“…… Good evening, teacher, it's me, Naoba. …… Patrons just had an acute severe cold, so asked me to help with a leave of absence. …… Eun, I'll go back to school as soon as I get better. …… When? It will take up to three days. …… Don't worry, I'll take care of Patricks. …… Okay, teacher, see you tomorrow. Naoba put down the phone in his ear, looked at the photo of the two on the phone, and sighed.

"Baihui, I hope you get better soon." Naoba silently prayed for Momoe.

Although Baihui can almost be said to be dying now, now Naoba can only use the reason of acute severe cold to hide from others. After all, it is obvious that the murderer must not appear in public, so Baihui's injuries cannot be made public.

For these terrifying secrets that can be said to attract the phrase "you know too much", Naoha, as a common person, is naturally a million tight-lipped mouths.

The only luck is that Baihui's parents happened to be on a business trip during this time, and because of Baihui's interest, there were not many friends, and he was the only one who was a dead friend, so no one would find out that Baihui actually didn't have a serious cold.

And as the only dead friend of Naoha, he naturally took on the responsibility of taking care of Naoha. At least for the next few days, Naoba will spend the next few days at Momoe's house until Momoe recovers his health, just like he once was.

Of course, this is the perception and assumption of outsiders. Naturally, Naoba couldn't live in the empty house of Baihui, but really lived with Baihui, which was the incredible hut where the three of Yukikaze were.

By the way, what exactly is that place? Who are the Snow Wind? Is Patricks really okay there? Can they really cure Baihui? ……

Naoba's heart was full of countless questions, but after seeing the card in his hand that looked extremely ordinary, Naoba still had a trace of confidence in his heart.

At least, the other party is not an ordinary person.

That's probably enough for Naoba now.

[Overwatch Dragon Manshiya: Invitation Card (No.: 1), Binding: Naoba Kiritani]

It was the only sentence on that very ordinary white paper card. Other than that, there was only a lighthouse with dragon ornaments looming on the back, seemingly shrouded in mist.

It's ordinary, that's right, it's ordinary. It's so common that telling someone that this card is an incredible creation can be thrown away as waste paper by others.

Because this card is no different from the cards that are often received on the street, in storefronts, etc., including the material that can be shredded by ordinary people. There are probably no humans or machines in this world that can detect the mystery contained in this card.

But if someone really thinks that this is an ordinary card, the card that appears and disappears at will in Naoha's hand can be said to be the most direct second slap in the face.

"This card is just a credential and a key to open the door. Other than that, it doesn't do anything. Oh, by the way, don't worry, this card is directly tied to your soul core, so don't worry about losing it. There is no need to worry about being damaged, as soon as you re-summon it once, it will be restored to its original state. ”

This is how Naoba explained this when he got the summoning card. Of course, Naoba also asked about the principle, although Yukikaze also gave a detailed answer. But at best, it is still incomprehensible.

Mortals must have mortal realization. This is a point of view that Naoba understood when he almost fell asleep.

"Still, I'm curious. The original you are just a layer of disguise, so who are you in real life? Or rather, what kind of people? Snowwind, Lillian, and Chriss......"

At this time, the mother downstairs began to call her daughter for dinner: "Naoba, hurry up and come over for dinner." After eating, you have to take care of Baihui. ”

After responding, Naoba left his desk and walked towards the dining table. What lingered in his mind was Yukikaze's answer to Naoba's question.

"Here? It's just a little house to make ends meet. ”

"We are the dragon of watch, the guardian of the world, the spectator of the world."

-- Two branches of flowers, one for each (finally using this formal dividing line term---

"What's wrong?" Chrissy was eating in an absolutely elegant aristocratic lady's posture, constantly eliminating the fried rice in her bowl, and although she was talking, the speed of her meal did not decrease at all.

This is a necessary skill, and if just opening your mouth will cause a decrease in your eating speed, then you will probably not be able to eat anything for this meal.

Although there are no foodies at home, in front of enough delicious dishes, anyone is a fierce beast!

Table = Battlefield!

And the fried rice that Chrissy is eating now is made by Yukikaze, and it goes without saying how delicious it is. I didn't see that after the first bite, Elie had already completely stuffed her head into the rice bowl, and she planned to never open her mouth to do anything else before she finished eating?

As a work made by a god-level chef who has not done anything all year round, Chrissy made up her mind as soon as she got to the table: she must eat to her heart's content this time!

Produced by Xuefeng, it must be a high-quality product!

Compared with the two people around him, Xue Feng chewed slowly, and there was no sense of urgency at all. Of course, the speed of the snow wind is also the eating speed of normal people, not those gods who take a small bite and a pig's hind leg.

After all, it's a self-made dish, and no matter how delicious it is, it's impossible to eat it like a starving ghost reincarnated. Let's not say that I've long been used to eating this, even if I really want to enjoy it, I can't just fry it myself.

"But, damn it." On the side of the three, Lillian gasped and stood up with the sword in her hand, although she kept paying attention to the opposite side, she also looked outside the training ground from time to time. On the opposite side of Lillian, a stone golem stopped moving after knocking Lillian away, but the injuries on its body were slowly healing, indicating that Lillian had not done any serious damage to her until now.

As for why not to move? This is the combat method set by Xuefeng: when your own mobility and attack speed are not enough, take the initiative to attack? Is your brain broken, or is mine broken? Defensive counterattack is the real way this stone puppet fights!

Of course, there are some special stone golems that are not among them, but those will wait until Lillian can easily get rid of these mass-produced stone golems.

"This taste, this reality ......" Lilian straightened up, then raised her sword and roared at the stone golem in front of her, "I must defeat you before the dinner made by Sister Xuefeng is eaten!" ”

That's right, the three of them had dinner on the training ground, and they also turned on the two-way scent circulation in the defensive shield in the training ground!

Seriously, Xuefeng's cooking skills can be used to abduct and sell people, at least some foodies will follow Xuefeng directly after taking a small bite: let him hit whoever he wants, absolutely unambiguous, as long as Xuefeng stir-fries a dish as a reward.

Of course, in turn, this is an extremely cruel punishment.

Let foodies smell the fragrance but never eat it, this is probably the most terrifying punishment for foodies.

And under the tutelage of Xuefeng~, Lilian has gone to the great realm of foodie.

That's right, this is exactly the punishment for some little fool who has been caught in battle with countless sore feet!

Although most of it is because of the bad taste of the snow wind.

However, the effect seems to be quite good, at least after Lilian saw and smelled all this, her whole spirit was in a trance a lot, and she was sent out by the stone puppet many times. And now, when I saw that the dishes on the table were almost close to zero, Lilian seemed to be possessed by five small powers, the small universe was burning, and there was a flame rising behind her, and the BGM seemed to be faintly heard on the training ground!

If Lilian knew that Snow Wind was flowing in both directions, would she just smash a stink bomb and die when the dish was zero?

Considering Lilian's current state of mind, the likelihood of this being implemented is around 100%......

"There's just too little experience in the field." Xue Feng picked up a piece of braised pork with chopsticks and stuffed it directly into his mouth. Lady or something, get out of the way for me, eat meat, drink a lot, it's life!

Yukikaze was very clear about what Chrissy was asking, and replied bluntly to the reason for Lilian's messy performance in the battle, while explaining the origin of the current scene.

"Although the lack of actual combat experience is indeed a reason, there is nothing we can do to reverse our current training bias." Chrissy didn't have a good idea of what to do about it, as she had made up her mind from the beginning to let Lillian's melee connect first.

You can't do magic, you can't snipe, you can't fly planes, you can't make bullets, but on the battlefield, you can't do melee.

Swords are the easiest weapon to get on the battlefield, and the only weapon you can choose if you run out of ammunition. The most common accidents on the battlefield are probably close-quarters encounters, and at this time, if you are proficient in melee combat, the chances of survival are much greater.

If Lilian's future isn't going to be a disaster, then skipping melee is fine. But in the future, we will face the most tragic battlefields, and melee combat is a compulsory subject.

And in a way, it can be said that the sooner you learn, the better, after all, there will be no time to be assigned to melee in the future, and it is good to be able to maintain your melee level.

Another reason is that in the case of magic alchemy, the first thing to do is to lay the foundation, that is, to learn all kinds of knowledge. Melee training, on the other hand, is basically focused on physical exercise, and the two just complement each other.

In addition, this world has the existence of virtual reality like "SAO", which can be used as a practical exercise, although there are only knives and swords to choose from, and it is needless to say which aspect Xuefeng and others focus on.

Although that being said, in fact, Yukikaze and Chrissy have taught me the most about melee so far, and the biggest reason for this phenomenon is because of world restrictions.

When teaching magic, a person accidentally used super-limited magic directly, and then was kicked out of the plane?

If this is the case...... I can't afford to hurt it!

However, with the current temporary stronghold, everything is different.

"Then, let's start teaching Lilian's low-level magic tomorrow, and the level of alchemy teaching can probably be raised. Melee combat, just leave it directly to actual combat and daily exercise. If Lilian really wants to develop in the direction of armed alchemy, she will teach something to a deeper level. ”

"Anyway, the lowest-level sword technique to become a legend is to practice sword swinging at least a thousand times a day, uninterrupted until it reaches trillions of times."

"In this way, I realize, for myself, 'What is a sword?' ”