Okay, I'll admit that I was cute with Philnet, so I unknowingly added a role to him, and even Fei Lengcui, who was supposed to be the main part of this chapter, was kicked aside by me.

By the way, Philnet knows the unicorn Opal, who is also a companion of the previous son of Gaia.

I can't help it, who made me have little resistance to the reserved and considerate loyal dog rider with a little sesame bag (Crowd: When have you ever had resistance?) ）

Sure enough, if you want to get married, you still have to choose a knight...... But even if you fall in love, it's not enough to be angry if you really fall in love with a knight← this is the real feeling of writing Fate/Choice.

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Sword 9 (Reversed): Reason for fear.

、？？？ ・The secret land of the lake

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Because he had permission from Dumbledore to skip classes without worrying about attendance, Opal, with the acquiescence of Vivien and Charon, used the Chrono Returner almost insanely repeatedly to save time to consult the books kept in the Library of the Lake's Secret Realm, and at the same time received martial arts instruction from Philnet, the "Thestrals", although Opal went in straight and came out lying down every time.

Vivien didn't say anything about Opal's situation, but Caron, Emerald and Ronan, who occasionally came to the secret realm of the lake because they were allowed to do so, were distressed to death.

But because of Opal's own insistence, they can only adopt the self-hypnosis method of "out of sight is clean".

However, although the growth of the body was suppressed by the effect of the potion, the constant use of the Temporal Returner for the same time period of time was also a great mental drain on Opal.

After at least a full month of accumulation in the world of the Time Returner in reality, Philnet, who couldn't stand it, directly knocked Opal who was trying to use the Time Returner again with a neat leg whip + hand knife - and then Opal fell asleep for a full day and a half.

After that, the frightened Charon and Philemeralds immediately temporarily confiscated Opal's time returner, and asked Opal to rest for the next two and a half days.

In fact, Opal still wanted to persevere, but after seeing Vivian's smiling expression and Philnet's cold face on the side, he still chose to be obedient very obedient - some people in this world can be perfunctory, but some people can only be the emperor.

Merely...... Maybe I was too busy before, so the first feeling I had when I took a break now was ......

[Kind of boring......]

Lying on his chin in a hammock in the woods of the lake's secret realm, Opal half-hid his mouth and yawned slightly.

{Miss Opal, why are you trying so hard?} }

Shrinking his body and coiled around the edge of the hammock made of magic rattan, Nagini asked, puzzled.

It can be said that some time ago it was really frightened by Opal's secretly almost crazy actions.

[It's always good to have a little more at your fingertips, isn't it?] ]

Lying on his chin in the hammock, Opal's interest seemed to be studying the direction of the rattan texture at the moment, and he replied absent-mindedly.

{But there's no need to rush it, do you?} This way is too harmful to your body, and the owner may not approve of you doing it. }

Nagini was genuinely dissuaded.

It wasn't that it was dissatisfied with the little master's spirit of studying, but for a move like Opal's, Nagini felt inexplicably as if she was afraid of something—but maybe?

[Nagini, how much do you think you know things?] ]

{Miss, I'm just a magic snake, what do I need to know so much?} }

In response to Nagini's incomprehensible rhetorical question, Opal shrugged his shoulders: [Hehe, that's right. It's because it's just a magic snake, so it's so easy to see, right? ]

{What's wrong?} Nagini didn't understand. }

Turning over his body lightly, Opal sighed and blocked his eyes: [It's because I know more things, so I found out that there is a big gap between me and him......]

Opal is well aware that there are some things that cannot be said even to Nagini.

The more you know, the more you will feel the gap between you and Riddle when you talk.

Although it is not clear why Riddle looks so young to know so many things, he is not willing to have to look at his back from a distance.

What is useless, even if it is abandoned, it should be.

Such thoughts have existed since he was "Situ Lingran", and there is no possibility of being corrected in the current world, not to mention that Opal himself agrees with this sentence.

If you can't catch up with Riddle, will you be discarded?

It's like...... Situ Lingran in the past...... The same.

The possibility of this question, every time Opal thinks about it, he feels chills in his heart and chills all over his body, and then all he can do is to try harder to keep his brain busy to think about such a problem.

Would be left by Riddle for such a thing......

No matter how many times I think about it, I always feel that it is unacceptable.

"Opal."

Just as Opal was lying in a daze in the hammock, a cold voice sounded.

[Ah, it's Mr. Thestrals.] ]

Turning his head to look at the visitor, Opal showed a big smile, [Didn't Miss Vivien seize the opportunity to arrange for you to go out on a mission today?] ]

"There's something wrong with her."

Walking to Opal's hammock without any error, Philnet raised his hand and picked up the book that Opal had spread out next to the hammock and put it down again, "Better?" ”

[Well, it's okay.] ]

Nodding vigorously, Opal got up from the hammock and stretched, touching the power clasp on his wrist, [If it weren't for the strict prohibition in the past two days, I would probably want to find Mr. Thestrals for training now.] ]

“……”

Philnet sat down on the edge of the hammock and raised her hand to run through Opal's hair, "Scared? ”？！！

The pigeon's blood-red eyes widened suddenly, and after a moment Opal scratched his cheek with a wry smile, [I thought I had good control...... Is it so obvious? ]

Philnet didn't speak, but the movements of his hands didn't stop.

Although it was the same action of stroking her hair, Filknight felt completely different from Riddle, a little less intimate and a little more polite - but Opal inexplicably felt that the feeling of Fairknight stroking her hair was not so much to soothe her as to miss something through this action.

[the ......]

It's not that Opal is sensitive, it's just that she doesn't like the feeling of seeing someone through her.

Because that would be a denial of her existence as "Opal" - after experiencing the dream that made her uncomfortable just thinking about it.

"You are our Highness."

After saying this, Philnet picked up a strand of Opal's hair and kissed it gently, "We're all by your side." ”

He's ...... Comforting her?

[Mr. Thestrals, thank you, only...... There are some things that I have to figure out on my own. ]

Opal looked at Philnet stunned, then looked away curly, [I'm sorry to worry you......]

Philnet shook her head slightly, then stood up and held out her hand to Opal.

[Huh?] ]

Blinking, Opal, who didn't react at all, tilted his head, looking at his martial arts instructor with great innocence, and his puzzled look was obvious without saying it.

"Night Watch."

Two simple words, but Opal's eyes lit up: [Didn't you say that I was banned? ]

"Emerald Jade."

After a slight pause, Philnet spoke again, "Follow me." ”

[Mr. Thestrals, thank you so much.] ]

Immediately reacting to Fairnet's meaning that the night patrol was accompanied by Philantrite, and asking himself not to leave him, Opal curled his eyebrows and smiled brightly, and at the same time reached out to take Filknight's outstretched hand, and jumped out of the hammock.

"Charon."

When Opal landed on the ground, he let go of his hand, and Philnet's voice was soft.

[But if it weren't for the presence of Mr. Thestrals, I believe that even if there was a Fei Leng Emerald following, Charon would not have agreed to let me come out, right?] ]

Knowing that Philnet meant that she thanked the wrong person, Opal waved his hand absently and stretched again, [Speaking of which, Mr. Thestrals, it's time for me to change the weight on my body, right?] ]

"Double."

Glancing at the power buckle on Opal's limbs, Philnet's fingertips tapped the pattern on the power buckle in turn, and after the light flashed, Opal looked down at his wrist that was almost a science sink with a bitter face: [Mr. Thestrals, wasn't it two kilograms and two kilograms added before?] How did it double this time? ]

You must know that the weight on her body was originally eight kilograms, but this time it has doubled to sixteen kilograms!

“…… Fulfillment of your requirements......"

After dropping these words, Filnet turned and walked in the direction of the Tree of Life in the Secret Realm of the Lake.

[Mr. Thestrals, is it okay to discuss...... This weight of twelve kilograms is fine, and sixteen kilograms at once to maintain the previous training amount, it will be dead! ]

Opal immediately followed, pulling someone by the corner of his coat.

"Noisy again, twenty."

An understatement made Opal shut up in an instant, and he puffed up his face.

Mr. Thestrals bully!

What does it mean that "the situation is stronger than the person"? That's the case right now.

Opal, who was muttering in her heart, didn't see it, and as she looked away and puffed out her face to the ground, Filnet's face turned in her direction.

The eyes that had been closed tightly were opened and then closed, and the pure white eyes without pupils flashed away.

What flows through it is nostalgia from the depths of the soul, as well as sadness.

=========================I'm the dividing line ====================== the switch scene

Hogwarts: The Forbidden Forest

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After arriving at the centaur station in the Forbidden Forest through a special waypoint and greeting the prepared Emerald Filipino, Opal sat on his side and half-held his neck after getting permission from Philnet.

Fei Leng Emerald on the side was a little unhappy - you know, this was his exclusive privilege after winning Ronan before!

It's just that he also knows that as the "Thestrals", one of the five elders who stand at the apex of the natural magic biological world, Filknight can allow Opal to sit on it, which is already a very friendly performance.

[Strange ......]

Half-holding Philnet's neck, which had turned into Thestrals, Opal felt inexplicably panicked.

The four hooves were glowing with blue flames, and Philnet, who was half-suspended in the air, stopped moving forward, and turned his head sideways to look at Opal, the question was obvious.

[I always feel that tonight's Forbidden Forest ...... It felt very wrong. ]

Unable to control the chill that came up from within, Opal subconsciously hugged Philnet's neck, [Mr. Thestrals...... Shall we go back? ]

Wrong...... Something, something very wrong......

Although there was an aura in the Forbidden Forest that made Opal feel very familiar, the aura that should have made her feel familiar and close was now a cold chill that made her feel from the bottom of her heart.

It's like putting you in an ice cellar......

There was a stirring voice in my heart.

No, it shouldn't be like this, Mingming, Mingming......

Scratching at his hair in a fidget, Opal struggled to find the right adjective to describe the inexplicable feeling.

"His Highness Opal?"

At this time, not only Philnet, but even Fei Lengcui, who was following them, sensed Opal's uneasiness, and stopped a little worried, "What's wrong with you?" ”

[Nothing ......]

Instinctively, he didn't seem to be able to explain why, so Opal had to choose another aspect, [It's just that it's so late, why are there still people in the Forbidden Forest?] ]

"Anyone?!"

Emerald was stunned for a moment, almost immediately drawn to the content of Opal's words, and then frowned, "Could it be Hagrid?" ”

[If you're worried, go over and take a look.] ]

Opal said softly, [In my perception, it seems like it's not just a person.] ]

"But ......"

[Don't forget that there is Mr. Thestrals.] ]

With that, Opal turned to look at Philnet, [Is that okay?] ]

Knowing that his Thestrals-like centaurs couldn't be seen, Philnet opened his mouth and made a sound.

"Well, please."

After receiving the king's promise, Fei Lengcui immediately ran in the direction that Opal was pointing with confidence.

[Mr. Thestrals.] ]

Reaching out and gently patting Filnet's slender neck, a hint of anticipation flashed in Opal's blood-red eyes, and he whispered, "We...... Let's go along and have a look, right? ]

I was still scared, but I ...... She couldn't ignore the familiar feeling.

What's more, she didn't want to see Fei Lengcui hurt either.

Turning his head, he didn't speak, but Philnet jumped into the air and ran in the direction that Fei Leng Emerald had left.

Although he always looks taciturn...... But Mr. Yeqi is still as gentle as ever.

Half hugging Filnet's neck, Opal smiled and bent his eyebrows.

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What is that?

After following the ominous aura to the sky above the accident site, looking at the scene in the forest below, Opal's mind was blank at the moment.

The black spirit of pure magic that was lying on the unicorn's body and sucking its blood did give Opal the idea that "that's Riddle......

Opal had never doubted her sharp instincts, but it was precisely because she didn't doubt it that she felt extremely confused at the moment...... Fear.

It's clear that there is nothing wrong with "Riddle", but it feels so strange, bloody, cold and even ...... Ruthless?!

What the hell is going on?!

Although the arm on his neck that was tightened by fear for no reason would not make him feel suffocated with the strength of Opal's arm, he still felt a little uncomfortable after all—plus Opal's condition at the moment was indeed very wrong.

Philnet reverted to her human form after casting an invisibility spell on herself, carefully hugged Opal, who didn't seem to have come back to her senses, and turned to her face with a hint of concern.

No response.

[…… Why ......]

With his hands around him, Opal muttered in a low voice.

Knowing that for Riddle, she will never have the emotion of "fear".

But why? When she had a gut feeling that the spirit in front of her, who had Riddle's senses, would attack her as a stranger as soon as it spotted her......

How will it be...... Feeling fear?