I like traveling the most

Liverpool is a port city with developed trade. You can feel the customs and customs of 19th century Britain. I was also surprised that the streets were still full of vitality even in the evening.

There were still many pedestrians on the street. Both shops and restaurants were bustling, which was completely different from Axel in the countryside where shops closed early.

With the beauty by my side, the process of playing was quite pleasant.

...Except for a shy blonde lady who followed Xiaolin step by step, feeling like a puppy afraid of being left behind, Xiaolin couldn't help but chuckle.

"Why, why are you laughing?!"

"Sorry, sorry, I just didn't expect you to be so shy. Is it because you rarely go out?"

"Under normal circumstances, students don't need to leave the college!"

"Generally speaking, it is true."

Xiaolin repeated in a low voice.

Although the girl was seriously arrogant, her hidden kindness was still very superficial.

At the same time, it also puzzled him.

"Why did Charlotte wait for me? Did she look forward to it when she heard the word 'date'?"

"Who would look forward to a date with you..."

She said angrily, as if to cover up her shyness.

At this moment, a burst of laughter from middle-aged people suddenly came from behind them, accompanied by the teasing of "It's good to be young", which made Charlotte tremble all over.

Kobayashi stopped and looked at the girl hiding behind him, and then looked at the noisy streets and pedestrians.

"I see, that's what's going on~"

"Hey! Why do you look like you know everything!"

"In short, you will be very uneasy as long as Sigmont is not around."

"Um..."

Charlotte whimpered, lowered her head slightly as if aggrieved, and couldn't speak.

It seems that he was right.

Xiaolin quickly comforted the girl and said, "Don't worry, don't worry. I've been in your situation, too."

"...Really?"

"Ah, really."

When he first met Esdeath, because he was afraid of the other party's exaggerated strength and unpredictable personality, Xiaolin, who was holding on, also revealed some flaws and was seen through by the other party, so he could empathize with that feeling of uneasiness.

"Really, that's it."

Charlotte smiled slightly, that was empathy for finding someone who had the same experience.

"So don't worry. I will protect you when you encounter danger. You also know my strength."

"...That's why I'm worried. Who knows if you are a pervert disguised as a flower protector."

"Since you are afraid and you deliberately follow me, do you have any strange habits, Charlotte? Or are you secretly expecting me to do something bad to you?"

"No! Really, I'm already thinking about whether to go back!"

The two kept talking.

But the atmosphere didn't become particularly bad. →

Maybe in the eyes of outsiders, this is flirting between lovers.

...I sincerely hope they don't think so, because there is something wrong with Miss Liu Zi who has been following behind.

The quiet and elegant doll lady rarely makes expressions that are not in line with her status, but it is because of this that Xiaolin always focuses on her, fearing that he will neglect her too much.

He took the initiative to hold Liu Zi's hand and walked forward. Suddenly, he distanced himself from Charlotte, and the shy girl hurried to catch up.

She said in a panic: "No, don't walk out suddenly, okay? Where are you going?"

"Let's take a walk by the canal. After all, I agreed to see the night view with Liu Zi."

Xiaolin raised his hands that were clasped with Liu Zi's fingers.

Holding another girl's hand in front of a girl and showing it to the other girl, there is always an inexplicable sense of prohibition.

Charlotte was a little surprised to see the intimate behavior of the two, and said: "You are a bit strange. The puppeteer actually listens to the words of his own puppet... What a useless man, he was actually dominated by the automatic puppet, and his position is completely reversed!"

Faced with the reprimand, Xiaolin was not angry.

Instead, he said in a very casual tone: "Ryuuzi is my waiter, my companion and my most important family member. Is there anything strange about that?"

"But you treat other puppets differently from others." Charlotte asked curiously.

Xiaolin had treated Sigmont before.

Under normal circumstances, puppet masters would not treat other people's puppets. Xiaolin not only took the initiative to treat Sigmont, but also asked about its physical condition. Moreover, he asked Sigmont instead of Charlotte, and he had already treated the dragon-shaped puppet as an independent individual.

"Everyone has their own judgment boundaries. I classify [as long as they can think and communicate] as independent individuals. If you are implying that I have crossed the line by asking Sigmont, then I apologize for this."

"...I don't mean to blame you."

It was because Xiaolin showed goodwill to Sigmont and was pointed out by her dragon-shaped puppet that she came to help him.

Although she looked rather reluctant with her arrogant appearance.

"That's fine." Xiaolin invited, "How about going together?"

"What?"

"To see the scenery."

"I refuse."

Charlotte turned her head away and simply refused, "Why should I accompany you two to see the scenery? Besides, I'm hungry."

Hungry...

It's just like she said, always causing trouble to others inadvertently.

"Okay, let's go eat."

"Huh? Aren't you going to see the scenery?"

"How can you still watch the scenery in silence when someone tells you that you are hungry?"

This rhetorical question made Charlotte lower her head in despair again, as if regretting the arrogant words she just blurted out.

Xiao Lin walked in front and shouted to her: "Let's go, let's find a restaurant with a beautiful atmosphere. You can have a good meal and see the scenery at the same time. It's a good way to get the best of both worlds, isn't it?"

The boy who helped her was an unexpected gentleman, which moved the girl very much.

Then declined again.

"I-I don't want it!"

After Charlotte finished speaking in a strong tone, she muttered with wandering eyes: "This month...that, to put it simply, is financial difficulty...it can also be said to be an economic downturn...or something... "

"If it's money, don't worry. I just exchanged a lot of gold coins at the pawn shop, which is enough for a treat."

"gold……"

The girl was immediately speechless.

She had forgotten how rich the country people in front of her were.

Thinking of this, Charlotte's eyes sparkled, and then she came back to her senses, snorted and turned her face away and said proudly: "I don't accept perverted favors."

Unfortunately, the girl's belly betrayed her.

Gululu——

"...You, you rude person!"

"My fault?!"

Xiaolin's eyes widened in confusion.

As if retaliating, she put her right hand to her ear, pretending to listen and joked: "Oh, unlike some arrogant girl who doesn't mean what she says, her belly was already happy when she heard someone said she wanted to treat her. They cheered."

"Varied……!

To actually embarrass this young lady or something..."

Then, with an attitude of self-destruction and self-abasement, Charlotte said fiercely with tears in her eyes: "I know, I know! Since you are so rich, I must let you treat me to a feast!"

The girl's arrogant accusation made innocent Xiao Lin's lips twitch slightly. However, all this can be regarded as the other party's strange way of covering up his shyness.

After all, she is a tsundere, so it is already good that she can agree.

Twenty minutes later, the three appeared at a restaurant along the canal. Under the offensive of money, outdoor seating was arranged on the second floor.

You can clearly see the lights on the canal here. The decoration of the store is a modern style composed of steel bars and bricks. It will not give people a feeling of being unattainable, and it will not make people feel without style. It has the impression of a restaurant. Nice restaurant.

"You can have a big meal and enjoy the scenery at the same time. How about it? It's a very good restaurant."

"……well enough."

What Charlotte said was completely different from the expression on her face. It seemed that she was quite satisfied with having dinner here.

Dishes were served one after another.

If you have enough money, you will naturally eat high-end food.

The noble girl was very satisfied with this.

But during the meal, Charlotte kept looking at Xiao Lin, as if she was looking at some exotic animal.

"...Why are you looking at me like that?"

"I heard that islanders have the worst dining etiquette, but I didn't expect you to be quite normal."

"Wait a moment, did you misunderstand something?"

"What's the misunderstanding?"

"I am not from the island country, but from the island country next door."

"...Eh? Liar!"

Charlotte covered her mouth in surprise and looked at Xiao Lin in disbelief.

Sure enough, some misunderstanding occurred.

The name, appearance, and close contact with Akabane Raijin completely misunderstood the girl who was born and raised in the West.

But she said something even more misleading.

"Are you from that country? But I heard that not everyone wears cheongsam and buns..."

"You are biased!... No, it might not be biased."

There is no way, the stereotypes left to outsiders are too serious, and since we are still in the 19th century, it is normal to have such misunderstandings.

"In short, I am not from the island country, please remember it clearly."

"……I see."

The girl nodded solemnly, keeping this in mind.

This is her advantage. She will remember some things that the other party is unwilling or directly explain, and then she will not say them in front of the other party again.

"So, your fighting style is different from ordinary people, and that's because of this?"

"...so to speak."

"What genre is it?"

"School? We don't call it a school here. But if I insist... I'm a streamer?"

What is passed down from home is the XX flow, what is copied from others is the source flow, what comes to mind and is compiled is the flow of the heart, and what is not compiled entirely by oneself is the flow of my heart.

Xiaolin really can only rely on himself in terms of dexterity, so it is reasonable to say that it is my flow... even though Liu Zi has never officially taken action since arriving in this world.

The girl nodded confusedly, not sure if she understood.

"Okay, it's time for me to ask the question this time."

Xiaolin's smile looked disgusting to her, and Charlotte showed an obviously displeased expression, but she seemed to feel that rejection would be too unfair, so she nodded reluctantly.

A man with ill intentions will poke at the opponent's weakness as soon as he opens his mouth.

"What is your relationship with Felix? Where did you meet?"

"What are you doing? Do you care? Sure enough, you have a crush on him. He is of the same sex..."

"I advise you to be kind, girl!"

Xiaolin smiled and interrupted her forcefully, asking Charlotte to pay attention to the doll girl next to her who wanted to speak venomously.

Fortunately, she endured it.

Charlotte blushed slightly, lowered her eyelids and said, "It was the other party who took the initiative to get to know me."

The girl's shyness was fully revealed.

But immediately, a little haze appeared in her sapphire eyes.

She whispered, "After all, I always make enemies for myself unconsciously... Don't get me wrong, even if that's the case, I don't care. Anyway, I'm relaxed by myself, and I don't plan to get close to them. And being isolated has its benefits. And Felix, as a member of the Discipline Committee, will consider me in many ways."

"...I see."

Kobayashi's teasing followed, ignoring the fact that the girl was still immersed in sadness.

"So you have a crush on him?"

"I don't!"

Charlotte immediately denied it arrogantly.

She raised her white fist and threatened: "If you say anything more, I'll let Sigmont burn you alive!"

"Horrible, terrible~ The girl who was exposed was so angry that she was embarrassed."

Not only did Xiaolin not apologize, but she became even more aggressive.

That was because the dragon-shaped doll Sigmont was not by her side, otherwise she would definitely issue a mandatory order because of her shyness and decreased IQ.

"In fact, you don't want to find me at all, but you want to hang out with that guy like this, right? How should I say something like this, a date rehearsal... or something like that?"

"What...! You...! How...!"

The girl was so shocked that she couldn't speak.

Obviously Xiaolin guessed right, and asked: "Didn't he ask you out? Why did you refuse? It should be a dream come true for you, right?"

"...No."

Charlotte's anger suddenly dissipated, and she lost her momentum in an instant, and then turned her head away.

She turned her gaze to the dim canal, her sapphire eyes were also stained, and she whispered in a hollow voice: "Felix is ​​very popular, and girls are crazy about him, so if I date him..."

"It will create more unnecessary enemies... But you said you don't care about those enemies, so you are afraid of causing trouble to the other party, right?"

Kobayashi explained the girl's concerns.

The girl who was called "Tyrannosaurus" and was feared by everyone in the academy actually cared about others. Others must be shocked when they knew it.

"So this admiration slowly turned into admiration."

"...Probably."

"But girl, admiration is the farthest feeling from understanding, do you understand this truth?"

"...Huh?"

Charlotte raised her head suddenly, looking at Kobayashi who suddenly said such a philosophical word in confusion.

"Don't look at me like that. I'm just repeating what others say."

"I think so too. After all, you are a country barbarian who dares to confront the automatons head-on."

"If you mean that the actions of those small-time puppet masters who can only stand still and output with their mouths are elegant, then yes, I am indeed a complete country barbarian."

"What a person you are...!"

When Charlotte thought of the other party knocking down ten puppet masters who attacked by surprise, she couldn't say anything else.

However, the girl's arrogance still made Xiaolin treat her to three servings of ice cream. In response, the wealthy country barbarian also asked the other party to accompany him to buy things as a task.

After that, they wandered around for a while and went home after the night fell completely.

As soon as I returned to the campus, I noticed something was wrong.

It was already nine o'clock. If it was this time normally, the college should have been quiet, but now the other side of the gate seemed unusually noisy.

——An attack occurred.

After hearing this news, Xiaolin frowned subconsciously.