Civilization: Beyond Two Worlds

That evening, a grand banquet was held at the Far Harbor City Hall.

People from all walks of life in Far Hong Kong are invited to participate.

In addition to officials and soldiers at all levels of the military and political system, there are also model workers in the city who have performed well in the past month. They have stepped forward to assist the residents of the Broken Isles in the Far Harbor during the evacuation activities, as well as businessmen and scholars from all over the world. and spies.

Oh, yes, and the "progressive aristocrats" of Far Harbor.

Of course, among the guests tonight, the most eye-catching and dazzling is Mr. Oxington from the Broken Isles, a member of the Star Court, the head of the Austrian family with the arc of light as the emblem. A rich man all over the world, and a military magic weapon merchant whose products sell well in the mainland.

With this gentleman's title, identity, financial resources and power, wherever he goes, he will enjoy the courtesy of a king, and he will always be the focus of people's attention, except for the kings at the apex of the planet, such as the Holy Emperor, the Phoenix Queen and the Starry Speaker, He is the most powerful and influential giant.

At least in the far port, at least in the minds of the guests participating in the banquet, he is the most important person in the banquet tonight, and there is no more distinguished guest than him.

-However, the sharp-eyed people soon realized that things did not seem to be that simple.

The absolute big man, Mr. Oxington, did not seem to enjoy the dinner in a calm and joyful manner, but his eyes were erratic, revealing an inexplicable sense of unease, and his whole person exuded a low air pressure. There is little patience and interest.

For this kind of performance, experienced communicators have come to a rather playful conclusion in their minds—the powerful core MPs seem to have suffered some kind of continuous repressive defeat.

So here comes the question.

Who can give frustration and repression to members of the court who are almost as powerful as kings?

The answer is obvious.

In Far Harbor, only the will of one man can do it.

At the joyous banquet with singing, laughter, and joy, people with a heart exchanged meaningful glances while enjoying many delicious meals they had never heard of or seen before.

All curiosity and curiosity revolve around what has already happened.

Why did the Oxington MP come? What happened to him in Far Harbor? How will the dispute and conflict between His Royal Highness Kant and the Austrian Council of Law develop and end?

The whispered discussions in twos and threes, the eye contact between the open and the secret, all kinds of guesses, disputes and rumors, but all the discussants and communicators did not realize one thing.

On one side is the Austrian Law Council, where the world's spellcasters are half-way out, the country is vast, and the troops are strong.

On the other side is just a city, a Aurora.

Not long ago, in the paradox element incident, when Kant explicitly refused the council to interfere in the meteorite incident, Goethe's nobles were grief-stricken and trembling, thinking that even with the power of the Forbidden Curse, Kant would only be able to do so at the Arcane Council. He was forced to bow his head under the illustrious reputation.

And now, everyone—at least those who are in the Far Harbor at the moment, and even those who have witnessed and experienced the evacuation of the Broken Isles, are subconsciously placing Kant and the Arcane Council on an equal footing, and tacitly acquiesce between the two A comparable power comparison.

I even feel that Kant will have a slight advantage in some aspects.

...have to say, their intuition was right.

Because an hour after the banquet, the Oxington MP was attacked.

Aurora people don't talk about martial arts, and the banquet that was promised suddenly turned into a press conference.

When Acting Mayor Hong San came to the podium with the hands of Senator Oxington, the atmosphere was instantly quiet. Under everyone's attention, the upstart from Far Harbor announced a good news with a smile on his face.

During the negotiations surrounding the conflict in the Broken Isles, the diplomatic team of the Far Harbor Unity Ministry and the Council Mission reached a preliminary agreement for the first phase.

The two sides agreed to stop all military conflicts in the broken sea area, and start the follow-up negotiation work such as prisoner redemption and accountability.

As for the issue of extraterrestrial substances, the Arcane Council put forward a proposal to exchange materials such as magic tools, advanced potions, and rare mineral raw materials for three strange substances.

Mayor Hong San announced that, taking into account the friendly, candid, open and inclusive good-neighborly and friendly cooperative relations with the Austrian Law Council, the Far Harbor has been fully evaluated and in line with the principles of maintaining the stable development of the region and advocating free trade, generous degree and responsibly agreed to the request of the Star Court.

At the same time, the Acting Mayor urged the council to be deeply aware of the stupidity and danger of previous military conflicts in the Broken Isles, noting that the series of unfortunate events in the past few days were entirely the result of The military adventure launched by a handful of council opportunists who are afraid of chaos on the west coast, this act of disregarding regional peace and stability for their own political interests, will surely be deeply hated and cast aside by the people of the world.

The Far Harbor side hopes that the council will strictly investigate the responsible persons and prevent similar incidents from happening again, and calls on the Star Court to adopt a peaceful and friendly way to handle regional incidents.

Far Harbor resolutely opposes all acts of military bullying and oppression, and in accordance with Comrade Kant's instructions, set out to set up a Mainland Humanitarian Observation Team to observe and evaluate moral issues in various countries and discuss the necessity and feasibility of intervention and rescue. , and called on the council to join hands with all parties to jointly safeguard the right of the world's living beings to live and work in peace and development.

and so on.

Sounds like a fool to everyone.

"Although the content and style of Mayor Hong San's remarks are unheard of, I still instinctively realize that this is probably some kind of extremely mature political speech..."

Afterwards, a participant who wrote that the imperial businessman was actually an imperial spy wrote a report to the country overnight.

"It sounds like the social rhetoric that nobles are used to, but it's different. More importantly, these long-winded speeches, under the deterrence and blessing of the Aurora Dragon's Forbidden Spell, are so sonorous and powerful. It is extremely threatening, I guess, this may be the translation of political terms that Aurora has just derived in recent years into the common language of the mainland, but the Aurora people present are also confused..."

"I asked my new Aurora friend tonight in awe and curiosity, and he also said in a confused tone, he tried to translate these words back into Aurora, he never thought he used thirty Years of native language can say such words, I agree with him, because these words are really strange - no, he denied my statement, he told me that it is not strange, in Aurora, That's called 'yin-yang weirdness'."

"He explained the meaning of this word to me in the common language of the mainland. Although the differences between cultures cannot be accurately described in words, I still generally understood what he meant. It's really pitiful for the Oxington Congressman to attack with such words..."

More than just pitiful, everyone present firmly remembered the embarrassed look of Star Star Councillor.

He was firmly grasped by the wrist of Mayor Hong San, standing beside him, listening to the vicious verbal attack from Aurora, and he could hardly control his expression and emotions.

But even so, His Excellency Congressman did not get angry or gaffe in public.

Even if the expression is unprecedentedly ugly.

"My Aurora friend used another vivid word to describe the state of the MP at this time."

"Translated into common language - only dare to be angry in your heart, and dare not express your anger in words."

"As usual, I praised their long and rich culture. In my impression, the people of Aurora are very fond of this kind of thing. He laughed and said that he still prefers the new words brought by His Royal Highness Kant."

"That word means something close to this word, but more mean and vicious, it means - extremely angry, extremely frantic but unable to do anything about what happened, just like a piece of trash."

"I have to say, I also have to sigh that the word is so expressive."

It does.

If there is anything that the guests who attended the banquet today remembered deeply, it must be the state of Senator Oxington at this time. His uncontrollable expression was juxtaposed with the gentle smile of Mayor Hong Sam. The picture scroll with excellent tension makes every guest with artistic cells and basic aesthetics feel anxious and regretful - this scene is worthy of being painted on paper and preserved forever.

But that's okay.

The considerate Yuangang officials have already heard the voice of the public.

After the banquet, each participant received an exquisite commemorative gift - not to mention the memorabilia with exquisite workmanship and ingenious workmanship. Various language translations, and a stack of photos.

Among them, the scene in which Mayor Hong San and Oxington took a group photo on the stage was even enlarged by rubbings. The A4-sized photos could not bear the anger of the members. These photos and documents were accompanied by reports. It was sent out quickly, and it was placed on the desks of big people around the world at the fastest speed.

Of course, the biggest person who received the photo the fastest was the previous generation Phoenix King Malekis.

It was sent by the Dragon of Aurora himself.

The banquet was presided over by Hong San, and the Kant family did not attend. After all, the focus of the banquet was to advertise the yin and yang strange atmosphere. If Kant appeared with "family members", then everyone's attention would be attracted more than half of the past. , Who cares about Oxington, flattery matters.

So I didn't go, and it wasn't fun.

After having dinner with Tina and the others, Kant excused himself to check the end of the banquet, but left Hong San alone to face the wrath of Senator Oxington, and ran to see the parrot by himself.

"Hey, scumbag."

After the meeting, Malékis's disdain came on her face, but the cynicism only lasted for a short while, and it didn't take long for the two of them to get together in a heartless and silly fun.

After seeing the photo of Oxington that looked like he had eaten shit, the parrot laughed: "This expression is absolutely amazing, colorful and meaningful."

Kant nodded and said, "Well, it's too reform pioneer."

"He must be pissed."

"Yes, I'm looking for Hong San to settle accounts now."

"You just left your loyal dog over there to suffer the anger alone?"

"...You are so tall." Kant shrugged, "You know, Hong San, before this, was full of the skills of observing words and expressions, and he was very good at flattering and serving people."

Parrot frowned: "So you asked him to appease the furious Oxington?"

"No." Kant laughed, "Just as a battle-hardened goalkeeper knows what kind of shot is extremely threatening, a general who is good at defense also knows what kind of attack is the most deadly. Hong San was very good at flattering and ingratiating himself earlier. People, of course, will know how to use yin and yang to choke people to the point of being speechless."

"…"

The parrot's eyes are a little weird.

Kant was stared at him uncomfortable: "What's the matter?"

Marekise snorted: "You know him very well."

Kant immediately smiled and said proudly: "That's it! Our friendship is time-tested!"

"…Oh shit."

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"Forget it..." Parrot struggled for a moment and shook his head impatiently, "Anyway, you offended Oxington and even the council to death."

In the new city north of Far Harbor, the headquarters of the Ministry of Truth, and the location of the temporary scientific research center, Kant and Mareks walked slowly in the wide open space, looking up at the stars in the sky.

While looking at the sky, Kant replied: "After the council has prepared the goods, the Yilan-Tell substance can be delivered, they will start the plan, and we have to prepare to cut the beard—the council has picked peaches from us, it must be There will be endless rage, that is to offend to death, since it is inevitable, then increase the intensity."

The parrot thought for a while and said: "Don't say it so lightly, although we don't know what the Austrian Council found out, you have seen the negotiations in the past few days. They would rather make such a big concession and promise us The conditions that are close to extortion are to get those three substances.”

"This shows that what they can get must be far greater than what they pay at the moment, and even the humiliation and calculation you gave them tonight, most of them will bite their teeth and eat it - but paid a huge price and sacrifice, by you Continuous blackmail and humiliation, when the plan was about to succeed, but you picked the peaches, have you ever thought that after realizing that all this was your calculation and deliberate, you found out that you used the council and got the What will these spellcasters do after the final benefit?"

"Of course I thought about it."

Kant replied: "We have the Forbidden Curse deterrence, and we are connected with major forces. The chance of the council resorting to war is extremely small. After all, we just picked peaches, and we did not shake their national capital, nor did we touch them. Their core interests, waging war with us, the consequences are unpredictable and the gains outweigh the losses."

The parrot turned to look at him: "But the means that the country can use is not war. If you rob the council, they will definitely try to make you spit it out. Diplomatic pressure, public opinion pressure, conspiracy, open and secret fighting, from The pressure from Goethe, the pressure from the United States, all kinds of small measures, it is impossible to prevent, and you are tired of dealing with it... What should I do with these?"

The fire thief smiled slightly: "Indeed, the Austrian Council did not dare to use force, and most of it had to start from the diplomatic and economic aspects, but I have been making friends, trying to make our friends as many as possible, even if the council wants to Playing yin, we won't be alone, and you help me."

Marekise snorted: "I'll help you? There are so many friends here. The friends here are talking about your righteous brother of the Dragon Emperor and His Majesty the Phoenix King. Oh, there are probably the emperors you brought out to force you. Prospective husband, let me help you, are you sure it's not Delilah helping you? I'm just an expired late emperor, what is it like Delilah, you have to open a mask, even the council has to weigh it up."

When Kant heard this, he approached with a shy face, with a dog-legged look on his face: "Your Majesty, if you say something, the brothers will immediately support the orthodox, embrace you into the capital, and take the bird seat..."

"And then gave you Derela, the deposed emperor, as a meat toy?"

Kant waved his hand and said: "Hey, it's not that it's not..."

Unexpectedly, the parrots seem to be a little different tonight, Marekis is aggressive, staring at Kant's eyes: "If I really go to get the throne back, drive Derek down, give her to you, let you Looking at her, how would you treat her?"

Kant wanted to say a few rude words, but the parrot's eyes were as bright as stars, staring at it tightly, his heart moved slightly, and the rude words couldn't be said, and he spread his hands and said: "What else can I do? How did I treat you, At once…"

The parrot's eyes changed, and he clenched his fists quietly.

"Just cut a third off for her."

Marekise looked shocked, she looked at Kant, was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "If you say this, let her hear it, she may be very sad."

Kant smiled calmly: "This is also impossible... I really think so."

"Then why is there a third difference?"

"Because of those days on Saint Inner Islands... the most painful and difficult time for me was when you stayed by my side. People who were close and distant were not able to be treated equally."

"…Humph."

"What are you humming?"

"It turns out that memory is only worth one-third."

"Grass, you are so weird."

"What's wrong?"

"Just..." Kant touched his head, but couldn't say anything.

After all, he is a virgin, and he has no experience. He doesn't know that this coquettish and unreasonable vexatiousness is an expression of a girl's cute emotions. He is only faintly aware of a trend.

"...I feel like you've changed a bit. You're not the same as when you first met."

"No way." Parrot squinted, "Besides, even if it changes, it doesn't mean that you have grown big. Look at you now, bullying the weak, relying on your own super weapon, carrying out strategic intimidation and blackmail every day, and even taking risks, nothing at all. Take the world power like the Council to your heart, oh yes, and the earth, unscrupulously jumping face with Western countries..."

Kant said proudly: "I am called iron-boned, resolutely fighting against the reactionaries!"

"You have a hammer, you are clearly relying on the forbidden spell in your hand, so you are unscrupulous." Parrot sneered, "If you don't have extraordinary power, can you talk to Yue Zhongtang like that?"

"If you say that, I won't accept it." Kant shouted, "My upright and unyielding character, but the precious qualities I have cultivated since childhood, even if I don't have extraordinary power, I have never bowed my head to the evil forces!"

"Oh? Which evil force made you bow your head?"

"Hmph, it will shock you when I say it. Have you heard of the Murray FBI? Ever since I was a child, the U.S. imperial spy organization has warned and intimidated me not a thousand times, but 800 times. I've never beaten them once! And they've never dared to do anything to me!"

"...Go away!"

The atmosphere of the conversation was pleasant to subtle, from subtle to pleasant, Marekis looked at the stars in the sky with her hands behind her back, the moonlight shining on her emerald hair, and the halo was blurred.

Kant asked her, "What are you thinking about?"

The parrot said softly, "The elves will help you."

"Um?"

"Humph."

"…what happened again?"

"Again? You're annoying me, right?"

"…"

There was another moment of silence, and Marekise pondered for a while: "Let's start soon?"

Kant nodded and said: "In the past two days, the Yilan-Tair substances will be handed over to the council one after another, the heavy underwater machinery will be in place, and A'Fu will be ready. We will know what the council will do soon. ."

"Ilan-Tair, the civilization destroyed by the Star Palace, the glory of the era..."

The parrot looked at the starry sky, above the boundless sky, hiding the greatest enemy in the world.

"I always feel that they won't give up so easily..."

She suddenly stretched out her hand and grabbed Kant's palm, feeling the actual temperature, the blood flowing, the elasticity of the skin, and even the pacing of the heart pushing the blood flow. This is a fire thief, beside her , living fire thieves, just...

is another person.

Under the stars, she said earnestly, "I will protect you... and you are not allowed to leave again."

Kant was startled, then smiled and nodded.

In the distant sky, there is a meteor streaking across the sky with a heroic fearlessness that never returns.

come to the world.

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PS1: Long live the people.