With just this one sentence, she made all the girls present focus their attention on Ian again, waiting for the answer to this question together.
But the man was not panicked. It was obvious that he had thought of everything already.
"Boudica, you are right."
"If we do nothing and just take Attila into the city, it will definitely not work."
"so--"
"We must temporarily 'restore' the city to a level sufficient for a visit."
"what do you mean?"
Jing Ke, who had been silent for a long time, finally couldn't hold it in anymore.
"Are you going to rebuild Rome? How can you possibly be in time for that?"
"Of course that can't be the case."
As Ian spoke, he looked at the bonfire in front of everyone, and then silently gathered magic power.
A loud bang.
A second bonfire appeared there.
"..."
Everyone was silent, but there was some surprise on their faces, especially Jing Ke, who was witnessing such a thing for the first time.
Ian didn't let them worry for too long and quickly explained:
"Everyone, as you can see, I have some ability to project some of the 'past'. With it, we can temporarily restore everything Attila saw to the way Rome used to be."
"But this alone is not enough, right?" Tamamonomae realized the new problem quickly. "If we only restore the buildings, then what Attila will see is just an empty city."
"I... don't think this will satisfy her concept of a 'civilization worth preserving'."
Tamamonomae's words also make sense.
If there are only buildings but no people, it is not called civilization, it should be called ruins.
If Attila regarded such things as "civilization" itself, she would not be so confused now.
After all, if they were just ruins, there would be quite a lot of them now.
"Xiaoyu, you are really smart."
Ian gently stroked Tamamonomae's soft hair.
"That's right. Building alone won't do the trick. So, Xiaoyu, I need your help."
"If I remember correctly, your mirror can communicate with the dead, so I would like you to revive their souls and let them temporarily appear in the streets of Rome in the form of 'humans'."
"If this is the case, then it can be called 'civilization'."
Ian's words once again plunged everyone into unprecedented shock.
After all, if you think about it carefully, all of this is actually a "scam" - restoring Rome's former glory through the projection of memory, and then letting the dead liven up the atmosphere in this "resurrected" city.
But facing the current situation, it seems to be the only solution.
As for Tamamonomae, besides being shocked, there was another thing she had to pay attention to.
"Master."
"My mirror does have that effect, but if I activate so many souls at once, it will consume a lot of magic power."
"And if I understand correctly, you want to maintain the city of Rome while maintaining this huge consumption of magic power, right?"
"Master..."
Tamamonomae looked up at the man she was leaning against, her eyes filled with worry.
"Can your body handle it?"
"..."
Facing the worried looks from several girls at the same time because of his words, Ian just smiled calmly.
"What are you worried about - am I the kind of person who would fall down if the wind blew?"
"Don't worry, I know what to do. Just follow my instructions."
A man's promise is always full of security.
Boudica was the first to respond: "Okay, I see - so if that's the case, what should we all do?"
"Yes!"
Nero, who was lying on Ian's lap, pulled at his teacher's clothes.
"Tell me quickly! I want to do something too!"
"Yeah." Ian nodded, "I'll start making arrangements now."
The man first looked at Tamamonomae and Mashu who was sitting next to her:
"Xiaoyu, Mashu, as for you, just continue to arrange the mirrors as before and do what I just said, okay?"
"Of course." Tamamonomae smiled slightly, and then took Mash's hand.
"I am very happy to do this with little Mashu."
"Me too!" Mashu nodded repeatedly, "I am willing to help you together with Miss Xiaoyu!"
"That's good."
After Ian said this, he looked at Nero in his arms and Boudica who was intentionally sitting a little further away.
"Boudica, this time I'll need your chariot as a means of transportation for the tour."
"As for Nero, I'll have to rely on you to explain the meaning of some of these buildings to Attila - I don't quite understand your thoughts when you built them."
"No problem!" Boudica responded without hesitation.
Nero puffed out his chest proudly and said, "Don't worry, I will explain to her those buildings that symbolize the honor of Rome!"
"what about me?"
Jing Ke asked with some guilt.
"They all have things to do, but I don't?"
"Of course you have too..." Ian looked at Jing Ke who volunteered, "But I don't know whether you want to go to Xiaoyu's place to help, or just come to my place to help."
"..."
Knowing that Ian was giving up his right to choose, Jing Ke quickly gave his response.
"Let me go with you—I want to see if she's as good as you say."
"okay."
Ever since——
Under Ian's arrangement, a plan to showcase the past of Rome began.
The chariot blessed by the goddess slowly drove along the streets of Rome.
Although he seemed to have noticed that there was something wrong with the "people" who were able to temporarily return to the world because of Tamamonomae's mirror, Attila didn't say much.
She looked at the huge projected city and asked question after question with an expressionless face.
“The people in this city seem very happy.”
"of course!"
Nero admitted this with pride, even though she had just planned to kill this girl named Attila.
"I am the Emperor of Rome - of course I will do my best to take care of every Roman in my territory."
"That--"
Attila stretched out his hand and pointed at a "pedestrian" walking on the streets of Rome.
"What's wrong with him? The clothes he's wearing are obviously not from Rome, right?"
This time, the person who answered the question was Boudica.
She explained to Nero why this happened.
"The territory of Rome is no longer limited to this city built on seven hills, but to a much wider area."
"so--"
“Even if you are not from here, you are qualified to come to this great city to worship.”
"And they can also be called Romans."
"Am I right?" Boudica looked at Nero beside her.
"Hmm, that's a good point~" Nero nodded with great satisfaction, "It's almost the same idea as mine."
"Yu ah——"
"What I have always insisted on is that Rome welcomes everyone. Those who want to come to Rome, as long as they are willing to acknowledge my status as emperor, I will definitely let them in."
"Even if—" Nero met Boudica's gaze, "he had any conflicts with me in the past, it can be written off."
"..."
Boudica knew that Nero was showing his friendliness to her, so she smiled back.
And Attila fell into some unnamed thoughts.
"Keep going, I want to see more."
In accordance with Attila's request, the chariot blessed by the goddess slowly moved on the streets of Rome.
During this time, the mysterious white-haired girl did not show any disgust or aversion.
Ian vaguely felt that she should be quite satisfied with the way Rome was.
only--
The actual situation is not so ideal.
"Stop." At dusk, Attila stopped the chariot and then turned around and said.
"I have already made my own judgment - Roman civilization is not worth preserving."
"..."
Ian was a little surprised by this answer, considering Attila's reactions along the way had been quite normal.
"Attila, what is it about Rome that makes you feel uncomfortable?"
"If you ask that—"
Attila looked at the man who asked her this.
"Perhaps I personally feel that such a civilization lacks the possibility of continuing to thrive."
"In other words, I personally think it lacks sufficient vitality."
"Um?!"
445. Bath date is good civilization/Attila is fulfilling his wish/dissipating (4k)
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
Atila's words immediately muted the other four people present except her.
"that--"
Jing Ke whispered to Boudica beside him.
"If I heard correctly...did she just say that Rome lacked that thing?"
"Should, should it be?" Boudica's expression was also very embarrassed, and she seemed unable to believe what she had just heard.
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