The Lone Wolf of Tomorrow's Ark

Hearing Maria's words, Manna was silent for a while, then took a sip from her teacup, and said:

"So, you don't intend to give up at all?"

"……Um."

"………………All right."

After being silent for a long time, Manna nodded lightly, and did not stop it with all his strength as before. It seems that because of Phoenix's words, he also figured out something, but then he said:

"But make sure you think about it. If you still don't plan to quit, even I can't interfere with the impact afterwards. Maria, you have to remember that no one asks you to become a competitive knight, and no one You are required to win the game, and the sense of responsibility can sometimes become a burden. In order to live more consciously, you should also be a little smarter."

"Eh... um..."

To be honest, Maria didn't want to listen to Manna's long-winded speeches at all, or she didn't understand the meaning at all, and when Manna saw Maria's bewildered expression, she understood a little bit, and then Sighing, he turned his head to look at Phoenix, lowered his head slightly, and said:

"Then, please take care of Maria's matters. I don't know why, but I always feel that the energy behind you, Your Excellency, is enough to settle these matters."

"Well, I see."

He responded, and at the same time affirmed Manna's conjecture. Phoenix learned a little bit of dialogue skills after getting along with Wei Yanwu, Kelsey and a bunch of riddlers.

After hearing Phoenix's answer, Manna breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Maria who was still in a daze, and said:

"Then... points should be enough."

"Ah? Ah, yes, that's enough, you can enter the special championship without worry, but..."

"Hmph... I don't know how to deal with the double competition, and I don't know where to find the subordinate knights, right?"

"Uh... yes..."

In the Knights Major Tournament, apart from the usual one-on-one, there is also a team competition, which is generally the best occasion for the major knight groups to show their strength, but this is a pain like Maria. This kind of lone ranger, once he joins the battle, is very likely to be involved in a multiplayer melee.

However, fortunately, a few years ago, the Cavaliers Association unanimously allowed solo travelers not to participate in the team events of the Special Championship. However, there is one event that cannot be abstained, and that is the 2 VS 2 duel.

In this kind of two-player event, a main knight and a subordinate knight are usually responsible for participating in the battle, and the final victory will be counted on the head of the main knight.

However, the Linguang family has been in decline for many years, and the former subordinate knights, that is, Martin and Lao Fu, are also old. Maria will definitely feel sorry if she troubles them because of this kind of thing, but even if she goes to temporarily find the subordinate knights , who would be willing to participate in the special championship with this popular Maria, isn't this a crime?

Seeing Maria's troubled appearance, Phoenix scratched his head strangely, and said:

"Then it's okay if I come to be a subordinate knight? I don't need to win this victory."

"Oh?! Xiaofei, are you serious?"

Hearing Phoenix's words, Maria's face was full of disbelief, and even Manna was a little surprised, but Phoenix naturally didn't understand why they were so excited, so he asked:

"Hmm... there's no need to be so excited, right? It's just a subordinate knight."

"But...but this is not enough! If you become my subordinate knight, Xiaofei, it means that all the battles you have fought before and all the points you have gained will be declared invalid."

Maria naturally didn't want to see the honor that belonged to Phoenix being counted on her head, and she was going to try her best to stop it, but she never thought that Phoenix would stand up and hold Maria's face, watching with beautiful eyes her eyes, said:

"Listen to me... can you?"

"...Pfft—"

A wave of seductive offensive directly defeated Maria. Under Manna's somewhat speechless eyes, Phoenix asked the shy Maria to sit aside and made a 'yeah' gesture:

"It's done, I'll be Maria's subordinate knight."

"Uh... well then, Maria's safety will be entrusted to Your Excellency, I hope there will be no accidents."

After finishing speaking, Manna picked up the teacup a little restlessly, and drank the black tea in one gulp, but at this moment, the voice of the communicator suddenly rang:

"Drip drip..."

"Uh...the manager is urging me to work again..."

Just when Manna was about to take out the communicator to answer, Phoenix waved his hand and said to Manna who had already formed a conditioned reflex:

"You don't need to take it, it's mine that rang."

"Oh...sorry, I'm a little reflexive, I'm going to fill the water."

After speaking, Manna picked up the teapot and cups and walked towards the tea room. Looking at his back, Phoenix didn't know whether to feel sad or sad for a while.

It has to be said that life in the community has taught Manna a lot of tedious etiquette in dealing with people in the world. Even though the teapot is still full, she actively avoids other people’s communications on the grounds of filling the water. It’s hard to imagine Manna in this state. He is a high-ranking knight whose fighting power is comparable to that of Linguang.

"drop……"

"Ah, Phoenix, how is your side, is the game over yet?"

"It's over, doctor. Maria and I are resting at her home now. What did you do before? Did something happen?"

After connecting the phone, Phoenix heard the doctor's voice, but Phoenix could hear the doctor's tone with a little tired and tired feeling, which also made Phoenix a little curious, after all, in Casimir, there is still a Outside of work, what makes the doctor feel tired?

"Ah, that's right. We received a piece of information earlier about a small group of infected people related to the 'Flametail' knights. They were targeted by the Unarmored Alliance for some humanitarian and other small purposes, so We brought people to rescue them in the morning, and now we have temporarily placed these infected people in Zofia's place secretly, but..."

"But what? Doctor, why is it so noisy in your place?"

"In short, in short, come here quickly, we need your help very much!"

"Crack..."

Halfway through, Phoenix heard a very noisy voice from the doctor's side, as if there were a lot of people making a noise. Although it felt a little strange, but if it was a doctor after all, it would be better to go and have a look.

Thinking of this, Phoenix stood up, walked out and said to Manna and Maria:

"Well, my boss is a little busy and needs me to help me, so I'm sorry.

"Ah, sir, go, I understand this feeling."

"Wait for me, I'll go too!"

Under Manna's slightly approving gaze, Phoenix took Maria away from Linguang's residence, and quickly rushed towards Zofia's villa.

--5 minutes later--

"Doctor, are you there? Something went wrong...problem..."

Pushing open the door, Phoenix ran into the garden of Zofia's house when he was speechless by the scene in front of him...

I saw many ragged children running around in the vast garden of Zofia's house, and some of them looked like teenagers trying to calm everyone down, although these children were of all races. Mixed, but they all have one thing in common, that is, they are all infected with origin stones on their bodies.

As for everyone in Rhodes Island... they are all very busy:

The doctor took off his hood at this time, holding two little lolis in his arms who were obviously interested in his appearance, while smiling wryly, he looked at the children who were still running around at his feet said:

"Don't run around, everyone, please be quiet, okay?"

Yin Hui stood aside with his eyes closed, with a somewhat embarrassed expression, he endured the curiosity of several children tugging at his coat;

"Big sister, are you a knight?"

"So handsome!"

"Big sister is amazing."

…………

Linguang looked at the admiring little guys around her with a troubled expression, not knowing how to answer their questions, as an older girl who thought she was very straight, she was really not good at dealing with children;

The Shining Spirit and Nightingale did not appear in the garden, but hearing the sound of someone doing something in the kitchen, it should be making some snacks for the children in the house;

Because of the scary clothes, Niyan stayed in the corner of the garden with his eyes closed because no children dared to approach him, while Landu could only sit with Niyan because of his physical condition, chatting with each other;

Among them, Zofia should be the one who reacted the most. She looked very angry, holding a child's collar in one hand, and putting them next to the older child one by one. Although she looked very rough, but But she was careful to handle it with care, what a tsundere aunt.

........................

Seeing that everyone in Rhodes Island was devastated, Phoenix scratched his head a little strangely, walked over to the doctor, and asked:

"Doctor, what's the matter?"

"Uh... well, this group of children is Knight 'Flametail' her... Knights, she and Knight 'Grey Hair' have been using their savings to take these little guys in the arena of the infected one by one I bought them and placed them in a camp in the forest, because I was a little worried about their situation, so I took the initiative to bring them to Maria first."

"Uh... Doctor, Dr. Kelsey will definitely say that we are not a charity."

"And then I must have let go a little because of Amiya's offensive with shining eyes."

"You really know Dr. Kelsey very well, then, call me over, could it be..."

"Yes, that's right!"

Speaking of this, the doctor immediately put the two little lolis in his hands into Phoenix's arms, then gave a thumbs up and said:

"I heard that you played very well with the children in the slums in Longmen, so I'll leave it to you."

"Doctor... Oh, forget it, don't laugh later..."

Resisting the idea of ​​rubbing the doctor's handsome face fiercely, Phoenix looked at the two little girls with clear eyes in his arms, sighed helplessly, then walked to the middle of the garden, and gently After they put it down, they put their hands in their mouths and blew a crisp whistle, which was quite magical and instantly attracted the attention of all the children.

"Okay, everyone, be quiet for a while. If you want to learn the whistle just now, stand on my left side, and those who don't want to stand on your right side. There are only ten seconds. Then, I will count down to ten...nine..."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

When he said those words, Phoenix kept a very gentle smile the whole time. The feeling is really indescribable. If you have to say it, it’s like the kind of smile your mother is telling you to go home for dinner. , It was warm and dazzling, which also made Phoenix just start the countdown, and the children in the whole garden quickly began to stand in groups.

After seeing the children of the two teams stand up, Phoenix looked at the proportions of the two sides. Most of the boys who wanted to learn to whistle were boys, and the girls were basically on the right. looked at Phoenix.

"Well... that's right, come on, those who don't want to learn to whistle, come and sit down first, and I will show you a little magic trick later; those who want to learn are optimistic, like this, put your hands in this position... ..."

"Tsk tsk tsk, as expected of 'mother wolf', she has a hand."

Seeing that Phoenix has gained the trust of all the children so easily, the doctor couldn't help being a little surprised, and has already begun to consider whether to recommend Phoenix to the position of the first teacher after going back.

And at this time, Yin Hui also came over, exhaled, and said with some fear:

"Fortunately, there are allies here. These children, Bienya and the others are making too much trouble."

"This is considered a child, Boss Yin, you will understand when you have a child in the future."

"Heh... I don't think any woman can get into my eyes."

"Many wives have said so."

"…………"

The doctor and Yin Hui were chatting over there, while Maria was sitting on a chair in the garden, watching Phoenix and the group of children gradually become one with each other, and hearing the group of children call her 'Sister Wolf' in desperation, she couldn't help but I couldn't help smiling.

However, it was this smile that caught Zofia's attention. She quickly came to Maria and stared at her.

"Hey?! Then...well, sister Zofia, what's wrong?"

"Hmm... there is a problem, very problematic..."

Being stared at by Zofia's eyes felt chills down her back, and at the same time felt a little guilty, so Maria quietly glanced away from Zofia, but it was precisely this glance that made Zofia feel something was wrong.