Bruneith held the glove that had slid down his face and looked at it, unlike the last time he had seen Fernando, it seemed to be some kind of expensive leather product, and it was not a gemstone or anything like that, but a heavy silver and iron metal, which fully explained why the part of his face that had been hit by the glove was still a little hot.

From his previous impressions, Fernando's preferred outfit was not the style it is today, and given the fact that the temperature of the reception room in his home was quickly reaching a pleasant level, even if it was not used before, there was no need for him to wear such gloves in his own home. If Brunei had to name a reason why he wore these gloves, it would be more comfortable to smash people.

“...... This guy actually doesn't mean to deny it at all. The reception room was much warmer than the cold outside, but it was completely untouched by the heat, which made the sweat oozing from the top of Brunei's head a little conspicuous, but he himself was unaware of it, and swallowed unconsciously, "No, he expected me to come before I came...... Expecting us to come together, he was ready, well-dressed, and ready, just watching me dance like a clown—"

[Little Brunei, calm down, don't act like a waste. 】

"Ah......" The system was not loud, but the lazy words cut off Brunei's thoughts like a steel knife, freeing him from the vortex of false phantoms, "...... Call...... That's right. Didn't the eldest lady say that? There were four people who actually participated in the kidnapping, and three of them ran away. There's no way I'm going to bring them directly to Fernando, so it's normal for him to get the information in advance. I don't really want to do what I still don't understand, so it's not impossible that he was prepared to duel me beforehand. ”

Brunei swallowed with a bitter face and saliva: "He just guessed in advance that I came to the door." ”

Compared to being completely under the control of the other party from beginning to end, it is undoubtedly much better to be seen through the next move. That being said, Brunei still felt a wave of palpitations.

After Fernando left, the maid and the porter, not knowing where to get any instructions, added a new drink called "coffee" to their cups, and quietly exited the door as well.

While Brunei was pondering, there was silence in the room. The lord of the city, Skordi, did not show any surprise from beginning to end, but the old god was observing Brunei with great interest, and the new bald head was still sitting in the corner of the very edge of the sofa shivering, but when he looked closely, his expression was no longer full of fear and despair as before, but seemed to be relieved. What were they thinking? Brunei had some speculation, but now he was uncertain, and the fear of seeing through it nearly shattered his growing confidence, and plunged him back into a fog.

Brunei moved her gaze to Scarly, who was glaring at Brunei angrily, and when she saw Brunei turn around, she gritted her teeth viciously and let out a cold snort, and turned her head away violently. Her reaction was also incomprehensible to Brunei. She's angry, but why? because she feels like Fernando, whom she trusted, has betrayed her? and now she's angry with Brunei? It might not be impossible for Scarly...... But Brunei somehow felt otherwise.

She was angry that Brunei didn't listen to her. After all, Brunei was her temporary bodyguard and should follow her orders. This is a very reasonable explanation, but Brunei still feels that there is a little subtle discrepancy in the details from the facts.

Brunei felt a tremendous amount of pressure, thinking about his own incompetence in such an atmosphere that would drive him insanely, and the system often remained uncharacteristically silent at such times, as if it didn't care about the consequences of sitting idly by — no, it was expecting, coveting what would happen after that. Whenever this happens, Brunei's increasingly lax guard and distrust of the system reinforces a little.

So he took the initiative to speak, interrupting his thoughts, and also breaking the silence that made him a little frightened: "Miss...... Ahem, City Lord, Your Excellency the Dean, Miss, we don't seem to have any reason to stay here......"

Skoll responded immediately, laughed twice, and raised his hand to drink the cup of "coffee" he hadn't drunk in front of him - his action was like drinking water, making Brunei think that he hadn't drunk it before to wait for it to cool so that he could drink it all at once: "Indeed, there is no need to stay here anymore." Let's go, then. ”

Still angry, Scarly stood up suddenly, without saying a word, bowed her head slightly in agreement with a respectful gesture towards Skordi, and walked towards the door, I don't know if it was because her shoes with thick soles were so harsh on the stone floor of the reception room, or if she stepped on each step so hard that it made a loud "knock" and "knock" sound like she had seen an insect on the ground, until the "bang" vibrated the door of the entire reception room.

Skordi didn't stand up until this time, casually grabbed the back collar of the newly promoted bald head about a head taller than him, and when he saw Brunei looking at him, he showed a little scary smile and shrugged: "Little brother Carlisle, let's go." ”

"Oh-oh, good-yes, Your Excellency. Brunei woke up from a dream, hurriedly stood up, and helped Skordi open the door, and Skordi smiled at Brunei and walked out of the door with the new bald head.

The attitude of the porter did not change much, and even when he sent them out of the door, his attitude seemed to be more respectful than when he opened the door before, and his original attitude towards Brunei was like that of his entourage, but now he seemed to have a subtle sense of sincerity and fear.

[Probably because I'm afraid that you will be in a bad mood and kill him, after all, in his eyes, you should be a dead man who has no concerns. If you don't believe it, do you want to confirm it with psychology, little Bruneith?]

“...... No, you don't. Brunei had been trying to get rid of his dependence on the system, but he was still getting deeper and deeper – because it was only then that he understood for the first time the real harm in that subconscious ambiguity. The system is not omnipotent, "psychology" only works after seeing the other person's face directly, and most importantly, if Brunei doesn't know what he wants to know, the system will only give a very vague answer.

It is precisely because of his natural dependence on the system that he has caused such a huge deviation in his judgment of others based only on his own, which has put him in the embarrassing situation he is in today.

[Haha, have you found a new reason? It's okay, my little Brunei, no matter what you do, I will never blame you, and I will definitely support you here, after all, I am your system. 】

Brunei subconsciously wanted to roll his eyes, but his gaze met with Skordi, the respected and undoubtedly respectable Dean was smiling and saying goodbye to Scarry with his new bald head, and then looked at Brunei and squeezed his eyes playfully: "Then, I'll go first." After all, when you're old, you young people can't be as energetic. ”

The morning sun had already risen, and it was probing its brain at the upper edge of the towering and dark east city wall, but the scattered cold light had already been sprinkled equally, compared with Skordi, who still looked alive and eyebrow-squeezing at the moment, Brunei suddenly felt a strong fatigue. The chains that wound him around him were not untied, and perhaps even heavier, but a little loosened made him feel as if some of the strings that had always been taut could be loosened a little.

He yawned secretly: "Yes, Your Excellency Dean, thank you for your hard work." ”

Skordi waved his hand without the slightest fatigue as he spoke: "It's nothing, little brother Carlisle. Now, we can't blame the boys of the Fernand family for the kidnapping, I will continue to know the details, don't worry, I will definitely give you an explanation. As for the duel after that, don't worry about leaving it to me, I will definitely not let you down. Then don't bother the two of you - the Miltrov family, don't hold everything in your heart when you're young, you'll get old quickly. ”

Brunei followed Skordi's words and looked at Scarly again, she still looked puffed up, and saluted Skordi as if she was forcing something. When Skordi stepped out of the limit of his vision and disappeared into the morning mist with the newly bald figure, Scarly suddenly burst out, rushed to Brunei, grabbed his neckline, and shouted, "Why don't you refuse!"

"Ah, this-" Seeing that Scarly's reason for being angry was really like this, Brunei suddenly felt a little more relaxed in his heart, and his face under the mask finally squeezed out a somewhat stiff smile again, "Miss-"

"Are you an idiot!" Before Brunei could explain, Scarly continued, and her words smashed at Brunei like a cannon, "Do you think you are very powerful? Or can you beat William when you were a mage apprentice? Do you think you are stronger now that you become a mage? Or have you heard that Thrace is still only a mage?"

The corners of Brunei's mouth twitched slightly: "Miss-"

"Don't be presumptuous!" Scarry yelled hoarsely, for some reason to Brunei feeling a little ridiculous, "You don't know what you relied on to win William, don't you know yourself? Do you think the second mage will be a problem for Thrace! Do you think you can defeat the second mage with your cleverness in a head-on duel! Are you an idiot!"

"......" To be honest, Scarly hadn't even thought carefully about what Brunei was talking about before, so he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. For Brunei, the final outcome of the battle was out of his mind for a long time, and the source of this idea was the over-reliance on the system's dysfunction.

Scarly inhaled heavily, and it took a long time to adjust her somewhat disordered breathing, but her flat chest was still twitching violently up and down, and she still gasped briefly from time to time between words: "What the hell are you thinking? Didn't I say that you should refuse him?"

"......" Brunei hesitated slightly, feeling that there was no need to hide it here, "Yes. But Miss, you also said at the time that if I refused, I am afraid that it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the entire Federation's sphere of influence, and I will not even be able to find a job. ”

"So what!" Scarly's first words made Brunei wonder if she was completely mad at herself, "Isn't it better than dying, ......no matter what, it's better than dying!"

Brunei didn't know why Scarly swallowed back the second half of the sentence, he just continued to explain after confirming that Scarly didn't intend to continue: "Miss, the situation is like this, maybe you have forgotten, I was originally from the Empire, and later escaped from the Empire and fled to the Academy City. ”

Scully snorted coldly, "What does this have to do with you looking for death?"

"If I couldn't stay in College City, I would be forced to leave home again. ”

Scarly was stunned for a moment, while Brunei continued in an extremely sincere tone:

"If I refuse, I won't be able to be the lady's temporary guard anymore. I don't want that. ”

Brunei turned his back to the sun, his voice low and calm, his dark eyes without the slightest fluctuation, as if to say that the sun would rise in the east.

And the sun did rise. The slightly warm winter sun suddenly reflected Scarly's cheeks in a brilliant burgundy, her short blonde hair shimmered in layers, and her white clothes and pants were difficult to shine because of the thin dust, but only made her fair skin even more dazzling.

"Ahh ”