Tilly's body trembled obviously, she turned her head a little bit, her eyes were mixed with complicated expressions, as if she suspected that she had heard it wrong, "What did you say... What?"
"I said, Ashes may still be alive." Roland repeated it as slowly as possible. He knew that once the matter was spoken, there was no turning back.
"No... brother," she forced a smile, "even if you want to comfort me, you can't..."
"But this kind of life is a little different from what you imagined," Roland interrupted her. "To be honest, I didn't react much better than you when I heard the news, and I knew that I would tell you about it before I was completely sure. You're a little unfair, but it's better than regretting it later."
Tilly closed her mouth.
She just stared straight at Roland, as if she was digesting the content of this sentence. She had realized that this matter was probably unusual.
In terms of mental sensitivity and receptive ability, Tilly has always been at the top of the group of witches.
After half an hour or so, she asked tentatively, "Who did you listen to?"
"Lan."
"I haven't heard of it..." Tilly thought for a while, "Could it be... related to the dream world?"
As expected of someone who used to be able to chat and laugh with Anna, Roland replied calmly, "Don't worry, I will tell you the details of the matter one by one."
…
By the time he stopped talking, the sky had turned white, and the soft light of the sun peeked out from behind the mountains, painting the roofs of buildings in the distance with a golden fringe.
Tilly was unaware of this, she murmured in a trance, "That is to say... as long as you can control the world of consciousness, can you recall the ashes that still have a trace of consciousness?"
"Theoretically so," Roland nodded, "According to Lan, after a witch becomes a transcendent, she will leave traces in the world of consciousness, which is also consistent with the information disclosed by Kabradabi."
When interrogating the captured high-level demons at first, the other party once told Zooey that their souls would be contained by the source of magic, and they could return to the world when the group reached the top. Although the source of these remarks is unknown, and the explanation is quite different from Lan's explanation, at least one thing is in common.
That is, the world of consciousness does have the ability to contain souls.
"Not only that, but the ancient books of the underground civilization also mentioned that chasing the road of divine will is the process of climbing the magic ladder step by step. One day, the winner will be no different from the gods. If the world of consciousness is regarded as the top of magic, then I can also apply for Lan’s argument from the side.” He paused when he said this, “But considering that the sources of information obtained by these civilizations may come from the so-called gods, so I can’t fully believe it. The best way is to personally Go and have a look."
"elder brother… "
"Rest assured, I will break through the barrier of the world of consciousness as soon as possible, and try to retrieve Ashes if she is really there. Before that, I hope you can protect yourself so that she does not trouble me when she comes back. After all, a transcendent who is not restricted by the Stone of God's Punishment and has broken through the limits of his own fire, I can't stand it..." Roland deliberately said some light words, trying to ease the atmosphere, but found that Tilly's reaction seemed to be Something is not right.
She lowered her head, her shoulders twitched slightly, and repeated something softly. Roland held his breath before he could hear the other party's words clearly.
"It's so good... it's so good..."
He was speechless for a while, not knowing how to proceed.
Tears fell, hitting the back of Tilly's hand, splashing a few small splashes.
Looking at the five princesses who were trembling all over, he finally sighed secretly, slowly stretched out his hand, and pressed it on the top of the other's head.
The next moment, Tilly leaned over and hugged him tightly. The twitching also turned into a clear weeping sound, and the scene at the moment seemed to be the same as before, but Roland could feel that something had changed.
This time Tilly didn't cry for several hours. After more than ten minutes, her mood gradually stabilized. When she raised her head from Roland's arms, she forced his face to the side.
"No... don't come here."
Then there was the rustling sound of cleaning up, probably wiping the face and snot of the crying flower.
After a while, Roland was allowed to turn his head back.
"I'm sorry... I made you worry." Tilly whispered.
"It's good to know," Roland said with his arms crossed. "You should reconsider what you mentioned to me last time."
"Are you referring to a plane that can deal with devils?" Tilly blinked, "That won't work, brother."
"Hey… "
"In order to reach the bottomless abyss as soon as possible, you need my help. Now that the devil is likely to have erected a full-fledged obelisk, the actions of the fearful beast will be more difficult to restrain. If the sky cannot be captured, the first army may not be so easy. Destroy the enemy's territory." Tilly stretched out a finger to stop what Roland wanted to say, "Indeed, I had some desperate thoughts before, thinking that as long as I can kill more demons, I don't care what I do. It's important, but I would never think that way now."
"And you should also be clear about how big the gap is between relying on your own exploration and someone's guidance. No one in the Aerial Knights knows how to fight the devil. The only one who can quickly master these things and pass them on is me." She patted her chest, "I promise you, I will definitely wait for the day when you enter the world of consciousness intact."
Roland found that he couldn't say a word of rejection. At this moment, Tilly's eyes were full of brilliance, and the previous calmness had not faded much, and it seemed to be shining.
"Okay...but remember what you promised me."
"Of course," she paused, "and… thank you for telling me about it."
"Unfortunately, I don't know if this method will work in the end."
"Enough is enough, at least we have a goal now." Tilly pressed her forehead lightly on Roland's chest again, "It's great that you can be my brother..."
…
After Tilly left, Nightingale returned to the office, "What did you say to His Highness Tilly? When I saw her go out, it seemed like a different person..."
"I can tell you what you want to know about the connection between the dream world and the real world, but not now." Roland cleaned up the drawings in his hand, "I received a message from Honey just now, a fleet should be Arriving at the river wharf two days later, it should be the first batch of immigrants from Langxin. Before that, I have to perfect the drawings of the new project. "
Nightingale shrugged, "Didn't I tell you before that I'm fine? I won't ask more if you don't want to." She walked to the desk and studied the blueprint for a while, "This thing... and Anna that day. Something like driving in the yard."
"It's the same thing, it's just magnified several times." Roland laughed. "Didn't Barov mention logistical issues at the previous meeting? It's the solution."
In addition to high-cost trains, land transportation also has a class of cheaper tools. Wheeled trucks have many variants. Although their capacity is not as good as that of trains, they are more flexible. The threshold is even lower than that of tractors. road, they can travel freely.
There is no shortage of inland water systems in Graycastle and Dawn, but they are not connected with each other, and there are certain limitations. The truck brigade that can be deployed at will can make up for this deficiency, making the water and land passages of the two regions integrated.