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"The principal seems to say this is here, right?"

The janitor led him through the iron gate, to the closed wooden door, and put the things down. "That's it, but...this doesn't look like a place to live."

"You don't really want him to live in a tunnel, do you?" A janitor was a little dissatisfied. "Isn't that bullying people with low backgrounds? This is too exaggerated."

"That is to say, although the dean of this office is fawning on those noble officials every year in the hope of earning more school budget, but there is no need to kick others, right?"

The two discussed angrily, but Julian, who was involved, suddenly calmed down.

He will be brought here, this matter should be related to Master Hal.Since it has something to do with Master Hal, then he is not afraid.Those are the people who helped him, they will never be bad people.

Although Julian thought he was naive when he thought about it much later, he did think so now.He simply believed in Hal with all his heart.

"Little Julian, if the dean really asks you to live here, you might as well live in my house. Although it is a bit far from the school, there is a small attic in my house that is empty, and you can live in it after cleaning it..."

"I didn't ask him to live in a tunnel, am I that kind of person?"

When the janitors discussed to the end and even wanted to take him home, the wooden door opened, and Hal poked his head out, interrupting their discussion coldly.The two janitors fell silent in an instant, but Julian greeted him happily: "Master Hal!"

"Move everything in."

Hal pushed open half of the wooden door, motioning for them to follow him.But after only taking two steps, he turned around and said, "Except for garbage."

"No trash?" Julian asked suspiciously.

"That guy over there is holding that?" Hal pointed to the school worker who was helping Julian with the straw mat and quilt.

"That's my quilt!"

"Throw it away. That bag over there is clothes? Throw it away too."

"Ha, Master Hal!" Julian was so shocked that he almost dropped the ink bottle on the ground.

"Okay, if it's all that's left, you can take it alone, and the other two can leave." Hal said coldly, turned his head and left.

"Eh, huh? Are you really going to throw it away...?"

The two janitors looked at each other, while the owner of the item, Julian, was in a panic and didn't know what to do, "Lord Hal, please don't...that's the only quilt I have! Straw mats too! And clothes! I only have those clothes !Throw away what to wear!」

"I said I lost it, and I lost it. That kind of thing that I don't know how many times it has changed hands wants to enter my lair, and there is no door. Why worry about such a small thing? If you want to follow it, if you don't, you can sleep outside."

After Hal finished speaking, he left with an air of no negotiating.Julian looked back at the two janitors, then at Hal, and in the end he could only follow in a panic. The wooden door was slowly closed after the boy stepped in.

The janitors looked at the door for a long while, then looked at each other.

"...So, lost it?"

"...Why don't you put it back? Anyway, it's just a room full of junk..."

"makes sense."

Things are so easy to solve.

Julian followed Hal silently. This time, he didn't even have the mood to count the crystal lamps that cost one gold coin. He just walked silently.Hal glanced back at him, said nothing, and also silently led the boy down the winding stone stairs, through the wide circular square in the middle, and pushed open a door behind the square.

Behind the door is also a corridor, which is also hung with the extraordinary price of the crystal lamp all the way forward, and finally the road is divided into three parts, one left, one right and one in the middle, the closed door can be seen on the left and the middle, but the aisle on the right is not. Turned a corner, I don't know where it leads.

"This way." Hal led him to the aisle on the left, walked to the door in two or three steps, and pushed it open.

Julian poked his head out from behind him, and what he saw made his eyes widen again.

It was a room that was more than ten times wider than where he used to live.There are several tall bookcases full of books, a large desk, and comfortable-looking chairs in the room. There is also a fireplace that he has only seen from the windows of other people’s houses. There are low tables and sofas beside the fireplace...

And, he looked to the right of the room.

A bed with a quilt.

God, it's the bed!Julian couldn't help but want to go up and roll a few times.How long has he been in bed?Not to mention that there are no beds in the utility room. Even in the orphanage, sleeping on a bed is the right of babies. These grown-up children can only sleep on the floor.

"I really can't see it anymore, so I want the dean to transfer you a dormitory." Hal said, "But at this time, the dormitories are full, and those with vacancies are all double rooms. I know your I also know that human beings always like to compare boring things, in short... until there is a free single dormitory, you can live here temporarily."

"It's really frightening to make you... bother so much..."

Julian couldn't take his eyes off the room at all.Seeing that his eyes were straight, Hal couldn't help but want to laugh, but he coughed a few times to cover up his laughter, "Although I think it's better for human beings to live in places where the sun shines, but there's no way, You can stay here first. This is the study I used to use, but I just put a bed in. But it seems a bit narrow after adding an extra bed..."

"This is the biggest room I've ever seen, Lord Hal." Julian looked at him with serious eyes, "It's not small at all, it's not small at all!"

"...As long as you're happy..." Hal didn't bother to argue with him on this kind of matter. "go in."

Julian walked in very carefully, almost as if he was worried about some trap in the room.Hal stood at the door with his arms folded and looked at him, feeling as if he had picked up a small animal and returned.

Although he never had that kind of thing.

Julian's first target is the bookshelf.The boy walked to the big bookshelf, looked left and right, stretched out his hand to stroke the beautifully bound thick leather book, and let out a small exclamation from time to time.

"This bookshelf..."

He looked back at Hal with forbearable expectation in his eyes.

"You can use any empty space, and you can also read books. I changed the books, and you can read them all, so that you won't be distracted by magic if you just pick one out." Hal felt that his patience seemed like up ten percent.

The boy carefully put his textbooks in, then went around to the big table, looked down, then raised his head and asked Hal: "This drawer..."

"use."

Patience drops immediately.

It was obvious that Hal was already a little displeased. Julian remembered that this person didn't like being asked too much, so he could only keep silent, and decided to look around again. Hal should be able to tell if there is anything wrong.He still has such a little ability to read words and demeanor.

The little magic apprentice opened the drawer, and there was a stack of parchment neatly inside, as well as a bottle of exquisitely designed ink.There was also a drawer for the quill pen, but the others were empty. He neatly placed his things in it, then touched the large table top, and shook the edge of the table twice.

Wow, it won't shake.

"puff."

There was a small pop from the door, and Julian looked up, just in time to see Hal turn his head away and cough twice.

It seemed that he had been ridiculed, but the young man who was still excited felt that this matter could be ignored.He walked to his favorite object in the whole room - the bed, touched the sheet, and then lay down on it.

A faint fragrance floated into the nostrils.

It's the bed.He hugged the thin quilt and rubbed it twice again, feeling dizzy.He was still angry a few minutes ago, but now he feels like he is in heaven.

"cough."

"Yes, Lord Hal?"

Julian immediately jumped out of bed and stood at attention, waiting for orders.

"I don't have any big rules. It doesn't matter if things in this room are broken, anyway, it's easy for me to fix them." Hal said, "But there are two things you have to do. One is that the books outside must not be touched. The second is... no matter how late you study, you have to take a shower every day before you go to bed with me."

Julian had no opinion on the first item. Although he was very curious, he had heard that the books here were rare, so he probably didn't have the guts to touch them.But the second one was really novel to him.

"Bath? Can't you just wipe it off?"

"no."

"But it's a waste of water..."

"If you can't do it, sleep in the tunnel."

"I'll wash!" Julian immediately compromised. "Master Hal has a cleanliness?"

"...You just take it as it is."

Hal twitched his brows, but finally endured it, "There is only one bathroom, come with me."

Julian hopped after him.Hal took the aisle on the right this time. After the aisle turned, it led to a cave cut out of stone, and there was a very large spring in it.

How big is it?About twice the size of the room Hal had put him in.And that's just the size of the spring itself.

"Bathroom." Hal briefly introduced.

The size of the bathroom, this can swim!Julian complained in his heart.His values ​​have been hit several times in a short period of time.

"Take off your shoes if you want to go in." Hal stared at the tattered leather boots on his feet, thinking that he would have to talk to the dean later.He needs clothes and shoes for a boy his age, right now.

Of course, Julian didn't understand his entanglement, so he obediently took off his shoes and ran inside.Walking to the edge of the water, he knelt down and touched the warm spring water, then turned around and asked, "Is this...very deep?"

"Is it very deep?"

Hal thought for a while, "The deepest part is about three meters."

Julian immediately withdrew his hand back.

"The bottom is slanted, and you won't drown if you don't go to a deep place. Otherwise, don't go down to take a bath, just wash next to it."

Seeing his frightened look, Hal couldn't help but say a few more words.

"Well, okay, I see."

Julian nodded.He looked at the spring which could be described as a pool of water, and it looked quite deep in the middle.

Why take a bath in such a deadly bathroom? !Pragmatic little Julian feels he can't understand the minds of rich people.

Of course, Julian didn't know at this time that the reason why Hal dug the bath so big was actually for practicality.

"Okay, the tour is over, let's do whatever we need to do."

Howl carried him back to his room. "I live in the room in the middle. Don't disturb me if you have nothing to do. You can open the door with a push. If you want to go out and come back, you can figure it out."

"Okay, okay, Master Hal, go slowly..."

Julian stood in the room and bowed to Hal who left, bowing his head for a while before straightening up.The boy looked around the room again, and then squeezed his face hard.

It hurts.It's not like a dream.

Don't wake up if it's a dream...Julian now fully understands the meaning of the word.