In an empty hall, surrounded by a huge three-ring magic circle, a blonde girl slept in it. 「」

Her hands clasped in front of her abdomen, her long and thick eyelashes covered her eyelids like a small fan, and her jade-white face seemed to be coated with a halo of light, making her sleeping face extremely holy.

The three-ring circle drawn beneath her was surrounded by eight spars the size of an adult's fist, and the light gathered by the circle shot out a rainbow bridge and converged on a crystal ball that floated in the air, reflecting two distinct colors: a white that was so holy that there was no place for dust, and a deep blue-black, as if the sky was gradually blurred by the night.

In the two rays of light, a figure appeared in a hazy light, one slender and one tall, sleeping in a white and blue-black wrap respectively.

Two feet away from the three-ring circle, several men and women with extraordinary momentum were distributed separately, staring at the scene in front of them with different expressions, and the blue and white light reflected a strange boundary on their faces, but they didn't notice it at all.

Standing in the direction of the circle is a black-robed female mage, her appearance is about forty, the faint tail lines at the end of her eyes can't hide her beautiful face when she was young, her lips are plump and slightly thick, and she is slightly upturned when she is not smiling, as if she is begging for a kiss all the time - in the eyes of most people, this is a sign of a woman's exuberance.

The woman didn't smile at this time, her hands were clasped in front of her chest, holding the floating crystal ball, and the two figures in the two-color light became extremely clear in the crystal ball.

“…… So, judging by her appearance, she should have known about this situation a long time ago? ”

Harrison coughed lightly, "Judging by the personality we've observed, it's not unlikely. "As he observed. Lin An's personality does not match her superficial immaturity.

Behind Harrison, the female mage who had had a good conversation with Lin An also nodded slightly. 「」

"Oh, that's interesting, so to speak. This kid is getting a different look at you at the same time? This makes me curious—"

The woman's voice was low, soft with a hint of interest, and fell on the ears of others. I can't hear whether it's praise or something else.

"Then invite her over once, and let me see this daring child, Celia!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The woman's arbitrariness, even if everyone present is not an ordinary person, no one seems to have any intention of opposing her.

Mourinho's brows moved near the reversal of the circle, and he stopped talking, and was secretly pulled by Harrison. And as soon as this opportunity was missed, the female mage Celia, who was a follower of the woman, had already spoken out and pushed the door out.

"What, little Moody has something to say?"

The woman did not miss the movement on Mourinho's side, but for Mourinho, who was born in the orthodox Merlin aristocracy. She is also a talented new junior, and she has always been relatively gentle.

Long before Mourinho was born, the woman had been famous for almost a hundred years. With her age and seniority, all the people present are her children and grandchildren, and have been guided and supported by her to a greater or lesser extent. She is Merlin's oldest and strongest person at present, and she has already entered the peak of the ** division, and after breaking through the bottleneck this time, it can be said that she is a half-step legend and will become one of Merlin's most important pillars.

There is such a status and seniority. Although Mourinho is of the same level as her, he can only touch his nose and recognize that he is called a little Moody in private, who calls him one of the youngest people at the level of Merlin.

"Your Majesty, Ann may know the inside story, but I don't think she could have done it." 」”

Mourinho Tirin explained,

"On the contrary, judging from her actions, I think this situation should not have much to do with her." Otherwise, she would have tried her best to hide it, or at least pretend not to know, without having to warn him.

"Yes, I remember Celia said, this Master Ann is the guest you invited to the ship, little Moody?"

Melissa looked at Mourinho's expression with interest, and Mourinho, who had always been thick-skinned, was also a little embarrassed, and then Melissa suddenly turned her head and asked in the other direction:

"Gabriel, how does that Master Ann look?"

In the corner of the hall, the man in white, who had been motionless like a stone sculpture since he came in, raised his head, and his lips moved slightly.

"It's beautiful."

Another red-haired man in the room was interested, dressed in a blue samurai bodysuit, with an unkept appearance, a green stubble on his chin, and a long shawl of loose bangs that covered his glistening eyes.

"Gabriel has always been the most honest," or the most objective, "even Gabriel says that he is beautiful, then this Master Ann must be a peerless beauty!" ”

"I thought that this Holy Maiden of Light was already a rare beauty, could anyone be more beautiful than her?" The man swept over the holy woman in the three-ring circle and asked with interest.

Gabriel was expressionless, and if it weren't for the fact that Van Persie would never have answered such a boring question if he hadn't given up on his goal.

"It's different." Words are like gold. 「」

"Different? What do you mean? The man still asked.

"Different is different, which means that the two are different styles and there is no comparison!" Harrison said impatiently.

Mourinho frowned secretly, a little dissatisfied that Lin An was being talked about casually behind his back.

But he also knew that this kind of thing was normal among people of their level, Lin An was just a small white robe, no matter how special and talented she was, for people of their level, if she didn't reach the same status for a day, she was just a small person, and she wouldn't be treated differently.

** Above the division and the Golden Sword Master, only the legend and the same rank make them scruples, and there is no restraint for the rest, even if it is the Merlin royal family, they must give favorable conditions and try their best to win over and cultivate their own team, so as to control their group of people within a certain framework.

Melissa didn't care to let the others gossip at will, beckoned a high-backed chair to sit down, her eyes casually swept around, and swept over a square metal box in the corner of the hallroom, thoughtfully.

***

Lin An had already prepared for being summoned, so when he saw Celia convey the summons of Melissa, he didn't have any surprised looks, but the Ike who were not summoned were a little uneasy. Nervously stood up.

"It's just going to be asked about something, and it's going to be fine."

Lin An comforted the three of them gently, and his determined attitude was very contagious to others, and it also made Celia's eyes flash with a different color.

"Ann." Lancet suddenly spoke, his blue eyes met Lin An's gaze, "I'll wait for you to come back." Let's reminisce. ”

Lin An is no longer the junior apprentice who doesn't understand the language, knows nothing about the outside world, and needs his attention to protect, what she has changed is not only her original black hair color, but his transformation is not only limited to the current identity of the Grand Duke. 「」

They've all changed much, much.

Maybe it's the timidity of the neighbors, plus there are outsiders such as Ike, even after Mourinho and others are gone. Lancet's imaginary encounter didn't happen, but that didn't stop him from saying it—

It seems to be said to Lin An, but in fact, it is said to Celia on the side, indicating that he attaches importance to Lin An.

Celia's expression did not move, and Lin An's heart warmed slightly. An Ran smiled, "I'll be back soon." ”

Then she turned to Celia and said, "Please lead the way." ”

They went out from the other end of the observation hall and were greeted by a long corridor that seemed to exceed the length of the top deck that Lin An had observed, and Lin An suspected that some kind of space folding technique might have been applied.

"In this way, I am afraid that the interior of this ship has more space than the appearance." Lin Anxin thought.

Celia was surprised by Lin An's calmness in her heart, knowing that even a person who had no ghosts in his heart could hardly express that he was as safe as Lin An when he knew that he was going to see Her Majesty Melissa and the other powerhouses of this ship.

This is by no means a pretense -

Strong self-composure and true composure. Celia thought she could tell.

"Don't look at it on the surface, it's actually very empty, there are not many people living on the ship at the moment, and there are definitely not many soldiers on the lower deck." Celia admired Lin An a little and casually introduced her. 「」

"Oh?" Lin An thought for a moment and said clearly. "Is there a problem with the energy of space teleportation?"

"Yes," Celia didn't expect Lin An to guess, and glanced at her with appreciation, "The large teleportation function of this ship, the teleportation of living matter is much larger than the teleportation of non-living matter, and these energy sources are not worth the loss for us - in fact, even if it is the teleportation of non-living matter, the energy required for such a large ship is not small." ”

Therefore, such weapons of war cannot be dispatched casually, otherwise Merlin would have already unified the continent, and the barrier of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains was not an obstacle at all for this flying ship.

Lin An can guess this, also because the flying boat only teleported to the sky above Grant Fortress once, and then replaced the space teleportation with flying - there is no doubt, if it is not a temporary failure, then it is most likely to have something to do with the lack of energy.

However, Lin An only guessed that more people consume a lot of energy, and as for the difference between the transmission of living matter and the transmission of non-living matter, Celia only knew about it after explaining it - whether it was the keeper or the information given by Kronos, there were few theories about space, and Celia knew this, probably because her followers were one of the main researchers of the ship, and there was a real proof of it.

Moreover, Lin An felt that the difference between this non-living matter transmission and the life matter transmission might be related to the technical limitations of the era in which the ship was built.

Because Lin An didn't have a lot of experience in spatial teleportation, whether it was from the experience of Babel Tower, the ruins of Sky City, or the demon demon man, Lin An didn't feel that the spatial teleportation of life matter was very difficult.

"It seems that different civilizations, even in the same field of study, may excel in different areas." Lin Anxin thought.

As they spoke, the two came to an inconspicuous door, and Celia raised her staff, tapped it rhythmically three times on the door, and chanted a few syllable incantations, vaguely similar to the syllables of ancient magic.

Then the door opened silently and automatically to both sides, revealing a walkway paved with embroidered red carpet behind the door.

Celia went first, Lin An followed, and the moment he crossed the center line of the door, Lin An felt as if he had stepped over something, and his vision changed, and the red carpet corridor turned into a marble corridor.

"Although the space teleportation is not perfect, the space folding technology of this ship is very mature,"

Celia explained,

"What you just saw is the space that normally connects behind this door, and the spell I just used to connect this door to the fifth floor - that is, where we are now, is on the cloister on the second basement floor."

"It's unimaginable, it's breathtaking!" Lin An exclaimed, his eyes showing excitement.

"Yes, yes, as one of those who had the privilege of being involved in the study of this ship, each of us mages had a very similar mood when they first saw such a magical technology," Celia sighed, "The mysteries of magic are always more magical and incredible than one can imagine!" ”

"Therefore, this mysterious ocean is worth our life's energy and time to wander." Lin An had already fully seen the character of this self-denying female mage, and her answer really won Celia's great favor.

The two of them came to a door, and the black oak façade was carved with birds and beasts as a trim, exuding a faint woody fragrance.

Before pushing the door, Celia whispered to Lin Andao:

"With such an attitude, Her Majesty Melissa has always been very tolerant of promising juniors—" She squeezed her left eye slightly, "especially for female mages!" ”

Lin An showed a smile of "I understand" and also blinked.

Celia's staff scratched the left ear of a big-eared civet beast on the door, and the civet beast flicked its big tail, its ears trembled, and a sound sounded—

"Come on in!"

Celia pushed the door open and brought in Lin An.

"What a Peugeot girl!"

As soon as Lin An entered the door, he heard a soft contralto say, as gentle as an elder, with a smile-

"Huh? The injuries on your body seem to have left a lot of sequelae, did it hurt the origin of life? ”

"It's not a big deal, it's the sequelae left by the accidental promotion, and you can recover after a while of cultivation, thank you for your concern——"

Lin An leaned over and saluted,

"Ann. Lynn, I have seen Her Majesty Melissa, and all of you. ”

"The little girl is beautiful and well-behaved, and her talent is even more once in a hundred years, rare, rare!"

The other party noticed Lin An's powerful spiritual talent, which was almost no less than a half-step legendary himself, and under the surprise, his tone became more gentle,

"Are you from Merlin? Who are your teachers? ”

So far, the legendary Melissa, one of the "pentagrams" of Merlin and the only female among them, has given Lin An a feeling that is roughly similar to the rumored description.

As an orthodox Merlin, she has a respected position in the empire, a solid foundation, and has always appeared as a gentle and willing to promote her juniors, with connections all over the continent, and countless people and families who have been helped and supported by her for hundreds of years.

She has a good relationship with the other four people in the "Pentagram", and it seems that she has an ambiguous relationship with two of the "Pentagram" in rumors, except for the regret that her life is about to come to an end, she can be said to have no regrets in her life, and she is one of the women with the highest status on the mainland.

Such a strong woman, even if she can't get her favor and look at her differently, she definitely can't be offended.

But for some reason, there had been no warning before, and it wasn't until he faced this Melissa crown that Lin An suddenly had a dangerous intuition.

(To be continued) (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )