The desert heat didn't bother Nemo these days. It's a pity that at this moment he had to remove all instinctive protections and adjust his physique to the level of an ordinary human, so that he could sweat smoothly without appearing too abnormal.
The nursing uniform of the Royal Military Academy of Clemens has been improved, and the men's uniform has been modified in several cuts to make it more comfortable to wear. Nemo rolled up the cuffs of his uniform, wiped the sweat from his forehead, slowed down amid the complaints of the students, and landed beside Oliver in the logistical uniform.
Making sure no one was paying attention to them, Nemo coughed twice: "Ice cubes, Ollie. The professor is too close for me to use the abyss magic."
Then he opened his mouth to Oliver and pointed to his own.
"After so many years, it is estimated that they will be able to clearly perceive the fluctuations in my power." Oliver quickly stuffed a small ice ball into his lover's mouth, and threw it into his own mouth by the way. "time flies."
"Yeah, what are you going to explain this time? Those three little guys in the Godwin's are very smart. Olivia can barely coax it out, Eddie is sixteen - we were with Godwin last time. He stared at you for a long time while drinking." Nemo crunched his ice.
"Big brother will find a way to explain."
Oliver dismissed the headache errand with a hearty face, and put a block of ice in Nemo's mouth again.
"Besides, when we get the Clemens College graduation badges, we can use them as proof of identity to legally impersonate our own... er, distant relatives? Eddie and the others are still young, and using this as evidence is enough to settle them."
"By the way, I don't know if Godwin and Eddie are still in the cold war." Nemo pressed his tongue against the ice, and there was a little more worry in his voice.
The angry Godwin Lopez mentioned in the newsletter crystal a few days ago that his rebellious eldest son has refused to speak to him for three weeks - childhood obedient and obedient, Godwin himself seriously lacks normal father-son relationship experience, had to seek help from his cousin remotely.
"It's hard to say. After all, Eddie wants to run out and become a mercenary. I agree with Godwin on this point. He is too young. It is best to study at the academy first."
"You sound more and more like Flint." Nemo smoothed his sweaty black hair.
Oliver smiled, it was still a face that belonged to a young man, but his eyes didn't have the slightest hint of greenness. "Like? Father, he didn't insist that I go to the city to study."
"Two gentlemen, I can understand that you are very tired, but the team formation should still be maintained. We will soon arrive at the ruins, and then we can cook some Shajiao plum soup."
Even in the scorching sun, their nearly seventy-year-old professor of the ancient Elvish language is still very hale and hearty. The old man propped up his cane, the tip of which was about to stab Nemo in the back, only to be blocked by a hand.
"You can rest at the end of the line, I'll help you take care of these students." A slightly low male voice sounded.
"Temple, no, Professor Wilhelm. This... it's too much trouble for you. Well, I actually protested at the time—I'm old, but I can't let the Chief Nursing follow me. It's not that kind of dangerous expedition, Just to see the desert ruins. Even if something happened to me, the kids wouldn't be in danger."
"Don't mind." The middle-aged professor smiled. "I didn't force it, I made the application myself. Anyway, there are no urgent tasks recently, so I will stay at the school for a longer time. There is only Di Hailan nearby, and I just want to do some fresh research on the medicinal value."
The old man scratched his face and laughed twice. He grimaced at the two lazy young men and walked to the end of the line, leaning on his cane.
"Long time no see, Nemo." The middle-aged professor's eyes softened.
It's different from when I first met, I don't know if it's because of age or simply straightening my back. Hayden Wilhelm looks a little taller, and the freckles on his face have faded a lot. His hair was still curled up badly, and those slightly large eyes had no longer felt neurotic, but looked extremely sharp.
"Hayden." Nemo patted the other's arm.
The introverted young nurse in memory also faded away, and even looked a little more serious to the frightening majesty. Now he should have heard part of the truth from his wife Delia, but his attitude is naturally the same as before.
"The last time I saw you two, it was at Delly and me's wedding, right?" Hayden said half-jokingly, "I went to Leonard's side to help out some time ago, and I just missed your enrollment. Then When the school started a lot of troubles, we have not been able to have a good chat."
"...You really haven't changed at all." His eyes swept up and down the two, and Hayden's voice was filled with emotion.
"Speaking of this, you've really changed a lot. They said last year you failed 70% of your students, Hayden, you didn't do that before... I think, harsh?"
"In peaceful times, students are too impetuous."
Hearing the nursing-related questions, Hayden almost reflexively raised his face and his tone became serious.
"Nursing must be the most attentive, and there must be no omissions. You can't get away with laughing and laughing. 70% is already my bottom line—they are going to save lives in the future! At first, I tried good words and persuasion. It's more effective to scare them."
"As expected of your roommate." Oliver bumped Nemo with his elbow. "In some ways, your ideas are exactly the same."
"I couldn't imagine you and Delia quarreling before, but I just gained the ability to imagine." Nemo commented seriously.
"Dally she... I can understand a little bit of the despair she's been through, and the feeling of being slighted and denied. But, uh, you know. Sometimes her decisions are impersonal, and I can't help but... No matter how noisy, she can at least listen to me, and I can understand some of her difficulties."
Hayden coughed a little embarrassedly and touched the wedding ring with the royal emblem on his ring finger.
"Most of the time, the two of us actually get along pretty well."
"I take my words back, it's not called 'noisy', it's closer to 'intensive communication'." Nemo shook his head with a smile. "Is she okay lately?"
"It's good, I just kept talking about wanting to see Ms. Savage. Recently, Ms. Savage and Mr. Salter went on an expedition to the wetlands and jungle, and it was not easy to get in touch. How about you? I remember that this expedition was voluntary. The two of you don't seem like the type who likes to join in the fun."
"We have some acquaintances around here. We'll stop by and take a look at them. Olivia has been clamoring to see them for a long time. That variety is too fragile. We have to ask experts how to cultivate them."
Oliver did not hide the nostalgia on his face.
"After all, the desert ruins are near Caleb village, the two of us will wait..."
"Enemy attack! It's an intermediate demon!" The combat student in the front gave a warning, interrupting Oliver's unfinished words. "Mage is ready! Wait, wait, they rushed behind! The logistics team dispersed immediately!"
However, the incoming demon moves faster.
The senior commander of the team was immediately in a cold sweat—the young logistics who was attacked did not resist, but was thrown straight by the devil, and the whole person was smashed into the hot sand.
The huge white demon just pressed down on the poor logistician, lowered his head quickly, and stuck out his long purple-black tongue that belonged to the demon.
And then licked and licked hard on the face of the logistician named "Oliver".
The slender tail behind the boned lizard was stretched straight and quivered with excitement. It licked hard, and when it got tired of licking, it rubbed its flat face twice. The scene was a bit weird for a while.
"The knuckle lizard has a gentle personality. With me watching, it's no big deal. Keep going!" Hayden raised his voice and shouted to the front of the team, his tone returning to seriousness.
Seeing only one knuckle lizard, which is accustomed to swarming, despite being curious, the students continued to move forward honestly under the order of the "Prince Professor".
The knuckle lizard was still squatting on Oliver, and continued licking with a gesture of wanting to lick his face off. Nemo took a breath and tapped the much larger bone shell with his knuckles.
"White II, right?" He clicked twice.
White II's licking movement stopped instantly.
Immediately it fell to one side, turned its back to the sky, stretched its legs straight, and pretended to be dead motionless. The tongue, which had not had time to retract his mouth, was still partially exposed.
Nemo poked at the belly of the lizard angrily and hilariously: "This trick didn't fool me back then, do you really think it will work this time?"
The bone-jointed lizard, which had grown two or three times in size, blinked its four eyes, and the small, bean-like eyes were visibly wet. The originally straight tail shrank slightly, rolled into a small ball, and shivered slightly.
"It seems that our White I Yu Wei is still there." Oliver got up from the sand and slapped the sand on his body.
"I've got my breath under control this time." Nemo soothingly touched the overturned belly of the knuckle lizard.
"I know, it should remember our smell." Oliver also reached out and touched the rough belly of the knuckle lizard.
Touched by Oliver, White II seemed to have temporarily forgotten his fear. It rolled over and landed on all fours, and in a little smoke, its figure began to melt, gradually becoming the shape of a fuller goat.
Immediately, he started rubbing against Oliver again.
"Want to lead the way again?" Oliver patted the fake goat on the head.
White II immediately shook his head.
"That is to say, our Lady Witch is doing well recently."
The goat turned into a knuckle lizard blew softly.
"It looks like it wants to follow you." Hayden rubbed his chin and circled the sheep twice. "It seems that it has grown up. Since it can act alone, it must have the permission of the ethnic group. Let it follow first, I have not noticed any malice from it."
Hearing the somewhat familiar comment, Nemo sighed. Oliver on one side stroked the fake goat with emotion and whispered something.
"I have a hunch that it will follow you this time... Ollie, do you want to keep it?"
"If it will come with me."
"Then we'll have to make a sandcastle for it in the garden."
"…sounds great."
"But I'm afraid I won't be able to accompany you to Nadine's place, Nemo. I'm still a normal human being in her heart, and I don't look right now. I can't wait in the village now. You, someone has to watch White II here."
"Well, then you have an hour to explain to our White II that I didn't really want to make soup with it."
As soon as Nemo finished speaking, the fake goat whizzed behind Oliver.
"… I try my best." Oliver patted the "Fuller Goat" squeezed behind him with a wry smile.
Hayden took a knowing step forward, kicking up the dust. Nemo nodded and cut a gap in the space in front of him—
On the other side of the crack is an extremely cozy cottage. The flowers are still lush, and it can be seen that they have been taken care of very carefully. The witch's courtyard was filled with colorful colors, and its vitality was not reduced by half.
Nemo nodded to his lover and walked happily towards the courtyard.
Round orange. The cat is lying on the steps of the front door, licking its tail very seriously. Sensing the crack that opened and closed in front of it, it sneezed and purred hoarsely at the dark-haired guest in front of it.
This time it didn't escape.