The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Hearing Devina's explanation, the Countess of West Green Emerald's worries not only did not calm down, but intensified a lot, because she had seen similar things in those cultists more than once in the past, and she believed in her hallucinations Be real, and do what the hallucination dictates, etc.

"Investigate immediately, who has the miss been in contact with in recent years?" the Countess immediately ordered to her accompanying clerk not far away.

Those clerks didn't understand what the countess ordered, but they didn't say much, and they responded and stepped back to work.

Although Devina, who was sitting on the soft bed, hadn't handled any affairs with her mother, she was very smart herself, and quickly guessed the countess' thoughts from the order given by the countess.

For this, she also felt a little dumbfounded, she never thought that she would still be misunderstood by her mother when she told the truth, but she didn't know how to prove her words, because in her memory, only her own friends could I feel that even if other people are around, it is impossible to feel the traces of my friend's existence, just like now there are my friends and another new friend in the pavilion, but my mother and those people outside the pavilion are not Know they are here.

"You all stand back! My mother and I have some private things to say." Although she knew that it would be useless to explain without evidence, Devina still wanted to explain to the Countess, after all This matter is related to whether her body can receive treatment.

The Countess could guess that her daughter must be trying to convince herself to believe her hallucination, but she was sure that it was impossible for her to change her mind, but she couldn't bear not to give her daughter a chance, so she waved at the people outside the pavilion. He waved his hand and asked them to dismiss and leave, leaving only the Emerald Knight who was used to protect them to take over the protection work of the guards of the surrounding villas.

After the outsider left, Devina asked the countess to sit beside her, and then seriously explained how she came into contact with the tree demon Rutaxi, how she became friends, how the tree demon Rutaxi helped her relieve her physical pain over the years, etc. Wait for things to be said carefully.

At first, the countess didn't take what Devina said seriously. In her opinion, everything Devina said was just her own hallucination. Even if this hallucination had nothing to do with cultists, it was very likely that it was due to physical illness. What kind of problems caused mental problems? As the countess who once obtained a scholar's degree in an academic city, cases of hallucinations caused by such mental problems have been recorded in similar research disciplines in an academic city, and there are quite a few of them. Even if she is not A person who specializes in this kind of subject, but has heard of similar things more or less, so when she just heard Devina's self-narration, she subconsciously connected Devena with the patients in those cases.

But at this moment, the Countess's heart hurts as if being grabbed by someone, and she also blamed herself for only focusing on controlling the power of West Green Jade all these years, while ignoring the health of her daughter, and secretly swore in her heart , I must bring my daughter with me in the future, so as not to let her continue to stay alone in this forest villa.

However, all these sad emotions gradually weakened and even changed as the content of Devena's narration continued to increase, and the countess' inner thoughts also changed accordingly. She believed that Devena had hallucinations from the initial identification , Up to now, I have gradually believed that what Devina said may be true. The friends Devina said are not hallucinations, but real existence.

The reason why the Countess changed her mind like this is entirely because Devina’s past experience is too detailed, and all the details can be told like a few treasures, and the Countess even interrupted on several occasions to express that she had Devina was still able to recount something if she didn't hear clearly, which was obviously completely different from the hallucinations that the countess knew about the cultists' hallucinations caused by images of evil forces, or the hallucinations produced by patients' conjectures.

Because both the hallucinations of cultists and the hallucinations of patients have one thing in common, that is, the hallucinations in their brains are disordered and chaotic, and it is impossible to be clear and repeatable like Devina Repeat it again, and explain it in detail every time. If you don't experience it yourself, your memory will never be able to do so in detail.

"Listen first." After gradually changing her mind, the Countess suddenly interrupted Devina's narration, and then asked her daughter very seriously: "The friend you mentioned really exists?"

"Yes, mother! It's real, not an illusion." Dewena was also happy to feel that her mother's thoughts seemed to have changed. She nodded vigorously and replied.

"Are they here now?" the countess asked again.

"It's here, it's always been here." Devena responded immediately, then pointed to where the tree demon Lutaxi was, and said, "The little tree is there." Then she pointed to Leo and said : "There are also new friends who came with Xiaoshu here." As she spoke, she suddenly remembered something, and said to Leo, "By the way, I don't know what your name is yet."

"Leo Dodd." Leo, who has always been a quiet bystander with the dryad Lutaxi, answered Dewena's question, but this time he did not directly pass the answer to Dewena through the ability of the spirit network. In Wen Na's mind, she answered like a normal person.

Leo's answer was not only heard by Devina, but also the countess in the pavilion. The look on her face became a little flustered, obviously frightened by Leo, she never thought that the empty space There is an invisible person in the pavilion, how dangerous it is for their mother and daughter.

However, the panic in her heart calmed down very quickly. The reason why she calmed down so quickly was not only because Devina said just now that the person hiding in the pavilion was her friend, but more importantly, she also realized that If the invisible people really want to do something to their mother and daughter, they don't need to make a sound to expose them. If they act secretly, their mother and daughter have no ability to resist.

On the other hand, Devina was also frightened by Leo, because before Leo's words were directly transmitted to her through some kind of ability, although this method is different from the way the dryad Lutaxi communicated with her, But this is still within the scope of her common sense cognition, that is, the dryad Lutaxi and Leo are special existences in this world, they cannot be seen by others, they cannot speak in a normal way, and so on.

But now Leo suddenly spoke, and the language she spoke was a language she could understand, not a conceptual idea, and even she felt the mood swings of her mother, which represented her mother It was also possible to hear Leo talking, which was completely different from the situation when she was in contact with the tree demon Lutaxi before, so she didn't know what to do for a while.

The emotional changes of the mother and daughter in front of him were completely seen by Leo, and he could guess what the two were thinking, so he took the initiative to explain: "You don't need to think too much, my situation is different from that of the tree demon. The human beings in this world, she is a special existence between reality and shadows, in this world besides me, maybe only you, Miss Devina, can sense her existence."

"Are you a human being in this world? Mr. Leo." After hearing Leo's words, Devina calmed down a little, followed by her curiosity, and asked, "Then why can I see to you, but my mother cannot?"

"It's very simple." Leo continued to explain: "Because I use a method to make myself invisible, you can think of it as a state similar to that of a dryad, so ordinary people can't see me, as for you Why you can see it is actually very simple, because I imitated your own power, and all you see is your own power, if I don’t imitate it anymore, then you won’t be able to see it.”

As he spoke, Leo dispelled the witch power imitated from Devina, and in Devina's eyes, Leo's light human form quickly disappeared.

At this time, what Devina thought of was not how Leo did this, but the thing that Leo said before that he could heal himself. In her opinion, since Leo can imitate his body If she has the power of her own body, then she must know her physical condition very well, so it is not just talking about treating her.

Just when Devina wanted to ask Leo about healing herself, the countess at the side suddenly seemed to think of something, and asked where Leo's voice came from, "Who are you?" Mister Leo Dodd?"

Although the question was endless, Leo still understood what the Countess meant, because when he saw the relevant information about the Countess of West Green Emerald, he discovered that the Countess had actually studied in the City of Academics for a period of time, and also received She has a scholar's degree, so the Countess has only one direction of inquiry.

"Yes." Leo admitted truthfully.

After the Countess received the answer, a very obvious look of reverence appeared on her face.

Having studied in the Academic City, she knows very well how knowledgeable and capable the scholars in the Academic City are, so she has always consciously recruited scholars or students from the Academic City, and she imitated the Academic City in West Green Jade. Similar colleges are designed to accommodate these talents, so she has always been paying special attention to some trends in the academic city. For this reason, she has specially established a special department in the book town under the academic city, in order to convey and communicate with academics as soon as possible. news about the city.

Leo is known as the incarnation of the spirit of knowledge, and is recognized as the most intelligent person in the academic city, and the news related to him is naturally the top priority, but in the countess' view, a wise man like Leo is a It is absolutely impossible to appear in the chaotic place of the Middle Kingdom, so she only read the news once, remembered Leo, and didn't think about anything else after that.

However, now the wise man who can be called legendary appeared in her daughter's villa, and he seemed to have become friends with her daughter, which made her feel for a while whether she was dreaming, which also caused her Even though he felt that it was impossible for Leo to lie to her, he still felt a little uncertain.

I don't know whether Leo wanted to reassure the other party, or he had planned to show his figure, but he gradually exited the invisible state and appeared in front of the countess in the pavilion.

The Emerald Knights who were in charge of security outside the pavilion were always keeping an eye on the situation inside and around the pavilion. The moment Leo appeared in the pavilion, they also discovered it immediately. Although they didn't understand how Leo appeared there, But the instinct of duty made them run towards the pavilion at the same time, intending to protect the Countess and Miss in the pavilion.

Seeing the Emerald Knight rushing over from the surroundings, Leo did not stop him, but calmly looked at the countess, to see how she would choose, whether to believe her own words and maintain proper etiquette, or to take him down first Besides.

At this moment, the Countess suddenly raised her hand and made a gesture. When the Emerald Knight who was rushing to protect saw the gesture, they stopped at the same time, hesitated for a moment, then turned around and returned to the place in charge of guarding .

Seeing the Countess' actions and the reactions of the Emerald Knights, Leo couldn't help re-examining the Countess in front of him.

Although this Countess is not an extraordinary person, and her abilities may not be as powerful as Sylvia's, judging from her ability to control the accompanying Emerald Knights, it is clear that her control over her subordinates is definitely not weaker than Sylvia's Ah, and thinking of the control over the political power, military power, and financial power in the West Green Emerald region mentioned in the other party's information, Leo also has to admit that the countess's political skills and abilities are definitely the top in the world.

It's a pity that the countess was obviously confined to the small area of ​​the West Green Emerald Region because of her status. Otherwise, with her ability in any big country, she should be able to make a splash.

While Leo was looking at the Countess, the Countess was also looking at Leo who suddenly appeared in the pavilion.

Although she didn't want to admit it in her heart, she knew very well that when she saw Leo for the first time, she was indeed a little disappointed, because Leo's image was very different from the wise man in her heart. The image of an old man whose wisdom is written in his wrinkles is actually a middle-aged man who looks very ordinary. She can be sure that if she does not see the other party here, but in other places, such as a certain street, she will definitely not I will look at the other party more, because the other party's appearance is too ordinary, so ordinary that people can't help but actively ignore him.

However, after she adjusted her mentality and re-examined Leo in front of her, she also gradually felt some inexplicable and unexplainable strange temperament about Leo. Feeling, feeling that the other party and oneself are not in the same world at all.

The other thing is the way the other party looked at her. The eyes were not sharp, but very peaceful, but she felt that this kind of peaceful eyes seemed to see through her whole body, and all her secrets were revealed in the other party's eyes.