Welcome to Nightmare Game III

"Ms. Teresa, I'm sorry to disturb you at this late hour."

At night, Qi Leren who knocked on the door of Teacher Teresa's house said hurriedly.

Teacher Teresa was still dressed as a nun in black: "Is there anything urgent?"

Qi Leren adjusted his breathing. Just now he and Ning Zhou ran out of the dormitory, anxiously coming to see Teacher Teresa.From his pleading to Teacher Teresa, as for Ning Zhou, he was waiting for news at a street corner not far away, with a penguin egg in his arms that might break at any time.

Qi Leren: "There is something... I think Ning Zhou should participate in next week's swordsmanship competition, please allow him to participate!"

Teacher Teresa frowned: "I told you before, he should spend his time studying divine arts."

Qi Leren carefully observed her expression: "Is this the only reason why you don't agree with him to participate?"

"..."

Teacher Teresa's silence made Qi Leren more sure of his guess: There must be some other reason for Teacher Teresa to object to Ning Zhou's participation in the competition.

"Just participating in the competition will not waste much time for Ning Zhou. On the contrary, it is good for him. Everyone wants to see Maria's son stand in front of others and show his talent, and Ning Zhou needs this too. Since he came to the Holy See, he has been unhappy, why not let him do what he wants to do? What are you worried about?" Qi Leren asked.

Teacher Teresa sighed softly: "The fencing competition is not as easy as you think."

Qi Leren's ears perked up: "So?"

"This competition will not be grouped according to age. Whether it is a ten-year-old child or a senior who is about to graduate, they will compete together. Every year, the winners are senior students who are about to graduate at the age of fifteen or sixteen. Ning Zhou now He's only 13 years old. If he wants to compete in two years, I won't stop him." Teacher Teresa said.

"Are you worried that he will lose to others?"

"It doesn't matter whether you win or lose, the important thing is that he will be injured." Teacher Teresa said, "Many students are injured in competitions every year, and many of them are seriously injured. .When it comes to the finals, there are almost no contestants who are not injured."

So that's the case, Qi Le people understood.

"So you were lying to me that day." Qi Leren said resentfully.

"What? I didn't..."

"You invited me to afternoon tea that day. You clearly said that Ning Zhou had to go through countless trials, that's why you were especially strict with him. In the end, you favored him and couldn't bear to see him get hurt and frustrated."

Teacher Teresa coughed dryly twice: "These are two different things."

"It's the same thing! Since you think he should be tested, let him go through the test early. Besides, who said Ning Zhou will lose? I believe he can win!" Qi Leren believed it more than anyone else Ning Zhou believed even more than Ning Zhou himself.

"..."

"Please, teacher, let him compete." Relying on the fact that he is a child now, Qi Leren unscrupulously displayed the coquettish skills he had mastered in childhood. According to his childhood experience, the pair of older women Has a special attack effect, "What Ning Zhou lacks now is not protection, but confidence. He wants to prove to everyone that he has a place to shine and has his own unique talent. Ms. Maria must also hope that he can participate in the competition. "

These words moved Teacher Teresa, she only had the last bit of hesitation: "If he gets hurt..."

"I will cure him." Qi Leren patted his chest and promised, "My origin of rebirth is very powerful!"

Teacher Teresa smiled, her eyes passed through Qi Leren's shoulders, and she looked at the figure at the corner of the street in the distance.

"I have only one condition, let him come to me and talk to me." She said.

Qi Leren turned his head, and Ning Zhou, who had been hiding at the street corner before, had stepped forward at some point.The little boy looked so nervous, especially when facing Mrs. Teresa.

But the desire to participate in the competition made him courageous. He raised his head with the penguin eggs in his arms, and his blue eyes, which were exactly the same as Maria's, reflected unprecedented firmness: "Teacher, I want to participate in the competition. Please allow me to take part in the competition." contest."

Teacher Teresa asked him: "Why do you want to participate?"

Qi Leren peeked at Ning Zhou. There was a penguin egg hidden under his cloak and coat. Ning Zhou was working hard to feed this little guy.

However, not only for this little guy, Ning Zhou wants to compete because of...

"Because I want to prove myself. I want everyone to know that no matter whether I can learn magic well or not, I can protect everyone!" 13-year-old Ning Zhou looked directly into Teacher Teresa's eyes and said loudly.

Teacher Teresa smiled: "Very good, it looks like your mother."

Is this agreed?Qi Leren and Ning Zhou looked at each other, feeling happy.

"But..." Teacher Teresa changed the subject, "If you don't even finish in the top three, after the competition, your make-up time will be doubled. Don't think about having time to volunteer at the old church."

Ning Zhou's face changed, did Teacher Teresa know?Then does she know that he secretly drinks... Probably not?Ning Zhou was in a panic, as if he had done something bad and was caught.

Teacher Teresa didn't know Ning Zhou's nervousness at this moment, she patted Ning Zhou on the shoulder: "Go, go all out at any time."

"Ok!"

On the way home, Qi Leren was a little excited, but Ning Zhou seemed more excited than him. This was reflected in his jumping and jumping after leaving Teacher Teresa's house. Because the snowy road was slippery, the over-excited Ning Zhou slipped and slipped away. Almost fell on his back.

Qi Leren was stunned. It was the first time he had seen Ning Zhou's childish reaction. From the first time they met, Ning Zhou was an extremely calm person. He did things seriously, never joked, and would not Get carried away.He thought that he would never see Ning Zhou bouncing around in his life, and just thinking about it made him feel extremely OOC.

However, when he came to the side of 13-year-old Ning Zhou and saw how happy he almost fell and tried to protect the penguin eggs in his arms, he couldn't help feeling sad and funny.

Ning Zhou was not born calm and stable, restrained introspection, and lived himself as a symbol of the Holy See.He has all the joys, sorrows, sorrows, loves and dislikes of ordinary people, and the people of Qi Le hope that he will always have them.

"Are you happy today?" Qi Leren asked him.

Ning Zhou had sorted out his overly excited emotions, and nodded reservedly as usual: "Happy."

Maybe it's because being happy is not enough to express all his emotions, so he added: "I'm very, very happy."

"Next week will be happier." Qi Leren said.

Ning Zhou was taken aback, next week is his birthday, could it be...

"Because next week is the day of the swordsmanship competition, you will definitely get a good result." Qi Leren said with a smile.

"……Oh."

Does Qi Leren remember that it was his birthday?This question was rolling in the mind of 13-year-old Ning Zhou, and he didn't think about it until the dead of night when he was lying on the bed.

He didn't know that this was a trick of his future partner's evil intentions. He was hooked, and he couldn't sleep because of the fishing.

But the instigator had already fallen asleep, curled up beside him and slept soundly, and the tightly wrapped penguin egg lay between them, brewing the power to break the shell.

Ning Zhou touched the penguin eggs, but his mind was thinking of Qi Leren who was already asleep.

Although they haven't known each other for long, they seem to have become friends.

friend.

This word suddenly made young Ning Zhou's heart jump. He turned his head and looked at Qi Leren who was lying on his side facing him. His childish face looked gentle and harmless, but Ning Zhou knew that there was something hidden under his soft appearance. a brave heart.

He dared to cut off his tail in the trial court to prove his piety, and dared to fight for him to participate in the competition in front of the strict teacher Teresa.

In this environment of the Holy See that was not friendly to him, this mixed-race succubus cub not only protected himself, but also spared no effort to help him.

Compared with such Qi Le people, he is really too weak.

"What Ning Zhou lacks now is not protection, but confidence. He wants to prove to everyone that he has something to shine and a unique talent of his own."

What Qi Leren said to Teacher Teresa is still in my ears, and Ning Zhou's heart can't stop jumping for joy.

This was the first time someone had said what he kept in his heart.

When the people of Qi Le uttered these words, no matter how short their acquaintance was, he had already regarded him as...

best friend.

He will not disappoint his friend's kindness. Ning Zhou clenched his hands under the quilt into fists. He will prove that no matter whether he can learn magic well or not, he can become a trustworthy guardian just like his mother Maria. By.

At that time, he will definitely be able to protect everyone.

Especially, his best friend.

………………

After that night, Ning Zhou became busy again.

During the day, Ning Zhou was going to school, and Qi Leren was allowed to skip class, and experienced the horror of a special class in a missionary school—help, the study pressure here is no less than that in the real world!

Sure enough, no matter what kind of worldview, the group of people receiving elite education will not be easy.

In school, Qi Leren was not surprised to find that Ning Zhou's interpersonal relationship was in a mess. It wasn't that his classmates dared to bully him, but that everyone tacitly respected him. Are you sorry?" atmosphere.

Ning Zhou doesn't care about being isolated, he walks alone in school, ignoring anyone except in class, which makes him even more lonely.

It's a perfect vicious circle, Qi Leren thought, his classmates must think that Maria's son has high eyesight and is extremely difficult to get along with.

Young people of this age are easy to deal with. If they were replaced by Qi Le people, they would be able to get along with their classmates in three days.

However, Ning Zhou has such a personality. He is an extremely passive person when it comes to getting along with people. He doesn't take the initiative to say hello or strike up a conversation. He is more used to acting alone.

There are only two possibilities for this kind of introverted person to make friends - being picked up unilaterally by a very extroverted person, or helping others in an accident, and the person being helped finds that he is a good person.

Coincidentally, the acquaintance of Qi Leren and Ning Zhou happened to be two in one: he was rescued by Ning Zhou during the mission, and he fell in love with Ning Zhou at first sight and followed him, unilaterally treating Ning Zhou as his favorite object, Only then did I get acquainted.

Thinking of this, Qi Leren looked at Ning Zhou who was sitting on the edge of the window seat in the back row of the classroom lovingly: he must find a way to improve Ning Zhou's situation.

Ning Zhou, who was concentrating on listening to the class, keenly sensed his gaze and turned to look at him.

Qi Leren smiled sweetly at him and blinked mischievously.

Ning Zhou was puzzled. He really didn't understand what his little friend was thinking all day long. He never took notes in his lecture notebook and always looked at him and laughed for no reason.

But Qi Le is a very good person. On the first day of school, he chatted with the boy in the front row on the grounds of "I forgot to bring my pen, can you lend me one?" At noon, he said "Thank you for lending me the pen." , I'll treat you to dinner", he dragged the boy to have lunch with Ning Zhou, and by the time school was over in the afternoon, he had already figured out the secret that the boy failed the exam last time and the parent's signature was forged by himself. .

As for Ning Zhou, it's been almost a year and he still doesn't remember the name of this classmate.

But soon, he had to remember.

A day later, Qi Leren, with penguin eggs in his arms, gave Ning Zhou a blueprint, on which was the seating chart and names of all the students in the class, and their basic information was written on the back.

"What is this?" Ning Zhou, who was hurrying to practice his sword at the training ground, looked at the form in shock.

"The list of your classmates. I found out that you have been transferred to another school for almost a year, and you still haven't remembered their names. Quickly memorize them. I will do a spot check before going to school tomorrow." Qi Leren said as a matter of course.

"..." Ning Zhou's hand holding the paper trembled slightly.

What human suffering is this? !

"Not only that, when you see them tomorrow, you should take the initiative to say hello, such as 'good morning, Lance'. Lance is the boy who lent me the pen. He is good at swordsmanship, and his father is the captain of the Knights. He news Very well-informed, I asked him to inquire about the information of the players participating in the swordsmanship competition. I made an appointment with him for you, and he will come to the training ground to compete with you tomorrow, and exchange information by the way." Qi Leren said.

Knowing oneself and knowing one's enemy will never end in a hundred battles. He is not blindly arrogant enough to think that Ning Zhou can easily win. After all, Ning Zhou is only 13 years old now, and has not awakened any original power, and his opponents are all experienced senior students from Rengao Ma University. , The gap in physique and physical ability alone is terrifying.

"He agreed to help?" Ning Zhou couldn't believe it.He didn't know Lance well at all, he didn't even know his name!

"Of course I agree." Qi Leren showed off his social achievements a little proudly, "I said this is a competition you participated in for the honor of the class. If you win, everyone will be honored. If you win When the ranking is reached, please invite everyone to have a meal to celebrate this victory."

Ning Zhou was shocked: "I never said..."

"Oh, really? Then please ask them to explain one by one." Qi Le said with a smirk, "Explain clearly one by one. You didn't say you wanted to invite them to dinner."

"..." The expression on Ning Zhou's face turned petrified.

"To become a big hero, start with a small hero. First, let your classmates trust you, and then you can win the trust of more people. You are not fighting alone. Don't worry, I will face it with you Yes." Qi Le stood on tiptoe and gave Ning Zhou a big hug, "Come on, Ning Zhou."

The penguin egg in Qi Leren's arms hugged him, but this sudden hug soothed his uneasy mood. Ning Zhou gave a soft "um" and agreed to his arrangement.