Chapter EX: Joshua's Absence Sunday
More than a month has passed since that sudden accident. Until now, the Scarlett family and the Caus family still have letters of thanks, and Joshua and the Brandons have become closer.
After passing the test of the inheritance of the Double Blade of Order, Brandon obtained a lot of memories of the period of the Guangxu period and some of the inheritances related to the sages, including the secret words that Joshua told him several years ago about how to liberate the real name of the Double Blade of Order. However, there was no more information. After several inquiries, the warrior confirmed that the blonde swordsman was indeed not trapped in that lifelike illusion like him and met with some of the souls of the sages with his own eyes.
This has to be said to be a regret, because it means that Joshua has completely lost the possibility of meeting the sages again. Now there are still many problems and doubts on the continent of Mycrov that need to be solved. Without the simplest and direct source of answers, the sages, we can only investigate everything slowly by ourselves. However, this is a good thing. After all, when most of the problems are almost to be solved, the next major event will have to wait until the abyss invasion nearly twenty years later. If there is nothing to do during this period, Joshua will also feel bored.
Now, on January 15, on January 15, Joshua disappeared one morning of "as always" small matter, and Firefly, who had been serving him, was not surprised: her master would disappear like this one in a few days, and she was no longer surprised. What's more, from this carefree and unconventional master, the girl of Shenji had already learned a lot of news, for example, not to mention that he and other legendary powerful men had a large-scale joint operation in the void.
"The master is not here."
In the empty room without any decorations, the firefly expression with a gentle smile on her face suddenly became cold and deep. She put the hot tea prepared in her hand on the cabinet beside her, and sneered: "It's time."
Not long after, Hei, who was waking up from his sleep in a daze, suddenly felt very uncomfortable in his posture, so he wanted to turn over and change directions, but just when she was about to do so, the black dragon girl was suddenly shocked to find that she was actually tied to a chair in a sitting position!
He suddenly opened his eyes, and he was still a little confused. He was completely confused. Isn’t she in the Lord’s Mansion? The safest place in the main city of Moldavia, beside his master! In fact, who else can tie her besides her!
When she opened her eyes and glanced around, she found that she was in a mysterious room. This room was a regular square space with no doors on six sides. Each wall was painted with extremely complex and mysterious rune arrays with mitral and amethyst. Rows of rune arrays flashed mysterious arcs of light to each other. They formed part of a multi-dimensional magic array. In the center of this room, a huge rune amethyst flashed with dazzling light. She was tied under this crystal. Around the wall, the cold-faced firefly and a tired-faced face, No. 3, who was also indifferent, was staring at her with a strange look.
"Dingling...so terrible..."
A gentle and trembling voice came from the top of his head. Hei then realized that between the two corners of his head, Xiao Guang was also caught. A miniature energy array bound it to its original place, making the light ball that had learned a little to speak human language tremble and dared not move.
"What's going on with this...?" Hei, who had always been strong in his nerves, wanted to scratch his head, pretend to be smirk and ask what was going on, and why he suddenly grabbed himself up, but halfway through, she realized that the chains and sealing spells that were bound to be unexpectedly strong. Not to mention that the chains forged with pure gold should be forged, the binding magic could only be poured out by a high-level gold wizard.
"Hey, Rin, why do you tie me up?" It was not until this time that Hei, who had truly understood that he had no chance of breaking free, suddenly panicked. She twisted her body and hurriedly asked Rin, who had always had a good relationship with her: "There must be some misunderstandings in this!"
I didn't steal food! I didn't skip the training plan set by my master! I even went to learn human swimming postures obediently!
Heire burst into tears. She really felt that she was really well-behaved and obedient recently and did not do anything that would be punished at all. Even when she accidentally turned into a prototype when everyone was about to go into the sea, turning the surrounding coastal areas into a high-temperature salt water steamer, the owner just knocked her head! Although it was very heavy.
But Lin, who was asked, just sighed tiredly. From the look that he was about to sublimate, he could know that he had stayed up late to deal with countless official documents and government affairs recently. Although the Lord's Mansion was studying the Eastern Plain recently and was preparing to form a lower-level government organization to handle daily government affairs, and then liberate the Lord's Mansion itself from cumbersome small things, this series of handover work is the most tiring. Regarding Hei's expression that was about to cry, the Shenji Boy hesitated for a while, then shook his head and said, "It's better to advise Hei to be honest. The master once said when interrogating the cultists: be frank and be lenient, and resist strict."
Hei was shocked immediately. When did he become a group with the cultists? But before she could really ask, the cold-faced firefly put his hands on his chest and said impatiently: "Okay, stop talking too much. The master may come back at any time. Let's ask quickly."
As she said that, the silver-haired girl simply took a step forward. She bent down slightly, stretched out her hand, raised her chin, and looked at the black dragon girl with moist eyes. Firefly's eyes were full of coldness: "Speak quickly! Hei, how did you ask your master to take you out with you last time!"
black:"???"
"Don't you say it?" Sighing, Ying shook her head and took her hand back, as if she was about to take out something bad from her waist: "It seems that she can only be hard."
"No! I'll say it!"
Although he didn't know what Ying was going to take out, Hei's instinct told her that the thing must be extremely dangerous! So Hei obeyed his heart and said without hesitation: "But Sister Ying, you should at least say which time it was!"
"I actually asked which time!" This time, even No. 3, who had been silent on the side, changed his face. The magic projection rippled, and the amethyst around him flashed with light and darkness. The artificial intelligence girl held it with one hand and increased the output of the magic seal, and then said viciously: "Tell me, how many times have you been out with Joshua in the past six months?!"
"Apart from... except for training, it's only once." Hei, who had no idea why he was treated like this, was helpless. She racked her brains to recall and then slowly said: "That's the time when she went to the abyss with her master half a year ago, it's at least seven or eight months ago. You must be for that, right?"
"That's that!" Ying and No. 3 immediately said in unison, while Lin muttered to the side with a helpless expression: Can I go to rest? The light ball that was staying on the black head was also frightened and rolled up on the spot, shrinking a circle.
"What did the master say? Ten centuries of hatred can still be revenge!" As if to cover up the embarrassment before, the silver-haired girl coughed and began to repeat some messy quotes from Joshua: "Not to mention seven or eight months, I can remember clearly for a thousand years! Okay, what did you do when you left us alone with your master!"
"Speak it up, we will let you go." No. 3 also added a sentence on the side. Unlike Ying's vicious oppressor who was quite similar to Joshua, the artificial intelligence girl seemed more gentle and elegant. She seemed to remember something again, and then added coldly: "And how did Xiaoguang Joshua meet her and how did she bring her back?"
Light ball: "???"
"I really don't know this!" Hei felt distressed and wronged because of this kind of thing, but he couldn't say it, but under the cold pressure of Ying and No. 3, she still remembered obediently: "I just remember that day I was lying in the corner of the wall, and the master passed by and asked me what I was doing here..."
Hearing this, Ying immediately took back the threatening expression that he had not known who was imitating. She quickly pulled out a note from her small pocket on her waist, picked up a pen and started to prepare for recording. No. 3's eyes also began to flash blue data light. She seemed to be planning to record it together with the sound of the image.
"... Then I replied, it's so boring. I've already visited all over the ice field. Next time I want to take a walk in the hilly areas of the Ural Mountains. The owner thought for a while and replied that no, there are many caravans there, which can easily scare people."
Hei's memories were very painful. Anyone who recalled the conversation with someone seven months ago was very painful, but she had to recall that because two figures of Yi Yin and Lan were in front of her, and she was immediately executed without saying anything. So the Black Dragon Girl could only recall with a bumpy memory: "...I should have been disappointed at that time, so the master thought for a while and asked, do I want to become stronger?"
"Become stronger?" Firefly, who was taking notes, stopped recording. She frowned and whispered to herself: "What does this mean..."
"I answered." Hei continued honestly: "Then the director agreed and took me away next."
"That's so simple?" After the recording was completed, No. 3 looked in disbelief. The magic projection shook his head, causing his long blue hair to shake together with the small wings behind him: "Impossible, how could it be... but if it were Joshua..."
The voice gradually became smaller. Thinking of Qiao Xiuya's usual words and actions, both Ying and No. 3 frowned and began to think seriously. The silver-haired girl even bit the pen and said in a vague voice: "If it were the master, it would be really possible..."
Can I go back and rest? Rin yawned, and he had no idea why he was called over to ask a dragon such a complicated question. With this time, he would rather go and study the recipe.
"That's all... Can you let me go?"
Hei twisted the chair uncomfortablely. She felt uncomfortable being locked tightly like this, especially on her chest, which felt very pressured. But at this time, both Firefly and No. 3 only gave the Black Dragon Girl a cold look, and then continued to ponder: Become stronger? Because of this reason?
"The master is indeed of this kind of personality..." The girl from Shenji said softly. She felt that this was indeed Joshua's idea: "Hei felt bored, and the master must think that she had not trained enough, so she asked her if she wanted to become stronger. Since she wanted to, then she just increased the training volume and took it out for actual combat... Everything makes sense!"
Whether it is the actual combat in the abyss or the increased training volume after returning, it means that this is the truth! No. 3 nodded slightly, agreeing with Ying's speculation. The two of them immediately left behind the black who was shouting, "Hey, help me untie the chain quickly." Go to the side of the room to analyze carefully, but they can.
But after calm analysis and careful thinking, both Firefly and No. 3 suddenly turned pale and found the problem: Mom, wouldn’t they be completely cold if this happens?
One of them is a magic machine and the other is artificial intelligence. To become stronger, it has nothing to do with fighting and training!
"Yes...had abominable!"
He took a deep breath, and the pale face stomped his feet and gritted his teeth and said, "I won't admit it! I'll find out after trying it!"
No. 3's reaction was not that big. She just whispered to herself: "It seems that we need to step up the R&D process..."
Hei Ze still asked carefully: "Can it be untied? It's so tight!"
Still no response.
...
Not long after, Joshua, who returned from the Void Stargazing, returned to the lord's mansion. He walked out of the time and space gate with a calm expression. Then he saw the Shenji brothers, the Black Dragon Light Ball and No. 3 waiting for him on the top floor. This surprised him a little: "Why are you all here?"
Moreover, the expressions of No. 3 and the light ball were a bit strange, and Rin also looked tired.
To be honest, Joshua was quite moved at this time. He did not speak, but walked forward and patted the silver-haired girl on the shoulder: When he returned from home, the whole family was waiting for him, and this kind of treatment had not been done for a long time.
At this moment, Ying hesitated for a moment, but she immediately put the meaningless thing behind her head and said loudly: "Master! I want to become stronger!" Although No. 3 on the side did not say anything, her eyes were undoubtedly saying the same sentence.
"Ah? It's great that you have this heart...but."
Although it felt a little confused, Joshua was shocked by the girls' desire to become stronger. He laughed and changed his words: "Don't worry, I will go to the Eastern Plain to meet Barbarossa and others in a few days. He is the leader of the Guantian Baita generation. With the technical reserves of the Eastern Plain, it is not a problem to make you stronger on the original basis!"
"Also, Ying and Rin, I will have a long journey in the month, so you can be prepared."
After saying that, Joshua casually pointed the trembling black and light balls standing beside him: "Light Guang, come together, this action probably requires it."
Without caring about Ying's excited expression of fist clenching, Rin's confused expression and shocked expression of not knowing what he did. She felt that No. 3 had been betrayed, Joshua's thoughts turned to the big news that Nostradamus had told him not long ago.
"Do you plan to reconcile with me in the Earth Temple?"
He thought about the meaning of this sentence, and the warrior couldn't help but recall the girl he killed for betrayal in the Blood Moon Abyss again, and he shrugged.
I hope they have enough sincerity.
Chapter completed!