Chapter 22: Reunion (3)

"What are you thinking?"

On the sand of the room where there were only two of them, the girl sat reclining, half-leaning on the boy's chest, and asked softly. [No pop-up novel network]

"No...... I didn't think about anything......" The boy sighed slightly, the long-lost tenderness made his whole body much easier, and his tense nerves were relaxed a little, as if the ship that had been on the sea for a long time had finally been guided by the lighthouse and sailed into the harbor called Home.

"...... South"

"Hmm"

"...... South"

"Huh?"

"...... South"

"I answered......"

Raising her head and secretly glancing at the boy's puzzled eyes, the girl smiled playfully, spat out her tender pink tongue, buried her body in the boy's chest, and muttered, "Yes, you answered ......"

Looking at her slightly lost expression, Soth gently stroked her head and whispered, "I'm sorry......"

"Eun," shook her head, and the girl looked up, showing a sincere smile, and said softly, "It is enough for me that you can come back safely......"

"Dia......"

Seeing that the boy's eyes were still full of apologies that could not be concealed, the girl kindly diverted the topic and said softly, "Soth, have you ever seen Max?"

"Max?" Soth didn't know what the girl was talking about, and asked curiously, "What's that?"

"It's not [what]" Stretched out her hand and playfully scraped Soth's face, Dia said softly with a somewhat inexplicable enthusiastic expression, "Max is a very cute girl, well, it's Sister Abel's daughter, she's two years old this year, it's very cute."

Soth's eyes fluctuated a little, and he muttered, "Is it Professor Hodd and Sister Abel's daughter?"

"Well, that's why I named Max, which means [missing]. - Have you met Sister Abel, is she sad?"

"Why do you say that?--I just saw that she was angry......"

"Is it because you are angry when you see Soth? Actually, no," she shook her head, gently stroking the boy's face, and the girl said quietly, "Sister Abel is actually very sad to see Soth, because when she sees Soss, she can't help but think of Professor Hodd, you know, since Ulrit brought the professor's ring back, Sister Abel has been holding back the sadness in her heart until she returned to Vanderle, she locked herself in her room and cried for a long time......"

Soth couldn't help but laugh a little, and sighed slightly, "No wonder she seems to be very angry when she sees me......"

"She's not mad at you," Shaking her head, Dia looked at Soth slyly and said softly, "Actually, in retrospect, Sister Abel hinted at me in the past two days, but unfortunately I was too stupid to understand...... She said to me that if that bastard came back, he would never be able to forgive him easily, and even if he forgave in his heart, he would never say it on his lips, and he would definitely let him ...... Hee-hee, make sure you say a lot of flattering things......"

Recalling what he had heard from Abel when he first entered Vander, Soth couldn't help but smile wryly and said, "Hey, it's not anger."

"It's anger," Dia smiled playfully, then sighed faintly and whispered, "Actually, Sister Abel is what she wants to do the most, but it's a pity that the professor didn't come back......"

"So......" Looking at Dia hesitantly, Sothchi asked, "Have you forgiven me?"

"Ah......" Dia chuckled, looked at the boy's unusual eyes, then shook her head slightly, and said softly in the boy's slightly disappointed eyes, "There is nothing to forgive or not forgive, you told me before you left, you want to go out, I watched you leave...... It's just that this trip is a little longer......"

"Dia......"

Sos hugged the girl's arm and felt a little tighter, as if she had a premonition, the girl's expression seemed a little flustered, she looked at his eyes, her cheeks were slightly red, and she subconsciously lowered her head, and then, she mustered up the courage to raise her head and slowly closed her eyes.

Looking at the fluttering eyelashes and reddish lips, Sos couldn't help but hug Dia tightly, lowered his head, and kissed her gently.

The taste of being absent for three years seems to have a few tears-like astringency, and perhaps some fresh and faint sweetness, icy and cool......

At this moment, there was a round of applause at the door of the room.

"Ah" exclaimed, Dia suddenly opened her eyes and looked at the door, and saw Alan leaning on the door looking at the two of her with interest, her face suddenly turned red, and she wanted to get up from Soth but was now hugged by him very tightly, so she had to close her eyes tightly, and buried her burning face because of the blush in Soth's neck with bated breath, and didn't dare to raise her head again.

"You guy" Soth couldn't help grinding his teeth, speaking of which, because the influence of Sloth was getting more and more serious, he hadn't had a big mood swing for a long time, but this time, looking at Alan's grinning expression, he couldn't wait for him to swallow it.

"Hey, you don't have to show a demon-like expression, do you?" Looking at Soth's vicious expression, Alan subconsciously raised his hands and said with a smile, "Before I came in, I knocked on the door."

"But we didn't hear it, isn't that the same as not knocking?"

"Hey," Alan shook his head with a little crying and laughing, then raised his right hand and knocked perfunctorily on the door a few times, and said with a grin, "I heard it this time, right?"

"You" Sos couldn't help but roll his eyes, looking at Dia, who was buried deep in his chest and didn't dare to raise his head, and said angrily, "Can't you guys have a little look?"

"Is that necessary?" Shrugging his shoulders, Alan unconsciously walked into the room and sat down on the sand across from Thos.

Looking at his unknowingly unscrupulous expression, Soth said angrily, "If our positions are reversed, it is you and Lisa in the room, I don't think you can be so relaxed."

"Hey, you're wrong," Raising his right hand, Alan said with a grin, "Man, don't forget, Operiels is an open city, like you just did, that's too common, it's definitely not a lie, you'll know when you have time to go to Operiels in the future, the streets and alleys, this kind of thing is too common, let's talk about me, I'm really not afraid, Lisa is not afraid, I don't believe it, you can try it in the future." ”

"......" Soth was really a little speechless, covered his forehead weakly, and said angrily, "Okay, okay, let's say, what are you doing here?"

"It was Sister Abel who asked me to come and call you, and her exact words were, [That stinky boy has been in for more than an hour, is there something bad trying to do it?, Alan, go get him out] and I'll come over......"

"......" looked at Allen's gloating expression, and Soth couldn't help but feel that the girl she was pregnant with was buried in her chest and didn't dare to get up.

"Alright," perhaps seeing that Soth was about to become angry, Alan spread his hands as if surrendering, and said with a straight face, "Actually, the cardinal of Salonia you brought with you is called Bang...... Bang ......"

Bang Harmsworth

"Yes, this is going to be discussing with the elders of Vander about dealing with Argus, the Pope of Salonia is really, this guy can't do it at all, he was bluffed by Sister Abel and didn't dare to say anything, so, Sister Abel asked me to come and call you, after all, you have been in Salonia for three years, and you used to be a cardinal, you should know a lot about the Holy See......"

"That's ......" Sos nodded with relief, and was about to speak, when she suddenly felt the girl in her arms move slightly, lowered her head, pulled Lasso's sleeve, and whispered in an almost inaudible voice, "If you have something to do, go first......" said, her face flushed She bit her lip slightly, and looked at Sos with a little pleading eyes, maybe she really couldn't stand maintaining such an intimate posture in front of Allen.

"Well, well-then"

Seeing Dia hurriedly hide in the inner room, Alan smiled and whistled jokingly.

"You guy," sighed angrily, and Soth said helplessly, "I haven't seen you for three years, you're still the same, you haven't changed at all"

"You're wrong, I've changed a lot, for example, I'm married," Alan smiled playfully, then put away the smile on his face, looked at Soth and said, "It's not changed, isn't it good, but you've changed a lot, I heard the priest say that the dark power in your body is the same as Argus, the ancient will ......"

"That guy is so talkative"

"Hehe, didn't I say it, that guy can't do it at all, as long as you ask about anything, 1510 has said" With that, Alan stood up and pouted at Soth.

Soth, who understood it, followed him out of the room and walked towards the conference room, as he walked, Alan said in a low voice, "That guy said, the ancient will is not a good thing, it is a dark that is more terrible than demons, I have seen the power for a long time, but the price is too great, right?

"You're not human," Soth rolled his eyes in annoyance.

"Hey" habitually put his right hand around South's shoulder, Alan smiled and said, "I'm relieved, I guess it won't be long before we meet that guy from Scott, and the three of us will get together ......"

"Yo, didn't you say it's different from the Scott class?"

"Alas, that's not our identity, during the time you left, Scott and I agreed that no matter what happens in the future, we will still be friends, the closest friends"

"It's really heartwarming......"

"Hey, you don't need to be sarcastic about me, do you? I'm telling the truth......"

As they were laughing, they saw the room where Vanderle was entertained, and there were a number of people sitting in twos and threes, most of the elders that Souths had seen when he had come with Professor Hold, as well as Ebel, Ulrique, the vampire, and the new priest, Bon Harmsworth.

"Hey" Ulrike nodded slightly and made a strange courtesy, and he looked very happy when he saw Soth, chanting a hymn in an incoherent tone, but before he could say a word, he was frightened by Abel's silence.

Beckoning to Soth, Abel gestured and said, "Come here, Soth, these are the elders of Vander, you've seen them before."

"Hmm" nodded, and Soth showed a rare obedient look, and gave a magician salute to several elders.

"Yo hehe," said Grand Elder Bernie Graves on crutches with a smile and a smile, "It's Sauron, I haven't grown this big in a few years?"

As soon as the words fell, I heard Abel say angrily on the side, "Didn't you hear me shouting about Soth, are you old and confused?"

"Uh," muttered Elder Bernie Jeffs, like a child who had made a mistake, snickering at the snickering of the other elders, "and this memory is declining as you get older...... The main reason is that the name of the person is too difficult to remember, if it is the information offered......" he said, he seemed to come to the spirit, looked at Soth with a ruddy face and said excitedly, "Speaking of magic offerings, do you know what is the most mysterious magic? It is space magic, if you want to talk about space magic, you have to mention it from the plane, this plane, it is divided into [bit] and [face] ......"

Looking at the elder babbling about the theory of space magic to himself, Soth couldn't help but think back to the first time he met the elder, when he had been listening to him for a long time.

With a wry smile, Soth said helplessly, "You've already said this before, Elder Graves."

"Ah, did you say that?" Elder Chefs was stunned, lowered his head and stroked his long white beard, and said with a somewhat sad expression, "It's not simple, little guy, no way, then I'll tell you about the recent research results, I think that there is a certain relationship between space and space, even if it's different space-time, don't you understand space-time, space-time is a four-dimensional world, it is a space with a timeline, speaking of this, we have to mention the meaning of space, space is a plane, and the plane is divided into [bit] and [face]......"

With Soth and Alan smiling bitterly, Abel shook his head and pulled Elder Jeffs to his seat, and said angrily, "Okay, okay, I'll let you explain the meaning of the space to them later, stay honest first."

"Alright then......" Elder Graves couldn't help but look a little expectant.

"What a shame," an elder shook his head with a bit of mockery, then looked at Soth and said, "Little guy, is it still easy to use the chess puppet I gave you?" - I heard that your soldier puppet was once successfully promoted to the king's puppet? haha, I didn't lie to you, the soldier represents infinite possibilities" This is the famous alchemist Professor Kilbad who gave the chess puppets to Soth and Allen in the first place.

"Hmm" Looking at the old man's triumphant appearance, he recalled that Soth couldn't help but smile a little on his face, and said with a little respect, "It is indeed a great work"

"Hahaha," said Old Professor Kilbard, stroking his beard with satisfaction, with a triumphant expression on his face, "Actually, it's not a big deal, the puppets are just dead things, it's you who are amazing, it's your strength that makes the Soldier puppets change-but, well, to make such exquisite puppets, I'm probably the most accomplished alchemist in history, ahaha......"

As soon as the words fell, an elder suddenly snorted, pouted with a little sourness and said, "Isn't it just to make a few gadgets according to the drawings of the ancient ruins, what is there to be proud of, even if it is an achievement, it is also the achievement of the ancient machine Kemmy Kand, is it your turn?"

"Hmm, what are you talking about?" said Old Professor Kilbard's eyes widened, and he blew his beard and puffed as he looked at the elder who spoke.

"What? Am I not right?"

Seeing that the two Vandel elders were blowing their beards and glaring like children for a trivial matter, Soth and Alan glanced at each other and couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

Indeed, no matter how powerful these elders once were, they were no longer strong enough to deal with Argus, not only were they old, but they were more accustomed to a peaceful and uneventful life of research, and their minds were full of advanced magical research, and they were afraid that they had forgotten even the most basic magic casting......

"Okay" Looking at the noisy appearance, Abel's patience dropped to the extreme, slammed the table, and said in a deep voice, "Shut up and let you come here to let you come over to get an idea, not to let you come over and quarrel, what is it like" He looked at the dumbfounded Father Bang with a little threat, only to see that the latter immediately picked up the teacup on the table and lowered his head to drink tea, pretending not to see the scene just now.

Seeing the elders muttering like children, Abel couldn't help but sigh secretly, his tone slowed down a bit, and beckoned to Soth and Allen, saying, "Find a place to sit down...... Soth, you should be the one who knows the most about the power of Argus, you can first tell me how much that guy's power is estimated now. ”

"To what extent...... Soth, who was sitting at the table, couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, and said hesitantly, "It's hard to say, Argus is already a complete apostle, and his power comes from the ancient will Mammon, this ......"

"What about the normal situation?"

After thinking about it, Soth said uncertainly, "It should be the level of the average great magician."

"The more ordinary the Great Mage?" said Abel, who was obviously taken aback, and frowned, "In other words, if you completely open up your power, it's more than that?"

"Yes," Thos nodded.

"The more ordinary the Great Magician," said the old Professor Kilbard, "it is hard to imagine that human beings can reach this level, and it stands to reason that as a human being, the Great Magician should be the end......

Indeed, as a human being, its own container is too narrow, even if it is an old magician who has been immersed in magic for decades, even if his talent is outstanding, he is just a great magician, and some people may think that there are holy magicians on it, but the holy magician is actually not a symbol of strength, but a symbol of reputation, it is generally only promulgated to great people who have made outstanding contributions to mankind and the empire, and their real power level is still only a great magician.

"Is it finally there, the human who has stepped into the realm of gods," Elder Wellman, who had met with Soth, also said movingly, "Is Argus really that powerful? If his strength is enough to allow him to enter the three-dimensional dimension, then he is a god-like existence, how can humans do it?"

"Not really," said Soth, shaking his head, "the power of the apostle comes from the ancient will with which he made a contract, and fundamentally the full apostle is no longer human, but neither is it a demon...... The apostles themselves may be weak, so they are not considered to have stepped into the realm of God."

"Well, that's understandable," said Elder Wellman, rejoicing, "if Argus can step into the realm of gods by his own strength, then we can't deal with it," he said, as if he had thought of something, and said with great interest, "How about calling humans who have stepped into the realm of gods [demigods]?"

Unfortunately, Abel extinguished the Elder's enthusiasm with a single word.

"Now it's about Argus, don't talk about irrelevant"

"Oh, well...... "Isn't it good, demigods......"

Glaring at Elder Wellman, Abel looked at Soth with some anticipation and asked in an inexplicable tone, "Soth, to be honest, as an apostle, can you, as also an apostle, defeat Argus?"

Looking at the hidden apology in Abel's eyes, Soth took a deep breath, as if vows, and said in a deep voice, "The strength of the apostle is about the same, but this time, I will definitely not lose again."

"Yes," Abel muttered a sigh of relief as she looked at the confidence in Soth's eyes, "That's ......good," she said, glancing at the crowd and said in a deep voice, "then, as we have agreed before, organize an army, counterattack Sasson, and fight Argus in a decisive battle."

"A decisive battle?" Soth couldn't help but be stunned.

"Do you think Argus will fight you one-on-one this time? This is a battle involving the entire country, or even the entire human world," said Abel, who sighed slightly, turned to Allen and said, "Ellen, Argus's demon army is not something that Vander and Operiels can deal with together, and we need a stronger army to help ......"

"Mighty army," Alan said playfully, glancing at Soth, "then only Artak and Galik, I'm afraid it won't help much if the Orcs in the west are on guard at Lorne's Fortress, but Artak has previously said that he wants to stay ......."

"The Crusaders of the Holy See are also excellent armies...... Father Bon interjected.

"It's none of your business - our empire is my business, we can handle it ourselves, and we don't need the Holy See to interfere" glaring at Father Bang, Abel turned to Alan and said, "That's it, Alan, leave for Artac tomorrow, tell them that in half a month, a meeting of the alliance forces will be held in Vandel, and I hope they will be there - be sure to convince them"

"To Artak?" Allen said with a smile on his lips, glancing at Soth, and grinning, "Let this guy go with me, his words are more convincing than mine."

Abel glanced at Alan puzzled, then nodded and said, "Okay, Soth, you go with Alan"

"Go...... Go to Artak?" Soth's face looked a little unnatural.

To be honest, he didn't want to go to that place at all, because there was someone there he didn't want to meet......

Well, it should be, for some reason, afraid of the people you see......