Chapter 22: Traces of the Battle
Until she came out of the registration room, Lucia still couldn't let go, and always felt that something was wrong.
Einstein's behavior seemed a little suspicious? Thinking so, Lucia glanced at Einstein, and saw Einstein looking at her in bewilderment, his eyes spotless and pure love.
Exposed to Einstein's pure eyes, Lucia felt that she was a little excessive, Einstein had been working for her since before leaving the ice prison at the bottom of the lake, and he did his best to take care of her after leaving the ice prison, but now he doesn't even have that little trust, he is simply a scum who crosses the river and demolishes the bridge. In order not to be a scumbag, Lucia still chose to believe in Einstein.
"It's nothing, I'm just wondering if there's a problem with your participation. ”
It would be strange not to say anything, and of course it was impossible to say something like 'I'm doubting you', so Lucia only had a reasonable reason to say nonsense.
"How merciful it is to be careful, my lord. ”
Einstein's signature praise of Lucia did not really answer.
"Although it is less than one-ten-thousandth of my lord's, after all, it is my lord's flesh and blood, even if the mission is lost, it will not damage my lord's face. ”
Lucia felt that Einstein was trying to say something like 'the mountain monkey is not taken lightly'. Perhaps he had just called himself 'a mere monkey', but in order not to be compared to a 'mere mountain monkey', Einstein put it another way.
Why did Einstein develop such a disdain for human beings? Lucia never figured it out. It stands to reason that since Einstein inherited memories from Lucia, he should have a good impression of humans like Lucia, but even if he doesn't have a good feeling, he shouldn't always call humans 'mountain monkeys', right?
"Did Einstein hate humans?"
After asking like this, Einstein looked at Lucia with meaningful eyes for a moment before speaking seriously.
"No, I don't hate humans, but I'm very grateful to them. ”
This was Lucia's unexpected answer, and even Jonathan pricked up his ears with interest.
"But human beings are greedy, cruel, mean, small, cowardly, and ignorant, and are as meaningless and worthless as the mud in a river. ”
-- It's really an offensive comment. Lucia stuck out her tongue, she didn't agree with Einstein, but she didn't interfere, everyone had their own ideas, and forcing others to follow their own ideas was just stupid hubris, even if Einstein was her child.
"I love humans, so I hope you can do justice to them. ”
At this point, Lucia didn't say much about what humans were like, Einstein was a smart and well-behaved child, and even if it was for her sake, she wouldn't reject humans too much.
"All for my lord. ”
Albert Einstein saluted respectfully.
Jonathan nodded vigorously after him, as a sign of approval for Lucia, but no one paid attention to him.
"Please let me!"
Just as Lucia and Einstein's little discussion on humanity ended, a soldier hurried into the arena and headed straight for the room where he had signed up.
"That's ...... Soldiers of the patrol?"
Jonathan struggled to make out the insignia on the soldier's armor.
Lucia's question about Jonathan, the conversation between the soldier and Reinhardt-Tolstoy was faintly ringing in her ears.
“...... Found...... War...... Traces ......"
"Location...... Where?"
“...... It's ...... Street...... Residential ......"
"And ...... Is it?"
The conversation between the two was so small that Lucia couldn't fully hear it, but it was enough for her to wonder, could it be because her body was too powerful, and she could hear the whisper of a room in the distance.
Einstein's five senses were even more sensitive than Lucia's, and Lucia couldn't hear the full conversation in his ears word for word. Basically, it means that traces of a battle have been found in a certain neighborhood, and it is a high-level battle.
Einstein asked Jonathan, who was confused because he didn't have a strong sense of hearing.
"Is there only one general in this country?"
"No, of course not. In addition to General Tolstoy, there is also an old general, and this time when General Tolstoy was in charge of the "Great Martial Arts Festival" as the representative of the country, it was the old general who took over the military affairs. ”
Although confused, Jonathan answered Einstein's question truthfully, which is not a secret.
-- It's funny. The curvature of the corners of Einstein's mouth changed slightly, and he keenly smelled a wisp of conspiracy.
"It's like trying to stand up straight to hide your weakness. ”
Jonathan rolled his eyes, he hates this kind of guy who speaks mysteriously and secretly and doesn't let people understand, hiding his head and tail sounds like it's very powerful, but in fact, he may not even know what he's talking about, in short, it's pretending, pretending.
Unlike Jonathan, Lucia didn't have to be targeted by Einstein, and she looked at Einstein with interest.
"What's the problem? Albert Einstein. ”
Faced with the owner's doubts, Einstein's smile became more real.
"It probably has something to do with what the human princess is doing, but my lord doesn't have to worry about it, it's just a little fight between humans after all. ”
The truth can not be summed up in such a sentence, but Einstein did not want his master to pay too much attention to it, in his opinion, the life and death of human beings are like the ants raised by children on the earth because of curiosity, you can watch them pass the time and add fun to them in your spare time, but when you die, you will die, and there is no need to invest in the emotions of ants.
At this moment, Reinhardt-Tolstoy walked out of the room with a long sword, nodded slightly as he passed by Lucia, and hurriedly left the arena.
Watching Reinhardt walk out of the arena, Lucia tilted her head indifferently after thinking for a moment, if it was really like Einstein said, then this matter was related to the whole country, how to say it...... Although Lucia was a little interested, it was still too troublesome.
"Let's go back. ”
In the end, that's all Lucia said.
Reinhardt-Tolstoy rode his horse, and the soldiers followed to the reported place of the battle. Reinhardt was accustomed to signing up as soon as he heard the report, and as the soldiers felt the scene, Reinhardt also sensed that something was wrong.
"This is it, General. ”
Soldiers report to Reinhardt.
"I see, thank you. ”
The soldier gave a military salute and stepped back.
Reinhardt dismounted, crossed a cordon of soldiers, and came to the place where the battle had taken place. It was an ordinary dwelling, as ordinary as the houses that could be found everywhere in the streets, the only thing that was not ordinary was the few cracked potholes in the outer surface of the dwelling and the ravine, which seemed to have been plowed by someone, provided of course, that there was a plowcart that could go up to the roof of the wall.
"This is a trace of martial arts...... , and the users are strong. ”
As the number one warrior in the kingdom, Reinhardt was familiar with the traces caused by this battle, and it was easy to recognize.
"Any other clues?"
Reinhardt asked the officer who was doing the reconnaissance next to him.
"No, no, General. ”
The officer gave a military salute.
"We have already surveyed twice, the enemy is very careful, and there is not even a trace of blood left at the scene. ”
It's so strange that no matter how much you clean it, you can't even leave a trail of blood, is it that no one has shed blood in this battle, or that these people have come to clean up after the first battle? Reinhardt held his forehead, it was too stupid, and there was not enough time.
"What about the witnesses, even if they just hear the sound, and no one notices?"
The officer said ashamedly.
"It's a pity that there seems to be a magician on the other side, and the inhabitants of this neighborhood were driven away by illusions from the beginning to the end of the battle. ”
- The Magician. Reinhardt felt that his head was too big, these guys were arguably the most troublesome enemies, and the country lacked magicians, and with that was a lack of relevant counterparts.
"What are we going to do next? General. ”
How?,Ratt sighed. Originally, it was difficult to investigate because of the "Great Martial Arts Festival", after all, there were countless soldiers from other countries participating in the competition this time, and now there are magicians to disrupt the situation, which is even more difficult. But it is related to the safety of the royal capital and even the past, and there must not be a little sloppiness.
"Ask the residents affected by the illusion about the time difference, and determine the exact time of the battle and the elapsed time-"
"Report!"
A soldier interrupted Reinhardt's order, and just as Reinhardt was about to scold, the soldier hurriedly reported his intention.
"The King's Emissary wishes to meet you, General. ”
The King's Messenger, at this juncture, Reinhardt raised an eyebrow in confusion.
Immediately, Reinhardt met the king's messenger, and to his surprise, Reinhardt had never seen this man.
The man's whole body was hidden under the pitch-black robe, even the head was covered with a black hood, and his face and even his fingers were all hidden under the robe, hiding a trace of skin impermeably, and the whole person was like a shadow.
Such a distinctive person, if you have seen Reinhardt, it is impossible not to be impressed.
Reinhardt frowned, he smelled a faint smell of blood from this strange king's messenger, if it weren't for the other party's identification documents were real, he would have taken this strange man who couldn't even see his face as an enemy.
"I'll cut a long story short, General Tolstoy. ”
The King's messenger's voice was hoarse and eerie, as if it had a broken vocal cord or a hole in its mouth.
"His Majesty has commanded you to make the cause and course of this battle simple, to make it a triviality like a street fight, and to go to the royal city at once, and listen to His Majesty's will. ”
This time Reinhardt clearly felt the smell of abnormality, he had never felt so clearly that something might have changed in his homeland.