45. Chapter 45
"I've liked someone for eight years, and in those eight years, she has become all I believe in. So, sorry ......"
Leaning against the railing of the artificial lake in the school grove, Ludwig closed his eyes and recalled what Shen Ling had said when he rejected him.
He already has a liking for eight years. No matter what he does, he can't surpass the person who was already imprinted on his heart eight years ago.
"Hey, don't be so melancholy, okay, it's not in line with your temperament at all." Jin Hang, who was forcibly pulled out by the lovelorn Ludwig to listen to his thoughts, said unpleasantly.
"Butβ"
"Isn't there someone you like, I liked it eight years ago, and now it seems that the two of us are not together, maybe the other party doesn't like your little baby at all. When your little baby is abandoned and sad, you take advantage of the situation, and the matter is over? β
How can it be so simple, Ludwig thought to himself, eight years is not a short time, not to mention that when Shen Ling said that he liked that person, his expression did not look like he would give up at all.
Jin Hang raised his eyebrows and asked suspiciously, "You can't be the little black who still remembers you, right?" It's the guy you said you wanted to marry in front of the people of the whole empire during the interview. β
"I just think of Blackie as a friend." Ludwig drooped his head, silently praying in his heart that Shen Ling would never see his interview video, those words were just what he said on impulse.
"Do you think this is retribution? Xiao Hei likes you, you like your little baby, and your little baby has someone you like, it's really a sin. Jin Hang's excitement didn't look like he thought Ludwig was doing evil.
Ludwig sighed faintly. "I still don't want to give up, I feel like he's the guy I want."
Jin Hang patted him on the shoulder and encouraged: "Come on!" β
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During this period of time, the relationship between Shen Ling and Ludwig became very awkward.
Shen Ling found that he was indeed a little attracted to Ludwig, in order to strengthen his determination to only like Celia, he took out the jade pendant that Celia gave him from the sapphire space necklace and put it around his neck, and for safety, he hid the necklace inside his coat.
At the same time, in order to avoid Ludwig, Shen Ling immediately returned to his bedroom every day when he came back, and tried to leave as soon as he came out in the morning.
In addition to the work-study arranged by the student department, Shen Ling also began to help out at Granny Maria's candy store every weekend, and Granny Maria also gave Shen Ling some remuneration appropriately. And before going to bed at night, he would start to practice the content of the soul power in the books left by the old man according to Ash's teachings, after a week of practice, Shen Ling found that the soul power in his body was getting stronger and stronger, and Ash also happily told him that the soul power in his body was more obvious than before, and if he persevered, he might be able to break through to the intermediate level within three years.
Ige would often come to Shen Ling, because students from other dormitories were not allowed to enter the sixth dorm building, so he was waiting for Shen Ling at the door. Most of the time, I asked Shen Ling to go to dinner together, or go out for a walk together.
The day of the opening of the back mountain of the beast trainer department has arrived, and Mr. Sean opened the transparent protective wall of the back mountain, allowing students to enter the territory of the back mountain, in order to avoid foreign beasts running around, so it is forbidden to carry foreign beast pets in this outdoor activity, and Xiaopang has also been stored in Maria's mother-in-law by Shen Ling, who is busy every day.
Inside the transparent protective wall is a small forest, and to be safe, Sean has the students all walk together.
Shen Ling was used to walking alone behind the crowd, and this small forest was much smaller than the alien beast forest on planet D13, so Shen Ling was not as excited as the other students. After walking for more than ten minutes, Amy suddenly came to his side and said hello briefly, Amy asked Shen Ling, "Shen Ling, would you like to come to the class party?" Without waiting for Shen Ling to speak, Amy continued, "You are too maverick, although you have a very personality, don't you feel lonely like this?" β
Shen Ling knew that his personality was relatively withdrawn, but he never felt lonely, after all, he not only had Xiao Fat, but also two soul beasts, Ash and Phoenix, and Phoenix and Ash also liked to say a few words in his mind when he was fine.
"Actually, once in a while, you can also attend a class party, after all, they are all classmates." Amy persuaded.
"Thank you, I'll go." Shen Ling actually wants to integrate into the collective of his classmates, but now he doesn't know how to work hard to integrate into the collective of others.
At this time, Caitlin, who walked past them, glared at Shen Ling in disgust.
Shen Ling looked inexplicable, not knowing when he offended Caitlin.
"Haha, this woman." Amy happily gossiped with Shen Ling, "You don't know, she's almost angry lately." A few days ago, there was a photo on the universe network that was particularly popular, it came out of the Red Castle, that is, at the banquet, His Royal Highness Ludwig left with a person in his arms, or a princess hugging! β
"This thing has spread, and it is said that His Highness has a favorite person. Caitlin has always thought that she is the fiancΓ©e of Her Royal Highness, and she has slapped her face. Amy giggled, "But this person is quite mysterious, the photo is very blurry, and it can only be seen that it is a man." To be liked by His Royal Highness, he should be a very good person. She sighed. I really envy this person, if His Highness is willing to talk to me, I will die happily! β
is another Ludwig fan, Shen Ling found that the number of Ludwig's fans among girls is particularly large, and there are relatively few boys. After living in the sixth dormitory building for so long, even if Ludwig usually goes out very carefully, there are still people who recognize him as His Royal Highness the Prince, but it is obvious that boys are not as concerned about this matter as girls, and no one has said anything after His Royal Highness lives in the sixth dormitory building.
The corners of Shen Ling's mouth twitched, fortunately, now everyone doesn't know that the person Ludwig is holding is him, otherwise with the combat power of Ludwig's fans, he doesn't know how he died.
Walking in the back mountains, the students soon saw a lot of small strange beasts. Everyone seemed excited, and no one complained even though the hike was very tiring.
The trees gradually thinned out, and on a flat ground on the mountain, everyone saw a bright multicolored light.
"What's that?" A student asked, pointing to a glowing object in the distance.
"That's the house where Admiral Elena used to live." Teacher Sean explained to everyone, "In that house is Admiral Elena's mecha 'Poseidon', and that mecha can only be controlled by Admiral Elena. Sean paused and asked, "Do you know why?" β
The students discussed for a long time, but no one answered.
"Because of the soul power, no one's soul power has been able to reach Admiral Elena's Cheng DΓΉ." Teacher Sean said with reverence, "So Admiral Elena said when she left that she would give this mech to the students who could wake it up. β
"As long as we awaken our soul power, will we be able to activate this mecha?" A student asked excitedly. Because of the low genetic level, piloting a mecha is more difficult for them than anyone else, and if it is a mecha that relies on soul power, maybe even they can easily pilot.
"No, you also have to win the mech competition held by the school every year." Sean said, "If you are interested, you can sign up, the competition will be in the next semester, and all students can participate, but except for the mecha department and the battleship command department, students from other departments have basically not been able to enter the semi-finals." β
Finally, Sean raised an eyebrow and asked, "How's it going?" If you want to participate, I can accommodate you in applying for a pass to the mecha training hall. β
The students immediately let out a voice of disappointment.
"We didn't study this major, and I haven't even touched a mecha in my life." Someone said unhappily, "And genetic level is also a problem, even if you go to training, it is useless." β
While the students complained, Shen Ling intensified his vision and looked at the glowing object.
It is a glass house, and the "Poseidon" is displayed in the glass house, with a navy-blue fuselage as deep as the ocean, and it can be seen that every part is carefully built by the maker, and it is as perfect as a work of art.
He wanted this mech.
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After the outdoor class of this day, Shen Ling went to find Teacher Sean.
Teacher Sean asked in surprise, "Do you want to participate in the mecha competition?" "When he was in outdoor class, he just talked casually, but he didn't expect that there were really students who were not afraid of death coming to him.
"Yes."
"It's not that I'm hitting you, with your genetic level and physical fitness, it's a question of whether you can even fly a mecha."
"I know, I'll try."
"There are some things that don't work hard to succeed." Looking at Shen Ling's expression of reluctance to give up, Sean said helplessly, "Okay, I'll go get you a pass for the mecha training hall, with that pass, you can enter the mecha training hall, but mecha training is not something you can do well as soon as you get hot." β
"I know." Shen Ling replied, "Thank you." β
A few days later, Sean handed over the completed mecha training hall pass to Shen Ling.
That night, Shen Ling happened to be free and went to the mecha training hall.
Shen Ling took a turn in the training hall, except for the physical training room, he didn't know how to operate the other equipment. He asked a few people, but when they saw that he was not wearing a special school uniform from the mecha department, they all ignored him.
"It's better for you to train your fitness first." Ash prompted. "In terms of physical training, I can give you some advice."
Shen Ling was about to go to the physical training room, but after hearing the students around him excitedly talking about the mecha competition, he changed his mind.
"The match between His Highness Ludwig and the third-year senior is about to begin, and there are not many opportunities to watch His Highness play up close." The students in dark green uniforms shouted excitedly, "If you don't go, there will be no place!" β
Shen Ling followed the crowd to the competition room on the third floor, the competition room was already crowded, Shen Ling was only crowded on the periphery, and he could barely see the live broadcast of the game on the giant screen on the wall.
A great game!
Shen Ling, who rarely watched mecha competitions, had a new understanding of mecha after this game, and it turned out that for ordinary people, a mecha like a giant could also make so many difficult movements so dexterously.
In particular, the white mecha piloted by Ludwig moved incredibly fast, beating the black mecha to the point where there was no place to fight back.
After the game, Shen Ling stood in place for a long time because of shock.
"Maybe you can ask Ludwig to teach you how to fly a mech." "He's very powerful, several times more powerful than that black mecha."
After the game, most of the crowd dispersed. Ludwig got off the mech, and someone immediately brought a towel and vitamin water.
Because the crowd gradually dispersed, Shen Ling, who was standing on the periphery, deliberately strengthened his vision in order to see the game, so he saw from a long distance that it was something that the peach-eyed boy named Hicks gave to Ludwig. The beautiful Hicks stood beside the handsome Ludwig, and the two beauties formed a pleasing picture.
"Do you think Hicks and His Highness are a good match?"
"Of course, the first mecha department and the first mecha manufacturing department, the two of them still seem to be partners. Hey, don't go outside and say that, you'll be beaten to death by those girls. β
"I'm not an idiot."
"Your path is derailed." Phoenix couldn't help but smile and said, "Won't you teach me a lesson?"
"They're a good match." Shen Ling said, inexplicably feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart.
When Shen Ling turned to leave, Ludwig looked over here with some feeling, Shen Ling, who was wearing the uniforms of other departments, was particularly conspicuous among a group of students in dark green school uniforms, so Ludwig saw Shen Ling at a glance.
"Your Highness, what's wrong?" Hicks asked with concern.
"Nothing." Ludwig shook his head, Shen Ling had been avoiding him recently, and he still hadn't bothered him.
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A few days later, I don't know if it was to avoid embarrassing Shen Ling or because something happened, Ludwig went to the Red Fort and never came back. A few weeks passed without any waves, and a post by an anonymous person on the official fan forum of the cosmic network Ludwig exploded like a depth charge in Ludwig's fan community.
Theme: The protagonist who was hugged by Princess Luden in the photo a few weeks ago has been found!
Content: The person His Highness picked up at the banquet of the Red Keep was Shen Ling of the Animal Tamer Department of the Saint-Cyr Comprehensive College, this person relied on all kinds of shameless means to deceive His Highness, and now His Highness and him live in the same dormitory.
There are a lot of photos of Shen Ling secretly taken in the post, including photos of Shen Ling and Ludwig when they were together.
In just an hour, the post was followed by nearly a thousand replies.
His Highness's Little Black: It's too despicable, how can there be such a person. His Highness belongs to all of us, how can he be so shameless!
His Highness Honey Road: Huh? I thought that person was Hicks of our department, after all, Hicks wanted to climb into the bed of the road hall and wanted to go crazy, but I didn't expect someone to be one step faster than him. Hahaha, a good show.
Lu Dian's crazy meal: I am so angry that I look so ugly and come to hook up with our Highness!
I'm really a little black: the skin is not dark at all, is there something wrong?
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Just one day after the post was published, it immediately received hundreds of millions of views.
And Shen Ling, the party to the post, didn't know anything about it.
In the morning, when Shen Ling went to the Beast Tamer Department Building, he found that many people were peeking at him on the road, and some people even pointed at him in front of him. Shen Ling's heart was full of doubts, and it wasn't until he arrived in the classroom that Amy rushed to him and muttered to him in a mess that he knew that it was his relationship with Ludwig that was exposed.
"Oh my God, Shen Ling, do you really live in the same dormitory as Ludwig?" Amy asked in amazement.
Shen Ling replied lightly: "It's just a roommate." β
"You're going to be killed!" Amy worried, "There are already people on the fan network who are posting, saying that they will arrest you and torture you, and ask how you seduced Your Highness." In fact, there are more brutal posts, but Amy doesn't want to scare Shen Ling.
"Are you sick?" Shen Ling frowned slightly, "I didn't seduce him." Well, on the other hand, it was indeed Ludwig who he seduced.
"Fans don't care!" Amy said sourly, "I don't know that you and Your Highness know each other. β
"......" Shen Ling didn't know how to explain his relationship with Ludwig.
Amy saw that Shen Ling was upset, so she didn't ask much, and only said to him worriedly: "Be careful lately, Your Highness's fans are crazy." β
Shen Ling had a little headache, just the excitement of those fans on the day of admission, did he dare to be careless?
In the next few days, as long as Shen Ling went out, he would try to choose those places with fewer people in the spirit of twelve.
But there are some things that can't be avoided after all, and what should come will still come.
On Sunday night, when he returned from working at Granny Maria's candy store, Shen Ling was blocked by a group of people on a path outside the school.
When Shen Ling saw the crowd approaching, he knew that something was wrong, and turned around and wanted to escape, but there was also a group of people coming from behind, and at a cursory glance, the two groups of people added up to at least fifty people, most of them were women, and only one or two men were mixed in.
"It's this slut hooking up with our Highness!" The woman in the lead screamed. "Hit him!"
A lot of things happened very quickly.
First, the street lights on the trail shattered with a "snap", and the trail fell into darkness, and then the crowd scuffled together.
"Whew, which bastard hit me?"
"You're typing! Damn, you dare to beat me up, see if I don't beat you to death. β
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The screams, the insults, the sound of fists pounding on the body were chaotic.
Shen Ling, who was squeezed out of the crowd, looked helplessly at the boys and girls who were dancing in the dark, it was really hard for Ludwig to have such a large number of brainless fans with murderous combat power. If it weren't for him breaking the street lamp with his soul power in time, and then strengthening his five senses, taking advantage of the chaos to escape from the crowd and being beaten by such a group of people, he would really have suffered it.
Although Shen Ling was not beaten, his coat was ripped off, and he didn't know where he threw it, and now he was only wearing a short T, and the jade necklace that Celia gave him was hanging outside.
Caitlin had been hiding around the corner and watching this qiΔ coldly, she had planned these people to come to Shen Ling's trouble, but she wouldn't be stupid enough to participate in this battle herself.
"How the damn street lamp is broken." Caitlyn scolded and turned on the lights to illuminate them, and when she found out that the idiots had turned green after beating themselves, she shouldn't have expected these idiots to have intelligence!
Suddenly, she noticed that someone was walking towards her, and the green pendant on the man's chest stood out in the darkness.
That's Ludwig's pendant necklace!
Caitlin had once seen Queen Gohra show her in a photograph of Ludwig as a child.
"You!" She jumped out and couldn't suppress her crazy jealousy and scolded Shen Ling sharply, "You shameless thief, you actually stole His Highness's necklace!" β
The person who suddenly jumped out startled Shen Ling, but he cared more about what this person said in a scream.
"Whose necklace do you think this is?"
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At the same time in the Red Castle, Ludwig's bedroom. His brain rang "dripping", and Ludwig, who was infinitely depressed, opened his brain to request a video call from his grandfather, and he agreed.
"Don't you seem happy?" Pan Yi, who was in a good mood, asked with a smile. "Isn't the relationship with that kid going well?"
Ludwig sighed, no matter who was rejected again and again by the person he liked, he would not be happy.
"Sue you with a piece of good news."
"What's the news?"
"I've already investigated the whereabouts of the little black you're looking for."
"Investigated? Where is he? Aquamarine? β
"No, he's in Kamilia." Pan Yi happily slowed down his speech, "He is the person you liked last time, you see if this is fate, even if you don't know that he is Xiao Hei, you still like him." β
"You mean Shen Ling is Xiao Hei?"
"That's right! Absolutely nothing wrong, I have information here......"
Ludwig didn't listen to the rest of Pan Yi's words, and only the words that Shen Ling said to him were left in his mind.
"I've liked someone for eight years, and in those eight years, she's become all I believe in."
Liked it for eight years?
Why didn't he think about it earlier! He and Xiao Hei have also been separated for eight years, and Xiao Hei also has a Mickey Mouse Beast by his side, and Xiao Hei is also from Xiali Island in Sea Blue Star!
Shen Ling is Xiao Hei!
The person that Shen Ling had liked for eight years, and the person who had become all the people in Shen Ling's heart for eight years, turned out to be himself!