At the same time (?), in the Red Sea Stone Pillar Forest in Africa, inside the British battleship - the attack Palamedes.
Elaine slowly opened her eyes, with a lazy and tired look on her body.
He turned around and looked at the clock beside the bed, and found that it was just before ten o'clock in the evening. He had probably slept for more than an hour. It was like this before, and he woke up after a short sleep. This was definitely not an accident.
He stretched out his hand and just lay on the bed looking at his furry lion paws. The transformation of the white lion man had not been released yet. It should be said that it could not be released even if he wanted to. He only strongly wanted to do it when he was performing surgery on someone.
Whoever he saves can turn into a human in a short period of time. But as soon as the operation is completed, he will change back to this appearance. Other than that, he can't use any other transformations. He can neither change back to the appearance of the White Bear Man nor the human form.
Not a white dragon.
Tomorrow's round table trial arena finals, what should we do? Do we really need to use this white lion's transformation to win? Elaine is not even able to use this transformation skill proficiently, or maybe
This ability to transform is still full of mystery.
(Leo...)
(I’ve lost so much, I really don’t want to lose what’s left.)
He sighed and got up from the bed. This should be Constantine's single room in the battleship Britannia. The room was filled with the pungent smell of disinfectant that doctors always stick to, even if the smell has been diluted.
Passed by. On the side, Constantine was lying on the sofa, sleeping like a ball of mud. He couldn't wake up no matter how hard he shook or noisy. It's no wonder that Constantine had performed two extremely difficult major surgeries today, and he was completely exhausted.
.
But Elaine shouldn't be much better. He was also involved in the two major surgeries, and he took over when Constantine's strength failed. He should also be exhausted physically and mentally. But for some reason, he just fell asleep
He woke up after more than an hour, and his body was now in a state of neither fatigue nor full of energy. I don't know if this is a characteristic of this lion-man transformation.
Elaine did know that wild lions on the African grasslands sleep eighteen to twenty hours a day. These lazy big cats sleep so much because of the hot climate and nothing to do. But they never sleep.
They can sleep deeply and are easily awakened. Maybe the lion-men are similar to lions in that they never fall into deep sleep. They can quickly recover their physical strength after sleeping for a short period of time, but they will never fully recover.
Since Constantine couldn't be woken up, there was nothing to see here. Elaine put on her coat and walked out of the room, preparing to return to the Dawn.
"Master Golem?" Someone walked by in the corridor and said, it was the Knight of the Round Table Percival and his assistant Juliet Rutherford. Elaine instantly recognized Percival, but the other party turned white.
Elaine was a lion, so she just nodded slightly and continued walking.
"If the golem master's technique is used, the child can definitely be saved." Juliet continued, not paying attention to Elaine in the corridor at all: "No matter how weak the light soul is, as long as it is put into the [Perfect Golem]
If you slowly cultivate it in your core——"
Light Soul. Core. This conversation caught Elaine's attention. He then pretended to leave the ship and also walked in the corridor, but actually followed the two people from a distance and eavesdropped.
"But the mysterious golem master has disappeared for half a century. The wizards in the ivory tower don't know where he is." Pasiva added: "The last design of the [Perfect Core] he left behind has been
South Africa considers it a national treasure and it is impossible to get it."
South Africa. [Perfect Core]. The more Elaine listened, the more attracted she became. Using that kind of thing, there might be a way to bring back the light soul of Leoport, who was hiding in Elaine's body and was on the verge of disappearing. If that thing weakened
The light soul was resurrected and transplanted into the core of the golem. If the golem is restarted...
——Does this count as resurrecting Leoport?
"Anyway, your Majesty is planning to negotiate with South Africa recently, for [Vinland Map]." Juliet said again: "Please beg your Majesty to let him negotiate on this matter. Even if South Africa does not submit the design of [Perfect Core]
Share it with us, and let them at least give us one of the core finished products. That child is too important to the plan and must be saved no matter what."
"It's not that I can't understand your thoughts, but it's too difficult to do so -" The two people walked further and further away. Elaine did not chase them because there was a fork in front of them, one heading towards the deck and the other towards the inside of the ship.
Going deeper. It felt unnatural for Elaine to continue to follow those two people, so she had to give up.
"South Africa..." He silently made up his mind.
After returning to the Dawn, Elaine walked into the common room with a lazy look, intending to drink some Coke to refresh herself.
Bedivere was also eating something in the lounge, which seemed to be some kind of small pancakes made of eggs and flour. The young leopard man Queeg was playing with it in the kitchen nearby, maybe it was the midnight snack he was making.
"Hey, Elaine, do you want to come over for a late-night snack?" Bediwell said, "This is delicious, you have to try it."
"...Hmm." The white lion man said hesitantly. He took out a bottle of Coke from the refrigerator and sat down to drink it.
"Um, you, you are going to South Africa?" he asked.
The werewolf youth's ears twitched: "How do you know?"
"Listen, I've heard about it." Elaine said, "Can I go with you?"
"What do you want to do?" Bedivere frowned and said, "With your appearance, the Republic of South Africa will 100% not allow you to enter."
The Holy Republic of South Africa advocates "human supremacy" and discriminates against orcs extremely seriously. In particular, the Solis Kingdom, which South Africa once led to the destruction of, has always been most wary of the lion-human race. Even with King Arthur's sponsorship, this is
It is absolutely impossible for Elaine, the White Lion, to obtain an entry visa to South Africa.
"I, I will find a way." Elaine replied. In short, just restore yourself to another form before entering South Africa.
"What do you know?" Bediwell asked nervously: "Why do you want to go to South Africa so much?"
"That, that..." Elaine paused. It was naturally impossible for him to tell his true purpose, but he had just heard another thing from Pasiva, which could be used as an excuse: "I want to
, want [Vinlandia]——"
"Shh! Don't say it!" Before Elaine could finish speaking, Bediwell covered the White Lion man's mouth in a panic: "Oh my God! Where did you hear about this! What do you know about our plan?"
How many?"
"Well, ah..." Elaine, whose mouth was covered, couldn't answer anyway, so she just mumbled a few words to get through.
"Asshole." Bediwell let go of his hand: "Did some big mouth in the team leak this? And what did you learn from Constantine?...Forget it, it's not important. But why do you think so?
Want [map]? This matter has nothing to do with you, right?"
"No, I can't say..." Elaine replied slyly. In fact, it wasn't that he couldn't tell, but that he couldn't tell the reason (what he wanted was not the Vinland map at all).
"It doesn't matter if you don't say it. Anyway, you just want to cause trouble in South Africa to avenge Leo or something." Bedivere guessed at himself: "It's better to advise you not to do this. It's too childish. Even if you are making trouble in South Africa."
, brought huge losses to that country, and the dead will not be resurrected, Leo will not be happy."
These words touched Elaine's sore spot: "Yes, I want you to take care of..."
"Is this your attitude of asking for help?" Bedivere rolled his eyes at Elaine.
"sorry……"
"Forget it. I can find a way for you to participate in that operation, provided you don't cause trouble." Bedivere looked at Elaine who had turned into a white lion, and his face looked very similar to Leoport's.
People felt a lot: "Being like this means that Leoport is still alive in your body. Don't do anything that will embarrass him or the Solis royal family."
Elaine didn't reply.
"Omelette." Queeg came over with a plate of freshly made, hot omelette and placed it in front of Elaine: "Please eat."
"……I?"
"This is to comfort you. After all, you saved his brother Tuge." Bedivere explained: "Although it is just a late-night snack, it is something Queeg made with great care. You should try it anyway."
Elaine reluctantly picked up the omelette on the plate and took a bite.
No taste. Just like eating sand.
"It's so... it tastes terrible," the white lion boy said in a low voice.
Queeg, who originally smiled and thought he could please Elaine, suddenly showed a disappointed expression on his face.
"Hey, hey, it's not that bad, right?" Bediwell grabbed a piece of omelette and took a bite. The outside is golden and crispy, and the inside is fluffy and soft filling. It is moderately sweet and piping hot.
It feels like it melts in your throat instantly, and it's not greasy at all. This can't be said to be the best snack in the world, but it can definitely be said to be a high-end product, a delicacy among delicacies.
"It's delicious." The werewolf youth said, and then he couldn't help but punch the white lion man in the forehead: "What do you mean it tastes bad? That's nonsense! It's obviously so delicious!"
"...It tastes bad, it just tastes bad." Elaine replied stubbornly, covering her bumpy forehead and looking at Bedivere quietly: "Tell me, can't you tell the truth?"
"Maybe it's not to his taste. I'll redo it," Queeg said, holding back his grievance.
"Ignore him! He is just making trouble unreasonably." Bedivere said angrily.
"...I'll go back and go back to sleep." Elaine drank up the Photon Coke, which was as tasteless as water, turned around and left.
"What do you like more? Salty? Spicy?" Queeg asked hurriedly: "Tomorrow's breakfast——"
"Don't worry about me." The white lion boy turned to look at Queeg with tears in his eyes: "No matter what you do, no matter what you do, it can't be as delicious as Leo's!"
Then he ran out quickly and disappeared outside the door.
"That little bastard...!" Bedivere's face flushed with anger: "Don't pay attention to him, Queeg."
"But……"
"He is just immersed in sadness and cannot extricate himself. Time will heal everything, and he will get better after a while."
(Time heals everything. Anyone who would say this is an optimist.)
After bidding farewell to Bedivere, Queeg sneaked into Elaine's room. He brought newly made omelets with different fillings and different flavors, intending to give them to Elaine to taste. But he
When I heard an extremely weak sob in the room, I couldn't help but hesitate to knock on the door to interrupt it.
But the person inside the door had excellent hearing and seemed to have noticed Queeg's approach, and the sobbing quickly stopped: "Who?"
"Can you come in?" Queeg then made up his mind to knock on the door.
"……Come in."
So Queeg opened the door and went in. What he saw was Elaine sitting by the bed, trying his best to hide the traces of crying, but the slight redness in the corners of her eyes failed to subside in time.
"I made egg pancakes with different flavors... Do you want to try them?"
"Didn't I say before, no matter what you do, you can't make it more delicious than Leo's." Elaine said angrily, reproaching in a hoarse voice: "Don't, don't bother me!"
"Then," Queeg put the plate on the table and walked up to the white lion boy: "Is there anything else I can do for you?"