"Guess?"

Su Mo spread his hands and smiled slightly, obviously not planning to tell her.

"Humph! Don't say it! ”

After many unsuccessful inquiries, Xia Mi snorted lightly and turned his head.

Seeing that the two of them seemed to have decided on this matter directly, Zero suddenly spoke.

"I have a question, you don't seem to have asked for my opinion?"

She looked at the two in front of her expressionlessly.

said that she wanted to teach ancient boxing methods or something, and after discussing it for a long time, it was Xia Mi's question, why didn't anyone ask her if she was willing to learn?

Hearing this, Xia Mi turned her head sharply and her eyes widened.

"You don't want to learn?!"

She thought about it for a long time before she made up her mind to discuss this matter with Su Mo, but she didn't expect Su Mo to agree, but there was a problem on Zero's side.

Seeing Xia Mi's stunned expression, Zero moved his eyes away from looking at her, and then said.

"I just don't think it's necessary."

"Where is it gone, what if I encounter the precepts again?"

Xia Mi asked puzzled.

She didn't have the idea that Zero must be grateful for Zero's learning as long as she wanted to teach, she was just worried about Zero.

It's hard to find such a good nanny, and if something happens to Zero, won't she be able to be a waste person?

“……”

Zero doesn't answer, but his refusal remains firm.

"You don't want to owe Xia Mi a favor?"

Su Mo looked at Zero's appearance and asked casually.

“…… No. ”

Zero looked away and shook his head.

Don't look at her usual well-behaved, in fact, this is a child who occasionally likes to lie.

"It's really a frank character."

Su Mo shook his head.

With them these days, although Zero's true character has recovered, the frozen snow in her heart is still there, and it has not really melted.

Don't look at Ling's usual expression that seems to be very cold, in fact, she is not good at accepting or rejecting others, so she needs to use the mask of Sanwu to cover her heart.

She is not good at accepting others, so when she was in Japan before, it was obvious that she also liked Eri Yi, but if it wasn't for Su Mo's help to guide her, she wouldn't have been able to take the initiative to accept Eri Yi.

She is not good at rejecting others, which is why she is bullied by Su Mo and Xia Mi so much. Of course, she has grown a lot now, although she still can't deal with Su Mo and Xia Mi, she has gradually given birth to the will to resist, and occasionally makes countermeasures, which is more than enough to deal with a rookie like Su Enxi.

Overall, Zero has grown a lot, but it still hasn't reached the point where he can honestly accept the kindness of others.

She didn't know how to reciprocate the kindness she accepted, so she simply refused.

It's like she doesn't know how to deal with people, so she simply chooses to be indifferent.

In a sense, this is also a kind of timidity.

Faced with this situation, Su Mo was not in a hurry to correct it, and he couldn't do it quickly.

"How about not seeing it as a gift from Xia Mi, but as an apology for Xia Mi to bully you? As compensation, you should be able to accept it with peace of mind, right? ”

Su Mo asked in a different way of thinking.

"Nope."

Zero immediately shook his head, then glanced at Natsumi.

"If that's the case, then she'll definitely treat it as an equivalent exchange and feel like she's paying for it and doing whatever she wants."

The current Xia Mi barely knows that she is at a loss, and occasionally she will restrain a little, but if she pays compensation, wouldn't she justifiably think that Zero should be bullied by her?

That's the end of it!

Hearing this, Su Mo couldn't refute it, and after hesitating for a while, he said with a little bit of a bad conscience.

"Even Natsumi can't do it so much-"

Before he finished his words, Miss Xia Mi clapped her hands with bright eyes.

"That's right! How did I not think of this, or zero mom understands me! ”

“……”

Su Mo was silent.

Zero and he looked at each other, and it was obvious that his eyes were saying four words - "I said yes".

She also got to know Xia Mi more and more.

Okay, Xia Mi's road is definitely impassable, so after thinking about it, Su Mo said.

"Then to put it another way, it's not a gift or an apology, it's an employer's request."

Hearing this, Zero raised his head and looked at Su Mo and reacted.

"Since your mission is to protect me, then you should become as strong as possible, otherwise you won't be able to play the role of a bodyguard, so you must learn the ancient boxing method."

Su Mo continued.

This is the weakness of zero.

What she is most afraid of is not the bullying of Xia Mi and Su Mo, but the loss of her own value.

Useless people will be thrown away, and she doesn't want to be abandoned, so she must be a useful person.

"If it's a mission, I see."

Zero nodded and calmly accepted Su Mo's request.

In fact, she didn't know that Su Mo was just trying around the bush to make her accept Xia Mi's kindness, but now she can only accept it in this way.

Seeing that he had rejected his own zero just now, he changed his mind so quickly.

Xia Mi was not angry, but her eyes lit up.

"Mother Zero, use it as a pillow for me tonight, don't refuse! This is also the task! ”

She immediately followed suit and ordered.

“…… You're not my employer. ”

Zero glanced at her with the eyes of a fool, of course she would not listen to Xia Mi's orders.

Hearing this, Xia Mi immediately looked at Su Mo.

"Su Mo, then you can let Mother Zero be my pillow!"

She is still very good at changing her thinking, she can't order Mother Zero, and she can't order you Su Mo?

However, she had obviously forgotten one thing - she really couldn't order Su Mo.

"I refuse! Why don't you say let me be a pillow? ”

Su Mo glanced at the whimsical Xia Mi speechlessly, if she had promised her, Zero might have run away with the train overnight.

Hearing this, Xia Mi's eyes lit up.

"That's not impossible, it's best for the two to be together!"

"Do your spring and autumn daydreams!"

Su Mo directly knocked her head hard and ended the topic.

·

For this reason, Xia Mi and Zero took a leave of absence together and began to teach the ancient boxing method.

At the same time, Su Mo has also been soaking in the basement, studying alchemy, and by the way, improving his spirit level.

Although Norton agreed to his request and agreed to help him find a way to separate the Dragon King's consciousness and authority, Su Mo couldn't pin all his hopes on him.

While improving his alchemy and learning [Spiritual Recast], Su Mo is also focusing on improving his own exclusive spirit of words, looking forward to the role of this spirit after being promoted.

In this way, it is three days.

Three days later, in the basement.

"Is it possible to make living spirits in this way? I feel that the strength of the field is indeed more than a step stronger! ”

While experimenting with the tricks he had gotten from Norton, Su Mo sighed and said to the soul in the mask.

On the workbench in front of Su Mo, lying quietly was a bronze mask with red lines, which was Konstantin's mask.

Su Mo was able to communicate with the soul inside the mask without using the Konstantin mask.

This is not because he has learned to teleport, but because the soul he communicates with is another king of bronze and fire - Norton!

I don't know if Lu Mingze made a redundant mask in advance, or if he built the mask very quickly.

The day after handing over Norton to him, Mai Satoku Express sent over a second mask, which was Norton's mask.

This is also a bronze mask, but the red pattern is a little different.

With the help of this mask, Su Mo was able to directly use Norton's authority and was able to communicate with him remotely.

Although Constantine's authority is stronger than Norton's, and he is more powerful in battle, Norton's knowledge reserves are better when he is studying alchemy in peacetime.

Konstantin learned [Spiritual Reforge] under Norton's strict teaching, but it was only a good one, and the skill level had just reached LV6, and the accumulated experience points were not even a thousand.

But Norton is different, Norton's [Spiritual Reforge] has not only reached LV6, but also reached more than 8,000 experience points, which is not much closer to promotion.

With the same LV6, the gap between the two sides is also immeasurable.

After comparing the two, Su Mo immediately abandoned the useless Constantine and replaced it with Mentor Norton.

Norton's personality is much more irritable than Konstantin's, so Su Mo is also squeezing alchemy-related knowledge from Norton's side while resisting pressure.

"Of course, whose alchemy do you think you're studying?"

Hearing Su Mo's praise, Norton said arrogantly.

As a tech nerd, I naturally have my own self-confidence.

"It deserves to be the second alchemy in the first generation!"

Su Mo also did not hesitate to praise, and then asked curiously.

"So how did Odin learn alchemy, and how could he be stronger than you, the king of bronze and fire? I've seen his Gangneir, it's not a weapon that the Dragon King realm can master, but it's much stronger than your Seven Deadly Sins! ”

While arching the fire, he inquired about the seven deadly sins.

Konstantin was not strict-mouthed, but unfortunately he didn't know much.

Norton knew a lot, but he kept it a secret.

Through the sharing of masks, Su Mo was able to fully use Norton's authority and knowledge, but in terms of memories, he would be hindered by Norton's personal will.

Just like before, Su Mo also needed to use words to deceive the simple Konstantin to get the news that the Seven Deadly Sins were half-finished, Norton also needed to use special conversation skills to be able to ask these messages.

Compared with the simple and deceitful Konstantin, Norton's vigilance is particularly serious, and ordinary words are difficult to break through his psychological defenses.

Therefore, Su Mo chose to arch the fire, taking advantage of Norton's weakness of being prone to "rage", and using the agitation method to stimulate him.

Sure enough, hearing Su Mo take a "second" and a "Odin is much stronger than you", Norton subconsciously felt a little uneasy.

"Odin? His alchemy is nothing more than a special teaching from his father to get to this point, how can he be compared to me?! ”

As a self-taught school, Norton naturally looked down on Odin, the second ancestor who relied on his parents to open a small stove.

Although the two are the same father, it's just that.

Hearing this, Su Mo was slightly startled.

"Your father...... Black King?! ”

What Norton will call his father is not the newborn black king who was killed halfway like Lu Mingfei and Lu Mingze, but the first black king, the beginning of everything, the end of everything - Supreme Nidhogg.

Su Mo originally thought that Odin was only more talented in alchemy, but he didn't expect it to be related to Nid Hogg?

"Of course, who else but that Supreme has this ability?"

Norton's tone was sonorous.

When the Black King Nidhogg was mentioned, his tone was very serious, and he even vaguely felt respect.

Even after participating in the Rebellion of the Eight Kings and the betrayal of the Black King, his feelings for Nidhogg seem to be more than simple hatred, but rather complicated.

And Norton's words are true.

Odin's alchemy is only under the Black King, and there is no one else who can teach him but the Black King.

No wonder Odin has mastered so many achievements in the Alchemy Kingdom, with the power of the Black King, all the achievements of the Seven Alchemy Kingdoms have probably been mastered by him.

With him as a teacher, if it weren't for the lack of corresponding authority, Odin might even be able to learn [Spiritual Recasting].

According to Norton, he apparently didn't receive such a comprehensive teaching, probably figuring it all out on his own.

Considering that Natsumi's alchemy skills are far worse than Norton's, and even completely from a wild background, it seems that the Black King Nidhogg treats children very differently.

And hearing Norton's words, Su Mo blinked and said curiously.

"Then why didn't your father teach you? Is it because I don't like you? ”

“……”

Norton immediately fell silent.

With a body temperature of 37 degrees, how can you say such cold words?

Without waiting for Norton's answer, Su Mo pondered for a few seconds before comforting.

"It's okay, your father is dead anyway, and it may not be a good thing for Odin to learn more, so don't care."

Norton was silent again, and for a moment he didn't know if the other party was cursing.

Su Mo is indeed comforting.

In fact, Su Mo's comfort was not unreasonable.

Based on Norton's words and the information revealed by Lu Mingze before, the reason why the Black King opened a small stove for Odin may not be in preference, but may have deliberately created an enemy for himself in order to pull the thread of fate.

Odin, who has so much power, is still trapped in the dragon prophecy in his words and deeds, which is an excellent proof.

It's just that there are too many involved in this aspect, and it is inevitable that there will be conspiracy theories, so Su Mo did not develop it.

After waiting for a long time to find that the other party was still silent, he asked.

"Norton, why don't you speak?"

(End of chapter)