Raymond was still dressed as a clown, his face had not washed off the paint, sitting beside Opal, another wave of meteor showers swept across the sky, reflecting the night sky like day.
Or Rickett spoke first. He said, "What did Xiaoke teach you?"
Raymond pondered for a moment, then replied: "He... It's hard to answer, and I don't know how much he gave me... "
"Natasha." Rector said.
Raymond was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Queen of the Sphinx?"
[I'm sorry, Opal, I can't spy on his mind, which determines what kind of attitude I will take to face this matter.]Rector's voice sounded directly in Opal's mind.
Opal knew that Rickett knew that he was not asleep, he dared not answer, his heart was pounding, what was Rector confirming? After confirming that Raymond could be another Cororin
"I don't know." Raymond muttered to himself.
Rickett said again: "Heinris."
Raymond frowned slightly and said, "I seem to have heard this name before, the family that Lefina belongs to..."
Rector said, "Where's Kyle Ray?"
Raymond was silent. He narrowed his eyes and said, "The former mercenary king of Lie Xing, I heard that he is also a clone..."
Opal opened his eyes and said, "Kerley is your maker."
This time it was Lecter's turn to be moved and said, "Kerley is also a replicator?"
Opal nodded, sat up, and detailed the inferences in the ivory tower to Recht.
During this period of time, Raymond's expression was always a little uneasy. That was when Opal had seen Raymond the most insecure. He was keenly aware of it, and reached out to hold Raymond's fingers to show that he would always be forever. is on his side.
And Lecter's face became very complicated, he had too many things he didn't know, Opal was afraid that he would do something too exciting, and finally said: "Teacher, you just said that you want to live like an ordinary person. ... a life, and you promised me to teach me atomic pool."
Raymond said, "His pool skills are good?"
Opal smiled and said: "Yes, maybe I can win some tolls back."
Rickett's expression had a slight smile, but there was an indescribable helplessness between his eyebrows. He was silent for a long time, then nodded slowly and sighed.
"The promise still counts," Recht said. "You can come to me at any time."
Opal said, "Then let's find a teacher tomorrow?"
Raymond smiled and said: "I have to come here tomorrow to work for a full week, Erlin said, let me come during the day to help with some things, and I will pay an extra 10,000 credit points. Some guests live in In the White Flower Manor, you need to accompany you out during the day."
Rickett knew what he was wearing, and he didn't need to ask. At this moment, the symphony was playing in the manor, and the dance began.
Rickett got up and said, "I have to go in and explain something. Here is my communication number. I live on Liuling Guangying Street, where the players of the Republic Atomic Pool Club stay."
Raymond said, "Let's just... go back first?"
Opal thought for a while and could only go back. Rickett was about to turn around and enter, but Opal said, "Teacher."
Rector glanced back at him and motioned them to do their own thing. Entering the ballroom in the manor, Opal was full of mixed feelings. Just as he was about to leave the lawn with Raymond, Rector's voice sounded directly in his mind.
[He is like Cororin who has just left the Sanctuary of the Stars and went to the universe to experience alone. He lacks a sense of security. In general, he has no dark thoughts. I won't be hard on him, on the contrary, I would love to chat with him more. I believe we can be friends.]Thank goodness... Opal's biggest problem in life is finally solved.
"What are you laughing at?" Raymond asked.
"Well, nothing," Opal said happily. "Let's start scavenging."
Raymond poked Opal's head with his finger and said, "Gathering information, you forgot your business again."
Opal said: "It's a full week! What are you in a hurry?"
Facts have proved that Opal is right. This banquet is simply extravagant and extravagant. Every day at night, it will be grandly opened in the White Flower Manor.
On the first night, Opal had no place to live, so he and Raymond went out, took the next day's breakfast and lunch, and walked slowly along the road in the dark night before dawn, the whole white Falcon Star fell into a brief silence in the hour before the sun rose, the meteor shower covering the whole star had fallen asleep, and only the street lights were quietly on.
"Is it cold?" Raymond asked.
"A little." Opal felt that his physical condition was much weaker than before. The lack of combat training and difficult environment made him feel a little cold.
I don't know when, the flowers on the side of the road sounded the harmony of sonorous, as if hypnotizing.
Raymond put the coat on Opal, still wearing the clown suit, and asked, "Will he kill me?"
Opal didn't expect Raymond to ask this question so bluntly, he replied: "No, on the contrary, he quite likes you."
Raymond waved his hand, motioning Opal to stop coaxing him to play.
Opal suddenly thought about it and asked, "How do you feel about him?"
He thought of the long past between Coroline and Recht. Recht personally cultivated him. Both are the only relatives of each other. Raymond carries Coroline's genes. Will it be like in him? The moment he opened his eyes, his subconsciousness drove him to Lie Xing, and now he still holds the same emotions he had when he first came out of the sanctuary
"I'm a little afraid of him." Raymond said, "I'm afraid from the bottom of my heart, I don't dare to talk nonsense in front of him. I'm afraid that he won't agree with me and won't let me be with you..."
Opal said: "Hey, man."
He patted Raymond on the back and said, "Didn't you plan to chase me? Could it be that my father objected and you were about to give up?"
Under the dark night sky, they were silent with each other for a long time, and the flowers of carols along the road sounded a hypnotic serenade. The flowers here were transplanted from the Holy See country, and they could only play music, without vocal cords like human voices.
Opal still remembered that their last commission was to find this kind of singing flower. The two of them were like newbies who could not regenerate. They inquired everywhere, and asked everywhere how to get a singing flower from the Kingdom of Arc. This kind of flower left. The Holy See cannot survive. Opal asked around like a fool, and finally got the exact information.
Raymond set up the shed for that employer, and bought a series of complex simulation machines, hustle and bustle just to earn the meager 3,000 credits, magnetic particles, temperature to natural soil element ratios, and water The composition of the flower is a little bit more reluctant to sing, as if this plant can recognize the unfamiliar environment around it.
Opal wanted to give up several times, but he was really impatient. However, under Raymond's insistence, they finally succeeded. The first thing Raymond did after getting the money was to buy food for Opal.
Opal didn't know why he suddenly remembered this scene. He felt that Raymond was not easy. He was a safe and reliable man. He began to find a little bit of the original feeling.
The tall clown bowed slightly to him, and the two held hands. The oil paint did not hide his handsome face at all. The one-piece clown suit was unique, so Opal hugged him and walked a few steps under the street lamp. , and took a slow dance step with the carol flowers on the roadside.
"I prefer it this way," Opal said.
Raymond said, "Just what?"
Opal said: "Oh no, you don't have this thing in your memory bank, I guess it was only after you were made that Cororin learned it."
Raymond was confused, but Opal thought it was very funny. Raymond said in a low voice, "How about tonight..."
A car stopped on the side of the road and the windows disappeared.
"It's very late." Rickett said, "Do I need to give you a ride?"
Opal looked at Raymond, with a look of inquiry in his eyes, and Raymond nodded.
The two got into the car, and Opal said, "Thank you, teacher."
Raymond said, "Thank you, teacher."
Lecter closed the car window and seemed to be a little touched. At that moment, Opal felt the strong emotional fluctuations in Lecter's heart, and seemed to be full of emotion for a student who was exactly the same as Corolin calling him that again. Regain the long-lost feelings of being an ordinary person.
Rector: "Where to go?"
Opal said, "Oak Hotel, where's the car?"
Raymond said immediately: "No, go to the tarmac, there is only one bed in the hotel, we can't sleep."
Recht said: "I borrowed the car from the club."
Opal said: "It seems that you are doing well, teacher."
Rickett smiled and said: "Do you want to borrow money from me? I believe that with Raymond's ability, it will not be too bad. After all, you are both students taught by me."
The car stopped very quickly, and it took a long walk to walk, but it only took a few minutes to drive. Raymond still had nothing to say, nodded to Rickett, as if thinking about how to say goodbye to him, Rickett took the initiative: "Raymond, goodbye, Opal, see you tomorrow."
Opal remembered that Rickett had promised to teach him pool, and smiled, "I will definitely come to you."
Opal and Raymond returned to the spaceship. At this time, the sky was very bright. Raymond went to take a bath. Opal was so sleepy that he was still arranging the information in front of the sofa.
Raymond was in good spirits after taking a shower. He took out the drinks they had taken at the reception and said, "I saw an old friend today. Guess who it is?"
Opal immediately remembered, that question he hadn't asked yet.
"Another clown?" Opal frowned and said, "Who is it? I feel a little familiar too."
"Yinyao, do you still remember him?" Raymond said, "The person who once fought with us on Star Girl Luo."
Opal: "!!!"
"He took the initiative to tell you?" Opal asked in surprise.
Raymond nodded and said, "Yes, but he doesn't recognize me anymore. I don't think that's why we haven't seen each other for four years. He's a very friendly person, and he also said that mercenaries have never been interested in adventurers. , I think a large part of the reason we can talk is that he has a more friendly personality."
"It must have been Ledgerson who modified everyone's memory, God, how did he do it? It's really amazing," Opal said.
Raymond said: "He also received a commission, which was hired by the empire to accompany you."
Opal said: "How is Lie Xing now?"
Raymond said: "The situation is not very good. The Empire is gradually annexing it, and the price is much higher than when we stayed there four years ago. The Empire wants to open the same office in King's Wharf and Lie Xing, and integrate the big aerospace. The association and the mercenary guild form a large-scale joint organization. The adventurers association has a strong intelligence network and information collection capabilities, and the mercenary guild has excellent combat effectiveness..."
Opal's first thought upon hearing this was that it was almost a feat.
"It's really good to do this," Opal said. "Will King's Wharf and Fierce Star work together?"
Raymond said: "It may be fusion, mixing, setting up a new organization, allowing mercenaries and adventurers to freely form groups and cooperate, adopting teamwork to solve the commission, and Azeroth talked to the empire when he was still alive. After this incident, he had already agreed to this matter, and then regretted it, the empire was unwilling to send troops to support in the first battle of the fierce star because of his renegade, but instead delayed Azeroth."
Opal said: "No wonder... why did he do this? I mean he promised to do it, and then went back on it."
Raymond shrugged and said, "Yinyao doesn't know either, what do you think? What is his position?"
Opal couldn't say why, and Raymond said again: "Do you think this is good or bad?"
Opal said: "In the long run, I think it's good, the fusion of the two cultures is good for development, but ... it is also possible that the new institutions will become tools in the hands of the Empire, although King's Wharf is an independent planet, it is after all affected by Imperial influence... if it is the most idealistic, it must be a good thing. And I also... "
Raymond nodded and said, "But Yin Di doesn't like this. He represents the thoughts of a considerable number of mercenaries."
This is to be expected. Opal also knows that mercenaries must not like changes. After integration, there are too many problems to be solved and run-in, and Lie Xing will be managed better than what happened thousands of years ago. Even more strict, the Covenant Law must be obeyed, which is tantamount to adding a considerable degree of difficulty to the task.
"I remember Azeroth mentioned it a few times," Opal said. "He said he was old and his mind was rigid. I didn't understand it at the time. Now that I think about it, he must have had a great feeling about it. . But he kept it a secret so well that no one knew about it, not even the wrench."
Raymond said: "I think Wrench should also know about it. Now the rumors have gone out, Wrench has been reluctant to accept Kartez's proposition, the empire is putting pressure on it, and the fierce star is arguing very, very badly. Say something else, about Your hidden mission."
Opal said: "By the way, I have collected a very important piece of information about the heir to the emperor."
Raymond said: "I also heard them talk about it, Karthus has two princes, the eldest prince is the Baroque, the little prince is Alex, and according to rumors, Karthus is considering establishing one. The crown prince, he has been the emperor for thousands of years, he may not find it interesting."
Opal said: "So Baroque and Alex are fighting for the crown prince position?"
Raymond nodded thoughtfully and said, "Alex is very beautiful. He studied fencing with Ledgerson for a while. He once wanted to be a musician, but he's back now, Carter. He handed over an administrative province including sixteen planets to him."
Opal said: "I heard at the banquet that Baroque didn't like Alex very much, and said in front of several people that he was just a white face. Does Baroque have a fief?"
Raymond said: "Yes, but his talent is quite average. The Prime Minister has a lot of respect for both sides. I can't see who he supports."
"Prime Minister?" Opal heard this name for the first time, thinking it was something to eat, and asked: "Is the Prime Minister a person?"
Raymond didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "The White Flower Manor we went to today is one of the Prime Minister's sites."
"Oh—" Opal suddenly realized, and said, "Who will he support?"
Raymond said: "I don't know. The relationship behind this is quite complicated. I think this commission you received is indeed very challenging."
Opal yawned, only to feel that everything is a mess based on the current situation, and all the inside stories are buried under the unknown water. Anyway, it will take a long time to come to Japan, and there are still six days. Everything can be taken slowly. .
There was so much happening this night, Opal smacked his lips tediously, and Raymond knew he was sleepy, and said, "You go to sleep first, there is a sum of money on this card, 200 credits, I am in Erling. The fees you get there. You can buy something you like when you go to the teacher tomorrow."
200 credit points can only buy three egg cakes, Opal said: "No, you can take it with you."
Raymond insisted on giving it to Opal, looking into his eyes, Opal laughed and put it away solemnly.
"I'm off to work," Raymond said as he changed his clothes.
Opal was a little disappointed. He thought he would do something else, but now that the sun has risen and the carnival noise has mostly resumed outside, Raymond does have to go to work.
"Okay." Opal said dryly.
Raymond put on a new suit and got it from the butler. He leaned over, knelt down beside the sofa, kissed Opal on the lips, patted his head, and said, "See you tonight, wife."
Opal was unable to correct Raymond, he grabbed Raymond's tie, kissed his warm lips, and said, "Come on."
Raymond went out to work, and Opal was so tired that he had spent almost the whole night worrying, and now he was wrapped in a blanket and fell asleep.