The others nodded with deep feeling. Fiona added, "Ms. Luo Ling, this is the first time you have called us together. It has never happened before."
"Yeah?"
Luo Ling was stunned for a moment, then she thought about it carefully and it seemed to be true.
Basically, we just talk about it directly during meals, without specifically gathering everyone together.
"It's actually pretty much the same as before. It's really an important matter, but... not heavy."
Luo Ling pondered for a moment, then told everything about Yuejian and Tumi's plans at the tea party, as well as the "Zhuolu Wilderness" operation.
Putting aside the reactions of the crowd, the most surprising thing was the little iris bird on the head.
She was completely confused. How could he suddenly say everything
This is top secret, top secret, you know
How could I tell such a secret to so many people
Iris was a little anxious and flapped her wings nervously, wanting to stop Luo Ling but not daring to say a word.
Under the attention of everyone, the slight noise she made was seen clearly. When Luo Ling finished telling everything, she found that everyone's eyes were focused on her head, and the scene was quite quiet for a while.
"Is this your new hair accessory?" Fiona asked curiously. "Using a living thing as a hair accessory is something I've never seen before."
"Very cute." Lina held it in for a long time, then nodded and said, but she didn't know whether she was talking about the bird or Luo Ling.
"Excuse me, can I touch it? Just for a moment?"
Stasha, who loved small animals, couldn't help herself and moved her stool.
Luo Ling hesitated to speak. Just as she was thinking about how to explain, Su Wan said softly,
"Okay, Xiao Ling, introduce your new friend to everyone."
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A lot, not a lot...
I have to sort out the outline for the future, and I will update it later. I won’t leave it hanging this month...
Chapter 14: Miss Iris's Desire (5k)
Amid the curious or teasing gazes of the crowd, the little iris bird trembled and tried to bury its head in its hair, pretending that nothing was seen, but was pulled out by Luo Ling.
"All right."
Luo Ling originally planned to let everyone in the Kingdom of God know Iris. At first, he planned to do it after he had finished explaining the main business, but now...
It seems that Miss Iris is a little dissatisfied with the fact that she directly revealed everything about "Zhuolu Wilderness" to others. It would be good to take this opportunity to talk about everything.
The reason why Luo Ling brought Iris to "Starry Victoria" was not just to let her get used to being a bird.
"Ms. Iris, please show your true form."
Luo Ling gently patted the iris bird's head and spoke softly.
The iris bird raised its head slightly, but then shrank its head when it attracted many gazes. After hesitating for a moment, it finally released its "Dharma form" and transformed from a blue bird into a restrained blue-haired girl.
Needless to say, when Iris revealed her true form, except for her sister who seemed to have expected it, almost everyone widened their eyes and stared at Iris, their gazes constantly moving between Iris and Luo Ling.
The reason is simple, almost exactly the same.
Elsa was even more confused. How could there be two Miss Luo Ling? Could it be that... there was an imposter? !
—There is indeed an impostor, but this impostor is Luo Ling.
The scene was quite silent for a while, until Fiona couldn't help but speak,
"Does this count as twins?"
“Not really.”
In order to distinguish them, Luo Ling transformed himself into his original form again and explained,
"This is Miss Iris. I followed her ability and embarked on the path of "Elements"-"Disasters". I gained new abilities, so the appearance of the new form will become the same as hers."
Having said that, Luo Ling suspected that this was most likely the appearance of "Jingwei" after it transformed into a human form.
However, as a favored one of Jingwei, Miss Iris was deeply influenced by him, so much so that even their appearances became similar.
In other words, based on the Jingwei as a template, two copies of Iris and Kite appeared.
If Jingwei can be resurrected successfully and transformed into a human form, the three of them standing together will look like triplets...
"New path, new ability?"
Everyone was confused. Since Luo Ling seldom mentioned her own affairs before, they did not ask much, so they did not know the details.
In fact, Luo Ling didn’t deliberately conceal it, it’s just that no one asked her.
Luo Ling thought about it, and then combined his previous memories into a package and gave it to everyone to save them the trouble of explaining it in detail.
After reading these memories, everyone present looked at Iris and Luo Ling with strange expressions.
"Why didn't you choose me? I'm also on the Elemental path." The Knight lady said indignantly, looking quite resentful, "You can use me to take a new path, too."
"... Lina, you don't have any power, and you don't have a weird sequence." Luo Ling didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I can't choose even if I want to."
"What about me? What about me? Can I? Miss Luo Ling, you don't seem to have a "nightmare" path yet?" Elsa raised her hands high, and there seemed to be a gleam in her heterochromatic pupils, full of anticipation.
In her little head, she was already imagining that if a new Miss Luo Ling appeared who looked similar to herself, it would seem pretty good too.
"Unfortunately, that doesn't work either." Luo Ling raised his hand and ruffled Elsa's hair, saying helplessly, "It's still the same reason."
Power, an achievement that can only be achieved when one reaches a certain level on the path, has a completely different meaning from ordinary abilities.
There is a gap as big as a chasm between non-power and power, and between using power and mastering power.
"Well, okay..."
A look of obvious disappointment flashed across Elsa's face, and her little head drooped.
At this moment, Iris's cautious and nervous voice rang in Luo Ling's mind.
"Wait, Wu... Luo Ling, you didn't tell them about Master Jingwei, did you?"
Luo Ling turned her head and found that Iris's face was full of anxiety. She was really afraid that the news that "Jingwei" was seriously injured and dying would leak out, and someone would want to harm him because of it.
Even though there is "Victoria at Dusk" to serve as shelter, and even though Iris has always taken meticulous care of "Jingwei", it can almost be said that she has kept some of her attention on "Jingwei" at all times.
But no matter what, once the news leaks out, countless prying eyes will come. Even if there is only a one in ten thousand or even one in a hundred thousand chance that Lord Jingwei will die, it is an absolutely unacceptable fact.
Luo Ling was stunned, and responded in her mind with a chuckle,
"Don't worry, this matter... is something I'm the only one who knows about."
Luo Ling knew very well what Miss Iris cared about the most. Although she had learned this absolutely taboo secret from Miss Iris when she had tricked her last time, she still kept the secret for Miss Iris very conscientiously and had not even revealed a single bit of it to her sister.
"As for why I told them about the "Zhuolu Wilderness" incident... Of course I had my reasons."
Luo Ling pondered for a moment, then sent the memories that she had packaged several times before to Iris one by one for review.
These are all the stories that she and everyone else experienced in Victoria.
Miss Iris was startled for a moment, and then in a moment, she had gone through all her memories, and the corners of her eyes became slightly red.
"Wow... So that's how it is..."
They are so important to Miss Wu Yuan, or Luo Ling.
Iris had collected relevant information before, and she was very concerned about Victoria's most likely path to godhood.
But even the most detailed data and the most accurate information cannot compare to the memories and stories of the parties involved.
Iris only skimmed through it, but could feel the sincerity and emotion in it. Everything that each of them had experienced with Luo Ling was so heavy.
Little Elsa accompanied Luo Ling in despair for three days and three nights in the ruins of Jiangcheng County, the knight lady who avenged her teammates even if she entrusted her body to Luo Ling in the hatchery incident, and the sufferings of Alisa and her sister in Victoria...
There are too many stories that cannot be fully experienced just once.
But there is only one thing that is certain, no matter what... Luo Ling is incomparably important to them, and they are incomparably important to Luo Ling, just like Lady Jingwei is to themselves.
Iris even thought that under the circumstances, it would be fine for Luo Ling to tell them the news about Lady Jingwei.
"how?"
Luo Ling spoke.
"Um... "
Iris lowered her head, so I couldn't see her expression clearly. I could only hear a muffled response.
This incoherent conversation between the two seemed quite confusing to others, but from Miss Iris's reaction, everyone could more or less guess what it meant.
After all, this is Luo Ling's classic operation.
Since I really don't know how to start, I often explain it in the form of memory packs...
But I have to say, the effect is quite outstanding.
At the same time, Luo Ling also packaged the information about Iris and sent it to everyone, of course, excluding all information about "Jingwei".
In fact, it is no secret that Iris is a favored one of the gods "Jingwei", and Yuejian and Tumi also know it.
After all, even if Iris tried to conceal this kind of thing, she couldn't do it with her ability, not to mention that once there was even the slightest sign of her involvement, someone with ulterior motives would be able to find out with just a little investigation.
The real secret is the relationship between Iris and Jingwei, as well as Jingwei's current status. Other than that, all other information is public.
"He is actually a person favored by God..."
After learning of Iris's true identity, everyone looked at her with a bit more strange looks, especially Elena and Fiona.
The former was better. During the period of the Kingdom of Gods, Lina had come into contact with all kinds of God's Chosen and God's Favored Ones. She knew the special nature of this group, but she was still surprised by Iris, an outlier.
Fiona didn't have a very good impression of the weird apostles, not to mention the agents who were a higher level than the apostles.
She had faced the disasters caused by the apostles in the past and had killed them with her own hands. The paranoia and madness they displayed left a deep impression on Fiona.
Since Luo Ling herself is extremely special and completely different from other weird beings, her God-chosen ones and God-favored ones are also relatively special, which is easy to understand.
Fiona found it hard to imagine that a weird agent who was quite orthodox from the inside out was such a shy girl.
This time, Elsa did not start watching the anime, which was rare. She just looked at Luo Ling and Iris with a rather resentful look, muttering to herself. It was unclear what she was saying, but a few sentences could be vaguely heard, like "Another thing I don't know about" and "Bring girls back every day".
"Since we all have a certain understanding of each other, let's get down to business."
Luo Ling clapped his hands to draw everyone's attention away from the shy Miss Iris, then motioned for Iris to turn back into a little bird nest on her head, and finally calmed down and said,
"Regarding the actions in the "Zhuolu Wilderness", Yuejian and Tumi will definitely make some moves in the near future. We cannot remain passive all the time."
Luo Ling knew very well that in order to avoid being led by the nose by these two old foxes, she at least needed to know more about the "Zhuolu Wilderness" so as not to fall into the information cocoon woven by the old foxes.
How important information is can be seen from what happened in Victoria. The reason why Luo Ling was able to stand out in the gap between the two sides' game was because she knew some secrets that both parties were not aware of, and she used this information gap to gain her unique advantage.
Even if you have the power of "omniscience", it is always better to be more cautious.
Acting according to circumstances and taking one step at a time is not Luo Ling's style.
"Lina, you have had experience in the Kingdom of the Gods before, so I'll leave the task of collecting the "Zhuolu Wilderness" to you." Luo Ling looked at the Knight Lady and said, then lowered his head to look at Elsa who was mumbling with resentment, "You and Lina go together, Elsa."
"Ah?" Elsa was slightly stunned, but soon nodded and said seriously, "Yeah, no problem!"
Although she always likes to nag, Elsa will be happy as long as she can help Miss Luo Ling.
However, this still could not change her resentful gaze which was fixed on the shivering iris bird nestled on Luo Ling's head.
... In any case, even though she knew about Elsa's past, in Iris's perception, she was no different from a wronged ghost.
Miss Iris is a little afraid of ghosts.
"Um."
Lina nodded slightly and took on the task.
After all, the most idle people in God's kingdom right now are her and Elsa. Fiona and Alyssa are all busy with Victoria's affairs. Compared with them, these two seem to have nothing to do.
Lina's experience in the Kingdom of the Gods was not short but not long either. She had been to some Kingdoms of the Gods in the other two places of origin and had come into contact with the early Kingdom of Victoria, but due to her strength reasons, she had not been able to touch the real core.
Of course, even so, it is better than knowing nothing. At least Lina knows how to get to the territory of the Kingdom of the Gods, so she is not completely confused.
Next is the change in Victoria's current situation. Having been to other places of origin once and personally experienced the difference between them and Victoria, Luo Ling knows very well what Victoria means to other forces now.
This is a rare place with all the paths. It is a natural absolute battlefield where one can exert his full strength without the need for the Kingdom of God.
During this period of time, the chosen gods from other places of origin have secretly infiltrated Victoria. The reason why they have not intervened in Victoria on a large scale is because they have not yet figured out the situation. The current calm is just the calm before the storm.