【Skeletal Clouds and Early Mist Clouds】Ivory Tower

"Oh—you are responsible for me!!!"

Spedo was rolling all over the floor. Everyone had expected this, and quickly exchanged glances, and within a few seconds, he smeared the soles of his feet and walked around completely. Before Giotto slipped out of the classroom, he mouthed an apology to the head of the association secretariat in the back row:

"It's up to you!"

"Ivory Tower"

Its three black history

(Spedo X Araudie)

The first anniversary of the club's establishment, the popularity is booming.This year's social celebration is also connected to the school's cultural festival. It is fine to say that it is a small show to thank new and old customers, but in fact, everyone is fully motivated and ready to perform well.A group of key people worked day and night for several days, making various plans during the parade, contacting companies and the media, and sorting out materials to be reported to the Federation of Associations, especially the Minister of Propaganda. Abandoned son, devoting himself to death, dying... When he finally left the customs this morning, he received a stern phone call from his tutor: "What about the thesis?" One of the common cups.

Follow up.Everyone in the club knows that this product is not an ordinary smoker, and it is wise to get out in time.In a blink of an eye, all the people in the room left, and only Alaudi, who was in the secretariat, was still standing behind the activity room stacking materials. Before he realized the seriousness of the situation, an unknown object flew heavily to his feet.

"Oh—those heartless people!!! Alaudi, you can't leave me!!!!"

As the saying goes, hug your thighs in front of battle, and be a ghost is also romantic.Araudie was held on by his beggar, and with so much force, he almost pulled the door of the filing cabinet down.His heart was full of fire, but unfortunately the weapons he could get were too limited, there was only a red leather TOFEL and a green leather GRE on the table, I don't know which one was more lethal... He weighed it and decided to use the GRE Let's beat it, let's talk about three inches and seven inches.

"Aww - the chairman of the law student union knows the law and broke the law!!!!"

Although he thought it would be good to beat him to the street here, but seeing the crowds at the door were getting more and more, Alaudi lowered his head and stared sharply at it. He hesitated, considering that the impact of shooting like this would be too bad, in the end it was better to hold on.He clenched his fists:

"...Go back and talk about it first!"

Never a freak queen.Good girls in the world, don't get stuck on this cow dung.

***

The blue-haired boy was surprisingly quiet on the way home, probably because he was really tired and had no energy to play tricks.Fortunately, there is no class in the School of Economics on Friday today, so I can probably catch up on a little sleep and hurry up to catch up on the thesis.This is what happens when he loves to do all kinds of work... Araudie is riding a bicycle with a laptop and a green leather GRE vocabulary book in the basket, and Spedo is sitting upside down on the back seat, with their backs to their backs , all the way in the soft morning light, passing through the dense tree-lined roads of the campus, and rushing to the rental apartment one stop away.

"How many units?"

"Two..." The voice was about to die from overwork. "Thank you, Alaudi, you are the No. 1 outstanding person in the world through the ages——"

"Save it."

Angry and amused, he turned a corner to brake.Unexpectedly, there was a sudden violent shock behind him, and Spedo took a deep breath:

"Ow-!!!!"

Make your bear face ah, there is no end! ! ! !

Alaudi couldn't move his hands to cover his ears, and the bicycle swayed straight to the side of the road, and both of them were knocked off.Huo Dadi steadied the handlebar, and he looked up, only to notice what caused Spedo to collapse again.The blue-haired boy had already shed his rabbit and went straight to the stairwell. Above that, there was a window billowing black smoke.

"Oh—my little ancestor!!!!!!"

***

The situation was under control when he rushed into the house, Araudie put down his things and walked to the kitchen door, where Spedo was hugging the child off the stool, talking like a cannonball.

"You want to scare me to death, you little bastard!!! Are you hurt? Didn't you say you are not allowed to play with fire!!!..."

The burnt smell in the room was lingering, and the leaking pot on the stove was still a little red.He frowned and looked down. From other people's comments, he also knew that Spedo had just adopted a child not long ago, and this was the first time he saw it.The little guy in Spedo's arms was smoky and coughing, and his dark blue hair was stuck up in the back of his head exactly like Spedo's.

"I'm hungry..." whispered.

"That will have to wait for me—" The guardian's tired mind recalled that he should bring some breakfast back on the road, and a little bit of guilt flashed in his heart, but it was immediately replaced by the feeling of being overwhelmed. "Go and wash and change clothes first!! I'm already busy and I'm messing with it... I'm in trouble!!!"

Little Fengli seemed to want to defend something, but she suddenly stopped talking, pouted her lips and lowered her head.

"...Abusing or neglecting a child in your care is punishable by sex."

Spedo straightened his neck abruptly.Only then did the child notice another person standing at the door, and turned his head in surprise.Alaudi's heart trembled slightly, he saw the child's left eye was blue, but the right eye was blood red.

"Your Honor," the disqualified guardian said with a bitter face, "don't be fooled by this kid's cute appearance! Don't look at him pretending to be pitiful, he is usually more noisy than that..."

"That's something wrong with your education."

"Trust me, Alaudie, look at how my honest eyes could do harm to the world—"

"To shut up."

Fengyan glanced coldly, and Spedo was dumb.Alaudi lowered his gaze to the little guy, and saw that pair of startling eyes of strange colors staring at him curiously.

He pondered for a moment.

"Come here, I'll take you out for dinner after changing the laundry."

Maybe it's because the aura of the light-haired boy has a sense of security, or maybe it's because he's really hungry, the kid immediately abandoned the unreliable person next to him, throwing away his "don't walk around with strangers" instruction to the back of the head.Spedo gritted his teeth: "You ungrateful little bastard..."

"My brother is so pretty."

"Look, Alaudi!! You know how to be glib at such a young age!! It's definitely a disaster when you grow up..."

"That's something wrong with your education."

Turning around and walking away, seeing the little ghost happily pattering to his feet and pulling his trouser legs, Alaudi remembered for a moment the one who insisted on blackmailing him in the activity room before, looking back, someone was squatting Circle the corner.

"Give him to me today. Don't you have papers to write?"

Spedo was stunned, and then suddenly flew over again with tears in his eyes:

"Ah----!!! Alaudi, you really saved people in the next life, and I will definitely do your best for you..."

"To shut up!"

***

"name?"

"skeleton!"

"How old?"

"Four and a half years old~"

"I plan to cook by myself at the age of four and a half, isn't it good?"

On the way back to school, the back seat is obviously lighter, and it feels like an old appliance is traded in for a new one.The four-and-a-half-year-old Mui is carrying a small satchel, speaks in a high-pitched voice, and has a ghostly innocence in his cute expression.

"Brother Alaudi, look, look!!!!" Pointing here and there along the way.

Taking care of such a small child is probably the first time for a new wife to get on the sedan chair.Lack of experience, Alaudi can more or less imagine how Spedo's dog-jumping appearance came about.But after all, he was not as talkative as Spedo, and he was born with a dignified look.Alaudi rode the bicycle silently, feeling the little hands behind him grabbing his back.At the age of three, he felt that although Mu Mu was chattering a bit like Spedo on the surface, he was probably different in his heart.This child is very good at observing words and expressions, and is not stubborn. When he comes to the world in the future, he may be the type who is so carefree that he is close to wandering.

This kind of prediction is too far away and sad. I wonder if Alaudi has thought about Spedo's future and his own future at this time.One thing is certain: when he drove Mu into the campus, he hadn't thought about the troubles that would come next day.

"Yoooooooo!!"

There was a commotion in the corridor of the boys' dormitory.After hearing the news, the brothers in the neighborhood came to visit one by one, and smiled happily: "When was it born?"

"Hey, look, does she look like the little guy from the School of Economics!! It's just that her hair is a bit thin."

"Where, this is full of heaven..."

"..." Thinking about it, the explanation would probably only get darker and darker, but Alaudi still chose the usual cold route.Friends also know that it is too difficult to make jokes about this guy, so they all consciously ran to tease the children.

"Here, I'll give you some yogurt~ Our lab made it ourselves with lactic acid bacteria."

"Hey, do you want to read the picture book, little friend?"

"No—OK! Put away those erotic books of yours, bastards!! Go back, have you never seen someone bring their children to school!!"

Naker, who was in the same dormitory, finally couldn't take it anymore, and pushed the group of laughing guys out the door.Alaudi vaguely felt that there was something wrong with the last sentence, so he didn't have time to think about it.After closing the door, Nucker saw the child holding the miscellaneous snacks given by others just now, sitting on the edge of his bed and kicking without touching his feet, so he went over and stroked his little head.Turning around, he said to Alaudi, "Why don't you take him outside for a stroll? The school is so boring."

Before Araudie could answer, Muke said bluntly, "It's very interesting, I like it!" Then he quickly glanced at Alaudi.Noticing this expression, the boy's heart trembled again.

"I still have a class in the afternoon."

"It's not important, just forget it—well, pretend I didn't say it." Nucker knew the unshakable hardworking man in front of him, and it was probably a waste of effort to persuade him to let loose occasionally. "Speaking of which, that guy Spedo really suffers, he's going to raise a child so early, doesn't he even have a girlfriend..."

Araudie coughed slightly.

Nack suddenly realized that it was not right to say these things in front of the little guy, so he hurriedly glanced at Muke on the side, seeing him sipping his drink with his head down, he felt a little relieved.Back at his desk, he took out his schoolbag and asked kindly, "Little guy, what do you want to do in the future?"

This topic made Mukuo happy.Jumping out of bed, he made big gestures with both arms inexplicably:

"I want - World War!!!"

The thick volumes of Fraser's Anthropology in Nucker's hand fell to the feet of Alaudie.

When I was young, my emotions changed quickly, and I quickly devoted myself to self-healing.Xiao Fengli was chanting words on the floor, rushing back and forth, completely unaware that her declaration of unrighteous views had frightened the adults.Naker bent down to pick up the book, raised his head for a long time, and looked at Alaudi with a worried look:

"Dude, the important task of safeguarding the peace of the earth falls on your shoulders!!"

***

Spedo's education is very problematic.How to kill the future world war in the cradle as early as possible, Alaudi has not yet figured out a way.

As usual, the class in the afternoon was filled with an atmosphere of imminent weekend.Because he was carrying Mu, Alaudi chose an inconspicuous location near the back door. He bought a box of colored pens for the child and let Mu stay to play by himself.Spreading out the green GRE, the boy looked at the words in silence, but the whispering words of the girls behind him floated to his ears from time to time.The girls fell in love with the baby when they saw it, especially the round face and short blue hair, which probably aroused their natural love.Mukuro didn't know that he was being favored by his sisters, so he sat quietly and drew.

Alaudi stared at the strange English words on the book.His efficiency was no better than usual, and his thoughts unknowingly spread to other places.What Nucker said was not wrong.He is also not good at taking care of children, and he has no position on Spedo's accusations before.Just relying on the awareness of managing a person for half a lifetime, that noisy mushroom is brave enough.Probably it would be better if there are girls around, they know how to take care of children gently and carefully...

This is the tail of a teenager, the last reckless years.There is a threshold not far ahead of them, which is already vaguely visible at the moment, and everyone has to cross it, and there is no turning back after crossing it.They will have something to gain and something to lose, and they will soon finally have to deal with the realities of life as adults.

It doesn't matter, the boat will go straight when it reaches the bridge... The boy turned his head, and the four and a half year old Mu lay on the paper, still unaware of all the mysteries of the world.Araudie picked up his collar to make him straighten his posture, when he saw the enigmatic blue creature that was mostly drawn on the paper.

"?"

Mukuro approached, he lowered his body, and heard the child whisper triumphantly: This is Spedo!

Hmm, yes, quite similar.Araudie looked at the grinning blue-haired monster on the white paper.He thought it was the first time in many years that he wanted to laugh out loud like this.

***

After class, everyone went straight to the beautiful night with lights on. Alaudi led Mui upstream and climbed to the top floor of Building No. [-].Spedo dragged him here once before in a literary way.The floor here is very high, and the view is very good. You can always see the distant mountains in the west, but the roof is never open, and the glass is a bit dirty.

The ventilation window by the stairs was half open.The chairman of the law student union briefly looked around, and then made another decision to know the law and break the law.

Mukuro was holding on to the window sill, suddenly his feet left the ground, and the person behind picked him up and put him directly from the window to the roof. "??"

He hurriedly turned his head to look, and while throwing his schoolbag over, Alaudi made a "shh" gesture at him.

The child immediately understood that they were about to carry out an adventure activity, and quickly held his breath and concentrated, as if he was a combat member.Araudie stepped onto the ledge and slipped sideways through the crack of the window.The team bent over a row of classroom windows, turned to the outside of the water supply tower, and Mukuro felt his arms were firmly held.

"You can't do that when you're alone." Araudie squatted down, but didn't warn too much.The two lurk on the edge of the roof.Downstairs is the partial school gate leading to the residential area, and the flow of people is sparse.The sun is setting brilliantly on the top of the mountain on the other side of the thin cloud, which is very beautiful.

They waited for the whole process of the sunset. The broad vision and silent waiting made people lose all impetuousness, but it also reminded the end of the day.Araudie didn't speak, and Mukuro held back his mouth at first, but after a while, he finally grabbed the boy's clothes.

"Hey, I kind of don't want to go back..."

At this age, people's language is still frank.

Alaudi lowered his head and realized that Mukuro was not looking at him.It turned out that the child was still thinking about this matter.What he saw in the Speddo kitchen, and what he noticed when he listened to Nucker's unintentional words in the dormitory, the flash of a little uneasiness that he was probably trying to learn to hide.

"……why?"

"Because, Spedo always said I was troublesome." Hastily, "He hates me?"

Alaudi's phoenix eyes raised authoritatively. "He dares!"

Mukuro looked up at this person, seeing the light golden hair fluttering slightly in the evening wind, reflecting the high sky and making people feel dizzy.Alaudi never said much, but for some reason he was filled with such a stable force.Ke Leng opened his mouth, as if something new flowed into his mouth, which he didn't know how to express.

Just then they heard a loud cry from downstairs.

"stop--!!!!"

Who is this, stealing a car does not choose a time when the night is dark and the wind is high.Looking down at the railing, the flow of people is hiding on both sides. A guy is riding a bicycle and someone is chasing him behind.The little ghost was very excited when he saw the live version of Catch a Thief. The boy held him with one hand to avoid accidents, and fumbled in his schoolbag for a while with the other hand.

I thought about touching my phone to take pictures, but I found out the GRE word book.

"Okay."

Alaudi was expressionless, and made a rough estimate of the parabola in his mind, then calmly threw the brick-like green paper down with a wave of his hand.

***

GRE killing legends were still popular until a few years before Liudaokui entered school, although the G test is no longer new.The witnesses who were on the campus at the time have now left, thus creating an eternal mystery.

Twenty minutes later, the future world war planner followed Alaudi downstairs, his eyes completely turned into admiration.

"Brother is amazing!!!!!!!!!"

Of course.That's GRE.

It was a little late to go home, and he intended to give Spedo more time to catch up with urgent matters, but he received a call after eight o'clock, asking where they were and whether he would come to pick them up.

"What about the thesis?"

"It's finished!!" Jumping happily.

In the end, he was not allowed to come.Muku fell asleep when he was about to reach the apartment, and Alaudi pushed his bicycle through the last section. Under the corridor lights in the distance, Spedo jumped up from the steps.

"Thank you for your hard work~~"

He took the little pineapple and poked it twice with his hand, the pseudo-parent giggled. "Sleep so stupid, kid..."

"You probably weren't very good when you were young." Alaudi supported the car. "Whose child?"

"..." The smile on Spedo's face faded a little, but he still looked at Mukui, "It's a distant relative. But now I'm the only one who is related to him."

He raised his head.

"The child has heterochromia, although it doesn't affect the body at present...beautiful eyes, isn't it?"

Alaudi felt that if Mukuro was awake, heard this sentence, and saw Spedo's appearance at this moment, he would definitely not have any worries.

Because that is, a very cherished expression.

He thought about what happened during the day, and felt that there was no need to say anything.He took out a piece of paper from his pocket and threw it into Spedo's arms. "I'm going back."

"Wait a minute, poof... what is this!!! It's so ugly!!!"

"I drew you."

"Wow - TAT doesn't look like that at all!!! There's still a backside? Wow - the picture here is you, the contrast is too big!!! Does this brat hate me?"

Is it annoying?

"Hello, Spedo... Spedo?"

Does the relationship expressed with mutual sarcasm last longer than those that need to be treated seriously?

"I said! Spedo!!"

He finally came to his senses.The teenager standing in front of him frowned, looking down at him with red and blue eyes, "May I ask you, what do you want for dinner?"

Seeing him still sitting motionless, Mui sighed heavily.

"It's a breakup to count on you. Don't keep digging through those embarrassing old things. Menstrual period is coming again?"

...It really has grown into a scourge.

The young man breathed a sigh of relief, and watched the tall Liudao Mukai walk to the door of the room with his slippers on and put on his apron.He smiled, lowered his head and clipped the worn drawing paper back into the album.On the other hand, the Alaudi at that time was drawn as a smile by the children for granted, but he knew that Alaudi would not smile like that... He still vaguely remembered Mukuro's cheerful description on the second day, It sounds like Araudie took a GRE to fight a space monster.He doesn't know some stories, and Mukuo has already forgotten them. Does the other person remember them?In the evening breeze of spring more than ten years ago, Alaudi once stepped on his bicycle and looked back at him, answering irrelevant questions, his phoenix eyes were dim:

"Fool."

END