Downtown Nolan.
Since the emergence of the patent law, Nolan has set off a craze with the theme of invention. Magicians have established large and small workshops in Nolan. The lower city is the city with the densest such workshops. .
It's just that the workshops here belong to the lesser-known magician apprentices. They only hope that one day their works will be seen by a big businessman, and then they will become like those big inventors.
Hurland is also one of the many apprentices of magicians, but her aspirations are much nobler than those of her classmates who only focus on money and status.
What she wants is fame, and she hopes to rely on the new magic machinery that she has created to be exhibited at the Universal Exposition in two months, so that the world will know her name and her surname - Lloydl.
This is the wish left by her mother who passed away in the early years, and the works that Helland prepared to participate in the exposition are also the last works left by her mother.
It is a pity that the reality is far more cruel than Hurland imagined, and the three-dimensional plotter she made is far less valuable than those so-called "new means of transportation that can replace horses".
After all, any painter likes to paint on real paper, and no one wants to paint on a projection refracted by magic, turning his work into a storage unit in the inscription.
So Hurland is hesitating whether to give up research in this area and continue to go back to school to complete her studies. In order to catch up with the progress of the World Exposition, she has missed several classes in a row.
In this way, she may not even be able to get the fourth-level magician certificate after graduation.
Hurland put down the inscription tool in her hand, and she heard someone knocking on the door.
Could it be that the classmate ran over to persuade him to give up again? Harlan tidied up her long light gray hair that reached her waist, and walked quickly to the door of her alchemy workshop. Through the window next to the door, she saw a relative who had been missing for almost half a year... her sister.
…
Under the pressure of Qiao Xiu, Ciri could only obediently lead Qiao Xiu to the door of her sister's residence.
Bringing a dangerous demon into the presence of a loved one is definitely an evil deed that will be spurned if spoken out.
Ciri admitted that she was really greedy for life and afraid of death. No matter who had a time bomb on his neck, he would not dare to openly pat his chest and say, "I'm goddamn fearless."
And Joshua wasn't as bad as Ciri imagined.
"Ciri, where have you been for the past six months?!"
Hurland pushed open the door of the workshop and looked up and down the little sister in front of him who had not seen him for half a year.
"many places… "
After thinking about it, Ciri still hadn't told Hurland that she had recently lived in the Demon World for half a month.
"Then... this is."
Hurland didn't punish her sister for her sudden disappearance, but just looked at Joshua who was standing behind Ciri.
"The friend Ciri met during the trip, my name is Joshua."
Joshua told the tall woman in front of him about his self-introduction that he had thought of early in the morning. Sister Ciri was about the same height as Ciri, but her figure was far ahead of her sister, and her temperament was more mature than Ciri. Much quieter.
"Herland Lloyd, please take care of Ciri for a while. Please come in and sit for a while."
Hurland doesn't look like Ciri's sister, but more like Ciri's mother.
With these words from Hurland, Ciri could only obediently enter the alchemy workshop, and Qiao Xiu walked into it unceremoniously.
The layout of this alchemy workshop is much simpler than Qiao Xiu imagined. Compared with the experimental site of the Demon Prince, this place really satisfies Qiao Xiu's little neatness.
In the center of the workshop was a light blue cube, and the translucent shadow on it caught Qiao Xiu's attention...
"Can Mr. Joshua ask you to go to rest first? I have something to ask my sister."
Hurland held Ciri's arm, and it seemed that even if Ciri wanted to escape, it was not allowed.
"No problem at all."
After meeting after such a long time, Qiao Xiu left enough space for the two sisters to be alone.
Harlan took her sister's hand and walked all the way to a small cubicle in the workshop. She glanced at Qiao Xiu on the other side of the workshop, and after confirming that Qiao Xiu was not paying attention, she lowered her volume. Ask Ciri.
"Last time you ran away from home for a year and came back with a second-level magician certificate. This time you ran away from home for half a year and brought a man back. Didn't I tell you, Ciri, that you should tell me first when you are dating the opposite sex?"
"Sister! I'm nineteen years old this year."
Ciri bit her lower lip lightly, refuting her sister with what she said many times.
Ciri's life was neither tragic nor happy. Her mother died when Ciri was ten years old, and that irresponsible father also abandoned Ciri and her sister in the same year, so for the past nine years, Ciri and Ciri have been together. Hurland lives together.
From the age of fifteen, Ciri thought she had the ability to stand on her own, but her sister Helland seemed to think she would never grow up... For such naive reasons, she couldn't stand the academics in the school. The teacher's chatter, Ciri chose to run away from home.
"Indeed, you are an adult, so can you tell me the identity of the guest who came so far with you? And how did you know him?"
Hurland's problem was that Ciri was completely stumped.
Josh's identity? Does the third prince of the devil world count
But if Ciri said it truthfully, Hurland might call the police immediately, and Nolan's guards would rush over to take Joshua away in an instant, and then the time bomb on Ciri's neck would blow her head off. separated from her body.
"Is this a gift from him?"
Ciri's subconscious gesture of rubbing her neck made Helland notice that there was a beautiful neck ornament on her sister's neck.
"It turned out to be a flame spar... Ciri is a very precious gift."
Hurland recognized the red spar on Ciri's neck.
Of course Ciri knew that this thing was expensive, because it was worth her life!
"Sister, that guy named Joshua is just an ordinary...art worker, but some of the things he makes are still very interesting."
Ciri had been immersed in Joshua's side for so long, and she had also learned some strange words, including those small programs that Joshua sent to Ciri.
"Interesting stuff?"
"That's it..." With a wave of Ciri's hand, the game "Ping Pong" that Joshua had transmitted into her consciousness was shown to Hurland. The Ping Pong showed a record of 1:210.
But judging from the puzzled expression on Hurland's face, she still didn't understand what the number meant.
"I remember him seeming to do that."
Along the way, Qiao Xiu taught Ciri how to "transmit" the program. Ciri was quite talented. It took a day to master it. A faint cube appeared in Ciri's hand, and she handed it directly to her. Hellland.
Among the gods that Helland believes in is the god of order that Ciri believes in. In addition, Helland also believes in "Swingelk, the god of flowing water and healing", so Helland accepts without any hindrance. to the program that Ciri "transferred" to her.
The ping-pong interface was displayed in front of Helland. Looking at the window fluttering in his field of vision, Helland had a wonderful feeling.