[Mecha] Queen of 12 Songs

Christina was sitting beside Ella's hospital bed, bandaging her arm injury while not forgetting to check the other's expression, for fear of accidentally hurting her with force.

And not far from her, Ye Hua held a chip in her hand, glanced at the two people in the room, and slowly told them the information: "The fact that the prince was brought down has been known to most of the nobles. , However, we guessed wrong on one point, His Majesty did not execute the Prince."

"Really?" Christina knew how much her father cared about this relative, but she never thought that even after discovering so many dark sides of the other party, her father would still be lenient.

"Yes, but this time, even if His Majesty favors that prince again, he will not be able to acquit him. As far as I know, His Majesty has decided to deprive the Prince of his political rights for life and imprison him in the Tarot Star, and he will be sentenced to life imprisonment."

"As expected of a father." Christina sighed softly, and glanced at the silent girl, "Don't you think so, Ella?"

Ella raised her eyes, smiled and said, "Yes, Your Majesty's judgment is very wise."

Christina glanced at her: "Are you serious?"

"Of course it's true." Lifting the quilt, Ella got out of bed with Christina's help, walked to the bed, looked at the sky without any gloomy, and said quietly, "Christina, You see, whether it is on the street or in the flow of people, there is nothing different from usual. It is as if the prince has not been brought down by us..."

"Ella!" Dissatisfied with her friend's perfunctory, Christina interrupted her, "Is it true? You know better than anyone else! Do you really think this kind of judgment is appropriate? You are joking!"

"No, I'm not joking, Kristina." Ella leaned against the wall, looked at her best friend in front of her, and calmly stated, "For a crazy and ambitious person like the Prince, I have to say that His Majesty really hit the spot. His weakness, he chose the most desperate and painful sentence for him."

"Christina, you have to know that sometimes living is not necessarily happier than dying." Ella held out her hand and recalled, "Poverty, hunger, despair... Only those who have tasted this kind of thing will know it. Terrible and terrifying. The only difference is that some people have found the way forward through it, while some people have chosen to escape, and even worse, they have sold their souls...choose to violate their own conscience."

"What kind of person do you think the prince belongs to? Betrayal, for a person who doesn't value reputation at all, it is useless to die with such a crime."

"Ella, according to you, who have been through all this, which path do you choose now?" Christina sighed, looking at her friend who was talking eloquently, "at that time, you didn't choose Right, the death of that person added a wound to your young heart that will never heal. I thought about it for a long time afterwards, but you were not very enthusiastic about our plan at that time, am I right?"

Ella thought for a moment before she said, "Maybe it's just what you said. But, I don't regret my decision at that time. On the contrary, I'm glad I chose you at that time, Christina."

"Really..." Christina closed her eyes lightly, opened them and patted Ella's shoulder with a smile, "Okay, it's almost time, you can change your clothes quickly, we won't bother you anymore."

Leading Ye Hua out of the room, Christina stopped at the door instead of moving forward, and waved her back to Ella: "See you in the hall, Ella."

It wasn't until Kristina closed the door that Ella slowly put away the smile on her face, showing a very hesitant look: "I don't regret choosing to follow you, but... I also hope that you won't let me have any regrets." Your Highness Christina."

Topple the prince, and the royal family, which has been suffering from external and internal troubles, finally gained peace. At least, in the days to come, they only need to fight against foreign enemies with all their strength, instead of spending their extra financial resources and energy on dealing with people with the same blood. body.It has to be said that Ella and the others seem to have no plans and no benefits for their actions, but in fact, she and Rick Ferrer have done something powerful for all citizens, although they themselves are not Know.

Therefore, in order to commend their patriotism, the monarch of the Ashe Empire decided to make an exception and personally award them to express his gratitude to them.And those nobles who originally disagreed no longer had any objections because Ye Hua said, "Didn't you find out, His Majesty commends nobles."

Yes, because the three are nobles, all nobles can share this honor in recognition of them.It can be said that this commendation conference is given to all nobles.

After no one had any objections, the monarch of the Ashe Empire asked someone to choose a time. On this unusual day, he bestowed the medals representing glory and future on three young people, one of whom was only 15 years old.

The well-dressed people happened to meet when they walked out of the room, discussing all the things after the previous incident along the way, and no one showed nervousness or anxiety on their faces.

Since they have not formally entered the army, the three people who can only be regarded as half-baked, all wearing mecha school uniforms, knelt on one knee and lowered their heads in a posture of absolute obedience, waiting for the monarch they will be loyal to in the future. The Golden Bauhinia Medal awarded to them.

When the most honorable person in the Ashe Empire put the medals on the chests of several people, there was loud applause in the hall.In such an environment, Ella and the others simply bowed and retreated calmly, never showing any timid expressions.

Out of the sight of the hall and everyone, Phil unbuttoned the neckline, and Rick even exaggerated, unbuttoning the fourth button, revealing a sexy and charming collarbone, while fanning with his hands and screaming hot.

And Ella seemed to have been prepared to take off her coat directly, revealing the refreshing daily attire inside, which stimulated Rick to stare.Ella spread her hands: "Don't look at me like that. Since you are nobles, you should understand the importance of this ceremony. The clothes we wear are not school uniforms at all. They are much more straight than school uniforms. You can unbutton them anyway. , and I’m definitely not a girl.”

"So you just put on the clothes inside and put on another one?" Phil looked at the messy people with black lines all over his face, "Aren't you worried that it will be embarrassing if someone finds out?"

"There is nothing wrong with your assumption, the fact is that no one has found out." After waving at the two of them, Ella left without looking back, "I still have something to do, so I'm leaving first."

"Aren't you going to the celebration banquet?"

Ella pointed to her mouth and smiled: "No one would be happy to be with a girl who is dumb and has scars on her face. Just enjoy the celebration banquet and so on, and I don't have to."

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After walking out of the palace, Ella felt alive. Although this kind of thinking did not respect His Majesty and Christina, she really couldn't adapt to a place like the palace.

After walking for a while, Ella met someone unexpectedly.

"Long time no see."

In a very old-fashioned way of greeting, the man took off the hat on his head, showing a baby face, and smiled brightly: "I didn't expect to see you again after so many years in the slums."

Ella stared at the person in front of her for a long time, and asked, "Didn't you decide to leave?"

"Ah, I left, but thinking of you in this country, I came back again, Ella."

"Ouyang, this is your hometown. I have no right to ask what you want, but—" Aila didn't care about her current position at all, she grabbed the man's neckline and narrowed her eyes slightly, "You are sorry for Lily When you left without making a sound, you left her there alone, do you know how much she suffered for you!"

The man slapped Ella's hand away, calmly looked back at the agitated Ella, and said calmly: "I know, I know that her life will be very sad after I leave, Ella."

"You know?" Ella interrupted him politely, pointing at Ouyang, "You don't know, you can't see her pain, you can't hear her despair. You don't know, because of you When her ideals abandoned her, she abandoned all dignity, just to be able to see you again!"

It seemed that Ella's indomitable attitude annoyed him, so Ouyang took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it, exhaled, and then said in a calm manner: "So what if you know? So what if you don't know? She and I It's never up to you, an outsider, to interfere with her affairs, or do you really think that you are her friend and even her feelings can be intervened?"

Ouyang smiled mockingly and flicked the cigarette ash: "Ella, even if the ugly duckling grows into a beautiful swan, she is still humble, just like you. So what if you left the slums? Isn't it still unremarkable?"

To succeed?If being awarded a medal by the emperor of the country is not considered outstanding in front of the people of the whole country... then what is it?

Aila can be sure now that Ouyang doesn't know her noble status, let alone her military exploits just now.She suddenly wanted to know, if the man in front of her knew that she not only stood at a height that he couldn't reach, but also had another identity, would he flatter her?

The only thing that was certain, though, was that the scene must have turned her stomach.

Thinking of this, Aila said calmly: "I haven't made a name for myself, so you have made a name for yourself? You who have been missing for so long and have no good news, what right do you have to say about me?"

Ouyang took a breath and said disdainfully: "Of course I am more promising than you. Soon, I will let you know what a talented person I am, Ella. You were better than me when you were in the slums. , you can use your fists to protect the weak like us. But now the times are different, you can't do anything with only your fists."

"If you don't believe me, everything will be revealed in two weeks."

Ella looked at each other with a half-smile: "Really, I will look forward to the surprise you bring me that day."

Ouyang said "you wait" and walked away, leaving Ella with a cool back.

And at the moment when Ouyang turned around, Ella didn't stop at all, and walked in the completely opposite direction to him.The previous grievances between her and Ouyang may have a result soon.

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Awarding the medal and meeting an old friend is like an episode, which has not affected Ella in the slightest. Her life is exactly the same as before participating in the mecha competition, constantly absorbing the knowledge in the chip, and her natural personality always makes Lanster almost vomit blood. Every time the words of confession came to my mouth, it was because of someone who was always in trouble, who was shattered time and time again.

Over time, with the call of his own country, Lancet became more and more unable to express this feeling. He was not afraid of not getting a response, but he was afraid that the other party would show disgusted eyes.It is an indisputable fact that he hid his identity and approached her with ulterior motives, and during that time, he even tried to hurt the people around her.No matter which one it was, it made him lose the courage to speak.

Therefore, until the day he left school and returned to China, Lancet did not tell Ella how he felt.He didn't even say goodbye to her when he left.

Maybe it was because he knew that he might not see her again, or the goodbye was on the battlefield, and he didn't even see her.

On the day Lanster left, he stared at the school that was getting farther and farther away from him for a long time on the ship.

On the day Lanster left, Ella continued her unchanging life, studying when it was time to study, and resting when it was time to eat and sleep.One less person doesn't seem to make a difference to her.

Before Lancet left, Christina and the others had already told her, and what surprised her was that a person who had been so clingy didn't see her before leaving.As for the others, she didn't notice anything wrong.

Well, it was a little bit boring when she was alone, no one talked to her, and no one bothered her when she was specializing in mecha.She said to herself that she was actually just a little unaccustomed to it, so she didn't feel lonely, no.

Unknowingly, Ella stopped studying and began to like to look at the sky in a daze.Every time when Kristina's communication came, Ella would look dumbfounded, one or two times would be fine, after several times, Kristina finally couldn't bear it anymore and lost a task to She, lest she show an infuriating dull expression out of boredom.

"Speaking of which, you've rested a lot at school, so it's time for work, right?" Kristina put away the fan in her hand with a snap, and said viciously, "Don't waste my time in a daze. Come on, I asked you to come to school to experience a different life, not to waste your life, Ella."

Ella touched her face and tilted her head: "Well, am I in a daze again? Why don't I feel anything?"

"Nonsense! Who has feelings when they are in a daze? If you have feelings, will you continue to be in a daze?" Rubbing her temples, Christina sighed, "I know you will be lonely if you are alone, but You also need to know that it's too dangerous for that person to stay by your side, we can't make fun of your life, do you understand?"

"Ann, Christina." Ella blinked, "It's okay, I'll get used to being alone, you don't have to worry too much."

Christina slandered in her heart: Can you not worry, you naive guy.

Forget it, entangled with Ella about this kind of thing will not have any results, Christina threw the fan aside, sat in front of the screen, resting her chin on one hand: "Before I tell you about the mission, I have one thing There's a good thing and a bad thing to tell you, which one do you want to hear first?"

"whatever."

"You have to pick one, there is no such thing as random."

"Okay, let's talk about the good things first."

"The good thing is——congratulations, you have been recognized by the authority of the universe, and if you pass the assessment, you will become the queen of the entire universe, aren't you happy?"

Ella looked at Christina on the other end of the connector, wondering: "I think you should be happier, but why don't you show any joy?"

"Well, the reason I'm not happy is because of the bad news."

Ella raised her eyebrows lightly: "So the so-called bad news is... this information is a lie? In fact, there is nothing at all, so it makes us happy for nothing, right?"

"It's a pity, you guessed wrong." Christina waved her hand, "Have you heard of the name Hannah?"

"Of course I have. She is the number one song god in the universe... However, since I debuted, I haven't heard any news about her. Wait, could it be that the bad news you mentioned has something to do with her?"

"Strictly speaking, it has something to do with the people behind her, and has little to do with her."

"Please speak humanly, thank you."

"Do you want to be beaten?" Kristina waved her fist angrily. Seeing this, Ella rubbed her nose and laughed, "Go ahead."

"The person behind Hannah is the authoritative person who tested you this time. Since he was able to promote a person like Hannah who has no identity and background to heaven, he naturally has his own way. Therefore, we don't doubt that he can After making you the No. [-] song in the universe, what we worry about is... this is just a trap."

Ella smiled: "It's a very attractive trap. I knew it was a trap, but I had no choice but to jump, Christina."

"Hmph, as far as you know, we are all idiots!" After humming twice, Christina said again, "This Saturday, your time is mine."

"There is no problem with this, the problem is what should I do with my Saturday exam?"

"With Phil and Rick here, don't worry about this little thing. Since they are the president and vice president of the student union, they should be responsible for this kind of problem."

Ella is speechless, does this mean using privileges?