“...... Wait, what's that?!" Calvin looked at the statue in the center of the plaza in a daze, and his body trembled unconsciously.

He pointed to the statue in front of him with trembling fingers, turned to his wife holding his other hand, and every inch of skin on his face seemed to be filled with 'unbelievable'.

Alyssa opened the folding fan and chuckled, "Calvin, that's a statue, don't you even know the 'statue'?"

"Of course I knew it was a statue! But ...... that statue looked."

As he spoke, Calvin turned his head to look at it again, but this glance almost made him collapse, "Why are you so like me!"

Today is his day off, and it just so happens that he has just completed a few tasks before, and His Majesty the Emperor gave him a few days off under the pretext of letting him rest well, otherwise he would be tired, and let him take advantage of these few days of vacation to accompany his wife.

Therefore, he came here today, planning to take Alyssa to take a good tour of the entire imperial capital.

After all, Alyssa had been living in the upper class before, and had not been exposed to too many civilian things, although she had some contact after marrying him, but it was not much, and she had not seen the truly beautiful things of this imperial capital.

But this time, I met this!

The square was built in recent years, and if it weren't for the head maid, perhaps Caesar XIII wouldn't have had such a deep understanding of 'urban planning'.

The purpose of the existence of this square is to give the common people a place to move, and where this flow of people gathers, there will be business opportunities, coupled with a series of measures such as tax cuts and job creations, many people have spare money in their hands, and the traders will also gather here.

However, due to a severe shortage of funds, they had to stop until they had time to lay a flat layer of stone bricks on the square.

Now, however, Calvin saw a tall statue standing in the center of the square, looking like a strange man in strange clothes, with his legs spread apart, standing on tiptoe, holding a half-large box with one hand, the crooked bottom of the box was only close to four of his fingers, and there was an inaudible gap in between, as if he wanted to send the box to heaven.

"Is there anyone else but me who is wearing that outfit with a 'box' in his hand and posing like that?"

Just by looking at the statue, Calvin had goosebumps all over his body, and he felt uncomfortable.

Alyssa looked at her husband for a moment, then took a deep breath and closed the fold.

In order to experience what her husband called 'civilian life', she only brought a folding fan and a small satchel today, and her clothes were very simple, and at this moment, she put away the folding fan, took Calvin's hand and ran to the statue.

Her smile seemed to add a little brightness to the sun, and Calvin was dragged under the statue without any resistance.

Alyssa turned her head to look at the statue, her gaze wandering over the pedestal, as if she wanted something.

"Hey, Calvin, look here!" she cried out in surprise, pointing to the base of the statue, and Calvin followed her index finger to find a line of text.

The font is quite large, as if it was written for other people, and if you stand under the statue, you will definitely find this line of text.

[Highest respect to Calvin, the current Minister of R&D of the Imperial, who is connected to the Internet network of the continent of Slo Mendes, Dildinis Ullov in the summer of 1582 in the Imperial calendar.] 】

Seeing this line of words, Calvin was instantly stunned.

He stared blankly at the line of text, as if ...... It was as if something was about to burst out of my heart, brewing in my throat.

The Adam's apple moved up and down, and he swallowed his saliva and slowly looked at the statue.

"It's ...... For me?" He muttered under his breath, and only himself and Alyssa could hear it.

"Isn't it written here?" said Alyssa, too, in his ear, "and besides, it was carved by Master Ullov himself! The master's work is very precious, and it would be very angry to let the other nobles know that one of his works would be placed in this crowded square......

"Yes, yes......" Calvin sneered twice, finally coming to his senses.

He was not an aristocrat, he had not been exposed to any knowledge related to fine arts, and naturally he did not know who the 'Master of Ullov' was.

But from Alyssa's words, it is clear that the master's work is so precious that this master can carve a piece for him by hand, and it is not known how much 'they' have paid.

The people in the R&D department and the manufacturing department knew about his previous mission, but other than that, only His Majesty Caesar XIII and a few great nobles, and the rest of the people didn't know what was going on, and they didn't care about what was happening.

Therefore, the reason why this master carved a work for him must have been requested by His Majesty or Gregory.

This statue is actually a gift from them, but he has been kept in the dark, and if he hadn't come here this time, he might not have known about it.

The statue has been solidified with magic, which ensures that the statue will not be tampered with.

Maybe this is a surprise, a surprise waiting for when he will find out - in fact, even if he doesn't find it this time, sooner or later, someone from the R&D department or the manufacturing department will see this statue and tell him about it.

When he found out about this fact, Calvin became even more embarrassed.

He smiled sheepishly, took a few deep breaths, took his wife's hand and turned to leave, "Let's go, I've already seen this place, according to the plan, we still have a few places to visit today!"

Looking at his red ears, Alisa pursed her lips and smiled, grabbed her husband's arm with her backhand, and said, "Don't be in a hurry to leave, didn't you say that you would take me to experience the life of civilians?

"Uh......" Calvin hesitated, glanced back at the statue, and then at his smiling wife.

His thoughts struggled for a while, but in the end, he couldn't match his wife's smile, so he could only grit his teeth and say, "Okay, I'll take you to visit this place today!"

Hearing his answer, Elisa's smile widened.

Under the leadership of her husband, walking in this lively square, as I passed by the vendors, I listened to their fierce shouts, and their voices were full of passion and vitality.

Alyssa watched it all with curiosity, and was even more surprised when she saw the smiles on people's faces.

She remembered that when she used to pass by the civilian area in a horse-drawn carriage, she looked out the window, and people's faces were all gray with an indissoluble grayness, and the faces that were the same because of numbness flashed out of the car window, but when she looked at it, it seemed that everyone passed by the window again and again.

She didn't think it was a big deal before, after all, civilians should be like this, and it was a matter of course—it was her opinion.

But after marrying Calvin, there are no more servants, and some things have to be done by herself, and Alyssa gradually comes into contact with the civilian class, and gradually understands why the commoners are the way they are.

This is not something that should be taken for granted, or rather, it should be something they should try to avoid.

And her husband, the head of the Imperial R&D Department, is heading in this direction, even though he knows that there will be countless difficulties and dangers ahead, but he is still walking with his companions, facing the difficulties.

He was her pride, so they had gone from being 'familiar strangers' to where they are now.

"Calvin-sensei?"

At that moment, a suspicious female voice sounded beside them, and Alyssa turned her head to see that it was Calvin's schoolgirl.

After only hesitating for a moment, she put her body on her husband's arm and whispered to him with an embarrassed face, "Calvin, your student greets you, why don't you say hello?"