Horizon.

The morning sun rises higher and higher.

The light poured in through the cracks in the balcony railings and landed on Ranchi's face, making his eyelashes flutter.

"Wake up."

A soft voice rang out.

"Great Love Poet...... You go to school by yourself, I'll sleep a little longer......"

Ranchi covered his eyes with the back of his hand, a little reluctant to get out of bed.

"Are you sleeping?"

The other party came with a question sentence without a questioning tone.

"Huh!"

Ranch sat up in shock and spotted the gray-haired beauty sitting on the chair next to the bed.

Her figure turned her back to the rising sun, and the morning sun gilded her long hair with a faint glow.

In a way, she seemed to have shifted her chair so that she could block out so much of the sunlight on Ranchi's face that he wouldn't wake up too soon from the harsh sunrise.

"Thank you, Tata."

Lanki lifted the quilt, sat on the edge of the bed and rubbed his eyes, his consciousness gradually clear.

Some time ago, his trump card Great Love Poet is now gone, and has temporarily become Talia.

Either way, living with Talia was a bit of a thing he wasn't used to.

"Then tell me how to get you used to it."

Talia asked, looking at Ranchi as she got out of bed, as she sat quietly in her chair.

"First of all, I don't have much power consumption, I basically don't have trouble getting out of bed at that time, and secondly, when I feed the animals on the windowsill in the morning, she will run over and kick me and ask me to give up my place to water her flowers."

Ranch muttered to himself with some nostalgia.

"I also help Lan Fu take care of the flowers she raised on the balcony."

Talia replied.

It's just that when she lived in Lanchi's dormitory, Lanchi had already finished watering before she got up.

Now, after the two of them left Ichritic College, they entrusted the Student Service Center with regular cleaning and care for the potted plants.

“……”

Ranch always felt that Talia was a little different from the poet who loved to raise flowers.

The great love poet is to enjoy the process of raising flowers very beautifully, and it is very energetic for a little girl.

"I can give you a kick like she did if you want, but I can't control it."

Talia heard Lanchi's thoughts, closed her eyes and said.

"No, no!"

Ranch immediately stopped his thoughts and ran to wash up and change clothes.

Next to the bedroom of the hotel room is a comfortable cotton sofa, and a map guide with a printed bookmark sits on a round glass coffee table next to it.

Talia sat down on the couch, opened the atlas, and waited for Ranchi.

"Meow meow."

Boss Cat ran over and squatted on the carpet.

"Isn't this map very simple, why listen to Lanchi's meaning, someone can admit the mistake."

She flipped through the book and asked the little black cat on the ground.

"Don't talk about it, I'm worried that one day that person will find Ichrita and get lost near Boss Cat's restaurant."

Boss Cat shook his head.

According to Sigrid's letters, she will not be able to reach Ichrita until about October to November, around the time of autumn and winter.

But fortunately, the restaurant is surrounded by old acquaintances, and any one she meets can take her to the right way.

Talia and Boss Cat didn't have to wait long.

Ranch was ready to go.

"Tata, let's go, go to the Card Makers Association."

Ranch said, standing in the doorway.

Today they are going to the 3rd district on the south bank to find Countess Rosalinda, the president of the Parrieux branch of the Card Makers Association.

The city of Parrieux is divided into the north bank by the Selena River, the north bank is traditionally regarded as a center of scholarship and the arts, while the south bank is more commercialized, the palace and the senate are located in the south, and the north and south are quite symmetrical in terms of area codes, the closer to the river, the smaller the district, and the closer to the edge the district is larger.

Zone 3 on the South Coast is also a popular area for travellers.

Two people set off.

After breakfast at the restaurant on the lobby side of the hotel on the first floor, we left the Spirit of Platinumson Palace and walked leisurely on the road in the early morning twilight of the old neighborhood on the North Shore.

Today's day of informal work is a trip to the Parrieux branch of the Card Makers Association to rest for the whole afternoon.

After arriving in Parrieux, time flies.

As an enthusiastic citizen, he has done a lot of good things these days.

"I said that you spent your time in the Northern Continent like this every day?"

As soon as he walked out of the Spirit Hotel at Platinumson Palace, Talia asked him as she savored Lanchi's thoughts.

"Not really, there are still more leisurely days when I am in the Northern Continent."

Ranch quickly noticed her and turned his head to reply.

"Dob-do

The cat boss let out a grief of unknown significance.

Whenever he recalls the adventures of the blue cat, he thinks that it is really good to come back alive.

It doesn't have an eighth-order disease, but it has an eighth-order life.

The two strolled through the streets of Paris with their cat in their arms.

Passing by the Platinumson Palace, which has not been checked in for so many days.

The Selena River is crossed over the Riverport Bridge, which connects the north and south banks.

About half an hour after a simple transfer on the South Bank.

The two arrived at the Southern Continent Card Makers Association, located near the Parrieux Pedestrian Plaza in the 3rd Sector of the South Bank.

Unlike the card makers they had seen in Ichrita, the capital of Hutton.

The branch of the Posen Kingdom looks more like an art museum.

Originally built more than a hundred years ago before the start of the Holy War, the building was built by King Posen to protect the citrus trees in the royal garden from the cold of winter, and was originally intended to store the citrus trees used by the royal family, and was later transformed into a place to display works of art, until it was planned to be the highest branch of the Southern Continent Card Makers Association in the Kingdom of Posen.

The museum is famous for its collection of Impressionist paintings, and the first two floors are popular public areas for tourists, and from the third floor onwards are the card makers association area that requires registration.

After several renovations, the most recent of which was completed five years ago, the renovated gallery has restored natural light and added basement exhibition rooms, temporary exhibition space, auditorium, educational space and library.

As soon as the two entered the building, they walked up to the upper floor along the clear signs under the paintings.

"What time is Countess Rosalinda's appointment?"

Talia asked, looking at Ranchi beside her.

"Half past eight, there's still plenty of time, let's go around first."

Ranch looked around, estimating that it should be less than eight o'clock.

The building's design allows many of the works to be displayed in natural light, providing visitors with an immersive viewing experience.

"Okay."

Before they entered the area on the third floor, they saw a lot of posters about the Platinum Card Maker exam.

Even if it was only in the morning, there were many people visiting the branch of the South Continent Card Makers Association, in addition to card production commissions, business cooperation, material procurement, official consultation and other matters, and even a few registered card makers with no less authority just by looking at the badge or the tag on their chests were talking on the third floor.

This year, it is said that several gold-level card makers who are particularly famous in the eastern countries of the southern continent will participate, and they are the most popular candidates to obtain the title of platinum-level card maker in the eastern region this year.

This international event, which only occurs once in two or three years, naturally attracted the attention of the Posen Kingdom, and on the day of the final test, some of the princes of the Senate would attend and watch, and the Senate enforcement troops and executioners would maintain law and order.

Branch of the Association of Parrieu Card Makers, 3rd floor.

An atrium surrounded by floor-to-ceiling glass windows provides a large area of natural light that makes the entire floor seem like daylight.

"Anyway, how long has it been since you've made a new magic card?"

Talia and Lanchi were wandering around, and she noticed that Lanchi didn't pay much attention to the new materials in the window, so she looked away at a glance and asked Lanchi.

She felt that Lanqi seemed to be less and less interested in card making.

Maybe after a while she won't even be asked to be a teacher.

"If you want to talk about new cards, it seems that there have been no cards in the past six months."

Lan Qi was slightly stunned when he heard this, and thought about it carefully, from the nuclear fusion wolf onwards, all his cards were old, and they were basically open in card making.

The two walked on a dark brown carpet that ran through the inner side of the atrium, flanked by windows for a wide variety of goods, as well as counters and meeting areas for errands.

"Then do you plan to continue to learn card making with me in the future?"

Talia looked at the merchandise behind the glass window and asked him.

"If you're troublesome...... Forget it, I'll go and learn some magic techniques in human language and magic from Professor Bolao. ”

Ranch hesitated for a moment before replying.

"Didn't you beg me to teach you how to make cards at the beginning, why is this the case now?"

Talia's words were inaudible, but there seemed to be a little dissatisfaction with Lanchi's lack of perseverance in her eyes when she stared at Lanchi.

"Because, I feel that you are very tired of teaching me, and you are becoming more and more fierce to me, and you obviously wouldn't have scolded me when you taught me before."

Ranch looked sideways and muttered.

"That's because you made a mistake last night again, and you've been wrong a few times in the same place."

Talia frowned as she looked at Lanchi's usual green tea appearance.

The two of them were still practicing card making, or this was their daily course.

"I thought it wasn't a big problem at the time, and it could be remedied, but you didn't care about me at all."

Ranch said with his head down.

"If I am affected by you, I don't know if you can save me or not, and my side will also be messed up by you."

Talia took a deep breath and spoke to him patiently.

She didn't know if she thought of yesterday's big failure in card making and was a little high blood pressure, or because she heard that this guy didn't want to be a master and apprentice with her anymore, she was a little panicked in her heart, anyway, she was a little angry now.

"I think that's a normal mistake...... When I was making cards with Lanfu before, she helped me remedy it......"

Ranch grunted.

"Why are you still talking back to me, you can't accept any mistakes?"

Talia was immediately upset when she heard this,

"Is it because I was too gentle before, or because you were rebellious."

She felt a rush of anger rise in her heart.

What do you mean that Lanf can help you remedy it, do you think she is better than me?

"Meow, don't argue, in the Card Maker Association, don't quarrel in the exam room then."

Boss Cat jumped in fear, and he felt that Ranch was also a little unconvinced, so he made Tata more and more angry.

"It's not going to be noisy!"

Both shouted at the little black cat.

Shrunk into a ball by the fierce cat boss.

Although they are used to watching Ranchi and Tata bicker, every time they quarrel the most, it must be the card making and the review card making.

It's found out now.,There's a game called Break Up Card Room.,Even if these two people are really dating.,Sooner or later, one day they'll break up because of card making!

"Couples quarrel."

"It's so normal, that's how it is in love."

Boss Cat listened to the sound of customers eating melons who briefly cast their eyes around him, and made himself more rounded.

Continue to persuade, and its persuasion will also be noticed along with it.

“……”

Ranchi and Talia's voices soon stopped.

They also found that it was a bit bad to quarrel on such occasions.

What's more, they are obviously not a couple, but they are mistaken for a couple.

Make them feel even more embarrassed.

"Tata, why don't you go upstairs to the restaurant for some lime cheesecake first, and we'll sit down and talk slowly."

"Good ......"

After feeling extremely uncomfortable by the occasional glance, the two also reached a consensus to leave here first.

They are the examiners and examiner assistants who were specially invited for this platinum-level card maker exam, and if they are bumped into by Countess Rosalinda like this, they will be embarrassed.

Just as Ranch and Talia were about to leave the third-story atrium and head towards the fourth-story staircase.

"Lanchi-san?"

A slightly familiar voice called out to Lanchi.

Ranch hesitated and stopped and looked back.

I saw a young girl looking at him in surprise.

Her long light hair was gently on her shoulders, and she wore an unadorned white chiffon shirt on her upper body, which, despite her petite and slender figure, squeezed the pure white blouse upwards with a straight back and a chest up.

It seems that because Ranchi and Talia themselves are more conspicuous, they just happened to attract her attention.

The light-haired girl with green eyes stared in surprise at Ranchi and Talia, who were heading towards the staircase.

"I didn't expect to see you here."

Then she smiled and walked briskly.

"Sister Kalian?"

Ranch looked at Karin.

Every step she takes seems to have the rhythm of a dance, making the air around her light.

He probably thought that he would meet this senior sister of the Aloran Royal Academy in the Posen Kingdom.

But I haven't met by chance for so many days before, and I met her as soon as I came to the association today, and it seems that she has been immersed in the card maker association for the time before the exam starts.

The last time I saw Karen was when I was observing Dean Loren's [Primordial Slate-Wind].

That time, Karen made a pink divine spell card [Wind Phantom], and he only made a white ordinary clumsy work, which made him admire Karen a lot.

"I went to Eceryta Academy with the visiting team this month, but I didn't see you."

Karen came to a stop in front of them, looking at Ranch with interest.

"I'm sorry, I was a little busy some time ago and couldn't take care of you."

Ranch sighed,

"Dean Loren really needs my help."

"I've heard that you can actually pass through the Seventh-Order Shadow World, and you are worthy of being a disciple valued by Hutton's strongest Lord, Grand Priest Loren."

Karen nodded, and said in a smooth and elegant voice, like a lady who had stepped out of the classics, expressing her thoughts gently,

"I really underestimated Senior Brother Lanqi at the beginning, what a man who impressed me."

She smiled and looked at Lanchi, her eyes undisguised with admiration.

In fact, she had just come from the Hutton Kingdom in the past two days, and because she had to take the platinum-level card maker exam, she left the team of Auroran academic visits first.

After a few days, when the visiting team is done, they will return to the Kingdom of Aloran from the Kingdom of Hutton in the east to the west, passing through the Kingdom of Posen between the two countries to join her.

“……”

Talia noticed Kalian's approach, and looked at the two of them without changing her expression.

Listening to the conversation between Lanchi and Karen just now, she also got to know a little bit about the woman in front of her who seemed to be Lanchi's acquaintance.

"Who is this?"

As if suddenly realized, Karen moved her curious gaze to Talia next to Lanchi.

"Miss Tata."

Ranch introduced her.

Talia looked at Karen and bowed slightly.

"Oh? Are you all here to take the test this time? ”

Karene asked again.

"No, she's my teacher."

Lanch shook his head.

"I can't tell at all that she's so young...... I heard the quarrel just now, and I thought you didn't have a good relationship. ”

Karen pondered for a moment, as if she had an idea, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up with a hint of relief.

“……”

The cat boss who had just breathed a sigh of relief on the counter on the side was shocked again!

It had heard of this card maker named Kalian.

Her personality is a bit of a problem, she wants to break it up when she sees a couple, and she will have a hunter-like interest in potential men.

At the beginning, she may have looked down on Lan Qi a little, but Lan Qi is not what it used to be, through the seventh-order shadow world, he has already proven himself to be the true successor of the Great Priest!

Even now, no one knows that Lan Qi is also a platinum-level card maker, just because Lan Qi is a challenger in the shadow world, he is also quite an excellent and strong person who can protect the card maker.

"We really don't have a good relationship."

Talia didn't deny Karen's claim, and she didn't forget to glance up at Lanchi.

On the contrary, if someone says that the two of them have a good relationship, she will be anxious with that person.

"Oh, I just saw you arguing so fiercely...... I really feel sorry for you. ”

When Karen heard this, she didn't seem to hold back her laughter, but she held back again, looked at Lan Qi solemnly and said softly.

The way she looked at Talia was like she was smiling—

Didn't you give a man to me?

"It's his fault that you feel sorry for him."

Talia asked without heaving.

Although she rarely has such an attitude towards people she has just met, she feels that this girl named Karen has something very similar to Lanki, which she particularly dislikes.

"Sister Tata, you have to be considerate of Ranchi."

Karen still had an innocent expression, and replied in a soft and refined tone,

"Lanchi, if you feel like you have something to say, you can go to the rest area over there with me and have a good chat, I'll listen to you slowly, and- I will definitely not murder you."

She looked at Ranchi again, reaching out and tugging at his cuffs.

“……”

Rankie's heart raced.

He felt that Talia was watching him.

And the cat boss looked at Lanchi's seemingly shaky hands, and he felt that things were even worse!

Previously, in the Eceryte Academy, when facing Kalian's scheming, Prince Enor's low-level straight man might be recruited.

Any boy at the high point of the segment will resolutely reject Karen at this time, make his position clear, and return Tata's favorability.

But Ranch.

There is a duality in his segmentation.

His just right hesitation gave Tata a sense of crisis and controlled her anger to the point of not blowing it up!

And in a way, Ranch probably didn't even think about it that much.

He just likes to blow up Tata and feel the ultimate thrill!

However.

Under the pressure of an extreme mental power, Lan Qi gradually changed from arrogant to well-behaved.

"I'm sorry Sister Karen, although Tata is very fierce, I think this is also one of her charms."

Ranch spoke.

Talya, who had intended to die staring at Ranchi and warning him to think it through, finally turned her head sideways.

Still, she bit her lip with some hatred.

This guy dares to jump his face and say that she is fierce.

And he couldn't refute his words.

"That's ......"

Karen could only reluctantly throw a smile at Lanchi, who was standing opposite.

In this smile, there are seven points of apology and three points of regret.

It seems that he really wants to help Lanchi, but he really can't help Lanchi.

"But I think if Lan Qi wants to find a teacher, it may be more suitable for me to be so gentle. I overheard you guys talking at the beginning, you don't seem to be working together to make cards? If it were me and Ranchi, it would be seamless. ”

Karen's voice grew lower and lower, and she came half a minute closer to Rankie.

Her peach-like lips and misty eyes seemed to tell Ranch, maybe she could work hard, and maybe she could attack me?

Then she looked at Talia again, and the look in her eyes almost told her, "It's not like you, you'll only be fierce to Lanchi."

“……”

The atmosphere of the entire three-story atrium seems to have quietly changed at this moment.

Under the silence, there was a wordless chill.

Talia's golden eyes finally took her seriously.

This is a precursor to the imminent smoke of gunpowder, which makes people feel depressed and nervous.

The cat boss has already started to make his eyelids jump wildly.

"Can you stay away from him, you shameless bad woman."

Talia grabbed Lanch's wrist and jerked him so that Karen couldn't touch his cuff any longer.

Ranch was stunned.

It was the first time he had seen the grumpy old tower, scolding other girls.

But.

Karen, however, was not as angry as Talia's words, and remained ladylike.

"If there is any bad woman, you will only be angry and wait for him to coax you, and at this time, the girl who really cares about him will come to comfort him."

She looked directly at Taria, her expression was also half focused, and said.

In just a few seconds, it attracted the attention of many people in the three-story atrium.

The drama of women quarreling, and because men quarrel, it is a lively thing that is popular and popular no matter what era it is.

"Isn't that girl Karen from the Kingdom of Aloran?"

"Is she interested in the black-haired, green-eyed nobleman?"

"He looks so cowardly, how scared he trembles."

First of all, it is ruled out that there is a neuropathy that can tremble with excitement in this situation.

So the answer is obvious, this man is quite scumbag, and he wants to eat at both ends.

Finally.

"Lanchi, I've changed my mind, I'm not going to accompany my assistant job this time, I'm going to take this platinum-level card maker exam, show her what I am your teacher."

Talia took a deep breath, looked at Rankie, and said to him.

Of course, she was speaking to Kalian.

She was uncomfortable when she had just held a court session with Lan Qi to review yesterday's card making, and now there was a woman she couldn't tolerate.

Lan Qi's eyes, which were originally very calm, suddenly widened.

"Auntie, please, don't mess with me!"

He almost threw himself on his knees and hugged Talia's thigh.

Not only did you not proctolate the exam for me, but you also used my mana to take the exam.

And how am I going to test you?

Sister, you're 800 years old, don't talk to teenage girls!

Talia seemed to be even angrier when she heard Lanchi's thoughts.

She grabbed Ranch by the collar and brought him closer to her, and said to him with a sideways look:

"That's it, okay?"

"No, no, no, Tata, calm down!"

Lan Qi felt that she was really angry this time, and he was a little scared,

"Karen-san, you too, at this time you are all a little upset, generally when you can't stop a sentence from me, it means that you shouldn't continue to talk, and if you continue like this, you will definitely quarrel, we still value peace, and maintain the friendship between the Hutton Kingdom and the Aloran Kingdom......"

His words grew faster and faster, with a strong appeal to both sides to exercise restraint.

"Oh, interesting."

Before Ranchi could finish speaking, Talia forbade Ranchi to continue talking, and Karen nodded and muttered to herself.

"In this case, if your grades are not as good as mine, please stay away from Lanqi-san in the future, or give him to me and let me be his teacher."

Karen looked very interested, and said to Talia as if she had found an opponent.

She had already known the card makers of the Hutton Kingdom, and this year she didn't even have a player who could make an exception to participate in the gold card maker, and she didn't think that this person named Tata was qualified to compete with her.

Only by making cards, she will not lose to her peers.

"Then I won."

Talia neither agreed nor vetoed, but asked.

"I apologize to you."

Karen spread her hands and said lightly.

"It's not enough, you can change into my designated swimsuit, take a sign, write 'Lord Tata, I was wrong', and stand downstairs in the Card Makers Association for a day, so that you can apologize."

Talia sneered, and after saying that, she waited quietly, clasping her hands in front of her.

Suddenly, Karen's brow twitched visibly.

She clenched her fists tightly and felt her ears start to burn.

"Do you think I'm going to make an easy bet with you? What, now you don't dare? ”

Taria's eyes were defiant.

She won't fall for green tea easily.

Don't you want to pretend to be innocent?

When the time comes, let people see what kind of Bichi you are.

“……”

Karlian bit her lip and the veins in her forehead jumped.

This gray-haired and golden-eyed woman was stronger and more arrogant than she imagined.

"Okay, let's try it."

Karen squinted and smiled as she said to Talia.

She couldn't wait to see the other party crying like a defeated dog.

"What the hell are you doing......

Ranch heard that he had nothing to love and hugged the cat.

It was like losing strength and leaning against the wall.

He couldn't imagine what it would be like to take a few days before the exam.

Taking 10,000 steps back, why did the two candidates take him as an examiner?

And Talia is a candidate, he is a little worried about his safety as an examiner, there has been no accident of the examiner being captured by the examinee in the platinum card maker exam, but he is afraid that it will happen soon.

"Let's go, let's go eat cake."

Talia grabbed Ranch by the collar again and dragged the faded Ranch away like a puppy.

Only Karen remained, the corners of her mouth gradually curling into a sly, irritated smile.

"What a stupid woman."

Kalian's lips flap flicked open, looking away from the direction in which Talia had disappeared.

When he agreed to the gamble, the gray-haired fool lost.

She didn't even notice Lanchi's embarrassed expression.

Soon he will find out which girl is better for him and whose side he is more comfortable with.

There is no heroine in this world who can win by eating!

(End of chapter)