About Me Being Picked Up by Tallulah for Adoption

"Allow me to refuse, Auntie."

Maria interrupted Zofia's plan. She stuck out her tongue at Zofia, and then saw the fire extinguisher in the container in the room and some electronic components that Zofia could not name.

"Maria! Now is not the time to bicker, those people are serious, many competitive knights have already been killed by them—"

"Then I can't let my aunt take risks alone!"

The door was about to be knocked open, Maria refuted Zofia loudly, and at the same time temporarily rubbed out a green-skinned "bomb" in her hand.

"Boom!"

The door was knocked open, and several infected ex-war knights rushed into the room.

"Find something to cover your mouth and nose, Auntie!"

At the same time that the door was knocked open, Linguang threw the "improvised bomb" in his hand, and the ignition device was activated, igniting the three bottles of high-pressure fire extinguishers tied together from the inside.

"boom--!!"

After a loud noise, a huge amount of smoke powder enveloped a small half of the factory.

"Cough cough cough...it's stronger than expected, Auntie, are you alright?"

Maria threw aside the iron file cabinet door that she temporarily picked up to withstand the impact, and pulled Zofia out of the room.

"Cough cough cough! Cough cough——goo!"

"Why are you attacking us!"

After the two ran to a slightly safer location, an infected person staggered out of the smoke, and was immediately knocked down by Maria. She raised her long sword and questioned him loudly.

"Ahem—why? Because you bastards took everything from us! Before the knightly competition was so hot, we retired knights could barely have the environment and subsidies to survive, but now everything is gone! Those People use all our money to engage in nonsense knight competitions, and no one cares about our lives!"

"Then you can go find those warring knights and make a theory. It's pointless to vent your anger on us."

Zofia frowned.

"What kind of knights! Whether they or you, they are all dressed in human skin... wait, you are the one from the Linguang family—— bastard, bastard! Even the Linguang family wants to join them!? "

The infected person seemed to recognize Maria's identity, and his mood suddenly became a little broken.

And Maria also vaguely felt that when she was young, she seemed to have seen this ragged infected person at a large party, but he was not so embarrassed at that time. Talk about something while laughing.

"...What do you mean by joining?"

"This is your choice! The honor we tried so hard to protect was completely swallowed up by those bastards from the Chamber of Commerce! I didn't believe Margaret at the time, but now I finally understand Now, even the Linguang family has completely degenerated!"

The infected person roared, he was extremely angry at the fact that 'Maria Linguang joined the knight competition'.

"..."

Seeing the howls of the infected fighting knights in front of her, Maria remembered what the leader of the Howling Knights whispered to her back then.

"You shouldn't be in jousting because there are no real 'knights' in jousting."

Casimir's knights have now been completely swallowed up by that game, and they will never be able to regain their past glory...?

At this moment, Maria understood the reason for her hesitation all this time, and also understood what she should do next.

Clang——!

Maria pushed aside the knight's long sword in her hand, stood up and looked at Zofia who was beside her.

"Aunt—I just said that I would not participate in the knight competition, but it seems that I want to change my mind again..."

"Maria, what do you mean—"

"I will still participate in the knight competition, but... I will use my own way, not be influenced by anyone, and advance step by step. Because I want to prove to everyone that Kasimir's knight has not disappeared , Grandpa, the spirit that our ancestors tried their best to maintain still exists."

"..."

Zofia didn't speak. At this moment, Maria finally found a target, a target that was somewhat similar to the previous 'Bright Knight', but somewhat different.

"Over here!" "What happened to the explosion just now!?"

Before the two had time to catch their breath, a group of infected people rushed over from the entrance of the abandoned building again, and this time the number was even greater than before.

"Well……"

Maria picked up the long sword and put it in a stance, and Zofia also tried to take out the weapon at her waist.

I can't fall down here, I have to prove to everyone that what Grandpa and the others have been guarding has not really dissipated! !

Just before the enemy is about to rush over——

"Sorry, I didn't expect the enemy to have reinforcements."

Almost instantly, a pitch-black shadow flashed past, and the veterans of the infected fell to the ground before they could even scream. Only Zofia and Maria were left staring at each other.

Orson knows that the Infested mob is after this place, but the Infested are also an excellent "necessary part of the plan"

It's just that the latter batch of reinforcements were really unexpected, and it was impossible for Maria to deal with them, so Orson could only go on the field to solve the trouble himself.

"... Orson!"

Seeing the black-haired young man in front of her, Maria showed a joyful expression.At the same time, she finally recalled the words her grandfather said to herself:

"Maria, if you really feel confused about the future—then go find a relationship."

"After all, the anvil and the machine tool can't solve your knots, but the other half of the soul can."

"—"

Maria, who recalled those words, had a subtle expression on her face.

And in the car not far from the abandoned building——

"Woo meow... can I sleep, Dr. Kelsey?"

"Well, let's get some sleep."

Rosemary, the co-pilot, was wagging her tail while the chicken pecked at the rice, holding a medical kit in her arms.

Kelsey, who was fooled by Orson with the reason that "there may be a medical emergency, so please come to help", touched mon3tr with one hand, which might explode at any time, and put the other hand on the edge of the car window, Silently watching Orson being thrown to the ground by Maria not far away, Zofia was frantically trying to separate the two.

——That's great, the child was not injured, and the other Ms. Zofia only received skin trauma.

——But I brought all the medicine boxes, so I must find a chance to use it...?

Looking at Orson who was entangled by two horses not far away, Kelsey thought about how many levels of disability he would beat that foolish man into. "Don't mess up the rhythm, keep your breath and pace consistent."

"Ok!"

"Don't tense your muscles all the time, it will consume too much energy."

"understand!"

"Remember, the existence of a shield can block most attacks, remember to use it reasonably."

"Roger that!"

In the small garden outside the living room of Maria's house, Orson was sparring with Maria with a long sword that had not been sharpened, while pointing out the deficiencies in her posture.

Because Aunt Zofia was going to deal with business matters today, the two did not go to Zofia's house, and started today's training at their own home.

The "routine" set by Orson before allowed Maria to strengthen her goal of participating in the knight competition.Not only was she not angry at Orson's "setting up", but she thanked Orson earnestly after that, and she was finally able to go all out in the subsequent training, and the speed of improvement was visible to the naked eye.

"Okay—good condition, take a rest. Just work hard with this momentum."

"Ha... okay... Orson has been helping me to correct the problem, but he doesn't breathe heavily..."

The training was temporarily over, and Maria sighed softly while taking off her equipment.

"Maria can do this even if she trains for a while longer. The Kuranta race itself is a category with superior endurance than ordinary people."

Orson handed Maria a bottle of water and said.

"It's true that my aunt and sister's physical strength is terrifying... By the way, Orson, that—are you free today?"

Maria looked at Orson, and said casually in a pretendingly calm tone.

"Today? There shouldn't be anything special to do."

Orson thought about it, and apart from writing a monthly summary report for a certain fisherman later, there is nothing to do today.

First, he wrote his own monitoring report, and now it has even become a monthly work summary for Platinum. Can he consider changing careers to become a secretary?

"In that case, can you go out with me?"

Maria asked happily.

"Of course, what is Maria going to do?"

"Haha... I want to buy some equipment. I can't use the training armor and the training knight sword during the official battle."

Maria rubbed her hair in embarrassment, then patted the training armor and long sword on her body.

"That's true. I've heard that 'equipment' is also very important in knightly competitions. Some companies even pay a lot of money to buy the permission for contestants to use extra supplies in the battlefield."

Orson nodded. When chatting with the plastic knight before, Orson had a deeper understanding of knight sports, and at the same time, he also had a more intuitive understanding of the outrageous degree of corruption of this competitive game by capital.

"That's it... Maria, do you have enough money?"

Orson asked worriedly. After all, the lady from the knight family in front of her might only have better assets than Rhodes Island, which has a negative number.

"Don't worry! I've saved some money before, so I can—ah."

Maria patted her chest resolutely, but was stunned the next second as if she suddenly remembered something.

"That money was used to buy a repair toolbox combination..."

It's quite similar to Kelsey. When you encounter something you are interested in, you will directly start it without thinking about the consequences.

"Then what should we do now?"

Orson sighed and asked Maria.

"Gu... the matter has come to this point, I can only contact my aunt, and use that trick...!"

Maria seemed to have thought of a solution, but judging from her expression, it was probably not an easy task.

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Located in a 'cafe' not far from the bustling commercial street.

"Maria, coffee for table 7."

"learn!"