Although winter is not over yet and there is still a cold wind blowing outside from time to time, the sunshine these days is particularly sunny.
On sunny days, Patty’s favorite thing to do is to stay where the sun can shine, listening to the maid telling herself stories, or watching interesting movies in a rare physical soothing moment. The Magic Network program.
There are many interesting things on the Magic Web, including stories about distant places, unheard of knowledge, and novel and interesting magic creations. Recently, the smart people in Cecil City have also made something Something called a "phantom drama."
That is a drama performed on the Magic Network terminal, and more and more people are talking about it recently.
Patty has never been to the theater - she lost the opportunity to go out when she was just old enough to go to the theater with her parents, but she still went to the theater. Her mother once The best theater company in the neighborhood was invited to perform a classic revue in the castle, and Patty could no longer remember what the play was about.
She did not last until the end of the scene, so she was sent to the doctor by the maid and housekeeper.
But from those fragmented childhood memories, she still felt that the drama she had watched was definitely not as interesting as the "Magic Shadow Drama" on the Magic Network terminal.
The sun shone quietly into the room, outlining a warm and bright area in the room. Patty sat happily in her little wheelchair, looking at the scene not far away without blinking. In the magic network terminal, in the holographic projection above the terminal, the immigrants who had finally arrived safely at the southern port after suffering many hardships were supporting each other and walking down the gangplank. Port personnel wearing sheriff's uniforms were maintaining order.
This is the third time she has seen this scene.
The maid stood quietly beside her. The gentle lady looked at the scene in front of her with a smile. When the witch lady appeared on the screen, she heard the little lady's excitement. The voice came: "Miss Witch lives in Cecil City, right? Will she really welcome passengers at the port?"
"This is just a show, Miss Patty," the maid said slightly He bent down and said with a smile, "But Miss Witch does live in Cecil City."
"That's great..." Patty couldn't help but sigh softly, "I want to go too. Let's take a look at Cecil City..."
"When your health gets better, you may have a chance," the maid said gently.
"...If it still doesn't work, mom will be worried." Patty shook her head gently, and then her attention returned to the "Shadow" drama, "Is everyone watching this? There will be new ones. "Yes, everyone is watching it. The lady showed it to everyone in the castle three times. Everyone in the castle has watched it, and there are more and more people outside the castle." People are watching it, and many people have watched it more than once. As for whether there will be a new Phantom TV series... I don't know, but there should be one. "
"It's really good... ..." Patty sighed again, "ThenDo you like watching it too? Do you like that gentleman knight? "
The maid thought for a while, smiled and nodded: "That Mr. Knight? Of course, many people like him, and I like him too, but my favorite is the female textile worker..."
"Why? "
"Because I have a sister who is a textile worker," the maid said. "She works in the factory now. "
The maid answered patiently, but the little girl still had many questions: "Is the mechanical ship really that big? Can everyone live on the boat for a month or two? Is it really that cold outside the castle? Why didn't the lord at the beginning give the charcoal to the people who were about to freeze to death? He already has so much charcoal... Will everyone really catch mice to eat when they are hungry? Will it still happen now? Why did the knight gentleman run away when he saw the sheriff after getting off the boat? He is obviously a good person..."
The maid looked at the girl in the wheelchair dumbfounded. She had answered some of these questions more than once.
But she asked again. He bent down and explained patiently from the beginning.
......
In the long hall of Grant Castle, the man with high cheekbones and tall figure has recovered a bit. The beautiful Lady Glen stood in front of the steps, greeting Gawain and his entourage.
When Duke Gawain became His Majesty Gawain, this ordinary visit also became something different. It is of extraordinary significance. Although His Majesty’s New Deal has been promoting a system of streamlining etiquette and reducing ceremony expenses, as a well-educated aristocratic lady, Ropeanne Grant still strives to be well-behaved and meticulous within the limits allowed by the system. .
"Salute to you, my supreme majesty," the countess lifted her skirt and bowed in salute, while the attendants and knights in the castle lined up neatly on both sides of the long carpet, like two neat rows. Sculpture, “You have brought glory to this castle. "
"Actually, it doesn't have to be so troublesome - the etiquette was much simpler when I came to visit last time," Gawain smiled and nodded in response, speaking in a relaxed tone, "Just treat it as a visit from a friend. "
"I'm honored - but there are always necessary etiquette," Dame Luo Penni straightened her back, and a sincere smile appeared on her once tense face. "A room has been arranged for your entourage to rest, and dinner has been prepared - of course, in full compliance with the regulations of the Government Affairs Department. "
"That's good, I've worked hard to arrange it," Gawain nodded, "Is Patty in the room? "
"Yes, she should be watching the movie "Shadow" at this time, with a maid accompanying her," the Countess replied, "Do you want to see her first? I'll send someone to..."
"No, she's not in good health. I'll go find her," Gawain interrupted the Baroness and said with a smile, "I haven't seen her for a long time. As for me, 'Uncle Gawain', I don't know if my coming today is a surprise to her. "
"Of course - she has mentioned you more than once recently," the woman saidThere was a smile in the corner of the Viscount's eyes, "She hopes you can continue to tell her those stories."
Gawain was silent for less than a second and said softly: "Really...that's great."
......
Psychic Network, City of Dreams, in the central temple.
In the splendid conference hall, the archbishops gathered around a round table depicting many mysterious symbols (decorative lighting effects), while Pope Megall III, who was in the form of an amorphous starlight polymer, was suspended in the hall. In the mid-air in the center, in a solemn atmosphere, a key meeting was taking place.
"...This is the entire process of this exploration," Archbishop Yuri's voice echoed in the hall. In front of him, memory projections restored with spiritual power were showing phantoms. Several key images in the town, "There is no need to go into details about the various weird properties and psychological symbolic meanings of Phantom Town. I believe everyone has done a lot of research in these fields. This time, what we should mainly focus on is The 'Upper Narrator' priest possesses 'divine magic'
"At least we can be sure that the 'divine magic' cast by the projection priest can be effective in Phantom Town. Attacking the minds of us 'real people' is already a clear proof that the power of the upper-level narrator has been sublimated and brought closer to God.
"The 'divine descending technique' released by the projection priest failed. Although the most likely reason is that his 'projection essence' prevents him from releasing such a high-level divine technique, or because The Phantom Town is isolated from Sandbox No. 1, but this does not rule out the possibility that the upper-level narrator in Sandbox No. 1 has not yet been fully formed or something unexpected has happened..."
Aggregation of starlight above the hall The voice of Megall III entered the minds of everyone present: "Archbishop Yuri, Archbishop Magnan, in the process of calibrating your minds, you were almost contaminated by the narrator from above. According to your own experience, Do you think the upper-level narrator has peeked into the situation outside the sandbox during this pollution? Has it extended part of its identity into that town? "
"...I don't think so. I think so, His Majesty the Pope," Yuri thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "Although that kind of pollution is difficult to prevent, its essence is still just a projection, and after the pollution failed, it no longer showed any 'initiative'. The upper-level narrator in Sandbox No. 1 should not have established contact."
"The Phantom Town has completely disappeared now," Archbishop Magnan also stood up and said, "I then used Psychic Storm to flush it. 'After several times, subsequent monitoring can confirm that the data area has been completely cleared, and theoretically there is no need to worry about it anymore."
"Phantom Town disappeared, but Sandbox No. 1 is still there," Yi Yi said. A low and hoarse female voice sounded. A beautiful and mature woman wearing a long black dress stood up and looked at the Pope in the air, "Your Majesty, it seems we must take some risks, No. 1 Sha The danger level of the 'monster' spawned by the box has exceededThere is little point in continuing to maintain the status quo of the sandbox. We... need to conduct an 'active disposal' of sandbox No. 1. ”
Archbishop Magnum glanced at the woman in a black dress. The woman’s ears were pointier and longer than those of humans, showing the characteristics of an elf hybrid—at least, hers The avatar is like this.
Magnan nodded slightly: "I agree with Archbishop Miyue. Entering the sandbox, facing and solving the problem, this is probably the only solution. His Majesty the Pope, Archbishops, it’s time for us to summon our psychic choir and psychic knights. "
Yuri frowned, he opened his mouth, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Our number of spirit knights is limited, maybe..."
Yuri did not finish his words. As soon as he fell, a loud siren suddenly interrupted him, and then a slightly nervous young female voice came into the hall: "This is the surveillance team - there is a big hole outside the West 16th District of the City of Dreams! ”
The archbishops who were participating in the meeting were suddenly startled, and then the figures disappeared in the hall instantly. In an instant, the figures of these twenty-three archbishops came to the outskirts of the City of Dreams and appeared. Over the empty area.
In the border area of the magnificent Dream City, a shocking crack penetrated the outer barrier of the city, connecting a small part of the city to the vast wasteland outside the city. Inexplicable power raged in the crack area, tearing and squeezing the involved neighborhoods and wasteland into a huge vortex of chaotic light and shadow. Gorgeous palace vaults, towering towers, and smooth streets were all stirred into this vortex. In the terrifying vortex, it was spinning wildly in the "big hole" and whistling endlessly.
The archbishops were floating in the sky above this "big hole", staring at the rotating light and shadow fragments, every face. Their expressions were particularly ugly.
They could see a large number of confused and panic-stricken believers gathered outside the torn apart block, and some of them were probably involved in the huge spinning vortex. The believers of the congregation...
This is no longer a problem that can be solved by one or two memory cleansing and area resetting.
Archbishop Magnum’s short red hair stood on end. Getting up, he looked at Yuri, his tone was unusually solemn, and his voice was as strong as ever: "Archbishop Yuri, we must assemble our troops immediately-"
"As you said," Yuri took a deep breath , “We have to gather our troops. "
Selena Gerfen was floating quietly among the bishops. Suddenly she tilted her head slightly and muttered with a strange expression: "Gather the troops..."
< p>......"We assembled our troops at that time. As long as we gave an order, everyone came," Gao Wen sat next to Patty's wheelchair with a gentle smile on his face. , slowly recounting the story in his memory, "At that time, we didn't have enough food. Every time the army gathered, no matter how much the lords emptied their families, they could only get enough for one or two months.Military rations, so many knights and even knight retinues and apprentices prepare their own dry rations. There is no profit to be gained from the war against aberrations, and everyone pays voluntarily. ”
Patty’s eyes widened: “As my father once told me, ‘Go to war with glory’? ”
“Yes, the term "Glory Expedition" comes from that time. It means that everyone goes to the battlefield not for plunder and profit, but only for the glory in their hearts. However, this concept was later corrupted by the fallen nobles. They were ruined and turned into words used to glorify predatory behavior. "
Patty thought for a while and nodded: "...I seem to understand. "
Gao Wen looked at the girl in the wheelchair quietly and said slowly: "Yeah... That's good." ”