As a villain, I raised a defeated dog to become a black boss

"Actually, it's much better than the first time I took your coins. I've really adapted a lot in the past few days... Huh... I'm not slow to recover. I should be able to compete normally."

Leah entered a state of dizziness again. She lay on her arms and listened to her heartbeat.

Such a fast heartbeat.

but……

If we can accomplish this, we will definitely be successful in tomorrow’s game.After all, not many people can reproduce the ancient magic written in the book.

Thinking about it, Leah smiled from the bottom of her heart.

"Teacher Leia, this is the reward for your sincerity and straightforwardness."

Will took the opportunity to come in and sit next to her. The two of them were warmed by the dark blue semi-liquid liquid with flames burning in the middle.

The firelight of the coin made Will's glasses reflect a little.

Leah was a little dizzy. She leaned on her arms and looked at Will, listening to Will's words slowly in her ears.

"Look at this ignited flame, it is so beautiful, so pretty, and so powerful. It seems to be able to burn all the ice, melt all the snow, and light the last candle in the cold wind."

"It belongs to you now. Although I made a little effort, it was all thanks to your own efforts, Teacher Leah."

"So, so, Teacher Leia..."

He took off his glasses, which seemed to be dirty because they were stained with some pre-work solution.

The reflection of warm red and blue from the moist material on the glasses was directly projected into his dark blue eyes.

"You must be as blazing as this flame, use such enthusiasm to get everything you want, hold him tightly, and use your light to occupy all his sight."

Leah saw her own reflection in his eyes that were lit by light, and her own golden color also became the bright light in his eyes.

Occupy his...

All sight...

For some reason, Leah thought of Will these days.

Will watched himself as he dodged the rising solvent behind a blast shield.

Next to the kerosene lamp burning in the dark laboratory, Will looked at himself.

Will was looking at himself in front of the red and blue moistening substance that was successfully burning.

Leah's heartbeat, which had just calmed down, was speeding up.

"!?"

She jumped up from the table with a start.

Will was so frightened that he put on his glasses.

"What's wrong with you?!"

"No, it's nothing, it's just... my heartbeat is speeding up again. Today was a success! Student Will, let's sort it out tomorrow so that we can compete with peace of mind!"

In order to cover up her strange emotions, Leah quickly changed the subject.

So……

Will he be sitting in the audience on game day, watching himself?

With one day left before the competition, Leah and Will prepared all the props and conducted another pre-experiment, preparing to rest early for the next day's competition.

In fact, the game started before sunrise the next day, around five o'clock.

Because the early morning is the lowest temperature of the day, it can better measure the heating effect of fire magic. At the same time, the sun has not risen, making it easier to watch the appearance of the magic.

However, usually after finishing the process and awarding the awards, it’s already nine o’clock.

"That...that, Student Will. Although, although this requires getting up very, very early...in the early hours of the morning, but...can...can you come to our competition venue to have a look?"

Leah hit what she thought was her strongest straight serve!

but……

"...Teacher Leia. Although I really want to go, but..."

"...My practical exam is scheduled for tomorrow morning?"

"what?"

"what??"

"what???"

Chapter 45 Before competition & exam

It was early in the morning.

Will got up an hour earlier than usual - because he needed to get to school early to prepare for the exam.

but……

Even if he gets up an hour early, Yier can prepare breakfast for him on time.

Hot bread, fried eggs, and bacon have been neatly placed on the table. Today's breakfast feels richer than usual, and there is even an extra glass of milk.

"Good morning, Master~"

Ella turned around, her tail wagging, and faced Will with a bright smile.

"Thank you for your hard work. Today is the weekend, and I asked you to get up early and make breakfast."

Will sat down nervously, carefully cut the bread, dipped the butter from the side, spread it on it, and put it in his mouth.

It was soft. As expected, Yiel's bread baking skills were very good.

Although the bacon was purchased, it was cut very well.

The omelette was also fried to perfection.

The temperature of the milk is perfectly prepared. It is just mild enough to drink when you take a sip, not too hot or too cold.

"Well……"

Will noticed that Elle was staring at him.

"You...what's the matter with you?"

"Master, do you just have breakfast like this?"

"No, how else will we eat?"

Will's hand holding the fork trembled slightly. The System's family didn't teach much about table etiquette, which made him think about whether he had done something wrong.

"Isn't today the time for the young master's practical exam?"

"Yes."

"The young master has been very busy recently. He has to go to Teacher Leah's laboratory every night to help. He doesn't even have time to drink my black tea, let alone training time, right?"

When Yi Aier said this, there seemed to be a bit of jealousy.

"Well...even though that's the case, the practical exam should have been completed a few weeks ago. I've practiced it a long time ago."

"Can……"

Yiel carefully pointed to the breakfast plate that had been eaten clean by Will.

"At times like this, wouldn't the average young master suddenly take out some blood-red jam, black-red drink, strange-smelling biscuits, etc., then eat them in one gulp without changing his expression, and finally tell Yi Aier this? Can something come in handy for such-and-such exam?!”

Will was silent for a moment.

"Uh... Because you don't need these, you can pass the practical exam. The previous swordsmanship and physical tests themselves are to test the mastery of skills. The magic battle that requires the most talent is just a mere Felix. I will take the exam in my normal state. Enough."

He thought about it and realized that he was indeed acting too normal.

After thinking about it again, there really was nothing to prepare.

If I had to take drugs to beat Felix, wouldn't I be very embarrassed?

"Master, you are too normal, I'm afraid."

"...What do I usually look like in your eyes..."

Will paused and thought of an idea.

"Well, let's do this. Give me the bandage to use."

"Ah? Could it be...has the master's hand injury recurred?" Yi'er's first reaction was to move to Will's right hand and examine it carefully, "No, it has not healed well."

Yes.

The ointment sent by S was very useful, and Will took off the bandage on Wednesday of this week.

"It's a little surprise for my opponent."

Will casually tied the bandage on his right hand, but it was only a thin layer. It was more like a decoration than protecting the wound.

"Hmm...yes, there seems to be Leah's scientific research competition today."

"It's really awkward because of the time difference... After I'm done here, I'd better celebrate her winning the award early - with her ability, as long as she wasn't so nervous that she couldn't sleep last night, it will definitely be fine."

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The time goes back slightly to two hours ago, when the Eighth Flame and Flame-like Magic Research Academic Competition had just begun.

Leah, who didn't sleep last night, was loading her scientific research equipment into the cart.

"Will won't come... Will won't come... Will won't come... Will won't come..."

"Ahhh, you shouldn't be thinking about this! You shouldn't be thinking about it when you were lying in bed last night!"

"But...he won't come today..."

——Although it is not because of nervousness.

"I can't think about it anymore. I just didn't fall asleep all night. I was fine even if I didn't fall asleep a few nights ago. I still have Blood Mint to support me today, so I'll be fine."

Leah cheered herself up, then handed the trolley to the competition staff for registration and transportation, and walked to the stadium.

Because flames and flame-like magic provide an environment for forging props and have strong attack capabilities, many outsiders participate in scientific research competitions on this type of magic, wanting to see if there are any new magics that can be used for scientific research.The dark arena was particularly lively in the early morning.

Leah sat nervously backstage waiting.

Occasionally cheers and screams could be heard from the front desk - oh, even an explosion of failure.

After eight years of running, there are still some accidents in this competition every year.

Oh, of course the biggest accident was actually Leah last year.Her attempt to moisturize things was completely unsuccessful, sending a patch of white mucus to the entire competition field - something that caused her to be laughed at by the vice-dean all the time, and occasionally she could hear her colleagues snickering when she passed by.

"No. 5, okay! Next! No. 6, spin and shake the Hot Wheels."

The host called out the number, and Leah took a look and saw that she was number ten.It still takes a lot of time for everyone to demonstrate and explain, and she still has time to do mental construction.

If Will was there, he would probably say something about the magic on stage.In the past few days, Leah has also discovered that his understanding of magic is quite good, and he is especially sensitive to the quantity of reagents. This is also a rare talent in the scientific research field.

In fact, there are many parallel imports of academic scientific research, and too few can actually be applied.Most scientific research is about useless innovations just to publish papers.

Because the bloody mint was among the tools at hand, her heartbeat began to beat uncontrollably.

Bang bang bang.

She raised her head and looked at the book placed in the most conspicuous place backstage, as the "reward" for the grand prize, inside the anti-theft cover - "Su Bing Formation".

Although she originally came here for the book,...

After these few days, it seems that getting this book has become less necessary, and she is not so persistent about this book that her mother gave to the school.

She just wants to win the competition, prove that she is stronger than a year ago, prove that she can do the magic that her mother did before, and then let his eyes...

and many more……

Let... let whom?

What are you thinking?

Just when her thoughts were particularly chaotic, the sound of a cane hitting the ground knocked the chaos out of her mind, followed by an old voice coming from behind—

"Sister Leia, here you are. As expected, you still caught up. Do you still want to use the magic that the teacher likes so much to participate in the competition this year?"

Vice-President Mary, holding a cane, stood behind her and looked at her kindly.

"Yes. As expected, it's still my mother. It's simple enough to warm the house, and it's magic that can increase the upper limit of forging - the most suitable for this scientific research competition."

"However, it seems a bit unfortunate. The boy who has been following you these past few days seems to be missing."