Go back? There's no going back.

But in the end, when Su Wei reached his limit and was ready to leave, the puppet, which had been broken apart countless times, had several parts that could no longer be put together.

I recall the moment I contacted the maintenance personnel and asked them to come in. When they saw the miserable state of the doll, their expression changed dramatically, and they asked them to go back temporarily and wait for further notification.

Su Wei realized that if he failed to become a true Heavenly Dragon... a Fire Man in a few days, he might really become a debtor of one hundred thousand.

"One hundred and thirty thousand gold coins?"

And this time, after hearing the number from Su Wei's mouth, the nun's blushing face finally showed some hesitation.

"This amount does sound a bit scary... My current savings seem to be only over 20,000 gold coins..."

A thoughtful look flashed across her fair face, and the nun looked at Su Wei again, and whispered to comfort him: "But it doesn't matter, even if we fail in the finals, if the two of us work hard together... there should be hope that we can pay it back in the future..."

"..."

Looking at the nun in front of him who was frowning slightly and trying to do three things at once as she began to calculate how to repay the debt in the future, Su Wei was silent for a moment, and the inexplicable emotions in his heart could no longer be suppressed.

"Um……?"

The next second, he heard the nun's scream. Su Wei silently grabbed the nun, his pupils trembling slightly, and did not move.

"It's over... yet."

After a moment, the nun blinked her deep blue eyes and subconsciously glanced at the wall clock.

At this moment, the number displayed above is 4:57.

“Does this help you calm down a bit… ow?”

With a slight sigh of relief, Manqisi subconsciously asked, but her voice stopped abruptly in the middle.

"Is the situation...getting worse?"

She looked at him in astonishment.

"seems like it."

Su Wei's expression was also extremely stiff.

At this moment, he didn't know if he had developed some strange filter, looking at the nun who was so close to him, not only her appearance, but even her every frown and smile seemed to become more and more charming, he inexplicably had a premonition in his heart.

To deal with the other party's increasingly strange physique and charm, the current level is no longer enough.

Perhaps, we need to go a step further?

But now, isn’t it a little... too late?

Thinking of this, Su Wei subconsciously looked at the time on the wall clock again.

5: 00.

At this time, if there is no traffic jam on the road, then the princess who set out earlier... should be arriving soon -

"Even if the princess arrives, are you...prepared to greet her in your current state?"

At this moment, perhaps the nun noticed Su Wei's thoughts from his reaction when he looked at the time, so she asked in a low voice.

"...That's definitely not possible."

Su Wei immediately shook his head: "If the princess sees me like this, I am confident that I will die on the spot..."

"Really? Then, we can only pray that there's no traffic jam."

Soon, Su Wei heard the nun's particularly gentle voice again: "Well, if... you feel that the method you just used can no longer help you, then go a step further and try it."

"Eh?"

Hearing this, Su Wei was stunned.

He subconsciously looked at her, but saw that she said nothing and gently closed her eyes.

Her slender white hands were slightly clenched, and her skin all over her body was trembling slightly. At this moment, the nun seemed to be facing some unspeakable fear.

"I, it's okay, okay?"

After a while, under Su Wei's gaze, the nun opened her eyes again. Her eyes, which were full of love and confusion, stared at him quietly and said softly, "Now... I'm not afraid anymore."

Chapter 78: Bang

Royal City, the First Palace.

In the silent main hall, the only sound was the turning of the pointer.

"I'm very sorry, but at the moment, apart from knowing that it came from the Rosso Mountains, I haven't been able to find any more useful information."

At this moment, the silence in the main hall was broken. Elsie, dressed in black and white as a maid, slowly put down the communicator in her hand and gently shook her head at the First Princess beside her.

"……Yeah."

Hearing this, Celsia stared at the white paper pigeon in her hand in a daze.

Unlike communicators that can only communicate within the coverage area of ​​a signal tower, this paper pigeon is a special magical device that is more suitable for long-distance communication without signals.

Although it can only lock onto the aura of a few people, once it succeeds, this white paper pigeon can still complete the mission of delivering the message even if the two parties are separated by half a continent.

And now, the message written on this white paper pigeon is very concise.

[Save me. ——Carlisle Tirantia]

Even if we count the sender automatically marked by the subsequent paper pigeon, there are only ten words.

However, after seeing the sender's name, Celia's mind went blank and she stood there in a daze.

Although according to the imperial laws of Tirantia, the direct bloodlines of the four royal families can inherit the surname "Tirantia", which symbolizes the highest glory of the empire.

But compared to the suffix, the three words "Carlisle"... have a more special meaning to Celia, and she will never forget them in her life.

That was her father's name.

The father who was betrayed by his most trusted subordinate twenty years ago, died in the "Burial Place of the Gods", and whose body has not been brought back to this day.

Just a few minutes ago, when Celsia had just contacted Su Wei and told him that she would be there soon, a white paper pigeon flew in front of her without any warning.

The moment Celcia saw the signature on the pigeon, she was briefly confused, and her heartbeat instantly accelerated to the extreme.

She quickly stopped, turned back to the palace, and began to use all means to investigate the origin of the white paper pigeon.

But in the end... there was no substantial gain.

All we know is that it flew all the way from high above the borders of the empire.

However, just from the fact that this white paper pigeon was able to pass through the border unimpeded and the magic circle covering the royal city, it can be judged that this is indeed... a communication magic device that has been authenticated by the magic circle and added to the whitelist.

And this authority to modify the magic circle... has always been something that only the four royal families have.

In other words, if nothing unexpected happens, this white paper pigeon is very likely to be the magic weapon that Celsia's father once used.

It's just... Her emerald eyes reflected the message on the paper pigeon. Looking at the three crooked words "Save me", which seemed to be written with great pain, Celsia bit her lip subconsciously, and her mood became more and more uneasy.

For her, if her father was still alive today, it would naturally be a great joy. No matter what, she would find a way to rescue him.

But despite this, Celsia still tried her best to remain calm and rational.

After all, she currently has too little information.

There were only a few words "Save me" on the white paper pigeon, and no other effective message.

There was no mention of either the location or the situation.

Generally speaking, according to the most basic logic, after discovering that her father might still be alive, Celsia could go directly to the "Burial Place of the Gods" where her father last disappeared to look for him.

If she could become the next empress, she could even mobilize the national strength and conduct a desperate carpet search.

However...only in the place where the gods fell, she is now helpless.

Because that is a strange world that does not exist at this moment.

As one of the most famous visions in the entire continent, the "Burial Ground of the Gods" only appears once every few years or even thousands of years, landing in a certain area of ​​this continent.

The scenery there, just as its name suggests, is a legendary forbidden zone of life with resources so rich that even the gods are fascinated by it, and with extremely extreme dangers and opportunities.

In there, even a quasi-saint could perish if he was not careful.

Even the quasi-holy medicines that are currently sold at high prices in major empires are based on the real holy medicines found in the bone burial ground.

Putting aside the authenticity of the message on the white paper pigeon, her father disappeared in that special place. Unless the vision occurs again, even if Celsia wants to rescue him, there is no way.

"Um, do you want us to start the investigation again from the beginning?"

At this moment, the question from her personal maid beside her brought Celcia back to her senses with her frown on her face.

"…No need. Continuing the investigation probably won't yield any results."

After a moment of silence, Celsia slowly shook her head, her face slightly cold: "In fact, this kind of thing happening at this sensitive time may be some kind of trap..."

"I understand."

Hearing this, Elsie said no more and slowly put the cat-head communicator in her hand back into the pocket of her skirt.

"..."

On the side, Celsia tried to write a more detailed inquiry message on the white paper pigeon for the last time, and tried to set the recipient to be the father who had left the soul mark on it.

But the result still disappointed her.

Like a one-way ticket, after flying across the border to her, this white paper pigeon could no longer return to her father's hands.

It's not that it's broken, but it's completely impossible to locate my father's current location.

Seeing this, Celsia was silent for a long time, and finally carefully folded the white paper pigeon and kept it.

"... Let's go, Elsie."

After doing all this, Celsia took a deep breath, raised her hand and patted her cheek to cheer herself up, then turned to look at the maid beside her: "It's time to set off, that stupid kid and the senior are still waiting for us at the venue."

"Ok."

Elsie nodded: "I'll go prepare the means of travel."

Leaving these words behind, Elsie turned and left the main hall and walked towards the courtyard.

With her long, white legs, Celsia originally planned to go to the courtyard outside, but at this moment, she suddenly noticed the time on the clock next to her.

At this moment, the time on the wall clock has reached 4:57.

A full forty minutes had passed since she last contacted a certain stupid kid.

Realizing this, Celsia's face suddenly became a little stiff.

She knew very well that with Su Wei's character, after receiving her contact in advance, he would definitely make all preparations and stay there waiting for her.

But now, because of a paper pigeon that was suspected to be sent back by her father, she directly stood up Su Wei for nearly forty minutes.

Celsia subconsciously calculated that if she had set out directly before and there was no traffic jam along the way, then she should have arrived at the first venue by now.

“…How terrible.”

When she thought that the other party might have been waiting for her for so long in vain, Celsia suddenly felt a headache and couldn't help but raise her hand to rub her temple.

[We'll be at the venue around five o'clock... If you can, please wait for me in the room. ]

She remembered very clearly that these were the exact words she had said dozens of minutes ago.

But now, due to some unexpected changes, she couldn't even do what she had said.

If she remembered correctly, this seemed... to be the first time she broke a promise in front of the other party?

Realizing this in vain, Celsia's conflicting feelings of joy and suspicion after receiving the white paper pigeon turned completely bad at this moment.

'That little brat, is he... already angry?'

She withdrew her eyes from the wall clock and walked quickly to the main gate of the courtyard. While waiting for Elsie to arrive in her animal cart, the first princess of the empire had this vexing thought in her mind.

In fact, for some reason, since she stepped out of the courtyard just now, in addition to simple regret, Celsia also became inexplicably uneasy.

It felt as if she was about to miss something crucial.

After a moment's silence, almost instinctively, Celsia took out the frog-shaped communicator from her pocket again, skillfully pressed a number, and dialed it directly.

Drop, drop——

Soon, as the words "In Contact" appeared on the projection screen, the name and portrait of Su Wei who was being contacted also appeared at the top of the projection screen.

Time passes little by little.

At this moment, quietly watching the characters jumping on the screen, Celsia held the communicator more and more tightly, and her face gradually became anxious.