Endless Silver Machine

Liuyin took Aika and walked for more than ten minutes before reaching the final destination.

From the outside, it looks like a two-story building similar to the house where Aika lives temporarily.

"Is this Professor Cocona's laboratory?"

"Well, you can't tell the research room of Frost Moon Academy from the outside, but it's actually very powerful inside."

On the way here, Liuyin briefly introduced Professor Cocona to Aika who was about to meet.

According to Liuyin, Professor Cocona is not very outstanding in magic. Magical mechanics, which plays a central role in the reconstruction of the empire, belongs to her field.

The so-called magic mechanics is to merge magic and machinery to achieve the effect of 1+1\u003e2. This subject requires mastering both the theoretical foundations of magic and all knowledge of mechanics, so magic mechanics is the most difficult to master among all subjects.

Most of the courses for first-year students are related to the control and application of magic. Shimozuki Academy also has specialized courses in various fields. Specialized courses are usually chosen at the beginning of the second grade. Passing the assessment before the end of the third grade is one of the conditions for graduation.

Every semester, the number of students majoring in magic mechanics is the smallest, and the pass rate is even lower.

Professor Cocona is the person who stands at the highest point in this field. The essence of magic machinery is engineering design. Currently, 70% of the design drawings of magic machinery in the empire are from the hands of Professor Cocona.

Aika's excitement at the thought of meeting this legendary figure soon was self-evident.

"You wait outside for a moment. I will open the door for you when you can come in."

However, before Aika could question, Liuyin locked him alone outside the door of the research room.

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Research room——

The lobby is so tidy that there are almost no traces of life. The trash can next to the kitchen counter is filled with bottles of nutritional drinks that have accumulated for some time.

At least it's better than piling all the bottles in the sink on the kitchen counter before. This is what Liuyin thought at the moment as his eyes swept across the pool.

She walked straight to the room on the right, opened the door and walked in without knocking.

The room is a completely different world than the lobby.

The wardrobe in the corner did not perform the task it was supposed to perform at all. There were all kinds of clothes scattered on the floor, mixed with mature outfits that were completely incompatible with the owner of the room.

The pink sheets were already occupied by picture books and notebooks, and there were several unopened bottles of nutritional drinks beside the bed. On the desk in front of the window, a long piece of fabric hangs from a brand-new sewing machine.

"This guy ordered some messy things again..."

This is the real reason why Liuyin doesn't want Aika to come in.

Although Aika will gradually get to know and understand Cocona in their future interactions, this is their first meeting, and Liuyin cannot bear to leave such a "deep" impression on him.

She lay on the bed among the books and found the pen that Cocona often used. Insert the tail of the pen into the small hole on the inside of the desk drawer and turn it slowly until the groove of the pen tail matches the convex groove in the hole.

"Next time, let Aika find a chance to dismantle this troublesome and useless mechanism."

Liuyin threw the pen back on the bed and returned to the hall.

The ceiling had slid open silently, and the stairs leading to the second floor extended from it to the ground.

Climbing up the stairs to the second floor, I successfully found the genius professor who was lying on the ground and drawing something.

A large amount of fair skin was exposed under the white shirt. It seemed that she was wearing nothing but this dress.

"Oh, Xiaoyin, you came up so slowly! Thank you for your hard work cleaning the room!"

Without turning around to confirm who it was, Cocona continued to do her thing while lying on the ground with her feet raised.

"No one will help you clean up. Give you five minutes to get dressed. The guy I told you about before is already waiting at the door. Don't open the bedroom door until he goes back. Also, don't scream like Xiao Xi. I."

"What does it matter? Don't we already have that kind of relationship?"

"That kind of relationship only exists in your fantasy. If you say this again next time and it's easy for Xiao Xi to misunderstand, you will be fourteen forever."

"I'm so jealous of Xiao Xi..."

"Cut the nonsense."

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While Aika was killing time looking at the sunset that was almost sinking into the horizon, Liuyin finally walked out of the research room.

"Why did you suddenly become coy? He is obviously not an innocent child like Xiao Xi..."

"Anyway, in your heart, I just can't compare to Xiao Xi!"

She walked out from behind Liuyin.

"I never said that, right?"

"Okay, okay, I am the Cocona who is not as cute as Xiao Xi, and not as capable as Xiao Xi." Deliberately ignoring Liuyin's excuse, Cocona turned to Aika, who was looking at the cross talk between the two without knowing why, "So, don't Like Xiaoyin, look for the shadow of Xiao Xi in me."

Wearing a knee-length skirt full of lace and ruffles, two slender pink ponytails swaying slightly under a small hat, she is slightly taller than Liuyin, and the legendary genius girl has a wicked smile. Met Aika.

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After leaving Professor Cocona's laboratory, Aika originally wanted to invite Liuyin to go back to the administrator's cabin and meet the three girls, but she declined politely.

She obviously hopes to see Wei Xi again, but Aika doesn't know why Liuyin refuses the invitation. But now that she had made her opinion clear, Aika didn't insist on it.

Accompanying Liuyin to the station, he happened to see the back of the train that had just left.

There was still half an hour before the next train, and night had already come.

The lights on the platform cast a faint light. At this time, there was no one else here except Aika and Liuyin.

He sent a text message "Be back in half an hour" to Luoluo's PDA.

Liuyin pressed her knee-length skirt and sat down on the bench on the platform.

The street lights extending along the track flickered like fireflies.

In the summer night sky, the stars are shining brightly.

The small platform seems to be isolated from the world.

The silver-haired girl swayed her dangling legs slightly to the sound of insects in the grass.

"Aren't you going back yet?"

The words she spoke softly seemed so natural.

Staying alone in such a space seems to be a normal thing for her.

"I told them they would go back later."

Aika separated a short distance from Liuyin and sat next to her.

Liuyin looked at him for a moment, then looked away and looked at the vast night sky again.

"Yeah……"

"Um."

In this way, it is very pleasant to let time flow quietly.

In a world where only two people exist, you just need to feel it quietly.

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Later, because it was too late to get home, Aika was forced by Ling to ask him what happened from the time he received the broadcast at noon until the evening.

Aika deliberately concealed what happened when she was alone with Liuyin, and only told everyone what happened between her and Professor Cocona.

Back in his room, Aika sat down at the desk.

Through the open window in front of me, the starry sky is still there, but now I am the only one enjoying it.

She should have returned to her room by now, right? Will he be like me, savoring boring sentimentality?

Aika scratched her hair and cleared her mind.

This night sky is not to be played with, it is not sentimental material, it is just a piece of beauty.

What brought Aika back from his drifting thoughts was the familiar, cautious knock on the door.

The person he wanted to discuss with was already obvious, and he probably had a premonition that she would come to find him.

But this time, she wouldn't cry again.

With this unfounded confidence, Aika opened the door.

As expected, she stood in front of the door with her hands behind her back, with eyes that were evasive and full of expectation.

I have already thought about what I want to say, and the work is handed over.

The final result does not depend on you, but on what actions the girl in front of you will take and what actions her best friend will take.

The conditions have been prepared for them, and they will see it through responsibly.