"What are you giggling at there?" The words that inadvertently came from the right interrupted the delusion in Lin Yiyan's mind who was blinking. Turning his face, he saw Alice staring at Lin Yiyan with a grim-looking face. In a panic, he rubbed the corner of his mouth with the back of his right hand and said, "No, it's just...... Thinking about this and that thing in the future......"

"Laughing so easily, I can't figure out if you're an optimist or if you're ill-conceived. I'm not even sure if I'll be able to get out of this stone shed right now. "It's still the same poisonous tongue as before.

However, it is true that before the imagination of the final happy ending can be unfolded, the problems to be solved are piled up as high as a mountain in front of us. The highest priority was to escape from the terrace of the creepy stone statues of Minion side by side, but the space necessary to make the awl was not sufficient, and my physical and mental resources were ...... Specifically, the lack of things in the stomach is almost to the limit.

While pressing his right hand on his abdomen and looking up, Lin Yiyan replied with the most serious face and voice possible, "If you climb the wall, you should be able to start again after the moon comes up." Can make a cone...... Wedges, this part of the work is not difficult to complete. There should be no Minion configured above...... However, leaving aside the issue of divine power, just thinking about climbing up the cliff for dozens of mel will make the world spin, and it is also a problem to be hungry......"

“…… If you do that, you're not serious. Can't you eat less than one or two meals, and you're not a child. ”

"Ah, it's a child anyway, and it's barely in the category of growing up here. Unlike the integrated knights, if you don't eat, your destiny will continue to decrease. ”

"Let's make it clear first, the integration knight is hungry and the destiny can be consumed faster!" Alice said with a sigh of relief. During this period, a cute sound of "coo" came from near her abdomen, and Lin Yiyan couldn't help laughing.

The knight's face turned red with a brush, and then Lin Yiyan saw her holding the hilt of the sword in her right hand, and hurriedly stepped back half a meter.

"Wow, wait, sorry! Speaking of which, the integration knight is also alive, and if he is alive, he will be hungry! After retracting as he argued, he realized that something had been put into the left pocket of his pants. What the hell did I put in?,Reaching in,Finding the real thing that my fingertips touched,I can't help but thank myself for the negligence and gluttony.。

"Oh, God help me. You see, there are good things. "What came out were two steamed buns. It was stuffed into two pockets when he came out of Cardinal's large library. At noon, he ate half of it with Eugeo, and completely forgot the rest. Even if the bun is somewhat deflated after a few fierce battles, it is not a luxury in this case.

“…… Why put that thing in your pocket. Alice looked stunned and let go of her sword.

"Knock on the pocket and you'll have two buns." After masking it with phrases that Alice couldn't understand, I quickly opened the window of the bun and confirmed that the Mandate of Heaven was still not depleted. Although it looks plain on the outside, it is surprisingly durable because it was created by Cardinal from a valuable old book object.

However, it doesn't taste good if you eat it like this after it gets cold and hardened. After thinking for a while, Lin Yiyan opened his left hand and chanted the command.

“System Call， Generate Thermal Element.” Even if it wasn't enough to generate an awl, there was still a little bit left in the space resource to generate a small hot element, and in the blink of an eye, an unreliable orange point of light appeared in his hand. After bringing the two buns that I grabbed in my right hand close to the hot element, I continued to sing the command, "Bur......"

ST, before that, the hand that came across like lightning sealed Lin Yiyan's mouth.

"Huh!?"

"Are you stupid! If you do this, you will be scorched in an instant! ”

Anger, surprise, and contempt all emerged from her pupils, and Alice cursed as she suddenly snatched the bun from my right hand. "Ah", as Lin Yiyan made such a useless sound, the hot element on his left hand also dissolved and disappeared in the air. Ignoring Lin Yiyan, the knight turned his soft left hand and chanted the divine technique like a song.

“Generate Thermal Element…… Aquarius Element…… Aerial Element.”

From the thumb to the middle finger, the fingertips are lit up with orange, aqua blue, and green dots of light. Lin Yiyan, who tilted her head, raised the question of what she was going to do, only to see Alice move her fingers to activate the technique, plus more complicated operations. Start by using the wind element to make a spherical vortex of air and let two buns float in it. Next, the heat and water elements are added, which are released in one breath at the moment of contact.

Shout! Along with the sound, the barrier of wind was filled with white heat in the blink of an eye. Although it appears calm from the outside, the inside of the barrier should be swirling with hot water vapor. I see, with this, you can play the same effect as the steamer.

Thirty seconds or so later, the three elements ended their mission and gently melted away. The two buns that fell from the air to Alice's hands puffed up gently as if they had just been made, emitting a steaming steam.

"Quick, give it to me...... Quack, ahhhhhhh Lin Yiyan, who stretched out his hand, let out a pitiful scream after seeing that Alice was going to eat the bun she was holding in both hands in one bite. Luckily, however, His Royal Highness the Knight of Integration paused before that, and with a funny face indicating "just kidding", he reached out and handed out a bun. Lin Yiyan put his mind at ease and quickly took it, put it in his hand and blew it a few times, and then took a big bite of the bun.

Although Lin Yiyan knew very well that all the existence of Under orld was just a dream-like thing regenerated from a huge memory—the soft powder skin of the steamed buns, the overflowing hot juice, and the filling that melted when they touched their tongue still made Lin Yiyan feel like he was in a paradise. But even so, after only three bites, the valuable food was restored to the stomach—to be precise, to the memory area of the Fluct Light, with a sense of fullness and emptiness from taste, Lin Yiyan let out a long sigh.

Alice next to her also ate the bun in four bites, and spit out a small breath like Lin Yiyan. Lin Yiyan found that the Golden Knight, who was like a battle incarnation, also looked a little like a girl, and said with a certain emotion, "I see...... I didn't expect that without any tools, I could steam steamed buns with just the elements. Sure enough, it's the sister of the cooking expert Serka, is that ......?"

Before I could finish speaking, the hand that reached out horizontally again grabbed Lin Yiyan's collar tightly. But this time, what appeared on Alice's face was no longer surprise and contempt. Her turquoise pupils glowed like sparks, her cheeks turned pale, and her lips trembled slightly. The knight almost picked up Lin Yiyan with his right hand, and let out a deep voice, "You, just now, said something." ”

At this time, Lin Yiyan realized his serious gaffe, but it was too late.

The Golden Fusion Knight who stared at me at a very close distance of twenty centimeters was undoubtedly Alice Bass, the sister of the trainee nun of Lulid Village and Yugeo's childhood sweetheart, but I had no memory of it. She was kidnapped to the Church eight years ago, and when she became a Knight of Integration due to the Synthesis Arcane, she was unable to remember anything from before because she had been robbed of an important memory fragment and replaced it with a god-worshipping module.

Now, Alice, believing that she was a knight summoned from the Celestial Realm to fight the Dark Invaders in order to protect the peace and order of the world—no, she was forced to believe that. For her, the prestige of the Congregational Church and the High Priest Administrator is absolute, and she cannot accept the explanation that the Administrator, who has kidnapped excellent human beings from all over the world to transform them into pawns for the purpose of satisfying his desire for domination.

Speaking of which, it was precisely because they predicted that no matter how many words they spoke, it would be impossible to convince Alice to this extent, so Lin Yiyan and Yugeo made a battle plan to temporarily freeze Alice in order to use Cardinal's short sword. It's not the predicted situation, but there's only one thing that can be done - avoid the fight with Alice and join up with Eugeo, and then create an opportunity for him to wield a short sword.

Lin Yiyan, who was anxious because of the possibility of something bad in a brainless speech, had to use his brain desperately to think. Looking at Alice's expression, it is obvious that it is no longer possible to prevaricate the past situation by "saying the wrong thing". No matter how you think about it, there are only two options. Fight Alice here, knock her unconscious without fatal injuries and transport her to the 95th floor - or, with all the consciousness of it.

Which side to choose depends on what you believe in Alice. If you believe that her swordsmanship is worse than mine, you will start fighting, and if you believe that her wisdom is better than Lin Yiyan, you will talk. After struggling for a few seconds, Lin Yiyan made up his mind, raised his strength to resist Alice's blue flame-like gaze and said, "I said you have a younger sister. Let me tell you...... I don't know if you'll be able to accept it, but I'll tell you the facts I know and everything I believe. ”

Alice seemed to sense something from my brief words, and this time it was her turn to hesitate for a few seconds, and then she suddenly opened her right hand. She stood on her knees like this, staring at Lin Yiyan sitting on the terrace with a bang from a high place. I'm afraid that her obedient behavior has gone beyond the norms of the integrated knight itself. In Alice's body, the rationality that slashed Lin Yiyan with a knife and the feelings of knowing what he didn't know were fighting each other.

In the end, she seemed to have made up her mind, slowly sank down, and said to Lin Yiyan in a sitting position, "...... Go ahead. But...... If I judge that your words are calculating against me, I will cut you down then. ”

In response to Alice's muffled voice, Lin Yiyan took a long breath to his stomach to accumulate strength, and nodded slowly, "...... Yes, as long as that judgment is made from the bottom of your heart. Why...... Because there are commands in your body that are given by someone other than you that you are not aware of. ”

“…… Are you referring to the integration of knightly responsibilities and obligations? ”

"That's right." As soon as she nodded, Alice's blue pupils shrank as if hostile. But at the same time, I can also see the subtle emotional fluctuations hidden in it. The fluctuating part is Alice's original heart. Lin Yiyan continued to speak directly with him, "The Knight of Integration is the highest priest of the Congregational Church who is the agent of God, and he is summoned from the divine realm in order to maintain order and justice...... That's what you should think. However, those who believe in this are the only people in this world who live in the central cathedral. Tens of thousands of ordinary people living in the world don't think so at all. ”

"What are you talking about...... Stupid? ”

"Anyone can do it, now drop to the ground, grab the residents of the central capital and try to ask. What is the reward for the winners of the Four Empires Unified Martial Arts Conference, which is held every year, like that. That's how the guy would answer. "Of course, I am bathed in the honor of being appointed as the integrated knight of the church." ”

"Appointed as a ...... Integrate the knights? How could there be, such a stupid thing. I come into contact with many knights every day, and no one of them ever says he's ever been human. ”

"Quite the opposite. People who weren't originally human beings don't exist at all. Lift your upper body straight up and look into Alice's eyes. There must be something in it, so Lin Yiyan desperately called out to the human part of Alice, "Alice." You probably don't remember who you were born in the heavenly realm and where you grew up. The first memory should be that the Administrator said to you, "You are a knight of the gods sent from heaven," right? ”

"............" Lin Yiyan's words seemed to hit the bull's-eye, and Alice tensed her body slightly and bit her lip.

“…… Is that...... The Knights of Integration were sent to Earth by the god Stysia to seal their memories in the Celestial Realm, in ...... When will you return to the Kingdom of God once again after destroying the evil people of the Dark Territory and fulfilling the duties of a complete knight...... I can think of all the things about my parents and siblings...... High Priest ...... That's what she said......"

The Golden Knight's resolute voice didn't last to the end, and disappeared with wavering. This is it. Intuitively, Alice herself couldn't control the idea of searching for the memories of her loved ones from the bottom of her heart. That's why she had such a fierce reaction to the name of Serka that came out of Lin Yiyan's mouth just now.

Lin Yiyan carefully chose his words and continued to say to her, "Only a small part of what the Administrator said is true. Your memory is indeed sealed, but it is not the god Stysia who did this, but the High Priest himself. And what is sealed is not the memory of the celestial realm, but the memory of your birth and growth as a human child in the human realm. The same goes for the Knights of Integration outside of you, such as your disciple Elderiya. He is the son of a high nobleman within the Northern Empire of Nolan Galsi, and won this year's Unification Conference, earning the honor of becoming a Knight of Integration. ”

"This ...... Deceitful! How can my disciple, the knight Thirty-one, be from a corrupt superior nobleman......"

"Listen, Elderiyah didn't fall in the fight with us, not because he was cut by us. He shouldn't have any serious wounds on his body, right? Because my partner remembered his real name, Elderlier Ulsbrugg, he was stimulated by the memories of his mother under the seal. Elderier wanted to remember his mother, but he couldn't. This was a matter of course, as the memory had been extracted from the Administrator's soul and kept on the very top floor of the cathedral. ”

“…… Maternal...... Memory......? Alice's lips trembled for a moment, and her gaze took away from Lin Yiyan's face and hovered in the air, "Elderiya...... ...... as a human being Aristocratic, mother......? ”

"He's not alone. I am afraid that more than half of the integration knights are swordsmen who have won the unification conference, and most of them are the children of nobles who grew up practicing swordsmanship in an environment that began to practice swordsmanship from an early age. The nobles who sacrificed their children to the Congregationalist Church were compensated with a lot of money and status. That has been going on for more than a hundred years. ”

“…… Can't believe it...... Your words are quite difficult for me to accept. "Up to now, the Golden Knight, who has undoubtedly believed in the Congregational Church and the sanctity of the integrated knights, shakes his head from side to side like a child and says that it is not right.

"I ...... It is clear that the superior nobles of the four empires are ...... Although not all the nobility, those abominable acts. Because of this, in order to protect the human world, there are us integration knights. However...... The relatives of Elderier and the other knights turned out to be the filthy nobles...... No way. I can't believe it. ”

"It is precisely because the Congregational Church has given them high positions and innumerable privileges that these higher nobles have become corrupt and degenerate. However, because of this, the children of the nobility were able to receive an elite education in swordsmanship and sacred art from an early age. And in the border areas, children are awarded vocations at the age of ten, and there is no time to practice swordsmanship at all...... Then, the geniuses selected from among the children of these nobles will appear at the Unification Conference of the Four Empires, and the only one who will win in the end will be recruited to the Central Cathedral...... Alice, have you seen that winner in the cathedral? ”

Hearing Lin Yiyan's question, Alice lowered her eyes with a little uneasiness and shook her head slightly.

"There is no ...... - though, because I live with the many friars and nuns and the apprentices on the lower floors of the cathedral...... Maybe the winners of the unification conference have become one of them, and they are honing themselves every day......"

Although Lin Yiyan wanted to deny it immediately, he immediately closed the mouth that had just opened.

Lin Yiyan and Yugeo did not take a detour after retrieving the love sword on the third floor of the cathedral, but went directly to the 50th floor—although there were about 20 floors in the middle, all of them were dragged upstairs by the maiden knights Figel and Lynier in a state paralyzed by poisonous swords—but they never met a monk. However, there are some things that can be speculated about their origins.