If I don't have money to go to college, I can only go to slay the dragon

Chapter 365
"Checkmate."

On the black and white chessboard, the white king was defeated, the old fingers let go of the chariot, and looked at the player on the opposite side of the chessboard.

The slender white fingers lifted up on the chessboard, held a chess piece, released it after a few seconds, and switched to another chess piece, but did not grasp it, just froze in mid-air for a while, and then retracted On his lap behind the desk.

"You lost," he said.

"I lost." Mandy, who withdrew her hand and sat on the seat, nodded and said.

On the opposite side of the chessboard, Mandy, who was sitting on a chair, stretched out her hand again and gently pushed her 'King' down on the chessboard, surrendering in front of the black 'King'.

"It stands to reason that we should shake hands now." He said this, but he didn't have the slightest intention of reaching out to make peace. The fingers of his right hand lightly supported the side of his forehead, leaning his elbow on the edge of the chessboard and looking at Mandy with a smile on his face.

"There is no handshake in a one-sided massacre, right? At this time, no matter what the winner does, it seems to be ridiculed and sympathetic to the loser. The most important thing to do is to stand up and raise his arms to celebrate his victory. Completely beat the loser Forgotten in the corner of the chessboard." Mandy said as she reset the pieces on the chessboard one by one.

"Don't be so depressed, it's just a game of chess," he said.

"Before, this game of chess was all I had, and you also defeated me mercilessly at that time." Mandy withdrew her hands and put them on her knees under the table, looking into his eyes.

"in a bad mood today?"

"A little bit."

"why?"

"Auntie."

"You should be in a better mood. You are about to switch from the front to the back." He turned his eyes sideways and changed the subject, "Leaving the side of the 'Prince', the risk of your exposure and the danger of surveillance will be reduced." will be greatly reduced.”

"But I heard that the little Paco and the others behind the scenes seem to be busier, and they are open all year round." Mandy said.

"Who said that? It makes me look like an unscrupulous capitalist advocating 996."

"996?"

"Go to work at nine in the morning and leave at nine in the evening, a cannibal system that works six days a week."

"Of course you are not this kind of capitalist." After getting the explanation of the professional terms, Mandy raised her eyebrows in surprise and retorted, "You are a feudal emperor, how could 996 restrict your imperial orders, if you want, you can do it in one sentence, paco And Wonderpus would be 007."

"007?"

"Currently compiled words, work from 0:0 in the morning to 7:[-] in the evening, [-] days a week." Mandy shrugged.

"I just like your humor, that's why I'm reluctant to send you from the front to the back. I'm so relieved that you follow the 'Prince'. There is no one more suitable for you to contact him and gain his trust!" He said with emotion.

"Actually, there is no difference. If you want, I can even enter Kassel College as a freshman this year. I can enter in the same batch as the 'Prince', or let me be with the school board and Angers' double-faced agents. Same, forced to repeat a few years, just to enroll for that special guy." Mandy played with the 'Queen' chess piece and said, "Arranging for me to enroll and graduate early, you want me to join the executive department? After all, with the senior sister's The identity can only be in contact with the 'Prince' on weekdays, but as a commissioner of the executive department, you will have many opportunities to haunt the missions with the 'Prince', so as to monitor his growth and changes in his mental journey. "

"Smart, worthy of being my girl." He applauded.

Mandy held the queen's chess piece and said nothing.

After applauding, he put down his hands and remained silent for a few seconds, "So I always feel that it's a pity that you didn't go with him when he went back to his hometown last time."

"At the trading party?" Mandy looked up at him, "Even if I was there, I can't seem to change the 'Prince''s wishes. Leeches are certainly a good thing, but because of his character, he didn't want to slice them into pieces at the beginning. Paco has controlled his temper well."

"No, no, I don't mean this. Destroying a leech would not make me regretful. What is a leech compared to the 'Prince'? You can have as many of those things as you want. If the 'Prince' is willing, I could even pat him a domino for him to push around," he says with an amused grin.

"Then what are you regretting?"

"There are some things that are out of my control," he said.

Mandy raised his head slightly and looked at the person opposite, and at this moment he found that the person opposite was also looking at him.

"Nothing is out of your control," she said.

"Did I mention to you that I've been looking for someone, but I've never found her for so many years?"

"Yes you mentioned."

"That's pretty obvious," he said with a smile. "Only someone who has been beyond my control can continue to reproduce this miracle."

"What did she do?" Mandy asked intently.

"She sent a knife to the 'Prince'," he said.

"That chrysanthemum is written in words?" Mandy frowned, "I always thought it was your handwriting."

He waved his hand, "Forget it, let's take it as a provocation that she hasn't seen for a long time. Many people think that I used that trading party to announce to everyone that I was on the stage, and she did the same thing, only It’s just an announcement made to me alone.”

"What are you going to do?"

"Give her a bang and kill her if you can," he said.

"But you have never done this for so many years, why did you do it all of a sudden?" Mandy looked up at him in horror.

"I found an interesting chess piece recently." He stretched out his hand and rubbed the black 'bishop' a few times, "Maybe this is a rare opportunity."

"Do you want to do it yourself?" Mandy lowered her head, and her whole body gradually became tense.

Because she knew that once the person on the other side answered in the affirmative, it meant that the chess game that had been played for too long and too long was about to come to an end, and before the end, there would always be a tragic bloody storm, causing blood to flow. .

"No." His subsequent answer made Mandy pause. "I'm going to let you come."

Mandy paused, "Me?"

"It will be your birthday in a while." He said with a smile, "I will give you this honor."

"This..." Mandy didn't know what to do to respond, and sat there blankly.

"The hands-on time will be on your birthday," he said. "When the time comes, you will know exactly what to do."

Mandy did not refuse, because she knew that this was an imperial order, and no matter what her thoughts and attitudes were, she could only accept it in silence, even though death was most likely waiting for her.

"Okay," she said.

"Paco has some things to spare in Russia right now. Wonderpus will assist you in this mission. If you need anything, just ask her." He nodded.

"May I ask one more question?" Mandy said suddenly.

"Just ask."

"Is the greater reason that drove you to plan this operation because of the anomaly that happened to the 'Prince' during the 3E exam?"

"Does my answering that question give you any comfort?" he said.

"I'm sorry, I was the one who overstepped." Mandy said softly with her head down.

The room was quiet for a few seconds, only the rustling sound of autumn leaves falling on the window could be heard, and the sunlight passed through the leaves and cut on the chessboard, like a line of black moat in the canyon.

After Mandy fell silent, the person on the other side stopped talking, and just remained silent, so quiet that one could hear the beating of the heart and the sound of the autumn wind.

About half a minute later, an old hand stretched out in front of Mandy, and it was this hand that killed her, and then issued an imperial order to her.

She looked up at Professor Manstein across the table, who was rubbing his smooth head with one hand and looking at her with admiration.

"Sure enough, no matter how much I practice in chess, I can't beat you!" Manstein looked at his students with a look of admiration.

The chess game on the table has been reversed, and the chess game that was reset by Mandy has returned to its original appearance, but it was replaced by Mandy holding the black checkmate and killing the white chess.

"Hey, I rely on this hand to make a living, not to mention you as a mentor, even if I change my junior, I may not be able to beat me after a few years of practice!" When Mandy raised her head again, she already had another expression on her face. , smiling so triumphantly, with beaming brows, shook hands with Professor Manstein as a gesture of peace.

"If I don't believe it in other aspects, but you are indeed talented in chess playing." Manstein nodded in recognition of his disappointing student, "Are you ready to participate in the graduation internship? Execution There is already a reserved seat over there, I can greet you there."

"It's all right, sooner or later you won't be able to escape this experience, so it's better to recognize it sooner." Mandy lay on the chair and stretched her graceful figure, and the close-fitting school uniform cast the traces of lines on the ground under the sun, The silhouette is beautiful.These days, being chased and beaten by his juniors every day, all the little fat he managed to raise was all his hard work and sweat for reimbursement.

"I'm very glad that you have such an awareness. After all, you are the student I brought out, and I still have great confidence in you." Manstein looked at Mandy, who was out of shape, and nodded slowly, "I am more than Everyone knows that you actually have great potential, but many times you don’t want to fight for the fierce wind, but sometimes people always want to move forward, and the most fearful thing is that you don’t have the belief to move forward.”

"The beliefs are too fake and empty. I just want to find a random class after graduation. If anyone cares about me and doesn't mind me eating potato chips on the bed, I will just marry." Mandy leaned on Looking at the golden leaves of the plane trees outside the window with arms folded on the chair, the pigeons on the church in the distance are reflected in his eyes, "I don't have any lofty ideals, I just want to be ordinary."

"Sometimes mediocrity is the most difficult ideal to achieve." Manstein stood up, "I also hope that you can graduate successfully and be conferred by the principal at the graduation ceremony in the Hall of Valor."

"hope so."

"I have something to do in the afternoon, so I won't stay any longer. Lin Nian told me that he caught a few bastards in the third grade who were trying to extract alchemy metal from the shells of alchemy bullets. I still have to spend time dealing with them and give them a warning." Mann Stein picked up the coat hanging on the chair and turned around to leave the chess room.

"Professor, did you really ask my junior brother to work in the Disciplinary Committee? Recently, everyone in the school has been made a little nervous." Mandy raised her eyebrows and asked.

"It's not that serious, and he can't keep running to the executive department just because he lacks money. What he needs recently is to keep a low profile. Finding him something to do can just relieve my pressure. Anyway, the budget of the Disciplinary Committee has always been enough. It doesn't matter if you give him some money." Manstein hurried to the door of the chess room and said casually.

"In comparison, I really picked it up, and the younger brother is my own." Mandy couldn't help expressing emotion.

"It would be great if he was his own." Manstein turned his head and glared at Mandy. After saying that angrily, he opened the door and walked out, "Let's go."

Mandy also lazily lay on the chair and waved her hand to say goodbye. After Manstein's figure disappeared into the fallen leaves of the plane tree, she looked down at the chess pieces on the chessboard. The light outside the door illuminated The shadow of the black king, who is checkmate white king, stretches very long on the black and white chess grid.

(End of this chapter)