This time there was no flinching, no pretending to be stupid, trying to see how they reacted. Gwen's grandfather didn't want to play foolish things with roosters and bulls, and her grandmother looked forward to the truth of the gospel as well.

So how is she supposed to lead the conversation? She needs to somehow distract them, throw them off balance, get them back on their feet, and even if she is forced to confess her secrets, it must be in "hers" way.

"I'm going to show you something, okay?" Gwen stepped back, a safe distance.

Her grandfather nodded.

Papua's eyes sparkled.

Jun leaned forward, revealing a wary expectation.

Moyer seemed to realize something, and he moaned softly.

"Ariel!"

The lightning marten lands in lightning and examines its surroundings with its blue pupils. It spotted the old couple in the last row, happily rolled over, exposing its belly, and then fell to the ground, rolling back and forth cutely. In this game, he is already a veteran.

"Oh, how precious!" said Pabria. "What a clever acquaintance you are, Gwen. ”

"This is Ariel, the lightning elemental I was familiar with when I first awakened to my powers. ”

On its emaciated face, Uldarim nimbly stretched it out of its emaciated face.

Gwen took a deep breath. “... It's Caliban!"

Don't be a spider! Gwen prayed to the elder god. Snake, snake, snake!

A slit was cut between the void of the fabric and the layers of the substance, and the Caliban was ejected like an aborted black tumor. This cute little creature curls itself up into a listless centipede, covered in slimy, translucent carapaces with many jumping legs protruding from its fleshy torso, like bony fingers.

"Not dangerous!" Gwen quickly announced. "The Caliban are completely under my command!"

A calm expression appeared on her doll face, indicating that she had seen worse. Her grandfather clung to the armrest of the chair, and for a moment Gwen wondered if the old man would pull the handle off and grip it with his white fingers.

As soon as it happened, Jun sprang between her parents, chanting a spell in her mouth, ready to see how badly Gwen would be damaged when she tried to hurt her grandparents. When no hostility arises, he awkwardly returns to his seat.

Caliban sniffed the air, then lowered his head around Gwen's feet. In the shape of a centipede, it was huge, just over two meters long, as thick as the center of her thigh. Its many legs fluttered over her shoes and her white thighs until it could crawl up and down her skirt with the help of her arms. Gwen holds the upper part of the netherworld monster like a long-bodied cat in a cradle, revealing its faceless head and jaws.

"This is Caliban, another one I'm familiar with, from the Void Element. ”

Gwen stroked the horrible, listless thing, causing it to let out a series of uneasy clicks. Ariel, not defeated, finished its crystal and began to make circles around her other leg.

"Caliban has one... Gwen sensed her unique abilities. That's it. That's the moment of truth. "When the Caliban consumes the enemy, it sometimes takes on their shape. In addition, I also gained some of the mage abilities it consumed, but I don't know exactly how to do it. ”

The last word fell from her mouth, and the room fell silent.

Her grandfather turned to his wife.

"A disaster," he whispered to her, but his voice was clear.

Gwen's ears perked up, and a wisp of cold sweat soaked her back. This doesn't seem like a good response. Did she make another mistake?

"No," her grandmother retorted, slowly moving her bright eyes until she met Guo's icy black orb. "A favor. ”

Well, that's good. Gwen repeated Babria's words. Please give me some more benefits.

"How did you have such a gift?" her grandfather said, turning to Gwen, his tone curious rather than hostile. "Tell me from the beginning, from the moment you wake up. ”

Gwen's breath that she had been holding could finally be released.

She silently ordered, retrieved Kaliban and Ariel, and put them back in her pocket.

"I will, Grandpa," she began. "My awakening happened about a year and a half ago, in September, at a school called Black Acacia ......"

Considering any pitfalls and gaps in the logic of her narrative, Gwen began to tell as much of her life as she could comfortably convey over the past year and a half. She skims the secrets of her twin souls, her otherworldly intelligence, and the strange and mysterious process of her entry into this world from her old souls, but tells the truth of her awakening, first as a generalist, then as a lightning summoner, and then as their adventures in the royal state.

"The first appearance of the rainbow was the mythical Elmdi"

She tells them what happened during their wild trip, Deborah, the Rainbow Serpent, and what happened to her when the mage known as Edgar tried to take her.

"Father later killed the mage, or I heard about ......"

"Hai, did you do it?"

"Yes. ”

Mr. Guo nodded, obviously pleased.

"It was then that I finally met my master, Henry Kilroy, Lord Chancellor of the Sydney Tower......"

Gwen then tells them about her training under Henry, Alesia, and Gunther, and her growing bond with them. She relived her story of Blackheath, the slave owner, and the story of Caliban's first attempt to take the life of an innocent mage imprisoned there in her own mind. At the last moment, Gunther saved her and purified the place with his radiant fire.

When Gwen talked about Gunther and the Tower, her Bableia interjected, "You've always been a serious companion, my boy. ”。

"Morning Star," Guo chanted, not too satisfied with the revelation. "It's a troublesome connection. ”

"Not to mention the immortal Henry himself," the grandmother added. "However, all people will die. Am I being too presumptuous to say you're involved?"

Gwen felt her voice tremble when her Bablia hit the nail in the head.

"Good, kid. Go on. ”

"Grandpa, the next part of my story will reveal some of the secrets of my late master. May I ask you to keep this a secret?"

"You've got it," her grandfather chanted solemnly. He had thought that the girl's past was shallow, but now that it was in dire straits, Gwen's experience seemed to be mired in the mire. The more she spoke, the more he felt like he was listening rather than the truth. However, Guo Meimei could feel from the sincerity on her face and Gwen's uninterrupted tone that there was a real weight behind her words.

Gwen began, "I'm going to tell you about the mage in charge of the fall of Sydney. ”。 "I'm talking about Elizabeth Winsde Sobel, the wife of my master, Henry Kilroy, a mage as empty as I am. ”

Gwen goes on to talk about Mark Chandler, whose tricks involve his sister, as well as Elizabeth and her madness, fleshing out the reasons for her failure at Blackheath. She tells them about her later training at an international high school, her master's vision of the sea of fire, and how she will be protected by fame and fame when the time comes for her to show the world her powers.

"A wise and bold choice. "How amazing Henry Kierroy's mind must have been," her grandmother touched her deeply. "You know, it's going to work. I can definitely imagine how the Demon King would react if Kilroy threw his influence behind you. ”

"He's dead, isn't he?" Guo Meimei interrupted her with a hint of steel.

"Yes. "My master is gone," Gwen said sadly.

She then tells them about her first game in Rosebay, how Elizabeth found and ambushed Henry, and the merfolk invasion that followed. She explains what happened in the tower, how Deborah was unrecognizable, and the moment of crisis when she was about to be devoured by a resurfasurer.

"Then my amulet released all the energy it had collected from Almuji..."

Gwen retrieved the Qilin amulet from under her fancy blouse and placed it in the palm of her hand for everyone to see.

"You gave the Qilin amulet to a daughter?" Guo Mo turned around in disbelief. "Where's your son?"

Moyer shrugged.

"She needs it more than Percy. ”

"......" again, Guo had to be restrained by Kravdia, who rubbed his chest to ease his emotions.

Jun reached out and pulled out a familiar flash of jade from under his shirt.

It was another piece of greenstone carved in the shape of a unicorn, although his greenstone had an opposite arc to Gwen on its back. Judging by the appearance of the pattern, when the two unicorns are placed together, they form a semicircle of yin and yang symbols.

"Do you want it back to me?" asked Gwen immediately, talisman in hand. Of course, she didn't want to give up her precious belongings, it was her ticket to the creature cores! In a race for things that are destined to lose, there is no benefit in dramatizing one's own greed. Instead, it is wiser to take the moral high road, to appear superior to the thing itself, and to create future barter opportunities by cementing friendly relationships.

"You can keep it as long as you want. Surprisingly, it was Jun who spoke, and before Guo Mingyi could announce the decree, he was interrupted. "The amulet, following the stream of fate and opportunity, has found you. Who's to say that when it is forced on another person, it will bring the same benefits?"

Her grandfather swallowed his next sentence like a man pressing a hard-boiled egg down, attracting her grandmother to stroke her boobs and rub her hands again.

"Tell me more about this Sobel woman," Mr. Guo concluded, trying to deflect his intense displeasure.

Gwen repeated in detail what she knew about Elizabeth and stressed that her master's only fault was that he had mistakenly believed in her "death" years earlier. She then tells them about her friends, Avia and Yue, about Grote's disappearance, and her mission to retrieve them from Singapore.

"That's all I know," Gwen admitted. "You already know about Kaliban's special physique. ”

"Will Morningstar try to find you?" her grandfather asked, scratching his chin.

"Of course," Gwen replied. "We are brothers and sisters, including Alesia. I bet Gunther would have a plan as we spoke. ”

Gwen raised her hand, and the three rings sparkled.

"The storage ring was given to me by my maternal grandfather, Surya. This escape ring is from Judge Ferris of Sydney Tower. The emergency ring is Gunther's, his own. ”

Mr. Guo groaned in his heart, remembering the robbery he had sent out the day before. Who would have thought that Gwen would have such deep roots? Again, who would have thought that she would have such talent?!

According to their new findings, it is unlikely that the mission will go smoothly. The Crimson Witch doesn't have any obstacles, but Gunther Schultz is a completely different creature. Mr. Guo now has to take some contingencies into account. He doesn't want other members of the Politburo to use his private affairs as ammunition for their political exchange, no matter how small and inconsequential.

Guo Jingming once again let Gwen's story run through his mind, his fingers tapping irregularly on the cedar bench. Whether his men succeed or not, compensation and negotiations are needed. After all, isn't Sun Tzu the archmage of war? He taught us that we should not rely on the possibility of the enemy's timidity, but on the ability to be ready to accept the enemy at any time? But Guo Mingyi knew that he was not invulnerable, which is why he had to prepare for the worst.

"I want to know what you think about this, Kraftia," Guo whispered through a private message and asked for advice from his wife, whose social wealth was significantly higher than his own.

"You can put the stew on the lid, but how long does it take to simmer before it is cooked?" Kraftia replied in idiomatic usage, again under the cover of a silent message. "Her old owner knows her better than you really do. Virtue in the light is rarer than virtue in the darkness, and why not let the judges fight for her? No matter what, as long as we stand behind her, the light of the Song family will be a little brighter. Let the girl do her own thing. If you're not decided, leave her to me. You're going to be engrossed in your grandson, aren't you? What about his retrieval?"

Guo Meimei said frankly: "If Morningstar is aware, I don't think Wei Jin can succeed."

"You can trade Gwen for Percy. ”

"Do you believe that girl will agree?"

"It's a good test of her character. ”

"She won't. She may be acting mature, but the girl is a shallot. I'm sure she'll love her heart, not her brain. ”

"Maybe you can force a deal with Schultz? ”

Guo glanced at his wife suspiciously. Is she serious?

"I'll think about it. ”

Gwen waited patiently, and the two old men talked silently, their lips moving slightly as the spell passed between them. She suppressed the natural swaying of her body and the desire to move, and stood there with full concentration, waiting for the brief verdict of her parents and matriarch.

"Gwen," her grandmother said first.

"Yes, Pabloa?"

"You will remain in Shanghai for the time being until your status, your happiness and the future of your education are all arranged. ”

"Yes, Pabloa," Gwen replied, without any particular emotion. Just as she expected. In this case, this is the best Gwen can hope for, she will not return to quarantine, she has been given limited freedom, and she can hopefully get some benefits from her confined environment.

Kravdia raised an elegant eyebrow, still unaffected by age.

"That's it? No problem? No request? I thought you were more zealous, dear granddaughter. ”

"Can I ask you a favor?"

"You can. ”

"Can I contact my friends in Sydney?"

"You're talking about the Witch in Cardinal's apprentice?" said her grandfather this time.

"Yes, she is my dearest and closest friend. ”

His eyebrows furrowed.

"As far as I know, they're still in transit," her grandfather chanted. "You can contact your friends in time, but not right now. Got it?"

"Yes," Gwen replied stiffly.

"Father, may I make a suggestion?" this time, it was Jun who spoke.

"Jun, go ahead. Kravdia gave her second son a motherly smile, and Jun came back wholeheartedly. The words made Moyer wince for a moment, and he avoided his gaze guiltily. He couldn't repay her kindness. How can a man face up to his mother after 20 years of cheating?

"If you want Gwen to get out of your hair for a few days," Jun began. "Within three days, the houses on Hengsha Island will be gathered. Mina and Tao must be present. I think we can bring Gwen this year and see how she goes. ”

Gwen's ears perked up.

Hengsha Island Collect, Houses, Performances?

What is her uncle up to now?

"Ah, it's just a gathering of the little prince and princess," Moyer interrupted. "I don't know about throwing Gwen into a half-blood, though. While she saw some action on the frontier, her proficiency in "retreating" was mediocre at best. If she fries or tries to eat one of the children......"

"She'll be fine. Joon's eyes sparkled. "Pabria is lending us her niece, Petra. ”

"I don't know who that is," Moyer shrugged coldly.

"Oh, Ho He. Jun shook his head and smiled. "She's a monster. ”

He turned to Kravdia.

"What do you think, Pabloa? I think Gwen will get along with Petra. ”

Four pairs of eyes turned to Gwen, who swallowed nervously.

"Gwen," Klavdia asked softly. "Do you want to stay with Grandpa, or do you want to go to Shanghai and see the countryside a little bit? Specifically, one of the Orange Regional Training Grounds?"

"Hansa, please!" replied Gwen a little eagerly, purring from her grandfather.

"Then it's settled!" Jun shook his hand. "In the meantime, why don't you know Mina and Tao? they're both your seniors, Tao is two years old and Mina is one year old. Take them to see the city and see some of its landscapes. It would be interesting to get to know your cousins. ”

Gwen remembered Mina's Asian Barbie face and her pedantic glare.

She thought of Tao, the collar of his low-rise jeans and the mouth of his car having been blown open.

It's funny.

Of course. Why not? Gwen agreed with her uncle's suggestion. She had to wait five or more days until Yue and Elvis arrived in Sydney. What's the worst thing that's going to happen?