By the time Xia Zhe was dug out of the ground, he had already been confirmed as the second place in the glory of this year's "Dawning Martial Arts Conference". Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Lying on the cold floor tiles of the martial arts platform and looking up at the sky, Xia Zhe murmured a little erratically, "What about the second...... There should also be a lot of bonuses, and the requirements are not high, 1000 gold is very satisfying, maybe I should inquire by the way, the amount of bonuses for the top three. ”

Suddenly, Xia Zhe felt the sensation of being poked in the cheek with his finger.

"Oh, Yuki, why are you here, haha, okay, don't poke it. Xia Zhe looked at Xiao Youxi, who was squatting next to his head, and hugged her into his arms, "Ah, I'm sad now, and I need comfort very much, so I decided that it was you." ”

It's just that Xia Zhe's mind hadn't been purified for a few seconds before he was interrupted by a sound of swallowing hard, "Lord Xia Zhe, you actually deliberately defeated...... Is it because you have done something you shouldn't have done? ”

Arwen opened his mouth and pointed to the core of the problem, and said that Xia Zhe subconsciously clenched the palm of the "happiness", "This should be my life...... No, it's the first time I've touched a real guy in two lifetimes, do you want to be perverted and not wash your hands for two weeks?"

Although he thought so in his heart, the otaku still put on a great appearance, "No, I was just defeated by the "bread", which bastard threw at me the bread, as soon as I smelled it, I was exhausted, damn it, don't let me catch that guy, or I will make him a whole "hot dog"!"

It's just that from the squinting eyes that were faintly visible under Alvin's cloak, Xia Zhe saw a flash of distrust, "Oh, I understand." ”

Then, the female knight shouted to the people standing behind her, "I have confirmed it with Lord Xia Zhe, and he said that he has no guilt or confession of mistake at all about the "bullying" of Youlan just now. ”

“！？”

This appearance of Alwen reminded Xia Zhe of the appearance of the second encounter with the female knight outside Xinmu Town, "Sure enough, without the restraint of the glowing armor, the whole person of Alwen is black now. 」

"Okay, Xia Zhe must be very uncomfortable now, after all, he didn't get the first place, you don't have to tease him anymore, and the audience is almost gone, let's go back too, Ke'er has already gone back in advance and is ready to celebrate the banquet, you see, President Louis is starting to be anxious. At this time, Wei Li, who has always been gentle and kind, opened her mouth to help Xia Zhe relieve the siege.

It's just that her celebration banquet made Xia Zhe feel sorry for his private beach again.

"Let's go, after tomorrow's award ceremony, let's leave this sad place. It just so happened that I went to the hero name to change it. Xia Zhe picked up Xiao Youxi, no longer thinking about the bonus, but thinking about his future hero name.

"Sadly, I think it's gentleness. At this time, Golia followed at the end of the crowd, spitting alone and whispering, now she really couldn't face Xia Zhe's face, she felt that she had to slow down.

……

In the evening, after a simple celebration banquet, Xia Zhe returned to his room.

However, out of the window where the light of the red moon poured in, there was already a guest who had been waiting for him for a long time.

After Xia Zhe saw the person who came clearly, a sense of déjà vu that the other party came to collect debts came to his mind.

"Ah~ Haha, Youlan, since you're here, why don't you participate in the celebration banquet just now, it's very worthy of you. Xia Zhe awkwardly found the topic.

However, the girl with a cold face just stared at Xia Zhe quietly, and only after a while did she speak, "Why did you deliberately lose to me?"

"Huh, you think too much, I just lost to the bread, and if it weren't for that jam bread, I would have beaten you. Xia Zhe listened to the other party's questioning, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that it was not for the "groping pig's hand".

Immediately, Xia Zhe, who was relieved, waved his hand and leaned against the door.

"Are you sympathetic to me?" Listening to Xia Zhe's perfunctory answer, Youlan's self-esteem made her very uncomfortable.

"I know very well that you are strong, and I know that my current self cannot defeat you, but I don't need any sympathy, any mercy. I'm going to be stronger, not just to defeat you, but to be able to defeat everyone, because what I need is invincibility. ”

Quietly listening to Youlan finish speaking, Xia Zhe said helplessly, "Are you Phantom Shadows so strong?"

Youlan was shocked, "Shadow...... It seems that you know everything, so why do you still do this for my enemy?"

"I would like to make two statements. As he spoke, Xia Zhe stretched out two fingers, "First, I lost today's game because I was plotted by bread, so I was defeated. Don't let me catch that guy who threw bread everywhere. Second, I have never regarded anyone as an enemy, not you or the Shadow, but you have regarded me as an enemy. ”

"I ......"

Youlan wanted to explain something, but she was stopped by Xia Zhe, "Actually, I understand your thoughts, whether I am naïve or arrogant, then what can I do, people live for only a few decades, and they have to embarrass themselves for everything, aren't they tired?"

For example, the "invincible" you crave, you must know that once you get it, you have to endure the loneliness and boredom to match it, and the validity period is permanent. ”

Listening to Xia Zhe's "it doesn't matter" tone, Youlan couldn't control her state of mind.

"How can you understand! Without the power of 'invincible', how can you use these hands to protect important things, do you understand the feeling of losing everything?" Xia Zhe!" Youlan thought of the arm that slipped from her hand, which had been the object she relied on and longed for the most.

He is a teacher and a father, a close friend and a patriarch.

However, he was driven by the "pit viper" to become weaker and weaker, more and more broken, until he died in front of him.

But after losing important people, she found that there were more important people she needed to protect, and these would not be able to see a glimmer of hope without "invincibility".

Do you want her to watch again that the little fish and clansmen, who are more important than her own life, disappear in front of her eyes because of her own incompetence?

How could it be! How could it happen again! This man didn't understand anything, he hadn't experienced anything, he knew something!

However, when the excited Youlan inadvertently met those sad eyes, the feeling of sympathy for a while covered everything.

"Ah...... I know that. ”

As he spoke, Xia Zhe's gaze crossed Youlan and looked at the huge red moon stupidly, his mouth moving slightly.

Youlan could see it clearly, it was the meaning of "mother" and "father".