Chapter 56 Worry
When Joshua returned to the Mycrov continent from the turbulence of time and space, it was already mid-May 835.
Karlis pulled him from the turbulence of time and space into the Dome of Stars, the core of the world, where the flow of time became abnormal, one minute could be a day, a month or a moment. This is why ordinary lives cannot talk to the Python of Steel, and it is difficult for them to maintain their self-awareness in this extraordinary environment. Joshua was lucky. During the time he talked to Karlis, the time of the Dome of Stars was normal, but the Python of Steel encountered a little accident when he sent him back to the continent of Mycrov. A small outbreak of the Demon Tide greatly delayed his departure time.
But no matter what, he has now returned to the Mycrov continent, the Great Eas Mountains, this familiar place.
As the dark blue door was opened, the cracks of time and space appeared on the most magnificent mountain range in the north. The obvious extreme time and space fluctuations were transmitted in all directions, attracting the attention of many people who had been waiting here for a long time. With the waves of magic fluctuations, three mages and two gold-level warriors flew up at the same time and approached the dark blue time and space gate.
The arrival of the great demon tide has greatly improved the strength level of the entire world. With nearly a year of high-concentration magic baptism, many former high-level silver advancements have been for the existence of the gold level. However, no matter what, the existence of the gold level is still the high-level power of the entire world. The reason why these elites wait here respectfully is naturally because of the order.
Order from the Emperor.
Nearly a week ago, the Emperor of the Empire and his always trusted mentor came to the Northland and met with the two legendary wizards who had been missing for a long time. They communicated with each other for a long time. From Banil and William, the highest levels of the two empires learned most of the things that happened in the Sixth Abyss. Isrell was not surprised by what the warriors did, whether it was killing demons or severely damaging the demon army. Nostradamus was the same. They were not even shocked or worried about Joshua's sudden disappearance during teleportation. The empire master with dark golden hair only responded to a calm smile in the face of Master Banil's doubts.
"That's Joshua."
He said this, only said this sentence without giving any explanation, but this understatement was actually enough to explain everything. Even the two legendary mages nodded in agreement after thinking for a while.
"That's right, if it's that guy, it's really no big deal."
William recalled what the warrior did in the abyss and said relievedly: "For the first time I saw someone go to the abyss to slaughter people like demons, it would be fine."
And the fact was just as they thought, Joshua returned safely only a little late. When the warrior faced these mages and golden warriors respectfully surrounded both sides since he stepped out of the time and space gate, he just said calmly: "Okay, go and tell His Majesty the Emperor and Master Nostradamus that I am fine, nothing unexpected."
"In a few days, I will go to see them, talk about something, and ask His Majesty to arrange a time." Joshua specifically told a mage who had a five-star ring-shaped emblem on his body, who was obviously close to the royal family: "It is best to be in the Void Star Gazing Center, where there are many things to use."
"Yes, Earl Radcliffe."
Regarding Joshua's instructions, the royal wizard immediately lowered his head and responded respectfully: "I will bring your words to His Majesty in full, do you have anything else to give?"
No. Joshua did not say this, because he had already begun to move towards the south, towards the Moldaweiya leader, and towards the direction where the lord's mansion was. In an instant, all the people on standby, whether the high-level mage or the golden warrior, had not seen any process, and the warrior disappeared. It was not until the royal mage looked up cautiously at Joshua where he was originally, that he knew that he had left.
He went home.
At this moment, Hei was lying bored on the roof of the Lord's Mansion with a ball, lying bored on the concave battlements on the edge of the tower, looking at the blue sky. In recent days, the Black Dragon Girl has been so leisurely. After all, she does not need to handle official duties like Rin, nor does she need to monitor the situation in the entire main city like Miss No. 3. Even Ying is busier than the one she wants to come, at least the Shenji Girl is even more servant leader. It has always been her job to clean the study and bedroom.
Only Hei, because he is positioned as a mount, has nothing to do except being taken out for a walk by the warrior on weekdays, so he was extremely idle in the days when Joshua was away. If the warrior was busy and unable to accompany her, the Black Dragon Girl would actually go to the extreme North Ice Field by herself. She would even try to catch fish around the sea of confusion. But now, Joshua has not returned yet, not only the Shenji brothers and the artificial intelligence girl are worried, but even the always carefree Hei has no intention of taking a walk.
Fortunately, there was a light ball. Thinking of this, Hei stretched out his hand and carefully stroked it between his two corners, which seemed to be very suitable for beige light ball. A crisp jingle sound came, proving that the other party was in a good mood.
It was warm and comfortable. She thought happily. But if I continued to touch it, would it get angry? The black dragon girl was a little worried.
Whether it is Firefly, Rin, or No. 3, they all expressed great curiosity. The Shenji brothers and sisters believed that it had an almost physical energy body like their spiritual body. The artificial intelligence girl felt that the other party's existence was worthy of her reference. In fact, No. 3 had been in the central control room for several days, and seemed to be trying to imitate this repulsive force field that clearly had only energy but could touch like a substance.
But no matter who it is, they all think that the unknown life brought back by the master is definitely of great value. Otherwise, why did Joshua, the huge abyss, bring such a ball back without anything? So out of curiosity or enterprising spirit, they all began to make progress in their own way, intending to show it to him after the master comes back, no doubt, just like Isrel and others, the people in the lord's mansion think that the warrior will definitely return safely.
Hei was more powerful in this regard, and she didn't think about anything. For the Black Dragon, who was stocked by soldiers most of the time in the Palm Seal Lake of Nissie Snow Mountain, his master was often away.
So, when she saw a long red rainbow running through the blue sky and stopping over the lord's mansion, that is, in front of her, Hei was not too surprised or excited, but just raised his hand with full vitality and greeted the warrior: "Master! You are back!"
"Yes, I'm back, are you worried about me?"
Landing in the tower, Joshua smiled and habitually reached out, intending to touch the Black Dragon Girl's head. But just as Hei Ya stretched his head habitually, he found that his hand touched a soft and elastic presence like jelly light ball made a series of crisp wind chimes, as if he was angry at Joshua's farewell for a long time ago.
"I didn't throw you away everything was accidental." He took the light ball off the black head, and Joshua stretched out his right hand and rubbed the other person's head in the comfortable expression of the Black Dragon Girl, while tilting his head to the light fairway in his left arm: "How is it? The continent of Mycrov should be much better than that in the middle of the Blood Moon. I originally thought you would not be very adaptable to the air environment, but now it seems that you are doing well."
"Ding bell ding ding bell!"
Just as the wind chimes of the light ball, a wave of magic quickly gathered in the air, and footsteps came from the stairs. I could sense the movements and familiar breaths on the top floor. Both Shenji and No. 3 reacted in an instant, and then took the quickest action.
Without saying a word, Joshua looked up and looked at No. 3, who had just condensed the magic projection, and Firefly and Rin who had walked out of the entrance and exit. He smiled and nodded.
"I'm back," he said, "I'm late."
"It's too late." The silver-haired girl pouted with dissatisfaction. Firefly frowned, put her hands on her chest, and said angrily: "And the most important thing is not this, nor is it not to take us with you, but to leave suddenly without saying hello!"
"Farewell without saying goodbye will cause chaos, master!" Even Rin, who has always been gentle, showed a troubled expression. The butler who has always handled government affairs for the soldiers looked a little exhausted: "Oh my God, no one would have thought you would leave suddenly. The Black Forest Fortress has sent documents asking for additional supplies three times. I dare not sign if you are not here, but this matter is urgent, so I can only disguise my signature. I won't blame me for solving this matter first, right?"
"Of course not, I even plan to praise you." Joshua blinked. How could he blame Rin? Without this housekeeper, the warrior would be overwhelmed by the star-like government affairs of Moldavia. You know, he has always lacked awareness of being a lord. To put it nicely, Joshua's personality is called being unrestrained and unrestrained, and not being bound by trivial matters. To put it bluntly, he just can't be a qualified leader. At most, he commands a small team to charge on the battlefield, and it is completely impossible to stay in one place to deal with cumbersome government affairs.
The indignation of Shenji brothers was mainly because they didn't bring them with them on this adventure. As a weapon, Ying and Rin felt that they were extremely disqualified. It took a lot of effort to solve this problem. For example, if you promise them that they would take the two of them out for a walk next time, chopping up something so that they would not forget their own responsibilities. After that, the warrior turned his head and looked at No. 3 who had been silent.
"Why don't you speak?" Joshua asked strangely. He knew that in similar situations before, the AI lady had always spoken first, but this time she was silent, and she always felt that it was a little different from before.
"...You're going to do dangerous things again, Joshua."
Facing the warrior's inquiry, No. 3 was silent for a while before murmuring softly: "You don't bring Firefly and Rin because you think it's too dangerous... He is very fast and can avoid most dangerous situations, so you will bring her with you."
"The abyss is not dangerous to me, but it is different for you."
Joshua's expression couldn't help but become serious when talking to the girl of artificial intelligence. He replied seriously: "Actually, it's a bit unconsidered to bring black, but nothing is serious. This trip to the abyss also made me discover a lot of potential troubles."
Thinking of the divine runes engraved on the bones in his body, Joshua couldn't help but nod. Being able to clearly perceive the influence of divineness on him can be said to be one of the biggest gains of this trip to the abyss, second only to the information told by the steel python.
"When it comes to this, No. 3, this is different. You actually care about my safety."
Many thoughts flashed, and Joshua came to his senses. He looked at No. 3, whose face was still a little worried, and said with a smile: "You are clearly confident in me before this, why did you suddenly care about my safety?"
When Joshua said this, he felt very relaxed. He just instinctively said to No. 3 casually. This sentence was not even thought through his brain. On the contrary, No. 3 thought seriously for a while after listening to Joshua's question, before answering.
"Jothia."
When she said this, the tone of the artificial intelligence girl was very sincere and serious. This kind of emotion was so obvious that she even made the light ball constantly stroking it, making it make a sound of dingling, subconsciously stopping the movements in her hands, not to mention that she was very serious from the beginning, No. 3 seemed to be considering her words. After a few seconds, she whispered: "Now, we are all very happy."
"Feng, Rin, Hei, this ball of light, the old Bishop of Atanis, Mr. Brandon, Ms. Vildanni, two ladies of the Scarrant family, Master Nostradamus and His Majesty the Emperor who do not come often."
No. 3's voice was not loud, but it was very clear. She looked around at everyone present, and then continued to say in a calm voice: "A year or two ago, everyone's faces were not good-looking. They, we, were worried because there were many things that had not been resolved. But now it's different, our lives are on track."
Firefly and Rin have adapted to their role as head maid and housekeeper. The silver-haired girl is no longer the ignorant divine kid who knew nothing about anything, but the leader who can handle housekeeping skillfully and coordinate problems in the lord's mansion. The young man has also become a steward who can stand alone. Rin's government affairs are better and more perfect every day, enough to make anyone feel at ease to entrust his work to him.
The black dragon girl has learned the way of life of human beings. Of course, she prefers to become a dragon and play in the wilderness, but this cannot deny her efforts. The elderly Archbishop Atanis no longer presides over the church work. Several of his former apprentices and current students have begun to preside over the mass and prayer on his behalf, leading clergy to patrol the traces of cultists.
Not to mention the Brandons and their daughters, as well as Isreel and Nostradamus, the former has a happy family and is no longer harassed by beast tides and cultists, while the latter has advanced to legends. There is nothing in the entire empire that can influence the two of them. They both have the life and strength they want.
"The world has become more stable, so why do you have to put yourself in danger? It's obviously no longer necessary."
Talking about all this softly, No. 3 looked at Joshua, and her eyes were flashing with a pale blue light. The artificial intelligence seemed to be a little confused: "Precisely because it is already perfect, Ying and Rin, I hope you can be safe... because if you were not for you, all this would lose its meaning."
Faced with a sharp question No. 3, Joshua was silent for a while. Of course, he knew that his actions would not be understood by acquaintances. In the eyes of everyone, all dangers were gone. Orcs were extinct, the dragons were defeated, the cultists were expelled, and the demon believers were also silent in the mountains. The entire Mycrov continent ushered in a long-lost true peace, and even those who knew the truth understood that the flames had rekindled, and the problems that had plagued these strong men for thousands of years had been solved by him. Joshua.
Indeed, an unprecedented era of stability has arrived, and everyone only needs to enjoy the long-lost happiness, especially for the artificial intelligence girl who has been driving in the destruction world of Carlis for thousands of years. She expects not to be a legendary adventure with ups and downs, but a calm and boring daily life.
Why did Joshua deliberately put herself in danger? She couldn't understand this. She wouldn't have asked such a question at first, but the impulse of unknown artificial intelligence would never have driven her to ask this question abruptly.
“…You are right.”
Yes, No. 3 is right. The world has ushered in a stable and prosperous era. Even demons cannot invade more than twenty years later according to previous history. In response, Joshua closed his eyes and opened it again. He didn't know how to explain his knowledge to his family members even if they had no blood relationship, even if they were not related to their relatives.
What should I say? The abyss is just an evil neighbor who needs to be vigilant, and the real threat is the evil god that will only come decades later? It is too ridiculous and cannot be said. This is information about the evil god and cannot be said much about anyone.
Thinking of the profound and evil god of terror in the memory of the Steel Python Carlis, who was magnificent and magnificent, which made the whole world tremble for fear, Joshua couldn't help but sigh deeply in his heart. It was precisely because he knew more that he thought more and did more. Even if what he did seemed unnecessary to others, it was necessary to do it. Decades of years seemed long, but for the gap between legends and evil gods, it seemed extremely short.
Not enough, far from enough. It is precisely because you feel happiness now that I have to do these things as soon as possible.
Not knowing how to say this, Joshua could only take a step forward and then gave No. 3, who was floating in the air, a hug. Under the power of the warrior, the illusory magic projection was also embraced by him like a entity.
"I was reckless this time, but it's okay." He said so, then let go of his hand, turned around, and gave the approaching Fire and Rin a hug. The warrior thought about the instructions Carlis said to him and said seriously: "From today, I will not worry you."
Chapter completed!