As winter drew to a close, it was time for the Typhonian mission to leave Cecil.
In the Autumn Palace, the farewell banquet has been set, and the band is playing soft and cheerful music in the corner of the banquet hall. Under the magic spar lamp, the shiny metal tableware and swaying fine wine glow with intoxicating luster, a kind of brisk The peaceful atmosphere permeated the hall, making everyone who attended the banquet feel happy.
Matilda Augustus, who was wearing a court gown, stood at the end of the long hall, and Rebecca, who was also in formal court attire, ran up to the foreign princess with a plate of small cakes, and said cheerfully. Say hello to the other party: "Matilda! You are going back today?"
In the past many days, Rebecca and Matilda actually didn't meet many times, but Rebecca was a cheerful person, and it was easy to build a good relationship with people—or, to put it another way, to build a good relationship unilaterally. In a few limited exchanges, she was pleasantly surprised to find that Princess Typhon really had a good understanding of the fields of mathematics and magic, unlike what others had guessed at the beginning, just to maintain the image of a smart person, so They soon had a good common topic.
And the common topic has successfully narrowed the relationship between them—at least Rebecca thinks so.
"I'll write to you," Matilda smiled, looking at the "Pearl Cecil" who was completely different from many aristocratic women she knew. In a completely different environment, a completely different personality has also been developed. Rebecca's vigorous energy and informal speech and deed habits made Matilda very uncomfortable at first, but after several contacts, she also felt that this This lively girl is not annoying, "Although the distance between Aldernan and Cecil City is long, we now have trains and direct diplomatic channels, and we can continue to discuss issues in letters."
She smiled at Rebecca, who returned a simpler, brighter smile.
In fact, Matilda felt a little regretful—when she first came into contact with Rebecca, she knew that this young and excessively young girl was actually one of the important founders of modern magic technology. She discovered that Rebecca The innocence and frankness in her personality made her want to learn some real and useful secrets about cutting-edge magic technology from the latter, but after a few contacts, she still only communicated with the other party on purely mathematical problems or routines. magic and mechanical technology.
This straightforward-looking girl isn't as unsuspecting as she appears, she's just smart in just the right way.
With Rebecca's brilliant smile, the regrets in Matilda's heart quickly melted away.
"You must tell me about Aldernan again when you write," laughed Rebecca. "I haven't been that far!"
"Of course, and if there is a chance, I would very much welcome you to come to Aldernan as a guest," Matilda said, "It is a friendly city, and you can see a very beautiful view of the fog in the Obsidian Palace. "
Rebecca showed a look of longing, and then suddenly looked behind Matilda, with a very happy look on her face: "Ah! The ancestors are here!"
Matilda immediately turned around, and sure enough, she saw Gawain Cecil, who was tall and burly, wearing a royal dress, walking towards this side with a smile.
The Princess Typhon immediately took the initiative to take a step forward, and saluted impeccably: "I salute you, Your Majesty Cecil."
Gawain accepted the other party's salute with a smile, then glanced at Rebecca who was standing beside him, and said casually, "Rebecca, you didn't cause trouble today, did you?"
"No!" Rebecca immediately waved her hands and said, "I'm just chatting with Matilda!"
"Rebecca is a great friend, especially her knowledge about mathematics, mechanics and runes, which I admire very much," Matilda said politely, and changed the subject naturally, "In addition, she is also very Thank you for your hospitality these days - I have experienced the warmth and friendliness of the Cecil people first-hand, and I have also witnessed the prosperity of this city."
"I hope this experience can leave a good enough impression on you. This will be a good start for the two countries to enter a new era," Gao Wen nodded slightly, and then waved to the attendant next to him, "Matilda, come Before saying goodbye, I have prepared a gift for you and Emperor Rosetta Augustus—this is my personal wish, I hope you will like it.”
It is a ceremonial and time-honored tradition to give parting gifts to the upper class nobles, and the contents of the gifts are usually swords, armor or precious magic items, but Matilda instinctively thought that this gift from the legendary pioneer might There is something special about it, so she couldn't help showing curiosity, and looked at the two attendants who came forward—they were holding delicate boxes in their hands. Judging from the size and shape of the box, it was obviously impossible for them to be Something like a sword or armor.
Soon, she saw what Gawain Cecil's gift was: a book and a strange metal cube.
Both things are very curious, and Matilda's eyes first fell on the metal cube—compared with the book, this metal cube is more incomprehensible to her, it seems to be composed of a series of neatly stacked small cubes At the same time, different runes are engraved on the surface of each small square, which looks like some kind of magic props, but there is no specific use.
"It's called 'Rune Rubik's Cube', and it's for you," Gao Wen explained, "I made it in my spare time at first, and then my chief rune master Jenny made some changes to it. You can think of it as Is it a toy, or a tool to train thinking, I know you are very interested in mathematics and runes, then this thing is very suitable for you."
Under Gawain's gesture, Matilda curiously picked up the metal cube called "Rubik's Cube" from the box, and was surprised to find that it was much lighter than expected, and then she fiddled with it a little, Then she found that the small cubes that make up it were all movable—she twisted one side of the Rubik's cube, and immediately felt her hands sink.
Although she is not a mage herself, Matilda, who has a good understanding of magic knowledge, immediately realized the reason: the previous "lightness" of the Rubik's Cube was entirely due to the effect of some weight-reducing runes, and as she turned the cube, The corresponding rune is cut off.
There should be a small magic net unit hidden inside this block to provide energy, and the series of small blocks that make up it can make the runes combine into various changes, and the wonderful magical power is thus infinitely here. The steel of life circulates quietly in its rotation.
Matilda blinked and stared at the Rubik's Cube in her hand.
It seems to be looking at some kind of microcosm of magic technology.
It's just a toy... but it's not just a toy.
At first, Matilda felt a little weird because her gift was just a "toy". She couldn't help but fell into thinking, and while thinking, her eyes fell on another gift.
It was a book with a blue hard cover that didn't look very heavy. On the cover was a handwritten bronzing text:
"Society and the Machine" - a gift to Rosetta Augustus.
"This is a book recently compiled by scholars in our country. It also contains some of my own thoughts on social development and the future." Gao Wen smiled faintly. "If your father has time to read it, it may be helpful." Because he understands how we Cecilians think."
Matilda's eyes slowly swept across these two things.
These are really two special gifts, each with a deep meaning worth pondering.
She laughed and ordered the attendants to accept the two gifts and keep them safe, then looked at Gao Wen: "I will bring your kindness back to Aldernan—of course, we will also bring back the gifts we signed. those documents and memorandums.”
"A new situation of prosperity and peace will begin here." Gao Wen also smiled, took a glass of red wine from the side, and slightly raised it. "It is worth our clinking glasses for this."
Matilda also picked up the wine glass, and the two crystal clear wine glasses made a crisp sound in mid-air: "For a new situation of prosperity and peace."
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After a banquet, the guests and the host enjoyed themselves.
On the train platform leading to the eastern region, the train carrying the Typhon mission glides smoothly, accelerates, and gradually heads towards the distant horizon.
Their departure and the agreement made by the two parties will occupy a large page in tomorrow's newspaper, and will become the topic of conversation among the citizens of Cecil for a period of time, and then quickly fade out of people's sight, ordinary people will continue to Their busy and fulfilling lives, except for businessmen with a keen sense of smell and officials with duties, not many people will continue to pay attention to this matter.
And the long-term impact it will cause, the potential changes to the situation on this continent, will slowly ferment in a state that most people cannot perceive, and will gradually immerse into everyone's life.
Rebecca was standing on the terrace of the Autumn Palace, fiddling with a small gold pendant—this was a gift from Matilda—she raised her head, glanced in the direction of the edge of the city, and said with a little emotion Said: "Let's go."
Gao Wen, who was standing beside him, turned his head when he heard the sound: "Do you like that Matilda very much?"
"Under normal circumstances, he might be a good friend," Rebecca thought for a while, then shook her head, "Unfortunately, he's from Typhon."
Gao Wen was a little curious, and asked again: "Then what if her identity is not considered?"
"It's okay to talk to. She really likes and is very good at mathematics and machinery. At least it can be seen that she usually studies seriously, but she is obviously still thinking about other things, knowledge in the field of magic... She claimed That's her hobby, but in fact it's probably only a small part," Rebecca frowned while speaking, "She's more tired than I am."
Gao Wen looked at the girl quite surprised: "You can still feel such a profound thing?"
Rebecca immediately waved her hands: "Hey, you don't understand the way girls communicate, sir."
Gao Wen was not angry, but just looked at Rebecca with a little doting, and shook his head: "That Princess Typhon is indeed more tired than you, I can feel the tense atmosphere around her all the time— She's still young and not good at hiding it."
Rebecca listened to Gawain's words, but thought about it seriously, and muttered hesitantly: "Hey, Mr. Zu, do you think I should learn something too? I'm more or less a princess. If one day you Lying back again..."
Just halfway through the sentence, the girl came to her senses, and she didn't dare to say the second half of the sentence. She just shrank her neck and carefully looked up at Gao Wen's face—the improvement of this girl lies in the fact that she has already Before she was beaten, she realized that there were some things she couldn't say, but the pity was that the half of what she said was still enough for the listener to complete the rest, so Gao Wen's face suddenly became weird.
He looked at Rebecca with a shrunken neck in complicated eyes, and suddenly felt a little sigh in his heart—maybe one day, his rule will come to an end, and Rebecca... I am afraid that he will be able to get him up again in anger.
Thinking about it carefully, he felt that he should work hard, and when he reached the end of his rule, he would make this stupid roe deer king...
Rebecca didn't know what was going on in Gawain's mind (even if she knew it, she probably didn't have any thoughts), she just dazed for a while, and then seemed to think of something suddenly: "By the way, Mr. Ancestor, Typhon's Now that the mission is gone, it should be the mission of the Holy Dragon Principality next, right?"
Gao Wen was a little surprised that Rebecca would actually remember this matter seriously, and then nodded: "Byron has already set off for the north, and besides building the North Port, his other mission is to meet the mission of the Holy Dragon Principality. In fact, according to the original plan, the envoys of the Holy Dragon Principality were to arrive at the southern border before the end of the cold month, but the letter mediation between the two parties was delayed for a while, and now it seems that they will arrive at the southern border at least until the recovery month. But This is also good, we can stagger the Typhon people, and our arrangement will be easier."
"That's great..." Rebecca narrowed her eyes and smiled expectantly, "They are Maggie's clan... I wonder if we can make friends."
friend…
Gao Wen's eyes were deep, thinking about this word quietly.
Dragon descendants with mysterious backgrounds and unknown connection with the giant dragon of Tarrond... If they can really be drawn into Cecil's settlement area, that would indeed be a good thing.