Endless Silver Machine

The Pope did not show any impatience because Aika kept him waiting for a long time.

Subjectively, this was the first time he met Aika. This was the second time Aika met him, and she didn't feel as nervous as the first time.

Even when they met for the first time, Aika didn't show any hesitation. At that time, it was because I knew that dreams would not have any impact on reality, so I didn’t act with any restraint.

But now, both of them are in the real world, and their every word and deed will change the possible direction of the future.

"We should already know each other, but let's introduce ourselves. I am the administrator of the sanctuary, Sethis."

The Pope did not say this because he knew what happened in the dream. Aika was looking for herself because of that incident, so she must have been ready to meet herself. And he himself caused that level of commotion in August.

"Hello, His Holiness Pope Thetis."

Aika bowed respectfully, which was the meeting etiquette Liuyin taught him on the way here.

"Aika Chise, right?"

Aika did not reveal his surname, but of course this information would not escape the ears of the top administrators of the Holy See, so Aika was not too surprised.

Sethis walked from the bookshelf to the table in the center of the room and motioned for Aika to sit opposite him.

"Even if you don't use that roundabout hint, I will agree to meet you."

Aika followed Sethis's wishes and sat down, just as the two of them looked at each other in a dream and sat down again in reality.

"...Is it because of Ling?"

"When I asked Liuyin to bring Ling Heinz and Wei Xi back to the church, you even fought hard, but now you took the initiative to send her here. There must be a very deep reason for this."

This kind of problem only requires simple reasoning to figure this out.

"Yes, Sir Sethis, there is a question I want to know no matter what."

"What do you think."

"Why do you want Augustus to think that Ling has lost his magic outfit?"

"Sorry, I can't answer this question for you."

The first question was a setback, and Aika had already expected that the answer would not go as smoothly as expected.

But now I cannot explain everything I saw and heard in the dream. Even if the relationship between the Holy See and Augustus is indeed not good, it does not mean that there is no beneficial cooperation between the two.

If you know too many secrets, there is no guarantee that the Holy See will also regard you as a thorn in its side.

Aika had not yet realized that the Pope had begun to pay attention to his movements a long time ago.

"Liuyin often tells me about you."

Sethis suddenly said this without any warning, because it had nothing to do with the current problem, so Aika didn't react at all.

"Even though she stayed in bed for a long time because of you, it is incredible that she was not angry at all. I can understand that she felt at ease because of Wei Xi, but after she came into contact with you several times, she felt A big change.”

"Liuyin?"

The topic of conversation suddenly shifted to the girl who led the way for him. Aika didn't know how to answer Sethis's words, so she could only listen to his emotional statement.

"You are the second person who can get that kid so much attention."

Aika certainly knows what position Wei Xi occupies in Liuyin's heart, and it must not be like this for her.

But when the person Liuyin called "Dad" said this, Aika could only accept it with suspicion.

Hearing Sethis's words, Aika was quietly excited.

"I really haven't done anything for her..."

"This statement...Has she already said something similar to you?"

Sethis asked as if he was teasing Aika.

"I haven't...said..."

All speculations about Liuyin's mood were his own wishful thinking. Aika didn't know how Liuyin viewed him.

Liuyin said that after the conversation with the Pope, there was something he always wanted to say to himself.

Aika was no exception. Although she had a reasonable reason to protect Ling and Wei Xi when she first met Liuyin, she was still seriously injured despite not having any malicious intentions.

When we met by chance in front of her mansion, we didn’t say anything because of the subtle relationship between everyone and her.

After that, opportunities to meet directly became few and far between.

In the dream, Sethis always had a serious look on his face. He thought that this conversation would also be shrouded in this atmosphere, so Aika was mentally prepared.

However, Sethis did not behave as he expected, as if he was just a father solving the psychological troubles of adolescence for his children.

"You came to me because you had some problem, right?" Sethis temporarily dropped the topic of Liuyin and changed the topic back on track, "The time you asked Liuyin to tell me was when I was Miss Ling will not know the time of the interview with the parents of the Heinz family."

As a person involved in the question that Liuyin had, Sethis knew the answer. He deliberately left Wei Xi elsewhere in the village at that time, so it was impossible for Aika to know this time through her.

"Your Excellency Sethis, since you can't tell me the reason for the discrepancy in the information between the Holy See and Augustus, can you tell me what the Holy See's attitude towards magic equipment is?"

Aika once asked Lan Ming, a member of the royal family, this question. From the perspective of the royal family, magic equipment is one of the important ways to increase national strength.

The Holy See and Augustus have different responsibilities. Strictly speaking, the Holy Land does not belong to the Bis Empire.

In the cross-border war, the girl who ended the war as a representative of mankind was hailed as a "saint" by later generations, and the establishment of the sanctuary was based on mankind's belief in the saint.

"I can answer this question for you. But before I answer, I would like to know how much you know about magic equipment."

So far, Sethis has either refused to answer Aika's questions or asked rhetorical questions, but has never given a clear answer.

Aika, who was not sure that the Pope would not become an enemy, was half-confident and could not directly explain what he was thinking in his heart.

So the topic fundamentally goes nowhere.

Aika's understanding of magic equipment is limited to the statements in the textbook and some of his own feelings when using it. "A very powerful magic equipment." This is Aika's general understanding of magic equipment.

"It seems that you have no understanding of your own weapons and your own family."

Thetis pointed this out keenly from Aika's brief description.

"Where should we start first..." Sethis pondered for a moment, thinking about what he could tell Aika now, "The Chise family and the Heinz family are called the 'Bis Twin Towers'. You made outstanding achievements in the war, but now both are in decline. Have your family told you the reason?"

"...the crime of treason..."

Aika murmured the term he had never dared to admit.

"You already know."

"My family has never told me about this kind of thing, and Luoluo probably doesn't know either."

"So, is it because of the Nemesis Society?"

Excluding his family's notification, Sethis simply thought of this possibility.

The history of the cross-border war has been concealed by August, and it is impossible to learn the true history through normal channels.

"When did you hear that from them?"

Sethis immediately asked.

"A year ago, there was an explosion on the railway tracks in the Imperial Capital."

"We also participated in the investigation of that accident."

"That's when one of them told me."

The man in white used the "realm" to separate himself and Luoluo from the real world, where he told the real reason for the family's decline and extended an invitation to the two.

——If you are not willing to accept this false accusation, then become our comrade.

If Luoluo hadn't held her hand tightly at that time, maybe she would have been changed now.

Aika has been hiding the contradiction in her heart since a year ago. Luoluo never mentioned this matter again, as if he had completely forgotten it.

"Is there nothing in the world..."

After listening to Aika's words, Sethis' expression became very complicated.

"Sir Sir Seth, the Chise family and the Heinz family are really for this reason..."

"His words are true. He hid the true history in order to keep the heroes in the hearts of the people from fading and to maintain their faith, but this is not the case."

"..."

"But it's not clear whether this accusation is false. The Nemesis Society uses such words to win over people's hearts... This possibility also exists."

Sethis said seriously, the true history that the Holy See can investigate only stops here.

The reason why the Chise and Heinz families fell was because they committed rebellion at the end of the cross-border war.

At that time, the Bisi Empire did not exist, and there was only the collective "humanity", so their rebellion was a rebellion against the "humanity" race.

There is no record of the cause of the rebellion. All that is known is the result. The process that led to this result is still hidden in the fog.

"Even so, you have established friendly relations with the royal family. Why?"

Sethis was referring to the relationship between himself and Lan Ming. He was invited to go to Augustus, and it was impossible for the Holy See not to get any information.

"Because she has no connection with my family in this era."

I don't know if such remarks are biased in favor of Lan Ming, but I can't find a more suitable reason.

Aika doesn’t know the real reason.

At the beginning of their journey with Luoluo, they heard from Uncle Gurley in Pfa Town that their family was a noble, but they had no real idea.

Then, Liuyin also said similar words, and the Nemesis Society came to find him, and Aika had to believe it.

Despite this, in his mind, his hometown is still that small village. The man in white said he was unwilling, but he didn't feel that way at all.

But he couldn't deny that after contacting the man in white, he had a slightly different view of the Bis Empire.

When meeting Lan Ming, Aika immediately understood the ugliness of the power struggle within the Bisi Empire. But in the process of contact with Lan Ming, he couldn't bring up any hatred.

Lan Ming and Xia Luo's hearts were purely for the citizens of the Bisi Empire. His first contact with the royal family filled his heart with contradictions.

In the end, he could only choose to treat the problems separately. Whether the past history is true or not is no longer important, the duality of the Bis Empire has been nakedly displayed in front of itself.

——As long as there is light, there must be darkness to accompany it.

After understanding this sentence personally, Aika chose to side with Lan Ming.

"Such thoughts are rare nowadays. If you only think about revenge, you will become like the Nemesis Society."

"What does the revenge of the Nemesis Society mean..."

When they first wooed them, their idea was revenge. But Aika, who has no personal experience, cannot ignite the desire for revenge.

"The Order of Nemesis is a small group of old nobles."

Sethis said slowly.

"Old nobility?"

"The Chise family and the Heinz family can also be called old nobles. The so-called old nobles are a group of people who made significant contributions to mankind after the cross-border war and before the establishment of an independent country, but finally left mankind. "

"Why...leave humans..."

"The reason is unknown, but most of these people hate humans. They gathered together and became a small organization. While attracting like-minded companions, they gradually built up enough power to confront the country."

"You mean, there are many more organizations like Nemesis?"

The information revealed by Sethis shocked Aika.

"Now they may all be part of the Nemesis Society. At least the only organization that surfaces from time to time is the Nemesis Society."

"Is that why we are being targeted by them..."

Before knowing the purpose of the Nemesis Society, Aika could never figure out this problem. Why is the Nemesis Society so persistent with everyone, and even saved itself from the armed occupation of the Technology Party in the Kingdom of Tebiri?

Even though the Nemesis Society had an inescapable pain, Aika still couldn't approve of their chosen course of action.

"Revenge is like a chain. To survive in the viper's den, you must fight fire with fire."

Sethis seemed to read Aika's inner thoughts from his expression, and expressed his vague opinions for him.

"If it is true, as they say, that the Chise family and the Heinz family have been accused of baseless crimes, will you still not do anything?"

Although he clearly understood Aika, Sethis asked provocatively.

"No, if this is true, I will definitely not do nothing... It's not that I have any expectations for the life of a noble, I just think that this kind of unfair treatment should not exist."

When Aika refused to become Lan Ming's knight, he once said that he might become an enemy of the Bisi Empire, not because this sentence was very handsome.

The reason why no action is taken is because the goal is not clear enough and there is not enough evidence.

"What you should do is your own decision. You came here to visit a friend who is under the care of the Holy See. I am not immature enough to take the students' jokes seriously."

The implication is very clear, the Holy See and Augustus should work together for the development of the Bis Empire, but now the Holy See will not make any interference in Aika's behavior.

Even if his actions would bring disaster to the Bis Empire... Sethis had a vague feeling.

"Let's go back to the original topic, about what magic equipment is."

Since Sethis had already declared neutrality when Aika did not express his attitude, Aika also decided to go straight in.

"Are they fragments of super ancient relics?" Aika's words surprised Sethis slightly, and Aika continued, "I was fortunate enough to have a conversation with Your Excellency a year ago, in another world."

I don’t know if saying this can make him believe that he and Ling have gone back to the past.

If he couldn't believe it, he couldn't ask for his last request.

"So that's what happened? Because you were there, did you know such an accurate time?"

Sethis laughed as if he had a sudden realization.

"So, what did I tell you in the past?"

His eyes were like those of a hunter who had caught his prey, watching Aika with great interest.

Aika felt the pressure. Sethis did not accept him, but became wary of him.

Rather than hiding something, it's better to tell everything you know.

Aika didn't know if his thinking was right. Since Sethis told him this information a year ago, it must be information he thought he could know.

Aika repeated what Seth had told him in his memory.

Sethis listened to Aika's words in silence, and the pressure on him finally disappeared.

"This information is indeed correct, and it is not enough to become a secret." Sethis paused, then stood up and walked to the bookshelf, picking up the spine of a book, "I will tell you this at that time, maybe it is For you to come to me now. Let me trust my instincts for once."

He pulled the book out of the bookshelf, pulled out a book from the nearby bookshelf, exchanged the two books and put them back on the shelf.

The scenery in the room was distorted, and the sudden discomfort that came to his mind made Aika feel like vomiting. He covered his mouth and kept swallowing saliva to barely hold back.

When he opened his eyes again, he and Sethis had left the room where they had just met.

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