"Who is Xiaobao?" Angel asked in confusion.
The wise ruler: "You can think of it as the cave entrance you saw before."
After hearing this answer, everyone looked at each other with subtle expressions. A cave entrance actually has a name? And the name is so, um, cute?
Having said that, the wise master's description of Xiaobao is not like a simple cave, but more like some kind of intelligent life? Or a machine puppet?
The wise master also noticed that everyone seemed to be confused about the name "Xiaobao". He originally didn't plan to say anything more, but he suddenly thought of something...
Maybe this is a good opportunity to explain?
The wise master thought about the wording for a while and said: "You seem to care about Xiaobao's name? If it knew your reaction, it would probably swallow you up in one bite even if Dabao didn't stop it."
"Big treasure? Little treasure? There must be a medium treasure, right?" Doakes complained.
The wise master glanced at Doakes sideways: "There is no middle treasure, but there are two treasures."
Angel: "We don't have any ill will towards its name, but we didn't expect a cave to have such a cute name."
"They are not ordinary cave entrances." The wise master looked at the Black Earl with deep meaning: "If they are really ordinary cave entrances, how can you keep monitoring their movements?"
Black Earl: "If you have doubts, you will naturally want to know more."
The wise ruler said: "This is normal, but when you are looking at Xiaobao, Xiaobao is also looking at you. You think they are the entrance of the cave, but in fact they are its eyes, its mouth, and its ears. You may even say,
It’s its weapon.”
Angel: "Is it an alchemical creation?"
The wise master shook his head: "No, it has a body. Haven't you already seen it?"
Seeing that Angel was still confused, the wise master did not continue to talk about Xiaobao's structure, but returned to the previous question: "Did you just say its name is 'cute'?"
Angel: "Is there a problem?"
The wise man ruled: "Of course, no problem. I also think the name is very cute. However, the little baby doesn't like others to call it a cute name. It desires to have a powerful and domineering name. Once it hears others calling it cute, it will treat it
People swallow it."
When the wise master said this, he smiled and narrowed his eyes: "Isn't this behavior more cute?"
Angel: "..." Is there a gap in our understanding of cuteness?
The wise master continued minding his own business: "The full name of Xiaobao is Dumu Xiaobao. Its two brothers are the Duomei Dabao and Dumu Erbao I mentioned before."
"Compared to the mature and steady Dabao and the deep and quiet Erbao, Xiaobao's character is quite naughty. Perhaps this is because he is the youngest child and is more favored?" The wise man ruled: "His mother dotes on him very much.
Of course, I also love it very much. After all, I watched it grow up, so I can tolerate it occasionally playing tricks."
"Speaking of pranks, I suddenly remembered an interesting thing about Xiaobao."
The words of the wise master were very casual, and it seemed that he was really talking about an interesting thing. However, in the inner world where no one noticed, the wise master tightened his heartstrings and began to organize his words more carefully.
Be sure to make what he says next seem casual... and never let them see that he actually cares.
"Interesting fact?" Angel asked very "knowingly".
"That's right. I remember you said before that Xicia showed you my research project?"
Angel nodded. Although what the wise master said was not quite right, he had read about this niche topic in a magazine before meeting Xicia, but when he read it, it shouldn't matter.
The wise man ruled: "This topic is the most inconspicuous and the least valuable among the topics I have studied on the ecology of witches and ghosts, but it is also the most interesting."
"I think it's very valuable." Angel is not a compliment. He agrees that the topic of "Recording the Different Gestures of the Blending of Witches, Eyes and Ghosts" is inconspicuous. However, Angel disagrees when he says that it has no value.
It was precisely because of this research topic that Angel obtained the silver pendant belonging to the wood spirit without disturbing the beauty-loving witch-eyed ghost.
The topics that can be included in the column "Little Wizard's Tips" may be inconspicuous, but they are still "little tricks".
"Do you think it's valuable?" The wise master was stunned for a moment, then showed a look of understanding: "That's right, I'm young and energetic, and I like this kind of 'interesting' subject, so that's understandable."
Angel didn't react at first. It wasn't until the Wise Lord blinked inexplicably that he suddenly realized that the Wise Lord seemed to have misunderstood something...
Angel was just about to explain, but saw the wise master showing a calm expression, as if waiting for him to explain.
In that kind smile, Angel read a sentence: Explain it, explain it whatever you want, I understand, I believe it.
Angel's explanation was choked in his throat. Forget it, misunderstanding is misunderstanding. If he really explained it, it meant that he "understood" the meaning of the wise master's words. It would be better not to explain,
Just treat it as if the wise master is really praising him for being "young and vigorous", without any hidden meaning, although it is not a good thing either.
Angel didn't answer, and it didn't matter if the wise man ruled. He had already sorted out his words and continued: "Come back, this is an interesting topic because it has no value... I personally think it has no value, but interesting topics are interesting to me.
How can you be happy? Of course you have to share it with others."
The wise man ruled: "So, I decided to submit this topic to a magazine."
"However, I naturally wouldn't personally deal with such a small matter as submitting a manuscript, so I gave the manuscript to Xiaobao and asked him to do it. Unexpectedly, the magazine contacted him and asked for a pen name, and that guy Xiaobao...
…well."
The wise master sighed and said with an expression like "an old father doting on a naughty child": "Unexpectedly, Xiaobao became naughty and without my consent, he gave me a nickname that he and his brothers called me privately.
.”
The wise master said it casually, but with the two key points "without my consent" and "taken by Xiaobao", he deliberately showed a helpless expression to deepen everyone's impression.
"That's why I got that weird... pen name."
After listening to the words of the wise master, the others showed no expression, but Doakes looked enlightened: "So this is how Fatty Blue got his name. I thought..."
"What do you think?" The wise master looked at Doakes with a smile, his eyes full of love.
But Doakes felt an inexplicable chill running down his spine, and said involuntarily: "No, it's nothing, it's just that the name sounds really nice."
Angel saw Doakes suddenly stuttering, and couldn't help but think to himself: Even the wise master himself couldn't bear to say the pen name, Doakes blurted it out, it would be strange if he was not remembered.
Yes, Angel didn't know whether other people had discovered that the wise master cared about his pen name, but Angel had discovered it.
As early as the first meeting, when the wise man asked Angel what information he had obtained from Sicia, Angel noticed that when he mentioned the pen name of the wise man, the wise man felt embarrassed.
At that time, the wise master did not know that Angel had a better perception of emotions than ordinary people, so he did not cover up and was seen by Angel at a glance.
Later, after the wise master took the initiative to conceal his emotions, Angel gradually became unable to detect his emotional changes.
But Angel remembered not to mention his pen name in front of the wise master.
This time, the wise master took the initiative to mention the research topic. Angel was a little confused at first. Later, the wise master used Xiaobao's stubbornness to draw out the incident of the submission and explained the origin of his pen name. Only then did Angel understand.
The wise ruler is probably not willing to be misunderstood, and will explain when he gets the chance.
But even when explaining, the wise master still avoided the pen name, which shows how much he cares about the pen name.
At this time, Doakes happened to tease the tiger's beard, and could only lament for him.
However, Angel only dared to lament in his heart, and his face still followed the crowd, looking like "Xiaobao was the one who made this name, and it turned out to be very naughty."
The wise master did not realize that Angel had actually broken through his inner drama.
After secretly remembering Doakes, the wise master immediately changed the subject: "There are many more naughty things about Xiaobao. These are just the tip of the iceberg and are not worth mentioning."
Angel said silently in his heart: It’s not worth mentioning, so why did you mention it?
"Back to the topic, your guess just now is right, but not completely right." The wise master looked at Angel.
"You said Dumu Xiaobao's family is her chess piece. This definition is correct. Because this species came out of the legacy land. It is very likely that 'she' brought it out from a certain world."
"However, not all members of this family are her pawns."
Angel: "Xiaobao is not her pawn?"
The wise man rules: "Xiaobao listens to her words, but also listens to mine."
The meaning of this sentence is also very clear. Even if Xiaobao really becomes the test created by 'she' for Angel and others, the wise master can still make Xiaobao listen to his words. Therefore, Xiaobao can not be counted as her chess piece.
Angel: "Then her chess piece is...?"
The wise master's answer was very cryptic: "No matter the big treasure, the second treasure or the small treasure, they are actually small cave entrances. You should have encountered them along the way."
"Your real test is a big hole."
Big cave entrance? Angel frowned. He remembered that the wise master seemed to have mentioned an existence before: "Their mother?"
The wise master did not say yes or no, but introduced their mother.
"Their mother's name is Younu. It is a hole larger than them. If it exerts its full strength, it can even swallow half of the underground waterway." The wise man ruled: "Its engulfment is very special and ignores all defenses.
, as long as you are within the range of its engulfment, it is useless no matter how strong you are."
To be continued...