The sun is high

"guest?"

Shuge raised his eyebrows slightly.

He didn't know what kind of guest in this world would choose not to go through the front door, but through the window where he could only stretch out half of his body.

Unless the other party is like me and has the ability to squeeze through nooks and crannies.

Thinking of this, Xiuge couldn't help but feel it a little bit, so he captured some weak magic power escaping in the air, and the source of the magic power seemed to be outside the window.

This made him a little curious, but at this time, it was obviously inappropriate to pursue questions or stay any longer, so Xiuge decisively put away his flannel bag, turned around and walked out.

Before leaving the cold study, he nodded politely to Old Zeke, looked at the glass display cabinet behind him for a moment, and then closed the door.

After the door closed, Old Zeke tightened his tight coat, reached out to turn on the expensive lamp with a warm magic ritual on the desk, and coughed twice.

Immediately there was the sound of flapping wings outside the window, and then in the bright light of the magic lamp, a huge raven with shiny feathers jumped in.

It seemed to be freezing due to the weather outside, but it did not rush to the magic desk lamp that emitted warm light. Instead, it directly raised its paws, flexibly fiddled with the open window, and moved it Covered up into a crack.

After that, it jumped onto Old Zeke's desk in twos and twos and stood closest to the heat source.

"Your Highness, you should have gone into the study a long time ago. If Finn knew about this, he would definitely start complaining again."

"That's what you said."

The raven opened its mouth, and a human female voice immediately came out: "If I had known that his magic perception was so keen, I should have just pretended to be a pet raven... It's too cold outside."

"Haha, let's do this next time."

Zeke raised his hand and moved the raven's body slightly away from the magic lamp to prevent its feathers from being burned by the magic ritual in operation.

Then he asked: "How was it? Did you hear our conversation clearly?"

"I heard it all."

The raven, or Princess Sophia who transformed into a raven using magic, seemed to have the habits of the bird itself at this moment. She combed her wet feathers very naturally and said: "However, I am very confused... Is he really a member of your Ernst family? It doesn’t feel like it at all to me.”

"oh?"

"I have come into contact with many, many people on the plateau and plains, nobles, soldiers, officials and many ordinary people, but he is different from these people."

Princess Sophia commented very directly: "His thinking is very quick and he can always grasp other people's ideas. The ideas he uses when discussing problems are very novel, but at the same time he can also grasp the core of the problem, but what he focuses on But it’s always in a different direction than what I envisioned.”

"If you ask me, he may be more like those scholars... I am not referring to the spell casters in the Council and the Legal Committee, but those who are really trying to study and explore the secular laws of Van En. Since the last time When we met, I discovered that when faced with problems, he would always instinctively conceive and look for answers that would benefit the most people.”

Old Zeke was very amused by the judgment of his outstanding student. He huddled in his wheelchair and chuckled: "What is the 'most' your Highness refers to?"

"The 'majority' after excluding the royal family, nobles and elites."

"So accurate?"

"It's just a feeling, maybe I'm overthinking it."

During the conversation, the raven finally finished preening its feathers and spread its huge wings under the light to absorb more heat.

Old Zeke sighed: "In my eyes, it's not that complicated."

"What do you think?"

"I'm afraid he is not willing to become the heir of the Ernst family, otherwise he should not have behaved like this when he heard the news of Yerevan's death."

Old Zeke said slowly: "And before that, when I mentioned the matter of the heir to him, his first reaction was doubt, and his second reaction was hostility... Oh, it was the kind of thing that was caused by excessive nervousness and caution. , and the hostility generated is like a frightened groundhog."

"Teacher, this is not easy to describe."

"Oh, just say it casually."

Old Zeke laughed: "If Yerevan can still see this child, he will probably regret his past judgments and choices, but there is no such thing... As for Shuge, I'm sure , he should really have some secrets about the Black Sun Society and the prophecy, and perhaps that is why he pays so much attention to Salem City and the changes happening around it."

"So, you really plan to make him the heir to the family? He obviously has many secrets, which is unstable."

"I do think so."

Zeke Ernst nodded very honestly: "But now, this statement is just an untied rope. It is enough to allow him to stay in Bolden safely."

He breathed a sigh of relief: "As for the secrets, each of us has them. We can always find them out by slowly tracing and groping. Then we will discuss the issue of stability."

"Well, that's fine. I originally wanted to find another chance to talk to him... I really want to know what's in his head."

The raven folded its wings, then jumped to the middle of the desk and said, "Then next, we have to talk about the Leyland District."

"I originally thought you wanted to talk about Mucci's workshop."

"That matter has been finalized. Starting from tomorrow, the weapons workshop of the Mucci family will be included in the jurisdiction of the Ymir Legion, and its name will be changed to the Royal Arms Factory. In the future, we will participate in all new ordnance In the process of R\u0026D and testing.”

Princess Sophia's tone was very serious: "If weapons like that are really just the beginning, then in the future, we need to ban all unauthorized weapon development and production..."

…

"Mr. Sugar? Mr. Sugar?"

In Ellen's voice, Shuge's magic power and consciousness finally returned to his body.

He quickly removed the mist of the messenger in the mirror from his eyes, and turned around slowly: "Sorry...I've been too tired these days. I just wanted to take a rest, but I didn't expect that I became a little distracted."

"The manor housekeeper has arranged a place for you. Do you want to take you there?"

"Okay, let's go now, I have to have a good sleep."

Shuge nodded, then he picked up his things and stood up from the chair in the exhibition hall.

The risky move just now caused a little cold sweat to break out on his back. Although it was a little uncomfortable, overall, this adventure was very rewarding.

Fortunately, he was careful when he left the study and secretly injected the power of the Mirror Messenger into the glass cabinet door at the back that could be used as a mirror. Otherwise, he might have missed these important messages and intelligence. .

"This old guy, I knew the relationship between him and Princess Sophia was not that bad."

Shuge silently recalled the words he had eavesdropped on. Judging from the conversation between Zeke Ernst and Princess Sophia, they should not have any hostility at the moment. At most, they only have curiosity and doubts, and are ready to inflict harm on themselves. A certain amount of attention.

"I did show some flaws in some aspects."

While following Ellen outside, Shuge thought in his mind: "But fortunately, in their eyes, these abnormalities of mine seem to be explainable. They are likely to attribute these traces to the fact that I was in Salem." The experience in the city, and the impact of the actions of the Black Sun Society on 'Suge Ernst'..."

Just like that, Xiuge walked out of the mansion, and outside the gate of the mansion, there was an elegant carriage parked.

This retro vehicle is really eye-catching when placed next to the new steam vehicles around it.

"Your residence is located at the other end of the manor, some distance from here, so it will be more convenient to take a carriage."

The manor housekeeper, who was about forty years old, took over Ellen's job, and it was only then that Shuge noticed that there were soldiers from the 5th Chasseur Regiment beside the carriage. It was obvious that the military monitored the entire Leyland District very closely. The Ernst family is no exception. This should be related to the "Bolden noble strategy" discussed by Old Zeke and Princess Sophia.

"Mr. Sugar!"

The young soldier came to Xiuge and saluted Xiuge very proactively.

Shuge couldn't help but smile.

Because what appeared in front of him was a familiar face - on the way to Bolden, his guard was the young man in front of him. Shuge still remembered that his name was Duden.

"During this period, I will be your escort!"

Duden took the revolver rifle and the folded coat from Shuge familiarly, and then stepped aside to let Shuge get in the car.

"Dudden, who arranged for you to come?"

"It's Major Alfred, sir!"

Duden followed Shuge into the carriage. He replied: "The major asked me to tell you that he is very grateful to you for delivering the 'letter'. Now everything is going well and everyone is very satisfied."

After hearing this, Shuge nodded silently.

In fact, he did not play the role of a "messenger" very well. Alfred's idea of ​​letting him deliver or display the revolver should be to attract the attention of Zeke Ernst and the royal family, but in fact For these big shots who have eyes and ears in all directions, they should have already noticed these potential new inventions. Even without themselves, they would naturally put such important things on their agenda.

"Sir, do you need to go directly to your residence?"

At this time, the butler's voice came from outside the carriage, so Xiuge thought about it seriously and said, "Don't worry...butler, where do the family's books and collections usually go?"

"If you are asking about display items such as ordnance, then they are in the exhibition hall of the mansion. But if you need to find cultural relics and books, then I can take you to the exhibition hall at the other end of the woods, which is about 20 meters away from where you rest. Not far."

"Okay, let's go."

At the command, the carriage pulled by plateau ponies immediately turned around and began to move forward along the road. This kind of horse is a close relative of the magical creature "Earth Pattern Pack Horse", but their stature is more compact, so they are not Not suitable as a war or draft horse.

However, plateau ponies are more intelligent and have a very gentle personality, which makes them very suitable for use as ordinary mounts and tools in cities and manors. Some noble ladies and ladies also like this mount very much.

"By the way, Duden... Miss Sally, who came to Bolden with us, how is she doing now?"

Taking advantage of this time, Shuge asked about Sally and old Schubert.

"After arriving in Bolden, Miss Sally officially registered as an alchemical physician apprentice with the help of her teacher. She should currently be studying at Bolden Alchemy Medical College."

"Medical school? I remember that the threshold for this college should be very high, right?"

"Ah, yes... it ranks among the best in the entire Luowei Plateau. The annual tuition fees alone are already exaggerated."

Duden nodded: "But, one of Major Alfred's elders is an honorary professor there... Anyway, the major arranged this matter, and old Schubert was also sent there. I heard about his injury. He's almost healed, but he's missing a leg and is very weak. I'm afraid he will have to stay at home in the future."

Having said this, the young soldier pursed his lips: "But it's better to stay, after all, there will be a war soon."

"Are you nervous?"

"Fortunately, although many people say that the situation is changing day by day, everyone is still very confident."

Duden pointed at the revolver rifle that had been with Shuge for a while and said: "The weapons used by everyone are changing very quickly now. Well, the Muki 2699 revolver you are using has been changed in the past two days. With the new improved version, according to people who have used it, the new type of revolver eliminates the need for us to manually adjust the magazine after each shot as before, so that the rate of fire can be increased by two to three times, and the rate of fire can be increased by two to three times. Don’t mention it, we have started to equip some new ones, those are the truly terrifying weapons!”

"New guy? What?"

"Well……"

Duden touched his head and said: "It seems that it has not been officially named, so for now, we follow the tradition and call it after the name of the master who made it, which is 'Calfan Mucci'."

"If you ask me, it is a relatively heavy large firearm that must be pushed by wheels. However, its rate of fire is too fast. One of it can probably hold up an entire position of soldiers. With such a With such weapons, even the hard-armored earth dragons from the Black Nest Mountains will be beaten to pulp alive!"

After hearing these words, Xiuge's expression became strange.

He clearly felt that he had been isolated from the world for only a few days...

Why is the version updated again?

The machine guns and airships are already out, so what’s next?

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It's the end of the month

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