Another day passed, and besides Raymond, Opal remembered something else—Jimison was still in prison.
How can I convince Corolin to let Jimison go? After all, Jimison was no longer a threat to him.
He walked through the promenade, followed by E7 with the lights on. When he came out, he heard Cororin's voice in the hall. He was talking to someone, and Opal stopped and stood to listen.
"Pope Drummond is a wise elder." Coroline pondered for a moment and said, "I am very grateful for his selfless help in this matter. As a friendly gesture, Iszur will send us diplomat, to Carina…”
The man said, "Cololin, the Pope has one more condition."
Coroline said lightly: "No, I don't think that condition is feasible."
There was silence in the hall, and Opal saw that under the brilliant lights, an envoy in a pale yellow robe and black boots was talking to Cororin. Coroline held a wine glass with half a glass of orange-gold Sun orange wine, shook the glass, and the liquor dyed the glass a light orange.
The messenger smiled, stroked his splendid blond hair, looked relaxed and calm, and said lazily: "This is just a little wish of the Pope, he heard that you have recently recruited a new apprentice named Opal, he hopes Mr. Opal went to the country of the Arc to study, and at the same time, we will also send the Pope's little disciple, the pastor, to follow the King of Meteor Stars for two years."
"The Pope proposed that the two sides communicate in this form, so that Iszur and the next heirs of the Holy See of Stars can understand each other's kingdoms, understand our beliefs with our friends, and believe that this kind of friendship will strengthen our covenant."
Cororin watched him quietly, and after a long time said: "Go back and tell the Pope, it's really not possible, my disciple is still too young, only ten years old."
The messenger said: "Coroline..."
Coroline said: "No more talking, Opal, what's the matter with you?"
Opal said: "You talk first, teacher."
Coroline knew that he was coming, but the messenger didn't know it. The messenger turned his head in surprise and glanced at Opal.
Cororin said: "Ramos, he is my disciple, Opal, this is the envoy sent by Pope Drummond, who came to see Mr. Ramos."
The messenger bowed slightly to Opal, who greeted him and said to Corollin, "I'll go see Jimison."
Cororin said: "A mercenary, I was executed yesterday by me."
Opal: "… "
"Why did you kill him!" Opal said in disbelief.
Coroline: "Suddenly remembered that it's better to kill it in advance, lest it be difficult for me when you come to intercede."
Opal: "I won't do anything if you don't promise me to release him! Why do you do this!"
Messenger: "..."
Cororin was silent for a few seconds, then said to the messenger, "My little disciple is very naive."
Opal understood and said, "You're lying, is he still there?"
"I released him and let him get out," Corinth said.
Opal looked at Cororin suspiciously, and Cororin released the power of faith, which made Opal read his thoughts directly. Opal confirmed this, heaved a sigh of relief, and said, "Thank you, teacher."
After a while, Cororin said: "You see, he is too young and impulsive, and needs experience. I believe this is not a wise proposal. Instead of exchanging disciples for a few days, the country of the Arc will be thrown into chaos. It's better to wait a while longer. I don't want the Pope's friendly way of communicating to end up... causing the two countries to turn against each other."
The messenger didn't bother to say anything, and replied, "Then we can only wait until later. I wish you all the best. The Pope protects you and your people."
Cororin got up and personally sent the messenger out of the sky garden. Opal said, "Want me to go on a study tour?"
"Yeah." Coroline said casually: "But you're leaving soon. Instead of agreeing to the Pope and not sending anyone, it's better to delay for a few more years until I find a new suitable student."
Opal's expression was a little sad, and Coralin said: "The old will always leave, and the new will come, so don't be melancholy, Opal."
In the early morning of the next day, when Opal came out again, he saw Caesar in the hall, and Ithone brought several civil servants to report the government affairs to Cororin.
Caesar bowed politely to Opal, who said to him, "Caesar, how are you doing?"
Several people interrupted the conversation briefly, and Cororin didn't care about his interjection. Caesar said: "I've been busy in the dark."
"Come here." Coroline waved to Opal.
Opal went over, but did not get close to Cororin. He sat on the steps in front of the throne and noticed that there was a small robot on the small table on the side. It was given to Cororin by Nolan before. It was the same style as the E7, but A little robot with a malfunctioning chip, it was disassembled, and the mottled cover behind it was polished again, engraved with the model number: Q followed by a series of numbers.
It had a strange device in its stomach, and Opal brought it over to look at it, while Coroline continued to talk with his subordinates.
"...According to the envoy's return." Ithone turned on a projection device: "Tilgart can no longer restrain his congressmen now, and the public opinion is divided into two factions, one faction accuses Livy and asks Bordeaux to come out and bear the consequences of the war. The other faction demanded that Tilgat re-establish the political line of the Republic and stabilize the situation. The target Calens, who you instructed us to pay special attention to, has also left the Fierce Star and returned to the Floodlight Source."
Coroline narrowed his eyes and murmured, "Are you in danger?"
Caesar replied: "It is possible that Li Wei lost the battle, but the survey shows that the army still has a reliable support rate for him..."
"That's because of the wind." Cororin noticed Opal's movements and said, "Take it easy, its name is Xiao Q, don't break it."
Opal didn't say a word, and tried to take out the control chip in Xiao Q's stomach. E7 took pictures of it curiously. Is the structure of this little robot the structure of E7? Opal was a little curious.
"There are also people in the Republic's army who hate Li Wei." A civilian said: "A small number of military public opinion supports revenge, and the Covenant Military Observation Organization has made a reassessment of our military power with the Galactic Republic..."
Ithone laughed. "They're scared."
Coroline nodded slowly and said, "Now is the most vulnerable time for the Republic, and the people's hearts are deviating. Let me see the polls."
"The data shows that Tilgat's popularity is at an all-time low." A civil servant opened the thumbnail of the form: "Li Wei has not fluctuated much..."
Kaiser said: "Tilgath is eager to do something to restore popularity, and the next master plan is still going the old way?"
Cororin said: "There is no need to remove Tirrat now. Pope Drummon has established diplomacy with us. He represents a force that cannot be underestimated in the imperial regime, so Tirrat can be put down first. , let him be troubled for a while longer."
"Prepare for the war at the same time." Cororin said: "But instead of invading the Republic, we will show them our armed forces again, and inform Andore to prepare for this process. It can be a military exercise, or you can use a few neutral star systems to open the knife..."
"How about Lie Xing?" Ithone said with a smile: "It's time to clean up. Lie Xing's complete surrender can shock all countries."
Opal raised his head to look at Cororin, who pondered for a moment, and then said, "No, I don't want to move Fierce Star for the time being."
"Why?" Opal tossed the disassembled toy robot to himself.
Cororin: "With the current strength of the wrench, it is enough to deal with Kyle Ray."
Opal said: "Oh, then I thank you on behalf of all the mercenaries of the fierce star, thank you for your forgiveness, but I can also represent them and express the firm position of the star, no matter how kind you are, everyone will still come to kill you for revenge. of."
Several people in the hall did not speak, Caesar and Ithone seemed to feel that the master and apprentice in front of them were inappropriate today, and the atmosphere was very tense, Ithone smiled and said: "You are the prince of the grip of the light, here is you. The mother star. Why did you suddenly speak on behalf of Lie Xing?"
Caesar seemed to have noticed something and changed the subject: "Then please ask Your Majesty to instruct you on the next action."
"Kairley will go to seize power." Coroline stood up and said: "You can continue to pay attention to the situation on the fierce star, but you can try the Pegasus galaxy and use the aircraft carrier to approach here."
"The Principality of Karama, which has been at war with Green Mercury for a long time." Cororin made a note on the star map: "This was discussed in the military plan one hundred and twenty years ago, and now I officially put it on the list. Agenda. At the same time, inform the relevant parties in the Assembly of the Republic, and let them create public opinion against war and for peace."
"Caesar, you go and talk to the lords of Shax and Sphinx in person." Cororin said, "Let them put forward the idea of a peace treaty with the Meteorite Empire at the Covenant meeting."
"Stop the aircraft carrier at the outer edge of the galaxy." Cororin added: "I will personally talk to Pope Drummond to ensure that the Empire does not put pressure on the Republic Council, and then send envoys for peace talks. The ultimate goal is to truce with the Republic. ."
"Your Majesty." The civil servant put away the chip and said, "I have to remind you that now is the time when the morale of the Republic is at its lowest. Li Wei launched an aggression. We have the banner of justice. Why don't we pursue the victory?"
"No need." Coroline said lightly: "It's a fluke to win once, thanks to my apprentice who came up with a way to paralyze the opponent's intelligent mecha team with the far-star radio... Launching a revenge battle will only force Tifeng to fight..."
Opal said, "Don't you want to have a real fight with Tifeng?"
Coroline smiled and said, "I'm not his opponent, can't I be afraid of him?"
Opal: "… "
Coroline sighed and said, "So make peace."
Several people were silent for a moment, and then Caesar nodded: "Peace talks with the Republic are the best means."
Opal said: "Tilgath will not negotiate, and Livy will not let him negotiate."
Cororin said: "He has no choice. The Holy See has acquiesced in the status of the Meteorite Empire. This means that some forces in the Empire are supporting us in disguise. The anti-war members are all arguing. If something happened, he could only be kicked out of office and let another member of parliament be the head of the parliament."
Caesar shook his head and said: "Li Wei has no ability to influence the decision-making of the parliament."
Cororin said: "He didn't have this ability from the beginning. The galactic army was just a dog of the Parliament, and now it is a bereaved dog."
Opal: "The people will not allow him..."
"Where did the people come from?" Coroline was very patient in dealing with this issue, and he even spared the precious discussion time to enlighten Opal: "Are the people of the Republic? They didn't die at all. It's all soldiers. The only thing they know about fighting is that the government burns tax revenue, reducing the benefits they can get."
Opal: "But you also killed a lot of people, like Lie Xing."
Cororin said: "It's not the same, the Republic is not a fierce star, as you have seen, the citizens of the Republic who are immersed in the galaxy Internet every day care only about the scenery and entertainment on their virtual planet. As long as there is Internet and electricity, who lives outside? It doesn't matter who dies, they can't wait to get the whole person into the fiber."
Opal: "People in the military will not be willing to negotiate peace."
Ithone didn't know whether to laugh or cry. With a playful look in his eyes, Corolin said, "Yes, the purpose of this time is to play them to death. I suggest that everyone laugh and forget their grievances and let Tylgat hold another dance. Allen and Ithone went to the source of floodlight in person, as my most loyal representatives, to express the importance of this peace talks. After the peace talks, the Puns Chamber of Commerce's joint trade route and star gate will be opened to establish a new route , to end the phenomenon of isolation and isolation since the founding of our country, and accept immigrants and tourists from all over the universe. At the same time, Iszur reduced some tariffs on the goods of the Republic, and how much to reduce, please contact the Ministry of Finance to discuss in detail.”
"By the way, I will invite Bordeaux, Li Wei and the main battle to send the members to the Grip of Rotation to do objective light. I will not stay in Iszur at that time, and let Andore be responsible for receiving him."
Opal was speechless.
Ithone said: "Li Wei will not come."
Cororin nodded and said, "If he doesn't come, he will be abolished. My people dare to go to his land, but he dare not come to my house?"
Opal: "What's the point of you doing this? Even if a peace treaty is reached on the surface, he will not forget the relationship between the two parties..."
"Yesterday was still fighting to the death, but today the relationship is better than dancing." Coroline said meaningfully: "Understand? This is the contrast. We sank an aircraft carrier, and the Tens of thousands of people have all died in vain, and their comrades in arms will definitely go crazy. They have been demanding revenge one after another, so the military and parliament of the Republic will always have a thorn buried in their hearts, and this thorn will be very useful in the future."
Several people present laughed, only Opal did not laugh. He briefly used the power of faith to read the thoughts of several people, all of which were the same idea—His Majesty was in a good mood today.
The civil servant coughed and said, "Yes, my majesty. There are three benefits of peace talks. First, in exchange for a buffer time for battles and at the expense of the opponent's strength. Second: to divide the relationship between the public opinion of the Republic's army and the central government. Third: to reopen forgetting. On the road, establish new business cooperation and promote the long-term development of both sides.”
Coroline nodded and said, "Levy has been doomed since the day he lost the battle. He is already shaky. After a while, I will clean him up with my own hands."
Several people retired, leaving Cororin and Opal in the hall.
Coroline stretched out his hand and looked at Opal. Opal knew what was on his mind. In fact, from the day they returned to the Grip of Light, all of Coroline's thoughts were completely open to Opal.
Coroline wanted Opal to put his hand in his, and then pulled him, pulling Opal to him and hugging him.
But Opal did not go to the throne to sit on Cororin, but put little Q on his hand.
Coroline didn't say anything, took Xiao Q and started to assemble a few parts back.
"I'm going to fix it." Cororin said, "You can use it in the future. It happens to be a pair with E7. Find a lover for it too."
Opal looked at Cororin's movements and suddenly said: "The soldiers of the Republic are dead in vain, and so are your people."
Coroline didn't look at the opal, he buried his head and pulled out a few threads in the little Q with his slender fingers, and said, "They didn't die in vain, they entrusted their lives to me, and they believed in me, just like they believed in their own beliefs, so I It will not betray their trust. The current peace talks are to take a farther road. Sooner or later, the Republic will be included in the Dark Alliance and will be directly within the sphere of influence of Iszur. As long as this ultimate goal can be achieved, my people will not Dead in vain."
Opal did not speak, and quietly looked at the little robot that Cororin repaired. This seemed to be a very complicated and vast project. Cororin did it very attentively. His mind was full of energy pathways and chip technology knowledge. , Opal read it a few times and didn't have much interest, so he stopped learning about it, just watched him in a daze, and sat like this for an afternoon.
In the evening Cororin said, "E7, solder this for me."
E7 stuck out a small screwdriver from his abdomen and turned around curiously. Cororin frowned and said, "Welding."
E7 retrieved the voice-activated keyword, retracted the screwdriver, stretched out a welding pliers, and accidentally electrocuted Cororin while welding him, and Cororin immediately said, "Hey!"
Coroline's finger skin was burnt to the point of being cooked, and Opal suspected that he could smell a little roasted meat.
Coroline poked its head and asked, "Have you become stupid after being locked in a drawer for so long?"
E7 doesn't know if he understands it, but beeps beep.
Opal said: "Who else has become stupid?"
Cororin raised his eyebrows and watched him not speak, and they both understood each other.
"Your wife will be alive in two days," said Coroline.
"Well." Opal said: "Actually, I am the wife, thank you, teacher."
Cororin said, "What do you plan to do after you leave? Return to Lie Xing?"
Opal didn't want to go back. He had to admit that he was a complete loser. Not only did he not take revenge for Lie Xing's comrade-in-arms, he also shamelessly surrendered to the enemy. Step by step, Coroline made him fall into an abyss where he could never turn back. inside.
Opal said: "Look at Raymond."
Cololin said: "People's beliefs will always be strongly questioned from the bottom of their hearts. Sometimes they compromise, sometimes they give up. Sometimes it's betrayal. This is the only way for you."
Opal said: "I'm a coward, no, you are too strong. My beliefs are vulnerable to you, you know everything, and you grasp my weaknesses very accurately, you know I will refuse to do so, so You resurrect him first, and then let me choose whether to destroy him... You are very powerful and cruel, teacher."
Opal had to admit that he could not be an enemy of Cororin at all, he always grasped the enemy's most fatal weakness, and used these weaknesses to completely disintegrate the opponent's beliefs.
Opal looked at Cororin and said, "I admire you from the bottom of my heart."
"You can admire your own enemies." Cororin raised his eyebrows and said: "You are not a coward, let go of these useless thoughts, go back to when we first met, relax a little, you could have not had to bear so much being imposed on you. The shackles on yourself."
Cororin repaired Xiao Q and made it spin on the ground. Xiao Q seemed to be a little abnormal, and it was easy to hit walls or pillars, but he could understand the basic commands.
"What do you need Raymond to do?" Opal said, "As long as you don't be too cruel, I'm willing to help you too."
Cororin opened the light projection screen on the armrest of the throne, and on it was the design of a spaceship, about 80% completed. , my apprentice, your thoughts will always be unreserved in front of me. You are afraid that I will let Raymond rebel and kill people, instead of really caring about your teacher, me, if I need help. "
Opal laughed and said, "Well, I'm ashamed, but that's exactly what I think now."
"Go and investigate the wheel of time." Cororin said: "By the way, look for your background. It is related to one of the things Nolan explained to me."
Opal replied: "Okay. But where to start?"
Cororin said: "There may be some information in the Great Astronautical Exploration Association at King's Wharf. Originally, our next stop after leaving the source of floodlight is there. By the way, assassinate the emperor, or let the family of the imperial queen rebel against him."
Opal frowned and said, "It's impossible for me and Raymond to do it."
Coroline sighed and said: "The palace of Carthus is heavily guarded, but in fact, if you really want to do it, of course you can do it. That was just the initial plan, and now the Pope is willing to talk to us, so I guess the Holy See There is a principled problem with the emperor that should not be underestimated, so let Karthus live for a few more years and wait for the Pope to take care of him."
Opal said: "Without violating Teacher Lecter's teaching, I am also willing to do it for you..."
"Why do you think Raymond won't kill people casually?" Coroline suddenly said, "Do you remember when you were in the pirate ship?"
Opal frowned slightly, thinking of a scene where corpses piled up the pirate spaceships throughout the corridor. Raymond never seemed to be soft-hearted when it came to killing people, female Luoxing, Jixing, and pirate ship.
"You are the only one who has the concept of right and wrong in the clone." Cororin said lightly: "You are his only comrade-in-arms, friend, brother, I once had such a belief, that is Rickett, but with the migration of the years, the belief always It will change, it will be constantly questioned, and then reborn, and one day, when you look back, you will find that you are so far away that you don’t know each other.”
Opal said: "You are right, teacher, people will always change slowly, but our lives are too short, not as long as yours."
Opal thought again of Raymond's reaction when he learned that the Meteor Legion had begun to attack the homeland on the planet Rembrandt.
At that time he didn't seem to care, he just asked Opal, it's okay to stay outside or go back to the war, what do you think? it's up to you.
When Opal chose, Raymond followed him back to defend his hometown.
"Yes." Opal said: "Your character is actually a person, the difference is that he has me by his side."
On the last day before Raymond's resurrection, Opal woke up very early, and when he ran outside, he saw Coroline sitting on the throne in deep thought, and he sat here all night last night.
"Can I go up to the 700th floor to see it?" Opal asked.
Coroline didn't answer, went to the railing outside the hall, took a stack of dead leaves from the plate, and a group of Pom jumped on the railing immediately, looking at the dead leaves in his hands with anticipation.
Cororin said, "It's not time yet, be patient, Opal."
He fed the leaves to a row of little Poms, his focused expression shrouded in the rays of the rising sun, one little Pom happily chewed the leaves, the other Pom watched it eat, and occasionally glanced up at Chloe with sparkling eyes Lin, wait for your share.
Opal watched for a long, long time, until Cororin had finished feeding the leaves and turned to take him up to the seven hundredth floor.
Raymond has become complete, his eyes are closed, his body is naked, immersed in the sea of time solution, his short black hair is like a flame burning in the liquid, Coroline turned on a switch on the console, and the surroundings lit up.
"He's charging." Corinthian said.
There was a strange feeling in Opal's heart, as if both people inside and outside were Cororin, no, they were both Raymonds.
The energy light on the console reaches 100%.
Opal raised a heart in his throat and asked, "Can it be successful?"
"Not necessarily, I tried my best."
Before he finished speaking, Raymond in the nutrition cabin moved and leaned back.
Opal: "!!!"
He understood in an instant that Raymond's last memory was to control the mecha to lean back and raise it to avoid Cororin's artillery fire.
"The last memory before it was destroyed." Coroline murmured.
Raymond opened his eyes, let out a silent cry, exhaled a string of bubbles, then froze, turned his head to look around, and then Cororin opened the nutrition chamber, and Raymond fell out with water.
Opal: "Raymond!"
Raymond coughed suddenly, coughing up the water in his lungs.
Coroline said lightly: "Success, congratulations, Opal."
He turned away, leaving Raymond and Opal in the laboratory.