"Ouch——"

Annie bit the sweet apple and sneaked up to the open door while Darius wasn't paying attention. Behind this door, there should be the second test.

"Strange, where is the door?"

Annie was walking on the gravel road. In this yard, there were several three-meter-high rockeries placed in the lake. Annie could see from the shore that the rockeries were connected by wooden bridges. There were also some

Pavilions and pavilions.

"Is it blocked?"

Annie walked around the lake. The yard was larger than she thought. Half an hour later, she walked around the lake.

However, she did not see a door leading to the next place.

"Is it possible that we have to turn over?"

Just do whatever you think of. Although Annie is young, she is still an extraordinary person no matter how young she is. The physique of an extraordinary person, no matter how weak she is, is far superior to that of an ordinary person. It is like a world of difference.

She jumped onto the wall with a slight jump,

"It looks like you can get over the wall. If I had known about it, it wouldn't have been so labor-intensive."

In fact, even if he could climb over the wall, Darius would not do so, because he needed a reason to take those old people away, and it would take a certain amount of time to send those old people on their way. If the door cannot be opened, then he would just do it honestly.

Complete the trial and climb over the wall? There is no need for that at the moment.

"There is also a lake here, and the door is open, so is it also a place to rest?"

Annie jumped down, planning to see what else was delicious here.

In the first rest area, there are only fruits to eat, which is really inconsiderate. Not only do we need to prepare juice, but we also need to have lots of delicious food.

However,

"Eh? It hurts so much!"

Annie's little face swelled up again. What happened just now? She obviously jumped off the wall. Why did she hit the wall when she took another step forward?

"Annie? What is this girl doing again?"

Just as he ended his call with Balliard, Darius heard Anne's scream. Except for the two of them, nothing else here could make a sound on its own. Plus there was no wind, no matter what.

Every courtyard is eerily quiet.

Anne's scream sounded a little distant at the moment. Did she go to the next trial without authorization? If in the army, soldiers like Anne would either die in the hands of the enemy because of their own recklessness, or they would die in the hands of their companions after violating military law.

in hand.

"No, I want to try again."

Annie covered her forehead and jumped onto the wall again, but this time, she did not jump off recklessly.

She squatted on the wall and placed Tibbers in her arms.

"Tibbers, turn on the video function and let me see what is causing trouble."

The scene in front of her suddenly changed. Someone must be teasing Anne, maybe it was the enemy in the second trial who did not allow her to escape without authorization.

"Roar."

Tibbers's roar after shrinking in size sounded a different kind of cuteness. He followed Annie's instructions and turned on the video recording function. He saw that the positions of his two eyes had changed, and his left eye moved to the right.

When it reaches the center of the eyebrows, the right eye moves to the right side of the back of the head, so that what happens before and after can be recorded together.

"I want to jump!"

Annie landed lightly. She turned her head thoughtfully and observed everything around her. Not far ahead was the open guest room. She also smelled a faint fragrance. Is there anything delicious?

After confirming that there were no other creatures ambush around her, Annie took a step forward.

Then, she hit the wall again.

"It hurts! What the hell!"

An angry Annie sat on the ground, folded her arms, breathed fire, and was taking revenge on the wall that "attacked" her forehead twice.

"Tibbers~~"

After venting her anger a little, little Annie stood up and stretched out her hands towards Tibbers.

"Roar?"

Tibbs touched the back of his head, closed his eyes, then jumped off the wall and landed in Annie's arms.

He clearly knew that Anne was wronged and wanted to hug her, but... Anne didn't provide her magic power to him. Even if she wanted to hug her, it wouldn't be him hugging Anne.

"Annie, why are you here?"

Darius ran over because Annie screamed again. He was wandering leisurely by the lake, so he had to run over.

"I want to see what the second test is."

Anne's aggrieved expression made Darius confused.

"...Did you find anything?"

Being stared at by Anne with such eyes, Darius cleverly changed the subject. What happened? He didn't know. Anyway, Anne was fine now, so just pretend that nothing happened.

"You can't climb over the wall. There's obviously no door here, so you won't let anyone climb over the wall... Tibbers, pull up the video just now and take a look. Someone must be causing trouble!"

Anne explained to Darius what happened, and then anxiously wanted to find the person who bullied her. This kind of bad guy could compare with Vallader.

"Roar."

Tibbers poked his eyes with his fingers, and then two virtual screens appeared. Everything that had just happened was reproduced on this screen.

"...Darius, do you see anything? We must, we must find that bad guy! He bullied me!"

Annie looked at it carefully several times, but still couldn't understand why she could suddenly appear from one place to another without any reaction.

“…

…”

Darius shook his head and did not want to answer the question. Bullying you?

He had soberly experienced the time magic cast by Kieran, and then looked at these images. How could he not know that it was Annie who triggered the time magic left by Kieran. When Annie climbed over the wall, the time magic was actually ready.

Well, it's just that when Annie has the idea to move forward and puts it into practice, the time magic will be activated and send Annie back dozens of seconds ago.

So, this is Anne breaking the rules of this trial, and it can also be understood as the "law" unique to this place. A sinner who broke the law asked him for help, saying that the law bullied her?

Fortunately, there are no judges or prisons here. Otherwise, you can talk to them yourself.

"If you can't climb over the wall, it means there is a door to the other side, so look for it."

Darius shrugged. Taking care of children is really troublesome.

If it was Valliard who did such a thing, Darius would have passed by swinging the ax without saying a word. Did he know what he was doing?

This is a mask trial that you participate in in order to better lurk within the enemy. Make trouble in this trial, and even want to pass the trial by cheating. Do you want to lurk in the Blood Moon Sect, or do you want to be beaten?

Expulsion of Blood Moon Sect members?

Although there seems to be no one else here, what if Kieran can use other methods to confirm whether the completion of this trial complies with the rules?

Who makes Anne a child or a little girl? Darius's own task is not to help Anne complete the monthly exams, but to take care of Anne when Balliard is not with Anne.

Therefore, the care that Darius understands is actually more focused on letting Anne do what she wants to do, and then helping Anne to save the day when she is in danger, that is, a bodyguard.

"I've looked for it, but there's no-"

Anne stared at Darius stubbornly, as if she wanted Darius to believe her conclusion without conducting any investigation.

"There isn't one on the ground, so go look for it below. You shouldn't have gone into the water, right?"

Darius pointed to the lake. From the images recorded by Tibbers, it could be seen that there was also a lake in the next rest area.

Since he couldn't get there from the ground, Darius naturally felt that the lakes on both sides could be connected. If there were enemies, they should be in the lakes. Defeat them and then open the underwater door.

, emerged from the lake in the rest area.

"Eh... the lake is so dirty, of course I won't go down there."

Anne seemed to realize that she had been stupid just now, but she still made an excuse for herself. Why would a normal person set the entrance under the lake?

"It just looks dirty,"

Darius held a handful of water and after careful observation, he came to the conclusion that it was the brilliance of the blood moon that made the water here look like a pool of blood.

"If you still have doubts or mental barriers, you can ask Tibbs to check the composition and purity of the water."

"No... no need. Since it is your judgment, then I will believe you."

There was a little blush on Anne's face. She originally just made an excuse, but unexpectedly Darius gave her a step to use the feeling of a donkey going down the slope, which was not bad.

"Then go into the water. You and Tibbers won't be affected, right?"

Darius somewhat wanted to take Annie's place in cleaning up the enemies below. Annie was a person favored by fire, and Tibbs was also the incarnation of fire. Being in the water was somewhat inconvenient.

But he was different. He was born in Besilico, a port city. Although he wasn't in the water as often as the pirates in Bilgewater, he was definitely a lot.

"Of course not, don't underestimate me!"
To be continued...