At the end of the song, Kenneth sat motionless in the dark living room.

Suddenly, there was a small movement in the doorway, followed by the sound of a man walking on the carpet with slippers.

"Kenny, what are you doing sitting here alone?" These were Mick's soft, surprised words.

As far back as I can remember, Mick's voice has always felt soft and gentle from the bottom of my heart, just like he had always felt to Kenneth.

Kenneth doesn't know what he's feeling right now, angry? Saddened? Disappointed? It seems to have all of them, and it seems that there are none. After just sitting here for an hour, all the emotions returned to calm, as if they were swallowed up by some deeper emotion in the bottom of my heart, and turned into a numb calm.

Kenneth slowly got up, his dark eyes shining in the darkness, exhaled heavily, and then said to Mick, "Mick, do you remember what day it is?" ”

Mick thought about it carefully, but because he used his brain too much, he only felt a feeling of dizziness coming to him, and his body couldn't help shaking, but fortunately, Kenneth could now see at night as much as he did during the day, and he quickly helped Mick with his eyes.

"Something has been wrong with you lately, aren't you just learning magic? Why so desperate? Kenneth looked at Mick Dao worriedly.

Mick shook his head, propped himself up and looked at Kenneth and asked, "What day is today?" ”

Kenneth placed the sapphire in his hand in Mick's palm and said calmly, "Today is your twelfth birthday. Mick. Happy birthday. ”

Mick opened his mouth in surprise, looked at Kenneth and asked, "You asked me to come back early this afternoon to celebrate my birthday?" ”

Kenneth nodded, then put his right hand on Mick's shoulder and said in a low voice, "Mick, if you still think of me as your brother, tell me about your troubles." ”

"I'll help you whenever you need me."

After saying these two words, Kenneth walked straight upstairs with heavy steps.

And Mick stood there dumbfounded, feeling the coldness of the sapphire in his palm, he would not not know the value of a sapphire of such size and quality, even for a nobleman like himself, it was a valuable gift, he could imagine Kenneth's entanglement when he bought this gift, it may be money that Kenneth's parents could not earn in their lifetime, but he still chose to buy it as a birthday gift for himself.

However, I didn't show up for the appointment.

Tears welled up in his eyes at once.

"I'm sorry...... Kenny ...... "Mick choked up as he held the sapphire in his hand to his chest.

I know you've been protecting me. From childhood to adulthood, from the day we met, it was like this.

However, this time it was a battle that belonged to me alone.

I will fight alone.

So, please forgive me.

My best brother.

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Six years ago. Tushan Town.

A little blonde boy fell under a tree, and in front of him were three boys who were stronger than him, holding books he had stolen from his father's study.

"Give it back, give it back to me." Mick, who was only six years old, stood up and patted the dust on his knees, but his fine jacket and shorts had become dirty, and his blue eyes glistened with tears, pointing timidly at the three older children.

"If you don't pay it back, you won't pay it back! Take it yourself! The tallest boy held the book above his head and stuck out his tongue at Mick. It's just that one of the upper front teeth is half broken, which looks quite funny.

Mick hurried up to him and reached out to try to snatch the book back, but the boy pushed him so hard that he fell to the ground again, accidentally breaking his knee.

"That's, that's my dad's book, please give it back ......to me," Mick couldn't help but cry as he spoke, and stood up and wiped his tears and begged for a three.

"Oh~Master Mick is crying again~Bob, you're going to be beaten by the noble master~" The other boy laughed and sarcastic.

"Hey, you know crying, hey, aren't you the little master of the noble lord's family? Why do you cry so much? The big boy named "Bob" laughed loudly at Mick, walked up to Mick and pushed him to the ground again, "What else can you do but cry?!" ”

After saying that, the three of them wanted to reach out and pull Mick's hair.

"Hey, enough for the three of you, right? What kind of hero is bullying foreign children, do you want to play with me? Suddenly, a loud and loud voice sounded from behind the three of them.

When the three of them turned to look, they saw Kenneth, who was wearing a coarse cloth short-sleeved shorts, standing not far away, looking at the three of them with disdain in his eyes.

At that time, Kenneth was slightly taller and stronger than Mick, and he still looked a little thin in front of the three older children.

"Kenneth, don't meddle! If you want to talk nonsense again, even you will be beaten together! Bob threatened Kenneth Road.

"Yo, Bob, you haven't done a fight in a few days, it looks like you're going to rebel?! Last time, I just broke half of your front teeth, and it seems that you don't want the remaining half anymore, huh? Kenneth said even more arrogantly.

Bob couldn't help but flash the memory of the last time in his mind, and subconsciously covered his front teeth, but then reacted and pointed at Kenneth and shouted, "I'll tell you, Kenneth!" Don't be so arrogant with some little tricks your father gave you, there are three of us now! ”

"Don't talk nonsense, either get out of the way, or come and fight with me! Take your pick! Kenneth raised his chin defiantly.

Bob and the other two buddies looked at each other and nodded, "Okay!" Look at me if I can't clean you up this time! ”

"I just wanted to try a trick that Daddy taught me!" Kenneth screamed and rushed towards the trio.

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A minute later.

The three Bobs looked at Kenneth, who was lying on the ground with a blue nose and swollen face, covered his blue and purple face, and scolded: "You bastard, I thought you wanted to play some tricks? Didn't we beat you down? ”

Kenneth snorted coldly and said stiffly: "This is the trick that my father taught me, when there are many people, I will catch someone and beat him, no matter what happens in the end, I will not suffer!" Hmph, Bob, you know how good I'm doing, right? ”

"You're a madman! Forget it, I don't bother with crazy people! Let's go. Ah, it hurts me, this guy just punches me in the face......" Bob complained loudly as he dropped his book and beckoned his partner to leave.

Mick sobbed and walked over to Kenneth, picked up the book and held it in his arms, sat down and looked down at Kenneth and said, "Thank you, thank you." ”

Kenneth's face was swollen like a steamed bun from a lot of punches, and his already not very handsome face became even more difficult to see. Kenneth saw Mick thanking him, so he waved his hand heroically and said, "What do you want to say thanks for such a trivial matter?" I'm a man who wants to be a hero, how can I turn a blind eye to those in need?! ”

A look of adoration appeared in Mick's eyes: "Ying, hero?!" It's amazing! ”

Kenneth sat up, the corners of his mouth raised, and he said with a rather miserable smile: "Hehe, awesome, right?" That's my dream! ”

"Y-What's your name?" Mick asked.

"My name is Kenneth, you can call me Kenny. Don't worry, if those guys come to trouble you again, you come to me, and I'll help you get rid of them!" Also, if you encounter any difficulties, you can come to me, and I will help you solve them! Kenneth was unashamed.

Mick, on the other hand, nodded reassuringly.

"What about you? What is your name? Kenneth wondered.

"Mi, Mick." Mick replied in a panic.

"Oh~ Then I'll call you Micky. Okay, then from today onwards, we are friends! Kenneth announced loudly.

Mick's eyes flashed with surprise and said, "Is it really possible?" Can I be friends with you?! ”

"Of course, well, I think we're going to be very good friends." Kenneth said after looking Mick up and down.

"Yes, yes......" Mick let out a smirk.

"Well, then," Kenneth said, holding out his hand, pretending to be an adult, "nice to meet you, Mick. ”

Mick was amused by Kenneth's tone, and also reached out to squeeze Kenneth's somewhat rough hand, and happily lowered his voice, "I'm glad to meet you, Kenny, too." ”

Then the two looked at each other and laughed.

This was the first meeting between the two.

It's just that as he grows older, one person has never changed, but the other person has changed a little after all.

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Over the next few days, Mick could feel the disgruntled stares from the other people in the villa from time to time, and Brandon even went out of his way to scold Mick for being unworthy. All Mick can do is silently keep these things in his heart, and then continue to bury his head in the vast magical world, like a maggot that only feeds on magical knowledge, frantically sucking the nutrients he needs.

So the magic football game about Ming's stay came as scheduled.

April 25th. Thursday. Nine o'clock in the morning.

After a brief opening ceremony and a speech by the student president, the 216th Magic Football Club of the Lutheran Academy of Magic officially kicked off with the dimming of the light of the sky stone at the top of the Lutheran Tower.

The draw for the competition ended yesterday, with 20 teams from each year group, with Year 1 students placed in Group C and a semi-final against the Year 2 winners from Group D.

The six-a-side football team in Phil House was standing in the waiting area, seemingly discussing the tactics to be adopted for the game later, but on closer inspection, it was not.

"Kenny, you guy's luck is really good enough!" Brandon complained.

Since there is only one venue, the competition is played in order according to the order of the four groups of ABCD. Unfortunately, Kenneth's draw resulted in the first match of Group C, and the countdown to the first game of Group B was about to begin.

"Hey, isn't that good? Go back to rest early than early......" Kenneth laughed dryly, but in his heart he scolded the fire dragon's protection.

It turns out that this is also one of the protection of the fire dragon, called "the doom of the fire dragon", that is, in the event of a probability event, it is bound to get the worst result, unfortunately, Kenneth did not learn about this attribute bonus until yesterday, which made him very depressed for a long time.

Auston nodded, "It's true that it's not a good thing to be the first to play, so that we can keep an eye on our opponents." After all, to play against Rickon's team, we have to win at least two games! ”

The group stage is divided into three processes, starting with two rounds of knockout rounds between 20 teams, and then a draw will be held after five teams are decided, one of which has a bye to enter the third round of the draw, and one team can also have a bye to enter the final to determine the group winner. This makes the game a contest of strength and luck.

Auston's statement made Kenneth feel weak again, to say that the negative luck bonus of this "Fire Dragon's Doom" is really not covered, they drew the game number is "1", and Rickon they are "20", so according to this fortune, if Kenneth continues to draw lots, it is estimated that they can only meet Rickon's team in the group finals.

"Alright, that's the end of the lottery." Kenneth interrupted, "Remember our tactics! There are only six of us, but we will win! Just like you did in training! ”

Everyone nodded, and there was only confidence in their eyes, which invisibly eliminated the original tension.

"Let's do it once, then," Kenneth said with a smile as he stretched out his hand to look at the crowd, "Phil, win!" ”

Brandon smiled and put his right hand on the back of Kenneth's hand, and said loudly, "Phil, win!" ”

"Fer, win!" Mona held out her hand and said playfully.

"Fer, win!" Lisa Mune's voice rang out.

"Fer, win!" Auston was also infected by the emotion at this time, and folded his hand on the back of Lisa's hand, and said happily.

"Fer, win!" But it was Kevin who pressed his left hand on the back of Auston's hand, and raised his wand with his right hand and wrote in the air.

"One, two, three," shouted the group, pressing their hands down, "Fer, victory!" ”

"The Year 1 Group C competition is about to begin, please invite the players of Team Fil and Team Moes to enter!" Soon, a mature female voice reached the ears of everyone in the Phil Mansion through the Echo Stone.

"Good! Let's go! Kenneth grinned, walked in front and raised his right fist.

"Good!" The crowd replied with a loud voice.

A game that subverts the imagination of the audience is about to begin.