"A kiss of northern dessert wine, a fried steak with merlin and flavor...... Okay, do you need to call a chef? It's late at night and there is an extra charge if you call the chef. ”

An elven waiter politely confirmed the two sitting at the table.

Although he is a waiter, he also has the mage apprentice coat of arms issued by the Dharma Council on his chest, and the mage's hand floating next to him also indicates his identity as a spellcaster.

"No need, just leave it to the magic golem."

Merlinle and Verin, who were familiar enough, made a choice for Xiug, so the magic apprentice who served as an attendant immediately smiled and stepped aside, taking control of his mage's hand, handing the menu he had just copied down to a magic golem on standby.

So Shug saw the magic creature that seemed to be a little bulky, but it looked very clean, and walked slowly to the back kitchen.

Little did he know that in this world he would be able to see artefacts made of wood, metal, and ore cooking in the middle of the night, and the last time he saw such a picture in Xiugu's impression was in a classic show called "I Love Invention".

"The artificial team has been fucking off work, so let me see how the mechanical team performs!"

The strange words that suddenly popped out of his head made Xiuge can't help but show a somewhat awkward smile, of course Wei Lin noticed the change in the expression on Xiuge's face, but she was no longer surprised, according to past experience, whenever some thoughts popped up in this guy's head that were difficult for ordinary people to understand, it was very easy to show a similar expression.

At first, Wei Lin was quite curious and concerned about these ideas.

However, after two tentative understandings, she also chose to give up, because these strange ideas of Xiuge are really difficult to understand, maybe they are a strange problem that has been cultivated by relying on writing as a living in the past?

"Ahem......"

Shug coughed softly, finally breaking free from the distant, intimate, and absurd images of the past, he glanced in the direction of the back kitchen and asked, "What are these magic puppets cooking...... Is it really okay? ”

"Of course there is no problem."

In such a quiet environment, Wei Lin seemed extremely relaxed, she held her chin in her hand, looked out the window at the streets and buildings that contained the beauty of "mathematics", she said softly: "When I was still studying in Merlinle, whenever there was an experiment going on late at night, I would come to these restaurants...... At that time, the only people who could make food were magic golems. ”

"These magic golems are actually the same ones in the alchemy lab, for them, cutting ingredients is the same as cutting medicine, and heating potions is the same as cooking ingredients...... Everything is like an alchemical experiment, everything is carried out according to a set of safe steps, and although it is certainly not too tasty, there will definitely be no major problems. ”

As we talked, the magic puppet that had been busy in the back kitchen had already shown its incredible efficiency, and a white cold dessert was served, this was the "Northern Sweet Wine Kiss" ordered by Verin, which looked as enticing as its name, and the milky cream formed a standard snow top surrounded by cold frosting.

The Northern dessert wine is pale pink, and it is evenly poured on the top of the cream, and the pink wine spirals down the lines of the cream, and finally converges into the "river valley" made of cold frosting, and on the side of the snow top, there are some golden flesh sprinkled with some golden flesh, which Shuge is unrecognizable for a while.

Vicline picked up the spoon and gently dug a small piece into the dessert, and then a faint magic trickled down from the tips of her fingers and wrapped the spoon and the cold cream in it.

After doing this, she unhurriedly sent the spoon to her mouth.

"Hmmm......"

Verin made a sound that seemed to indicate satisfaction, but then she commented: "The sweetness of the liqueur is a little too high, maybe it is a mulled wine from Saint-Stiel...... But 'Cherry' is fresh, so it's not bad. ”

After commenting, she raised her head and smiled at Xiuge: "Many first-time visitors to Merlin Le He will recommend this dessert, the reason why it is called 'Sweet Wine Kiss' is because these creams and frostings add a lot of magic, and if you don't take any precautions, they may temporarily leave a layer of white frost on the lips of the eater, as if they have been kissed." ”

"That's pretty funny, well, I kind of warned you in advance, so remember."

"Okay, I got it."

Seeing that Xiuge agreed seriously and refreshingly, Wei Lin lowered her head again, although her mouth was a little picky about the taste of the sweet wine in this dessert, but the movement of her hands and mouth was not at all, obviously this dessert was very suitable for her taste.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that among the mages he has seen, there are few cases of disfigurement, probably because of their abundant magical powers, these mages are always very free in terms of eating and drinking.

"So, food and desserts are probably her daily emotional catharsis?"

Xiuge looked at the dessert that had been dug up a little bit unknowingly, and secretly speculated.

The night in Merlinler and the inner city is quieter than in other places, but at the same time brighter, day and night are not really so important to the mages here, if the subject or experiment is urgent, they will often plunge headlong into the laboratory or library for several days, but if they have nothing to do and the future is safe, they will jump into a state of drunken sleep and death at an alarming speed.

Therefore, Shug could see a lot of bright magical lights as far as he could see, and they peeked through the extremely regular buildings, illuminating the surroundings extremely brightly, but there was no sound coming from the inside of these buildings, and it was obvious that the mages in the inner city had a habit of setting up soundproofing rituals while they were busy with their own affairs.

"It's hard to imagine that the mages here will one day be under such exaggerated pressure."

Wei Lin's voice drifted faintly, and she sighed, "When I entered the embassy area, I heard two mages arguing on the side of the road, do you know how they describe the current situation? ”

"Huh?"

"They will now call it 'the Doomsday Junction of Merlinleho."

"Doomsday intersection?"

Xiuge repeated, and then he couldn't help laughing: "Actually, it's quite appropriate, even if it's not the intersection of 'doomsday', it must be the intersection of 'history'...... At least in the past, the Commission has never faced this level of challenge, right? ”

"Of course."

Wei Lin nodded: "Even the most serious incidents in the past have never really posed a threat to Merlinle's status and survival, but this time is different. ”

She lifted the slender spoon on the tip of her finger and pointed to the tallest building outside the window, "Well, that's the largest library in the inner city, and it's also a special mage tower, which belongs to the legendary deep sea mage 'Ilan Rumba'...... After the master went into seclusion, he donated the tower to the Dharma, and it was later transformed into this. ”

Shuge took a serious look at the huge tower, and he saw that every floor of the tower was glowing brightly.

"Really...... It's brightly lit. ”

"It's never been like this, not even when mages below the valley level are preparing to participate in the annual assessment."

Wei Lin explained softly, "The top three floors of the Elan Rumba Mage Tower are only open to deep-sea mages and other important members who have permission from the Law Council, but you see, they are all lit up now, which means that the big names are inside. ”

In this regard, Xiuge could only sigh helplessly.

Of course, he could understand the gravity of the situation.

The current situation is like when an ordinary student comes to the class and suddenly finds that all the outstanding students are nervously revising, or like an ordinary staff member who suddenly finds that his leaders start to work overtime all night......

Even if there is a mage who doesn't care about the black sun in the sky at all, he must now take care of the face of his superiors and colleagues, not to mention that there are a group of true "legends" above their heads.

No one wants to be labelled as a "passive" or a "black day spy" at a time like this.

When Shugg's portion of the staple food was finally delivered, the two ended the conversation about Merlin and talked about what had happened earlier, and Shug took the opportunity to reveal the reason and process of Queen Sophia's visit to Verin.

Both of them are important core members of the Dawn Society, and in the face of this situation, it is inevitable to have a discussion.

Verin criticized the "very impolite and unreserved" approach to the visit of the princess, but at the same time, she was also very interested in cooperating with the Waters Kingdom, after all, the Council was actually split from within the Law Council, and there were not a few scholars controlled by the Plateau Kingdom, not to mention resources such as gold refining and weapon workshops.

After talking about these things, Wei Lin suddenly said, "By the way, I suggest you get ready......"

"Ready? What to prepare. ”

"I guess it won't take more than two days...... The romantic affair between Monsieur Ernst, who had shaken most of Van Ran, and the noble princess of Wattle was about to spread throughout Merlin, and perhaps in a few days, Professor Mayer and the others would be able to read a similar story in the newspapers. ”

Wei Lin seemed to be smiling, which made Xiuge inexplicably a little worried, and she used a very rare teasing tone: "Tsk, the youngest generation of the Ernst family with the most famous and heroic brilliance, and the youngest and best princess since the establishment of the Wattel Kingdom...... To be honest, I'm looking forward to the story. ”

Hug grinned.

A heart-pounding sense of unease came over his face, but the metal disc he relied on could not help in the slightest way for this kind of thing, and as for the old fellows who were hiding in the spirit world, they now gathered together and let out a low strange laugh, as if they were waiting to see some comedy.

It's irritating.

……

In the middle of the night, Xiuge returned to his lodgings and still had no rest.

He carefully arranged the rituals in the room, carefully locked the doors and windows, and used the magical fog to isolate them, and then released the already suffocated "Justina" from the luggage pile.

After more than ten days of continuous growth, Xiuge now had to face a problem.

What should I think of "Justina"?

As if sensing Xiuge's confusion, the translucent shadow that emerged from the huge kettle began to change, and in a violent tremor, the shadow, which was already much larger than before, gradually took on new contours and shapes.

It, or rather, she was moving closer to the human form.

Although Justina is now a little smaller than those toddlers, as more and more memories and knowledge awaken, as the life force and magic power ingested continue to increase, "Giustina" has been able to transform herself into a child.

Under her own obvious biased choice, the soft form is changing uncontrollably in the direction of the girl.

All in all, Shuge thinks that it is definitely inappropriate to continue to treat "Justina" as a pet like a cat or dog, but if he has to accept the title she gives and treat her as his own daughter, Shuge is really a little awkward in his heart.

"Father's ......"

However, no matter how awkward Hug was inside, the title of "Justina" did not change in any way, and she let out a soft call, and then staggered to Hug Siug's side, because of her unsteady walking, she had to reach out and hug Hug Hugh's calf to keep her balance.

Xiuge sighed helplessly inwardly, but he finally reached out and lifted the little figure up, and helped her to the table, while answering softly.

"Huh."

"Justina" was very happy to receive a direct response from Shug, she sat on Shug's desk, and her still somewhat vague shadow changed into a bright smile, then she took a bottle from Shug, lifted it to her "mouth", and drank it slowly.

What is contained in this is the diluted "Radiance of Life", in addition, Xiuge has also added some additional powder of magic crystals, which can be regarded as a nutrient solution specially prepared for "Justina".

Although he still can't figure out the future of this little guy, he is still very much looking forward to her growth and what role it may play in the future.

"I hope you can really 'grow up' safely......"

Looking at the small figure holding the bottle, Xiuge raised his hand and gently touched her head twice.

(End of chapter)