradually entering a heavy atmosphere, Lu Xi smiled dryly and quickly changed the topic.
"No matter what, we have made some contributions. With this medal, there should be no problem passing the exam. After obtaining the official qualification of a magician, do you have any plans?"
"Since it was the question you asked, then you should talk about it first?" Sai Xiliu tilted her head and pondered for a moment, but did not answer the question positively.
"Well, me? My friends and elders all advised me to go into politics, starting with ordinary government officials... However, the current federal politics is actually very unpleasant, and the teacher's research also needs help. What should I do? I haven't made up my mind yet."
"So indecisive? I really don't look like you." Sai Xiliu glanced at Lu Xi a little surprised, without deliberately concealing the ridicule in her eyes. "As for me... well, after getting the magician qualification, I plan to submit a letter of intent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and strive to go there to serve."
"Ministry of Foreign Affairs? Do you want to be a diplomat?" As a diplomat, just rely on you, a serious and arrogant student? Hey, what are the standards for selecting materials for the federal foreign affairs agency? Are you not afraid of the nitpicking of diplomats and causing international problems?
"Actually, my ideal when I was a child was to travel around the world and be a travel writer. Use my own pen to record the passage of time and the ebb and flow of all things in the world, and to feel the close relationship between nature and society." Sai Xiliu held her chin with her hand and said slowly. She had always had a cold and rigid expression, which was relaxed at this time, and she actually felt a bit cute and warm as a girl's fantasy. Her eyes changed from the usual sharpness, but instead she felt a little intoxicated and fascinated.
Sai Xiliu's expression was so scary that everyone almost fell to the ground. I really didn't expect that Miss Sai Xiliu Moore, the perfect student, would have such pink and dreamy ideals.
"What kind of expression do you guys do? Can't I have my own ideal?"
"No, I just thought: You should want to be a policeman or a judge..." Carol finally squeezed a stiff smile on his face, as if he was constipated.
"What do you mean?" Sai Xiliu immediately turned a scheming face and returned to her style as an excellent student.
"Well, it's not interesting, I just think so anyway." Carol raised his head, completely rebellious as a non-mainstream problem child.
"...Forget it, I'm too lazy to care about you." Sai Xiliu curled her lips and continued, "I am different from you rich families. I have tried my best to support me in school at home, so I have to consider the real problems. The salary of diplomats is very high, and there are many opportunities to go abroad. Why can't I choose this way?"
"This, I heard that the threshold for the Foreign Affairs Department is also very high, so it should be difficult to get in, right?"
"No matter how hard it is, it is not more difficult than being a student union president at Central Magic Academy, right?"
"Well, that's right. Then, I wish you success first." Lu Xi raised the cup. There was no wine, only white water, but it should be better than nothing.
Saixiliu did not raise her glass, her eyes flashed a little. After a while, she said, "Do you know? Berencaster, at the earliest, I actually hated you very much."
"I can see this. In addition, just call me Lu Xi."
"Okay, Lu Xi. Then do you know why I hate you?"
"Haha, I'm not a gold coin, so I can't ask everyone to like me, right? But if you're willing to tell me, then I'll listen carefully and see what's wrong with myself."
The girl hesitated for a moment before she spoke slowly. Her tone suddenly seemed a little solemn and resentful: "You are all powerful children of great families, probably it is difficult to understand? For us civilian students, the only thing that can change our destiny is to use up family wealth to complete the school education and then prepare for the exam. Our future, future destiny, and family life are all based on the results of this exam! When we enter the school, the students born by nobles and rich look down on us civilians, so I have to work harder; because I understand: as long as I do well in the exam, as long as my ranking is higher than them, it can represent me better than them! I can gain the respect of others, and I can change the destiny of myself and my family! So, this exam is the most important moment in my life, and it is the destiny of whether I can reverse the trajectory of life. Not only me, but also civilian students like me."
"Well, I can understand this. Congratulations, you have grasped the node of this fate!" Lu Xi remembered the exam in another world, and couldn't help but feel a little resonant. He suddenly felt a little more affection for this girl who was constantly improving, but he still asked, "But, what does this have to do with you hating me?"
"Do you still remember: What did you say when you were the first to hand in the last exam?
"Well..." Lu Xi tried hard to search for memories in the ravines in the cerebral cortex, but finally shook his head, "I can't remember."
"Can't remember?" Sai Xiliu's voice couldn't help but increase by octave. "You said: You are not going to get the first place anyway, just pass it!"
"Oh, so that's what I said. Why, is there any problem with this?"
"You guy! Do you know: Just because of your words, I am the first-place student, like a clown! And your careless attitude. What do you think of such a sacred qualification exam? Those ordinary students who study hard every day just for this exam, what has their efforts become!"
Ah? So that's the reason... Uh, the holy bell is here, am I wronged?
Lu Xi sighed long, then looked at Sai Xiliu with a resentful look of "I am more unfair than Dou E" and said, "This... I can only say: Everyone has a way of treating their own life. No matter what kind of results you get in this exam, the consequences caused by me are of course entirely borne by me. So, how should I deal with it and what kind of attitude I adopt, isn't it all my freedom? If you feel hurt for such reasons, I can only express regret, but it is impossible to ask me to apologize! Oh, Lim, what are you doing to beat me?"
Primra put away his hand knife expressionlessly, and after a long time, he slowly said: "...Sai Xiliu is a girl."
"Yes, Lord Lu Xi, a handsome boy cannot be so petty with girls." Iroveer also said with a smile.
"Hey, why? It's obviously this woman who makes trouble." Carol said unjustly.
"Young master, boys must be open-minded and generous. Are you ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"Uh, I understand, I understand." Carol changed his position in an instant, and rebelled extremely quickly.
"Well, you are right." Lu Xi nodded, then turned to Sai Xiliu and said seriously: "Miss Sai Xiliu Moore, I deeply apologize for the harm caused to you by my uncautious remarks and attitudes. Please accept my apology."
"What do you mean? Do you give me a gift?" Sai Xilu said loudly with a red face.
"But that's what your attitude means?" Lu Xi said helplessly: "If you ask me to be kind, you apologize to you, but you feel that you are not sincere. What do you want me to do? Sister, give me a way out."
"You!... Humph, you are right, you are not wrong, and naturally you don't need to apologize. But just like you said, it's my freedom to hate anyone."
Lu Xi couldn't help but laugh: "So, do you still hate me now?"
"Um..." It seemed as if there was a sudden mud in her mouth, and Sai Xiliu's second half of the words were blocked into her mouth; the blush on her face seemed even more obvious.
After a long time, she adjusted her breathing and her face finally returned to her normal look. She sat upright and said, "I hate those noble dandy who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun, and also those who are self-righteous. However, although you are a noble and can easily get carried away, you are not a very annoying guy. If you are in school, it may not be my turn to be the president of the student union. It's strange that you and we are both in the same year, why didn't you go to school?"
"Who knows, maybe it's because our whole family is fighting against the school." Lu Xi replied with a smile, and then said to Carol, "What about you, what are your plans?"
"I? Actually, I didn't think about it. At the beginning, I was just angry with my family."
"Are you angry?"
"Well, our family is a businessman in business. But I have been uninterested in business since I was a child, so I was scolded by my father every day and told by my elder brother. In the end, I couldn't stand it anymore, so I secretly ran out of my house and signed up for the entrance examination of the Central Magic Academy. The tuition fees were all my pocket money I saved, and my mother secretly gave me some. Of course, my father and elder brother didn't notice it. When I officially entered the school, it was too late for them to object."
"Oh? So, your father and brother are actually against you being a magician?"
"Dad said that if he was just a simple magician, he would certainly not object. But in the current Federation, once he became a magician, it would inevitably be related to politics. It was a world where people eat but don't spit bones. If I fell into it, with my personality, I would sooner or later be eaten alive and stripped with my bones."
"Well, in a way, your father is really a wise man."
"Maybe it. But since I have chosen this path, I have to go on like this. Anyway, I have really encountered problems and I have to settle it. What's the big deal?"
"Well, from this perspective, you're such an amazing guy."
"That won't work, Master, I am your entourage," said Iroveer with a smile, "all wages must be maintained by your income. If you don't confirm your future direction, I will be very troubled."
"Woo..." Carol rolled his eyes and couldn't speak.
"Haha... Uh, Lim, what are you doing?" Lu Xi just smiled twice, but found that Primra also raised her head, and an indescribable complex light shot out from her emerald pupils. She stared at her face upright and steadily, which immediately made her feel goosebumps all over her body.
"Does it need to be said?" Sai Xiliu smiled disdainfully, "Lim is also your entourage. If you don't think about what to do in the future, she will be very worried."
"Well, Lim, I don't remember that our relationship was maintained with something as vulgar as money."
"…Jock, Mary and everyone, if you want to go to school, it will cost a lot of money."
"Well……"
"Lu Xi once said: Your resentment towards money is more stable than the star structure of the macro universe. Therefore, money is not a vulgar thing..."
"...Well, I'm desperate. I'm completely desperate about this world that was complained about by Tianran's mouthless monster!"
At this time, Lu Xi did not expect that the opportunity to look forward to life and future with friends of the same age would be so relaxed.
Time has entered the night, the sun has already set, the moon is shrouded in thin clouds, but the silver light seems extremely hazy.
A young soldier stood on the guardhouse of Job One. He was wearing leather armor, with a long sword hanging around his waist, and a crossbow with a good arrow next to the guardhouse.
At this time, most of the soldiers in the entire Job One had already entered dormant, but the eyes of the soldiers on guard were still bright and their ears were still sharp. As a sentry, his vision and hearing were often excellent. Once he felt something moving, he could immediately ring the big bell on the guardhouse, and the entire Job soldiers could immediately wake up from their sleep and start fighting.
The young soldier vigilantly glanced at the endless night under the hazy moonlight. Even though he had outstanding vision, he could not see further with such visibility.
He sighed, turned his head, and heard a faint flapping sound.
The sound was probably not louder than the sound of the little chicken flapping its wings, but it was enough to arouse the soldiers' alertness. His sword had been unsheathed, he turned his head and shouted loudly: "Who!"
At this moment, a feather arrow flew silently from the dark night sky like an abyss, and bit the soldier's throat like a hunting poisonous snake.
"Enemy attack!" The severe pain and increasingly obvious sense of weakness in the throat made the soldier realize this, but he was unable to make a sound.
"Bump!" A sound of landing reached the soldiers' ears. It should be that the enemy had already climbed the tower, but the soldier ignored it. He used all his strength to get up and suddenly pulled the rope of the alarm bell.
"Ding Ding Ding!" The bell spreads in all directions.
"Enemy attack!" More and more boiling sounds and footsteps came from the barracks of Job One. The lights were constantly lit up, and fully armed soldiers continued to appear in the corridor.
"In the end, I didn't neglect my duty..." The soldier lay on the ground, feeling his life slowly dissipating with the blood flowing out. This was the last thought in his mind. He did not hear the roar of the annoyance of the enemy in front of him, and naturally he did not feel a dark and terrifying sense of oppression like death and hell.
More and more black flag-winged men landed in Job One, accompanied by a black-robed man riding on a giant dragon-shaped creature.
"Master, the attack has begun, please give orders." A black flag-winged man respectfully asked the man in black robe.
Chapter completed!