Soul of Burning Steel

Wind, snow, frost, ice, gloomy clouds, dull day, eclipsed sun, looming in the pale mist, the great Ajax mountain range, and from it, the wheat stretching for three thousand miles. Zhebudong River.

These are the daily landscapes of Moldavia, one of the northernmost territories of the Imperium of Man.

The huge city wall made of black granite stands on the endless white plain. The nameless main city is located here. The cold wind blows over the rough stone wall and blows fine snow dust into the sky. It is not big, but it is not small. It is the snow that has never stopped falling from the sky, and seems to want to cover everything.

When the white air formed by the traveler's sigh drifted into the air, the cathedral bell rang, jingle, jingle, nine times, to prove that the day had come, and all living beings should start working at this time.

Scattered, some residents came out of their huts. After they found that the patrolling soldiers had disappeared, they took out their tools and began to clean the snow and ice in front of the door.

In the city center, opposite the square, the Gothic church stood amidst the snow, and the bell in the big bell tower at the top was still trembling slightly.

Cathedral of St. Laurent.

Church interior.

In the quaint prayer hall made of pure stone, there are no priests. Now, there is only a silver-haired magic machine walking around curiously.

Swinging back and forth, she would stop from time to time, and then look carefully at something of interest for a while. Although they are all small things that can be seen clearly at a glance, she can look at them for a long time.

When she walked to the holy emblem statue in the corner, she still wanted to reach out to touch it, but before she could lift that slender white hand, she suddenly gave her whole body a pause, and then quickly withdrew her hand.

"Don't touch other people's things."

Whispering to himself, the silver-haired magic machine changed direction and walked towards the stained glass not far away.

(There are so many novel things that are not recorded in the memory spar here.)

Thinking secretly, she showed a happy smile.

However, it didn't take long for this pleasant wandering to end.

"Firefly, are you there? Ready to go."

Wearing a church-style white shirt, Joshua walked out from the side of the hall with a serious face, followed by Pastor Artanis, and the two of them walked towards the silver-haired magic girl together.

"This is your new... head maid?"

Standing in front of Yingying, the white-haired priest frowned slightly, looking a bit puzzled. He did see Yingying when he was in the hall before, but he didn't think about it: "Although I know that your Radcliffe's The butler and the head maid have always been young, whether it is Fan or your grandfather's butler De, but it seems that this level..."

He even made a gesture, then shook his head: "Too young, too young, where did you find it? Remember, child labor is illegal."

"You just treat her as my younger sister. If you can't do it, you can be a daughter, and you don't expect her to do housework..."

The matter of Shenji is very secretive, Joshua did not tell others, and fortunately, his family seems to have such a strange tradition, a young head maid is very normal: "Then things will be like this, when the wind and snow stop, you have to cooperate with me Call the people."

"My duty, my dear lord."

Bowing slightly, Artanis didn't say much: "Now I'll go to draft the title succession document for you. For the sake of the Black Crow Legion, the group of golden scales in the noble court will not hinder your title of earl much, wait Get the good news."

"Thank you, now the Lord's Mansion is completely destroyed, and only the church has a magic communication array directly connected to the imperial capital."

Joshua spoke and acted very simply and directly. After nodding his head to express his thanks, he immediately turned his head and said, "Okay, Yingying, let's go."

Because Joshua and Artanis spoke too fast, the magic girl didn't understand much, but she didn't need to understand. After hearing the master's words, she blinked the firefly-like green Eyes, immediately responded: "Yes, Master!"

After saying goodbye to Artanis, the two left the church directly like this. The black-haired warrior walked quickly on the street, while the silver-haired god machine followed closely behind.

After walking five streets and approaching the west area of ​​the city, Joshua, who had been silent since leaving the church, suddenly stopped in his tracks.

"firefly."

"What is it, master?"

Firefly immediately raised her head and replied.

Joshua's expression at this time looked very complicated. His eyes were looking into the distance, his brows were slightly wrinkled, and he seemed a little irritable. After pondering for a while, he slowly said: "Tell... With my physique, can I Contract two magic machines?"

Hearing the topic she was familiar with, Yingying was stunned for a moment, then showed a distressed expression, her delicate eyebrows were bent, she thought for a while and said, "This...is a bit hard to say."

"It's okay, just talk about it."

Ying was silent for a few seconds, and then said again: "Speaking of the magic machine, the master is very talented in this area, and it can be said that he is suitable beyond imagination. Among the previous generations of patriarchs, some people even had difficulty pulling out the magic machine. Not to mention using us to fight, fortunately, most of them can successfully conclude the contract and activate the divine machine."

Speaking of this, she paused for a while, as if she was dealing with vocabulary: "But even so, these people can't last for a long time, and the first time you touch the magic machine, master, you just pulled out all of me, and the contract went very smoothly. Even launching the Divine Machine, using me to fight is not difficult at all, many people can't last long, and most of them get tired after ten minutes."

"You must know that when using us to fight, there will be a strong energy counterflow into the contractor's body. While amplifying its strength, it will also cause a huge load. Ten minutes is considered to be a very strong body."

Yingying looked at Joshua at this time with a strange expression: "Master...Although you only fought for two minutes, I can feel that there is no problem even if it is an hour, and even longer is possible. But!"

Emphasizing it, the silver-haired magic machine looked serious: "Even so, it is very difficult to contract two magic machines at the same time. The load superimposes the load, not like one plus one. This is a qualitative difference. So far, there has been no simultaneous contract. If the Patriarch who contracts two divine machines can really easily contract two, there won’t be so many sealed old divine machines in the Sealing Blade Room.”

"Master, your physique can be said to be the best since the establishment of the family, but even so, there is still a long way to go before the two magic machines of the contract."

After listening, Joshua was expressionless. He nodded slightly and said seriously: "So, it is feasible to contract two at the same time, but the quality of me and the previous Patriarchs is not enough, right?"

"I'm not very clear, master, maybe you can wait until your strength improves, but it's really not possible now."

"I see, I see."

Nodding his head, Joshua didn't say much. He looked at the snowy sky, sighed a little, then started and continued to walk forward.

But then the soldier stopped immediately.

Joshua looked back, Yingying was still standing there with a blank expression, he didn't know what he was thinking, so he called out: "What's wrong?"

"……fine."

Seemingly awakened, the silver-haired Divine Machine shook his head, then quickly followed, and the two continued to walk towards the west of the city.

After another three streets, Ying looked a little bit, couldn't bear it anymore, she asked softly: "Master?"

"What's up?"

"Did I do it somewhere...not good?"

(It turned out that I was worried about this kind of thing...)

Joshua now understands why Yingying was in a daze before. Thinking about it carefully, what he said... was indeed too straightforward, and it is normal for Yingying to misunderstand.

Since it was his own fault, he naturally had to explain it.

"Don't worry, you've done a good job, I'm very satisfied." Joshua said in an encouraging tone, and by the way, rubbed the head of this little guy whose human form is not as big as a weapon form: "I'm not asking for this People replace you, just want to know, is it possible..."

Speaking of this, he paused, then shook his head and said, "Anyway, you are enough for now."

"Um!"

After getting the desired reply, Yingying naturally didn't care what Joshua didn't finish in the second half.

The soldier touched his chest in silence, and there was an ordinary letter there.