The room was quiet for a long time.

It wasn't until a few minutes later that Betty's soft exclamation suddenly rang out, "Wow!! ”

She seemed to be startled, staring at the golden dome in front of her, looking at her helplessness, but obviously she knew that she should say something to break this embarrassing and weird situation at this time, so she held back for a long time and thought for a long time before she whispered, "Hello, Enya...... Lady? ”

"Hello, Miss Betty." The Dome made a polite voice again, and the low female voice with a hint of magnetism sounded pleasant.

"You...... So you can talk?! Betty's not-so-bright brain finally reacted a little bit, and I don't know if it was because she was slow to react, in the face of such a strange situation, she accepted the reality of "the giant egg can talk" very smoothly, and even began to talk to the pale golden "egg", "Then can you see me too?" ”

"Of course, but my 'look' may not be the same as the 'look' you understand," the self-proclaimed Enya's "egg" seemed to have a smile in her tone, "I've been watching you, little girl, since a few days ago, since you first took care of me here. ”

Betty listened stunned, surprised and confused: "Ah, is that so...... Then why didn't you speak before? ”

"Because I can't speak until today," said the Golden Dome softly, "and I'll probably be able to do anything else...... I'm waking up little by little from my slumber, and it's a gradual process. ”

Betty thought for a moment and shook her head honestly: "I don't understand. ”

"Haha, that's normal, because you don't know who I am, and probably don't know what I'm going through," Dome said in a genuine laugh this time, and the laughter sounded very happy, "What a funny girl...... You seem a little scared? ”

"It's the first time I've seen a talking egg...... Betty nodded cautiously, discreetly keeping her distance from the Dome, she was a little nervous, but she didn't know if she was scared - since the other party said yes, that is, "and it's so big, almost as tall as Mr. Wright or its master...... When the master asked me to take care of you, I didn't say you could talk. ”

"...... your master?" The Golden Dome seemed to be thinking, or perhaps it had become groggy and sluggish during its sleep, and her voice sounded occasionally drifty and slow, "Who is your master?" What is this place? ”

Betty thought for a while, thinking that since the other party was a "distinguished guest", there was no need to hide this question, so she nodded and said: "My master is His Majesty Gawain Cecil, and this is his palace - I am Betty, the head maid here. ”

"Gawain Cecil? So, I came to the human world? This is really ......" The voice of the Golden Dome paused for a moment, as if it was very surprised, and then there was a little more helplessness and a sudden smile in the voice, "So they sent me with me...... Surprising, but probably a good decision. ”

Betty blinked her eyes and listened to a huge egg muttering to herself, she still couldn't understand what was happening in front of her, let alone what the other party was muttering, but she at least understood that the other party's arrival here seemed to be an accident, and at the same time suddenly thought of what she should do: "Ah, then I'll go and inform His Highness Hetty!" Tell her the eggs in the hatching room are awake! ”

With that, she turned around and tried to run out of the door, but just as she was about to take a step, she was stopped by the giant egg: "No, wait a minute—don't tell anyone else just yet." ”

"Huh?" Betty paused in confusion, "Don't tell anyone else?" ”

"Don't be in such a hurry," said the Dome gently, "It's been a long time since I've enjoyed such a quiet time, so don't let anyone know I'm awake...... I want to continue to be quiet for a while. ”

"The ......," Betty looked cautiously at the pale golden eggshell, as if she could see the expression of the "Lady Enya" on the eggshell, "Do you need me to go out?" You can be on your own for a while......"

"That's not necessary," said a voice with a more pronounced smile from the Dome, "you're not noisy, and it's not bad to have someone to talk to. I just don't have to tell anyone about it yet. ”

"Oh," Betty nodded her head as if she didn't understand, and then couldn't help but look up and down at the surface of the pale golden dome, as if thinking about where the other party's "vocal organs" were, and after some consideration, she finally couldn't restrain the confusion in her heart, "That...... Ms. Enya, do you live in this eggshell? Do you want to come out and breathe? ”

The voice of the golden dome fell silent for a while, although there was no expression on the eggshell, but a strong "I'm confused, something is wrong with you" emotion seemed to seep out from the subtle lines on the surface of the eggshell, until a few seconds of awkward silence, she finally spoke: "Out...... Come? No, I can't come out, little girl, this is what I am now, maybe you think it's an egg, but it's actually an aggregate of human nature, a material carrier with symbolic meaning, and I need to use this form to solidify and gradually transform my humanity in order to achieve ...... No, forget it, you shouldn't understand. Anyway, that's what I am now. ”

Betty listened to an egg explain these incomprehensible concepts to herself, and after a lot of effort to assemble the information, she finally had her own understanding, so she nodded vigorously: "I see, you haven't hatched yet." ”

“……”

Seeing that Dan didn't make a sound for a long time, Betty suddenly became nervous and asked cautiously, "Ms. Enya?" ”

"It's nothing, I'm just a little ...... I don't know how to respond. Maybe in some ways, your summary is good, but ...... Forget it," the Golden Dome said helplessly, and the faint golden light flowing on the surface gradually returned to normal from sluggishness, "By the way, where is your master now?" I didn't seem to feel his breath all along. ”

"Your Majesty is out," said Betty, "to do something very important—to discuss the future of this world with some big men." ”

"Discuss the future of this world?" The voice of the Golden Dome sounded emotional, "It seems that this world finally has a future...... That's a good thing. ”

As she spoke, she seemed to suddenly remember something, and asked curiously, "Little girl, I wanted to ask just now, what are those runes flickering around?" They seem to have been maintaining a steady energy field, which is ...... Some kind of seal? But I don't seem to feel the blocking effect. ”

Betty looked at the shiny runes around her, and a little happy look appeared on her face: "This is the rune group for hatching!" ”

"Incubation...... Wait, you just mentioned that this is the hatchery? The Golden Dome seemed to have finally reacted, and his tone was raised with astonishment and laughter, "Could it be ...... Are you trying to 'hatch' me? ”

"yes," Betty nodded her head, "it's been a few days since it was hatched!" And it's very effective, you can talk now......"

The room suddenly became very quiet again, and the golden dome fell into an extremely eerie silence, until even a sluggish girl like Betty began to feel uneasy, and a sudden, as if happy to the limit, and even a little venting laughter suddenly erupted from the dome: "Ha...... Ha ha...... Hahaha!! ”

The laughter lasted for a long time, and an egg obviously did not need to be ventilated, so her laughter did not stop at all, until a few minutes later, the laughter finally gradually subsided, and Betty, who was a little frightened, finally had a chance to speak cautiously: "Well...... Ms. Enya, are you alright? ”

"No, I'm fine, I just didn't think of your thoughts...... Listen, little girl, it's not because I'm about to hatch, and you can't hatch me out like that, in fact I don't need any hatching at all, I just need to transform myself, you ...... Forget it," the first half of the Golden Dome was still a little uncontrollable, but the second half of the voice became extremely helpless, if she had a hand at the moment, she might have held down her head - but she didn't have a hand now, not even a brain, so she could only try helplessly, "I don't think I can explain it to you at all." Ah, you're planning to hatch me, what a ......."

She seemed to be about to laugh again, but this time she finally held back, and Betty couldn't help but pat her chest lightly on the side, and said with a sigh of relief: "You scared me a little just now, Ms. Enya, you laughed so hard just now, I was even worried that you would laugh until you were yellow......"

Golden Dome: "......??" ”187

The next second, the irrepressible laughter echoed through the room again......

But fortunately, this time the laughter did not last that long, and after less than a minute, Enya stopped, and she seemed to reap unimaginable happiness, or rather, for the first time in such a long time, she felt happiness of free will. Then she paid attention to the maid who seemed to be a little dumb again, only to find that the other party had become nervous again - she grabbed both sides of the maid's skirt and looked flustered: "Ms. Enya, did I say the wrong thing?" I always say the wrong thing......"

"No, you're not wrong about anything, I should be mindful of my emotions, after all, it's no longer bound by thoughts...... Although it has nothing to do with 'Sanhuang'," Enya said with a smile, "You're really funny, kid, no one has ever dared to talk to me like that, but it's really funny...... Was this wonderful way of thinking also influenced by your equally interesting host? ”

"I don't quite know what you mean," Betty scratched her hair, "but the master did teach me a lot. ”

"What did he teach you?" Enya asked with interest.

"Spelling, math, history, some common sense of how society works...... Although I don't understand this part, ah, there is also the occult and 'logical thinking' - everyone needs logical thinking, so is what the master said. ”

“…… It seems that this is indeed very interesting," Enya's tone seemed to change slightly, "Can you tell me about it?" About what your master usually teaches you. Of course, if you have a lot of free time, I would also like you to tell me about the current state of the world and what you know everything to look like. ”

"Of course, I've finished my work today, and I don't know what to do in my free time at night!" Betty said happily, and then, as if remembering something, hurried towards the door, "Ah, since we have to talk, we must prepare refreshments—wait a minute! ”

This time Enya didn't have time to stop the fiery and somewhat tenacious girl, and Betty had already trotted out of the "hatching room" before the words fell, leaving only the golden dome quietly on the pedestal in the center of the room.

“…… It's funny. ”

The room resounded with the sound of self-talk.

Fortunately, as an already skilled head maid, Betty didn't take too long.

She ran out of the room in a hurry, prepared the refreshments in a hurry, and soon ran back with a large tray, and the two soldiers standing guard outside the room watched in confusion the inexplicable series of actions of the head maid, and tried to ask but could not find a chance to speak—by the time they reacted, Betty had already run into the room with the large tray in the thick door, and had not forgotten to close the door with her hand.

The two soldiers outside the door looked at each other, and Betty and Enya stood opposite each other in the door.

There was no daily furnishings in the hatching room, Betty directly put the big tray on the ground next to her, she picked up the big teapot she usually loved, blinked at the golden dome in front of her, and suddenly felt a little lost.

…… I seem to have encountered similar confusion before.

There is no mouth.

Enya also fell into the same confusion as Betty, and as a party, her confusion was mixed with a lot of embarrassment that she couldn't laugh or cry - but this embarrassment did not make her feel unhappy, on the contrary, this series of absurd and helpless situations brought her great joy and pleasure.

"You can't drink tea...... Betty tilted her head, she didn't know what Enya was thinking, "...... same as Mr. Egg"

"Oh? Is there a 'person' like me here? Enya said with some surprise, followed by some regret, "Anyway, it looks like you're going to waste all your kindness." ”

"Mr. Egg is also an 'egg', but he's metallic, and he can float around," Betty said as she thought hard before hesitating to make a suggestion, "Why don't I pour some for you?" ”

Enya actually felt that she often couldn't keep up with this human girl's train of thought: "Pour some? ”

"Just pour it directly on your eggshell......" Betty also seemed to think that her idea was not very plausible, and she stuck out her tongue, "Ah, you just take me as a joke, you are not a potted plant......"

"No, you can try."

"Huh?"

"You can try it," Enya said with interest in her tone, "it sounds like it's going to be interesting - I'm now happy to try everything I've never tried before." ”

Betty listened in a daze, picked up the heavy teapot and stepped forward, looked down at the teapot, and then looked up at the dome: "That...... Did I really try it? ”

"Try it, I'm curious about how I perceive the world right now."

……

Outside the heavy door inlaid with brass runes, two elite guards stood guard watching the movement in the room, but the layers of enchantments and the soundproofing of the gate itself blocked all prying eyes, and they could not hear any sound.

After a long time, a royal guard finally couldn't help but break the silence: "You say, what did Miss Betty do when she suddenly went in with tea and snacks just now?" ”

Another guard said casually, "Maybe I'm just hungry and want to have some supper inside." ”

"I don't think it's like - Miss Betty is very disciplined at night, and even if she occasionally wants to eat, she will go to the kitchen."

"Then I don't know, she's the head maid, the highest lady in the inner court, and she doesn't need to report this kind of thing to us," the guard shrugged, "can't she be watering that huge egg?" ”

“…… That's right. ”

There was silence outside the gate.

Half a minute later, the two guards suddenly muttered in unison, "Why don't I think so?" ”