Single-mindedly solving the problem in front of him, Querca Lin didn't notice the movement behind him, found some boxes piled on the ground and climbed up the shaft, pushed the metal baffle above his head, and the baffle slightly moved a gap, just enough to push, it seems that he was lucky, the baffle was not stacked with debris or locked,

Zolin jumped out of the shaft, and the exit was just next to the place where the steam pipeline was repaired yesterday, and the toolbox that fell here was kicked down by someone and scattered all over the ground.

Turning around, the metal baffle of the shaft was covered, and the wheel room was locked from the outside, although the oak forest had a key, but this old-fashioned lock could not be opened from the inside, so it had to be turned out of the window.

The narrow windows can barely enough for one person to pass through, but fortunately, the wheel room is full of complex pipelines and machinery, and the places where the feet are stepped are everywhere, and the windows of the wheel room are turned out, settled, and the direction is identified, and goes straight to the small courtyard where Alice lives.

Nothing to say all the way

Originally, Quercus was still worried about the problem of guards, and he was cautious all the way, but he didn't expect that compared to the heavily guarded Alma City, the number of guards in the lord's fiefdom was surprisingly rare, and even the standard number of patrols in ordinary times could not be reached, and it seemed that they were all sent out to maintain the city

At this point, the heart of the forest was relaxed, and the few guards could at least prove that there should not be any incidents inside the lord's mansion.

Thinking of the luxurious carriage he had just seen outside the main gate, almost the entire ruling class of Alma City had sent someone to the lord's mansion, coupled with the heavy guards on the road, there was a vague feeling that there might be some problems in the operation of the city,

However, he, the leading steam craftsman in Alma City, was not invited to this meeting, which only proved that it was not a problem of people's livelihood or the defense of the city.

The problem itself should come from within these rights groups,

Thinking about these questions, in a blink of an eye came to the edge of Alice's small yard, kicked the tree and climbed the low wall, looked inside, and found that Alice was not reading in the shade of the tree in the yard as usual.

She should still be in the yard when she is not allowed to go out on weekdays, and at this time she is resting in the house.

"Alice" Zhalin shouted, no one answered, and the usually stern lady was not here,

The oak forest climbed over the low wall and landed in the courtyard, this independent courtyard had a small two-story building, Alice's room was on the far left near the window inside, and on the balcony there was a small pot of unknown succulents, which was easy to identify,

There is a big tree planted in the yard to cope with the hot summer of the desert, and it is not easy to plant this perennial woody plant in the desert, but fortunately, the existence of steam farms allows people to use fresh water in luxury, which is a convenience that people could not imagine a few decades ago.

Quercus climbed the tree, squatted on the treetop and looked into Alice's room, and found the little blonde girl lying on the bed, with a very thick book pressed on her chest, probably sleepy when she was reading, and was sleeping peacefully at this time.

Alice's room was as spacious as Quercus had remembered, with only a princess bed and a small log table, and a row of bookshelves filled almost the rest of the space, filled with all kinds of books.

Now the sun is setting, and the calm and indifferent light of the setting sun dyes the room with a faint layer of red, reflecting on Alice's cheeks, setting off the original golden hair even more eye-catching.

Zolin was a little stunned for a while, and suddenly felt that this room was imposing and didn't need extra decorations at all, and Alice herself was the best decoration here.

Quercus squatted on the big tree outside Alice's window and stared at it for a while, as if she noticed the change in the part of the sunlight blocked by the quercus forest, Alice slowly opened her eyes and woke up,

Seeing the oak forest outside the window, he was slightly stunned at first, and lowered his head in embarrassment after realizing that it was the oak forest, and hurriedly hid the book on his chest under the pillow behind him, I don't know if it was the color of the sunset or shyness, Alice's face was flushed,

Zarin didn't speak, just looked at the embarrassed Alice through the window, with a smile on her face,

Alice jumped out of bed barefoot, ran over to open the window, and Querca noticed that her good-looking neck was wearing a small necklace of gears that Truss had given her before, shining strangely in the sunset, and it was very conspicuous on Alice, who was wearing a white cotton sleeping group.

"Quercha, Mr. Quercus, why are you here?"

"I heard that something happened in the city, I'm worried about you, come and take a look" Zarin stared at Alice's eyes

Alice seemed to be happy when she heard Quercus's words, but she became more shy, and she didn't continue to look at Quercus, looking away.

Quercher motioned for Alice to get out of the way, and turned over the window into Alice's boudoir.

Alice's house is very clean, there is a faint smell of Eris flowers, the smell of this flower unique to the Alma Desert is very special, there is a feeling of peace of mind, it is easy to recognize, but it is hated by insects, it is a good material for insect repellent, and it is also a spice that people in the empire like very much, the flower language is a beautiful moment, it is very popular in the circle of noble ladies, and it is one of Alma's rare cash crops,

It's probably used to prevent moths, after all, Alice has a lot of books here, and maintenance on weekdays is still necessary.

Quercus sat cross-legged directly in the middle of the house, although he hadn't been here for a long time, he didn't feel too unfamiliar.

"What's going on in the city" Alice doesn't usually go out much, and the source of the news is basically to read the newspaper and follow the lady, it seems that the atmosphere in the city has not affected this small corner,

"I don't know exactly what's going on, now the whole city is under martial law outside, I stayed in the desert for one night last night, and that's it when I came back, I heard rumors outside the city that there was something wrong with the lord's mansion, I'm worried that you will come and take a look"

Alice seemed to be very happy, perhaps because there were few people to talk to her in normal times, so she returned to the bed and crossed her legs and chatted with the Quercus who was sitting on the ground

"I'm here as usual, nothing has changed, but this morning there are a lot of people here, I heard the lady say that everyone is around Dad from the morning to the present, but I haven't seen Dad for a long time, and I don't know what's going on."

"I'm relieved to see that you're okay."

"It doesn't sound very peaceful out there right now, so you have to be careful."

The two chatted for a while, and Alice was rarely lively.

"That's right," Quercus took out a metal object the size of a fire crystal from his bag and handed it to Alice.

"What is this" Alice played with the strange metal in her hand,

"It's a kind of weapon, you don't need crystallography to activate, the red arrow indicates the outside, turn the metal cap behind it to the end, and you can activate it by buttoning the metal plate machine at the bottom, this is when I sorted out my father's relics and found that my father brought back the processing drawings when he was adventuring in the West, it is a weapon called a musket, it is said to be very popular in the West, this has been debugged, it can be excited twice, the power is about the same as the offensive crystal magic of about three levels, the city is not very peaceful recently, I am also worried about you, you put it away and keep it for self-defense”

Alice was full of interest in this little gadget called the musket, and played with it in her hand for a while, and then carefully put it away, and accidentally came across a very heavy book hidden behind the pillow.

"Mr. Zhalin, do you know the sea" Alice hugged the heavy book back to her chest, and the whole person was set off extremely petite,

"I've heard that there is a lot of water, so much that some people say it's bigger than the whole desert."

"Well, the book says that the water of the sea is blue, like sapphires, and from a distance it looks like it is connected to the sky, and there will be white waves and flying white seabirds, and by the way, there is a beach made of gold, and at night it will be sparkling silver by the moonlight, I really want to see it with my own eyes" Alice held the book in her arms, revealing a yearning look,

"But I heard that the sea is at the end of the whole continent, and you can't get there with your current physical condition."

"I know that, too, but there will always be anticipation in my heart" Alice lowered her head, hiding her look of loss,

"No, it's okay, you take care of your illness, and when you get better, I'll take you to see the sea" Seeing Alice's lost expression, the forest also began to shake,

"Really, Mr. Quercus" Alice came to her senses,

"Of course, when did I lie to you?"

"Then you have to pull the hook, the liar will become a puppy"

The two were chatting happily, when there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, probably because the lady was back,

It's not good to stay here longer, it's more or less a problem for lonely men and widows who haven't left the pavilion to be seen in the same room, anyway, the purpose of coming today has been achieved, and I'm relieved to see that Alice is okay, and I'm not long after, I turned over and jumped from the window to the tree, thought about it and waved my hand with Alice who chased to the window, slid down the tree and turned out of the yard, and disappeared

"Miss, it's time to take medicine, the lord wants you to come over in a while" The lady knocked on the door and conveyed the lord's intentions,

"Well, I see, I'm going to get ready, thank you, lady."

Alice looked out the window in the direction in which the oak forest had left and replied. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

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On the second night after Zarin returned home, he completely figured out the secret of the martial law in the city for the past two days, not that Zarin deliberately went to investigate what happened, but that the lord of Alma City issued an announcement to all the citizens, the content of the announcement was very simple, only one line,

Three months ago, the capital of the Thousand Towns Empire, 'Town', was completely destroyed.