Yulia was tinkering with something in her room, wearing a monocle specially designed for focusing and magnifying.
But at this moment, there was a gentle knock on her door.
...Who is coming at this time?
She frowned slightly, put the tools in her hands aside, and paused her work: "Please come in."
Yulia pressed a button to cause the alchemy glasses lens hanging on her left eye to cancel its effect and pop up automatically.
If it were in her own home, Yulia would never pay attention to the other party. But there is no way, this is the palace of silver and tin... maybe some big shot or something important will come to see her.
"Yuliya~"
At this moment, a very familiar voice came from the door.
Yulia's body suddenly stiffened, and she suddenly looked up at the door.
I saw Aiwass opening the door with a smile and lying on the door like this, half of his body still hanging outside the door: "Did you miss me?"
She subconsciously took a step forward...but it only took one step to react.
"...Your Majesty, are you bored?"
Yulia puffed up her cheeks and said sullenly.
For a moment just now, she thought Aiwass was really back!
But Aiwass would usually call himself Yuli and would not knock on the door so softly.
And Aiwass doesn't have time to come back at this time...
"What's wrong! Isn't this considered Aiwass!"
Isabel took off the mask from her face and threw it into the void, turning it into nothingness.
She jumped in with a few light steps, not forgetting to close the door.
Then Isabel sat down on the chair next to Yulia, hugged Yulia and started to fake cry: "Little Yulia was so angry that she started calling me Your Majesty, woo woo woo..."
Yulia was a little helpless, so she sat directly on Isabel's lap and hugged Isabel's neck with her backhand.
For a "iron-blooded majesty", this is considered an act of transgression. But for Isabel, she especially liked Yulia's intimacy with her.
The fact that Isabel likes Yulia so much has nothing to do with the biological relationship between Yulia and Aiwass... Two girls of the same age who also lack friends, are kind and sincere, have been together for so long in the Palace of Silver and Tin.
They have become close friends with each other.
The longer they get along, the closer their behavior becomes to their true personalities.
Isabel is no longer as gentle, smart, generous, and considerate as she was at the beginning - in other words, she is no longer holding her own. When Yulia became Isabel's closest good friend, Isabel liked to have nothing to do.
Tease her, make a joke or be coquettish or something.
And Yulia is no longer the soft and waxy look she had at the beginning.
Because her character is actually not that soft... If I have to say it, it's just that she was burned out by the Flame Butterfly and has no strength at all. She is in a drowsy and powerless state every day, which is not so much gentle.
, it would be better to say that he is weak.
After that, she continued to act like that just because the Yulia that Aiwass was familiar with was always the same posture as before.
She didn't want her most trusted, closest, and favorite relative to suddenly feel like a stranger—especially after Aiwass helped her resolve a life-and-death crisis.
In other words, she was instinctively afraid... afraid that Aiwass would alienate herself because of this.
From a rational point of view, or from her understanding of Aiwass, such a thing would not happen - but she was still afraid. Because fear has always had nothing to do with reason.
But in front of Queen Isabel, who can see into people's hearts, Yulia's disguise seemed so childish and thin.
She likes to tease Yulia, and she can always make Yulia lose her power, but will not make her really angry. Every time after she gets angry, she will comfort herself. After a few such cycles, Yulia simply
I won’t pretend anymore.
"By the way, Isa."
Yulia said softly: "I have something to discuss with you."
"Say." Isabel said without hesitation.
"Not long ago, Master Nobel came to see me."
Yulia's voice deepened: "It is said that there is an alchemist competition over there in Star Antimony..."
"You want to go to Star Antimony?"
Isabel immediately guessed what Yulia meant.
Her brows furrowed slightly, lost in thought.
And Yulia continued: "Teacher, he was squeezed out by the people in Leipzig a long time ago. He used to be a very talented alchemist, but he was jealous of others... But now, the people who squeezed him out back then
The man is already dead, and everyone knows that Nobel was a genius who was jealous and squeezed away.
"But at this moment, an imposter appeared on Xing Antimony's side - he claimed that he was Mr. Nobel's only direct student, and registered patents for all of Mr. Nobel's formulas, and produced a series of
'Nobel's inventions over the years'. However, almost all of these achievements are suspected of infringement...
"——Because the 'Nobel student' claimed that they were all 'old inventions', things invented by teachers in the past years. But the time of each of their inventions was longer than other inventions that are very similar today.
Earlier. In other words, if his words are true, the inventors of these things will be replaced by teachers..."
"...That will cause controversy."
Isabel blurted out: "Isn't this just trying to bring hatred to Master Nobel?"
She was originally very smart. Under Aiwass's intentional or unintentional training, she became even more instinctively sensitive to the relationships between people.
Especially today's Star Antimony - they had just lost the war with Avalon, and their original attitude of contempt and arrogance towards Avalon would turn around 180 degrees. But at this time, they used to be jealous because of jealousy.
Master Nobel, who lives in Avalon, will definitely be hated or praised by people for this reason.
The hostility is because his help will inevitably increase Avalon's strength, thus tilting the balance of victory and defeat;
And the praise is because, if "he didn't leave Star Antimony for this reason", then the outcome is not yet known!
If the media is willing and no one stops it, it can even exaggerate the importance of Nobel from the perspective of public opinion, and directly elevate it to the key hand in determining the outcome of the war through a chain reaction - Isabel believes that at least this step is
It can definitely be done.
In this case, a "Nobel student" came out to "clear his name" and robbed other people's patents and reputations. If people became fanatical, anyone who stood up to stop him would be labeled as "jealous of talents."
"people" and became "the main culprits in squeezing capable people away from Xing Antimony".
——It is obviously my own invention, and I have done nothing wrong, yet I am attacked by fanatics for asserting my rights...
Just thinking about it this way, Isabel, who has a strong sense of empathy, felt an indescribable discomfort and depression.
"...If I were one of these researchers, even if I knew this person was a liar, I would probably be disgusted with Master Nobel."
Isabel said softly.
Yulia nodded: "And more people don't know about this because they were not very familiar with Teacher Nobel. As Teacher Nobel was suddenly praised, many of these alchemy masters
They all criticized this and asked people to calm down. With the appearance of this 'only student', people felt that they had realized the truth - they were all trying to suppress people's efforts to rectify the name of Nobel teacher because of jealousy and fear.
action.
"So when the news came back, Mr. Nobel was very angry. He wanted to go back to Star Antimony to clear his name, and just at this time, the Earl of Leipzig planned to hold an alchemy apprentice competition in Leipzig... So Mr. Nobel
He wanted to take me with him to participate, and by the way, personally transfer all his patents and properties to me, and also pass on all his real interpersonal relationships to me."
"...This should be Xing Antimony's conspiracy."
Isabel made a keen judgment: "I feel something is not right."
But she was still thinking, so she just hugged Yulia tightly while thinking: "Tell me first... what do you think?"
"——I also think this is a conspiracy."
Yulia said seriously: "If the teacher is secretly murdered, no one can explain that 'that person is not his student'. And his death will further intensify the internal conflicts of Xing Antimony, and may even become that person."
Food for liars."
"...No," Isabel frowned, "I think the whole incident is not quite right. But I can't tell what is wrong..."
So Yulia stopped talking and just waited quietly for Isabel to sort out her thoughts.
Suddenly, Isabel said: "Is there a possibility... that those people are targeting you?"
"I?"
Yulia was stunned for a moment.
She never thought of this possibility.
And Isabel reacted: "When I was attacked by that succubus Emma, it was your face... No wonder!"
In fact, she still hasn't figured out why Emma wanted to abduct Yulia.
At that time, she could only guess that it might be a conspiracy against Aiwass. She wanted to kidnap Yulia to make Aiwass intolerable, so as to restrict or even win over Aiwass, and then control herself and the entire Avalon.
But now she finally realized belatedly - perhaps the original purpose of the Star Antimony Man was to get Yulia!
If you take this as your motivation, everything becomes clear!
"...Since the target is me," Yulia immediately became nervous, "then I won't go. Otherwise, I might cause trouble to Aiwass..."
She had heard Isabel mention it during dinner a few days ago that Star Antimony had now entered a state of anarchy, the monarch had died again, and the first-generation Red Chancellor had also been killed by "Miss Aleister" - and that was
It is the clone and alias of Aiwass. Considering that the Theocracy did not come to cause trouble, the monarch of Star Antimony should not have been caused by Aiwass, but died of "natural causes".
In other words, the situation in Star Antimony has become so chaotic that even their own king will suddenly die.
And Yulia is just a third-level alchemist.
She has not yet been promoted to a high-level transcendent, and I am afraid it will be difficult for her to even protect herself...
"...No, wait."
But Isabel suddenly had an idea: "You can go."
"But……"
"——Because I will also go with you."
Isabel replied.
Her eyes became brighter: "There is no monarch in Xingzhi now, only the former queen is in power - and that queen is my grandmother's former friend, and she has met me before. At this time, I paid a state visit
It is very reasonable to go out in name.
"It just so happens that Star Antimony's war has stopped - just yesterday, the Narcissus Principality completed its establishment. And Star Antimony chose to acquiesce. In this way, the Black Eagle Principality should be almost established... Star Antimony has now been internally controlled
The chaos was so painful that with the death of the red phase and the silence of the black phase, I guess they must have fought together.
"At this time, a state visit from me can further confuse the situation. Whether it is Narcissus, Black Eagle or Star Antimony, they are all eager to get an ally. Avalon is a very credible ally - even if
Not long ago they were trying to invade Avalon, but now they are fighting to get Avalon's goodwill and recognition.
"At the same time, for us, dividing Star Antimony into three parts is also conducive to the stability of Avalon."
In the past, this kind of thing was done by the Star Antimony people or the Iris people.
But Isabel felt that she might be able to do it——
Her talent is imitation.
She used to imitate Aiwass' thinking mode, and also imitated teacher Yanis's piano playing and painting. As an artist, it is probably difficult for her to achieve her own achievements. This is why she is currently stuck at the fourth energy level.
reasons.
But as a monarch... her talent for imitation made her grow even faster.
But if enough people imitate it, your own fruits will surely come from them.
"Since I am going to visit Star Antimony, the Queen's Guards will naturally go with me. With the support of the Theocracy, Star Antimony's chaos will naturally not be a problem - you and Master Nobel can also be included.
Protected."
Isabel's mood became excited.
But she still said cautiously: "But we have to wait a little longer - tonight is the promotion ceremony of Aiwass and Aleister, and the snow has not stopped yet. Anyway, we have to travel and the game has to start.
Wait until the snow stops.
"Let me confirm the specific details with Aleister in my dream in two days."
"Promotion ceremony..."
Yulia was in a daze for a moment: "Is my brother about to advance to the fifth level? But I just..."
But she hasn't even reached the fourth level yet.
She bit her lip, feeling the urgency.
Even if she couldn't help...she didn't want to be left behind too much.
Thinking this, Yulia raised her head and looked at Isabel.