Endless Silver Machine

The weather that started to clear up on Sunday continued until God’s Birthday. Although the warm sunshine in winter cannot completely dispel the cold, seeing this scene in this season will indeed warm your heart.

"Are you ready with everything you need to bring?"

Before closing the door to the caretaker's cabin, Aika turned around and asked the three girls behind her a question.

Everyone no longer wore the uniforms of Frost Moon Academy, but put on brand new winter clothes.

Before coming to Shuoyue Academy, they bought some changes of clothes in the commercial district of the Eastern District of the Imperial Capital. But at that time, the girls and Aika acted separately. After meeting up, they already had large and small bags in their hands, so Aika had no idea what they had bought.

"Anyway, I have all my clothes and necessary daily necessities."

Ling patted the suitcase next to her. The cold wind didn't seem to have a great impact on her. The pink and white long coat was draped over the knitted sweater, and the front buttons were not even buttoned properly.

"All the things we want to bring have been put into this box. Brother, have you checked your own?"

"But I didn't stay there very long, and many of the things in Xiaoyin's house are new..."

Slightly exposed skin could be seen between the hem of Luoluo's coat and knee-high socks, while Weixi put on warm black pantyhose. The youngest, she is also the most sensitive to the cold air.

Ling smirked and nudged Aika with her elbow.

"The scarf knitted by my sister, does it feel particularly warm?"

"Sister Ling!"

Luoluo hurriedly intervened between the two people, "forcibly" preventing the topic from continuing to develop in a strange direction.

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"Haha, I have to consider buying a new scarf too."

Ling stopped treating Aika and Luoluo as objects of entertainment and buttoned up the open skirt.

"Seeing you dressed like this, I thought you weren't afraid of the cold."

"After all, I am the same creature as you. How can I not be afraid of the cold? Or do you have any unique insights into my clothes?"

"No, no..." Aika smiled humorously, "I just want to say that you really have your style."

"What does my style mean?"

"...the feeling of being alive and kicking?"

"I don't feel happy at all!"

Sure enough, as Qiu Ke said, today is a special holiday. There are many students in Shigetsuki Academy who are not wearing uniforms. Like Aika and the others, they must be preparing to spend the annual festival outside the academy. But most of the people around were groups of two men and women, and a group of four like Aika stood out among them.

"Do you think it's colder now than it was just now?"

"Not at all."

Luo Luo and Wei Xi also shook their heads. Are you the only one who feels this way? That must be an illusion.

"Brother, if you're tired, I can help you carry your suitcase."

The only suitcase with a wheel design at the bottom is the Ling one, while Aika itself is a portable suitcase. The suitcase that can be towed is of course most suitable for girls, who also have many more things than themselves.

"Let my sister help carry the luggage, no matter what I say..."

"Why? I am also very powerful!"

Luoluo puffed up her cheeks.

"It's that boring principle again, I really don't understand it."

Ling dragged the girls' shared suitcase and walked between Luoluo and Wei Xi. Since there was no snow, it was very easy to lug the suitcase around.

"What principle?"

Wei Xi didn't know what Ling meant.

"I don't know whether it's a man's self-esteem or what."

"If you don't know anything, don't tell me!"

Aika blushed rarely. At that time, I just said something casually to get Ling to accept the gift I gave him. Looking back now, I still feel a different kind of shame.

There were already many people waiting in front of the train platform in front of the academy, and of course they were all students of Shigetsuki Academy.

"If we had come out earlier, there would have been fewer people."

"Whose fault is this?"

"We call it necessary preparation time."

Ling rolled her eyes at Aika. In fact, the four of them had already finished breakfast around eight o'clock in the morning, and their luggage had been packed the night before. Then the girls "prepared" in the room for more than an hour. During this period, Aika could only pass the time in the hall by browsing the academy's chat section on her PDA.

"I can only pray that today's airship flights will not be full..."

If you can buy your tickets in advance, you don’t have to worry so much now.

Of course this is just hindsight.

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In just two months, this is the second time I have visited the airport in the East District of the Bisi Empire. But the excitement has not diminished at all compared to last time.

When we went to Senior Lilith's house, because we were picked up and dropped off by Mr. Claus, the world outside the airport was still unknown to everyone. The first task now is to find a train within the area that can lead to Liuyin's house.

"Brother, I remember..."

"Because Xiaoyin's home is on a mountain, there is no local train that can go directly to the door..."

"It seems like this..."

After everyone arrived here, they recalled the experience half a year ago. Because the instantaneous car left them on Center Street, the last four had to climb a long mountain road.

"But at least I know I have to go to Center Street first, so I won't get lost when I get there."

Aika comforted everyone.

"Why do rich people like to build houses on mountains?"

Liuyin is like this, and so is Senior Lilith. The two wealthy families Ling knew both built their mansions in remote places far away from the district center.

The train schedule in the East District is much tighter than that in the Shuangyue District. Ten minutes later, everyone was on the train that would stop at Center Street.

"Ah——" Ling stretched out in his seat, "I really want to live here."

"When you said that, I just thought of a question." Aika suddenly raised her voice, "For weekends and short holidays like this, we can just stay at Shimozuki Academy. But what about winter vacation and summer vacation? That's There are only two months left, we can’t still live in the dormitory!”

"Come to think of it, it's winter vacation soon."

Luoluo also noticed this problem that was just around the corner.

"It's impossible to disturb Xiaoyin's house all the time..."

"But we can't afford to buy a house. It's okay if we just rent it..."

Lolo, who is in charge of everyone's finances, knows how difficult it is to find a solution to this problem. If I had to stay in a hotel like I did in Pfa Town, the burden would be too much for two months.

Of course, there is no way to think of a practical method in a short time. Until the trains in the area entered the Center Street Station, no one came to a unified conclusion.

"Anyway, there is still more than a week, so just think about it slowly. If you haven't figured out a good solution in the end, then just continue to live in the dormitory. There is nothing inconvenient there."

Indeed, as Aika said, the conditions of the caretaker's cabin are much better than those of ordinary hotels.

His words reassured everyone, and the issue was temporarily put aside.

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If the rebuilding speed of the Bisi Empire was not as fast as it is now, it would be impossible to stand in front of the Liuyin Mansion before the afternoon started today.

"By the way, Wei Xi. Please ask Liuyin for Brother Shun's mailing address. Since you are all here, let's go see him."

"We also thought about this the day before yesterday," Ling smiled bitterly, "but we had forgotten about it until just now..."

"Brother Shun is so pitiful..."

Luoluo sighed for his friend who didn't know where he was now.

"Okay... let's go inside first and take a rest."

Wei Xi opened the door of the mansion, and the familiar courtyard appeared before her eyes. We have been living here together for several months. Although the vegetation in the courtyard is somewhat different from what everyone remembers due to the change in climate, this feeling of going home does make us feel extremely at ease.

"The room allocation remains the same as before. Is that okay?"

Now that Liuyin is gone, Wei Xi is equivalent to the owner of this mansion. She also realized her responsibility, so she made arrangements for everyone to live here as she does now.

"no disagreement!"

"Then Luo Luo and Wei Xi and I will stay in the same room, and you will live next door, right?"

"Well, that's it."

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While Aika was packing her luggage in her room, Ling entered the room after knocking on the door.

"There is no change at all here."

She looked around Aika's room.

When she stayed in this mansion a few months ago, Ling also visited this room, so she still had some impressions.

"Brother Shun and Liuyin don't go home often, and it seems that no one else will come, so we just keep it the same as when we left."

"But the rooms are always cleaned. Our rooms and yours both look like this."

"That seems to be the case."

Aika ran her fingers across the table, and there wasn't a trace of dust on it. As Ling said, this place was cleaned not long ago.

"I almost forgot the main thing." Ling then remembered the reason why she had left her room alone and came here specially. "Luoluo and Weixi asked me to ask you, when will you leave for the amusement park, or first Take a rest. I think they all seem a little tired, but they don’t want to change their plans. What are you going to do?"

"Ask me?" Aika thought for a moment, "It would be best if you could take a break. But if you go to the amusement park later, you won't be able to play for long..."

"I think so too..." Ling was also in a dilemma, "If they don't go today, they will definitely feel very sorry..."

"How about we go to the amusement park tomorrow and spend the rest of the day visiting places we haven't visited before?"

“Is there any place in the East End that we haven’t been to?”

"makes sense……"

Before entering Frost Moon Academy, they had a letter of recommendation from the Holy See, so apart from their daily routine, they spent the rest of their time wandering around the East District. They have been to the central street, the business district, the beach... basically all the places they can think of, except for the newly opened amusement park when they were in school.

"Is there any other place..."

"It doesn't have to be a place that I haven't been to before." Ling suddenly changed her mind, "Isn't there a lot of delicious food on Central Street? If you take them to have a full meal, they will definitely feel better!"

"Didn't we just finish lunch?"

"Don't worry about such details! Besides, the amount of exercise on the road can be digested even in lunch."

"To be honest, it's actually because you want to eat, right?"

"How, how is it possible..."

"You were tongue-tied just now. But..." Aika still chose to let Ling go, who had revealed his inner thoughts, "This might work."

"Let me convince the two of them, and they will definitely accept it."

"Well, they'll leave it to you."

"But accordingly, it's your treat."

"I can almost guess what you will say..."

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