Patty seemed very happy about the arrival of "Uncle Gawain".
She hadn't seen Uncle Gawain for a long time, and she hadn't heard Uncle Gawain tell herself the stories about the pioneering period, the Gondor period, and all kinds of other fantastic ideas.
Even though she is almost fifteen years old this year, even among ordinary noble children, children of her age have even begun to formally appear in social situations and learn to handle family affairs, but in the eyes of outsiders, she is still a child, not even her appearance. She is younger than her peers, and in terms of knowledge, she is much behind the noble children of her age.
Several years of serious injuries caused her to miss almost the entire childhood stage. Patty only started to study knowledge again this year, and many of the questions she asked were not suitable for her age in Gao Wen's opinion.
But on the other hand, special experiences have made Patty more mature mentally than her peers. Perhaps because she has lost the ability to move freely, her survival is completely dependent on the care of others. She can always be keenly aware of the emotional changes of those around her.
"Uncle Gao Wen, are you a little unhappy?" She noticed a slight emotional change in Gao Wen's speech, and immediately stopped her nagging questions, and asked carefully.
Gao Wen was stunned for a moment, his eyes fell on the little girl in front of him.
The other party could already sit in the wheelchair very well, and his neck could be lifted up by his own strength. His big eyes were looking at this side without blinking, full of curiosity and a little bit of worry.
"No, I'm not unhappy." After a while, Gao Wen shook his head with a smile, "It's just that I suddenly remembered something else, and my mind was distracted for a while."
"It's not good to be distracted," Patty said seriously, "but you are an adult, adults usually have a lot of things to worry about, right?"
"I do have a lot of usual things, but it's okay to spare time to tell you a story." Gao Wen said with a smile on his face, but at the same time, he had already allocated part of his attention, and quietly activated the secret that can connect to the mind network. Port—After such a long time of familiarization, he has long been able to control these powers from the Eternal Sleeper. Even if he does not completely immerse his consciousness in the network, he can use his special authority to call network resources and perform some secret operations.
After connecting his shallow consciousness with the network, he looked at Patty again.
Patty was still Patty, neither Selena Gelfen's face nor an extra figure appeared beside her.
But Gawain was able to confirm that Selena was indeed "here" and was closely connected with Patty in a strange state.
Because next to Patty's little wheelchair, a lantern was quietly hanging in mid-air that ordinary people could not see with naked eyes.
…
Patty needs to get enough sleep every day to restore her depleted spirit and to further develop the effect of the "Limb Regeneration Technique". Before meeting Gawain, she had already watched the phantom drama for more than two hours, and then listened to it again. Gao Wen told many stories, and soon it was time to take a lunch break.
Gawain watched the personal maid bring Patty to the next room, and gently placed the little girl in a special immersion cabin. After confirming that Patty had fallen asleep safely, he left the room and came to the castle. In the reception room, I saw Countess Luo Penny waiting here.
The Viscount got up from the high-back chair and bowed to Gao Wen: "Your Majesty, thank you for taking care of Patty. She will be very happy today."
"Her body has improved a lot, so I'm relieved," Gawain nodded, and sat down on a chair near the window as he spoke, "I saw that Patty was already sleeping in the immersion chamber—she Have you been using the immersion chamber all this time?"
"Yes." Countess Luo Penny nodded, "It has been used for almost a month."
"Is there any adverse reaction? Is she used to it?"
These questions sounded like normal concerns, and the Viscount didn't think there was anything wrong with it: "No, the immersion chamber is very useful, and the technicians you sent are also very conscientious. They stayed here for four days and confirmed that Patty There was no abnormality in the use process before leaving, and before leaving, I handed over the technical information of the immersion chamber to the local magician. As for Patty... she was not used to it at first, but it was only because she was not used to sleeping in a strange bed. Now She's gotten used to it pretty well."
Been using immersion chambers...
Gao Wen touched his chin, and asked again: "Where is the crown of the Eternal Sleeper before?"
"I put it in the basement of the castle, together with some extraordinary collections," the Viscount replied, "Because I don't plan to use it again, I'm considering whether to seal it up by some means—after all, , it is related to the eternal sleeper."
For this woman, caution has become a habit.
But that level of caution doesn't seem to be enough when dealing with the Sleeper.
"You don't have to think about the seal anymore, I'm going to take that crown away," Gao Wen said, "for... research."
The Viscountess Luo Peini's gaze changed slightly. Although Gawain's tone and demeanor showed no abnormality at all, the mother's intuition suddenly jumped, and she stared closely at Gawain's eyes: "Your Majesty... is it not?" Something wrong with that tiara? Patty she…”
"Don't be too nervous," Gawain waved his hand immediately, "It's just technical research. As for Patty, she is in good condition."
Only then did Luo Penny let out a sigh of relief: "That's okay. Sorry, I'm always too nervous when it comes to Patty..."
The Viscountess has left. As Gülen's consul, she still has a lot of official duties to deal with. Gao Wen also returned to the room specially prepared for himself. He closed the door and saw a short winter melon poking out of the shadows near the curtain.
After confirming that there was no one else around, Amber boldly jumped out of the Shadow Realm, and smiled at Gao Wen: "According to the information, that Countess Luo Penny is a person who finds it difficult to trust others easily, but she trusts you very much." — When you say Patty is fine, she's really relieved to go to work."
"I just don't want her to bear unnecessary pressure. After all, things haven't been clarified yet," Gao Wen said casually, "and we also need to avoid making mistakes."
"Shock the snake? It's an interesting word, I've memorized it," Amber's eyes lit up, and she recorded the new word with ease, and then reprinted it in the "Sacred Words of Emperor Gawain Cecil" that she had collected in private. Added a sum, and then looked at Gao Wen curiously, "Again, is there really something wrong with Patty?"
Gao Wen pondered for a while, and said in a low voice: "Under the vision of the mind, there is a lantern beside her."
"...Mom."
"But the situation is still better than I expected," Gao Wen continued, "Selina Geerfen did not invade Patty's soul, and the latter showed no signs of damage. They may be living together peacefully, or even Patty herself doesn't know what's wrong with her..."
Amber stared: "You're still so optimistic after seeing the lantern, so what kind of 'bad situation' did you expect?"
"Worst case... Patty is Selina Gelfen," Gawain glanced at Amber, "long before we knew Patty, long before Patty touched the tiara, she was dead , for the next few years, Selena was in that body."
Amber imagined that scene for a while, and suddenly trembled: "... Oh my god!"
Gawain successfully frightened the daring half-elf, and he felt a little happier: "It's really scary, isn't it? When it comes to the horror of the soul, the Eternal Sleeper is obviously better than the end of all things..."
"It's not because of that," Amber waved her hand, "I just think that a woman in her 700s pretends to be a girl in her teens and calls you Uncle Gao Wen when they meet, and a young woman in her twenties Mom has been screaming for several years, this is really horrible, worthy of being the eternal sleeper... "
Gao Wen: "..."
After realizing that continuing to discuss with this elf shame would be suicidal, he decisively cut off the topic and got back on track: "It is not yet possible to confirm the connection between Patty and Selena, in order to avoid alarming the enemy, and to control Eternal Sleep We can't take any obvious actions on Gulen's side—we can only maintain the most peripheral monitoring."
Amber patted her chest: "I understand, I'm good at this."
Then she noticed that Gao Wen still had a thoughtful look on his face, so she couldn't help asking, "What's wrong? What else is going on?"
"I'm thinking... How much of our stuff has been exposed to Selina Geer's eyes, and why she has been silent so far," Gawain exhaled softly, and shook his head helplessly, "Patty Now we use the immersion chamber produced by Cecil to fall asleep. At the same time, our magic net communication technology is not a secret. The shadow of psychic network technology can be seen in the communication... If Selina Geerfen is really hidden in the depths of Patty's consciousness, then she can see all this through the eyes of the 'host'... Even if these evidences are not enough Directly proving that 'extraterrestrial wanderers' can invade the mind network should be enough to arouse the vigilance and attention of the eternal sleepers... But Selina Geerfen did nothing, and many of the plans that Daniel and I made have not been dispatched until now Useful."
"Hiss... the more eerily silent a person is, the more vigilant people will be." Amber bared her teeth, "There are countermeasures and remedies for any damage, and the fear is this kind of silence."
Then she paused and shook her head again: "But then again, as long as we develop the magic net communication technology, it is impossible for the eternal sleepers to fail to notice that things will always surface when they develop to a certain extent. It is inevitable after the expansion of the scale. In this kind of confrontation, 'we hide everything, they can't see anything' can only be regarded as a low-level stage, and 'we disclose everything, they see nothing but can't do anything' is the advanced stage Phase — Now, it's time to prepare for the end of Phase 1."
Gao Wen stared at Amber, who was talking eloquently, until he felt awkward looking at the other party, and twisted his neck: "Hey, what do you think I am doing?"
"It's nothing, I just think what you said is quite reasonable." Gao Wen smiled and said casually, "Indeed, our own mind network technology is gradually maturing, and the Eternal Sleeper... will definitely notice it. And pay attention to it." Recall that when I first came into contact with Patty, I considered that Selena would often be with each other in the City of Dreams, so I didn't disclose any information related to 'outside wanderers' in front of Patty, Celine At most, Na Geer can see our technological development in magic network communication through Patty's eyes.
"I'm curious about one thing now. When Patty used the immersion chamber, she just used it to fall asleep. She no longer has access to the spiritual network of the eternal sleeper. This is to prevent our 'network intrusion' behavior from being exposed, and since Patty no longer has access to the psychic network, so Selina who is hiding 'beside' Patty... how does she maintain the connection with the psychic network?"
Amber scratched her hair.
She also couldn't understand Gao Wen's question.
…
At the foot of the snow-capped eastern mountains, the shimmering breeze shield isolated the wind and snow from the wilderness, and the powered rails covered by the shield stretched across the land, gradually disappearing into the depths of the wind and snow in the distance.
The wheels rolled, the mechanical device played a melody of steel, and a magic train with the emblem of the Cecil Empire whizzed past on the charged rails wrapped in the shield, galloping across the ground like a giant steel python.
The unknown mountain range receded on the side of the train, and the vegetation and railings near the railroad track became blurred due to the rapid retreat.
It is a cold and windy winter outside, but the inside of the train is warm and comfortable. Traveling across the wilderness in the belly of a steel giant is really a wonderful experience.
Matilda Augustus was sitting upright on the spacious and comfortable train seat, looking at the foreign scenery outside through the crystal glass inlaid on the side wall of the carriage beside her, and the corners of her mouth were slightly raised.
strange country...