Song of Time – Dusk Awakening Verse

The Sea of ​​Exchange (Part 1)

FeiYuan slowly docked at the port under the bridge.

As the largest commercial port in the domestic river of Tara, the scope of the bridge port covers about 60 hectares of land on both sides of the Yongguang River. It leads to Xinlan City on the east and the highway directly to the capital on the west.

Due to the increasing scale of trade between the Empire and Tapaz in the South Island in recent years, even the various ports have become more prosperous. There are hotels, pubs, shops, restaurants, and various buildings in the harbor.

In the tall domed dock on the west bank bridge, Jiehai waved goodbye to everyone on the boat with a Nibu backpack on his back. Before he took a few steps away from the small suitcase, he heard the hoarse cry of Captain Angeli: "Ah. Hai! Don’t forget to tell me the holiday date early! Big brother, I will definitely come to pick you up! I love you to death! Hahahaha..." At the end, the nervous laughter made passers-by look at him, and Jie Hai twitched his mouth in embarrassment. , Completely ignored the excited guy after regaining his gambling capital, just bowed his head and walked out of the hall quickly pretending to not know him.

Although it is not the peak time for trade, the port is still crowded with people and noisy traffic. Next to the wide concrete avenue outside the dock, rows of semi-open metal warehouses are built in sequence. Various specifications of cargo boxes are unloaded from the ship by the dark giant magic hoisting machine on the shore, and then placed in the long On the tracked vehicles, they were transported to their respective predetermined warehouses, and everything was so organized.

Standing by the guardrail, Jiehai looked for a moment with the subtle mood of revisiting the old place, and then continued to walk along the boulevard. Numerous tall shampoo trees stretched out from both sides of the avenue with slender branches and wings, shielding the afternoon sun tightly, leaving only the shade of the breeze.

There are many black horse-drawn carriages parked along the avenue, which is specially designed for those who are greedy for convenience-only 20 copper can take you to the rail station platform safely and quickly. "20 copper..." Jie Hai looked at the publicity board at the intersection and licked his lips. It was enough to buy a simple lunch... Let's rely on my own feet!

About 1.5 kilometers from the port to the platform, while admiring the lush green shampoo trees along the road, Jiehai involuntarily floated his thoughts to the college: this time because of the storm, it was delayed for several days. It has already passed the return to school day. Although it was caused by force majeure, it was a violation of the ban after all. I don’t know what the school will do... Well, let’s take one step! The boy thought a little discouraged.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, the port station paved with light blue tiles appeared in front of him. In order to facilitate the huge passenger flow of the port, the entrance of the station is very spacious. The snow-white wall is connected with the dark brown steel frame glass roof. The gray segmented stone ladder is surrounded by several layers of iron fences on both sides to prevent any accidents when the crowd is crowded. .

Jiehai dragged the small box and quickly walked up the stairs. He stood by the waiting platform and looked around. He found that there were only a few people. He was very surprised. Usually, this port station is crowded with people, and it’s really expensive to get to the front row. The power of nine cattle and two tigers will work. Jie Hai was quite uncomfortable with the deserted atmosphere, so he walked to the service desk of the station and asked the modern girl with heavy makeup and thick hairspray.

"Don't you know?" The girl at the service desk was very surprised, with her mouth wide open and drew a blood-red circle with her lips, "Mrs. Lovina's private cruise ship just arrived at Covered Bridge Port, and everyone rushed to greet her! Alas...I can go if it's not for working hours, maybe I can still get a signature! What? Who is Mrs. Lowina? Where are you from a hillbilly, go away!"

She gave Jie Hai a look at her amorous feelings, and she didn't want to pay attention to him any more, as if she wanted to draw a line with such a figure abandoned by the trend. Jie Hai walked back to the waiting platform in a frivolous manner. He was an exchange student from a remote village. He would always encounter all kinds of cold eyes in this prosperous foreign capital, and he didn't care much about it. Not long after, a silver train came into the station and slowly stopped. He quickly pulled the suitcase and walked into the car in three steps.

There were not many passengers in the carriage, but the air was still a little stuffy. The boy found a seat next to the window to put his luggage, and leaned on the soft chair for a long sigh of relief. The train moved slowly, and the slight roar seemed to contain hypnotic magic. Jie Hai closed his eyes and gently shook his head as the carriage undulated, and gradually fell asleep.

"...Little brother, this little brother!" A hurried shout accompanied by violent shaking awakened Jie Hai from his dream. He rubbed his eyes and looked at the young man in blue and black official uniform in front of him for unknown reasons.

"The train has reached the terminal, please get off quickly." The young man smiled and handed the suitcase in his hand to Jie Hai.

"Terminal? What a mess!" Jie Hai's ignorant sleepiness disappeared instantly. He pulled the suitcase quickly and ran off the train hurriedly.

"Don't worry! Watch out for the stairs! The return train is on the opposite side!" A kind reminder from the youth came from behind.

"I see! Thank you!" Jie Hai turned and bowed slightly to him, and walked straight forward.

By the time the careless teenager finally rushed to the college, the sun was about to sink. School time has long passed, and the white marble arches of the Imperial Royal Academy are deserted and deserted, and the dim twilight shining obliquely on the tall statues of saints carved in black jade in front of the doors, drawing deep shadows by the red brick walls. Occasionally, a few black or silver magic motive cars drove out of the school gate, with an inaudible noise, and quickly disappeared at the end of the wide asphalt avenue.

With sweating sweat, Jiehai carried his suitcase and walked down the iron flyover. In three and two steps, he walked around the pentagram flowerbed outside the statue and ran to the side entrance guard. He bowed to the old doorman wearing a black guard uniform, hurriedly pulled out his student ID from his bag, panted forward and said, "Hello, this is my student ID... …sorry, I……"

"I recognize you, classmate Jiehai." The old guard interrupted him with a smile, and waved his hand gently, "You are so late for so many days, but your Highness is so anxious, and it's good to come back safely..." he said He stepped forward and opened the iron gate, nodding to the boy.

Jie Hai hurriedly thanked him, lifted the box and strode into the campus, and suddenly heard someone shouting at him from a distance. He followed the prestige, opposite the small square on the inside of the gate, there was a figure rushing towards him with a full body of evening light, he was good at covering the sun, squinted his eyes and recognized for a long time, it turned out to be a friend of the same class, little fat Lu Ang .

"Good kid, I'm waiting for you! Phew...If you don't come back, you will be in trouble!" Xiao Pangdun strode over and grabbed his shoulders, gasping and complaining in a low voice. He was wearing a slightly tight gray short-sleeved school uniform. His dark brown partial short hair was wet with sweat and stuck to his forehead. His round face was covered with freckles, and it looked like a soft sesame noodle. .

"Lu Ang? Why are you here?" Jie Hai looked at this sweaty friend and was filled with doubts. He ran into him as soon as he entered the school gate with his front feet. It would be a bit of a chance encounter. What a coincidence?

"Isn't it because you haven't been back to school for so long!? Everyone is so anxious to die, almost..." Lu Ang mopped his sweat and complained, suddenly thinking of something, pulling Jie Hai's sleeve tube and walking inside. , Still urged, "Don't say it, go quickly!"

"Oh! Why are you so anxious..." Jie Hai held the box in one hand, and was held by Lu Ang with the other hand, and swayed forward. Before they could run past the corner of the college entrance, a whirlwind suddenly appeared. In front of them, the wind was mixed with sand and leaves, blowing so hard that people couldn't open their eyes. This gust of wind came and went fast, and disappeared without a trace after a while, Jiehai patted his hair, and the dust that fell on the ground, if he noticed it, he raised his head and looked forward. The tall locust tree on the courtyard wall was smooth and clean. In the middle of the stone road, two slender figures stood one behind the other.

The person in front was wearing a cream-white satin brocade golden palace gown with his hands behind him. His long black hair was tied into a high ponytail with a silver ribbon. His snow-white face was jade-colored in the dim sunlight. A pair of Danfeng eyes were half open and half closed. There is a kind of arrogance that rejects others. The man behind him was covered by shadows for most of his body, only to see a dark military uniform with a golden phoenix emblem on the brim of his hat shining brightly in the setting sun.

Jie Hai is familiar with this gorgeously dressed young man in white. He is from the royal family-the royal prince who gave the word "Jade", His Royal Highness Yuming. The man in black behind him was named Mo. He was his personal guard, who seemed like a shadow. He always wore that broad-brimmed military hat. No one saw his face.

"Oh... isn't this our rookie in the academy, classmate Jiehai?" Yuming walked forward slowly with his hands on his back, squinting at Jiehai, with mocking malice on the corners of his mouth, "Why, the days of traveling in mountains and rivers It’s so pleasant, have you forgotten even the homecoming day?"

Jie Hai knew that he couldn't say anything good in this mouth. Since coming to the academy, this noble royal prince has never had a good face to him. He didn't understand where he had offended the other party, but he wouldn't feel wronged and greeted him. He smirked at the corner of his mouth and said perfunctorily: "Senior Yuming, long time no see..." He greeted him casually and pulled Lu Ang over. Just wanted to go, but was blocked by a sudden whirlwind.

"Senior, what do you mean..." Jie Hai glanced at the continuously rotating wind column, without any fear. Although he is a mortal, he has no power to resist the opponent, but this is in the royal academy where the powerful and powerful are gathered. As long as the opponent dares to do something extraordinary, it will spread all over the campus tomorrow. Jie Hai believes that this guy who has always wanted face will never become the laughing stock of the upper class because of a moment of anger.

"I want to leave before I finish talking? Do you think I came to talk to you?" Yuming sneered, and glanced at Lu Ang carelessly. The hidden gloomy chill made him shiver, and he couldn't help but relax. Opened Jiehai's arm.

"Ah... Your Majesty Yuming, I... I think there is something else, I'm going now, let's go first!" Xiaopangdun saw that the situation was not good, his eyes rolled, and he lied and licked the soles of his feet quickly. I don't know how much it was just now.

This unrighteous guy...the situation turned so fast that Jie Hai didn't even have a chance to keep it. He secretly spit out, frowning and asked Yu Ming, "What else do seniors have to order?"

Yuming hummed coldly, tapped his toes, and floated to Jiehai like a breeze to look at him up and down, and turned around as if seeing garbage, and paced around him slowly: "Command I can't talk about it, but there are some school rules that you are afraid you will forget, so I specially remind you."

He glanced back at Jiehai’s small face dirty by the sand, showing a triumphant smile that caught the handle, and yelled in a low voice: "After school starts, anyone who is late for a day without reason, remember to leave behind. According to the school inspection, those who are three days late will be ordered to drop out... Counting today, this is your fourth day!"

Sure enough, it was because of this... Jie Hai was not afraid of his weird intimidation at all, and calmly replied: "Senior... I am not without reason. It was only because of a storm at sea that it was delayed for so many days. You can read it. The latest newspaper is in the waters near Mingjinggang..."

"Okay, don't find some inexplicable reasons to prevaricate, do you really think someone will believe it?" Yuming tried to figure it out for a few days, and finally caught the person. How could he give him a chance to argue and waved to interrupt As he explained, he raised his neck and sneered, "Stop talking nonsense, go to the Academic Affairs Department with me and wait for punishment!"

Seeing that Yuming completely ignored him, Jiehai's heart sank. He was right in his heart. Even if he went to the Academic Affairs Department, he was confident that he could clarify the facts, but he was afraid that the other party would still have a back hand. This year, he hasn't been less. In the hands of this highness, he suffered a loss... He glanced at the surroundings. At the end of the day, the square was empty inside and outside and even half of a person's shadow was invisible, so he didn't even have a chance to ask for help.

The hero doesn’t suffer from the immediate loss, so let’s avoid it first... Knowing that he is definitely not the opponent of Yuming, who is a power, he pretended to agree first, put on a crying face with a sigh, and moved forward slowly. After a few steps, he suddenly took advantage of his unpreparedness and dashed backwards.

But before he ran far, a black chain of water quietly entangled his feet, making him unprepared to prevent a dog from falling and chewing on the mud. The other party dared to openly hurt people in the school! ? He was frightened and angry, wiped the dust off his face casually, and looked back with his eyes rounded.

On the other side of the water chain, the silent black-clothed guard was holding a group of constantly flowing black light, standing in the shadows and looking at him, with divinely narrow eyes exuding insignificant killing intent. Beside him, Yuming snorted mockingly, squeezing out that high smile, and pacing forward: "Want to run? What a joke! If you can't even look at you as a trash, why is Yuming? Is the capital based?"

Jie Hai turned a deaf ear to his evil words and ridiculed him, first stretched out his hand and pulled the chain of divine power a few times. After finding that it could not be broken, he simply sat cross-legged on the ground, raised his head and squinted at him and retorted: "You are too Excessive! The school rules clearly stipulate that it is forbidden to use divine power to harm classmates in the school. You are not afraid that I will go to the Academic Affairs Department to sue you for intentional harm?"

"Huh! You are late beyond the three-day deadline, and soon you will not be a'classmate'. What's more... You intend to evade law enforcement and use some means, but you have to do it. I think you will understand him... …" Yu Ming likes to see him making a fool of himself, brushing his sleeves and pretending to explain a few words seriously, but he can't hide the smug smile on the corner of his mouth.

"You!" Jie Hai gritted his teeth and tried to refute, but he was interrupted by shouting and shouting: "Stop talking nonsense! Mo, take him to the Academic Affairs Department!"

Seeing that the black-clothed guard who exuded a weird and mysterious aura slowly stepped forward, the young man couldn't help but stretched out his hand and pulled the chain a few times, but the strange circle clinging to his ankle was still hard to move. He didn't want to wait for someone to catch him, stood up with both hands in anger, gave Yu Ming a fierce look, and now he can only follow to the Academic Affairs Department. Anyway, the reason for his lateness is solid proof. Let's see what the guy can do!

Just as the guard stretched his hand forward and was about to grab the boundary sea, suddenly a white light shield quickly slid down from the air and stopped in front of him. It also cut the link between him and Heishui, freeing the boy from his restraint.

Immediately afterwards, a gentle, sigh-like voice floated from a distance: "How can your Highness use his supernatural power to hurt people on campus? It's too unruly."