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Seeing T.M. Opera O dote on Meisho Doto like this, Lucian instead felt that he was the one at fault.
"Doto, let's conquer the sea ahead together!"
"Ooh—— Ooh ooh ooh!!! ヾ(´∀｀.ヾ)"
The two of them jumped into the pool one after another, sending up huge splashes.
"Trainer Lucian looks very relaxed." Symboli Rudolf had not noticed Grass Wonder beside them at first. Only after discovering her did she say in surprise, "Why is Grass-chan here too?"
"President, I've been here the whole time."
However, at this moment, Grass Wonder felt that her presence here no longer held much meaning.
"Rudolf-san, and Air Groove-san." Lucian smiled and nodded, then answered Symboli Rudolf's question. "Coming here is for enjoyment, so of course one should be relaxed."
Symboli Rudolf often exchanged cold jokes with Lucian online, so they were quite familiar with each other.
After greeting them, she immediately launched into a custom-made joke.
"A hunter shoots a fox but dies himself." Symboli Rudolf's voice carried deliberately flattened intonation. "Does Trainer Lucian know why?"
Before Lucian could answer, Air Groove had already silently shivered and walked over to Grass Wonder's side, leaving the space that was about to start snowing exclusively to Lucian and Symboli Rudolf.
"Why?"
"Because... it has a slow reflex arc, hahaha——"
Lucian clapped, then sat up directly from the folding chair. "Why does someone's fart sound like thunder?"
Symboli Rudolf furrowed her brows and actually thought about it for a second or two. "Because she ate something bad?"
"Wrong. It's the bell-bottom pants speaking for her!"
Air Groove had already completely turned her back, pretending to have developed a strong interest in the performance in the pool.
Grass Wonder lowered her head and fiddled with her phone. The slight twitching at the corners of her mouth betrayed her inner thoughts.
If Lucian's previous jokes could still force a reluctant laugh, then now it was like frozen soil dug out of a cold cellar... In that case, Symboli Rudolf was the cold cellar that cultivated frozen soil.
"Trainer Lucian, I'll go into the pool to play first." Grass Wonder put her phone into a waterproof bag and left this extremely frigid zone ahead of them.
Compared to this, the water was warmer.
"Oh, bye-bye." Lucian pointed at the empty seat Grass Wonder had left and looked at Air Groove. "Air Groove, hurry and sit down, or someone will take the seat in a moment."
"Trainer Lucian, thank you." Air Groove helplessly licked her lips and sat down somewhat unwillingly.
She had no choice; she couldn't just abandon the President.
"You're welcome. After all, Air Groove is the only audience in the cold-joke showdown between me and Symboli Rudolf." Lucian not only wanted to kill, but also to destroy the heart.
He of course knew his jokes were a bit cold, but with Air Groove beside Symboli Rudolf, wasn't that hilarious? Symboli Rudolf was the cold joke, and Air Groove was the joke itself. (Confirmed)
"Am I part of your play...?" Air Groove muttered softly.
Lucian: "Air Groove, what did you just say?"
"Nothing. I said it was very funny."
"You think so too? That's great. I've collected quite a few recently. I'll tell you more."
Before Air Groove could speak, Symboli Rudolf had already sat down in the empty seat on the folding chair with her arms folded, completely cutting off all of Air Groove's escape routes. "Please go ahead, Trainer Lucian. Perhaps it will also give me some inspiration."
"Then listen carefully~"
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Happy times always pass quickly—except Air Groove didn't feel that way.
After chatting for a while, the other exhausted members of "Dream" also arrived at the pool one after another.
Haru Urara held Rice Shower's hand, walking over at a leisurely pace while chatting and laughing.
"Trainer, so tired wa! But it was so much fun!" Haru Urara sat down beside Lucian's bent legs, and Rice Shower sat down with her.
"Trainer, why are you still wearing sunglasses?" Haru Urara leaned forward, directly removed the sunglasses from Lucian's face, and put them on herself. "Do I look good?"
"You look good. Urara-chan looks really cool!" Rice Shower's voice was very soft and sweet.
"Oh? Then do I look better in sunglasses, or does Urara look better in sunglasses?" Lucian tried to reach out to measure the distance, but it was too far and he couldn't touch Rice Shower's cheek.
"This…. this….." Rice Shower immediately panicked. Her gaze darted between Lucian and Haru Urara, falling into distress. "Onii... Urara-chan... Onii-sama, can you change the question?"
"Sure." Lucian nodded. "Then let me ask Rice-chan: am I the best-looking when I wear sunglasses?"
"This… this..." Rice Shower wasn't stupid; how could she not know that this question was essentially the same as the previous one.
"Trainer, you can't bully Rice-chan!" Haru Urara clenched her small pink fist and lightly rained punches on Lucian like fine rain.
Lucian reached out to block her fist. "Wrong, wrong. Urara, stop hitting."
"Hmph ╯^╰" Haru Urara stopped and raised her chin. "It's good that Trainer knows he's wrong."
"Yes~ Trainer was wrong~ I know that in Rice-chan's heart I can't compare to Urara~ I shouldn't compare myself with Urara~" Even without a tea tray or tea set, Lucian could still brew tea in this situation.
"Trainer, you're also not allowed to say that about yourself!" Haru Urara took off the sunglasses and put them back on Lucian's face.
Her movements were gentle and meticulous, just like a wife thoughtfully smoothing the wrinkles in her husband's clothes before he left for work in the morning. "Whether Trainer wears sunglasses or not, Urara thinks you look good!"
Rice Shower, who hadn't realized she had just been fed a big mouthful of dog food, was still nodding in agreement beside them. "Yes, Onii-sama is very handsome~"
"Hehe, and Trainer's figure is also amazing!"
The abdominal forbidden zone that the other horse girls only dared to look at but not touch—Haru Urara reached out without hesitation.
She first lightly poked Lucian's firm abdomen with her fingertips, then pressed hard as if confirming something. "Wow, it's rock hard!"
Lucian smiled helplessly and let her mess around.
Rice Shower secretly watched, hesitating and not daring to step forward. Her twitching ear tips, however, betrayed her eager-to-try mindset.
"Trainer Lucian, Toujou Hana Coach asked us to gather over there, so we'll take our leave first." Symboli Rudolf stood up and said.
Air Groove behind her let out a deep breath. The ordeal was finally over... Cold jokes and the like should disappear from Tracen Academy!
Thinking of this, Air Groove shot out a cold gaze.
Her eyes were like a thin, cold blade, precisely pinning Lucian—the chief culprit who had made the President's cold jokes grow increasingly intense!
If not for Trainer Lucian, the President might have realized she had no talent for telling jokes, only a talent for telling cold jokes!
Then the President wouldn't spend her free time flipping through so many joke books and reading them aloud to her while doing so!
It was all Trainer Lucian's fault!
Air Groove poured all her resentment onto Lucian, while Symboli Rudolf instead became an innocent figure.
Solving cold jokes was unrealistic.
But solving the person who told cold jokes was realistic.
Air Groove felt it was necessary to have a private talk with Lucian about what "sense of humor" meant.
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