mechanical court

The oldest person among them is almost two hundred years old, and it can be said that it is a living history book. It has experienced several generations of the Sun King's rule from King Akhnaton to King Ivan; although the rule of the Ivan Dynasty is not too long, But to them, the Sun King who impressed them the most was the one in front of them—because the existence of Ivan not only represented the prosperity of the family, but also represented immortality.

Therefore, they are not so much worshiping their ancestors as they are worshiping the current Sun King.

After saluting three times, the priests stepped forward in plain white robes, dancing and offering sacrifices to the ancient kings who slept here.

In the stone altar, the smoke from burning spices rises straight up, like a straight antenna, which can transmit the thoughts of the living to the land of the underworld.

After the ceremony, Ivan took the elders of the royal family to clean up the cemetery with cleaning tools in hand, and just ended the sacrifice.

……

Back at Wang Ting's office, Yi Wen contacted Xiao Xi, asked about Xiao Ai's performance at the banquet, and paid special attention to whether she participated in social activities.

"The party lasted a total of three hours. She spent two and a half hours spying on the little prince, and the remaining half hour was dealing with those who approached him. In just half an hour, she scolded and drove away seven men who approached him. , and threatened to blow up their mother's coffin..." Xiaoxi said in great detail.

"This can be regarded as socializing hard. At least those who have been scolded by her will never forget this young lady at the family banquet." Ivan nodded very gratified.

"Master, aren't you being too tolerant of her?" Xiao Xi seemed a bit apprehensive.

"It doesn't matter if you have a vicious mouth, as long as you are obedient, she is still very obedient." Yiwen defended Xiao Ai very generously.

"Okay then... But I think the reason why she is so irritable and sensitive must be that she feels very lonely and redundant. Master, you should care more about her, otherwise something may happen."

"You're right." Ivan nodded, his figure shook slightly, and then disappeared into a blurred afterimage.

one-one-one-one

After leaving the party, Xiao Ai put on a brown double-breasted dress, covered her face with a mask, and walked slowly to the West Lake District of Jinghu.

She looked at the river outside the port in the distance, feeling empty in her heart.

She doesn't know the meaning of her existence, and she doesn't know how to adapt to life in this world line. She seems to be just a clone of the 'self' in this world line... a completely redundant existence.

The river in the distance undulates slowly, the bright moonlight shines on this bustling city, and the seabirds shuttle through the beams of light cast by the gaps in the clouds, shaking off their broken feathers.Flying among the tall and straight buildings.

The wind blew over from the distant sky, and with the moist breath of the forest, it gently touched her face.

"What do you think?"

A familiar voice suddenly came from behind Xiao Ai, making her tremble in surprise.

Looking back, Xiao Ai saw Ivan who was dressed like ordinary people. After silently glaring at him, he turned back to look at the river:

"What are you doing here?"

"I'm worried about you getting lost."

"Are you worried about me?" Xiao Ai lowered her head, looked at the clear lake under her feet, and said with a sneer:

"What am I to you?"

"I have answered this question 60 years ago. You are my wife...but you didn't believe it at that time." Ivan walked to her side and answered seriously.

"Obviously you broke into my life at random!" Xiao Ai glanced at him sideways, and said with fire in her eyes.

"If I didn't show up at the time, you would have died at the hands of Odimandis... I can't watch my wife be killed, can I?" Ivan sighed helplessly.

"You saved me only because you love the wife of this world line." Xiao Ai pursed her lips, leaned over to pick up a pebble from the lake, grabbed it in her hand and swung it vigorously, then threw it far away He Dao: "It's not that you like me, or that you never liked me... Am I right?"

Puff-!

The stone fell into the water and picked up a splash of water.

"Do you think the 60 years we have been together is fake?" Ivan asked rhetorically.

"of course not!"

"Since it's not fake, why should I live with you for 60 years if I don't really like you!?"

"..."

This sentence obviously caught Xiao Ai's attention, she quickly looked away, her pretty face like porcelain blushed slightly: "I don't know... I don't know how to read minds, how can I know your thoughts! All in all... You must Responsible for explaining clearly."

"Suppose! Suppose I'm with you and just treat you as another Ellome substitute. So now that I'm back and I'm back with her, why send you from another worldline Summoned?" At this point, Ivan did not ask the other party to answer, but explained himself:

"Because in my heart, you are unique, and you are not a substitute for anyone."

"It sounds nice, but it's clearly a playboy!"

Xiao Ai snorted coldly, then raised her leg and kicked him, retreated ten meters away like lightning, and at the same time took off her mask and grimaced and stuck out her tongue: "I said I was unique, but in fact I needed both... ...Bah, bah, bah! I'm not ashamed at all!"

"Well, you're right, I want them all—you are all my wings." Ivan nodded and admitted very seriously.

"Go to hell, playboy!"

Xiao Ai screamed, grabbed a pebble from the ground, smashed it at Ivan's head, and then quickly ran away laughing.

Under the silver-white moonlight, the beautiful figure is ethereal and ethereal, the elegant skirt rises up with the running, and the twin ponytails throw out the arc of joy, looking like a fawn that is having fun.

"I'm already old... at this time, I actually have the throbbing of puberty."

Ivan shook his head, and then, ignoring the sideways gazes of passers-by, he let go of his pace and chased him like an adolescent boy.

Chapter 1 The Great Will

Kashni Federation, Terra ruins.

The magnificent mysterious building is immersed in darkness, and the inner walls and dome are inlaid with constellation-like gemstones, forming a huge and regular lattice network; in the narrow and long corridor, the crystal grid spreads infinitely inward along the walls on both sides , seems to be a flowing mysterious light belt, which makes people want to go deep into it.

boom--!

Accompanied by a sudden dull bang, the door of the ruins was directly blasted through by some force, and a dark gap was cracked.

The airflow from the outside rushed into the corridor crazily, making a 'woo woo woo' sound, like countless invisible ghosts whining.

Squeak - la -!

Immediately afterwards, he held both sides of the gap with both hands, and tore it towards the two sides, forcefully expanding the gap to a width of more than one meter.

"Is Herder not here? The ruins of Terra haven't changed much..."

Ivan sighed, then walked through the long and narrow gap and entered this familiar yet unfamiliar territory.

In another world line, after he conquered the Kashni Federation, it didn't take long for him to find the ruins of Terra and conduct a thorough research on them.Today, the structure of the entire ruins is well understood... and it can be speculated that if Herder really has a mysterious hiding place, it is likely to be here.

"..."

While guarding against possible 'stabs in the back', Yiwen walked briskly along the corridor.