Civilization: Beyond Two Worlds

The night was deep, the wind was swaying, and Ah Fu was acting like a spoiled child.

"Dad!" she cried, "Big brother bullied me!"

Nishias also heard the "small beach comparison was successful", she was confused with the female chef of the ice cream stand - what does this small beach mean?

After all, the word "little beach" is spoken in the common language of human beings. It is difficult for people who don't understand English to have such an association, but Kant and the parrot understand it in seconds. In the year of Saint Inlie Island, one person and one parrot went over and over again. After watching all the movies that Kant could find, he learned to swear at each other in English.

Coupled with a bunch of foreign games, the parrot can already speak English.

The ancients had the realm of "Looking at a mountain is not a mountain", and these two are also masters who "listen to a beach is not a beach".

Kant embarrassedly patted Ah Fu on the shoulder, feeling a little unhappy in his heart. Iron son usually backstabs his loving father, but he still bullies such a lovely little sister, which is really inappropriate.

He said: "This is what Horus did wrong. I will teach him a good lesson and make him apologize."

Afu said: "Maybe it's brother Horus who is joking with me..."

The good daughter hugged Kant, rubbed against his chest, and whispered: "But, it may be that in the past, only brother Horus was with father, now Ah Fu is here, and brother Horus is afraid that Ah Fu will take away his father's love... "

Shit, and take away my father's love.

It's just worried that you'll take its backstab right.

I have to say, a delicate, lovable, beautiful little girl who is in front of her with pear blossoms and rain, softly excuses others, Kant really likes this.

He was about to appease Ah Fu again when he heard the ship's mother say: "Father, don't be angry, Ah Fu will get along well with Brother Horus. Tonight is to entertain Sister Nicias, don't delay the business..."

... ah, how sensible.

Kant touched Ah Fu's head, Ah Fu raised his head with a smile on his face, and narrowed his eyes like a cat. He looked at Nicias beside him, and said apologetically, "It's a joke."

...but Miss Admiral didn't seem to hear their conversation. The beauty at sea was looking at Kant's hand on A Fu's head, dazed, not knowing what she was thinking, and now she came back to her senses.

"Ah?" She panicked, "Ah no no no, no no no no."

Seeing this, Ah Fu blinked. She has been chatting with Nicias every day these past few days, and she is about to become a best friend. She has almost cleaned up the mind of this navy flower, and now her mind has changed. , I knew what the other party was thinking, and smiled: "Is my sister coming to try it? It feels like being touched by my father."

Nicias almost jumped up: "I-I don't want it!"

Just kidding, I am older than him, how can I let him touch his head! Not a child!

The parrot sticks its head out from the other side.

—As an antique from the previous era, she is extremely estranged from this world and maintains an indifferent distance. She only reveals her true nature in front of Kant and Delilah, but there are no exceptions. For example, she only needs to put on Delilah’s vest. , then instantly let go of himself, unscrupulous to do whatever he wants.

"A'Fu, you don't understand." The Phoenix King said, "Eldest sister Nicias is an adult, she can't be touched on the head of your father's head like a child, she wants to be touched on the other head..."

Ah Fu said innocently: "Hey, there are other heads?"

Parrot said vividly: "Yes, there are more than one, just don't know your sister wants to be..."

Nicias blushed.

Although the ship is one of the most easily born and popular areas, Miss Admiral herself knows at least 300 Yelou jokes. In the end, without exception, she was hung on the mast until she sobered up, and she had to wipe the deck the next day.

... But she never imagined that one day she would be slapped with a yellow accent in front of the Elf Queen.

"Your Majesty!" she shouted in a low voice, "please respect yourself!"

"Hey, there are no outsiders, so why be so solemn." The parrot pinched the orchid finger and said bitch, "Anyway, we will be called sisters soon..."

"…"

Kant said to Ah Fu: "Go buy ice cream, don't let the master wait."

He also has his own identity card and badge, but it is inconvenient to take it out. First, he is a bit pretentious, and it is easy to scare other masters. Second, Ah Fu's lesson is ahead, and he is not sure what he will be compared to.

In case there is a "comparison of virgins with success", "comparison of Wang Xiaoman's childhood sweethearts with success", "comparison of successful time management masters" and so on... There are outsiders present.

Not only will it deal a heavy blow to his reputation, but it will also contribute to the parrot, the birdman, for a long time.

No, no matter what, I have to beat this pervert.

Afu replied sweetly, and asked about their tastes. After a while, he returned with four ice cream cones. Kant took two and walked towards the parrot who was harassing Nicias. He raised his hand and put the ice cream. Put it into her mouth: "You can shut up!"

The parrot made a humming sound, and Nicias thanked him and took Kant's other cone. The two of them met for a moment, and then invariably looked at the parrot who pulled out the cone.

Looks are more subtle.

It's like opening the umbrella ahead of time and waiting for the heavy rain to fall from the sky.

The atmosphere was quiet for a while.

The parrot looked at Kant and then at Nicias: "...what's the matter?"

"No...nothing." Kant struggled for a while, "...I thought you would speak a yellow accent."

After all, it was just blocked by such a thick stick.

Unexpectedly, he didn't say anything.

Nicias nodded subconsciously.

She thought so too.

Then she felt that this move was extremely inappropriate, she hurriedly lowered her head to cover it up, and took a bite of the ice cream.

The parrot scratched his head and said, "It's like this. I wanted to say a few words, but it didn't feel interesting. I wanted to say something relatively novel and have a clear idea, but I didn't think about it for a while..."

And over there, Nicias showed a surprised look.

The sweetness infiltrated the fragrance of fruit she had never tasted before, and along with the cold taste, it escaped in the mouth, leaving a long aftertaste.

This…

The wonderful taste, sweetness and fragrance were stored in the cool frost, melted and released between the temperature of her lips and tongue, she narrowed her eyes in surprise and pleasure, and smiled involuntarily.

"Ah," said the parrot, "Kant, you conquered her stomach."

Then the "Phoenix King" touched his chin again and thought: "Maybe it should be said - the white from Kant that was melted by Miss Nicias's hot lips..."

- Before she could finish her sentence, she was pushed aside by Kant with his fingers crossed: "Almost there, Miss Nicias is a guest, don't tease her like this, it's rude."

The parrot pouted and bowed his head to Nishias obediently: "I'm sorry, I have zero communication skills, no sense of social boundaries, I speak regardless of occasions, jokes are not serious or serious, I don't know how to deal with others, take Dirty as the humorous nasty Phoenix King Derrella."

"Ah this..."

Nicias showed a panicked look: "This, this, you don't have to apologize, I, this kind of thing is actually normal on the ship, and I'm not angry, anyway, anyway..."

To be fair, she is indeed a little depressed about the current predicament, and she is also troubled by the repeated bewildering behavior of the Elf Queen, but if she is angry, she is not angry.

After all, the opponent is the Phoenix King.

To be able to condescend and make this kind of joke with her, a naval officer in the council, can even be said to be kindness, closeness and appreciation to a certain extent, not to mention her, if it is anyone else in the world, it will not be. It would be considered a rude offense, and some elves would even be ecstatic.

As for asking the other party to apologize... crazy.

"—Look, you also think that I have done nothing wrong, and I also think that I have done nothing wrong. Even if it is replaced by any person or elf in the world, I will not feel that I should apologize."

At this moment, the Phoenix King in front of him hooked on the shoulders of the Aurora people: "But only this Aurora people think that I did something wrong, I shouldn't make such a dirty joke to you who are not close, I should Apologize to you—I even know that if I don't give him face, refuse to apologize, or even lose his temper, he's ready to pester me all night, chanting sutras until dawn."

Nicias looked surprised.

"I mean really, he is really such a person." The Queen smiled at her, "Do you feel moved and think this is a good man?"

Whether it was the deeds she had read from the newspaper, her personal experience during the evacuation operation, or even the night scene tonight, the simple experience of the family of five she saw, so that now...

Nicias nodded subconsciously.

"Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh!"

The parrot laughed wildly: "You are hooked, you are hooked! You are going to be caught by Kant!"

-Oops!

Miss Admiral was shocked, she was shocked and shouted: "I didn't!"

"...You're not finished yet!"

The parrot laughed at Kant's exasperated cries, and as he ran, he pointed his **** at Kant.

"Hey, hey, hey, okay, okay, I got it, go over right away!"

On the other side, Ah Fu pressed the walkie-talkie beside his ear and said a few words, showing a look of embarrassment, and said to Kant: "Father, it's like this, there is some technical problem with the broadcasting system, I have to go check it out, business is important. , I'll be back in a while - Sister Nicias will be taken care of by you, that's all!"

After she finished speaking, she ran away, followed the parrot, and disappeared into the night of the streets of Far Harbor.

"Hello!"

"Wait a moment!"

Kant and Nicias extended Erkan's hand in perfect harmony.

It's a pity that the two guys who ran one after the other, and their excuses were lame no matter how they looked at them, didn't listen at all.

The two withdrew their hands and looked at each other awkwardly.

"...Then what." Kant held back for a few seconds and said, "Don't listen to her, she's just kidding, I don't have any bad thoughts about you..."

Nicias tilted her head with a subtle expression: "...Oh."

Kant felt that something was wrong and continued: "How to say it, I can't say that there is no wrongdoing at all, after all, I am a normal man, and it is my nature and instinct to appreciate beautiful women, and besides your appearance , I also respect and admire your achievements in the military field and career..."

Miss Admiral nibbled at the ice cream: "...Mmmm."

—Did I say something wrong? What should I say at this time?

Kant scratched his head: "...How about I take you back?"

There seemed to be a loud cough and words like "grass" in the distance, but they were quickly blown away by the wind, and Nicias' eyes showed obvious shock and confusion.

Although she has no emotional experience, as a flower of the navy and a famous general in the council, she has many suitors.

The graceful second generation of the French, the sons of nobles who look like dogs, have seen all kinds of men, and she has also seen all kinds of pursuit skills of these men, and Kant's behavior, from language to action From demeanor to behavior...

Apparently the best of them all.

Unless it was a new routine that she didn't know about, Kant's performance tonight was completely unmatched when he first captured Princess Tina's heart, deeply rooted the Phoenix King's love, and reportedly won one within a few hours. Yinlong's reputation as a lover, but Kant's appearance doesn't seem like a fake at all.

Could it be that…

Does he not understand at all?

Or…

Looking at the entanglement and embarrassment on Kant's face, Nicias recalled a series of words, deeds and performances of the other party tonight, and two bold and amazing speculations emerged in her heart.

First, Kant really had no male or female interest in her.

Second, Kant doesn't know how to get along with women at all...

This unexpected discovery even made her want to laugh a little. The terrifying image of the Aurora people holding the forbidden curse sword, invincible in battle, and deterring all countries has become friendly and real. It may also be the sugar brought by the ice cream in their hands. She let go of her nervousness and vigilance, and Miss Admiral even thought it would be okay to stay a little longer.

Furthermore...

go back?

Returning to the fleet that has made her unfamiliar, facing the persecuting father, facing the special envoy who has other plans, facing the officers and soldiers who have become greedy under the promise of heavy rewards from the council...

A bitter smile appeared on Nicias' face.

She whispered, "Can I stay here a little longer?"

Kant was startled, then nodded: "No problem, it's ok."

Just as Miss Admiral was about to say thank you, she heard the other person say, "Then you can just walk around, I'll give you a communicator, and you can call me if you have anything..."

"??????"

Nicias looked up, her ruby ​​red eyes widened in astonishment.

康德也惊讶地回望着她，片刻之后才反应过来：“哦哦哦哦哦是想让我陪你待一会儿啊，我知道了我知道了，还以为你要一个人安静安静…”

He scratched his head and let out an embarrassed laugh.

"…"

It's fake, it must be fake! ?

In a strange way, Nicias opened her mouth and said, "Has no woman ever made a similar request to you before?"

Kant's laughter stopped.

He still maintained the gesture of rubbing his head and laughing dryly, his mouth slightly open, frozen like a sculpture.

With a puff, Nicias couldn't help laughing.

She felt rude and covered her mouth, but she couldn't stop laughing. When she thought of Kant's silly appearance on the spot, she felt that she could laugh out loud when she went back to bed tonight.

"Hug, sorry." She laughed, "I-I'm not laughing at you..."

Kant muttered: "...It doesn't matter."

It really doesn't matter, anyway, from childhood to adulthood, from family to childhood sweethearts to friends, from humans to Transformers, and even if you leave the earth to another world, you will be laughed at for this.

got used to.

Nicias hurriedly changed the subject: "Let's go for a walk."

"Oh..." Kant said sullenly, "Where to?"

—This is your city, where do you ask me to go?

Nishias looked helpless. She pointed in one direction, which is the direction the family of five left: "Where does that road lead? I see that family is going there."

Kant glanced at it: "Wharf construction area - City Hall is working on expanding the wharf and repairing the previously abandoned port area. That man should be working in the wharf area. According to his rating, he is a second-level skilled worker. He should be a small squad leader, and he I said it myself, it's night shift."

"That is to say, he is going to work?" Nicias asked, "His family and children are sending him?"

"should be."

"Can I go take a look?"

"sure."

The two reached a consensus and quickened their pace. Although it took a while at the ice cream stand, the family walked slowly and not too fast. Soon, their figures walking slowly under the street lights were in sight. .

On the way, Nicias asked curiously, "What is night shift?"

Kant replied: "Night shift, naturally work at night."

Nishias was surprised: "Do you still have to work at night? Is it a little too tired?"

"Yes, after all, they are used to getting up early and going to bed late. Working at night goes against the biological clock and will make them sleepier than working during the day. However, the construction schedule is tight. If the construction is completed one day earlier, the port facilities will function one day earlier."

Kant replied: "So night work provides many benefits and guarantees, and the salary is more than that of day work. Now is an extraordinary period, and in the future, night shifts will only be reserved for special positions."

"That's good," Nicias said. "After all, working from day to night is too hard. People who work don't get enough sleep. The body can't stand it, and it's easy to make mistakes."

Having said that, she saw Kant turned to look at her out of the corner of her eye: "Did I say something wrong?"

Kant laughed and said, "You misunderstood, the night shift does not mean to work at night after finishing work during the day, but only to work at night and rest during the day."

He raised two fingers: "Eight hours, he only needs to work eight hours at night, and even if he finishes the day's work, I will pay him by the hour."

Miss Admiral's eyes widened: "Eight hours? This..."

She murmured, "How is that enough?"

"We implement three shifts, that is, three groups of workers take turns to work, and each group of workers works eight hours. In fact, eight hours is not enough, because there is a break in the middle."

Kant explained: "In this way, there are people working in every job 24 hours a day, and they are full of energy and vitality, so the efficiency is full, and there is no need to worry about not enough."

"No no no, I'm not saying this isn't enough, I'm saying..."

Nicias looked incomprehensible: "They only work eight hours a day?"

Kant spread his hands and said, "Otherwise?"

-I also want to ask you!

In today's world, those who work hard, from slaves to farmers to artisans to servants, the merchants, nobles and slave owners who manage and support them, can't wait to make them work every minute—eight hours? Let them have eight hours from sleeping to eating to resting, that is the kindness that can't be more kind!

It is a thousand-year-old tradition to start work when it is dawn, stop when it is dark, and leave early and return late.

How come you only let them do it for eight hours?

Nicias thought of the delicious ice cream. A so-called second-level skilled worker, who works at night for eight hours a day, can get five ice cream desserts every three days, and this is called "welfare allowance".

Miss Admiral has no doubts that this ice cream will be packaged and sold by Tulaxia Ye, and sold to those sugar-loving fat **** who have been soaking in the library and the mage tower all day long, at least one gold coin to start!

How much are their wages?

As soon as she thought of this, she murmured: "If this news spreads, slaves, workers, farmers and even civilians all over the world, even if they sell their souls, will come to Far Harbor to work for you."

"They can't get through, because the people who enslave and exploit them will frantically block the news, so that they don't know that there is a place in the world called Far Harbor, and they won't know about Far Harbor."

He looked at Miss Admiral and smiled calmly.

"But that's okay," Kant said. "We'll get there."

At this moment, Nicias even felt that there was an electric current clearly transmitted from her spine, making her whole body numb, and even her soul trembled - she felt an indescribable...

fear.

"I...I don't understand," she murmured. "Eight hours..."

Kant asked, "Why don't you understand?"

"They only work eight hours a day, and they don't get tired at all. I, I once heard a nobleman say..." She hesitated for a while, because she felt that even relaying the nobleman's words made her feel ashamed in front of Kant And shame,” he said, if these…these pariahs are not allowed to spend all their energy and strength on farms and mines, they have nothing to do, they will make trouble…”

Kant asked back: "Why do they make trouble?"

Nicias was speechless.

yes.

The family of five she saw, the man who stood up proudly, the happy family of five, why would there be trouble?

"And it's not that there is nothing to do," he said. "You can accompany your family, you can go out for a walk, you can see the scenery, and besides, I have arranged a lot of things for them."

I knew it.

Nicias thought of a colleague's boast that in addition to cultivating their own fields, the peasants under his uncle had to farm, repair and build for the lord free of charge, and even had to bring their own food.

Nicias was refreshed and asked, "What's the matter?"

Kant smiled and said: "School, as of yesterday, five workers' schools have opened. I encourage workers to enter the school in their spare time after work to learn the necessary knowledge and skills."

-School?

After hearing this word, Nicias felt an extreme sense of absurdity in her heart.

School.

She thought of the long-established Mage Colleges and Zhanzheng University in Tulaxiaye, the magnificent spires and the totems with elemental radiance, and the time when she went to the Royal Academy of Magic in the Imperial Court as an exchange student. The universities in the imperial capital that she visited were full of humanistic brilliance and aristocratic elegance, where well-dressed rich children and nobles studied and communicated... That was her impression of the school.

Workers...Schools?

She became more and more astonished: "Learn knowledge? What knowledge? Why?"

"Because I don't need coolies who can only knock nails and move things, I need workers with logical thinking ability, math ability and learning ability, ability to accept new things, and ability to learn and use new tools. We want the backbone of Far Harbor, that is, young and middle-aged laborers who have mastered the labor force and productivity, and have children, to understand the importance and significance of education.”

Kant said: "That man is a second-level skilled worker. I designed a merit and promotion system for the working class. If he doesn't enter the night school, he can only do the fourth-level at most in his life. With the corresponding knowledge and logical ability, night school is his only way out."

He looked at Nicias: "It's as simple as that, night school is entirely voluntary, working eight hours a day, and with the remaining sixteen hours, he can brag in the tavern, sleep at home, or go to Studying at night school, I respect his choice, as long as he can work hard for eight hours, then he will not starve to death and can support himself and his family, but if he wants to go further, he has to go to school to study.”

Nicias was speechless.

"This is the Far Harbor... All serious and hard-working people can earn money, and all those who are unwilling to be ordinary will have the opportunity to change their fate."

When Kant said this, he was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "So it is."

When Miss Admiral heard this, she wondered, "What?"

"I was a little down tonight, and I had some doubts. Parrot... Delilah pulled me to Far Harbor and asked me to see with my eyes. I didn't know what she wanted me to see at first."

Kant said softly: "Now I know."

Nicias said blankly, "I don't understand."

"Then, Miss Nicias." Kant looked at the family of five, "What did you see?"

What am I seeing?

Nicias looked from a distance.

She saw the family of five and found the two cloaked men behind. The children seemed a little disturbed. She saw the woman protecting the children and looked back vigilantly, but her nervous face quickly eased because she I saw the ice cream cones in the hands of Nicias and Kant.

The mage's keen senses made her hear the comfort of her mother in front of her.

"Don't be afraid, they are all eating ice cream." The mother said softly, "The people who can eat ice cream are all those who work for His Royal Highness Kant, and they are not bad people."

"I can't say that, but..."

The husband seemed to disagree with his wife's statement, but he was not nervous either. The man held his young son and pointed in one direction. It was a street lamp, pouring scorching light on the ground. The altitude is aimed in three directions, staring at the deep night.

"Don't be afraid, those are the eyes of His Royal Highness Kant, he knows everything about this city."

Holding his son, he spoke to his wife and two other children, and his tone was full of pride: "So, don't be afraid, His Royal Highness Kant will protect us, he has been watching us all the time."

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PS1: Seven thousand words…

PS2: I wrote the first half of this chapter... Damn, I regret it, I should have written Nishias as a man, a grass, a woman. It's really troublesome.