Looking at Zhang Chai's appearance that was still reminiscing, Artoria didn't have to guess to see that he was very satisfied now, so she pretended to be calm and said, "Your anger should be gone." ”

Zhang Chai's heart was fluttering, and he felt that his soul was about to be taken away by her.

Just as he rubbed her hair, ready to respond, the Evil prompt popped up.

[Congratulations, you have successfully become a close friend of 'Saber', and after evaluation, you can choose one of the following two rewards.] 】

[1. Normal reward: 90,000 evaluation points.] 】

[2. Special Reward: Saber Guarded by Best Friends.] 】

[Warning: If you choose a special reward, you only have a 0.5% chance of successfully obtaining it, and if you fail, it will be regarded as no reward, so please choose carefully!] 】

Best friends?!

Friends Guard!

Zhang Chai saw the content of Evil's prompt clearly, and the whole person was stunned.

Seeing his stunned expression, Artoria wondered, "Did something happen?" ”

Zhang Chai took a few deep breaths, then looked at her pure green eyes, raised his hand to press her heart, and said bitterly: "Your heart has never really been open to anyone, right......?" Even if you kissed me just now, including me, it's just your reward for me, right? ”

Evil must not be wrong, since Evil did not judge that he and Artoria were in love, it means that Artoria just regarded him as an important friend, the so-called best friend, nothing more...... He didn't feel good in his heart.

"I don't understand...... Artoria was confused, "can you explain a little bit more clearly?" ”

"The meaning is clear." Zhang Chai smiled bitterly: "You don't like me, you don't feel for me." Just think of me as a special friend...... I can feel ...... I'm really unwilling! ”

Artoria fell silent.

In Zhang Chai's view, even if a best friend is an important friend. After all, they are just friends, and the difference between love and love is very different. It wasn't even a liking, which made him feel very lost.

Seeing his disheartened expression, Artoria was at a loss, so she took the initiative to hug him and comforted him in a low voice: "Paladin, I think you may have misunderstood something. I can't bear you, and I have strong feelings for you—"

Zhang Chai clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and interrupted: "But that's not the relationship between men and women!" Don't comfort me, you know best in your heart. ”

"Okay......" Artoria sighed. Reluctantly explained: "To be honest, you are another 'me', so it is difficult for me to cross the taboo to like you, and I can only see you as the most unique and precious friend." ”

Zhang Chai was stunned after hearing this, and at the same time was very conflicted in his heart, if he confessed his true identity, would she break with him because of his deception? He didn't dare to try like that, the risk was too great for him to afford.

"It's going to be fine. Paladin。 Artoria now felt very guilty and guilty, for fear that her problems would seriously hurt Zhang Chai's feelings, so she plucked up her courage and said in her most sincere tone: "I remember that there is a saying in this life called feelings in cultivation. Then, the relationship between us should also be cultivateable. Don't worry, I'll throw that taboo out of my heart for you. ”

Zhang Chai forced himself to calm down. Glancing, he said, "It's just a form of you repaying my kindness." If there is too much grace in the relationship between a man and a woman, then it is not a real relationship. ”

"You say—favor?" Artoria listened. A thin look of anger gradually appeared on his face, "In your opinion. Am I, Artoria, the kind of person who makes a promise in return for a favor? Paladin, you are a perfect king than I am, and I am grateful for your gifts, but in my mind you are worthy of my admiration, not your supposed favor. ”

"Huh? I see. I'm so sorry just now...... Feelings can indeed be cultivated. Zhang Chai's hanging heart finally fell, as long as it was not purely to repay the favor and admire him or something, he was completely acceptable, and even admired by a king of Britain like her, he would have some joy in his heart.

Artoria laughed, "Your triumphant look is too obvious. The corners of his mouth are almost up to the sky. ”

"Why?" Zhang scratched his hair, then set his eyes on the Evil interface.

There are only two options on Evil, either the risk-free 90,000 rating points, or the best friend guardian.

Friends Protect ...... What will be the effect?

Zhang Chai began to secretly speculate that through the literal meaning, the Best Friend Guardian was quite similar to the original True Love Guardian, and the effect was probably to summon Artoria to assist him in the battle and so on.

Since it is guarded by a best friend, Artoria will definitely not enter the world of true love, and may even continue to stay in this era waiting for his summons, after all, a best friend should not be an object that can be restrained.

If it was as he had guessed, it would be a two-pronged affair, not forcing her out of the era, but also summoning her to meet her from time to time.

Thinking of this, Zhang Chai gritted his teeth and immediately chose his best friend to protect on Evil.

[Congratulations, you have successfully received a special reward!] 】

No accident, Zhang Chai, who has always been lucky, successfully won the protection of his best friend.

Except for the addition of the skill of Friend Guardian when displaying physical information on Evil, Artoria herself did not change at all, and still looked at him with teary eyes.

"You wait here, I'll do an experiment." Zhang Chai asked Artoria to wait where she was, and then her body took off into the air, and she flew into the air in an instant, and then activated the Best Friend Guardian to see how effective it was.

[Skill: Saber, Guardian of Best Friends, has been successfully activated!] 】

[The 'Guardian' effect of this skill will last for 20 minutes, and the cooldown will be 24 hours.] 】

The next moment, Artoria's figure appeared beside Zhang Chai out of thin air.

In order to prevent her from falling, Zhang Chai hurriedly hugged her into his arms.

"What's going on!?" Artoria looked surprised, looked down at the smaller palace, and found that she had been inexplicably transported to the sky.

Seeing this, Zhang Chai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Sure enough, as he expected, the effect of the best friend's protection is very similar to the true love aura, and Artoria does not need to go through the process of spirit transformation to materialization, she can be summoned directly by him, and the duration is as long as twenty minutes, and the summoning process does not consume his physical strength, and after summoning, Artoria can continue to stay in her era.

In terms of function alone, this is much stronger than the True Love Aura, so it's no wonder that the chance of getting Best Friend Guardian is only 0.5%. (To be continued......)