Wind, snow, frost, ice, gloomy clouds, lightless day, the disappearing sun, the Great Ajax volcano mountain range looming in the pale mist, and the wheat that is its source and stretches for three thousand miles. The river is not frozen.
These are the daily scenery of Moldavia, one of the northernmost territories of the Human Empire.
The huge city wall made of black granite stands on the endless white plain. The nameless main city is located here. The cold wind blows through the rough stone wall and blows the fine snow dust into the sky. It is not big, but it is not small either. The snow that never stops falling from the sky seems to want to cover everything.
As the white smoke caused by the sighs of travelers floated into the air, the bells of the cathedral rang, jingle, jingle, jingle, nine times, proving that day had arrived and everyone should start working at this time.
Scatteredly, some residents came out of their huts. After they discovered that the soldiers who used to patrol had disappeared, they took out their tools and began to clean the snow and ice in front of their doors.
In the city center, opposite the square, the Gothic-style church stands in the wind and snow, and the bell in the big bell tower at the top is still trembling slightly.
Saint Laurent Cathedral.
Church interior.
There is no clergy in the pure stone quaint prayer hall. Now, there is only a silver-haired divine machine walking around curiously.
Wandering back and forth, she would stop from time to time, and then look at something of interest for a while. Although they were small things that could be seen clearly at a glance, she could look at them for a long time.
When she walked to the statue of the Holy Emblem in the corner, she wanted to reach out and touch it, but before the slender white hand could be raised, she suddenly paused and quickly took her hand back.
"You can't touch other people's things."
Whispering to himself, the silver-haired Shenji changed direction and walked towards the stained glass not far away.
(There are so many novel things that are not recorded in the memory crystals here.)
She thought to herself and smiled happily.
However, this pleasant stroll came to an end soon after.
"Firefaction, are you there? Ready to leave."
Wearing a white church-style shirt, Joshua walked out of the side of the hall with a serious face. Pastor Artanis followed behind him, and the two of them walked towards the silver-haired girl.
"Is this your new... head maid?"
Standing in front of Yingying, the white-haired priest frowned slightly, looking a little confused. He did see Yingying when he was in the hall before, but he didn't think about it: "Although I know that you Radcliffe family The housekeeper and the head maid have always been young. Whether they are ordinary people or your grandfather, their housekeeping ethics are the same, but at this level... "
He actually gestured and then shook his head: "Too small, too young. Where did you find it? Remember, child labor is illegal."
"You just think of her as my sister. If it doesn't work, you can just treat her as a daughter. I don't expect her to do housework..."
The matter of Shenji was very secret. Joshua did not tell others. Fortunately, his family seemed to have such a strange tradition. A young maid was very normal: "Then this is how it goes. When the wind and snow stop, you have to cooperate with me." Gather the people.”
"My duty, dear lord."
Bowing slightly, Artanis didn't say much: "Now I'm going to draft the title succession document for you. For the sake of the Black Crow Legion, the Jin Tianping group in the noble court will not hinder your title of earl. Wait. Stay tuned for the good news."
"Thank you very much. Now that the Lord's Mansion has been completely destroyed, only the church has a magic communication array directly connected to the Imperial Capital."
Joshua was very simple and direct in everything he said and did. After nodding his head to express his gratitude, he immediately turned around and said, "Okay, Yingying, let's go."
Because Joshua and Artanis spoke too fast, the girl didn't understand much, but she didn't need to understand. After hearing the master's words, she blinked her eyes as green as fireflies. Eyes, immediately responded: "Yes, Master!"
After saying goodbye to Artanis, the two left the church directly. The black-haired warrior walked quickly down the street, while the silver-haired God Machine followed closely behind.
After walking five streets and approaching the western district of the city, Joshua, who had been silent since leaving the church, suddenly stopped.
"firefly."
"What is it, Master?"
Hotaru immediately raised her head and replied.
Joshua's expression looked very complicated at this time. He looked into the distance, frowned slightly, and seemed a little irritated. After pondering for a while, he slowly said: "You tell me... with my physique, can I contract at the same time?" Two magic machines?"
Hearing the familiar topic, Yingying was stunned for a moment, then showed a troubled expression, her delicate eyebrows were curved, she thought for a while and said: "This... is a bit hard to say."
"It's okay, just give it a rough outline."
Yingying was silent for a few seconds, and then spoke again: "Speaking of the divine machine, my master is very talented in this area. It can be said that he is suitable beyond imagination. Among the family heads in the past, some people even found it difficult to pull out the divine machine. What's more, they use us to fight. Fortunately, most people can successfully reach the contract and activate the divine machine."
After saying this, she paused slightly, as if she was processing the vocabulary: "But even so, these people can't last for a long time, and Master, when you touched the divine machine for the first time, you pulled me out completely, and the contract went very smoothly. Even activating the Divine Machine Transformation and using me to fight is not difficult at all. Many people cannot persist in doing this for long, and most of them will be tired after ten minutes."
"You must know that when we fight with us, there will be a strong backflow of energy into the contractor's body. While amplifying its power, it also causes a huge load. Ten minutes is enough to make the body very strong."
Yingying looked at Joshua at this time with a strange expression: "And Master... Although you only fought for two minutes, I can feel that even an hour is no problem, or even longer. But!"
After emphasizing, the silver-haired divine machine looked serious: "Even so, it is very difficult to contract two divine machines at the same time. The load is added to the load, not like one plus one. This is a qualitative difference. So far, no one can do it at the same time. If the head of the family who has contracted two divine machines can really contract two of them easily, there won’t be so many sealed old divine machines in the Sealing Blade Room.”
"Master, your physique can be said to be the best since the founding of the family, but even so, there is still a long way to go before you can reach the two divine machines of the contract."
After listening, Joshua had no expression on his face. He nodded slightly and said seriously: "So, it is feasible to contract two at the same time, but the quality of me and the previous family heads is not enough, right?"
"I'm not sure, Master. Maybe it will be okay to wait until your strength becomes stronger, but it's really not possible now."
"That's it, I understand."
Joshua nodded and said nothing more. He looked at the sky where the snow was still falling, sighed slightly, then started and continued walking forward.
But then the soldier immediately stopped.
Joshua looked back and saw that Yingying was still standing there with a blank expression. He didn't know what he was thinking, so he called out: "What's wrong?"
"… fine."
Seemingly awakened, the silver-haired Shenji shook his head, then quickly followed, and the two continued walking toward the west of the city.
After passing three more streets, Yingying looked a little unbearable. She asked softly: "Master?"
"What's up?"
"Did I do something... bad?"
(It turns out I was worried about this kind of thing...)
Joshua now understood why Yingying was in a daze before. Thinking about it carefully, what he said... was indeed a bit too direct, and it was normal for Yingying to misunderstand.
Since it was my fault, I naturally had to explain.
"Don't worry, you did a good job, I'm very satisfied." Joshua said in an encouraging tone, and by the way, he rubbed the head of this little guy who was in human form and not as big as a weapon: "I didn't ask this to ask for help. Someone replaces you, I just want to know if it is possible..."
Having said this, he paused, then shook his head and said: "In short, you are enough for now."
"Um!"
After getting the reply she wanted, Yingying naturally didn't care what Joshua left unfinished in the second half.
The soldier silently touched his chest, where there was an ordinary letter.