Presenting nesting dolls to the beautiful world

After a while, when Hayden and Skye's sense of crisis accumulated due to the stalemate almost exploded, the deep voice of 'Karen' finally sounded: "Are you sure, you want to talk to me about my child?"

"...I'm sorry." The third princess sighed, but did not lower her head.

Immediately, the young girl said seriously: "I invite you to come here this time, because I have something to entrust to you."

With just these two sentences, she knew that she could stop pretending at all: the man in front of her was completely different from the nobles and those in power she had dealt with in the past, and he didn't like to talk to those nonsense.Pretending to be in front of him, in the end, the gain outweighs the loss.

Faced with this change, 'Karen's' answer was...

"Say it," he said.

Under the illumination of the chandelier on the ceiling, his true emotions were hidden in the sharp boundary between light and dark, and even the 'eyes' in mid-air could not clearly illuminate his eyebrows and eyes.

Under the warm lights, only the hilt of the knife of 'Bad Star' and his snow-white temples glow faintly with a yellowish light.

"It's like this," the third princess said, "You know, in the spring of this year, we encountered a disaster that caused great damage to the people and the royal family..."

After many days, she still likes to play bureaucracy so much.

"...Of course, I think this is not what you want to hear." She said, "The point is, in that disaster, we discovered that Luoxiu City, known as the 'City of Academics', chose to help at a critical moment far fewer than it should have.”

Lei Zhe listened silently, nodding in his heart: Yes, that's right.He also found this problem.

Normally, the array of three cities is the horns of each other, and they must assist each other in times of crisis in order to maintain the formation of the "three cities" that has been maintained for thousands of years and protect everything that it should protect inside.

None of the decision makers in these three cities should forget this.

But at that time, Tyonka, a degenerate 'City of Wealth and Commerce', was too clear about his own self-care, and most of the people from Luo Xiu, the 'City of Knowledge and Academics', only helped transfer people. .

Of course, there is of course the instinct of life to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages at work-after all, the enemy is a huge remains full of divinity, and the water is not shallow at first glance-but a city with a large number of professionals will really As it showed that day, there is not even 'one' high-ranking professional who can help positively, and everyone has no power to fight back in the face of that disaster, so they can only choose to be wise and safe?

That is impossible.

In this world where 'every professional can learn different professions as long as they leave the lower rank', the vast majority of upper-level professionals can show some bottom-of-the-box skills at critical moments.

Even 'Garland', who seems to be just a knight, still retains his ability to cast spells, but because it is not the main profession, it does not seem to be so extensive.

Therefore, Lei Zhe has always known that there are problems in these two cities.Even before 'Theon Gaylin' told him that the nearest door to the 'Dark Realm' was in Luoxiu City, he clearly realized that there must be hidden darkness in that city that had never been taken care of before.

In all fairness, Lei Zhe really wanted to study the situation over there immediately, and chat with old friends in the dark realm by the way...

But 'Karen' will not express his intentions casually.As for Lei Zhe, he must also act in accordance with the human design as much as possible.

"Say what you want," said the red-eyed hunter.

Until now, he is still standing in the middle of the office - he refused the invitation to sit down, standing in that place that always makes people feel huge pressure, but behaved so calmly, as if he didn't come to 'see the Queen', But to inspect the work.

The three princesses who were inspected: "..."

...It's almost as if I'm reporting to work.

Or... make a wish?To the moon, to a mysterious magic or something...

She twitched the corner of her mouth, waved away the unreliable thoughts in her mind, and expressed her appeal to 'Karen'.

"There is a door leading to the dark realm in Luoxiu City," she said, "I want you to destroy it—the price is up to you."

"..." Lei Zhe fell silent.

"..." Garland in the mental space fell silent.

[! ! ! ] The barrage spirit of not knowing the inside story.

【Grass, is there such a strange thing hidden in Luoxiu City? ? 】

【Jia Di: I'm happy, now I'm going to chop up and make sausages carefully】

"Yes." 'Karen' replied, "This is a commission. Then, the reward..."

He paused for a moment, and didn't say 'I think you're poor and can't give you anything', but turned a corner and said, "For Garland's sake, the reward will be waived."

As he spoke, he turned his head and glanced at Hayden who was also standing beside him, always on guard against him.

"One piece of advice," he said, "if you decide not to consider me a 'friendly', then don't physically come near me..."

The scarlet eyes narrowed slightly, and the only 'sublimation hunter' in history glanced at the powerful arcane instructor.

"...For Garland's sake too," he turned around, raised his hand, and showed the arcane protection pin that was removed from Hayden's collar at some point in his hand, "you just need to That's enough to pay for it. It's a good deal, isn't it?"

The hunter strode away.He didn't observe any court etiquette, even if it was impossible for him to understand it.

Hayden stared at his back with a pale face, and after a while, he really relaxed a little.

"... Teacher, are you okay?" The third princess asked him with concern.

"..." The arcane master looked at her and suddenly smiled.

"Not bad," he said. "Learned something new."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and touched his neckline, his face suddenly became tangled.

"...It's just the tie pin that's a pity," he said.

Lei Zhe apologized to Hayden in his heart.

—I'm sorry, my friend!Although, this is in line with human design!

Offensive as well, 'Karen' has a world of tolerance for adults and children... when he realizes that Hayden's defensive attitude, which is very different from the old and treacherous Skye on the other side, has crossed that line At that time, he had to start thinking about how to give the other party a lesson that was neither serious nor serious, and could remind the other party of the seriousness of the problem without hurting the bones.

So, he took away the Grand Arcanist certification ornamental brooch that Hayden had brought from the Jade Tower.

He knew that the pin had already been registered as 'taken away from the academy' in the Emerald Tower, and it no longer had any 'official function' except for the most basic arcane protection, and it could only be used as Hayden's personal item at most And existence has nothing to do with any public affairs on the surface.

Therefore, Hayden will not use force because of this, but he will feel distressed for a while... At the same time, the arcanist whose instinct is engraved with seeking knowledge will also learn something from this. When he goes to the Jade Tower in the future, if he needs Cooperating with Hayden, it is also good to have more topics in the communication.

Hayden:? ! !

Hayden: I don't need this kind of talk! ! !

……

Although Lei Zhe often went to the palace or various noble mansions as a 'Garlander', when he left this mansion and the manor below, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

This does not mean that he is nervous—thank you, the Elf King has hacked, the evil god has hacked, obviously powerful forces from other universes have come into contact... Can it make people nervous to see you as a human queen?

He breathed a sigh of relief, to put it bluntly because...he never liked such an environment full of rules.

It's okay now, 'Gallen' can calmly ignore those things when he is unhappy, but the 'Garland' who used to be active within the rules really had a hard time.

To be honest, he still wanted to go horse racing on the plains more than attending a palace banquet.

For some reason, even though the emotions have been withdrawn, and some of the "sensory memories" that can cause emotions to breed, such as smells, music, and colors, have also been quietly withdrawn, Lei Zhe always thinks of when he was still a "Garland" recently.

Although at that time he had to wear armor even to sleep... But in those days, he did feel happiness beyond his imagination as an ordinary person.

The joy of flying, the joy of fighting, the joy of protecting others, the joy of burning oneself, the joy of going to every beautiful scenery and engraving them in your own memories.

Although now he meets the relatives and friends of 'Garland', he cannot and cannot recognize each other, even the white horse by the lake that he once cherished cannot feel the essence of the soul in front of him...

But all that has objectively existed after all.He just got away from them temporarily, but never truly forgot them.

The days of being a 'Garland' are real times.Even if it's not the 'golden days' of pure joy—

Think about it, the word "golden years" is actually very scary, it directly points to the essence of life: there has never been a purely beautiful past, and those that make people feel beautiful are just forgetting the pain of the past.When a person is alive, he must learn to forget selectively, until even if it is a lump, you can instinctively beautify it into gold in your memories.

Now, Lei Zhe is 'selective forgetting'.

Correspondingly, it was never 'Lei Zhe' but 'Garland' that remained in the memory of those people.

That is inevitable.

In order to maintain the integrity and independence of the characters, to ensure Jingsha’s income, to solve the problems faced by the world, or to challenge a higher mountain for himself...

There has never been a life climber who can call friends to challenge the impasse together.When he chooses to break away from the identity of 'Garland', to become 'someone else', to become 'the other face of himself', separation is inevitable.

Because Lei Zhe can only, will only, and must go to a higher and farther place.The instinct of challenge and exploration is his burning motivation.

Outside the mansion, the players gathered and waiting for the next wave of tasks saw 'Karen'.

He walked straight to the 'chosen ones', without hesitation, without looking back.