Endless Silver Machine

A two-story mansion is located in a huge courtyard.

After the group stepped into the towering gate, they all let out exclamations.

"The vestibule is as you see it now, nothing special."

Are the various gorgeous flowerbeds around them something "nothing special" in the eyes of the residents of the Imperial City? At this moment, everyone feels that the development gap has formed a deep generation gap between the two types of people.

"The vestibule... So there is a courtyard like this behind this mansion?"

"There is also a back courtyard, and there is only a small attic there. It was originally built on the roof, but later the master felt that it ruined the overall beauty, so he rebuilt it into the back courtyard..."

Renovating a loft because of the so-called "overall beauty" is such a normal thing in the imperial capital? Aika no longer wanted to ask such stupid questions.

"I'll park the motorcycle in the garage. You can take a look around. Pay attention..."

"Well, then I'm grateful for your kindness!"

Before Ling heard what Shun had said, she pulled Luoluo, who had not reacted, into the back courtyard from the path on the left.

"Hey, Ling, I haven't finished talking yet!"

"Forget it, there should be no problem with what they said. You and Wei Xi should wait for me here."

Shun patted Aika on the shoulder and left.

"That guy Ling is really... By the way, Wei Xi, this shouldn't be your first time in the imperial capital, right?"

"Well...but..."

"What's wrong?"

"Brother Aika, this mansion seems to be..."

"yes?"

"……nothing……"

"Really? I'll leave it to you to be the guide here." Aika didn't pay attention to Wei Xi's hesitant words. He gently touched Wei Xi's little head, "Now you know this place best besides Shun." of people.”

Wei Xi shrank her neck slightly.

"I'll do my best..."

She covered her red cheeks with long, snow-white bangs.

…………

Ling and Luoluo are now in front of the small attic door, looking at the door lock set on the door.

Pure mechanical locks are basically extinct in this era, replaced by electronic locks or magic sensors - the lock can be opened by injecting magic according to specific magic ripples. The security of that kind of magic sensor is very high, and the "password" set by the holder with more sophisticated magic operation will be more complicated.

But there is another way to unlock the lock - just make the lock disappear.

Although Ling didn't have this intention at the beginning, after trying the password for a long time, she became a little impatient.

"Luoluo, please step aside..."

"yes!"

Now Ling's hands are exuding a kind of cold air. This is not the effect of elemental magic, but the compression magic she seems to have learned in the previous battle.

Just looking at Ling's behavior, Luoluo immediately knew what she wanted to do, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop her impulsiveness.

…………

When the magic was triggered, Wei Xi was the first to notice it.

Aika and Shunya stopped talking. They didn't understand where the magic change they just felt came from.

Because Wei Xi knew the structure of this kind of barrier very well, she told the two of them "in the back courtyard" and trotted over.

After being reminded by Wei Xi, the two men realized that something might have happened to Luo Luo and Ling in the back yard.

The two of them walked around the path, and Wei Xi had already arrived at the scene in advance. But in her hurry, she never thought about the scope of the capture barrier, and accidentally stepped into the trap.

Aika was noticed and suddenly pulled her back, so that she didn't break into the "hell" in the backyard.

In the backyard, which was as luxurious as the front courtyard, the light blue magic turned into fluorescent tentacles with shapes, wrapping around Wei Xi's legs and lifting her halfway up. The two girls who arrived in the backyard first were in the same situation.

If the color of the fluorescent tentacles were pure black, then this scene would look even more unsightly, but the light blue fluorescent tentacles instead create a dreamlike scene.

Of course, this is only for Aika and Shunyan who are not involved. It is definitely not the case for the parties involved.

"Hurry up... feed this damn thing... wherever you are touching it!"

"Brother...it feels so uncomfortable..."

"Ah wu... don't... look..."

The light blue fluorescent tentacles had crawled all over Luoluo and Ling's bodies, entangled their hands and feet and reached under their clothes to squirm. It was impossible to break free by their own strength. Wei Xi was hung by one foot, and the lace skirt turned over according to gravity, and the pure white triangular fabric was nakedly exposed to the air.

"What's this……"

"It's probably the anti-theft measures made by the master..."

"Is your master... a genius?"

"That's right."

Although the two men said words of unknown meaning, they did not intend to continue to "appreciate" them like this.

Shun pressed his hand on the ground to control the flow of magic power. Because the barrier covers the entire backyard, it can be controlled from any location.

The fluorescence of the tentacles gradually became dim, and then disappeared completely.

The three girls who were swept up in the air by the fluorescent tentacles lost their restraints and fell down at the same time. When they were about to land, they were caught by Shun's buffer magic and slowly landed on the ground.

"Are you okay?"

Aika didn't play any role in the whole process, so he thought of at least appeasing them as much as possible. but……

"Don't come here, get out!"

Aika and Shun were driven out of the backyard angrily by the girls.

…………

"How about it?"

"How about what?"

Aika asked back angrily. He was really unwilling to accept that he was the only boy among them, but he was the "most useless" one.

Luo Luo's delicacy, Ling's swordsmanship, and Wei Xi's magic are all indispensable strengths among the four of them.

In contrast, he is the only one who is careless and does not know how to read people's emotions. The only combat power worth mentioning still relies on the power of the Fiery Eyes.

"When I first came to the Imperial Capital, I knew nothing but fighting." Shun suddenly began to talk about his past. "At that time, I felt that leaving home might be a wrong decision. It might be better to stay at home and help my parents. Do some housework. So I wanted to escape from here, but all the travel expenses were used up when I came here, and I couldn’t even get on the magic train."

"..."

"So I decided to take the entrance exam for Shigetsuki Academy. I barely passed the exam with magic power, but as I said before, I can't do anything except fight, so I was assigned to the so-called 'crane tail' in the end. Class'. This world will not sympathize with anyone, and the things you have the ability to possess may not be given to you. I spent a year in that state of confusion, and still can't do anything. Do the most basic magic conversion exercises It was all in vain, and the speed didn’t improve at all. So I chose to give up after that semester, and I didn’t go back to Shimozuki Academy after the holidays.”

"Isn't that the same as dropping out of school on your own initiative?"

"Well, I also earned enough money for a bus ticket from my part-time job at Shimozuki Academy. I thought everything would end with this ticket. But before I got on the bus, I was stopped by a person..."

"Um……"

"I don't know how she figured out that I was a student of Shuoyue Academy. I was obviously not even wearing the uniform of Shuoyue Academy. She just told me, 'Only losers would think about running away.'"

"It's a shame you can hold it back..."

"You are thinking too much, I couldn't hold it back. I was ready to push her away and let her talk alone, but before I could take a few steps, she knocked me over. The leg was almost useless at that time. I thought I can’t even walk away.”

Aika had also experienced this feeling of surviving a disaster, so she patted him on the shoulder with compassion.

"Anyway, she was kicked back without any punishment. This kind of thing is very common in Shuoyue Academy. A lot of things happened next. She became my master, and then asked for a long leave from Shuoyue Academy and moved out of the dormitory. Entered here. Although the master will not come back often, as long as he comes back once, it will be hellish training... Fortunately, I have settled down now. "

"..."

"Hey, hey, hey, I've said so much, but you have no reaction at all, which makes me very embarrassed."

"That's right..." Aika felt like she had let go of something in her heart, "Compared with your experience, my experience is nothing at all."

The three girls tidied up and came back, each of their cheeks flushed.

"Brother...it's too much..."

"Ah wu... I was seen..."

"abnormal!"

Although this accident had nothing to do with Aika, he really felt that it was great to be blamed by them.

…………

This is a story that takes place in a hotel room and belongs only to girls.

We had already slept for a long time on the way here, but after being "sexually harassed" by the perverted barrier, everyone was no longer sleepy.

After taking a comfortable bath in a bathroom that was comparable to a pub's open-air bathroom, they started what they called a girls' night chat in the room.

"It's just that the bed in the guest room is so big."

Ling buried her face in the soft sheets. The sheets that had been dried not long ago exuded the smell of sunshine.

"Didn't Brother Shun say that this is because his master wanted to save trouble when customizing furniture, so they all have the same style?"

The pajamas that Luo Luo was wearing were still the ones in the tavern. Of course, this mansion does not prepare clothes for visitors. Fortunately, I bought new clothes before setting off from Pfa Town, so I didn't have to wear underwear to sleep.

"So this is the abundance of rich people. But let's put it this way, his master is a woman, and there is no one else living here. It feels really luxurious to sleep in such a big bed alone."

The girls are going to sleep in the same bed tonight, which is more than enough room for three girls.

"You should be planning to let other people live in the house in the future, such as...family members or something like that?"

"family……"

Wei Xi repeated it in a low voice.

"Xiao Xi, what's wrong?"

"I just feel like my family, Brother Aika...ah woo!"

Wei Xi accidentally said what was on her mind.

Luoluo smiled, really smiled...

"Xiao Xi, my brother will never give it up to you!"

She seemed to emphasize the last few words. Wei Xi hoped it was just her imagination, but her body was already shaking involuntarily. The invisible pressure released from Luo Luo's body was not magic, it was just pure mental pressure.

"Luoluo, are you too close to that guy?"

Ling interjected.

"There is no relationship between home and family!"

Luoluo pretended to be calm, but her wandering eyes betrayed her thoughts.

"Doesn't the family matter anymore..."

After Wei Xi heard what Luo Luo said, she became depressed again.

"Speaking of which," successfully saw Luo Luo's shy look, Ling changed the subject with satisfaction, "that guy seems to care about the captain lady today."

Although the center of their conversation still revolves around the same person.

"Miss Ruth?" Luoluo tilted his head and thought, "I also think Miss Ruth is really beautiful..."

"It's not that kind of 'care', it's a more mature meaning."

"What does maturity mean?"

"what is that……"

Neither Luoluo nor Wei Xi seemed to understand what Ling wanted to express.

"That is to say," Ling said a little anxiously, "that guy's eyes kept wandering here and there when he was talking to Miss Ruth. Don't you think there is something wrong with this?"

"But it's the first time that brother and she have met..."

"Although that's true... isn't there a word called "love at first sight"?"

"I still feel that it's unlikely that it will be like that... After all, my brother is just like wood."

It's rare for Luoluo to make such comments about Aika, but it's not like speaking ill of Aika behind his back.

"Noting that others are interested in him and him being interested in others are completely different things! Ah - what are you talking about!"

Ling grabbed her hair frantically, without any arrogance or maturity in the past, and rolled around on the bed in pain.

Luoluo crept up to Ling's side and gently poked Ling's waist with his finger. The sensitive part was suddenly stimulated, and Ling jumped up from the bed.

"What are you doing?"

Ling hugged her body and quickly retreated to the bed. If you look closely, you can see that there were even tears oozing out of the corners of her eyes.

Luoluo crawled forward with a mischievous smile...

"I think Sister Ling's capital should not be lower than Miss Ruth..."

"Don't come here!"

Ling, who had nowhere to hide, had no choice but to grab Wei Xi, who was sitting beside the bed and watching them blankly, and put it in front of her chest. Luo Luo pressed her hand up before she could see clearly.

"Eh?"

Staring at the hand that suddenly pressed her chest, Wei Xi's time stopped for a few seconds.

The next moment, a delicate scream pierced the quiet night sky.

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"Those guys are so noisy..."

"Anyway, there's no one else around this mansion except us, so it doesn't matter if it's noisy all night."

"No, no, no, it's too unusual to be noisy all night, isn't it?"

Aika and Shun didn't live in the same room. But Shun just had nothing to do now, so he came to Aika's room to make trouble.

"That was obviously a scream just now, right? Are they okay?"

"If an outsider breaks in and there is a sensory barrier, I will definitely notice it. Just be careful when you live here."

"That's good……"

Aika breathed a sigh of relief and continued to turn the silver-white wrist wheel that he took off and put in his hand.

He had no idea that this ordinary-looking wrist wheel could be the so-called "magic costume". At first, he was very dissatisfied because the only farewell gift was this wrist wheel.

As for Luoluo's aqua blue necklace, which is also the same magic outfit, Aika hasn't found the time to tell her yet, so it has been delayed until now.

"Is this a magic costume? This is the first time I know that my uncle has something so valuable."

Shun always calls Aika's father "uncle". He should have been called the village chief, but Shun couldn't correct it no matter what.

"I only found out not long ago..."

Aika knew that the meaning of magic equipment was not "worthless" as Shun thought. The meaning it symbolized was a hundred times more complicated than that.

"By the way, when will your master come back? Tell me so I can be mentally prepared."

"She probably won't be back this month. It's said to be because of an accident at work there... Anyway, I'm not sure. Besides, what kind of mental preparations should I make? Just do whatever you need to do."

"We're not like you who can hook up with anyone we see..."

If in a certain world line, Aika had a cheerful personality like Shun, the Aika in that world line would definitely be very different from her current self.

"The basement of the mansion can be used as a place to prepare for the Shimozuki Academy entrance exam. I have no need for it now."

"Thank you, Shun. I have troubled you so much just after I met you."

"It's okay. I'll contact the master when I have time and tell her about your stay here." Shun said and stood up, "Those girls should have fallen asleep, so you should go to bed early..."

Aika, who understood the meaning of the instant words, grabbed his wrist when he turned around.

"Shun, let me give you a piece of advice. Don't take risks and try dangerous things just for temporary desires. Nothing is more precious than life. Can you understand what I mean?"

"..."

"..."

"knew."

"It's great that you understand..."

This is not that Aika is protecting the girls. On the contrary, he did not want his friend to die tragically in his own home. Aika himself was forced by an uncle to peek into a girl's bathroom, and the result was an indelible dark memory.

Shun is worthy of being Aika's friend since childhood. Although there was an inexplicable period of silence, probably due to a fierce struggle in his heart, he finally chose to believe in himself.

"Shun," when Shun was about to leave the room, Aika stopped him, "I'm really troubling you during this period."

"Stop talking so much. I remember you were not such a mother-in-law before. If you still need my help in the future, just ask."

——It’s a little different from before. Is it because of those girls?

Shun couldn't help but think in his mind, but he didn't tell Aika his thoughts. He just raised his hand and left the room.