I had to save the world to support my family

Feeling that the aura created by the illusion dissipated, Novia, who had long been hiding and running away, raised her eyebrows and secretly made a gesture of celebration for the success of the battle.

Although it is the first time that the illusion taught by Liu Dao Mu has been used in actual combat, the effect is quite good.

She ran forward without looking back, trying to get as close to the target as possible before the magic circuit was overdrawn.As for Kikyo, who was negligently losing to her, Novia was not worried that he would become angry and chase after her for revenge—analyzing the pros and cons, both of them knew that the best way to win the battle was to knock down the opponent's "target" as soon as possible. swift means.

It may be necessary to hinder each other when meeting on a narrow road, but wasting time to go back and catch up is not worth the gain.

Kikyo stared at the dissipating mist with a livid face, and immediately realized that all the words just now were just a cover for his opponent to distract him.As for myself, I planned to avoid conflicts as much as possible from the beginning, and I didn't regard my wife as an enemy at all, so I fell into it as easily as a young and energetic boy.

The most important thing now is... Calm down... What exactly does Lord Bai Lan want me to do?

Treat it like a normal enemy.

The victory in the Choice battle must be won.

Translucent flames sprouted from under the feet, slowly lifting the slender young man into the air.Kikyo no longer looked at the direction Novia slipped away from, and ran away with a sullen face, and quickly rushed to the next location of the flame of death.

Irie Masaichi——!Lord Bai Lan, you don't mind if I kill his old friend, do you?

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The magic has been intermittent like flowing in a bad circuit, and the calf muscles are swollen like hell.It seems that there is no way to move forward.Knowing that this was the limit, Novia sighed softly, stopped while supporting her knees, bent down and tried her best to adjust her breathing.

Probably almost there.Along the way, apart from Kikyo, I didn't meet any other enemies, and correspondingly, I didn't meet any companions either.

She was quite unaccustomed to supporting the headset clipped behind her ears, and tentatively asked, "How are you doing?"

Irie Masaichi's voice became more and more tense due to the unfavorable situation: "Yamamoto defeated the monkey and is rushing towards the target; but Tsunayoshi-kun seems to be in trouble... Wait! The bait is moving at an alarming speed Being wiped out, someone is approaching the base!!!”

Prisoner Hayato vigilantly lit a flame on the ring, and prepared to open the box without hesitation: "Come out, melon—what is this?!"

The weapon box was covered with tiny vines at some point, and it didn't respond to the master's call.Kikyo, who successfully extinguished the battle before it started, let out a "huh" and passed over his head without stopping: "I don't have time to play with you, excuse me."

The silver-haired boy yelled angrily and slammed down the wall, his eyes glued to the opponent who quickly disappeared.Realizing that he could not catch up with his legs alone, Guisi rushed towards the motorcycle parked by the road, and apologized in the intercom with the utmost annoyance: "Accidentally let him pass, I will go Chase!"

"It's okay," Irie Masaichi watched as the dense bait on the screen was almost emptied in an instant, a drop of cold sweat fell down involuntarily, and he didn't know whether he was saying it to Hayato Gujiji or comforting himself, "It's okay, Kazuno Yamamoto Wei Ya has arrived, and Tsuna Ji-kun's navigation has been repaired, so there's still time..."

Number of remaining baits, five.

His ten fingers were flying on the keyboard, so fast that he almost created afterimages: the progress of laser device installation is already 83%!Hurry up, you need to hurry up!

Number of remaining baits, three.

Seeing that Tsunayoshi Sawada was still spinning around, Irie made a choice in an instant, and shouted into the microphone: "Yamamoto, Novi, don't wait for Tsunayoshi-kun anymore!!! Right now, the one who attacked Mirufiore Target!"

Intertwined with the soft female voice and the deep male voice in the earphones, what sounded at the same time was the base's invasion alarm.

Amount of bait remaining, zero.

He tried his best to control his trembling right hand, and pressed down hard when the progress bar finally displayed the word "100%".

Laser device, launch!

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"No, I can't rush in, the attack was bounced off!"

Takeshi Yamamoto was suspended in mid-air supported by the flames of death, and looked at Daisy, who was hugging a pink rabbit, through the transparent glass of the building.Novia, who had cast a floating spell on herself, grabbed his skirt, fearing that if he let go, he would float to the sky like a balloon, so he leaned very tightly.

Hiding behind the young man to avoid the gust of wind that hurt people's skin, she waited until the sound of the wind subsided before poking her head out: "Let me see—is it a protective cover?"

Moving the wand away from the cover that was shining brightly due to the revealing spell, Novia turned to look at the anxious young man: "It should be quite troublesome to be able to bounce off your attack."

"Trouble is going in too—!" Takeshi Yamamoto's eyes were serious, almost piercing the layer of glass like a ringing sword, and the long sword in his hand was raised again, "Use my strongest attack, one move Win or lose!"

"No need."

Novia tugged at the piece of clothing she was holding, forcing the boy to lower his head and look at himself: "No need. Yamamoto-kun, hold my hand, and I'll take you in."

In the auditorium next to the venue, Bai Lan's eyebrows were raised in a rare way.

He watched Vongola's Yushou clenched that person's porcelain-white slender wrist without hesitation, and then flicked his wand and chanted spells—well, everything was a process he was quite familiar with.

This magic is called Apparition, right?It is very convenient every time I look at it.

Watching absent-mindedly, the two ignored the protective shield and teleported to the side of Daisy. The boy named Takeshi Yamamoto endured the discomfort of showing his followers for the first time, and his offensive was faster and more violent than ever before.Daisy, who was holding the doll, didn't seem to have time to react, she took the blow raw, and then slid crookedly from the chair to the floor.

In the front sight on the chest, the flames of death energy that had been dancing happily shook for a moment, then tremblingly extinguished.

Takeshi Yamamoto still maintained a vigilant posture, holding Novia behind his back with a sword in his hand, and pressing his hand to his ear: "Gang, it's over here! Where you—"

A sharp cry came from the shared channel, and Novia and Takeshi Yamamoto, who was frowning tightly, looked at each other, feeling a bad premonition in their hearts at the same time.

"Zhengyi!!!"

Finally tore apart the illusion of Wolfsbane, and Tsunayoshi Sawada, who returned quickly to help, was still a step too late, watching Kikyo's flame gun being thrown from the air, piercing through the chest of his companion and nailing him to the ground!

The Flame of Dead Qi exploded behind him, he rushed over at a speed that almost broke through the sound barrier, stopped Kikyo with a few dodges, and launched an offensive full of anger.

The latter flashed one by one with a cold face, and had no intention of fighting him at all: "It's over, there is no point in fighting you now."

As if to confirm his words, the pink-haired and white-dressed Cerbero flew by, trying to stop Sawada Tsunayoshi's attack: "Please calm down! We are already judging the state of the deadly flames of the targets on both sides." Already!"

……

Novia hung down with her right hand tightly holding the earphone, staring at the brown-skinned woman who squatted down to inspect the daisy.

"Yamamoto-kun," she asked softly, "the situation over there seems to be not very good, I want to go and have a look. Can you do it alone?"

"Of course. Thanks to your help, it's over." The boy with a bandage on his face nodded earnestly to her, "I will leave it to you on Irie's side!"

While promising "I will do my best", she launched Apparation again, and disappeared after gracefully spinning.

From time to time, she asked about the current location of Sawada Tsunayoshi in the internal communication. Novia continued to activate Apparation, constantly corrected her position, and finally rushed to the accident scene as fast as possible.Mr. Rabbit half-kneeled on the ground, anxiously pressing the horrific wound in the middle of Irie Jiang Zhengyi's chest; while the wounded man had already fallen into a semi-conscious state, his entire shirt was almost soaked in a steady stream of blood, and his lips turned into an ominous expression. gray and white.

Almost in the second after the sound of "pop", Tsunayoshi Sawada sharply raised his head, and caught Novia's figure in an instant, and there was an undisguised cry in the voice of asking for help: "Novi! What should I do? , what should I do, the bleeding can't stop—"

Cerbero, who was on the side, tried to step forward to check the flames of death, but was mercilessly driven away by the guilty prison temple Hayato.Novia took the opportunity to squeeze into the gap, squatted down and carefully checked the condition of the wound.

"Mr. Irie, are you still conscious?"

"Well……"

Hearing that he was still alive, my hanging heart relaxed a little.Novia reached out to get the potion tied on the outside of her thigh, but was blocked by a layer of silky fabric, and then realized that she was wearing a long skirt that got in the way.

"Kujiji and Tsunayoshi, avoid it a little bit."

Without looking at the bewildered expressions of others, she raised her wand and swiped it across her knees. With a crisp "stab" sound, she tore the lower half of the skirt into a long cloth strip two fingers wide.

Hayato, who was belatedly aware of the whole process, stared at the whole process, and only realized at this moment: "Hey, what are you doing in front of Judai?!"

"Save the lives of his family members?"

Novia responded calmly, and stretched out her hand to take out a test tube from the bandage wrapped around her thigh: "Fortunately, I brought this. Tsunayoshi-kun, help me clean up the cloth around the wound."

The unexpectedly innocent prison temple blushed, and decided to hold back the breath because of the urgency of the situation.He watched the girl unplug the test tube with correct eyes, and dropped the mysterious liquid with unknown information on Masaichi Irie's wound, and then a white mist evaporated, accompanied by the horrifying sound of something being corroded. , reminiscent of spilling sulfuric acid on the floor: "——what is this, f**k?!"

Irie Masaichi grunted in pain, feeling the worried eyes of Sawada Tsunayoshi, Novia distractedly explained.

"Baixian essence is a special medicine for treating trauma."

She waited for the white mist to dissipate, and flicked her wand at the bloody wound to clean off all the dirt: "Here, the bleeding has stopped."

"Wow, that's amazing!"

Mr. Rabbit, who leaned over to look at it, tremblingly touched the newborn intact skin.If it weren't for the holes in the clothes, it would be impossible to tell that there was an injury here: "Zheng, Zhengyi, how do you feel now?"

The patient's complexion seemed to improve a bit, and he squeezed out a bleak smile at him.

"Can we hold on—have we won?"

"Hey, don't worry about this in your current situation. The point is to take a good rest, right?"

Powerless to argue with the prison temple, Irie turned his face reluctantly to Cerbero who was standing beside him.

"How is the result?"

The latter nodded indifferently to the embarrassing leader Peng Gelie: "His condition has improved now, please allow me to perform my duties and start making judgments."

Mr. Rabbit rushed out of the way: "Well, I was too anxious just now, sorry!"

"The flame of death energy will be extinguished when the target's life energy is below 2%, which is the key to determine the outcome." Cerbero didn't respond to him at all, and continued without any ups and downs, " Then, within Jiang Zhengyi's crosshairs—"

Looking down, her voice paused slightly.

Inside the circular front sight on the left side of the chest, an orange flame the size of a peanut is dancing.

Although it was so small that it seemed that a violent breath could blow it out, it still refused to give in and persisted staggeringly.

"—The flame of death energy has not been extinguished."

Meanwhile, Cerbero, who inspects Daisy, has the opposite message.

"Target Daisy, Flame of Death Qi, confirm to be extinguished."

Uncontrollable cheers came from the shared intercom. Novia glanced at the excited expressions of the three people in front of her, and the corners of her mouth curled up involuntarily.

The most straightforward prison temple urged: "Hey, the verdict can be pronounced now!"

Cerbero was uncharacteristically silent.She stood up and took a few steps back, distanced herself from Pengo Li and the others, and got closer to Kikyo standing beside her.

"Sorry, the result cannot be announced yet."

"?!Why--"

Before the words fell, Takeshi Yamamoto's exclamation came from the earphones.

"How is it possible?!! Although it wasn't a fatal blow, I definitely hit him hard!"

Realizing that the situation had reversed, Novia stuffed the empty test tube back into the bandage, feeling physically and mentally exhausted: "Yamamoto-kun, what happened?"

The boy's voice paused, as if he didn't know how to express it.

"That daisy..." He gritted his teeth tightly, each word burst out from between his lips and teeth, "The extinguished flame of death energy has been ignited again!"

Novia fell into a brief silence.

Ignoring Kikyo's high-profile explanation about "daisies are immortal", she got a little glimpse of the truth of the game through Cerbero's attitude.

The venue was provided by Bailan.The personnel were selected by Bai Lan.The rules are made by Prynne.The referee is Bai Lan's subordinate.

As for the bet, it was the Vongola Ring that Bai Lan was sure to win.

——Will that person allow himself the possibility of losing?

She stood up and smoothed out the folds of the torn long skirt—or rather, the short skirt.

"Gunji-kun, are you aware?"

"I probably understand."

Sawada Tsunayoshi let out a long breath, and the golden red flame was burning fiercely between his brows.

"What is an absolutely fair Choice battle... If you don't defeat Bai Lan, you can't win it, right?"

Irie, who was lying on the ground, muttered in a daze, "Impossible, Mr. Bai Lan is not such a person", but because of the conflict with reality, he turned into a delirious raving.The person whom he misses chuckled and made a sound on the public channel.

"Oh, you look very surprised, Xiaozheng."

"Bai Lan——! You were not like this before," Irie Zhengyi roared with a ferocious expression, "Fulfill your promise! Because you lost to me once in the Choice battle, it doesn't mean that you can follow me to make a condition in the battle Is it?! My condition is—"

"I'm sorry, Xiaozheng," Bai Lan casually threw a marshmallow into his mouth, "Did I say that? I don't remember~"

"How could you forget?! I demand that the Choice will decide the winner under absolute fairness. Promise me, Bai Lan!"

"Even if you say that, if you haven't said it, you haven't said it."

The white-haired young man leaned comfortably on the soft sofa, looked at his old friend who was lying among the ruins, and smiled with squinted eyes.

"I'm sorry, Xiaozheng. In the name of Chief Mirufiore, I refuse your request."

"However, since everyone has talked about it, I will no longer use the banner of Choice. Peng Li, you actually understand, right? If it weren't for Xiao Nuowei, you would definitely lose."

He got up and put on his coat.Lily of the Valley, lying bored on the side sofa, jumped down excitedly, circling around her like a relative's puppy.

"Then, I now deny Novia Potter's identity as belonging to the Pengelie family. ——She is the leader of the Mirufiore family and Bailan Jesso's fiancée."

……

In order to win, the scum really did anything by hook or by crook.

Novia subconsciously raised her hands and kneaded her temples, trying to calm down the long-lost, thorny emotions, and not let the sudden anger dazzle her mind: "I deny it. I have nothing to do with the leader of the Mirufiore family now. It doesn't matter at all!"

"Hey, is that right?" There was the sweet smile in the young man's voice as always, and she could almost imagine the sly expression of the man's purple eyes narrowed at this time, "But, little Nuowei, you know I can get it Evidence~ um, like a marriage contract or something?"

Novia looked up at the sky, feeling that she had never hated her future self so much.

Just when she was racking her brains to think about how to break the situation, Mr. Rabbit's weak call came from behind.

"Novi sauce?"

She was startled, frowning and thinking about how to prove her innocence: "Indeed, I can't prove it now. But Gangji-kun, I—"

"nothing."

Sawada Tsunayoshi raised his finger and made a silent gesture to her with a smile.

"I said I believed in you. But, how should I put it, it seems that I have embarrassed you by involving you in this way for personal reasons... I'm really sorry!"

Novia waved her hand subconsciously, and said, "It's the task I took over, there is nothing to apologize for."

"Ah, actually, that's what I wanted to say."

Rabbit-kun's bright eyes, which were dyed orange red by the flames, stared straight at her firmly like a burning sun.

"Six Hanging Flowers is very dangerous. You are not like others. You were involved in my troubles and couldn't get out. You got involved only because of the mission. The following battle can no longer be regarded as part of the Choice battle..."

Premonitioning what he was about to say, Novia looked at him quietly with emerald eyes, and waited with her lips pursed gently.

"Your mission is complete, Novi sauce."

Don't want to get you into big trouble.I can't drag you into deeper muddy water.

The reason why I say this and distinguish the boundaries between each other is not because they only have a cold transaction relationship, but because they really regard you as a friend who cares about safety.

She watched the boy scratch his cheeks embarrassedly and looked away, his crow-feather-like black eyelashes trembling slightly.

After the task is completed, you can go back to Honmaru to eat with peace of mind and wait until you die.

After earning enough living expenses, it's time to continue to try to jump in time and space to change Matthew's fate.

One after another on the timetable, it is always densely arranged.However, in the moment when you don't pay attention, or in the next second that you can't predict, something unexpected will always happen around you, forcing you to change your plan to adapt to it, instead of it adapting to your plan.

I'm sorry, everyone...just wait a little longer.

Silently apologized to the swordsmen in his heart, Novia cleared his throat, and signaled Tsunayoshi Sawada to look this way.

"Indeed, the entrusted matter has come to an end, and it seems that you have no intention of continuing to release the task..." She drew a long voice, choosing her words carefully, "Then, what to do next is my freedom. "

The lop-eared rabbit didn't seem to have reacted, she raised her eyebrows helplessly, stepped forward and stretched out her hand to him.

"The tenth generation of the Pengo Lie family, can I assist you in the following battle?"

Before Sawada Tsunayoshi could reply, a familiar laughter sounded from nearby.

"Kuhahahahaha, I said see you later, has it been so long?"

The voice became more magnetic and deeper.It completely faded away from the youthfulness of youth, and was as elegant and mysterious as night fog.Novia was still vividly recalled by that certain person's usual laughter, so she couldn't help showing a faint smile: "Well, long time no see."

The white mist gradually condensed and formed in front of my eyes. The boy who seemed to be about the same height as her had now grown into a tall and tall young man, looking down at him with his head slightly lowered.

"It's not a long time for you. It's only been a day or two? Now seeing me like this, how do you feel?"

"I'm relieved that I didn't get caught by the Avengers Prison and soaked in canned food." Novia saw clearly that he was an entity and not an illusion, so she couldn't help teasing a few words, "It's really lucky, Mr. Mu."

The adult version of Liudao Mukuro smiled inclusively, with long purple hair fluttering in the wind behind him: "It seems that this is not the time to reminisce about the old days, the guy who specially destroys the atmosphere is here."

The face of a fair decisive battle has been torn apart, and family members from both sides are constantly rushing over from the auditorium.Except for Rokudoku and Novia, all the Pengelists surrounded Tsunayoshi Sawada, discussing the next step nervously.On the other side of the street, several small black dots that were rapidly enlarged could already be seen—Bai Lan led the remaining six hanging flowers, and they were approaching here quickly.

"Ijiang is too seriously injured, it's better to go back to recuperate." Li Baoen first suggested, "Everyone retreat to the teleportation device, let's go back to Bingsheng first!"

Liudao Mu smiled softly: "Then, Novi and I are here to hold them back."

Novia, who was placed in a dangerous position, shrugged indifferently, and turned her head to urge Mr. Rabbit: "Don't dawdle when you've decided, and act quickly, Gangji—we? Don't worry." She blinked soothingly, " Remember that my ability is related to space?"

Seeing a group of people rushing towards the teleportation device in a hurry, Novia clicked his tongue twice, and before he had time to complain to his long-lost teacher that Brando was not a thing, the Boss Mirufiore who was being stabbed had already arrived at the second place. in front of people.

"Good morning, both of you," the young man's voice came from far to near, and broke into the distance of half a meter in an instant, "Do you really want... to be my enemy?"

After only half a sentence, his fist had already collided violently with Liu Dao Mu's trident!The numbers in the latter's eyes changed rapidly, and he strengthened his physical skills to block the blow. The stalemate Bai Lan finished the second half of the sentence slowly, and then used his strength to bounce away and retreated a little far away.

Novia, who didn't bother to deal with Bai Lan, raised her hand, and the cement behind her cracked, and the dense thorn bushes quickly pulled out, blocking Liu Diaohua, who was trying to continue chasing, with a huge figure that covered the sky and the sun.

"Don't ignore me, everyone."

Although it is just a simple illusion, it takes time to break through.The defeated Kikyo gritted his teeth and snorted coldly, the flame of death condensed into a knife to cut off a piece of thorns, but was filled with new plants before he could pass.

"It's really an unwise choice, ma'am." The sharp cyan pupils stared at her, "Although I don't quite understand, your strength seems to be much weaker than before... You are also very clear, no matter what you do against us won?"

Novia responded silently, but Liudao Mukuro responded with a chuckle: "Really? But at present, as long as we can hold you back, we will win."

"Oh, that's why I don't want to provoke little Novi."

Bai Lan stood outside the battle circle, looking like a melon-eating crowd with nothing to do with her, as if she was a pure and harmless outsider.

"Although there is no reaction on the surface," Dai Zi's eyes opened slightly, and the mysterious light flowed. He deliberately slowed down his tone, and said the temptation between the opponents was like flirting, "But in fact, he used his trump card in his heart. thought?"

——Her hole card.

The power enough to completely destroy this small space used as a battleground is also the guarantee that she has been active so far without fear.Bai Lan guessed right, she did have the urge to "destroy everything" just now because of her irritability and boredom.

The Command Seal on the back of the right hand seemed to have sensed the master's intentions, and it burned brightly under the glove.Novia clenched her wand tightly, secretly wondering how far the other party knew about her abilities.

The existence of "heroic spirits" is only limited to Bailan Jesso in this world, can he really understand it?

There was a faint explosion sound in the distance, causing everyone to look up at the same time.Holding a weapon in his hand, Liu Dao Mu smiled and said nothing, but actually used illusion to whisper in her ear: "They have successfully left, and our mission has been completed."

Novia breathed a sigh of relief, and the scorching Command Seal gradually cooled down: "Understood. But it takes about a second for Apparition to activate..."

"I'll hold Bai Lan and leave the rest to you."

A pillar of fire with sprawling lotuses roared out from the ground, and dozens of flame dragons intertwined with each other, each emitting unbridled and terrifying heat.Bai Lan, who was in the center of purgatory, lazily let the green stems and leaves wrap around her, as if she was not a poor rice dumpling that was about to be cooked, but a tourist looking for novelty.

"No, it's not enough to deal with me at this level."

He watched as Novia quickly outlined an unknown and complicated magic circle in mid-air. The things inside seemed to be eager to get out, and anxiously stretched out huge sharp claws covered in black scales from the magic circle.Reminiscent of the "dragon", a notorious and vicious creature in Western mythology, Liu Diaohua immediately raised his vigilance and braced himself for battle.

The black-haired girl who had completed the summoning seemed a little weak, leaning quietly on the shoulder of her companion, her right hand clinging tightly to the man's wrist.

Knowing that she would try to avoid physical contact with others if it was not necessary, Bai Lan raised her eyebrows and stepped forward in a malicious manner, leaving the range of the fire pillar and breaking free from the shackles made of lotus flowers.

【Are you going to run away? 】

Silently repeated the term "apparition" to her, and watched with satisfaction as the green pupils rippled and reflected his own reflection.

[Don't worry, I won't expose you,] He watched the girl make an instant decision, and before the accident happened, he activated the magic of space jumping without hesitation at the fastest speed, spread his hands and took two steps back to show his sincerity ,【I just want to collect the third power of seven, it doesn't make sense to me to keep you now.But in exchange for letting you go—]

The young man raised his fair and slender index finger, and pressed it weakly on the smiling lips.

【Hurry up and get to know me well. 】

The spell is done.With a soft pop like bubbles bursting, his young lover and Mr. Shit Stirrup disappeared from the same place.

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Apparating can only go where the caster has been.And at this point in time, excluding the decisive battlefield that he had just escaped from, there were probably only three places that Novia had been to.

On the Bailan bed, in front of Sawada's house, and at the Shrine.

Using the method of elimination, she simply apparated Liu Dao Mu to the door of Mr. Rabbit's house, which was still where she landed last time.Perhaps it was because it was difficult to control the center of gravity of the two of them. Lady Luck did not lend a helping hand as before, but allowed the two of them to fall crookedly into the bushes, crackling and crushing the twigs all over the place.

Novia closed her eyes subconsciously, and tried to buffer her with her right arm crossed in front of her.Unexpectedly, the touch from the contact surface is not rough and unbearable, but something warm, soft, and yet solid for no reason.

He raised his eyes in surprise, and met the pineapple head with loose hair.

The latter lay on his back in the broken bushes in a miserable state of death, with a half-smile on his lips, as if he didn't care about the weight on his chest: "Haha, look... I told you to practice a little Basic martial arts, right?"

"Illusionists who know body art are all demons and heretics."

Novia retaliated to him, while staggering to get up on the ground with his hands, the palms of his hands were painfully stabbed by the broken branches.She patted the dusty skirt, frowned and cleaned it with a whirlwind, and then turned her head to look at the Sawada House, which seemed to be exactly the same as ten years ago.

"Gunji-kun and the others, they shouldn't be here, right?"

"Bai Lan will definitely come after her. Of course the base is in a more hidden place."

Liudaokuo straightened up and sat on the corpse of the bush with a bored look, as if he didn't even have the intention to get up: "I don't know the stronghold of the Pengelie family."

"Then ask your lovely Kurom." Novia put her hands on her hips and looked down at the cheap teacher's two pupils, one red and one blue. But no."

The latter hummed as expected, with a slightly raised ending, and narrowed his eyes with interest.

"The Choice battle is over, you have no reason to follow them, right?"

Novia choked on him, pondered for a moment, then shook her head affirmatively.

"Yes, I have."

"Huh? A fragile friendship built from a short time together?"

"No," she replied decisively, "his commission has not been paid yet."

"...That's it."

Not knowing what expression to put on is more appropriate, the playful smile froze on the young man's face for a second.Sighing secretly that this is indeed an excuse she would use, he straightened his expression, tilted his head and looked at the obviously absent-minded black-haired girl.

"You've seen it too, the strength of the Mirufiore family - Vongola doesn't necessarily have enough money to pay you right now. It's unwise to lie to a first-class illusionist like me, Novi. But let’s not mention that for now—”

He watched the other person's eyes wandering slowly, and finally asked the question.

"What did Bailan Jesso mean by those words?"

Novia clung to the snow-white wall of the Sawada house, her eyes circling around her toes.

... It's a long story.

Do you want to tell him?Although there seems to be no harm in the short term, but in the future... Who knows the unpredictable risks caused by the leakage of secrets?

But, I don't want to lie.

After a long silence, Liudao Mukuro, who was sitting in the bushes, stretched and stood up slowly.

"How should I put it?" His usual sarcasm seemed to fade a little, and his whole person's breath became alienated, "Novi, there are very few people close to me. Teachers and students, teachers and students, I didn't deliberately The plan to accept apprentices, so you should be the only one..."

Novia frowned and interrupted him in confusion.

"Mr. Mukuro?"

"Ok?"

"There seem to be very few "people" who are close to me. She counted silently in her heart, "I didn't have any special friends when I was in school. After graduation... because of work, there are even fewer opportunities to contact others. "

The staff system was crying in her head quite disruptively [It's because of this that you're single until now, quit quickly, okay QAQ], she pretended she didn't hear it, and sighed silently.

"In short, I don't seem to be very good at getting along with people. But there is one thing..."

That's all I know.

[You must respond to the feelings of others. 】

Novia conceived the cause and effect to be explained next, tried to save unnecessary foreshadowing, but was still forced to rub her temples by the long text.

People close to me - do I count?

When I broke in suddenly, I didn't realize what kind of deep fetters would develop.But since you think so, then I—

"Mr. Mukuro, you are my friend."

As if making a promise, she stretched out her right hand forward with her palm up.

"In this case, I will not deceive. Even if what I am going to say next is very unimaginable, are you willing to believe it?"

The haze hidden in the depths of the eyes gradually dissipated.The young man stretched out his hand with a low smile, and gracefully put it on the girl's palm like a noble lady invited.

【Yes I do. 】