Endless Silver Machine

Chapter 4 First Visit to August (6)

After walking with Lan Ming all the way, Aika planned to return to the room. I was still wandering around the castle so late, and was seen by the patrolling knights, which was a bit unseemly.

Returning along the path he had taken, Aika suddenly felt lucky that he was not lost.

He used the key that the head maid had given him to open the mechanical lock on his door, and opened the door after only half a turn.

"Strange, isn't it locked?"

He remembered that he had indeed locked the door when he left.

Forget it, there can't be any theft in this castle. Maybe a maid came in with a spare key and cleaned the room. The life of the royal family is really luxurious.

"So, how did you get in?"

Unfortunately, the person who came in to clean the room didn't seem to be a maid from the castle.

"It's very ordinary to come in." Ling crossed her legs and sat beside Aika's bed, eating the fruit in his room without permission, "Just now it was Luoluo and Wei Xi, and now it's me. If you don't come back yet, We will probably take necessary measures."

What are the necessary measures…

"Why didn't you reply to Luoluo's text message?"

"Did she text me?"

Aika took out the PDA. No matter which button she pressed, the screen didn't light up.

"That's it."

"Well... Anyway, you can go explain it to Luo Luo later. We were just about to give this to you, but seeing that you never returned to the room after going out, we asked the head maid to borrow the spare key. Did you just Are you with Her Royal Highness the Princess?"

Ling's keen intuition is really terrifying...

"I happened to meet her on the way out, so I sent her back to her room."

"Well..." Ling showed a somewhat surprised expression, "I just guessed casually, but I didn't expect that I actually guessed it right..."

She pointed to the two white wrist wheels on the table.

"This has been delivered from Shimozuki Academy. The maid of the castle delivered it to our room."

When visiting Augustus, invitees are not allowed to bring weapons. However, Principal Phyllis had already made preparations, and when they set off, the goods were ready to be sent out at any time. When the Senate made the proposal, Frost Moon Academy obtained permission from Lan Ming Yiela himself and sent Aika's magic costume and disguise magic equipment to the castle.

Seeing the familiar "Fire Eyes", Aika remembered the question that she had been holding back from asking in public. There were only Aika and Ling in this room, and the conversation in the room should not be eavesdropped. Aika decided to take this opportunity to get the answer from Ling.

"Ling, those elders did say today that your magic costume no longer exists, right? I must have heard it right."

"Well, I heard the same thing as you."

"So……"

"I don't know what that means either."

"Actually, isn't that true?"

"Probably, because I can feel that the Light Flame Sword actually exists."

Golden particles emerged in mid-air and condensed into a nearly two-meter long knife in her hand. Ling's fingers gently slid over the delicate lines on the blade.

"This kid is connected to me and I often feel that way... Even though it sounds like a silly fantasy, I trust my instincts."

Aika would not doubt Ling's intuition, but she had never experienced that feeling, so it was difficult for her to have any real sense of what she said.

"Speaking of which, doesn't the Heinz family's magic suit have an outer appearance?"

When magic tools and magic equipment are not in use, they will exist in the form of ordinary small objects for the convenience of carrying. This is called exterior equipment. So far, there are no external magic items, and Aika has only seen Ling's Light Flame Sword.

"I don't know. When I want to use it, it comes out by itself."

As if to verify her words, the long knife suddenly turned into golden particles and floated away, and the light gradually dimmed in mid-air.

"That's it."

"If that's the case, why wasn't it denied at that time?"

Aika was referring to Ling acknowledging the words of the senators in the Senate's audience hall.

"I don't know what misunderstanding they had, but at that time, following their words was the easiest way to end it."

"I know that. I just want to know why they had such a misunderstanding? The person who actually took action was the Holy See. In other words, did they mistakenly believe that the Light Flame Sword no longer existed, and then informed the Senate of this result? …”

"Impossible." Ling immediately rejected Aika's speculation, "The Holy See knew that the Light Flame Sword was on my body, so it asked Liuyin to take me back. You forgot that when you first met Liuyin, she said If so?"

"What she said..."

It's been too long. Aika thought hard for a while, not knowing which sentence Ling was referring to.

"I really admire you..." Looking at Aika who frowned, Ling sighed, "That's what she said at that time..."

——Miss Ling, are you the owner of the ‘Light Flame Sword’?

"She knows that the 'Light Flame Sword' is on my body. It was after they did that thing that I became the owner of the 'Light Flame Sword'. If the Holy See really misunderstood, it would not Call me that."

Having said that, Aika finally recalled that Liuyin's first target at that time was the magic equipment owned by Ling.

"If that's the case, it would be even more difficult to understand... By the way, Professor Cocona also reminded me not to use magic equipment here easily. Does it have anything to do with your matter?"

"I don't know, what's going on?" Ling spread his hands, as if it had nothing to do with him, "Don't think so much, as long as you don't use the magic equipment then, it'll be fine, right?"

She stood up from the bed, and when she passed by Aika, she slapped him hard on the back.

"Your things have been delivered, welcome to patronize again."

——By the way, don’t let Luo Luo worry too much. Remember to apologize properly in the text message you reply to.

She added before leaving Aika's room and closing the door with a wave of her hand.

Even though Ling himself said that he didn't care, Aika still couldn't let go. After all, what is the existence of magic equipment? "Fire Eyes" and "Orchid Heart" were parting gifts from her parents, and Ling's "Light Flame Sword" was also a relic left to her by her family. Recalling the relationship between the Chise family and the Heinz family, in many cases The places all have surprising similarities. It was impossible for Aika to accept all this calmly without thinking about anything. Moreover, the bumps and bumps encountered along the way told Aika that it was impossible to hide the magic equipment forever. It was because he knew this fact deep down in his heart that he entered the Magic Mechanical Department to study.

Go to sleep...

Aika replied to Luoluo's text message, and after a while, she received a reply saying "she doesn't care".

It was great not to be angry, but Aika rarely saw her angry.

I suddenly had the idea of playing a prank, I'll try it out if I get a chance, if I haven't forgotten it after a good night's sleep.

…………

"Did he apologize properly?"

"Well...it must be because Sister Ling said something strange again, right?"

"I just told him you were worried."

"You don't have to tell your brother something like this!"

"If brother Aika comes back while we are still there, he will definitely notice..."

"That kind of expression, I really want that guy Aika to see it with his own eyes."

"Sister Ling, stop making fun of me!"