Legend of Eudemons

As soon as you enter the door, you can feel the unusual atmosphere.This is a quite spacious and bright room, dozens of Eudemons are waiting there.There are different races and ages, and each of them has a glamorous appearance, or a strange or coquettish appearance.It looked like Shiratori was the last one, and all eyes were on him when he entered the door.

"what is that?"

"child?"

Even because of his monstrous appearance, these staring salutes are too much, their gazes are not only purely curious, but also hostile and deterrent to competitors.

"What about snow-white phantom beasts, they are very rare."

"Even if it's very rare, he's a child after all. Can he be an assistant officer? I've never seen such a person attending a Phantom Beast training class before."

"I've heard that it's the third prince Keinard's favorite." One of the female Eudemons with bright red hair hanging down said. "Therefore, he was directly recommended without any pre-selection and training education."

"Really, what do you think of as an assistant officer! We worked so hard to stand here, and such a child just because of this reason..."

"After all, the appearance is very rare, so it is regarded as a rare pet. Prince Kaynard also seems to be quite playful."

Everyone was whispering, but deliberately at a volume that everyone could hear.Shiratori is older than them, and he has heard too many things like this decades ago, and has seen a lot of annoying things in the world, so he doesn't care at all, just want to find a more comfortable place to sit stay.Although most people are looking at each other and measuring each other, but to be honest, Shiratori thinks this is meaningless.The phantom beasts here have been domesticated in the human world for too long, so they have lost the ability to distinguish the opponent's strength with the naked eye. If they could really tell, they would not dare to speak ill of Shiratori.

But having said that, because the judges are all human beings, they can't tell the strength of the Eudemons from their appearance, even if Shiratori is stronger, they can't tell.It's probably just based on your own preferences, whether you look beautiful or not, it's really boring.

"Hey! Brother!"

Shiratori looked around for a long time before realizing that it seemed to be calling him, "...are you calling me?"

"Yes! The one who is all white!" The one who spoke was a phantom beast with short beige hair, sitting on the beam.Compared with these beautiful phantom beasts at the scene, his appearance is not very outstanding, it can only be regarded as a tall and straight figure, which may give people the feeling of a soldier, wearing a brown-red short robe that matches his hair color , It also feels like a military uniform.

"It's good to sit here! Come up!" He said and patted the beam where he was sitting. He was the only person in the room sitting at such a high place.

This guy... is he testing me?

Shiratori couldn't be sure, tilted his head and looked at him, the guy was still smirking.

"Or do I go down?" he said again.

Shiratori hummed in his heart, leaped lightly, flew up to the beam, and landed softly.This distance does not even need to spread the wings.

"What's the matter?"

His slight leap caused a little commotion.Maybe it's because he didn't expect him to have the ability to jump on the roof beam.But considering that the physical abilities of Eudemons are completely different from humans, it is not a big deal to be able to do this.Probably because he looked like a child.Phantom beasts were quite weak in physical fitness when they were young, compared to the difference in physical fitness between human beings when they were young and adults is nothing.

"I want to talk to you." The beige short-haired phantom said with a smile, and after a closer look, it was found that it was quite tall, and it was unbelievable that it could sit on the beam without shaking.

"why?"

"Because you're a bird, right?" the man said, "I'm the only flying species here, and I feel so lonely. It's hard to find the same kind." He looked at the white bird and showed a friendly smile: " The whole body is pure white, is it a white bird?"

"Yes." White Bird said.Adjust your posture and sit on the beam, shaking your feet leisurely.At this time, if there is a cigarette to smoke, it will be fine.

"Is it really true? I heard that the white bird is extinct?"

"Probably, I may be the last." Shiratori said without interest.

"It's really amazing." The phantom beast man said, "It's the first time I saw a real white bird. It's shining like a gleam. You must be very powerful."

Shiratori looked into his golden eyes, "You still have a little bit of wildness."

"Hey, I became a monk halfway. I grew up in the wild when I was young." He smiled, looking a little embarrassed: "Is it because I didn't grow up in a training center? Or because I grew up in a training center? Is it not good-looking, or is it because I am too stupid? This is the fourth time I have participated in the audition. If I am not selected again this time, I may be assigned as a vassal of an ordinary noble.”

Each selection meeting is not just to select the assistant officers of the royal family.In addition to selecting suitable candidates for the royal family, some of the remaining unselected but relatively excellent phantom beasts will also be selected as retainers of noble families.This is also a good home for the Eudemons from their training institutes.However, if they are always unable to be recognized at the selection meeting, the training center will not always let such phantom beasts rely on them. Guys who cannot be selected several times in a row will be assigned to some insignificant ordinary noble families Do some chores.This is not the result they are happy to see.

"The judges' eyes are really a piece of shit." Shiratori said disapprovingly.

Looks like the guy is pretty good.Shiratori could feel his sharp strength.Not only the flying species, but also a very powerful and rare species.No matter how you look at it, this guy is much more powerful than Rococo's phantom beast, and Rose's little red bird was chosen instead of this guy. The judges' eyes were really puzzled.But having said that, the Eudemons chosen for the princess are usually female, which can be considered acceptable.

"Hey, does this count as comforting me? How kind, little white bird." The guy said, "My name is 'Blackman Alati'. What's the name of little white bird?"

"It's the white bird." The white bird said. "Just call it that."

"Oh? But shouldn't White Bird be your racial name?"

"Because I'm the only one, so it doesn't matter if I use it as a name. Anyway, there are no other white birds in this country." White Bird said disapprovingly, "And what's your name? What 'Blackman', is that a bad joke?"

"Hey, 'Hei Nan' and 'White Bird' are also fighting neatly. It means that we are very destined."

Shiratori doesn't like his familiarity, but compared to the cold wave and sarcasm of the guys below, it is true that talking to this guy with a few innocuous words can pass the time.

"Can the little white bird see what kind of phantom beast I am?"

Shiratori looked at it from top to bottom: "... Beige fur color, strong flying species aura... Like an ibis or something?"

The ibis is a bird of prey similar to the white bird.Because the white bird's reproduction rate is very low, it became extinct first, so the ibis became the strongest sky fighter on this continent.

"Correct answer!" Blackman said, "As expected of the same flying species, we really hit it off! But although the little white bird is young, he is very knowledgeable!"

Shiratori didn't refute him either.If he explained that he was not only the age he saw, he would probably ask questions again.It will be very annoying again at that time. It is normal to explain to Kaina, but it feels like a waste of energy to explain to him.And now he is already depressed because of quitting smoking.

While they were chattering, the staff standing at the door said loudly: "It's time, please come on stage."

Both Shiratori and Blackman jumped down.The moment he fell, Shiratori clearly saw a young man with straight light brown hair sticking out his feet.He didn't spread his wings when he fell from above, and the distance was too short to adjust his posture properly, so he stumbled firmly.

Presumably they all wanted to see him on his face, but Shiratori adjusted his posture in time and just landed on his knees.He looked up and saw the young man's face clearly. The light brown hair drooped straight down. His appearance was handsome and his body was thin. He was a carefully selected phantom beast. His appearance was quite young, considering the age of a human. Said it should be no more than 20 years old.Even if it is calculated according to Eudemons, it is impossible to be older than Shiratori.When his amber pupils made eye contact with Shiratori's silver-white eyes, as a stumbling guy, he looked straight at Shiratori.

"Sorry, I didn't notice that you were going to fall." He said with airs, and there was no regret in his tone.The same goes for the other Eudemons, most of them have a vengeful look on their faces or an expression of watching the fun.

Blackman reached out to help Shiratori up, but Shiratori stood up by himself.Originally, falling such a small somersault was not painful to the phantom beast at all, and the young man should also be very clear that it is impossible to hurt Shiratori because of this.

"Because I'm too small, I'm really sorry." Shiratori smiled gently, but then suddenly changed the topic: "I hope your concentration will improve a little after you become an assistant officer, otherwise you won't be able to when strange things fall from the sky. Protect the master. If you hit a certain prince or princess, the royal family will not listen to your apology as gently and kindly as I do."

There was a childlike innocent smile on his face, but the other party's face turned dark all of a sudden.Frowning, staring at him as if hoping to shoot a hole through his body.Blackman quickly smoothed things over: "Oh, don't waste your time here, it's time! Don't let the judges wait too long, it will reduce a lot of impression points!"

The young man turned around and left with the flow.Shiratori still had that sweet smile, and kept it until he walked far away.

The brown-haired phantom walked forward with a straight face, a girl beside him said. "You shouldn't have done that just now, you're not like this usually, what's wrong today, are you too nervous?"

"...It's okay." He said perfunctorily, "I always feel suddenly irritable. I'm actually regretting it now."

And Blackman is also comforting Shiratori: "Don't worry about it. This is a drama that happens every time. Everyone picks a few bullies who are not pleasing to the eye or look bullying, and hope that the other party will retreat or at least prevent the other party from keeping calm It will be more beneficial to yourself. Not to mention the selection meeting, this kind of thing often happens even in the assistant officer training center."

"Sounds like a child's play in an aristocratic school," said Shiratori.

"The royal family is always limited. There are only a few people who can become assistant officers of the royal family, but there are too many people who volunteer for this. The competition has been fierce since the training center. Those who can be selected in this selection meeting People, they're the best people in the training facility, and it's going to happen when no one is convinced, thinking 'why are you competing with me?'," Blackman said, "but it's also weird. That guy— —It was the guy who tripped you, he was in the team next to me in the training center, and his name was "Hui Yue". I feel that he is not the kind of person who engages in bullying actions. Maybe it's because he was too nervous."

"Oh? So you know him."

"Because those of us are basically from the Phantom Beast Training Institute. We are all familiar faces. Even if we can't call out the name, we know which group we belong to. Alas, I am ashamed to say that I spent too much time in the training institute. I've grown up, and I'm famous for my repeated defeats...so everyone in the training center knows me..." Blackman stroked his forehead in depression as he spoke. "However, because of repeated defeats and repeated battles, I don't feel nervous at all when I walk into the venue now. But that kid Huiyue, because he participated in the selection meeting for the first time, is really a little anxious. That's why he made such an uncomfortable move. A move that fits his style."

Before Shiratori could say anything, the chatterbox started talking again: "Well, you didn't get hurt anyway," he patted Shiratori's shoulder with a comforting smile, "That guy definitely didn't want to Injure you, he should know that let alone you are a flying species, even if a terrestrial phantom beast falls from a height of several meters, it will not break, let alone just tripped. He just wants to scare you , let’s play tricks on you.”

"Is that all?" Shiratori looked at their backs, fluttering her silver eyelashes a few times.

"...Oh, he's really not such a bad person!" Blackman thought, and at this time the two of them had fallen behind the advancing crowd, "Maybe he is a little angry. Occasionally, he sees new faces that he has never seen before. , I always feel that you came in through the back door, it's unfair to them Eudemons who got the selection qualification through the 'right way' or something...? Well, don't worry about it anyway. I'm going to play soon."

Shiratori didn't really care.It was Blackman who kept bringing up the subject.What Shiratori said, "Is that all?" was not aimed at this matter.He always felt that there was a subtle sense of disobedience in that brown-haired boy. The smell from his body seemed to be...?

Shiratori couldn't be sure, but they had already followed the main force to the venue.