Endless Silver Machine

"So, what is the negotiation you are talking about?"

The other party had no intention of taking action, but took the initiative to communicate, which was exactly what Aika wanted. Now everyone can only speculate on the Holy See's thoughts based on bits of information. It would be great if they could have a little grasp of the Holy See through negotiations.

Waiting outside the tavern was a girl about the same age as Wei Xi, with long silver-white hair hanging down to her waist like Wei Xi.

Pure white shawl and cloak, blue and black fitted top and skirt with black knee socks.

Although the silver-haired girl's appearance is still childish, this exquisite outfit highlights her inner composure.

If she hadn't taken the initiative to reveal her identity, Aika would never have imagined that such a young girl would be an enemy she had to face.

Even though the other party was just a young girl, the cautious Gurley did not relax at all. On the contrary, the silver-haired girl's special dress made him even more wary.

"Look at your uniform, are you the Blue Knight of the Holy See?"

The silver-haired girl bowed slightly to express her intrusion, and then walked into the tavern openly.

"Yes, it turns out there is someone here who knows this uniform. Are you a relevant person?"

"They are just ordinary people who owe debts here and are now working to pay off their debts."

"That's it." The girl stopped caring about Gurley and turned to look at Aika, who had been silent all this time. "Can you please let Wei Xi and the eldest lady of the 'Heinz' family come out? I know they are here. Don't worry, Now I have no intention of being hostile to you, I just want to know Wei Xi’s own thoughts.”

From Liuyin's body, Aika could feel a completely different atmosphere from Wei Xi's. If she and Wei Xi were together, she would probably have the status of "Wei Xi's sister".

The "Xiaoyin" Wei Xi mentioned before must be the girl in front of her. Aika finally understood why the person Wei Xi didn't want to see the most was her.

If it was a close friend, Liuyin might have come here out of helplessness. This was a task she had to complete.

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The four people who were in the stairwell on the second floor could hear voices coming from the tavern hall.

Wei Xi immediately recognized Liu Yin's voice. When she heard that she really wanted to see him, Wei Xi finally couldn't help it anymore.

"Xiao Xi, what are you going to do?"

Nia grabbed Wei Xi who was about to stand up and asked her in a low voice. But Wei Xi didn't answer. After being caught by Nia, the courage she finally mustered up began to waver again.

"They can't hide it anymore. The guy from the Vatican has named us, right?" Ling couldn't sit still anymore, "Sister Nia and Luoluo stay here first, and I'll go see her. With the two of them, As long as I'm here, I won't lose no matter what."

Now that the enemy has appeared in front of him, it is not in line with Ling's character to continue hiding here and eavesdropping. Nia, who knew this clearly, could only nod in agreement.

"be careful."

"I also need to go……"

"up to you."

Ling took the lead down the stairs regardless of whether Wei Xi was standing still.

Although Luoluo also wanted to accompany them downstairs, she knew that she could not be of any help at this time, so in the end she could only choose to stay behind and watch them.

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After Ling and Wei Xi arrived at the tavern hall, silence enveloped the space.

Aika and Geli stood in front of Ling and Wei Xi. But after Wei Xi saw Liu Yin with her own eyes, she couldn't help but pass between the two of them and trotted up to Liu Yin.

"Xiaoyin, are you really...really here to take me back?"

"……sorry."

Wei Xi stood in front of Liuyin, looking as depressed as a younger sister who was found by her older sister in a hide-and-seek game. Liuyin also looked away. She seemed to raise her hand to touch Wei Xi in front of her, but finally put her hand down.

"It turns out that this is really the case..."

Wei Xi murmured with a sob. If it were anyone else, Wei Xi would still have a hint of resistance, but she didn't want to make any resistance that might hurt Liu Yin.

Liuyin panicked in front of the sobbing Wei Xi. She hurriedly took out a small square handkerchief folded into a square from her uniform, and couldn't help but reach out to wipe the tears from Wei Xi's face.

"Don't, don't be like this, don't speak in this tone in front of me..."

Liuyin may have forgotten her true purpose of coming here. She only wanted to make Weixi stop crying.

"Hey, you two, what are you going to do?"

Ling was a little impatient. She was obviously from "over there", but an emotional drama was being staged here at the critical moment. She really couldn't regard this scene as false love. It was this contradictory psychology that made her unable to accept it.

"From the 'Heinz' family..."

"Don't call me by the same code name," Ling interrupted Liuyin unceremoniously, "I have the name Ling."

"I'm sorry, I'm rude." Liuyin did not flinch because of Ling's attitude. She immediately adjusted her shaken state of mind when facing Wei Xi, "Miss Ling, you are the current wielder of the magic weapon 'Light Flame Sword'." Yes?"

"Isn't that why you've been looking for me for this kind of thing?"

"I am the Blue Knight of the Holy See, Liuyin. The mission I came to Pufa Town this time is to take Xiao Xi... Wei Xi back with you. As for the mission organized by the Holy See, I did not participate, so I may not be able to answer I apologize for your doubts."

"It's so easy when you say that!"

Ling was always unable to control her excited emotions in front of people from the Holy See.

"Calm down, she's here to come to us for peace talks." Aika had no choice but to suppress Ling, who seemed to be ready to draw her sword at any time, and whispered in her ear, "If you fight here, what will be the consequences? You should Is it clear?"

Indeed, if a fight breaks out here, not to mention that the tavern will definitely be destroyed and many innocent people nearby will be involved.

Ling was very aware of the serious consequences, but the anger that was ignited could not be calmed down.

"So, back to the original question," Aika asked Liuyin instead of Ling, who was unable to calm down for discussion, "What exactly do you want to discuss with us?"

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"To put it simply, now we know what we can do." Aika patted the table and put the core of the topic in front of everyone, "What do you think of this request made by Liuyin?"

Due to Liuyin's late night visit, no one was sleepy. As a result, everyone began to discuss "that request" made by Liuyin, centered on Aika.

Liuyin's request is to let the people who are currently protecting Wei Xi fight her. If she could defeat Liuyin, she would no longer interfere in this matter, and the Holy See might also give up on pestering Ling and Wei Xi because of the Blue Knight's defeat.

"Tomorrow night, in the wasteland at the entrance of the town? I can't see any traps... Xiaoxi, can she really be trusted?"

Luoluo was still a little worried. After all, she didn't know Liuyin at all, she just knew that she was Wei Xi's best friend.

"Well..." Wei Xi nodded hesitantly, "If it's Xiaoyin... it doesn't matter..."

"In other words, as long as I can defeat her in a battle, that's all."

Finally, Liuyin's proposal saw an end to the current embarrassment, which was exactly what Aika wanted to see.

"Did you think it would be that easy?" This time Gurley did not joke with Aika like before. "She is the Blue Knight of the Holy See after all, one of the seven knights second only to the Pope in strength and status. It is not as easy as Wei Xi who can expand the 'field' to that extent is at the same level. To lose her, you can only risk your life. Do you think you can do it?"

Upon hearing Gurley's "alarmism", Wei Xi immediately raised her voice nervously.

"Please don't hurt Xiaoyin!" After everyone looked over, she became hesitant again, "Xiaoyin is actually a very gentle person... It was just because of her persistence that it was impossible for her to accept the task. She would give up midway... This request is already her biggest concession..."

"If she really doesn't know anything, I don't want to spend so much effort on her." Ling said it to herself dissatisfiedly. She seemed to have been in a bad mood after Liuyin appeared, "Wei Xi doesn't want to spend so much effort on her." Leave it alone, if you want to take revenge on her who had no involvement at all, Aika, you will have something to say, right?"

"Then she is someone who has nothing to do with your revenge. Since you realized it before I said anything, you probably didn't intend to use her to vent your anger in the first place, right?"

"..."

"Xiaoyin's magic level is only slightly lower than mine... She specialized in elemental magic in the Holy See, and she is also very good at combat other than magic..."

Wei Xi's words made everyone tremble. It is a well-known fact that elemental magic, with the support of powerful magic power, has unimaginable destructive power. Moreover, she has other fighting methods besides elemental magic.

"By the way, Xiao Xi, isn't your magic level higher than hers?" Luoluo noticed a contradiction, "Why do you still think she is more likely to win?"

After all, everyone may not know what the magic level assessed by the Holy See represents. If the people here participated in the magic level assessment, how many times would they be different from the Blue Knight?

"I only know how to use barrier magic. Although there are many types, I have never used barriers that can hurt people... Xiaoyin's attack speed is very fast. If I face her alone, there is no chance of winning... …”

"In this case, I have an idea." Aika had an idea. "It seems impossible to win without getting hurt, but if she can't continue fighting, it will be considered our victory, right?"

Wei Xi originally wanted to say something else...

"Don't worry, we will try our best not to let her get hurt. We will also need your cooperation when the time comes."

After Aika made such a promise, Wei Xi still closed her mouth and nodded obediently.

If a face-to-face collision with an opponent of Liuyin's level was to end without both parties admitting defeat, one of the parties would have to take the initiative to admit defeat, but no one would do that.

"So, let's try to make Liuyin unable to continue fighting, so that he has to admit defeat."

Gurley took a sip of wine and revealed Aika's thoughts with a grin.

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In the sunny courtyard, dozens of children were playing around the large flower bed.

Two girls in blue uniforms sat on a hill in the distance, looking enviously at the children playing carefree.

Before they got this symbolically important uniform, the two of them were part of that group of children.

"I said, why do we have to watch in a place like this?" The silver-haired girl was very dissatisfied with the current situation, "I also want to play with them..."

"Xiaoyin started saying this again... We have to practice later." The white-haired girl clinging to her side quickly comforted her, "If we go to play with them now, dad will definitely punish us..."

"That person will be talking about practice, practice, practice all day long! He obviously said that as long as he doesn't regress, he can use the extra time to do what he wants to do!"

"Dad is right when he said that..."

"We waste so much time every day practicing those magics, what's the point?"

"This question seems to have been asked by my father... Didn't Xiaoyin say at that time that she 'wanted to save the world'?"

"If you think about it, you will know that it was just said casually... In fact, I have no idea what I want to do with this power." The silver-haired girl took out two candies from her uniform and stuffed one of them into her body. The girl said, "If I had known it would be so boring, I might as well have stayed in the orphanage and helped the director take care of the garden."

The silver-haired girl's eyes fell back to the orphanage below the hill, where the children's laughter could faintly be heard.

That was the home they used to live in. When Pope Sethis came there and asked Liuyin and Weixi to make a voluntary choice, Liuyin found it interesting and chose to enter the Holy See to find the so-called "own value."

"Actually, I..." the white-haired girl said softly and vaguely with candy in her mouth, "I came to the Holy See in the hope of changing my destiny... Since there is such a possibility, I still think it's good It would be better to use it... Xiaoyin should also set a goal for herself, so that she will be motivated... Hehe."

"Even if you say so..."

The silver-haired girl looked at her empty hands and did not continue.

In fact, a small fire had already been lit in her heart, but she couldn't confirm it by herself. That was the oath that she had already made in her heart when she took on Wei Xi's destiny and became Wei Xi's sister.

"If Xiaoyin is in danger, I will protect you..." The white-haired girl did not notice the entanglement in the heart of the person next to her and continued talking to herself, "Dad said that the barrier can withstand any attack. , and can also heal injured areas, so I chose to learn enchantment... Of course, I hope I will never need to use this kind of magic."

The little fire was fueled by the white-haired girl's words.

"Then I learn elemental magic so that I can no longer rely on your protection."

"Hey, Xiaoyin doesn't want to be protected by me?"

"That's not what you meant. Why do you care about that kind of place?"

The silver-haired girl blushed and looked away, while the white-haired girl chased her gaze, not giving her a chance to escape.

Seeing that the white-haired girl wanted to know, the silver-haired girl could only cough lightly, and then told her what she had not finished.

"If you are my shield, then I want to be your sword."

That was a daily vow made by two young girls.

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Liuyin's arrival reminded Wei Xi of some past events.

The more you wish for time to pass slower, the faster time will go contrary to your wishes.

Wei Xi raised her head and looked out the window of the tavern hall. The sky was already glowing with the reddish color of the setting sun, and the brightest star had begun to shine above the sky.

Aika walked to Wei Xi and patted her shoulder gently. After coming back to her senses, Wei Xi turned her head and realized that everyone else had already arrived in the tavern lobby.

Ling had already changed into a set of light clothes prepared by Nia, while Aika was still wearing a well-fitting black windbreaker. They were about to face their first real battle so far.

Wei Xi jumped down from her seat, straightened her clothes, and looked again at the sunset that was gradually sinking into the horizon.

She had made up her mind to resolve the confusion in her heart by herself.

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