Dr3713-04-22, 11 a.m.

"How old are you?" After waiting for the iron slag to sit down, Layton asked.

"Twenty-one." Although Iron Slag was not very reluctant, he answered honestly.

"You're young." Layton lamented, and although his words were a little better than those of the fourth daughter, there was no less contempt in his tone. Then he asked, "Young man, what is your occupation?" ”

Iron Slag thought for a moment and replied, "The person in charge of the fortress." ”

"Which fortress is in charge?" Layton subconsciously asked.

"Desert Tyr Fortress Five, Bottomless Abyss Contemplative Fortress." Iron Slag replied that although the latter had not yet taken office, it was still decided. After all, in front of his future father-in-law, he still has to raise his social status, so as not to be looked down upon by their Shiros family.

"Well, the head of the fortress, the job is not bad......" Layton nodded thoughtfully.

"Okay." Iron Slag nodded modestly.

"Wait......" Layton suddenly frowned, as if he remembered something.

"Huh?" Iron Slag replied with a puzzled expression.

"What did you just say?" Layton asked.

"I didn't say anything?" Iron Slag almost couldn't help but want to roll his eyes, the startled personalities of these two fathers and daughters were simply printed in a mold.

"Your last word." "Desert Tyr Fortress Five, Bottomless Abyss Contemplative Fortress." "One more sentence." "The head of the fortress."

"You said you were the head of Desert Tyre Fortress Five and the Bottomless Abyss Contemplative Fortress!" Layton abruptly stood up and repeated in surprise.

"Yes." Iron Slag nodded and replied solemnly.

Layton sat down slowly, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Aren't you picking up garbage in Iron Mountain?" How did you change jobs? ”

"This ......" Iron Slag scratched at his hair, not knowing how to answer.

"Father, that's when people were young." Cirith interjected as a reminder.

"Oh......" Layton nodded in realization, and then asked, "Young man, what is your current annual salary?" Although the question was very sharp, his tone was much better, and he was no longer angry.

"No...... I don't know......" Iron Slag touched his forehead, he really hadn't talked to the boss about the salary.

"Father, the income of the commander of the fortress is calculated as a percentage of the total profit of the fortress." Ciris's explanation was like charcoal in the snow, and Iron Slag couldn't help but look at her and cast a grateful look.

"That is, the income is not bad?" Layton asked.

"Okay." Iron Slag replied.

"You've known Nana for six or seven years, haven't you?" "Hmm." "Nana is sometimes more headstrong." "Hmm." "You're getting along well, aren't you?" "Hmm."

"Do you sleep together once in a while?" "Hmm." Layton asked coldly, and the iron slag didn't react for a while, so he nodded directly.

In an instant, there was a sudden change, and the originally pleasant-looking Layton suddenly blushed, like an angry lion, all his white hair stood up, and he slammed his fist into the door of the iron slag. At this moment, in the latter's pupils, the brick-sized fist grew bigger and bigger. At the last moment, the iron slag's head tilted, and he could dodge the first punch.

Immediately after, a second punch followed. Iron Slag snorted, raised his hand to block, and shook off the second punch. The next moment, the moment Layton withdrew his right fist, his body arched slightly, and then he took a step forward and blasted out a third punch like a bamboo.

At this moment, the iron slag that reacted very quickly grabbed it head-on, and with a soft "snap", it directly grabbed Leighton's old fist.

"I bullied other people's daughters, and I didn't let people beat ......"

Listening to the strange voice of Ciris, the iron slag was not careful, and was smashed in the face by Layton's punch, and immediately rolled and flew out a few meters away, and after knocking the newspaper rack apart, it slammed into the glass cabinet unabatedly, and the glass shards splashed everywhere......

Seeing this, Layton's face changed suddenly, and he quickly stepped forward to check, but saw that the iron slag had climbed up again, and then laughed and said, "Young people are really impatient, and they should pay attention to exercising more." ”

"You're right." Iron Slag shook the broken glass on his body and echoed against his will.

At this moment, the butler came to the living room and informed, "Master, young master, young lady, lunch is ready." ”

Seeing this, Iron Slag was about to say goodbye, but Renaud beckoned to him and said, "Come on, let's have lunch together." ”

Then, Iron Slag followed the three of them and the butler to the dining room and sat down. At first glance, the food on the table can only be described as average. On the one hand, due to the limited number of ingredients that can be grown in the Northern Wilderness, they are basically imported from other continents, and it is not easy to eat something good and fresh; On the other hand, he is used to eating the ingredients of the princess's mansion, and his appetite has become picky.

What's more, although the Shiros family is the head of the four major families in Sand City, it has only risen for more than a hundred years, so the family background is not rich, which has been known for a long time. If nothing else, it can be seen from the wine on the table. Just now, Iron Slag picked up the wine glass and took a sip, and the taste was very familiar, it turned out to be Richie VSOP......

Of course, he wasn't a distinguished guest, and the Shiros family didn't need to entertain him with good wine, but Richie VS and Richie VSOP were cheap drinks that Marines usually drank, and it was really undignified for the big family.

During the meal, Iron Slag reached out of the communicator and dialed the entourage of Sparrowhawk Three, asking them to bring two cases of Siren wine and a case of Pope Cognac.

Seeing the wine, Leighton asked the housekeeper to accept it, and said with a straight face: "Young man, don't spend money indiscriminately, as the saying goes, good steel should be used on the blade." ”

"Yes." Iron Slag nodded in response, his attitude was quite sincere, but the slander in his heart was indescribable.

After lunch, Layton came to the study with the iron slag, closed the door, and chatted alone. Layton poured a glass of wine for the iron slag and then talked about Lena. Three years ago, Lena had a conflict with the four Holy Orders of Silver City 13, and then wrote a letter to her family, saying that she was going to the Endless Sand Sea, and since then, she has not been home.

Knowing that there was no news of Lena at Shiros's house, Iron Slag pondered for a while and asked, "Why is she hiding, what is she hiding?" ”

"Nana......" Layton hesitated for a moment, then finally made up his mind, exhaled heavily, and said, "She's a dragon. ”

"Dragonborn!" Although there had been speculations for a long time, when he really heard the news, Iron Slag was still taken aback. It didn't take long for him to recover from his shock and sigh, "I thought that the Dragonborne was just a legend. ”

"No, the Dragonborns have always had ......," Layton took a sip of his wine and continued to explain.

In the past 100 years, there have been three dragons in the Silver City World, and Lena Euclis is the third of them.

The Dragons are the highest form of human atavism. Legend has it that whenever a world is in danger of destruction, the Dragonborne will appear. They will tear apart the void in their final moments and take away the genes of the species. However, the current world of Silver City tends to be stable, at least the source power is not "perceiving" the danger of extinction.

According to the analysis of scholars, the anomaly of the dragon's appearance is due to the existence of the "apocalyptic illusion".

The so-called doomsday illusion is the illusion of spatial turmoil caused by the loss of the energy of the plane by human beings through the rift in space, and under the influence of the conservation of space energy density, the energy of the plane is lost in equal amounts.

To put it simply, the world of Silver City is now like an egg with a broken shell, which makes people feel crumbling. But in fact, because of the connection of multiple facets, the silver city world has become a transit station for energy, the excess energy can be discharged in time, and the missing energy can also be replenished in time, not only did not cause turmoil, but became more stable.

Thus, under the spur of the illusion of doomsday, the dragonborn was born. However, dragonborns are beings born for the end times, and they instinctively absorb the energy that is free in the air, and eventually evolve into a "true dragon form".

However, once the true dragons appeared, the space around them would be in an extremely unstable state, and they would shatter at any time. Therefore, their final destination will be the higher planes in the carbon-based life interval, such as the bottomless abyss, the mirror sea, etc.

However, since the Silver City World is located in the middle of the carbon-based life range, the free energy is not abundant. Therefore, it will take at least a thousand years for the dragons to evolve into their true dragon form.

"Then according to what you say, Lena doesn't need to hide herself at all, even if she threatens this world, it will be a thousand years later." Iron Slag interjected and analyzed.

"From a common sense point of view, this is true, but ......," Layton continued, "for some reason, the last two dragons have disappeared, this is top secret information, only the people at the top know the reason. ”

"When I found out that Nana had the characteristics of a dragonborn, I consulted a lot of relevant information and touched some secrets of the temple, but my authority was very low and I could access very little information, so in order to protect her, I asked her to hide her strength and hide in Iron Mountain Town." Layton paused, took a sip of wine, and said, "For nearly a hundred years, the temple has been looking for dragons, they must have some ulterior secrets, so ......" Layton sighed and said, "You don't need to look for her, if one day, she will naturally appear when she wants to appear, but before that, let's let her live a carefree life......"

Speaking of this, Layton said solemnly: "This is my request from Layton Shiros, as a father. ”

Iron Slag listened to Layton's words and was stunned for a long time. Finally, he took a deep breath, nodded at Layton, and then shuffled out of the study with heavy steps.

As he walked out of Hiro Manor, Hillman chased after him, put his hands on the shoulder of the iron slag, and asked, "Brother, are you really serving in the bottomless abyss?" ”

"Hmm." Iron Slag nodded.

"Take me, I want to go too." Hillman pleaded.

"Huh?" Iron Slag wondered.

"As Nana's man, you can't ......," Hillman said in a long voice, with a hint of threat, "refuse your uncle's request." ”

"This ......," Iron Slag hesitated.

"What's more, I helped you just now, people can't be ungrateful, right?" Hillman asked rhetorically, then patted Iron Slag on the shoulder, and swore a promise, "Don't worry, I'm a very powerful psyker, and I won't hold you back." ”

"How many steps?" Iron Slag asked casually.

"This ......," Hillman hinted, leaning closer to the iron slag and spreading his index finger and thumb.

"Eighth Order!" Iron Slag looked sideways, his expression awe-inspiring.

The eldest brother shook his head.

"Seventh Order?" Iron Slag asked, opening his index finger and thumb, either eight or seven.

The eldest brother immediately showed a mysterious smile and said, "Second Order." ”

"You ......" For a while, the iron slag was so embarrassed by the other party's brazenness that he couldn't speak.

PS: The third update, thanks to the tears of Hai's strong support, became the first alliance leader of the totem, this is a historic moment, a new milestone, more than a year of writing, finally there is an alliance leader!

From the beginning, no one cared, and I begged people everywhere to see it, and begged people to pay attention to this book that I had worked so. Until today, with the support of so many friends, my heart is surging and my feelings are mixed for a while.

At this moment, he only bowed his head, but was speechless......