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Chapter 124 "23"

"Cough cough..."

Just now I?

Gee, headache!

Did you have a fight with someone just now...

"Hey hey haha..."

little kid?

Just as I was struggling to get up from the ground, a group of children ran past me laughing and playing.

How can there be children... What kind of place is this?
The surrounding buildings look like the old-fashioned imperial local church style, and this kind of street is only common in less developed residential areas.

How come back to the empire...

Along the way, some common street vendors in the empire seemed to be telling me that not only did I return to the empire, but also returned to the old empire’s area of ​​influence.

Oh, it must be some kind of strange dream again, I seem to remember that I must have passed out on that street.

I remember someone said about the dream, you can't know how it came to be here, just like now, you don't know it.

At that time, I was lying on the ground, and I began to recall the things I stayed in the Imperial Correctional Institute in the past. Maybe this is the origin of this dream?

If I remember correctly, if you walk in this direction, you will see...

Not far away is the tall religious emblem on the eaves of the gray chain tile roof. The familiar pattern not only proved my guess, but also aroused my strong curiosity.

What kind of dream will you make?
Hmph, that's really dishonest, Lin Man.

It turns out that remembering the details of these places so firmly is clearly a strong attachment to this place.

I can even remember the touch of the wall so clearly, and what I said is just some unbearable past, obviously...

If this continues, sooner or later I will dream of my father again...

Hey, is this road so long?

Do you feel like you can’t get to the end if you go on like this?

But this is nothing, after all, it is also a dream, and any strange and unreasonable things that happen are also understandable and acceptable.

You see, it seems like my head doesn't hurt anymore, right?
That...that is!

"Potato!"

After hearing my call, the Jillami dog who was lying on the ground in a daze and kept shaking its ears suddenly stood up, and the little pet who wanted to walk in the direction of the call suddenly put down its raised forefoot.

Yeah, it doesn't know me...

At least I don't know me like this...

This kind of pet dog imported from Ikas has exceptional intelligence and is almost one of the best types in all safe animal lists.

But I can't travel through time and understand what I look like when I grow up. This is the law of the universe, and no one can subvert it.

It looked at the direction I came from vigilantly, but it didn't make any moves, it just looked at me so simply.

Strange, it doesn't match my memory.

Because in my impression, if someone it doesn't know approaches, it will immediately put on a defensive posture, instead of simply, uh... staring at me.

Is he wondering?
I wonder how the stranger in front of me called out its name.

It may also be that he is still familiar with my voice, and I did not make any threatening movements. Maybe he is trying to remember where he heard a similar tone?

Haha, it's really hard for you.

"It's me, Lin Man, Lin Man!"

That being the case, I will try not to provoke it, just keep a distance and talk to him more to see if he can recognize me.

"Big Potatoes~"

If I remember correctly, I was teasing it with this emphasis earlier, right?

No response, maybe my voice has changed too much?
"cough……"

"Big potato~?"

It's over, still no response...

There was great doubt in the small eyes.

"Roar?"

Yo, you recognize me, don't you?
"It's me, Lin Man, Lin Man!"

"Wow~?"

This sound sounded much more powerful than before, and the tail that had been hanging down also began to shake.

According to my understanding, this is a move of its excitement.

Most likely, he recognized me.

really!

The dog, which was not too small, wagged its tail and threw itself into my arms, sniffing my body with its slightly moist nose.

"Okay, okay, good~"

"Roar~"

He purred continuously under my scratching, and seemed extremely comfortable.

From this point of view, this dream seems too real again, has it even taken into account that it doesn't know me when I grow up?

Lin Man, oh Lin Man, was using his precious brain capacity in such a strange place, and he didn't think hard about how to deal with the next situation.

Someone already blatantly wants your life, okay, hey!
"Okay, okay, stop licking!"

When I came back to my senses, I realized that my right hand was already sticky from being licked. Did it taste delicious? Mrs. Anderson's dog also liked to lick my hand.

"Look at the sticky stuff, it's all your guy's saliva."

"Woo~!"

As if he understood that I was blaming it, Tudou lowered his head and kept drooping his ears, staring at me with a look of aggrieved eyes.

As expected of a very intelligent animal, I can understand the general meaning just from my demeanor and tone of voice.

It is indeed rare to be so leisurely, and it is really a joy that can only be experienced again in dreams.

"Okay, okay, I know you like me, let's go play."

But there is no way, and I can't just stay here with it through this dream that will be shattered at some point. I have to go on and see those other...love things.

Well, at least in your own dream, don't be so awkward, okay?
Let's be honest, Lin Man, no one here will know, let alone laugh at you.

In this way, I walked on in my wild thoughts, and walked outside the gate of the reformatory without knowing it.

The red sun that had already slanted to the west was just half covered by the low wall of the courtyard, and the red halo reflected the original yellowish wall into purple.

It's all so real, it feels so familiar to me, like... like I'm actually back there.

It should be time for dinner by now, right?

Sister Danube would pick up a brass bell and jingle as hard as she could, in order to call back the "wild children" scattered in the streets of the community.

You must know that there are only a few people in the reformatory including the godfather, and it is impossible to keep every naughty child under proper control in the reformatory.

"Hehe, let's eat!"

The voices of the children came from not far away, and one after another, people ran back to the yard that seemed to have been around for some time.

It was 27, and the one running with him was 23, and he slept on a bunk bed with me.

"Come on!"

It is worth mentioning that for the purpose of convenient management, in the reformatory they will only call our bed number, mine is 22.

This little naughty egg often fights with me!
Most of the kids who run past me stop and meet my eyes, but it's so short that I've even forgotten the names of a few... er, bed numbers.

"Hi sir, Yu Xijie."

Seemingly noticing that I, a "stranger", had been wandering outside the courtyard for too long, Sister Danube with a brass bell came out of the courtyard and greeted me.

The so-called "Yu Xijie" means "may you have a safe future". It comes from "The Guide Sutra: A Moment of Bright Moon", and it is a very common greeting from the Imperial Church to strangers.

"Yu Xijie, Miss Nun."

Danau smiled slightly, and the younger Danau seemed to prefer us to call her Miss instead of "Mother Nun".

As the body approached me, it blocked me from the wide open courtyard door, as if worried that I might be harmful to the children.

This Danube seems a little too young, maybe my impression of her has been stuck at the time when I first arrived.

"Excuse me, what's the matter for you, this is the Imperial Reformatory, and there are only lovely children."

According to my understanding of Danube, her face looks quite guarded at this moment, and she may have taken the "smart talk" just now as someone who is not right.

"Oh yeah, I just saw so many kids here, I love kids."

"Yeah, that's really nice."

There was a smile on the surface, but the body remained motionless in a position that almost completely blocked my way forward.

Hey, do I really look that bad?
"Mother Donau, Mother Donau!"

"Mother Mamaiya told you to go back and eat quickly..."

Just when the atmosphere between me and Danube began to become delicate, the childish tone instantly made the place warmer.

36, is the youngest group of children here, and also the cutest child. She looks pink and tender, and her big watery eyes look straight at me, clear and flawless.

In a sense, I even felt cured.

"Okay, okay, Mama Donau will go back now."

Danuo gently picked up 36, gently scraped her little nose, and then put her back on the ground.

"Mother Danube and this uncle will go back after a few more words. You go back and tell Mamaia that you don't have to wait for me, okay?"

"Can little 36 do it by himself?"

"Well! Yes!"

It's cute, the powder puffy smile quivering slightly with the nod, but honestly...

"Then go back quickly,"

I, I'm so jealous, I also want to hug Mama Danube...

I also want Mamayah to hug...

cough!
Damn, if Donau knew what the man in front of her who she regarded as a threat was thinking, he would definitely treat me as a pervert!

And to be honest, if you look at it from this point of view, Danube is... quite beautiful?
"Cough cough..."

After watching 36 bouncing and running back, I also planned to say something.

It's impossible to just stand there like this, competing with the virtual personality recalled in the dream, right?

　Because I don’t know why Section 22 has been blocked, so I wrote 23 first and posted it, and then I will find a way to unban 22.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)