The sun is high

The war has begun.

Regardless of the name used, when those crystallized cannonballs that were enough to create violent explosions crashed into the city of Salem, the situation had further accelerated.

The shelling of Salem City was a statement. Although officially it was actually a "warning" shelling, judging from the magic photos in the newspaper, the power of these few crystallized shells was probably Far beyond imagination.

"Mucci Type 3 Steam Crystal Cannon..."

Shuge recited this strange name, knowing that this was probably a new type of weapon developed by the workshop of the Mucci family where Alfred was located. Combined with what he had seen in the newspaper before, it was about the Kingdom of Votel transferring funds to the government. With reports of large-scale tilt in a certain field, Shuge has enough reasons to believe that the shelling launched this morning may also mean a demonstration and a display of results.

However, now, Salem City, which was the target of bombardment, is gradually fading out of people's sight.

Because no one can know the situation in Salem City anymore.

Even in the current state of extreme tension, the Legal Committee is still unwilling to agree to relax the blockade of Salem City. They refuse to lift the blockade ceremony imposed on Salem City, even at the expense of manpower and material resources, during the original blockade ceremony. New reinforcements were added to the field.

However, this blockade ceremony has no ability to resist the artillery fire from the outside world. The only role it can play is to prevent all living creatures in the city from escaping from the confines of Salem City. This move was implemented in the Legal Committee In the first few days of the war, a large number of people in various countries expressed their opposition to this. However, as the war atmosphere intensified, people's attention began to quickly disperse and shift.

Now, only a few people continue to pay attention to the situation in Salem City.

For the vast majority of people, Salem City is a "not very important" city. They don't know the people in the city and have difficulty perceiving what is happening there.

At a time when the flames of war may burn down one's own home and family at any time, it is really a very common decision to simply forget about such an existence.

Shuge looked at the text that was compressed into the corners by the large-scale world situation and military news, and asked: "Miss Weilin, under what circumstances would the Legal Committee take such measures against a city?"

"I am not sure."

Wei Lin shook her head: "However, I read some related books when I was studying healing magic. According to the records in these books, the Legal Committee has only performed three blockade rituals for specific towns in the past three hundred years. , but this behavior is usually to deal with large-scale magical diseases...the most typical one is the wolf plague."

Shuge nodded.

In his mind, there was another answer.

The existence of the descendants of the Dark Abyss is obviously not a secret to the Law Committee, and the blockade imposed on Salem City is most likely to deal with this extremely dangerous and unpredictable magical creature. However, in addition to the blockade, the Law Committee What other plans the committee has is not something Xiuge can know now.

Although Shuge always believed that he had no special feelings for Salem City and its residents, he still inevitably let out two helpless sighs when he made those pessimistic predictions.

For the city of Salem, for the residents of the plateau and plains who were involved in the war, and even for Van En as a whole, this round of shelling was just the beginning of disaster and turmoil.

…

The Adlon Hotel is once again the center of attention in Borden.

With the early morning bombardment on the 10th of Xuelinyue, more and more people gathered here.

In fact, this is not the first time that the Adlon Hotel has been chosen as the venue for an important meeting, and this time, the weight of the meeting being held here is far greater than before.

Many reporters have been waiting inside and outside the Adlon Hotel for a whole day. They are now eager to know what new developments the Walter Kingdom and its alliance partners have made after a full day of meetings. decision making.

What was even more anxious were the mage representatives sent by the Legal Committee and the envoys and diplomatic officials from the Kingdom of Delan.

They have been left hanging here for several days. The mages of Merlin Lehe are doing fine. At least there are spellcasting officials with corresponding status to receive them. However, the envoys of the Kingdom of Delan are a bit miserable. Although they can I received very considerate hospitality in the hotel, but that was all.

As officials, if they can only eat and drink in the countries they visit, then the meaning of their existence is already worthy of being questioned.

Especially, the other party is preparing to go to war with his own country.

During the break between the two rounds of meetings, the formal responses from the two guests in hotel room 1049 were successfully passed to Princess Sophia. After receiving the responses from Princess Sophia, the surveillance faced by the two Shuges was also revealed. was lifted, so the two quickly left the Adlon Hotel and walked out against the reporters who kept trying to enter the hotel.

After rejecting several inexplicable reporters who tried to conduct interviews, Shuge and Weilin finally successfully left Foreign Guest Avenue.

And here, both felt a sense of freedom that had been absent for a long, long time.

However, the golden eagle claw emblem that the two of them carry now reminds them all the time that they still have extremely important things to complete next.

The street lights on both sides of the road were already on, and Xiuge and Weilin stood together in the dim light at the intersection of Foreign Guests Avenue.

Looking at the pedestrians passing by, and then looking at the steam cars parked on the roadside, Xiuge suddenly felt as if he had come to the dream he had the night before, and seemed to have returned to the past, transforming back into the same person who went out every morning. Ordinary office workers who come home late and are in a hurry.

However, in the past, Xiuge had never thought that when he stood in a daze under the streetlight, he would be accompanied by a person of the opposite sex of the same age.

And he's also a mage.

Xiuge dragged his thoughts back to reality and asked: "Miss Weilin, what are your plans next?"

"I need to go back to the previous branch of the Law Committee. There are still many things that need to be dealt with. And I'm afraid I have to re-apply for my own mage certificate... The one issued by Merlin Lehe in the past is probably no longer useful. ”

Looking at the lively streets, Wei Lin seemed a little lost in thought. She said slowly: "By the way, I also need to help you register as an official mage."

"Can you handle this kind of thing for me?"

"Well...all tutors can apply for their own students."

Wei Lin glanced at Xiuge: "However, the mage I registered with the Legal Committee is too short. Although I have obtained the lake rating, I am afraid I can only guarantee you an ordinary raindrop-level certificate. The rest of the assessments You need to deal with the rating later.”

"Thank you for your hard work, Miss Wei Lin."

"But there is one thing I need to explain. Once I apply for the certificate for you, you will be marked as a student of Vereen Ernst in all official records in the future. Do you understand?"

Without thinking, Shuge gave Weilin a positive answer.

In his understanding, this requirement does not seem to be fundamentally different from the signature of the thesis supervisor.

However, after receiving the response, Weilin showed a somewhat strange expression, but she didn't say anything after all. After the two made a plan to meet in the Ernst Manor, Weilin held up her magic book. , wrapped in a scarf, walked to the other end of the street - where she needed to catch a vehicle to reach her destination.

Xiuge, on the other hand, stayed where he was.

His current image is quite strange. His thin body and typical appearance of the Ernst family, coupled with several magic books tied with black velvet rope in his hands, make him look like a man who is about to return from the library. Or the young aristocratic scholar returning home from the bookstore.

However, behind Xiuge's back, he was carrying a crystal gun.

Although this revolver rifle was wrapped in cloth, people could still distinguish it from its appearance, which made the temperament exuded by Shuge somewhat unique. Some young women passing by could not help but look at him. After taking a quick look, some newly arrived reporters were also attracted by Shuge's attire. Because he was carrying a crystal gun, they mistook Shuge for a reservist who was about to join the army.

"That's enough."

Shuge shook his head. Under the gaze of several whispering young girls, Shuge came to a sculpture that could shelter from the wind. At this time, on the street directly opposite him, there was a shop.

It was a "herbal hot drink" shop that sold a type of herbal drinks that were very popular in the plateau area. It was not much different from the street drink shop in Xiuge's memory.

With the heightened senses brought by magic, Shuge noticed that when he and Weilin arrived, two men in coats came to the hot drink shop. However, after they ordered the drinks, they Instead of choosing the warm indoors, we stayed on the relatively cold outdoor table.

Perception told Xiuge that these two guys had "peeped" in his direction more than once.

It was obvious that these two guys were here for him.

However, Xiuge did not intend to go directly to "meet" them. He stood on the opposite side of the street with a blank gaze, pretending to be waiting for someone. However, the magic slowly started to turn, and the messenger in the mirror took effect at this moment. .

Amid the cold wind, a faint black mist appeared on Xiuge's face and body.

At this moment, Xiuge's eyes were focused on a metal billboard hanging in the beverage shop opposite. The shop owner must have cherished this billboard very much, so he polished it and maintained it very well. Under the street lamp, the pattern on it looked exactly right. It constantly reflects light, like a mirror.

When the ability of the messenger in the mirror successfully took effect, Xiuge felt that his thoughts and consciousness had successfully crossed an extremely long distance, as if he had jumped into the water and plunged into the mirror-like metal. Among the signs.

The feeling of transferring and temporarily storing consciousness and thoughts in the mirror is very wonderful.

And coldness was Xiuge's first feeling after entering the mirror space.

"There is a deviation from the conclusion I reached during the previous experiment... Hiss, the space of this mirror is not independent. It looks more like a real world that is closely related to the external environment."

Xiuge's consciousness trembled: "Fortunately, this is winter. If we were in a hot environment, wouldn't it overload my head with high temperature if I did it like this?"

Complaints are complaints, but the help brought by the ability of the Mirror Messenger is also clear and effective.

At least at this moment, Xiuge could successfully peek at the door of the store and vaguely hear people talking.

The two men were sitting at a table diagonally below the billboard, so their voices were extremely clear.

"I don't quite understand why an illegitimate child deserves to be treated like this."

A younger man said this. The glass bottle containing hot herbal drinks he held in his hand was obviously not enough to relieve the cold. He took a breath and then said: "If this standard of treating illegitimate children spreads, maybe it will Some people will speculate that all the young people in the family are dead, so they are anxious to find illegitimate children everywhere."

"Shut up."

Compared to the young man who was full of complaints, the middle-aged man sitting opposite seemed much calmer: "Don't forget who you are loyal to. We only need to strictly implement all orders from the family."

"Yes, I understand."

The young man responded. He picked up the glass bottle and took two sips. Then he said calmly: "Did you see it? What is he doing? It's like a lamp pole standing in the cold wind... Give it back to him Mom is carrying a gun, huh, it’s not a souvenir from the military camp, right?”

"Shut up!"

The middle-aged man cursed in a low voice, but did not refute the other party's judgments. It was obvious that he was a little confused and dissatisfied with the work he was currently doing.

He sighed, and then said: "I hope this 'writer' won't continue to stand on the side of the street blowing the wind. It would be better to settle down and write anything... Otherwise, we will never be able to change shifts. The one at my home You are still waiting for me to go back for dinner."

While he was talking, the figure who had been standing in a daze across the street suddenly made a move.

I saw him crossing the road and walking towards the hot drink shop.

The two bodyguards from the Ernst family tacitly changed the topic at this moment and chatted very smoothly about the current tension between Votel and Delan.

The illegitimate child who received attention was like an ordinary customer. He walked into the hot drink shop and quickly bought a bottle of herbal drink called "Three Body Warming". After that, he hugged He walked out with a glass bottle.

Then we arrived at the table diagonally below the billboard.

"It's very cold, gentlemen."

To the two bodyguards of the Ernst family who still stick to their posts in this kind of weather, Shuge extended his sincere greetings: "The family should have arranged a vehicle nearby, right? If so, please send me back to the family manor now... …I’m not looking forward to it, but I’m hoping to be able to dine in my bedroom tonight.”