As if he saw Gragio's thoughts, Xia Chen said: "Moreover, I may not be able to completely solve all the ultimate beasts alone, if there is a fish that slips through the net, please leave it to you." ”

After a pause, he added with a smile: "Not only do you have to protect your sister but also be responsible for dealing with the ultimate beast, and your burden is not light. ”

Xia Chen knew that Gragio's temperament was rather stubborn, otherwise he would most likely go to the ultimate world with him at that time.

Of course, it is also necessary to use language to embellished the role of Gragio.

As Xia Chen imagined, after hearing this explanation, Gragio's face softened slightly, and then he said coldly: "I understand, I will protect Lily." ”

Xia Chen smiled slightly, "Then, we will reach a gentleman's agreement." ”

Gragio nodded slightly, and suddenly said, "By the way, there is a greater possibility that the passage will open in the next few days."

"I know, Lilia told me."

Xia Chen thought for a while and continued: "My idea is, how about you invite me to your house as a guest in a while?" ”

Gragio was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what Xia Chen meant, he was going to wait for the rabbit in the Aether Paradise.

This is the fastest, most convenient, and the first way to solve the problem of channel opening.

Gragio nodded happily, "Well, she won't be home anyway."

She, is it Lusa Mina?

Xia Chen rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

After discussing matters related to the ultimate beast, Xia Chen summoned Shanaiduo to treat several injured elves, and he and Gragio each took out the wound medicine to assist.

Gragio was not a man of many words, and after the business was done, he spoke dryly about Lilia, the only person with whom the two sides had communication, and then there was silence.

Fortunately, the awkward atmosphere didn't last long, and after a while, Lilia ran back out of breath, faster than Xia Chen imagined.

"Bought it. Hurry up and give the elves medicine."

Lilia bent slightly, her hands on her knees, and it seemed that she had hurried back so that the elves could get treatment sooner.

She stared at the wound medicine on Xia Chen and Gragio's hands with bright big eyes, and said angrily, "Didn't you say that there was none. It's a waste of time! ”

Xia Chen and Gragio looked at each other, they were so engaged in the conversation just now that they forgot the excuse of Lilia for a while

Now I have to think of a reason to pass it perfunctorily.

"I just found an elf emergency medical kit at home!"

"I suddenly noticed that there was still a little unused wound medicine in the storage ball."

It's a pity that the almost zero tacit understanding between the two led them to give very different answers.

Lilia frowned and went between her brother and her teacher vigilantly, and said suspiciously, "I always think you two have something to hide from me."

Xia Chen coughed lightly and changed the subject: "Well, indeed, Gragio just invited me to your house as a guest, what do you think?" ”

Sure enough, Lilia immediately dispelled her doubts and smiled happily: "Okay, okay, then when are we leaving?" ”

Xia Chen thought for a moment and replied, "Wait for the elves of Gragio to heal their injuries." ”

…………

Under the two-pronged combination of Shanaiduo and the wound medicine, the elf who had just been seriously injured jumped up and down in a short time.

After Xia Chen cleaned up briefly, he also took the elf and Gragio siblings to the Aether Paradise.

Aetherland is an artificial island located in the center of Alola's four main islands, where the Aether Foundation is headquartered.

There are not many buildings on the island, only Lusa Mina's home and the Aether Research Institute.

Of course, the area of the latter is much larger than that of the former.

The activities of the Aether Foundation on the surface of rescuing wild elves and researching elves are all carried out in Aether Paradise.

As for secretly studying the activities of the Ultimate Beast, Xia Chen estimated that he was in the basement under the island or something.

The security measures in the Aether Paradise are very good, if it weren't for the Gragio brothers and sisters, Xia Chen really wouldn't have been able to enter without some special means.

This makes this place even more mysterious than other institutes.

The official reason given is to protect the injured elves and the research results of the Aether Foundation, which looks high-sounding.

But in reality, these tight, somewhat over-the-top security guards are made to ensure that the Ultimate Beast does not escape and that the research does not go unnoticed.

Admittedly, the Ethereum Foundation is doing quite well in this regard, at least so far.

However, under the leadership of the brother and sister, Xia Chen entered the interior of the Aether Paradise without much effort, and both of them were Xia Chen's accomplices.

For Lusa Mina, who doesn't know yet, it's definitely a wolf into the room.

Taking care of the slow speed of the flying mount elves of the two brothers and sisters, it took Xia Chen and them more than two hours to arrive at this famous and mysterious Aether Paradise.

In the name of visiting Lusa Mina's house.

Lusa Minay was not at home, only an old man with kind eyes who looked like a butler to receive her.

This was expected by the Gragio siblings.

"My mom is a workaholic, so she should be in the institute now."

Lilia explained.

She glanced at Xia Chen and said meaningfully: "Especially at this time." ”

Xia Chen will know, when the ultimate hole may be opened, I understand.

The housekeeper was a little surprised to see Xia Chen, but his good qualities made him treat him as an ordinary guest.

After letting a few of the housekeepers have afternoon refreshments, he asked in a low voice, "Young Master Gragio, do you need to inform Madame about the guests at home?" ”

Gragio shook his head and said, "It wasn't my mother's invitation, I don't need to, she should be busy right now." ”

The butler nodded, then stepped aside in amusement.

Xia Chen also seemed to have forgotten the real purpose of his visit, he leisurely drank afternoon tea while chatting with his brother and sister.

…………

Gragio is a taciturn and cold teenager, but Lilia is a lively and lovely young girl.

At least this is the image in front of Xia Chen at this time.

As if she had endless words, she chatted with Xia Chen about his legendary experiences in the past three years.

Xia Chen didn't have anything to hide, and after processing the language a little artistically, he told Lily Ai eloquently.

Although there are a lot of things that can't be told in it, the twists and turns are even thrilling.

Even Gragio on the side listened with some fascination.

"Well, in the end I taught Graldo to fly, and it left my Yuanling Island and ran to sleep somewhere."

After a paragraph, Xia Chen's mouth was a little dry, and he took a sip of water from his cup and took a break.

It took a while for Lilia to pull away from the story.

"I used to think it was amazing just by watching the content broadcast on the news, but I didn't expect the process to be even better."

Lilia thought for a moment and found a word that was more in line with her state of mind at the moment, "Thrilling!" ”

Gragio nodded approvingly, silently saying "I too".

Xia Chen smiled and did not answer.

When he was in the game, he didn't have so many thoughts, and looking back on the past and looking at that time, he was also somewhat emotional.

"But teacher."

Lilia said suddenly: "In this way, what many people on the Internet say is very reasonable. ”

Xia Chen was puzzled, "What makes sense?" ”

"That's it. Teacher, I said, don't be angry. ”

Xia Chen felt inexplicable, "Why am I angry when I have nothing to do?" ”

"Then I'll just say it-"

Lilia smiled slyly, her large, bright eyes curled into a beautiful crescent, "They say you're humanoid Absolu." ”

Xia Chen's face froze.

Absolu, known as the Plague Beast.

In ancient times, it was believed that calamity beasts would bring disaster, because Absolu often lived in inaccessible mountains and forests, and once they appeared, it meant that disaster would occur.

Xia Chen was angry, "What kind of humanoid Absolu, now elven research shows that Absolu is because he found out that the disaster is coming, so he kindly reminded humans in this world, don't make a mistake about cause and effect!" ”

"Good, good."

Lilia smiled like a child, and then said, "That's how everyone on the Internet interprets it~"

Xia Chen didn't answer, looking still angry.

Lilia comforted again: "Actually, everyone is joking, most people are grateful to you, especially the people in those places in Hoen-Carlos, don't be angry." ”

Xia Chen sighed, "I'm not angry, if I could, I would also like to spend every day in the world peacefully, but God doesn't fulfill people's wishes."

Regarding the fact that there are legends about elves everywhere he goes, Xia Chen himself has thought about it, and he has thought about it more than once.

It's a bit far-fetched to say it's a coincidence, and it's too illusory to attribute it to fate.

Xia Chen would rather believe that it is some invisible force, such as a certain alpaca who is behind it.

In short, he can't see through the truth, and he can't change the status quo, so he can only get involved in the incident again and again, either actively or passively.

The process may be twists and turns, but the endings are mostly satisfying.

Perhaps, he is the chosen child?

Wait, wait, and so on, and we're going to the next field.

…………

Retracting his messy thoughts, Xia Chen stood up and said, "Okay, let's talk about it here today." ”

"Ahh

Liliai, who was still a little unsatisfied, was very disappointed, she blinked at Xia Chen with big sparkling eyes, and said, "How can anyone tell a story and not tell it halfway, this is too much, right?" ”

Xia Chen wanted to let this girl see the network of those eunuchs?

He spread his hands and said, "It's not that I don't finish speaking, it's mainly . My life is not over, where is the end of the story? ”

Lilia was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that Xia Chen was not a storyteller, and what he was telling was not so much a story as his own experience.

As long as you don't die, you will always be in a state of "half", when will you be able to finish it?

"Okay."

Liliai sighed, looked up at Xia Chen again, and suddenly said, "I hope that I can also be a part of the future of the teacher's story!" ”

Xia Chen was slightly stunned, and knew that this girl should still be thinking about carrying out a plan to recover the ultimate beast with herself.

He smiled and petted Lilia's head, "You've been a part of my story for a long time, you're the first and only student I've ever accepted." ”

Lily Ai Xia Fei cheeks, bowed her head and said nothing.

If it weren't for the fact that Gragio's gaze next to him was a little vigilant and hot, this scene would have been very warm.

"Okay, let's not talk about that, you've been in the house for so long, take me out for a walk."

Xia Chen smiled at Liliai, and his smile was meaningful.

Lilia was a clever girl who immediately understood, she nodded, and then turned to look at Gragio and the butler.

"Brother, Grandpa Dunlap, I'll take the teacher out for a walk, and I'll be back in a while."

Gragio glanced at Xia Chen and nodded silently.

The butler, whom Lilia called Grandpa Dunlap, smiled slightly, "Okay young lady, take the guests around, and I'll prepare dinner." ”

The two walked out of the house side by side, and it was almost evening, and the sunset view of Aether Paradise did not seem to be different from that of Ao Le City.

Liliaire's home is a very luxurious manor, and there are many elves living in the manor, most of whom are reluctant to return to the wilderness after being rescued by the Aether Foundation, and stay here.

They had a good relationship with Liliai, and when they saw Lilia come out, they ran over and begged for a hug.

Love House and Wuxia, Xia Chen next to Liliai was also entangled by several little guys.

Teasing the wooden owl squatting on his shoulder, Xia Chen smiled: "I can't tell at all that you used to be a person with a phobia of elves." ”

Lilia smiled softly, her eyes a little confused: "Looking back on those days. I also thought it was a little incredible, at the time I just thought that all the elves were alike. That guy is just as scary. ”

Xia Chen comforted: "Everything is over. ”

"Hmm!"

Lilia nodded firmly: "Now Liliai will face everything bravely!" ”

Xia Chen asked softly, "Even if you meet that elf again?" ”

Lilia stroked the hand of the rock dog next to her stiffly, and reluctantly smiled: "Well, it will be"

Xia Chen smiled, didn't answer, and said, "Let's go, let's go over there." ”

He was pointing to a deep path, and Lilia knew that what was going to happen was best not heard by a third pair of ears, even if it was an innocent elf.

Liliai dismissed these elves who came to be coquettish and accompanied Xia Chen towards that side.

It wasn't until there was no more elf beside him that Xia Chen asked, "What do you mean by that special point spatial energy fluctuation you said in the morning?" ”

Lilia explained: "This is a monitoring instrument developed by the institute to find the pattern of channel opening, and each time before the channel is opened, a special substance can be detected through this instrument, and the higher the concentration of this substance, the greater the possibility of channel opening, and the greater the channel opened." ”

"Like I said, more than 3% has half the chance of a channel, and if it reaches 5%, it's almost 100 percent."