The result of the duel was not as good as the few noble elves wanted, but the elven queen and the elders enjoyed it and were very satisfied.

Back in the main hall, the Elven Empress specially praised Emily and Bai Yunying, and gave them money to encourage them.

On the way home, Bai Yunying began to feel sleepy again, I carried her to Xiao Squeak's back, covered her with a coat, and she fell asleep like this.

Emily wasn't the slightest bit sleepy, but she seemed a little absent-minded, and I leaned over and asked softly, "What's wrong?" ”

Emily looked at me and didn't speak, well, it was a very unusual reaction.

In order to find out, I decided to find a time to be alone with her and ask her again.

When I got home, Emily went to the bathroom, and when she came out, she sat on the sofa and kept silent, because Emily is not a talkative person, no one noticed Emily's abnormality, uh, that's not right, Cagalli found that Emily was a little wrong, but she wasn't sure if this feeling was correct, so she whispered in my ear that she had doubts.

After hearing this, I shook my head and said, "There are many people now, I'm afraid she won't say even if I ask, I think I will let her be quiet first, and I'll find time to ask her tomorrow." ”

Cagalli thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay, then please." ”

I answered, and continued to lean back on the couch in a daze.

Nothing happened overnight.

In the early hours of the next morning, I woke up early.

As usual, Emily had done a simple grooming and practiced her sword in the yard.

I quietly got up, covered Bai Yunying and Remy with blankets, and then tiptoed into the yard.

After entering the courtyard, I stretched my waist and greeted her: "Morning." ”

Emily's body trembled slightly, then she slowed down, inserted her saber into her scabbard, exhaled softly, turned her head to me, and said, "Morning." ”

This is the first time she has stopped to say hello to me, and since yesterday, she has been abnormal twice.

"Can you talk for a while?" I asked her.

Emily nodded, and we sat down facing each other.

I saw a few drops of sweat hanging from her sideburns and couldn't fall off the ends of her hair, so I raised my hand and gently wiped the sweat droplets away for her, but unexpectedly, this action made Emily stiffen.

"What's wrong with you?" I was puzzled.

"I ......," she muttered for a while, before she said again, "It's the first time I've asked a man to wipe my sweat, and I'm a little uncomfortable." ”

"Hey, that's the case," I smiled, "It's okay, I'll wipe your sweat a few more times and you'll get used to it." ”

Emily's cheeks were slightly red, but only for a moment.

Seeing that she had regained her composure, I said, "Seeing that you have been absent-minded since yesterday, is there something that bothers you?" ”

Emily was silent, her head hanging slightly, her long silver hair glowing intoxicatingly in the early morning sun.

I saw that she was silent for a long time, so I said, "If it's inconvenient to say, then don't say it, I'm just idle and have nothing to do, hehe." ”

"No," Emily said lightly, "It's not inconvenient, I just feel a little lost." ”

"Lost?" I wondered, "Why do you have such emotions?" ”

Emily exhaled lightly and said, "All along, I have never lost against my peers, but yesterday, I lost. ”

"Defeated?" I was even more puzzled: "What did you say defeated?" ”

"Yesterday's duel."

"That's not right," I said, "Didn't yesterday's duel say it was a draw?" And I also saw that in the end, neither of you had the strength to fight anymore, it was a draw! ”

"No, you're blinded, you're all blinded" Emily said: "At the end of the battle, the person who really fell because of the loss of strength was me, Bai Yunying's physical strength was exhausted, and he was pretended. ”

"Huh?" I was stunned: "Really, fake?" No, no, I remember that Bai Yunying was just like you at that time, her face was pale and sweating......"

"I did because I was out of strength, but how she did it, I don't know," Emily said.

"Then how did you know she wasn't out of strength?" I couldn't help but ask.

"She cast a cushioning spell on me before I fell to the ground, so that I wouldn't get hurt when I landed," Emily said, "and, after she landed, she quietly raised her index and middle fingers at me and made a triumphant gesture, and I was hoping to even hook a finger." ”

"That's a big gap...... I said silently in my heart.

Emily has always grown up in the pursuit of everyone, although the personality has not become arrogant and uninhibited, but Lone Gao is still deep in her bones, and has always engraved her own strongest concept among her peers in her heart, this time she suddenly met a strong person of the same age like Bai Yunying, and also lost to her, it is not easy to be blackened on the spot, but the gap between the truth and the ideal will still make her feel lost, which is inevitable.

I looked back and saw that the two girls in the living room were sleeping soundly, and no one was moving around in the room, so I put my mind at ease, raised my right hand, gently put it on top of Emily's head, and rubbed her hair: "Victory and defeat are common, don't be discouraged because of a failure, the days to come will be long, work hard, and take back the title of the strongest, besides, don't you feel bored to be in the strongest position all the time?" Moreover, if you are always the strongest, can you still measure whether you are still growing? Only by constantly catching up with others, and then constantly surpassing others, will you get unexpected excitement and happiness, don't you think? ”

The moment I put my hand on top of Emily's head, her body stiffened again, and as I gently rubbed her hair, her body swayed in the direction I kneaded, like a small tree fluttering in the wind.

After dozens of seconds of touching her head, Emily gradually got used to this feeling, and she squinted slightly, feeling the warmth brought by touching her head.

Emily's hair is very smooth, different from Barbara's fluffy feeling, well, in terms of feel and comfort, Barbara's small head is more comfortable.

After touching it for a while, I slowly removed my hand, and after a while, Emily slowly opened her eyes, the sense of loss on her face dissipated a lot, she slowly got up, drew her sword, and began to practice again.

I lay on the grass and watched her practice her sword.

In fact, it's not that I don't want to practice swords, but because the big sword is too big to use, and my sword skills are very violent, and the range of movement is large, which is not suitable for practicing in the yard.

After eating, we headed for the dungeon as usual, and halfway through, the royal guards came to me and said that the Elven Empress had summoned us.

Actually, I'm not happy to delay the time to meet the elf empress, but I have already done the position of an elder in someone else's country, not only enjoy the rights and treatment, but also eat the country's food, as the so-called short hands and short mouths of people, take so much advantage, you can't even give some face.

Sighing, I had to go with them to the Elven Palace.

(End of chapter)