After several hours of hiking, Yu Siqi and Albert climbed a 'high mountain' of several hundred meters, crossed several bamboo forests, and finally stopped at a place where a stone monument was erected.

The stele itself does not have any words or symbols engraved on it, but it itself reveals an unusually strange atmosphere from time to time.

Especially when Yu Siqi approached and touched it with his fingers, he vaguely heard the sound of ups and downs from the stone tablet.

"It seems to make a sound."

Yu Siqi subconsciously withdrew his finger and said to Albert, who was looking at the sky.

"Do you mean this stele? It has been standing here for more than 10,000 years, and it is not reasonable that it will record something.

If you don't want to be bothered by the sounds of the past, I suggest that you better stay away from it. ”

Albert didn't even look at the stele, and sat directly under a large tree near it.

Seeing Albert's posture, Yu Siqi guessed that he might be planning to rest here, so he also sat next to him and said casually: "Speaking of which, I've been with you for hours, aren't you going to tell me about your intentions for this trip?" ”

"Truth be told, I haven't tried anything since I successfully 'invited' you out of that house.

That's one of the main reasons why I haven't told you all the time.

But I can tell you a little bit about what I'm going to do next.

After all, there is still some relevance to you, so let us know in advance so that you don't panic at that time. After Albert finished answering Yu Siqi's question, he pointed his finger to the sky and said, "Shengjia, please give me two afternoon teas, thank you." ”

"I've told you many times that I'm not your waiter, and I'm not a restaurant."

A familiar female voice came from near Albert.

When the other party's voice was completely drowned out by Albert's sneer, two small silver-white pillars of light fell from the sky and landed right on Yu Siqi and Albert's legs.

"Thank you, Shengjia, I knew you would always meet my 'wayward requests.'"

Albert picked up a cookie from the tray and put it in his mouth to eat.

Yu Siqi looked down and found that there was not only an extra tray on his leg, but also a small plate of biscuits and a cup of fragrant milk tea inside.

"Please don't bother me with such trivial matters, don't you know that I have more important things to do than bring you afternoon tea?"

Shengjia's figure slowly appeared beside Siqi.

The process was so terrifying that the latter almost screamed.

"Good afternoon, Sainte."

Yu Siqi tried to make the sound in his mouth sound less broken.

"Good afternoon, noble old ... Guests..."

When Shengjia responded to Yu Siqi, there was a slight change in the wording, but unfortunately Yu Siqi happened to be eating cookies at the time and didn't hear it clearly.

However, he still noticed that the other party actually used honorifics, which surprised him a little.

"Is it necessary to be so polite?"

Yu Siqi asked puzzled.

"It's necessary."

After a perfunctory reply, Shengjia immediately turned his face away and looked at Albert.

The latter, while taking a few sips of milk tea, said to Shengjia: "Hmm... The concentration is just right, and your tea-making skills have improved a lot. ”

"It's not me, it's William."

As soon as Shengjia mentioned William, his body subconsciously turned around. Although the direction she was looking at now was Yu Siqi, it was clear that her gaze had penetrated elsewhere.

For example, she's actually observing her own side of the situation.

"Didn't I say I didn't want to drink it yet?"

Shengjia said this to the air unexpectedly, and then a teacup came out of thin air in her hand, as if someone had forced it on her before.

After a brief pause, Shengjia said in a compromising tone, "Okay, okay. You go down first, and I'll get back to work later. ”

"Your relationship is getting better and better."

Albert waited until Saint's face turned to himself again, and spoke to her.

"It's just some daily communication, not as exaggerated as you think."

Shengjia drank the contents of the cup with a blank face.

"Imagine... It is the essence of discovery. Albert smiled wittily, then put the cup back on the tray, stood up and said, "Thank you for afternoon tea, Shengjia." If I'm right, your next call will be around nine o'clock in the evening. ”

"Is it still the same as the plan you made before?"

Shengjia put down the teacup and asked.

"It's business as usual."

By the time Albert said this, Saint's figure had faded into a blur of shadows, which were then obscured by the shadows of the trees.

"Can I ask questions?"

After confirming that Shengjia would not appear for the time being, Yu Siqi looked at Albert and asked.

"Of course, you ask."

Albert leaned his head against the tree and yawned.

"Didn't you say that the next thing was related to me? Can you tell me what kind of association law it is? ”

Yu Siqi sorted out the content he had so far and picked the part that was most worthy of his attention.

"As soon as I came up, I went straight to the point, and I was worthy of being a student taught by the priest, and there was still a little similarity with him. That's right, when the stele begins to show the inscriptions, we will go to the stele forest. ”

Albert lightly said a place that was enough for Yu Siqi to recall.

"Forest of Steles?"

Yu Siqi had been to this place in a dream, and he was quite impressed.

"A 'forest' made up entirely of countless stone monuments, that's probably what it looks like. To be honest, I haven't been there myself. Hey, the reason why I took the initiative to go this time is that there is no way, who asked me to lose the bet with Fair. ”

Albert sighed slightly.

"How many bets you made with Fell!"

Yu Siqi asked angrily.

"Three."

Albert replied.

"And how many did you lose?"

Yu Siqi asked again.

"Two."

Albert's very simple answer made Yu Siqi almost burst out laughing.

"Are you that fond of betting with people?"

Yu Siqi forced a smile and asked.

"I'm usually reluctant to bet with people. But in Fair, I couldn't help but want to win something back from him. It may be because in my heart, I know that Phil has a huge treasure. Maybe it's just a simple desire to regain a little bit of the 'sense of victory' that I once lost. ”

As Albert spoke, his eyes were a little misty, as if he was caught in some kind of memory.

"I heard that the Forest of Steles seems to be a place where the deceased are buried, what are you taking me there for?"

Yu Siqi took advantage of Albert's absent-mindedness to boldly ask another question that he was more concerned about.

"Of course, it's to disturb the sleep of the deceased." As Albert said this, Yu Siqi showed corresponding confusion. Then, Albert hurriedly smiled and said, "Just kidding, I still know very well that it is best not to disturb the deceased." If you really anger the other party, you will be cursed if you don't do it well. ”

"Then you still take me to that kind of place!"

Yu Siqi noticed that there was a contradiction in his words, and hurriedly pointed it out.

"No way, who let something just pull there?"

Albert shrugged his shoulders with a helpless expression.

"So, you're not planning to take me with you to 'dig a grave', are you?"

Yu Siqi somewhat understood Albert's plan, but he still didn't expect the other party's brazenness to break through the sky.

No, after he finished saying this summary, Albert immediately made a 'correction': "'Grave digging' is said to be more uneducated, I think it is more appropriate to modify it as 'archaeology'." ”