Although the board battle is divided into five groups, there are ten players in each group, and each player will have a total of ten games, which means that each player in the group will meet once, but the rankings of the five groups are counted together, and the last five places in the Guard Recruitment Tournament are the five people with the highest winning rate drawn from these five groups.

This is the rule that the guards and Catherina said before the start of the first match, and the list of divisions was handed out after the game.

However, when Catherina and the two saw their respective groups, their faces changed dramatically, and the two of them were actually in the same group.

Although the two had already been mentally prepared to meet, they didn't expect it to be such a coincidence, and the fact that the two were assigned to the same team and the time of the battle was in the final critical battle, this fact made both of them very entangled in their hearts.

On the one hand, it is his sister, on the other hand, his own achievements, it is really difficult to choose between the two, especially Catherina's heart. had already made up her mind not to think about the future when she was still Catherina's identity, but this meeting aroused her hidden hesitation.

Gritting their teeth, the two looked at the list in their hands with their backs but did not speak, until the contestants left one by one, and the examiner asked the two to leave, and the two reacted.

Catherina had experienced more than Lalua after all, and she didn't mention the list, but just patted Lalua on the shoulder to signal that she could leave: "Lalua, let's go, Lisandre and the Fujiwara chess players are still waiting for us outside." ”

The low voice of Catherina's discomfort, fortunately, Lalua also understood what Catherina meant, Catherina hoped that things would go naturally, since the time had not yet come, then don't bring it up, so as not to make each other uncomfortable, so Lalua nodded in response, and left the venue with Catherina with the flow of people.

"Well, we can't keep Lisandre and them waiting for a long time, or they will think that they have failed the game and dare not come out, and we will have to accept another round of ridicule from them, let's go. ”

The two didn't want to bring their grief to the others, so they had a tacit understanding to put away the list before leaving the competition venue, and greeted Lisandre and the others with a smile on their faces when they left the venue.

Time passed day by day, and each day Catherina and the two had to face different opponents, and although the process was thrilling, they finally coped with it by relying on their daily efforts at Fujiwara's chess house, and it was the eve of the battle between the two.

On the eve, a crescent moon hung high in the sky, and the hazy moonlight was hazy, and when the two were about to leave Fujiwara's house after the discussion, Fujiwara stopped the two: "Catherina, Lalua, don't go yet, come with me to discuss the room." ”

The two of them naturally did not dare to disobey the teacher's orders, so they followed Fujiwara chess players to the place where they usually used to discuss chess games and hold meetings.

Entering the discussion room, Fujiwara Chess Player also motioned for the two to sit down, and before the two of them could ask what was going on, Fujiwara Chess Player said in a deep voice: "I found that you two are always absent-minded when playing chess today, is something going on?"

The two of them were shocked and defended in unison: "No, nothing happened." ”

Although she tried her best to suppress her emotions and control the smile on her face, as soon as the two of them spoke, some flaws were revealed, but Lalua wanted to remedy Fujiwara Chess but interrupted Lalua's words: "We are just going to have a decisive battle tomorrow, inevitably?? It's going to be a little nervous, after all..."

"It should be more than that. Fujiwara's face became solemn, and after he took out a roll of parchment from his bosom, he said, "Don't hide it anymore, I already know about you, can you see what this is?"

"Group List!" The two of them could see at a glance that it was the group list that the examiners had given to the contestants at the end of the first day of competition.

"There's nothing wrong with that. Seeing the stunned expressions of the two, Fujiwara became kind instead of angry, he shook his head and sighed: "You two are really... Obviously, I have already encountered something, but I buried it in my heart and didn't let the teacher and your sisters know, and the teacher really didn't know what to say about you. ”

Hearing Fujiwara Chess Warrior say this, Lalua knew that the matter had happened, so she no longer hid it, but said frankly: "We just don't want to bring our grief to others." ”

"And then, burying the pain in your heart, and suffering yourself?" Despite his cordial attitude, Fujiwara's words still had a bit of admonition, and he pointed to his heart and said, "Although we have only known each other for about ten days, you are still my apprentices!

Being a teacher is not to blame you, the reason why I am calling you both is to tell you that since everything has happened, then we have to face reality. Although the opponent is a friend he usually knows, as long as he faces it with a normal heart, he doesn't need to be deliberately polite and entangled because the opponent is his sister. Since fate has put the two of you together, let fate decide whether you win or lose. ”

"Yes, the protégé knows, thank you for the teacher's teaching. Although he had nodded to show that he understood what Fujiwara Chess meant, Fujiwara Chess knew that the entanglement in the hearts of the two was still difficult to let go, but he didn't say more, just let the two leave, as a mentor, he could only do this, the demons in their hearts needed to be overcome by themselves, and no one could help them.

The two walked silently, neither of them spoke, until they came to a fork in the road, and Catherina said: "Come on tomorrow! Don't think too much, just as I said, just go with the flow, don't feel guilty and don't be sad." ”

Catherina said this to Lalua on the one hand, but on the other hand, she was also telling herself, in the end, people are still amorous creatures, he has no way to control his emotions, let alone not to have feelings for Lisandre and them, against his partner, Catherina is difficult to let go after all.

Lalua, who has the same experience, doesn't understand Catherina's mind? It's just that she doesn't have the ability to control Catherina's emotions, and after she hugged Catherina deeply, she ran in the direction of her home without looking back.

Tears from the corners of her eyes slid down her cheeks and ticked down the road along the way, and Lalua wiped away her tears so that no one noticed her wet red eyes, and continued to run down the street.

"Lalua..."Can't bear to look directly at Lalua's embarrassed figure, Catherina endured her uncomfortable emotions and walked home quickly.

The familiar figure gradually turned into a strange young man in front of her eyes, and Lisandre looked at the young man viciously, and said, "Who are you? What did you do to Catherina? Hurry up and give Catherina back to me!"

"I'm Catherina, Lisandre..."Lin Qi was interrupted by Lisandre in the middle of his sentence, and Lisandre suddenly pulled out her long sword and pointed it at his throat, and said coldly: "Don't lie to me, you are not Catherina, you are just a liar, a liar who hid Catherina! Hurry up and return Catherina to me, or I will kill you." ”

"No... , Lisandre, you heard me say that I am really Catherina, I just incarnated as Catherina in order to infiltrate the Sky Fox Mansion and seize the Moonlit Grass, I am Catherina, Catherina is me. Lin Qi tried to explain to Lisandre, but Lisandre didn't seem to want to accept the reality, she pushed Lin Qi away heavily, and said a little depressed: "No! You are a liar, I won't believe the liar's words, hurry up and return Catherina to me, I don't want to lose my sister, give Catherina back to me!"

"Ah, let's die!" Lisandre suddenly drew her sword and rushed towards Lin Qi, but when she was about to slash, she stopped, she looked at Lin Qi's helpless pupils, and roared, "No! I can't accept it! Why is my best friend the greatest enemy of my Heavenly Demon Fox Clan? Give me back my Catherina." ”

Poof!

At the same time, Lisandra raised her long sword and slashed at her throat, bright red blood gurgling down her fair skin, and before she died, Lisandra looked at Lin Qi with resentment in her eyes mixed with unconcealable discomfort.

"Lisandre!" Just as Lin Qi was about to run to Lisandre's side, but there was a sudden light in front of her, and Catherina wiped away the tears that flowed out of the corners of her eyes unconsciously, and ran to the bathroom next to freshen up.

This dream was not the first time she had dreamed of it, except for Lisandre, she had dreamed of several times one by one, it seemed that it was because she had been thinking about how to face Lisandre when she finally turned back into Lin Qi for a long time, so they had such a dream.

Although the dream was no longer strange, Catherina felt a heartache in her heart every time she dreamed, and she couldn't bear to see Lisandre and their sad images.

As she freshened up, Catherina couldn't help biting her red lips at the thought of the dream, and she didn't come back to her senses until her teeth were confined to her skin and she felt pain.

"Catherina, cheer up, now that you have made up your mind, don't think about it again, just let it be, as you said yesterday. Catherina patted her cheek, trying to dispel the discomfort inside.

She propped her hands in front of the dresser and watched the water flow away for a while, until she calmed down and then stepped out of the bathroom to change into a light leather armor.

Today she was going to play wargames instead of fighting, so she was dressed more lightly.

After eating breakfast absentmindedly, Catherina pushed open the door and left the inn, not even noticing the greeting of the clerk.

"Huh?" However, as soon as she walked out of the hotel, the sight of a few figures at the door of Catherina stopped her in her tracks.