Endless Silver Machine

The second ten minutes passed, and Aika and Ling, who were sleeping together, still hadn't come back from that world.

Luo Luo temporarily left the room due to physical needs. Wei Xi watched the minute hand of the pendulum clock jump one more tick, and finally couldn't help but ask Tutor Tara a question.

"Teacher Tara, is it dangerous outside now..."

Because she didn't want Luo Luo to worry, Wei Xi never asked. Seeing the guard outside the door, Luoluo must have become suspicious.

"It's not optimistic, but it's not dangerous either."

The "Omniscience" is floating in front of Teacher Tara, and she is sitting on the chair, controlling the magic power accurately.

"You should know everything, right?"

Facing Tutor Tara's ambiguous answer, Wei Xi still refused to back down and continued to ask questions.

Instructor Tara looked at the anxious Wei Xi with strange eyes, as if he saw a strange creature.

"Wei Xi, do you have such a personality?"

"..."

"There are some things that you shouldn't ask too many questions about. You should know this truth best."

"but……"

Wei Xi's eyes were wavering. Of course she knew it very well, but reason was reason, and Wei Xi also had things she wanted to know right now, things she wanted to know regardless of the consequences.

"Hey, actually there is nothing to hide." Tutor Tara sighed, "You also know that these two people are the focus of the whole August, right? If I, as a noble, come into contact with them specifically, I will enter In the eyes of those who pay attention to them. I will not provide this kind of free after-sales service."

"That means we are being watched..."

"There should be no problem now. Her Royal Highness has passed."

"Do you know about our drill with the Imperial Knights in a week?"

"This big news has spread throughout August. I heard a little about it when I came here."

"Brother Aika and sister Ling shouldn't accept..."

"Well..."

Instructor Tara hesitated how to answer her question.

Wei Xi is not as simple a child as she seems on the surface, and she cannot be dismissed with just a few words.

Her actions can lead to certain changes in results. That was true then, and that's still true now.

"Please tell me, Teacher Tara."

"I don't have any suitable suggestions about this." In the end, she chose a conservative answer, "It's just that it's best for the two of them to solve this problem by themselves. Whether it's Shuoyue Academy or the Holy See, if they intervene, there will be consequences. Negative impact."

——Don’t borrow the power of Liuyin and the Holy See.

This is the warning given by Teacher Tara to Wei Xi.

"Ah, I can just open the door myself..."

The sweet voice of Lolo greeting the knights came from outside the door.

"So, let's wait until they come back."

Instructor Tara put this question to an end temporarily with this sentence.

Luoluo opened the door and walked in.

"Have there been any changes in my brother and sister Ling?"

"Absolutely--no!" Tutor Tara deliberately prolonged her tone, "Maybe the world over there is so beautiful that I have forgotten the reality."

"Don't make such a joke..."

Luoluo smiled weakly, walked to the bed and sat down.

She knew that under the blanket, Ling and Aika's hands were held together, so she just followed suit...

Indulging her willfulness, she put her hand in and held it gently.

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At dawn, Aika and Ling quietly left the temporary housing.

"It's over."

Standing on the hillside not far from the village, looking at the village shrouded in a layer of mist, Ling murmured like this.

"Aren't you mentally prepared yet?"

"No..." Ling shook her head, "It's okay, let's go."

"I ask again, is this really a good decision?"

"What are you still talking about now?"

Ling asked Aika irritably. She had heard this question no less than ten times yesterday.

"Our purpose is to confirm with our own eyes what the Holy See did to the village, but if we interfere from the side, won't we get the truth?"

Today was the day that Ling remembered the Holy See's visit, and she couldn't remember the rest of the details. Because I have never seen a magic ship or a transport ship in my memory, the artificial road in the back mountain is the only way to get here.

"Just grab a random person and ask the Holy See about its action plan."

"According to you, all the most powerful popes in the Holy See are here, right? We have no chance of winning."

"So we can only use sneak attacks."

"...I understand, let's follow your plan for the time being."

Aika objected to Ling's actions on her own lips, but deep down she couldn't help it. I don't want to watch the traces of my life being erased, and I don't want to do nothing when the person who takes care of me is in pain.

People live in contradictions all the time, and Ling is the kind of person who can move forward amidst contradictions. "No matter what the outcome is, take action first" is her style of acting, which is exactly the opposite of Aika.

Sometimes, Aika feels that Ling is very troublesome, and taking care of her requires more than twice as much energy as taking care of Luoluo.

However, precisely because she was by his side, the time spent pacing around conflicts was saved.

At a place that Ling thought was suitable, the two of them hid their auras in the bushes.

This path is where they first woke up in this world. Seeing this, Aika suddenly remembered Xiao Ling who had been here with him.

"Is there a path connecting here to the village?"

"How do you know?"

"Didn't I come here once when I was carrying garbage last time? She told me that time."

"Hey, that's it..." Ling certainly knew who the "she" in Aika's mouth was referring to, "I asked, why do you get along so well with the past me? You clearly said that the present me and the past They are the same to me, but the treatment between me and her is completely different!”

"Do you blame me?"

"Isn't it right?"

"I hope to hear an answer that is relevant to you."

"It's not my fault."

"Yes, yes, it's my fault..." Aika waved his hand casually, "Let's get down to business, what are you going to do later?"

"According to the way the Discipline Team operates, the person who looks weakest should be targeted."

Could it be that the "Discipline Team" trained by Tirua-senpai are all people who can say such things without changing their expressions...

"I guess the weakest among them is Wei Xi."

The moment the name was mentioned, Ling fell silent. At that time on the second day, Ling had already realized this problem.

Contact with Wei Xi in this era is inevitable.

"Maybe that's really the case..."

"But it's not that easy. Wei Xi has a certain status in the Holy See, and she has that kind of personality, so she will definitely be protected by others."

"Then let's find someone else."

This is the first time that Aika convinced Ling so easily.

Silence fell between the two.

"It's almost time."

The mist covering the avenue became thicker in the light.

Ling summoned two light flame swords in the form of Kodachi, and lowered the blades to the ground to avoid reflection and exposing his position.

While unfolding the Fiery Eyes, some familiar voices sounded in Aika's mind.

"Ling, there is someone hiding around here like us."

"What did you find?"

"Nothing was found, but this information should be true."

"intelligence?"

"I don't know how to explain it, but I think it can be believed."

"If you believe it, that's probably it." Ling accepted Aika's unfounded words, "Then, where is it?"

"That's all you told me. Do you know how to use detection magic?"

Detection magic is not taught in the first-year curriculum of Frost Moon Academy, and is only briefly mentioned in the General Introduction to Magic.

"The magic of the detection system...the Light Flame Sword has a similar effect, but you can't put down the weapon at this time..."

"Try it, I'll protect you."

"Eh?"

Ling was suddenly stunned for a moment, and her face gradually turned red. She lowered her head sharply, blocking the expression on her face with her bangs.

"Then let me give it a try..."

"please."

Aika didn't notice the change in Ling's expression.

Since she is willing to trust her unfounded judgment and let go of her weapons, she must protect her as promised.

"Really... suddenly so serious..."

Ling took a deep breath, stroked her chest to calm her suddenly accelerated heartbeat, and then released the Light Flame Sword.

The golden blade broke into tiny golden particles, which merged into the air and dispersed around.

The golden magic array slowly rotated at Ling's feet. Ling closed her eyes and searched the surroundings through the perspective of golden particles.

If you are unlucky, the magic that is now continuously activated may be sensed by others. When Prince Tebiri established the academy, Tylua taught them a good lesson with her actions.

Since he knew that there was a possibility of being attacked suddenly and Ling was unable to act now, all he could do was to be highly vigilant about the movements around him. Unless it is a long-distance attack, you must get close to here to launch an attack.

"Found it." After more than ten long seconds, Ling opened her eyes, "But there's something strange about it."

"Are there many people?"

"Not many. There are only three people in the entire back mountain, and they are far apart."

"You just said there was something strange..."

"They don't look like people from the Holy See..." Ling put her chin on her head and recalled, "Think about it, don't the people from the Holy See all look well-dressed for the sake of face? But these people don't feel that way at all. …”

"Do you want to contact them?"

"……What do you think?"

"I'll listen to you."

There was no time for Ling to hesitate, Aika urged her with her eyes.

"The two of us will go together."

"Of course I won't let you go alone."

"I-I know!"

The magic array shining with golden light disappeared under Ling's body.

When you first come into contact with an unknown person, weapons are a symbol of hostility and may cause unnecessary misunderstandings. However, the deployment time of the magic equipment is very short, and it can be responded to in time when needed.

Both of them set their weapons to external form.

"The closest location to us is..."

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