Endless Silver Machine

The minute hand of the big pendulum clock was almost completing one revolution, and Teacher Tara's face was no longer so optimistic.

"Isn't it over yet..."

Her magic was about to run out. He maintained this large-scale magic for nearly an hour, and Shimozuki Academy and the Imperial Capital did not reward him. It was really a loss-making business.

Even though I was complaining in my heart, I still had to concentrate. The time error transmitted by the "Omniscient Source" will not exceed two minutes, and they should be on the timeline they need now.

——No matter what the result is, you must come back within six days.

Even if they don't respond, Tara Mentor will end that world in ten minutes.

But now that she has done it, she still hopes that Aika and Ling can get the answers they want to know.

Tutor Tara glanced at the other two girls who were always waiting in the room.

Everyone works together for the same goal in both worlds, and so does Lan Ming.

so……

…………

After learning about the future world from Aika and Ling, Sethis nodded while listening.

"I basically understand. I believe this is not a made-up story. Now that things have developed to that point, it doesn't matter if I tell you the answer here. I just have a request. Can you listen to it?"

"Please say……"

Actually being requested by the Pope himself, Aika could only respond like this.

"When you go back, help me convey my apology to Wei Xi." Sethis stood up and lowered his head to Aika and Ling, "Thank you for taking care of her on my behalf this year."

Then, he told the whole story of this operation without reservation.

August hopes to recover the magic weapon "Light Flame Sword". By that time, the Heinz family had withdrawn from the stage of history, but records about the family were not completely erased. The ability of the intelligence department of the Bisi Empire should not be underestimated. They found the location of this village according to the map. Originally, this task should be carried out by the Bis Empire itself, but Sethis could not sit idly by.

"Do you know the purpose of Bisi Empire's recycling of magic equipment?"

"I heard from my friends that it is to expand military power."

That friend was from the royal family... Aika did not explain this.

"To be able to say this, that friend of yours is really powerful. But this is only one aspect."

"Is there any other purpose?"

"First of all, do you know the nature of the magic costume?"

"I remember..." Aika tried to recall what Lan Ming said in her mind, "Super ancient heritage?"

"Haha, this is a more appropriate way of saying it." Seth crossed his fingers and looked at him with a smile under his single-sided glasses. "To be precise, the magic costume is a fragment of some ancient heritage."

"Fragments?"

Ling doesn't quite understand this concept.

"Yes, they are fragments. No one knows what the original body of that ancient heritage is, but there is some unknown affinity between the magic costumes, so their origins are the same."

"The Bisi Empire is collecting fragments..."

Aika whispered this sentence, and then immediately understood what Seth wanted to convey.

“Are they trying to restore ancient heritage?”

"At least this is the most direct purpose." Sethis did not directly confirm Aika's guess. "At present, the only information the Holy See can confirm is this."

Therefore, the Holy See assumes the role of executor. Naturally, the Bis Empire will not leave all power to the Holy See, so there should be supervisors sent by the empire near the village.

"There are indeed three people watching in the back mountain," Ling confirmed Sethis' guess, "but they should no longer be there now."

"You can actually defeat the knights of the Bisi Empire. It's amazing."

"It's not great at all, I almost died there..."

Aika did not intend to tell the story of the strange woman and her companions who helped them.

Although I don’t know their identities, they are probably good people.

"Our current tentative plan is to transfer the entire village into a barrier in the space fault, where time stops. Wei Xi has already made this barrier."

"Eh? Is it just this kind of barrier?"

Ling was a little unbelievable, because he had once been in this enchantment. The cruel scene and the heart-rending pain were something she would never forget in her life.

"If you hadn't come here, the supervisor wouldn't have disappeared, so we had to use a little trick. I did some tricks in Wei Xi's enchantment style, and I didn't tell her. This was the biggest mistake I made. …”

...I didn't expect that it would cause such great psychological damage to Wei Xi.

After all, he didn't have the courage to say this.

"If you say so..."

Ling covered her mouth to hold back from screaming.

"Yes, your family is just frozen in time." Sethis smiled slightly, "Only I know the enchantment formula for liberation, but I won't tell you now."

"Why?"

"The time is not mature enough now. The guys in August are still being led by my information. The time is up to me in that world. Wei Xi may also reverse the barrier style. At that time, please stop her. .”

"Do we need to keep hiding our identities?"

This conflicts with Aika's philosophy. He does not want to still live in hiding.

"This is up to you to decide. Since Wei Xi is by your side, the Holy See will always pay attention to your actions. I believe that I in that world will make a judgment based on the specific situation."

…………

The secrets of identity and world have been revealed, the confusion in my heart has been answered, and this dream has come to an end.

Seth and Uncle Lehman still had something to say. Aunt Sofia left the village chief's house with Aika and Lolo, and the three of them walked and talked.

"Ling, how have you been since you left us?"

"It's both sides... I'm currently living in his house."

"Oh, do you two already have this kind of relationship?"

Aunt Sofia held her cheeks and laughed.

"No, Mom! It's not that I live alone with him, his sister and the girl from the Vatican I just mentioned!"

"The competition is fierce."

"Our family is actually quite peaceful."

Aika walked beside Ling holding the back of her head. As soon as she finished speaking, she was stepped on hard by Ling.

"When I first saw you, I guessed this possibility, and so did my dear. That's why I keep being serious with Aika."

"I don't want to be regarded as a thorn in that uncle's side."

The three of them walked to the fountain, but Xiaoling and Weixi still didn't leave.

"That's this guy. I live in the same room with her."

Ling strode over, grabbed Wei Xi who was at a loss, and pushed her in front of Aunt Sophia.

"This child is so cute!"

Aunt Sophia and Xiao Ling had exactly the same reaction.

"Eh? Eh-"

Wei Xi, who had no idea how she was going to be dealt with, finally burst into tears.

"Hey, are you okay?"

Ling knelt down, held her cheek, and wiped away her tears with his thumb.

"All kinds of things, I'm sorry..."

Then he whispered in her ear.

Aika looked with relief at Wei Xi, who was hugged by Ling and her eyes widened, with a smile on her lips.

"That's great."

Xiaoling walked to Aika and watched this warm scene with him.

"Um."

"Xiao Xi asked me just now, can we always be friends? If it were me before, I probably wouldn't have given an answer that would make her laugh..."

"You were the same person before and you are now, and you will be the same in the future, so just consider the issues at hand. No matter what decision you make, it is your judgment only."

"Thanks……"

Xiaoling put her hands on her chest and bowed to Aika.

"Hey, what are you asking me to do?"

After seeing this scene, Ling returned to Aika with a dissatisfied look on her face and asked him in a low voice.

"She is obviously such a polite young lady, why did she become like this?"

Aika deliberately spread her hands.

"Then I'm really sorry."

…………

The only people who know the truth about this world are five people from the Holy See and Ling's parents. So there was no need to say goodbye, and the two quietly left the village.

Returning to the place where they first woke up, looking at the smoke from the mountains below, both of them were filled with emotions.

After continuing to look at the village side by side for a while, Ling spoke first.

"Let's go back."

"Well, don't you need to say goodbye to this place?"

"No need." Ling shook her head, "I'll see you soon."

She took out the dark blue ribbon from her clothes and tied it to her long blond hair again.

"Let's go back."

Aika held out her hand.

"What to do?"

"Didn't you hold hands when you came?"

"That, that was just an accident!"

"That's right. I thought this was a necessary process."

Aika said as she prepared to take back her outstretched hand.

But Ling grabbed him and used great force.

"It hurts, it hurts!"

"It would be bad if something unexpected happens. Let's just keep it the same as when we came..."

Ling puffed up her cheeks and put her other hand up.

…………

When she opened her eyes, Aika could see Luoluo's face.

"elder brother!"

"are you back……"

Aika was about to sit up on the bed, but found that both of her hands were being held.

"Yeah, sorry!"

Luoluo quickly let go of Aika's hand under the blanket.

"Well……"

Ling also woke up.

"How's it going? We've been traveling for the past five days."

Instructor Tara came to their bedside.

"Judging from the results, it was a perfect trip."

Aika conveyed Ling's answer.

"Where's Wei Xi?"

Ling began to look for Wei Xi in the room.

"Asleep over there."

Wei Xi rested her little head on the armrest of the sofa and dozed off slightly.

"Yeah……"

Ling didn't know why he breathed a sigh of relief.

I want to talk to Wei Xi, but I don’t know what attitude to use to face her.

"take it easy."

Aika tapped her palm under the blanket, and Ling noticed that she hadn't let go of his hand yet.

"Sorry."

She relaxed her strength, then got out of bed and turned her back to Aika to adjust her clothes.

The bedroom door was gently pushed open, and Lan Ming and Xia Luo poked their faces out.

"Eh? Is it over?"

Seeing both of them waking up, Lan Ming thought he had missed something exciting.

"Her Royal Highness the Princess hurried over after finishing the meeting."

Charlotte smiled bitterly and closed the door.

"Well...Brother Aika, Sister Ling..."

Wei Xi, who woke up slowly, looked around in confusion. After seeing Aika and Ling who had already sat up from the bed, she smiled reassuringly.

"Welcome back……"