Endless Silver Machine

"Anjie, do you know why I let you stay here?"

One afternoon, Zi Ming suddenly asked An Jie such a question.

"Her Royal Highness the Princess cares about the people. This is her sympathy for Anjie."

Is it sympathy? Anjie couldn't explain clearly.

After August finished recording the interrogation, Anjie was sent to Ziming Yiela's castle.

It is said that this is the request of Her Royal Highness the Princess herself. At that time, she still lived in the castle surrounding the center of August.

Zi Ming left An Jie in his castle as a maid, and no one raised any objections.

"That's not sympathy."

Zi Ming's eyes flashed with a look of struggle, but she did not move away from looking at An Jie.

"I'm sorry, Anjie misunderstood without authorization."

"There is no need to apologize. I should be the one who needs to apologize."

"Your Highness, Princess, do you need to apologize to Anjie?"

An Jie blinked in confusion. She intuitively felt that Zi Ming had something difficult to say to her.

Zi Ming brought new life to An Jie. When she became Zi Ming's little maid, she once swore an oath in front of Zi Ming.

"Anjie, can you dedicate your life to me?"

"Yes, Your Highness Princess."

This is An Jie's vow, and her current life exists for Zi Ming.

Initially, Zi Ming did not accept An Jie's vow.

——Your life exists for yourself.

Now, Zi Ming is seeking An Jie's help. When she confirmed this to herself, Anjie was vaguely aware of it.

Zi Ming did not take her life as her own, but begged the owner of her life for the right to use it.

This request for help may require life to complete, but Anjie did not feel fear in her heart. Instead, she felt satisfied because she could be relied on by Zi Ming.

"The purpose of keeping you here is to take advantage of you. This is why I need to apologize to you."

Zi Ming did not escape from An Jie's eyes, this was the responsibility she had to bear.

Knowing the answer to the original question, Anjie smiled instead, because the ambiguous relationship between master and servant finally came to an end.

"Your Highness Princess, Anjie is willing to use this life for you."

Even though she was being used, Anjie found her place in Zi Ming's heart.

It was only after receiving this kind of comfort that the life Zi Ming gave him truly began to flow.

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The magical chains that restrained Anjie turned into debris and dissipated. Anjie, who was freed from the restraints, weakened her legs and collapsed on the ground.

Anjie is still Anjie, the Anjie who vowed to dedicate her life to Her Royal Highness Princess Ziming Yiela.

Has the man's magic failed? Anji raised her head tremblingly, and immediately pressed her mouth to scream.

A dark purple magic circle that had never appeared before appeared on the ground, and the man in front of him was now turned into a pool of bloody mucus, with undissolved clothing covering the pool of mucus.

The man using the chain behind him must have become like this. Anjie did not dare to look back.

The surrounding space was filled with a strong smell of blood. This smell had been smelled in that mansion before. It was a smell that Anjie could never get used to.

Shocked by the cruel scene in front of her, Anjie didn't even notice that the scenery in what was supposed to be an alley had changed.

When the scenery returned to an alley, the smell of blood and bloody mucus disappeared with the fading scenery.

Anjie didn't know about the space displacement barrier called "field". She only knew that someone had extended a helping hand to her.

Trying to suppress the fear in her heart, Anjie turned around, but there was no one in the alley.

Anjie felt more at ease.

"Thanks……"

After thanking the person who had left, she drove her still trembling legs to the agreed upon location.

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Lilicia Carlu was actually standing not far from Anjie, but she used magic to hide her voice. Anjie, who couldn't feel the fluctuations of magic, didn't know she was nearby.

The last thank you, which I thought was not conveyed, was actually conveyed to Lilicia.

"Thank you... I didn't expect to be thanked by the enemy."

"I lost my human form in a few seconds, but the eldest sister's barrier is still so terrifying..."

Lilicia's barrier magic is specifically designed to kill people, and will show no mercy.

By manipulating this terrifying magic, she won her status in the Bes Empire and the Nemesis Society.

"Wouldn't it be more interesting to let her go back as a doll?"

"Shut up, Veer. Where is the mission assigned to you?"

"Misty is ready, I just stopped by to check it out."

Weir, still wearing a white trench coat, leaned against the high wall of the alley and made a gesture that he thought was handsome.

But Lilicia didn't even look at it. Now she appeared here as a cadre of the Nemesis Society.

"Are you and Misty enough? There are still people here who can be mobilized."

"No need. I would like to ask, are those old guys in the Senate reliable?"

"You don't need to worry about Augustus. I am the insurance here."

The main body of the Nemesis Association is the old nobles, and they cannot interfere with the actions of the Bes Empire.

The only person with noble status among the cadres is Lilicia, and her existence plays an important role in the Nemesis Association.

"It's about to begin. What will this country look like..."

Lilicia believed that this must be the ending she expected.

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Anjie and her assistant met at the agreed upon tavern.

The other party is a staff member of the Fourth Branch of the Imperial Intelligence Agency. He is a supporter of the conservatives in the Senate.

After checking the code for knocking on the door, the other party opened the door of the box from the inside.

Anjie put her umbrella down against the door. When she was almost there, it started to rain again.

"You are late."

"Sorry, I wasted some time trying to get rid of the person who was following me."

Ten minutes had passed since the agreed time. Even if he had left, Anjie could not complain.

Anjie was very grateful to him for being able to believe that she, who was just a child, had been waiting in danger for so long.

As soon as Anjie sat down, the other party laid out the information she was most concerned about.

"The issue of Her Royal Highness Princess Lan Ming Yiela passed the review of August and the Holy See yesterday. Today at 8 o'clock, His Excellency the Emperor and His Excellency went to Lagraf in the Kingdom of Tebiri for a secret visit."

Anjie noticed that he mentioned an unfamiliar term.

This information exchange will leave no record except memory, so Anjie must understand every word clearly and remember it in her mind.

"What is a secret visit?"

"On this visit, Her Royal Highness the Princess had already asked His Excellency the Emperor for instructions before the bill was reviewed. Only the accompanying Knights of the Blue Rose were informed of this matter."

"Does the Fourth Precinct know about it too?"

"That's not the case. Only we who arranged for the Tebiri Kingdom to meet us have the opportunity to learn this information."

"Well...that's it."

Anjie sorted out the information she had just received in her mind. The Emperor's departure from the Bisi Empire was a big deal.

But since it is a secret trip, as long as we return safely, the impact will not be great.

The Knights of the Blue Rose, one of the five knights directly affiliated with the royal family, are accompanying them, and their defense must be impregnable.

"Your Excellency Aemilius is currently writing a bill..."

There is a huge amount of information on major domestic events, and this information can only be obtained through the Imperial City Intelligence Bureau.

Before being put under house arrest by the radical faction of the Senate, Zi Ming had the same high reputation as Lan Ming.

Nominally, Zi Ming does not directly participate in state affairs and is regarded as a neutral faction, but conservatives have tacitly shared intelligence with her.

This was a decision made by Junius, and Lan Ming also did a lot of work behind the scenes.

That's why An Jie can serve as Zi Ming's hands, feet, ears and eyes, taking advantage of the opportunity to leave the castle to exchange information and send messages for Zi Ming.

"Miss Anjie, do you remember everything?"

"Hmm, um... Anjie, please understand..."

Anjie's memory is not bad, and it can be said that it is different from ordinary people. She can repeat everything she has heard once.

But she is not a recorder. She also needs to fully understand the relationship between the information and raise questions in a timely manner if she does not understand it.

As Lan Ming used the joint letter between the Holy See and Shuoyue Academy to suppress the "exploration of overseas ruins" by the radical faction of the Senate, the competition between the parties gradually came to the surface.

Lan Ming's approach is appropriate. The struggle under the water will always surface one day, it's just a matter of time.

Perhaps, both radicals and conservatives will lose. Who will benefit at that time?

Even politicians can't find answers to complex political issues, and Anjie certainly can't figure them out.

"...I'm sorry, you can continue talking now."

This time was too precious to be wasted by these problems, so Anjie kept those problems in her heart for the time being.

"Okay, finally here is the information that the Fourth Branch can share."

The other party conveyed the recent developments in the Tebiri Kingdom to Anjie, and Lan Ming and Xia Luo also came to investigate this information.

Including the follow-up to the direct cooperation agreement between the two countries, the civil unrest in the Kingdom has stabilized.

"However, we received new trends from intelligence personnel yesterday. It is said that the Technology Party and the Nemesis Society have been in contact."

"The Nemesis Society", Anjie had heard of this organization, but her understanding was only that of a heinous criminal group.

They were openly hostile to the Bess Empire, hunted down nobles and dignitaries many times, regarded the lives of citizens as trivial, and seemed to regard crime as entertainment.

"Is the Nemesis Society that extremely vicious group? Isn't the place where they operate..."

"This intelligence is still being confirmed. The members of the Nemesis Society are unknown. Only a few cadres and members can be identified, and those people have not yet appeared in the intelligence."

Anjie did not ask any more information about the Nemesis Society, because it was already noon and she had to return to Zi Ming's castle immediately.

I don’t know if the news of the death of those stalkers has been sent back to August. Maybe there are new stalkers now.

After remembering the unorganized information in her mind, Anjie conveyed all the information Zi Ming asked her to convey to the other party.

In such a brief exchange, Anjie's most important work of the day came to an end. She left the box holding the umbrella by the door.

After making sure that she couldn't feel the eyes watching her, Anjie boarded the magic train that passed through the August City Gate.

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Anjie could not feel Lilicia's hidden aura directly.

"The Fourth Precinct... should I keep it or not..."

It was easy for her to get rid of the staff of the Fourth Precinct as long as she had that thought.

But when the intelligence agent left after Anjie, Lilicia didn't take action.

She rescued Anjie from the monitors of the Third Precinct, which was equivalent to killing her colleagues with her own hands.

The Third Branch, which is mainly responsible for file transfer records, is controlled by the radical faction of the Senate. They never dreamed that they would be killed by their colleagues.

If it is faked that the Fourth Precinct takes action against the Third Precinct, how will the old guys in the Senate react?

The actions of both sides cannot be made public and will only turn into a fierce secret fight.

However, the secret struggle is more dramatic than the open struggle.

Expecting unforeseen developments, Lilicia let the other party out of her sight.

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Anjie sat in the last row of the magic train, sorting out the information she got today in her mind.

At this time, there were only a few passengers on the train, and this quiet environment was very suitable for such trivial work.

The first thing that came to mind was the Nemesis Society. Anjie had always been very curious about this veiled criminal organization.

I heard that the Holy See and the Nemesis Society have an incompatible relationship, and even the Holy See has not completely eliminated that criminal organization.

Why does it appear in the Tebiri Kingdom now? Suppressed by the Holy See and cornered? Anjie regretted not noticing this problem at that time.

The other party said that this information had not been confirmed yet and was relatively not that important, so Anjie eliminated this information from the important information.

Speaking of which, the targets of the Nemesis Society's hatred are the nobles of the Bis Empire. Anjie had also heard news about nobles being assassinated many times.

His Excellency the Emperor and His Royal Highness Princess Lan Ming are now secretly visiting the Tebiri Kingdom. Will the royal family also become their target...

After realizing this, Anjie's mind suddenly went blank and she could no longer think about anything.

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