In fact, what surprised Aiwass the most was that Yulia did not come to greet him when he returned to Avalon.
He even stayed in the Palace of Silver and Tin for most of the day, but Yulia didn't come looking for him.
Is there something wrong with her body? Or is she not on the glass island? Or is she sulking?
Aiwass was very worried for a moment.
After hearing Aiwass's question, Isabel shook her head: "It should be fine, Yulia is probably busy."
"Busy?"
"Well, she has a key experiment and has been busy for a long time."
Isabel was also a little worried: "Why don't you go and take a look? Yulia seems to have been stimulated in some way... Since Fallen Heaven Secretary came to the world, she has hardly left the room in the past half month, and even food and water have to be delivered
Go to her room.
"I was worried about her before, so I went over to see her twice. She seemed to be inventing some kind of machine alone... She didn't like me disturbing her in the past. But I still asked the priest to check her body every few days to prevent illness.
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"Because I couldn't understand her invention, I asked Master Nobel to take a look... but he couldn't understand it either."
"……OK."
Aiwass was a little worried when he heard this, so he nodded and said, "Then I'll go take a look."
He walked in the direction of Yulia's room in his memory.
Then it was discovered that Yulia's room had now been transformed into a rather terrifying scale - her room now merged with the rooms of four entire royal family members, and its size was even close to three times the size of Isabel's room.
"...Yulia?"
Aiwass knocked on the door, but got no response. However, he could hear subtle sounds from inside, and could see the light leaking out. There must indeed be someone there.
He opened the door with the key Isabel gave him, but he didn't see Yulia at all in the first room.
Although it is not clear what experiment Yulia is doing...but if she is suddenly frightened, it may cause the shutdown experiment to fail.
Aiwass didn't want to ruin Yulia's hard work or put her in any danger. Therefore, he used advanced magic to hide his steps and voice, and carefully opened the second door.
At that moment, he was shocked by the scene in front of him——
There was a huge brass machine in front of her, while Yulia was sitting in the corner, holding a blueprint and thinking about something intently.
Seeing that she was not doing anything dangerous and critical, Aiwass dared to speak: "Yuli?"
Hearing Aiwass's voice, Yulia was stunned for a moment.
She suddenly turned around and saw Aiwass standing at the door.
"elder brother!"
Yulia suddenly made a sound of excitement, then carefully put the drawings into the document bag, and then turned around happily and rushed over.
Seeing Yulia's reaction, Aiwass was heartbroken.
At least Yulia's mental state is normal and she doesn't seem to hate herself... That's good, that's good...
When Aiwass hugged Yulia, he suddenly realized that the girl seemed to have grown taller and heavier.
Originally, when he held Yulia in his arms, the girl's head would usually be pressed against Aiwass's stomach - by the way, with Isabel, Aiwass could press her head against hers just by raising her head slightly.
On my chin, piece it together until it fits perfectly.
But now Yulia's head can already touch Aiwass's chest. I'm afraid she is no more than a few centimeters away from Isabel.
It was only at this time that Aiwass could remember... that his lovely and sensible sister was actually only fifteen years old. Previously, the Flame-Contrary Butterfly had absorbed too much nutrients as the phantom egg, but now Yuri has become healthy again.
Ya has entered a stage of rapid development.
"...I have grown up."
Aiwass was very pleased, but also felt a little disappointed and touched Yulia's head.
Without these messy things, he should have lived a plain and fulfilling daily life in school, and he would have been able to see Yulia often. He would not have realized that he had not seen Yulia for a long time after the child suddenly grew taller.
Went back home.
Yulia shook her head slightly, gently touched Aiwass's chest with her cheek, and breathed in the smell of Aiwass. Her warm breath soaked into the shirt on Aiwass's chest and penetrated into the flesh.
Even without the special vision of his right eye, Aiwass could feel Yulia's fatigue.
——Fortunately, Aiwass is no longer as powerless as he was a year ago.
He gently touched Yulia's forehead, used illumination to ignite his life force, and injected it into Yulia's body. Her mental state improved at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Seeing that Yulia had regained her energy, Aiwass asked: "What are you doing, Yulia?"
"Doing new research."
Yulia said, and suddenly asked: "Brother, can you give me the ability that you said before...to give to Lily?"
"Yeah, of course."
Aiwass nodded: "I'm just here to help you complete the ceremony."
He joked: "Why, didn't you say you wanted to see your strength before? Why aren't you at the fourth level yet?"
"...Because I realized that if I was too weak, I would be held back."
Yulia responded seriously: "The Theocracy's warships fought on the Star Antimony before... It's because my brother thought that Sister Isabel and I were there, right?
"Fortunately, we weren't there, so nothing happened - but this also means that if we weren't lucky, something might have happened. Even in order to rescue us, even my brother might have been involved in an accident...
"...From that time I realized that today's world is no longer as peaceful as before. I need strength now -"
Yulia's voice was soft, but her expression was firm: "At least you have the power to protect yourself! You won't drag others down, and you don't have to be the one being protected."
From a very young age, Yulia had a strong sense of self-esteem.
If most people had a "serious illness" like her that could not be cured and were adopted by the Moriarty family, they would probably just give up and let it go. Before Aiwass awakened his past life memories and obtained the method of making the Sin Card, the Phantom Demon
The symptoms of the egg are basically unexplainable, and Yulia must know about it.
A woman is seriously ill and has a high fever almost all the time...and knowing that there is no cure for the disease and that she may die at any time; at the same time, she is already in a state of having no worries about food and clothing, but she is still trying her best to learn new knowledge.
Because Yulia couldn't accept that she was just a useless waste.
Even if the knowledge she learned has no use at all and her efforts are meaningless - she still refuses to give up on "I am still working hard".
——If a person gives up on himself, his soul will also fall.
"I see."
Aiwass nodded seriously: "Then I will give you power."
"...As for the fourth energy level."
Yulia shook her head: "I have actually reached the threshold of the fourth energy level."
"Then why not get promoted?"
Aiwass was a little confused: "No matter which school of alchemist you are, the job transfer requirement for promotion to the fourth level should be 'a well-known invention', right?"
"To complete this step, we only need to borrow Isabel's influence. In addition to being a scholar, Sand Timepiece also has a businessman side - completing this step through transactions is also allowed."
Alchemist is a profession that only requires spending money, and his advancement itself can also be forcibly completed by spending money.
"Household invention" does not necessarily need to be how useful the invention is or how popular it is. It can be achieved by simply increasing publicity and forceful promotion - and this is not a bug, it is a balanced path in itself.
Correct promotion path.
This is also the reason why Star Antimony’s Wangli Alchemy Association has in-depth cooperation with the royal family.
Whether it is through face, invention, influence, money, power... using the ability of any dimension to exchange the benefits of another dimension, thereby connecting everything together - this is the way of balance.
"Because I want to complete the career change of 'Pioneer'."
Yulia's thinking was extremely clear: "My upgrade speed will definitely be slower than my brother's. If I can't get a powerful profession, even if I get the power of the Flame Paranormal Butterfly, I will definitely be much weaker than my brother.
"
"So what?"
Aiwass felt helpless when he saw that Yulia's target was actually him: "You just need to be yourself, you don't have to be the same person as me. No matter what your abilities are, you are still my sister."
"It's different."
Yulia's thinking was calm and clear: "My brother is already the eternal pope, and now he has mastered the power of Avalon and the Theocracy. His influence is extremely strong all over the world, and even the Fallen Heaven Division may not be unable to defeat him.
"But I didn't feel any pride from my brother. I only smelled heaviness and exhaustion... This means that even this level of strength is still not enough.
"If we have to face other powerful enemies in the future, and even a powerful person like the Pope will find it difficult, then if we are slightly weaker, we will still be held back...
"...Moreover, what I really want is not just as simple as 'not holding me back'. I want to really help my brother - to do this, I must become a pioneer."
"But the pioneers..."
Aiwass hesitated to speak.
That is almost the most difficult profession in the world to advance to—far more difficult than the Scholar of Sins.
Before the fourth energy level, there was at least one "incredible and great invention that could change the world."
This means that if this invention cannot be completed... Yulia must always suppress her impulse on the road and cannot advance.
Not only will it cause huge mental pressure, but the anxiety will also affect the invention itself...
"I already have an idea."
Yulia said, looking back at the huge machine: "This is an old machine built using Mr. Babbage's abandoned manuscripts decades ago.
"It's called the difference engine. I plan to use it to transform and optimize it."
