The capital, also known as Noah's City, is the center of this world, similar to the capital of a country, and the center of the world's political, economic and cultural areas.

I also woke up in this city. But when I first woke up, I didn't remember what I was doing, but I saw a ticket on the table and set off without any scruples. Maybe it's because I just woke up and I don't remember anything, so I think the ticket is the only clue. At that time, all I had in my eyes was the ticket, and I didn't care about anything else. So even though I was "born" in this city, I was not familiar with the city at all. I can't let Roddy know about this, or he'll laugh at me again.

It is said that as long as it is an urban area, it is surrounded by a strong wall, and unlike a small town where there is no security, the city is surrounded like an iron bucket and has never been attacked by evil spirits. The city is equipped with all kinds of facilities and the residents are not threatened with their lives, so it can be said that it is the most stable and suitable place in the world. Of course, for travelers who prefer to call the world home, the city is a huge cage that separates people from nature. Elves are weird and not suitable for living in urban areas, first, they themselves are born from nature and can't stand the constraints of the city; The second reason is that human beings are deeply rooted in xenophobia, and in many cases, there is no tolerance for races with huge differences in appearance and lifestyle. These races were pushed to the fringes of the city, forming their own small towns.

The headquarters of the Authority, the headquarters of the army, and the palace of the royal family were also built in Noah. Needless to say, the Authority is a government-like agency to which I belong, responsible for issuing decrees and managing memory, and by the way, the overalls imp is currently in the Authority. The army was mainly the study of military affairs, and was specially set up to deal with evil spirits and suppress riots. The royal family is special in that it is not a group in the sense of the present world. The role of the royal family is to convey public opinion, which is used to contain the Authority and the military. The current representative of the royal family is Queen Isabel, who is said to be a child who looks like she is only twelve years old, but she represents the royal family for thousands of years. Hawkers,The age of this world is very deceptive.,Who knows how long this Queen Lori has lived here.,Maybe she has been in this world for hundreds of years before she became a representative of the royal family.。 For more than a thousand years, she has been able to protect herself in all kinds of deceit, and sit firmly on the throne, it seems that she has some means. It's terrible to think about this woman.

Listening to Roddy, what is even more terrifying is that eighty years ago, Queen Isabel didn't know what means she used to make the army fall to the royal family. This was simply impossible to achieve before, and there were irreconcilable contradictions between the Authority, the army, and the royal family, hostile to each other, and constrained each other, but they cooperated with each other and were inseparable. Now the army has fallen to the Royalty, and only the Authority is left to contend with it.

I asked Roddy why he knew so much, and Roddy laughed at me, saying that I must have been a deaf and unobtrusive housekeeper when I was alive, and I couldn't refute it. But there were some things that he seemed to know in too much detail. As an ordinary person, it is very great to know what government decrees are currently there and know some market conditions, how can you still know the details of this wave of treachery? Roddy poured a basin of cold water on me again, saying that I was also from the Authority, and that I might be able to confront the army and the royal family one day, and that it would be fine to know more deeply. Well, I know I'll never be able to speak of Roddy when it comes to eloquence. And until today, I didn't know that Roddy was supposed to be my boss, and he held a higher position than Uncle Aizawa. Thinking of all the things I have been doing with Roddy for more than three months, I wonder if he will secretly find a way to fire me for squid. But I can't be blamed entirely on him, he doesn't do anything with a hippie smile all day long, and he causes me trouble from time to time, who would have seen that he is in an important position?

Well, the goal of life in the future is tentatively not to be laid off.

After entering the capital, Roddy gave me a map of the city, hoping that I, oh no, was ordering me to walk around and memorize every corner of Noah's city, saying that it was to prepare for future work. So even if I didn't want to, I still had to go out.

I wandered the streets, the people came and went, the old-fashioned trams ran through the intricate streets, and the buildings on both sides of the street were of different styles, Eastern, Western, ancient, modern, and all kinds of buildings seemed to be chaotic, but in fact they were scattered. One second I was in the antique blue brick wall, and the next I could see the huge Gothic-style church. If it were placed in the present world, it would be a paradise for architecture students. However, the most modern buildings here are still stuck in the last century.

With a map in hand, I wandered around this labyrinthine complex, getting lost from time to time. Alas, you can't even use navigation without a mobile phone, which is really inconvenient. As an intellectual youth living in the 21st century, I have become half a waste when I come into this world. When I think of this, somehow, I think of Roddy's gloating face, and I don't feel angry for a while. In the end, I decided to go to the café for a little rest and eat a piece of cake to cool off.

I walked into the café closest to me, found a window seat and sat down, rubbed my aching calves, and ordered a glass of juice and a piece of cheesecake. It's a quiet, classic café with walls as dark brown as Roddy's eyes, decorated with paintings such as Monet's "Water Lilies" and "Nihonbashi", an old-fashioned gramophone playing classical music, and a large pendulum clock against the wall making a subtle ticking sound. It's a great place to spend a boring afternoon. And the guests here seem to be polite, there are no loud noises, most of them are reading books, or talking in small voices. Just when I thought I could laze here for an afternoon, I noticed a commotion outside the café, which only lasted for a moment before it fell silent. In the next second, the small bell next to the door of the café rang crisply—a new guest had arrived.

I followed the prestige and saw a young man and woman walk into the café, and I was immediately taken away from the girl in it, this girl must be too beautiful! She has neat short black hair, slender and curved eyebrows, round obsidian eyes under the thick eyelashes, which can't hide playfulness and mischievousness, and the crystal red lips are not thick or thin, just right. I don't usually pay much attention to other people's looks, but I can't help but look at them twice when I meet someone who looks good. Like Phoebe, Roddy, Angelo, the first time I saw them, I stared at them for a long time. This girl's good-looking is different from Phoebe's good-looking, Phoebe's appearance is more gentle, giving people the feeling of a well-behaved sheep, while this girl's appearance is more aggressive, more flamboyant, like a kitten, seemingly docile in appearance, inadvertently revealing wildness, can't stand half of the restraint.

I stared at her for a long time, and she seemed to notice my gaze, looked at me, and smiled at me.

I was so embarrassed that I wanted to hide under the table.

She looked at me and seemed to notice something, so she took the boy next to her and walked towards me and sat down across from me. Only then did I notice that the boys around him were also good-looking, but the girls were too dazzling to steal everyone's attention.

I was still wondering if my gaze was too "hot" and made her a little angry, but she asked first, "Are you from the Authority?" ”

"Yes...... Be. In a moment of panic, I replied hastily.

"Great!" She cheered like a child, and then the boy next to her knocked her on the head without saying a word, as if to remind her of the occasion, and she covered her head and lowered her volume.

"My name is Sophie, and this is Qiao Ran." She gestured to the boy next to her.

Qiao Ran also nodded to me and expressed his friendliness.

"My name is Chaoge. How did you know I was someone from the Authority? I asked.

"You still have an Authority brooch on your clothes?" Sophie pointed to my collar.

Ah, I always wear a uniform and a brooch on weekdays, but although I changed my clothes before going out today, I reflexively wore a brooch. It is a silver brooch with a round center carved with a bull's head, a sword, and a book. There is a button on the back of the brooch that you can press to contact the person on the train.

"Oh, I see. Is there anything Miss Sophie is looking for someone from the Authority? ”

"Just call me Sophie, but we actually work in the army. My boss, who is also my teacher and adoptive father, has been obsessed with work for hundreds of years. We felt it was time for him to leave his work and make his wish come true. But he didn't seem to have thought about it, and I wondered if I could get some hints from the Authority to help him get his wish sooner. ”

Foster father? I've heard Roddy say that fifteen years ago, the Authority and the military worked together to solve a big case, saying that there were people who experimented with adults and children who had not disappeared yet, and wanted to make people in this world become the same as in this world, and there would be normal age growth. Experimenting on people is inherently inhumane, and more than half of the people in this experiment have been subjected to inhuman abuse, and the success rate is only 10 percent. After the case was solved, most of the surviving children in the experimental base were adopted. Sophie must have been a survivor at that time.

"This can only be done with my consent. You will also need to fill out forms and take photos. ”

"That's right......" Sophie's expression was a little lost. The second lieutenant certainly doesn't want to. ”

I'm a little sorry.

"I'll just say no, you don't believe it." Qiao Ran, who was silent on the side, finally spoke, and he said to Sophie.

"But Qiao Ran, everything must be practiced before a conclusion can be drawn, I ......"

"So you've just mistaken someone for a thief out there, and you're also practicing?" Qiao Ran's tone was playful, and he was like two people with the man who was just silent.

"That person is suspicious, I can't ...... it"

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It turned out that the previous commotion was caused by Sophie. The two of them quarreled in the café with a word, Qiao Ran was indifferent, every sentence was very short, but it was very lethal to Sophie, and every time it was accurate to poke Sophie's sore spot and find the logical loopholes in Sophie's words. Sophie is occasionally a bit short of words, but she always finds a new breakthrough to defend herself......

The two of them are really still children, but the "fierce" quarrel in their eyes is just flirting in the eyes of others. I sat across from them, like a humanoid light bulb.

"Are you a couple?" I asked, interrupting their argument.

"Huh?" They stopped and looked at each other. Then Sophie's eyes rolled and she seemed to think of a brilliant prank. She suddenly hugged Qiao Ran's arm and said coquettishly: "You found out, we are indeed a couple." Right? My dear. She looked at Qiao Ran and blinked.

"Sure enough, it's a stupid." Qiao Ran scolded, it seemed that he had long been surprised by Sophie's behavior, and the result was that Sophie ate another chestnut on her head.

"I grew up with this guy, to be precise, adopted together." He half-mercilessly pushed away Sophie, who was holding him beside him, "It stands to reason that she should be my sister, even though we are not related by blood. ”

Is it? But no matter how I look at them, they are like a young couple in love, the girl is sunny and cheerful, the boy seems cold, but in fact he is delicate, the two people complement each other and have a tacit understanding. Maybe it's a fan of the authorities. Especially this kind of childhood friendship, once there is any ambiguous affection sprouting, it will be easy to excuse it as family affection and then be buried as a matter of course. Love and family affection are intertwined, and for young girls who are just beginning to fall in love, I really don't know whether it is lucky or unlucky. It is often difficult for them to perceive their intentions, or even to perceive them, but they choose not to spoil this special friendship and choose not to mention it.

"That's my misunderstanding," I laughed and played for myself, "I'm almost going to turn into lemonade." ”

"Huh? Lemon essence? What is that? The latest noun? Tell me about it...... How long has Asaka been here? What is the present world like now? And ...... "Sophie's questions are like a series of cannons, and I feel like even if I don't speak, she can get carried away all afternoon."

"Hey, stupid, you can't bother people like that."

"Do I have one?"

"You do this all the time, before I leave the house, I ask you to add some clothes, but you don't listen, and when it's cold, you have to snatch my coat again......"

"What's the matter, you don't wear ...... anyway"

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I retract the previous remarks about the childhood sweetheart's relationship, is Qiao Ran an old father who loves to worry?

Sophie, she's really interesting, Qiao Ran is also a good boy, and it's not like she didn't get nothing today.

Before the separation, I left her Ariadne's contact number, hoping that one day I could help her. Sophie also left their family's contact information.

Lin Changjun, the name of the second lieutenant in their mouths, I suddenly became a little interested in him.