Chapter 350: The Fuse
When Char came out of the studio again, the painting was framed in a very delicate frame, and even protected with glass.
"Where do you think?" Char asked Alicia.
Alicia lay on her side on the sofa in the most comfortable position, her slender jade feet leaning against the edge of the sofa, just like the religious paintings often painted in the Florentine School.
In fact, Char has actually painted such paintings, but they belong to the kind that can only be seen by themselves.
"Here's it." Alicia pointed to the wall across from the couch, which she could see as soon as she looked up.
Char placed the painting on the dining table on one side, took a hammer and nails and made a hook on the wall, and hung the painting.
Alicia sat on the sofa and admired the starry sky painting through the natural light shining through the window.
"Some, like oil paintings drawn by children." Alicia said.
After a pause, she said, "However, if you look closely, a child can't draw such a picture." ”
"What do you think of the difference?" Char laughed.
"Color." Alicia said seriously.
Char smiled, looking at the painting with his hands crossed on his waist, "There are many colors in this world, and there are only a few people who can combine them into the most comfortable state. And those who can express emotions through color are even more of a minority. ”
Cassifer emerged from the stove on one side and looked at the painting curiously.
"This painting reminds me of when I came to earth."
Alicia nodded approvingly, "It's a bit like the universe indeed." ”
At this point, Cassivah spoke.
"Char, we're in the city you mentioned."
Char walked to one side of the window and looked out, the castle was docked in the uninhabited mountains as always.
But looking down from here, in the distance, you can see a very prosperous city, with antique buildings and crowds.
"Is there anything special about this?" Alicia said, "Why did you come here in particular? ”
"In a few days, something will happen here that will affect the direction of the fate of the entire world." Char said, "Let's witness history. ”
There was a hint of curiosity in Alicia's eyes, "What is it?" ”
"You'll find out when the time comes." Char said.
Alicia nodded, and she stepped off the couch to Char's side, looking out the window at the city.
The whole city is surrounded by mountains and hills, and the architecture of the city is very religious and cultural, but they have seen it in many years when they have traveled deeply in Europe.
Therefore, the beauty of the city is in a normal mind, and for them, the history that can be witnessed is the real "scenery".
Alicia didn't get to the bottom of it and asked Char what "history" was.
This is how she gets along with Char, in life, there are always some small surprises to be interesting.
The castle stopped in the middle of the mountains, and just a few days passed, and the day Char spoke of was soon coming.
He and Alicia changed their clothes and went out into the streets, arm in arm, the streets of the city were very lively today, the streets were crowded with people, and a group of gendarmes pulled two cordons to clear the streets out of a passage.
Alicia and Char also stood aside, and she asked curiously, "Is there any big guy here today?" ”
Char lifted his hand and pointed to the end of the street.
Several open-top classic cars are slowly approaching from the street, and in the back of the classic car in front of them, a couple sits in the back.
The man wore a double-breasted military uniform that matched the era, and the epaulettes on his shoulders and the medals of merit hung on his chest showed that his identity was not simple.
He looked to be in his mid-fifties and had an upturned mustache that was very popular in his era.
The woman on one side looked like his wife, and she looked relatively young.
Behind him were several cars, which appeared to be his guards, and the mechs were guarded on either side.
The mechs have four legs and walk like iron horses, and each mech has a pilot sitting on it, with his head and shoulders exposed, like a centaur in Greek mythology.
The only weapon of this mecha is the mortar mounted on the back of the mecha, which is a reconnaissance mech, although the mortar can also be used to attack, but most of the time it is used to fire flares.
The real person in charge of guarding is the mecha behind him, which is the real war machine.
The mech was taller than the rooftops of some houses, and its two metal legs looked so powerful that it looked like a giant beast.
The mech is equipped with a cannon and has two machine guns on the nose the size of a bacon house.
The engine rumbled, the ground seemed to tremble, and billowing smoke billowed from the exhaust pipe on one side.
There was a slight fear on everyone's faces, and it was rare for people here to have access to such weapons of war.
Seeing the arrival of the convoy, a group of people immediately began to cheer on both sides and shouted loudly.
"Hello Grand Duke!"
"Hello Grand Duke!"
The middle-aged man in the military uniform waved his hand at the people around him with a light smile on his face.
Char felt that they should have arranged some "support" in the crowd to set the mood.
Suddenly, a man wearing a beret in the crowd violently pushed away the person who was blocking him, and threw the official document in his hand at the archduke.
And the guard who was sitting in the same car as the Grand Duke also reacted quickly, and directly picked up the umbrella in his hand and smashed it at the briefcase.
The briefcase flew to the bottom of the car behind him.
then
"Boom !!"
A violent floor explosion followed, and the raging flames blew up the car behind it, but because of the weight of the car itself, it was not lifted off, but the people in the car were still injured.
The people around them immediately panicked and fled in all directions screaming.
The group of guards also became nervous, some of the soldiers stood by the side of the Grand Duke, and some of them pounced directly on the young man who threw the bomb, and the vehicle also increased its speed and fled directly.
Looking at the panic around her, Char pulled Alicia and left here together.
He left with Alicia and used teleportation magic to make a block.
The neighborhood is deserted, narrow, barely allowing a car to pass, and a coffee shop at the end of the street.
He led Alicia Ali to the coffee shop, where two young men were already sitting.
Char pulled her to sit down as well.
After a while, they heard the sound of the engines of the vehicles, and on the other side of the street, the car of the Grand Duke, who had just been attacked on the main road, drove into the small street, as if preparing to flee the main street quickly.
The antique car soon arrived near the coffee shop, and the cars of this era were not as good as later generations, and the speed of the car was not very fast.
At this moment, the two young men sitting here suddenly moved, and they loaded the Browning in their hands and aimed them directly at the Grand Duke.
One of the young men was thrown to the ground by the very fast reflexes, while the other successfully fired two shots.
Because the distance was so close, one shot hit the Grand Duke directly in the neck, while the other hit his wife in the chest.
The woman was killed on the spot, and the Grand Duke clutched his neck, his eyes widened with incredulity.
But soon, because the blood blocked the throat, it quickly lost its life.
The killer was pushed to the ground by several soldiers, but it was too late, and the couple died directly on the spot.
"Who are these two people?" Alicia, who had been witnessing all this from the side, asked.
"Archduke Ferdinand." "After the Austro-Hungarian emperor's only son, Crown Prince Rudolph, committed suicide in 1889 due to mental illness, he became heir to the throne. ”
"Heir to the throne?" Alicia soon realized what Char meant by witnessing history.
He looked at the two corpses, "Their deaths will lead to a war?" ”
"A war that will affect the whole world." Char said.
(End of chapter)