Chapter 317 Noelle’s Waiting

"My lord?"

When Ryan was using the moonlight to repair Octavier's giant sword, Yazhi's voice suddenly came over.

Ryan stopped for a moment, then turned his head and found that Yazhi had appeared at the head of his bed at some point. He curiously looked at the pile of debris on the bed, his ears twitching:

"What are you busy with?"

Ryan smiled and explained: "Octavier's sword was broken during the competition with me during the day, and I wanted to help her repair it."

"Hey?"

Yazhi blinked: "Can this... be repaired?"

"No problem, I have a lot of free time anyway."

"Then I'm here to help you, Lord."

Yazhi rolled over and jumped onto the bed, sat down obediently next to Ryan, and waggled his big tail: "Master, is there any work you can assign to me?"

"Well... Then please Yazhi, please find all the fragments with the blade part."

"Ok."

After receiving the task, Yazhi immediately rummaged through the fragments with great interest.

While rummaging through the fragments, Yazhi asked curiously: "My lord, was Octavier your enemy before?"

Ryan nodded: "She should be the most powerful enemy I have ever encountered."

"Then why is the current master so kind to her?"

"..."

Ryan suddenly fell silent.

Yes, why did I start being so nice to Octavier for no reason?

Is it because Octavius ​​looks cute when she's shy? Probably not.

Is it because of what happened to Saguire? This may be part of the reason, but not entirely.

After thinking for a while, Ryan smiled and shook his head and said, "I don't know either."

"That... lord?"

Yazhi asked cautiously: "Since she is the most powerful enemy you have ever encountered, she must have killed many of your companions, right? Won't you feel grudge against her because of this?"

"Octavier has not killed any of my companions, at least not in my memory."

Ryan found another fragment that fit the fracture, and while connecting it to cast the magic, he said:

"Octavier and I only faced off once on the battlefield. In that battle, because Octavier was dragged by me the whole time, our Eclipse Knights suffered zero casualties in that battle. "

"Eh? Even if you fight the demon soldiers without your lord, there won't be any casualties?"

"Of course, don't underestimate our Knights of the Eclipse."

Thinking of the knights of the Eclipse Knights, Ryan smiled lightly and said: "Until we retire, the number of casualties in our Eclipse Knights is only a handful."

"Amazing……"

Yazhi's eyes suddenly became bright: "Then what are they doing after they retire?"

Ryan turned his head and looked at the moon outside the window. After a moment, he murmured:

"...Yes, what are they doing now?"

After retiring, they had no contact.

Although I was extremely tired of living and dining with those stinky men at that time, when I think about it now, I actually miss it inexplicably.

Especially after the fight with Octavier today.

Looking back, Ryan whispered:

"The youngest knight in our knighthood is a very talented knight. He had high ambitions when he first joined the army. However, he didn't stay in Eclipse for long before he started crying and shouting to go home.

Even so, his perseverance is still far beyond that of most knights. No matter what kind of difficult environment he is in, he cries and perseveres;

The eldest knight in our order is my deputy leader. He always likes to chat and spank, and then get beaten up by me.

But every time he fought, he was always at the forefront because of his old age, so he would often come to me for treatment with wounds all over his body. Several times, I almost failed to save him..."

Although it was unclear why Ryan suddenly started talking about the knights in the Knights, Yazhi still pricked up his ears and listened carefully.

After talking for an unknown amount of time, Ryan suddenly broke away from his memories. When he looked down, he found that a quarter of the giant sword had been spliced ​​together by him without even realizing it.

Turning his head again, he saw that Yazhi was already lying on the bed, breathing evenly and falling asleep.

Seeing that it was getting late, Ryan yawned, put away the giant sword and the fragments, and lay down on the bed to sleep. He also covered Yazhi with a quilt.

"Hey~Lord~"

As Ryan lay down, Yazhi turned around in a daze, leaned into Ryan's arms, and murmured in his sleep.

Ryan stretched out his hand to smooth Yazhi's hair and whispered: "Good night, Yazhi."

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On the day Ryan ran to Amos Plains, it was noon at Alcott College.

After finishing her morning class, Noelle took out her lunch box and looked expectantly at the door of the classroom.

However, that familiar figure did not appear.

"……Eh?"

Noelle blinked and ran out of the classroom. She looked left and right, but she never saw that familiar figure.

"Mr. Lane...are you busy with anything today?"

Whispering in a low voice, Noelle walked out of the teaching building holding the lunch box.

Arriving outside the teaching building, Noelle stayed stupidly at the entrance for a long time, but still didn't see Ryan.

Could Mr. Lane be angry because... I rejected his request yesterday?

As soon as this idea came to her mind, Noelle quickly shook her head and said to herself:

"Mr. Lane must be busy with other things today, um..."

With that said, Noelle came to her own corner and started eating lunch alone.

However, that sudden thought lingered in Noelle's mind like a curse, popping up from time to time.

Saturday and Sunday passed by in a blink of an eye, and at noon on Monday, Noelle was still standing stupidly at the door of the teaching building with her lunch box in her arms.

"Mr. Lane...are you still busy?"

On Tuesday and Wednesday, every day, Noelle would stay in front of the teaching building for a period of time, like a baby bird waiting for its parents to return to the nest.

Until noon on Thursday, Noelle was holding a lunch box in front of the teaching building, staring blankly into the distance. Her originally clear eyes were slightly dim, as if covered with a layer of hazy fog:

"Mr. Lane... still hasn't come..."

After the swordsmanship class in the afternoon, Noelle returned to the dormitory and suddenly felt that her body was inexplicably heavy.

Holding this discomfort, Noelle fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, Noelle was awakened by a knock on the door.

Opening her eyes drowsily, Noelle forced herself to sit up from the bed and found that her body was getting heavier.

It feels...my body is so hot...but also so cold...