Chapter : 123
"Yo, seeing your attitude, you're planning to make a stunning debut in this outdoor training?" Barnet was intrigued.
Yan Yunqing was startled by this remark, and it took him a mont to realize that the 'stunning debut' ntioned was not his quest.
"To be honest with you, I've had a 'top complex' since I was young." Yan Yunqing said with a straight face, "I just don't feel right if I don't get first place?"
"Hmm? Top... top complex?" It took Barnet a mont to figure out what 'top complex' ant, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Then you'll have to work harder. As far as I know, many powerful individuals are already gearing up for the outdoor training. Your level is definitely sufficient, but your practical combat skills are truly no match for theirs."
Yan Yunqing thought to himself: Of course, because my major is magic!
Barnet took out his Te-xin, "Here, add as a friend. I'll send you the two candidates I just ntioned. You guys can chat amongst yourselves. Both of them are quite strong, just a bit special, but I think you should be able to get along well."
Yan Yunqing deftly took out his Te-xin as well: "Special? Special is good. If they're not special, I don't want them!"
Detrius was already special enough. Yan Yunqing didn't think there would be anyone more special than Detrius. When the ti cos, he'd pull Detrius along, and they could form a group of weirdos.
Barnet was surprised by Yan Yunqing's decisiveness. He hesitated for a mont and added, "If you feel they're not a good fit, you can tell them directly. You don't have to consider . I'm just giving you a recomndation."
"Got it, got it." Yan Yunqing nodded repeatedly.
Barnet: ...Strange, why do I have a feeling that I've boarded a pirate ship?
Yan Yunqing received two shared na cards from Barnet and decisively added them, noting in the remarks that he was recomnded by Teacher Barnet to discuss the outdoor training next month.
One of them quickly accepted the friend request and sent a question mark. The other one didn't respond for a long ti. Yan Yunqing guessed that the other person might not have seen it yet.
If both of these swordsn agreed, their team would still be short one swordsman. Yan Yunqing looked at Barnet, like a farr guarding his little cabbage patch, "Teacher, do you have any other promising talents to recomnd?"
Barnet thought Yan Yunqing wanted to find a few more candidates to pick the best of the best for his team. After all, Yan Yunqing himself was a swordsman, and a team could have at most three swordsn. To ask for more after already having two candidates, didn't that an he wanted to pick and choose?
He tapped Yan Yunqing's forehead, "That's enough, you. Which of those who can get into Sigret isn't a genius? Straighten up your attitude. Don't go offending all the other students before you've even t your teammates."
Yan Yunqing covered his head innocently. He couldn't just say outright: He was a mage, and he needed three swordsman teammates, could he?
Although this lie might be exposed soon, Yan Yunqing wanted to lay low for a bit longer. What if he succeeded?
It seed he couldn't get a third reserve teammate from Barnet. Yan Yunqing regretfully parted ways with Barnet and continued to audit classes.
When the afternoon classes were over, Yan Yunqing, still wanting more, returned to his dormitory and saw Detrius coming out of the kitchen. Only then did he rember that he had added two people in the afternoon.
While taking out his Te-xin, Yan Yunqing struck up a conversation with Detrius: "Eating?"
Detrius looked at the simple fried rice he had just made in his hand, steam still rising from it, and looked at Yan Yunqing in confusion, his eyes full of: What else?
Could it be that he was cooking to waste food?
But such words would never co out of Detrius's mouth, so he lowered his head and answered with an almost inaudible 'mm'.
Yan Yunqing almost didn't hear it. He looked up at Detrius and confird that he had indeed answered him, albeit with a perfunctory 'mm'.
But Yan Yunqing didn't mind. He sent a ssage to the [Sun-Eating Raven] who had sent him a question mark and then gone silent, while saying to Detrius: "How are you thinking about the outdoor training team? Do you have any potential teammates in mind?"
[Ze]: How are you thinking about the outdoor training team? Do you have any potential teammates in mind?
His Te-xin ID was a simple 'Ze'. He didn't use 'Ri'an' purely because this identity was called Xavier, and the word 'Ri'an' had nothing to do with Xavier. He was worried soone might ask why he used this ID and it would be hard to explain.
The two people he had asked at the sa ti both fell silent.
Detrius: "."
[Sun-Eating Raven]: ?
Detrius: "No... waiting for matched teammates."
[Sun-Eating Raven]: ...You want to invite to team up? Besides being introduced by Teacher Barnet, we don't know each other, do we?
Yan Yunqing: "I happen to not have any teammates either. Why don't we team up? Look how fated we are, we were even assigned to the sa dormitory." (Although the fate lies in this renovated dormitory)
[Ze]: Can't I invite you just because we don't know each other? I trust Teacher Barnet's judgnt. The students he's optimistic about can't be bad. (Isn't he the student Teacher Barnet is optimistic about? He's so capable himself!)
Detrius: "." Fated? Where is the fate?
[Sun-Eating Raven]: ...
Detrius turned his face away, not looking at Yan Yunqing's sparkling red eyes. He stiffened for a mont before hesitantly nodding: "Okay."
Got one!
Yan Yunqing clenched his fist. Although he and Detrius had only known each other for a short ti, as the top student of the first year, his strength was definitely beyond question.
He and Detrius were a powerful combination. Plus three swordsn... hmm, he himself also counted as a swordsman, so their group would be four swordsn and two mages!
They would already outnumber other groups by one person!
There was no new ssage from the Sun-Eating Raven yet, not straightforward at all.
On the other hand, the other swordsman recomnded by Teacher Barnet had already accepted his friend request.
[Tianchu Crow]: Hello.
Yan Yunqing paused, hesitantly exited, and compared the two new friends. Eh, did these two know each other? Why were they both 'crows'? One raven and one crow.
Are crows very popular now?
[Ze]: Hello, hello. I added you on Teacher Barnet's recomndation. May I be so bold as to ask, have you chosen your teammates for the outdoor training in a month?
The other side seed very busy and didn't reply for a long ti. Yan Yunqing received a reply from the other crow first.
[Sun-Eating Raven]: Okay, but I need to et you and your decided teammates first. If I'm not satisfied with you or the teammates you've chosen, I won't join the team.
[Sun-Eating Raven]: Of course, if you're not satisfied with , you can also say so directly. Let's part on good terms.
[Ze]: No problem. Then wait for my notification. I'm still persuading the other two teammates.
[Sun-Eating Raven]: Mm.
Yan Yunqing was very satisfied with the Sun-Eating Raven's perceptiveness. His words clearly acknowledged Yan Yunqing's role as the team captain, as finding suitable teammates was the captain's job.
Next, he just needed to bring the rest of the teammates to this raven, let him take a look, and Yan Yunqing would also take a look at this raven. If his strength was too poor, he could also be rejected.
One official mber, one temporary mber, plus himself, okay, three mbers. The team formation task was perfectly halfway done.
Now he had to wait for the crow's reply and search for the fifth teammate.
Detrius had already started enjoying the fried rice he made. His eating movents were very small, and he made no sound while eating, except for the occasional clinking of the spoon against the plate.
The rest was silence.
Yan Yunqing was a little bored waiting for the crow's reply, so he simply sat down opposite Detrius, propping up his face and watching him eat slowly, chewing carefully.
Eh, this little mushroom seems to be eating slowly, but his speed is not slow at all! The fried rice on the plate was decreasing at a visible rate.
The little mushroom is really suitable for being a mukbanger.
Although he doesn't eat with much gusto, he could try the big-eater challenge, or the challenge of finishing a whole basin of rice in one go.
As Detrius ate, his speed involuntarily slowed down, and he looked hesitantly in Yan Yunqing's direction.
"...You want so too?"
Yan Yunqing was stunned, "Ah?"
Detrius's presence weakened a few notches more, and after a long while, he slowly uttered four words: "There's still so in the kitchen."
Yan Yunqing: "Hmm?"
He connected the context and had a sudden realization: The little mushroom thinks he wants to eat too!
Yan Yunqing was amused and waved his hand, "I'm not eating. I just finished eating before I ca back. I'm just a little bored."
And observe his roommate while he's at it. To be honest, although they lived together, he had rarely interacted with Detrius.
This little mushroom had really been avoiding him these past two days!
Detrius hesitated for a mont, then picked up his unfinished plate and walked into the kitchen.
Yan Yunqing: "Hmm? Are you not eating anymore? Don't, I won't watch. You can continue eating."
Detrius didn't respond, but after a while, he ca out with a plate again.
This ti, he was holding two plates, and each plate was piled high with fried rice.
Detrius silently placed one of the plates in front of Yan Yunqing, sat down again, and buried his head to continue eating.
Yan Yunqing looked at the fried rice in front of him, then at Detrius, and thought hesitantly: …
So Detrius thought he was too embarrassed to say he wanted to eat, so he went straight into the kitchen and got him a portion?
Not knowing what Detrius was thinking, Yan Yunqing mulled it over for a while, then also got a spoon, scooped up a spoonful of fried rice, and put it in his mouth.
It was savory and fragrant, not oily or greasy. The rich aty aroma filled his mouth, but he didn't actually taste any minced at.
It was as if the taste of the at had been locked into the rice, and only when his teeth ca together and he chewed, did the aty fragrance burst forth on his tongue, along with a sweet and sour taste.
—It was surprisingly delicious?
Yan Yunqing stared at the unremarkable fried rice. Although it wasn't glowing, he felt like he was eating golden egg fried rice...
Yan Yunqing looked at Detrius with admiration and said sincerely, "I never would have thought, are you actually a culinary star? Perhaps you have a nickna like 'Little Master Chef of Sigret'?"
Detrius: ?
What was all this about? What culinary star? What Little Master Chef of Sigret?
So annoying. The new roommate always likes to stare at him and say strange things.
Who was the one with the strange personality, really?
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