"yes."
Alleria admitted generously, and then raised her voice, letting the sound pass through the partition wall of the men's and women's bathrooms.
"Li En, are you on the other side? Just talk if you are."
no respond.
There was no sound or breath, and all that could be felt was the sound of water dripping from time to time, which was normal in the bathroom.
"Looks like he's not here."
Alleria exhaled and her half-exposed body sank further, leaving only her head above the water.
The girl who was bathing with her was still sitting by the bathtub, with undisguised curiosity in her voice:
"For you to treat me like this, it seems that this 'Grey Knight' is not in vain."
"No, he is even more powerful than the rumors say. He is already a 'Sword Master'."
Alleria shook her head and corrected.
"If you are not interested in martial arts, you may not know that he is already qualified to be on par with me, Wores and the two teachers. What I did today can be done by him as well."
"He's actually with you, General - he's only twenty years old." The girl was really shocked.
"Exceeded your prediction?" Alleria chuckled.
"Yes." The girl answered frankly, "Although I knew he was the key, I didn't expect him to grow up so fast. That's why you like him so much. Although you won't despise the weak, he can really win your heart. Only the strong are the ones.”
"You also missed one thing. I like younger people." Facing the girl, Alleria spoke freely.
"That's right." The girl pretended to be surprised, "So, he's all in your strike zone - now you're in trouble."
"What's the trouble?" Alleria pretended to be confused.
"Because I also like him very much and want to tie him to me. It's too difficult to use the general as my opponent. You can always practice swordsmanship with him, but I can't do anything. Woohoo, I'm so miserable. ." The girl covered her face, as if she was sad.
"It's okay, I don't mind sharing it with you."
Alleria calmly stretched out her hand and took the girl's hand away, showing a painless face.
"In this case, Brigadier General Wores will be sad."
"Ignore him, I like white ones."
"..."
"..."
"Hahahaha."
"Ha ha ha ha."
The two looked at each other and smiled.
It is true that people of the same kind flock together and things flock together.
The previous words had some sincerity in them, but were more of a joke.
Neither girls nor Alleria are energy-efficient lamps.
Although Rean's charm was great, it was not so great that the two of them would fall easily.
After laughing for a while, the girl put away her playful attitude and said seriously: "That Gray Knight is really as powerful as you said."
"I wouldn't joke about this."
Alleria also suppressed her smile and replied with a serious attitude.
"He was already extremely talented, and now he has the 'reason' to reach the pinnacle and grasp the essence of things..."
After competing with me, when I tentatively asked him about his purpose, he had already pointed out that I was acting secretly and that there were other cooperators. There was no lack of meaning in his words that we were competing with them. ——Even if he has grasped your true identity and purpose, I wouldn’t be surprised. "
"This is really - how should I put it, completely unexpected. Compared with my previous knowledge, and more than what I heard from my senior sister - I want him more and more." The girl narrowed her eyes in a very similar way. Fox, female fox.
"If you are serious, I will give you some serious suggestions."
Alleria finally emerged from the water, put her hands on the edge of the bath, and sat in the water with her legs crossed.
"That man is very stubborn and has an unusual persistence in sticking to certain things. At the same time, his senses are very keen. It is not impossible to capture him, but don't play tricks, especially the 'magic of capturing men' that the woman taught you, then Not only is it useless, but it will arouse his resentment. The best way to deal with such a man is to subtly close the distance, and then use a direct attack to take it down in one go!"
"Understood, I will keep it in mind." The girl nodded, and suddenly pouted again, "Isn't that what the general is doing now by subtlety and shortening the distance? You can't be satisfied with a swordsman of that level in one night."
"Sure enough, you know me best, better than Wores." Alleria laughed heartily.
"Tell me honestly, how often do you have an appointment? It shouldn't be every day."
"I wanted to, but he didn't agree. In the end, we bargained for a week and I paid a certain price."
"Meat payment?" The girl blinked and couldn't help but smile evilly.
Then Alleria rubbed her head and punished her: "You think about so many things every day, how can you still think about this in your head?"
"It would be better to say that it is precisely because of this that I need to think about this. This is a kind of relaxation for me." The girl sat down next to Alleria, with a rare hint of exhaustion in her words.
"Thank you for your hard work." Alleria sighed. The closer I get to her, the more I understand how difficult it is for her.
"It's okay, I'm enjoying it." The girl shook her head, "Then tell me honestly, what's the price?"
"Providing some help to him in my personal capacity is also a way to see clearly his true intentions and methods."
"I see, it's a different kind of physical compensation."
"Just say so."
"Since I have you at night, I will try to get close to the instructor as a student during the day. There is still plenty of time. There is no need to rush to draw conclusions about him. It is just a good time to see if he and his past companions will have any problems. The movement in the south is a very good opportunity.”
"I feel the same, so I won't accompany you in this exercise. I can't act according to the 'Iron Blood's' wishes in everything - and with Rean's current strength, it doesn't make much sense whether I go or not."
"In addition to strength, there is also power. The Shuhuaze family has a deep relationship with the royal family; the largest industrial group in the empire, the Lion Ford Society; , the descendants of the witch, the ace 4th Mecha Division with the strongest strike power in the empire, the Elbarea family of the four famous families, the head of the imperial capital, the people of Nord—the old Class VII, the more we know about them, the more terrifying they become, even for me I feel trembling."
"But the opponents they have to face are stronger and because of that, we have a chance."
"yes."
Alleria and the girl said nothing and took a bath quietly.
On the other side, separated by a wall from them, which Alleria had always paid attention to, there was a man in the men's bath soaking in the same posture, thinking about something.
The girl's words, Alleria's words, her own situation, the upcoming exercise, the cards in her hand and the forces she can borrow, and most importantly——
Sorry, I didn't say anything out of curiosity, but I was always there.
Speaking of bathing, I have been good at it since I was a child. My hometown, Yumir, is a real hot spring town.
