The Divine Hunter

Dawn tore a hole in the dark horizon, and a lavender light shone down on the sky.

The late-autumn wind blew through the green alder forest and the low fence, and blew into the Datong shop that formed a circle behind the window of the dormitory of Gawain House.

The blond girl suddenly sat up from the bed, stretched her waist, and whispered softly like a kitten, her doll-like delicate face revealed a vigorous smile, and her dark eyes swept across the six who were still sleeping soundly. 's friend.

Some sleeping ladies, with their hands crossed in front of their belly, look very quiet.

Some were leaning on their sides, with one foot on the leg of the girl next to them, like a boy.

Some were lying face-on on the bed, their bodies stiff like a popsicle.

As for this friend next to him, he looks up and down, his face is dotted with a few small freckles, and his nose is blowing big and small bubbles...

Vicky's mouth twitched.

It's hard to imagine that a year ago, I was still in the countryside where sewage was flowing, using pigsties and haystacks as my bed... Now I have such a dream of happy life, all of which are gifts from teachers!

"Come on! We must not live up to the teacher's expectations!"

The little blond girl waved a pink fist with a sullen face.

"Get up, sisters!"

"what!"

The freckled girl suddenly sat up from the bed, obviously frightened, and opened her small mouth with two missing front teeth, which was ridiculous!

"Vicky, you crazy girl!"

"It's only five o'clock, and it's not time for morning exercise!"

"Sister, I beg you, let me sleep for another five minutes." A group of girls responded surprisingly unanimously. , covering his head with the quilt sleepily

"The new classmates are here today! Get up and clean up!"

Everyone was shocked, as if they were poured down by a bucket of cold water, their eyes widened, and their faces were no longer sleepy.

"Woooo..."

"It seems that the teacher said that there will be thirty new students.

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"Everyone, get up quickly, dress up beautifully, and make a good impression on them!"

"All rooms, not a speck of dust is allowed."

A group of "magpies" chatted in the room, and the girls put on bright clothes with quick movements——

All-in-one blue slim-fit tops and blue knee-length skirts, sewn in cotton and satin, each with its own unique signature—name and “student number”.

Soon, seven well-dressed girls poured into the courtyard, and when the cold morning wind blew, they shivered and became refreshed!

The lights in the other dormitory behind him suddenly lit up, and a dozen or so boys started making noises.

"Ouch, don't step on my feet!"

"Which idiot took my shoes off?"

"My waist is sore, who pressed me all night again?"

"Where are my shorts? Count down tens of seconds, return them quickly!"

After five frantic minutes, thirteen boys put on grey coats and sturdy leather boots and met seven girls in the courtyard.

"Good morning, Vicky, classmates!"

Carl waved at the girls with a bright smile, and when he glanced at the obsidian necklace between Vicky's slender and white neck, he couldn't help but be delighted.

It was made of the gem that the troll gave him, and he gave it to the person he had a crush on as a token of love, although it was only his unrequited love.

Vicky nodded indifferently, and the rest of the children tacitly and quickly formed a neat line of four rows and five columns, keeping serious and quiet.

She spoke in the tone of a little adult.

"Gao Wen's House will welcome 30 homeless street children at noon today."

"Usually the teachers take care of our food, our housing, and teach us to read and write. They are very kind to us. Now, it's our turn to repay them."

"In this orientation event, all teachers except Fat Auntie are not involved. We are responsible for all affairs. Everyone must uphold the spirit of 'little masters' and welcome guests with smiles, so that new students can feel the warmth of home."

"The specific work arrangements are as follows..." Vicky read out the names of the nineteen children without missing a beat.

The girls picked up brooms and mops, cleaned up the dormitory, workshop and courtyard, and assisted the fat lady in the kitchen with the ingredients.

The boys quickly moved the rectangular tables, chairs, and large blackboards in the house to the yard and placed them neatly.

A red banner with "Welcome to Gawain's House" was hung under the gold plaque at the entrance - the girls sewed stitch by stitch, and Vicky, an outstanding student for 12 consecutive months, wrote it in beautiful and beautiful northern characters.

And in order to prevent the newcomers from not understanding, everyone also drew a grinning little person intimately, so as to make them feel really welcome!

An energetic humming of joy crossed the courtyard of Gawain's House, and boys and girls toiled to the sound.

On both sides of the alder forest path, a wooden signpost is nailed every tens of meters.

In the corner of the yard, the wooden stakes under the willow trees are installed with wooden boards, and the pendulum is wrapped with ropes and transformed into slides and swings.

The entire Gawain House has been renovated and turned into a small playground.

Wiping sweat from their foreheads, the children began rehearsing the show on the open space in front of the courtyard - a group poetry reading for seven children in cultural classes, a sword show led by apprentice Karl the Witcher, and a duet by Vicky and Renee... …

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The rising sun gradually rose above the children's heads.

Monty's cornflower blue pupils, who were standing in the alder forest to welcome the guests, suddenly burst into a happy look, and shouted excitedly, "Come! Come!"

In the blink of an eye, everyone put down their work and gathered around the fence, looking forward to--

A small nervous and cramped face emerges in shade, with brown hair, gray eyes, and small features and freckles etched on yellow cheeks. He looked seven or eight years old, with grey clothes covered in pudding, and his body was thin and small, obviously malnourished.

She was startled by twenty pairs of enthusiastic eyes, her brows were lowered, and she was as cowardly and dazed as a newborn deer. After hesitating for a while, she cautiously walked into the courtyard.

"Welcome to Gao Wen's House, classmate, my name is Renee, I'm eight years old, what's your name?"

The little girl with two missing teeth greeted her generously. The remaining nineteen children cast curious and friendly glances, and a few daring boys waved at her against the fence.

"I...my name is Colleen..." The bright smile on the other side's face made her feel relieved. The brown-haired girl nervously held the outstretched hand and sat down at the rectangular table with Renee involuntarily, listening to her proud and cheerful voice. Introduce the entire Gawain House.

Immediately after, the second, the third...the thirtieth newcomers walked into the courtyard one after another, all dressed in plain clothes and with disheveled faces.

According to Carl's rough count, the number of girls outnumbered boys by an unprecedented amount, reaching sixteen.

For this brand-new home, the thirty newcomers behaved in different ways, some trembling with fear, while others looked around with novelty and excitement.

It was almost noon.

The three rectangular tables in the courtyard were full of people—fifty children, and each new student was surrounded by a lively "student" warm-up.

Eleven witchers, Rita Ned, Dandelion, and Priscilla, the old Moores and Mino in swaddling, Cantila who guards the apothecary, Gawain Samsa beaming, Even Kalkstein, who was addicted to experiments and had a face full of impatience, was caught!

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"Be quiet, be quiet!" A young man suddenly stood beside the rectangular table, with a different color iris, handsome in appearance, dressed in a shiny flying lion armor, with a gentle smile on his face, he smoothly swept over the people present. , "Children, welcome to Gawain's House, I am one of the teachers of the school, Roy, speaking on behalf of Gawain's House for the time being."

"I know that you lost your family and house because of natural and man-made disasters in the past. You were homeless. You were bullied and looked down upon. You were starving, and you didn't have enough food and clothing."

"But I promise that all this suffering will end at Gawain's House!"

"From today onwards, we are a family, and all the students here are your brothers and sisters! Everyone is harmonious and friendly, supporting each other, and there will be no more groundless accusations and abuse, and no one dares to bully their companions by virtue of their physical strength! Otherwise... ' Roy turned abruptly and gave Carl a warning look.

The latter was stunned for a moment, his eyes reddened and his mouth deflated. Do I look like a monkey? Am I that kind of villain in the eyes of the teacher?

The girl and four younger brothers covered their mouths and snickered.

"Here, you won't be chased away like dingoes for a bite to eat. You don't need to pick up rotten and smelly bones from the rubbish heap... The school provides clean, delicious and nutritious food every day!"

"In Gao Wen's house, you will not be confused and lack goals and ideals... You will learn expensive knowledge, learn to exercise, keep healthy, realize the value of life, become brothers and sisters, to Gao Wen's house, and even the whole society and kingdom. All useful people!"

Many children's faces showed confusion and shock - the description of this handsome teacher was too far from their previous life, and it was unimaginable like heaven.

Yet they couldn't help but be attracted by the scene he described, and they listened attentively.

"If you don't want to believe it, look around you..."

A pair of ignorant eyes turned to the students - full of energy, well-proportioned, with a healthy blush on his face, and a ray of hope in his eyes.

"These 20 children once had the same experience as everyone... But after this year's study and transformation, they all broke free from the shadows of the past, look how happy they are now!"

"Carl, Monty, Vicky, Arkhamtom..." Roy called out the names of the twenty children, "Tell everyone, do you like Gawain's House?"

"like!"

A proud and frank smiling face, shouting childishly and loudly.

The newly arrived children were startled. The shortest of them was half a year, and the longest was even two years. They traveled to many places, big cities, small villages... Fortunately, they survived from all kinds of dangers.

I have never seen an orphan from anywhere with such a vibrant smile.

"Okay, I represent everyone in Gawain's family again, and you are welcome to join us! I won't say much, you will gradually understand in the days to come." Roy saw the eager eyes on everyone's faces.

In the center of the square table, the sumptuous food is beyond the imagination of newcomers: fresh crab, lobster, octopus, eggs, bread, pickled cucumber, boiled corn, stewed beef, freshly squeezed apple juice... delicious and nutritious.

The sound of swallowing saliva came one after another, and the newcomers roared with greed in their stomachs.

"Now, don't be polite, and enjoy the delicious meal in front of you! But remember not to waste it, and don't eat too much, be careful to damage your belly!"

The witcher's voice fell to the ground.

The freshmen stood still, watching me, watching you, until Vicky smiled and inserted a grilled octopus and placed it on Corinne's plate beside her, licking her lips.

"Crash..."

In an instant, the continuous crisp sound of knives and forks hitting the dinner plate broke out.

"Gulugulu!" Thirty children swallowed.

Carl and Monty's four friends looked at each other and joined the "game" unwillingly.

A group of big men eat very slowly, mainly observing.

"There are a few good seedlings there..." Oaks' amber pupils swept across the new boy in his left hand, his voice was barely audible, "Look at that fierce movement and eating, half of the ruthlessness into training, absolutely A qualified witcher apprentice!"

"The little girl has flexible fingers and can learn alchemy in the future..." The bald man nodded, and then screened the seeds with Kayan and Vesemir beside him.

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Dandelion was still dressed in anger, purple shirt and olive hat, but his expression was full of humility, and he fawned and thoughtfully peeled a crab from Priscilla's dinner plate beside him. The latter handed it back intact, his eyes Turn to the opposite side.

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Roy quietly admired this scene, Rita Ned spread a lobster with her fingers, and her red lips lightly opened, and the magic power sent private words into his ears.

Suddenly, a leg touched Roy's foot, which he thought was just an accident and didn't take it to heart. Continuing to accompany the sorceress to flirt with each other.

Who knows that the foot touched his boots five times and three times, and finally took off the shoes, and the toes rubbed flexibly on the pants, full of provocation.

Roy glanced at the sorceress indifferently, and conveyed with his eyes - don't be naughty.

The latter was enjoying a piece of steak gracefully in small sips, his blue eyes widened and his red lips slightly parted, showing a puzzled and astonished expression - now? Is it too risky?

"Oops, it's not coral!" Roy realized instantly, turned around and looked around.

She glanced at Cantila, the lady of Zerekan who was concentrating on the roast meat on the plate, felt the witcher's gaze, raised her head and smiled at him, and blinked.

Not her.

And when Roy glanced at the blond lady sitting opposite him, she turned her head in a panic as if she had been electrocuted.

The great poet thought that Priscilla had forgiven himself, grabbed her hand with a look of joy, and began to recite the love poem in a low voice.

And Roy clearly noticed the trembling of the female bard's shoulders.

"Be careful, I'll find a concubine to piss you off!" The angry words he overheard in the dance hall echoed in his mind, "The woman who plays with fire! You should be glad I'm not Lambert."

"Dandrian, do it yourself, brother can only help you here."

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It took about half an hour for a lunch.

All the dishes were swept away, the newcomers were probably starving on weekdays, and the plates were licked until not even a drop of soup was left.

Then 20 current students and 30 newcomers moved into the newly built wooden house by the fence. After a delicious lunch, the two sides initially formed a revolutionary friendship and were successfully paired.

According to Roy's latest research system, each student should serve as one or several freshmen's buddies, instructing them on the basic rules and regulations of Gao Wen's House, and at the same time helping them adapt to school life more quickly in the days to come. Enter state.

At the end of each month, the two sides will rate each other to select the best freshmen and the most competent buddies.

Among them, Vicky's popularity is visible to the naked eye, and he became the schoolmate of the three little girls, while the dull Lloyd was almost ignored, thanks to Carl forcibly assigning him to a rustic boy with a watermelon head. Cool horse.

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The newcomers who arrived for the first time had their first nap in the new house after they had allocated their beds and changed into a surprisingly soft and comfortable school uniform.

And twenty "old people" began to clean up the battlefield, wash the dishes, bury the kitchen waste in the big pit on the edge of the field... Clean the yard.

After all this is done, the nap is almost over, although most of the children are not asleep at all.

Everyone went back to the courtyard and started a lively welcome performance.

In the golden afternoon sun.

The first to appear were seven students studying culture. They presented a new work from Master Dandelion - "Friends". Master Dan wearing an iris hat and Priscilla fiddled with the lute together. The melodious music The sound accompanies the recitation just right—

"A friend is a bottle of fine wine, the longer the age, the more mellow the taste,"

"Whether he drinks or drinks, he will be fascinated by him..."

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Ke Lin, sitting on the courtyard chair, listened to the rhythm and rhythm of the poems, her eyes were full of dizzy circles and novelty... She and most of the freshmen had never enjoyed such elegant performances as poetry, and they were not even literate, but they could feel it. A warm welcome to current students

After a poem was recited, he consciously stood up and applauded wildly.

Then it was the turn of the five witcher apprentices to perform swordsmanship...Using wooden training swords, they practiced the five starting positions, from the top position to the tail position, with standard and simple moves.

It's not really exciting, and it makes a group of girls sleepy.

Then it was Karl and Monty's turn to practice.

Even with the wooden swords, the two well-trained boys behaved well. The petite figures staggered at a speed beyond ordinary people's imagination. The child looked hot-blooded.

Carl suppressed his physical fitness for a long time, and finally knocked Monty's weapon into the air with a sharp sword and inserted half of it into the willow tree.

Carl shook his wrists and danced a beautiful sword flower, and winked at the girls, his amber pupils looked down on the world.

"This victory is dedicated to the most beautiful Vicky!"

"Cut!" The twelve boys booed, while the girl laughed and surrounded the master in the middle, making fun of Vicky's face flushed with fever, and glared at Carl fiercely.

"New guys, you are welcome to come and talk to me about swordsmanship at any time!"

He smiled proudly, his delicate face was as white as a luminous jade, and in an instant, two or three little girls who were as thin as bamboo poles had bright eyes.

"I'll be waiting for you by the wooden comb pile!"

"This is youth..." Lambert sighed, "Children these days are really precocious!"

The owl smiled as scary as possible, and it was this guy and Oaks who led his disciple crooked!

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After the fencing show, it was the turn of the most popular program of the entire orientation, Vicky and Renee's duet, "Autumn", also written by Dandelion as the instructor.

The two children's voices are crisp and sweet, and they are full of touching emotions. According to Master Dan, these two alchemy apprentices have the qualifications of small singers.

He once offered to let the two of them perform in a dance hall, but the two girls refused.

"Morning glory is in its mouth, and the purple curtain is drawn, and Qiu hides in its arms, saying that he is careful!"

A group of children hummed to the music.

Among the newcomers, a few bold ones also sang.

The atmosphere is getting hotter.

After the song was sung, Oaks suddenly shouted and stepped into the center of the stage. The child was startled and opened his mouth, and then there was a funny scene in front of him - the witcher held his head high, his knees were bent, and the wheels were as fast as wheels. Rolling, with two arms tucked at the side like duck wings, they circled around the two "little singers".

"Quack—catch up, little brat!" Oakes hooked his hands towards the audience below, and the five apprentices who liked to join in the fun rushed up first, followed behind his buttocks, imitating ducks... It was like a mother duck carrying A bunch of ducklings, taking a walk after a meal domineering.

Several lively girls also rushed over.

However, the situation got out of hand,

The white-haired old man put on his long-collected black high hat and became the second duck mother. His old face smiled like a chrysanthemum and made all kinds of unbelievable faces. Escal glared at the other team behind him. Rounded eyes, hooked provocatively.

The bald man opposite stretched his stubby neck and made a gesture of wiping his throat.

Under the strong pull of their companions, several newcomers entered the "dance floor" with half pushes and half pushes, followed behind the teachers, and learned duck croaking while spinning in circles!

Crackling, gasping, screaming and shouting filled the courtyard.

Gawain's House has become a sea of ​​joy!

Roy looked on with his arms crossed, and a gratified smile appeared at the corners of his mouth. If only everyone could be so happy forever.

But an inexplicable uneasiness made him tighten his eyebrows, as if a poisonous snake was crawling down the back of his neck.

"What are you worrying about, little rascal." A pair of purple armour slender hands suddenly turned his face around, the fragrant rose scent hit his face, the sorceress slapped a seal on his lips, blue eyes waved, and pear eddies appeared on his cheeks , took his hand and poured into the stage.

Two other women followed.

Roy was unknowingly attacked from all sides.

Rita grabbed his hand in front of him and shook it.

Cantila was huddled behind him, with Priscilla and Dandelion inexplicably beside him.

Old Moore and Aunt Susie kept holding up the "babble babble" Minuo in front of him and sticking to his face.

In the endless laughter and laughter, before you know it, a day has passed!