Liverpool is a port city with developed trade. You can feel the customs and customs of Britain in the 19th century. You are also surprised that the streets are still full of vitality even in the evening.
There are still an endless stream of pedestrians on the street, and both the shops and restaurants are bustling with activity. It is completely different from Axel who closes his shop early in the countryside.
It was quite enjoyable to play with a beautiful woman. Except for a certain shy blond lady who followed Xiao Lin step by step, feeling like a puppy that was afraid of being left behind, which made Xiao Lin couldn't help but chuckle.
"W-Why are you laughing?!"
"I'm sorry, I just didn't expect you to be so afraid of strangers. Is it because you rarely come out?"
"Under normal circumstances, students don't need to leave the academy!"
"This is generally the case."
Xiaolin repeated in a low voice.
Although the girl has serious tsundere, her hidden good intentions are still very superficial.
It also puzzled him.
"Why is Charlotte waiting for me? Is it because she heard the word date and is looking forward to it?"
"Who would look forward to dating you..."
She said angrily, as if to cover up her shyness.
At this time, a burst of laughter from a middle-aged man suddenly came from behind them, accompanied by the ridicule of "it's good to be young", which made Charlotte tremble all over.
Xiao Lin stopped and looked at the girl hiding behind him, then at the noisy neighborhood and pedestrians.
"I see, that's what happened~"
"Hey! Why do you act like you know everything?"
"To put it simply, you will feel uneasy as long as Sigmund is not around."
"Well……"
Charlotte whimpered, lowering her head slightly as if aggrieved and speechless.
It seems that he was right.
Xiao Lin quickly comforted the girl and said, "An Xin Xin Xin, I am in your situation too."
"……real?"
"Ah, really."
When he first met Esdeath, because he was afraid of the other person's exaggerated strength and elusive character, Kobayashi also showed some tricks and was seen through by the other party, so he could feel the same feeling of uneasiness.
"Really, that's right."
Charlotte smiled slightly, it was the empathy of finding someone who had the same experience.
"So don't worry. I will protect you if you are in danger. You know my strength."
"...That's why I'm worried. Who knows if you are a pervert disguised as a flower protector."
"Since you were so scared, you came here all the way. Charlotte, do you have some strange habits? Or are you secretly expecting me to do something bad to you?"
"No! Really, I'm already thinking about whether to go back or not!"
The two of them kept talking.
However, the atmosphere did not become particularly bad.
Maybe in the eyes of outsiders, this is flirting between lovers. I really hope they won't think so, because there is something wrong with Miss Liu Zi who has been following behind.
The quiet and elegant doll lady rarely makes expressions that do not suit her status, but this is why Xiaolin always focuses on her, fearing that she will be too neglected.
He took the initiative to hold Liu Zi's hand and walked forward. Suddenly she distanced herself from Charlotte, and the shy girl quickly followed.
She said in a panic: "No, don't walk out suddenly, okay? Where are you going?"
"Let's go for a walk along the canal. After all, we had agreed to go see the night view with Liu Zi."
Xiao Lin raised his hands that were intertwined with Liu Zi's.
Holding another girl's hand in front of a girl and showing it off to her always feels inexplicably forbidden.
Charlotte was a little surprised when she saw the two people's intimate behavior, and said: "You are a little strange, the puppet user actually listens to the words of his own puppet... What a worthless man, he is actually controlled by the automatic puppet, The position is completely opposite!"
Faced with the rebuke, Xiao Lin didn't get angry.
Instead, he said in a very casual tone: "Liu Zi is my waiter, a companion and the most important family member. Is there anything strange about it?"
"But your attitude towards other dolls is different from others." Charlotte asked curiously.
Kobayashi had treated Sigmund before.
Under normal circumstances, the puppet user will not treat other people's puppets. Not only did Xiaolin take the initiative to treat Sigmund, he even asked about its physical condition. Moreover, he did not ask Charlotte but asked Sigmont. Asked, already treating the dragon doll as an independent individual.
"Everyone has their own judgment limits. I classify [as long as they can think and communicate] into the category of independent individuals. If you are implying that I went overboard by asking Sigmund, then I am Apologize."
"...I don't mean to blame you."
It is precisely because Xiaolin showed kindness to Sigmund and was pointed out by her dragon doll that she came to help him.
Although he looks arrogant on the outside, he seems quite reluctant.
"That's no problem." Xiao Lin invited: "How about, do you want to go together?"
"What?"
"Look at the scenery."
"I reject."
Charlotte turned her head and simply refused: "Why should I accompany you two to see the scenery? Besides, I'm already hungry."
hungry……
It's just like what she said, she always brings trouble to others unintentionally.
"Okay, let's go eat."
"Haha? Aren't you going to see the scenery?"
"How can you still watch the scenery in silence when someone tells you that you are hungry?"
This rhetorical question made Charlotte lower her head in despair again, as if regretting the arrogant words she just blurted out.
Xiao Lin walked in front and shouted to her: "Let's go, let's find a restaurant with a beautiful atmosphere. You can have a good meal and see the scenery at the same time. It's a good way to get the best of both worlds, isn't it?"
The boy who helped her was an unexpected gentleman, which moved the girl very much.
Then declined again.
"I-I don't want it!"
After Charlotte finished speaking in a strong tone, she muttered with wandering eyes: "This month...that, to put it simply, is financial difficulty...it can also be said to be an economic downturn...or something... "
"If it's money, don't worry. I just exchanged a lot of gold coins at the pawn shop, which is enough for a treat."
"gold……"
The girl was immediately speechless.
She had forgotten how rich the country people in front of her were.
Thinking of this, Charlotte's eyes sparkled, and then she came back to her senses, snorted and turned her face away and said proudly: "I don't accept perverted favors."
Unfortunately, the girl's belly betrayed her.
Gululu——
"...You, you rude person!"
"My fault?!"
Xiaolin's eyes widened in confusion.
As if retaliating, she put her right hand to her ear, pretending to listen and joked: "Oh, unlike some arrogant girl who doesn't mean what she says, her belly was already happy when she heard someone said she wanted to treat her. They cheered."
"Varied……!
To actually embarrass this young lady or something..."
Then, with an attitude of self-destruction and self-abasement, Charlotte said fiercely with tears in her eyes: "I know, I know! Since you are so rich, I must let you treat me to a feast!"
The girl's arrogant accusation made innocent Xiao Lin's lips twitch slightly. However, all this can be regarded as the other party's strange way of covering up his shyness.
After all, she is a tsundere, so it is already good that she can agree.
Twenty minutes later, the three appeared at a restaurant along the canal. Under the offensive of money, outdoor seating was arranged on the second floor.
You can clearly see the lights on the canal here. The decoration of the store is a modern style composed of steel bars and bricks. It will not give people a feeling of being unattainable, and it will not make people feel without style. It has the impression of a restaurant. Nice restaurant.
"You can have a big meal and enjoy the scenery at the same time. How about it? It's a very nice restaurant."
"……well enough."
What Charlotte said was completely different from the expression on her face. It seemed that she was quite satisfied with having dinner here.
Dishes were served one after another.
If you have enough money, you will naturally eat high-end food.
The noble girl was very satisfied with this.
But during the meal, Charlotte kept looking at Xiao Lin, as if she was looking at some exotic animal.
"...Why are you looking at me like that?"
"I heard that islanders have the worst dining etiquette, but I didn't expect you to be quite normal."
"Wait a moment, did you misunderstand something?"
"What's the misunderstanding?"
"I am not from the island country, but from the island country next door."
"...Eh? Liar!"
Charlotte covered her mouth in surprise and looked at Xiao Lin in disbelief.
Sure enough, some misunderstanding occurred.
The name, appearance, and close contact with Akabane Raijin completely misunderstood the girl who was born and raised in the West.
But she said something even more misleading.
"Are you from that country? But I heard that not everyone wears cheongsam and buns..."
"You are biased!...No, maybe it's not biased."
There is no way, the stereotypes left to outsiders are too serious, and since we are still in the 19th century, it is normal to have such misunderstandings.
"Anyway, I'm not from the island country, so please remember it clearly."
"……I see."
The girl nodded solemnly, keeping this in mind.
This is her advantage. She will remember some things that the other party is unwilling or directly explain, and then she will not say them in front of the other party again.
"So, that's why your fighting style is different from ordinary people's?"
"……You can say that."
"What school is it?"
"School? We don't call it a school here. But if I insist... I'm a genre?"
What is passed down from home is the XX flow, what is copied from others is the source flow, what comes to mind and is compiled is the flow of the heart, and what is not compiled entirely by oneself is the flow of my heart.
Xiaolin really can only rely on himself in terms of dexterity, so it is reasonable to say that it is my flow... even though Liu Zi has never officially taken action since arriving in this world.
The girl nodded confusedly, not sure if she understood.
"Okay, it's time for me to ask the question this time."
Xiaolin's smile looked disgusting to her, and Charlotte showed an obviously displeased expression, but she seemed to feel that rejection would be too unfair, so she nodded reluctantly.
A man with ill intentions will poke at the opponent's weakness as soon as he opens his mouth.
"What is your relationship with Felix? Where did you meet?"
"What are you doing? Do you care? Sure enough, you have a crush on him. He is of the same sex..."
"I advise you to be kind, girl!"
Xiaolin smiled and interrupted her forcefully, asking Charlotte to pay attention to the doll girl next to her who wanted to speak venomously.
Fortunately, she endured it.
Charlotte blushed slightly, lowered her eyelids and said, "It was the other party who took the initiative to get to know me."
The girl's shyness is fully revealed.
But immediately, those sapphire blue eyes became slightly hazy.
She whispered: "After all, I will always create enemies for myself unconsciously... Don't get me wrong, even that doesn't matter to me. Anyway, I am alone and have no intention of becoming close to them. And being Isolation also has the advantage of being isolated. And Felix, because he is a disciplinary committee member
relationship, he will think about me in many aspects. "
"……I see."
Xiaolin's teasing followed, ignoring that the girl was still immersed in sadness.
"So you fell in love with him?"
"I didn't!"
Charlotte immediately denied it arrogantly.
She raised her white fist and threatened: "If you talk nonsense again, be careful I let Sigmund burn you alive with fire!"
"It's terrible! It's terrible how the girl becomes angry when her thoughts are exposed."
Instead of apologizing, Xiao Lin got worse.
That was because the dragon-shaped doll Sigmund was not by her side, otherwise she would have issued mandatory orders due to her reduced IQ due to shyness.
"Actually, you don't want to find me at all, but you want to hang out with that guy like this, right? How should I say something like this, a date preview... or something like that?"
"What...! You...! How...!"
The girl was shocked and speechless.
Apparently Xiao Lin guessed correctly and asked: "Didn't he ask you out on a date? Why did you refuse? It must be a dream for you, right?"
"……no."
Charlotte's anger suddenly dissipated, she lost her momentum in an instant, and then turned away.
She turned her gaze to the dim canal, her sapphire blue eyes were stained, and she whispered in empty words: "Felix is very popular, and girls are crazy about him, so if I go on a date with him..." Z. br>
"It will create more unnecessary enemies and so on... But you said you don't care about those enemies, so you are afraid of causing trouble to them, right?"
Xiaolin elaborated on the girl's concerns.
A girl who is feared by everyone in the academy to be called [Tyrannosaurus] is actually considerate of others. Others will be shocked when they find out.
"So this admiration slowly turned into admiration."
"……I guess so."
"But girl, longing is the emotion furthest from understanding. Do you understand this?"
"……Eh?"
Charlotte raised her head suddenly and looked at Xiao Lin with confusion as she suddenly said such philosophical words.
"Don't look at me like that. I'm just repeating what others said."
"I think so. After all, you are a country barbarian who dares to go head-to-head with an automaton."
"If you mean the behavior of those bastard puppets who just stand there and use their mouths to output output is elegant, then yes, I am indeed a complete country barbarian."
"What a person you are...!"
Charlotte couldn't say anything more when she thought about the other party knocking the ten puppets to the ground.
However, the girl's arrogance still led Xiao Lin to treat her to ice cream for three people. In response, the wealthy country barbarian also asked her to accompany him to buy things as a task.
After that, we wandered around for a while, and then headed back home when night finally fell.
But as soon as I returned to campus, I noticed something was wrong.
It's already nine o'clock. If it were the normal time, the college should be quiet, but now the other side of the gate seems to be extremely noisy.
- An attack occurred.
After hearing the news, Xiao Lin frowned subconsciously.
