The Star Knight

Another day passed, and besides Raymond, Opal remembered another thing—Jimison was still in the prison.

How to persuade Corolin to let Jimson go?After all, Jimison is no longer a threat to him.

He walked through the corridor, followed by E7 with lights on. When he came out, he heard the voice of Corinne in the hall. He was talking with someone, and Opal stopped and stood to listen.

"Pope Drummond is a wise elder." Corolin pondered for a moment, then said: "I am very grateful for the selfless help he gave me in this matter. As a friendly gesture, Iszur will send us diplomat, to Carina..."

The man said, "Colorin, the Pope has one more condition."

Corolin said lightly: "No, I don't think that condition is feasible."

There was silence in the hall, and Opal saw an envoy wearing a pale yellow robe and black boots talking with Cororin under the resplendent lights.Corolin held a wine glass filled with half a glass of orange-gold sun orange wine, swirled the glass, and the wine juice stained the glass with a layer of light orange.

The messenger smiled, stroked his brilliant blond hair, and said lazily, "This is just a small wish of the Pope. He heard that you recently accepted a new apprentice named Opal. He hopes Mr. Opal will come to the Kingdom of Light Arc to study, and at the same time, we will also send the Pope’s young disciple, the shepherd, to follow the King of Meteor for two years.”

"The Pope proposed that the two sides communicate in this form, so that the next heirs of Iszur and the Holy See of the Stars can understand each other's countries and understand our beliefs with our friends. I believe that this kind of friendship will make our covenant stronger."

Corolin watched him quietly, and said after a long time: "Go back and tell the Pope, it's really not possible, my disciple is still too young, only ten years old."

The messenger said: "Kororin..."

Corolin said: "Don't say any more, Opal, what's the matter with you?"

Opal said: "Let's talk first, teacher."

Corolin knew that he was coming, but the messenger didn't know. The messenger turned his head in surprise and glanced at Opal.

Corolin said: "Ramos, he is my disciple, Opal, this is the envoy sent by Pope Drummond, and he came to see Mr. Ramos."

The envoy bowed slightly to Opal, and Opal greeted him, and said to Corinne, "I'll go see Jimison."

Corolin said, "Mercenary, I executed him yesterday."

Opal: "..."

"Why did you kill him!" Opal said in disbelief.

Corollin: "Suddenly remembered that it's best to kill him in advance, so as not to make things difficult for me when you come to intercede."

Opal: "If you don't promise me to release him, I won't do anything! Why did you do that!"

messenger:"……"

Corolin remained silent for a few seconds, then said to the messenger, "My little disciple is very ignorant."

Opal understood and said, "You're lying, is he still there?"

Corollin said: "I released him and told him to get out."

Opal looked at Cologne suspiciously, and Cologne released the power of faith, allowing Opal to directly read his thoughts. Opal confirmed this, heaved a sigh of relief, and said, "Thank you, teacher."

After a while, Cologne said: "You see, he is too young and impulsive, and needs to be practiced. I believe this is not a wise proposal. Instead of exchanging disciples for a few days, the kingdom of light arcs will be thrown into chaos. It’s better to wait for a while. I don’t want the pope’s friendly way of communication to end up…causing the two countries to turn against each other.”

The envoy didn't bother to say anything more, and replied: "Then we can only wait until later. I wish you all the best. The Pope protects you and your people."

Corolin stood up and personally sent the messenger out of the Hanging Garden. Opal said, "You want me to go on a study tour?"

"Yeah." Cologne said casually, "But you're leaving soon. Instead of agreeing to the Pope and not sending anyone, why not wait a few more years until I find a new suitable student."

Opal's expression was a bit gloomy, Corolin said: "Old people will always leave, and new ones will come. Don't be melancholy, Opal."

In the early morning of the next day, when Opal came out again, he saw Caesar in the hall, and Isohn brought several civil servants to report government affairs to Cororin.

Caesar bowed politely to Opal, and Opal said to him: "Caesar, how are you doing?"

Several people briefly interrupted the conversation, and Cologne paid no attention to his interjection.Kaiser said: "It's too busy."

"Come here." Cologne beckoned to Opal.

Opal passed by, but not close to Cororin. Sitting on the steps in front of the throne, he noticed a small robot on the side table. It was given to Cororin by Nolan before. It was the same style as E7, but A small robot with a faulty chip, it was disassembled, and the mottled cover on the back was polished again, with the model number engraved: Q followed by a series of numbers.

There was a strange device in its stomach, and Opal took it over to look at it, while Cologne continued talking with his subordinates.

"...According to the envoy's report." Isohn turned on a projection device: "Tilgart can no longer restrain his councilors, and public opinion is divided into two factions. One faction blames Li Wei and demands that Bordeaux come out to bear the consequences of the war. The other faction asked Tiergat to redefine the political line of the Republic and stabilize the situation. Karens, the target you told us to pay special attention to, has also left Blazing Star and returned to the source of floodlight."

Corolin narrowed his eyes and murmured, "Accepting orders in danger?"

Kaiser interjected: "It is possible that Li Wei suffered a defeat, but the survey shows that the army still has a reliable support rate for him..."

"That's because of the wind." Cologne noticed Opal's movement and said, "Take it easy, its name is Xiao Q, don't break it."

Opal didn't make a sound, and tried to take out the control chip in Xiao Q's stomach to have a look, while E7 took pictures of it curiously.Is the structure of this little robot the same as that of E7?Opal was a little curious.

"There are people in the army of the Republic who hate Levi's forces." A civil official said: "A small amount of army public opinion supports revenge, and the Star Alliance military observation organization has reassessed the military strength of our and the Milky Way Republic..."

Isohn smiled and said, "They're scared."

Corolin nodded slowly, and said: "Now is the most vulnerable time for the Republic, and the people's hearts are deviated. Let me look at the polls."

"The data shows that Tiergart's popularity is at the lowest point in history." A civil official opened the thumbnail of the form: "Li Wei hasn't fluctuated much..."

Kaiser said: "Tirgart is eager to do something to restore popularity, and the next master plan will follow the old path?"

Corollin said: "There is no need to remove Tierrat now. Pope Drummond has established diplomacy with us. He represents a force that cannot be underestimated in the imperial regime, so Tierrat can put it down first." , let him suffer for a while longer."

"Prepare for war at the same time." Cologne said: "But don't invade the Republic, show them our armed forces again, and inform Andore to prepare for this process. It can be a military exercise, or you can take a few neutral galaxies... "

"How about Lie Xing?" Isoen said with a smile: "It's time to clean up, Lie Xing's complete surrender can shock all countries."

Opal raised his head to look at Cologne, who pondered for a moment, then said: "No, I don't want to touch Lie Xing for the time being."

"Why?" Opal tossed the disassembled toy robot selfishly.

Corolin: "With the current strength of the wrench, it is enough to deal with Kyle Ray."

Opal said: "Oh, on behalf of all Lie Xing's mercenaries, thank you for your majesty's forgiveness, but on behalf of them, I can also express Lie Xing's firm stand, no matter how merciful you are, everyone will still come to kill you for revenge of."

Several people in the hall did not speak. Caesar and Isoen seemed to feel that the pair of master and apprentice in front of them was inappropriate today. The atmosphere was very tense. Isoen smiled and said: "You are the prince of the Grip of Light, this is where you home planet. Why did you suddenly talk about representing Lie Xing?"

Caesar seemed to have noticed something, and changed the topic: "Then, please give your Majesty instructions for the next action."

"Kairley will go to seize power." Corolin got up and said: "You can continue to pay attention to the situation on Liexing, but you can try the Pegasus galaxy and use an aircraft carrier to approach here."

"The Principality of Karama, which has been at war with Green Mercury for a long time." Corolin marked it on the star map casually: "This has been discussed in the military plan 120 years ago, and now I have officially put it on the agenda. At the same time Inform the relevant parties in the Congress of the Republic and let them create public opinion against the war and for peace."

"Caesar, talk to the lords of Shax and Sphinx in person." Cologne said, "Let them propose the idea of ​​​​concluding a peace treaty with the Meteor Empire at the Star Alliance meeting."

"Park the aircraft carrier on the outskirts of the Milky Way." Corollin said again: "I will personally talk to Pope Drummond to ensure that the Empire will not put pressure on the Republic Council, and then send envoys for peace talks. The ultimate goal is to have a truce with the Republic .”

"Your Majesty." The civil servant put away the chip and said, "I have to remind you that now is the time when the morale of the Republic is at its lowest. Li Wei launched an invasion. We have the banner of justice. Why don't we take advantage of the victory and pursue it?"

"No need." Cologne said lightly: "It's a fluke to win once, thanks to my apprentice who came up with a way to paralyze the opponent's smart mech team with Yuanxing radio... Launching a revenge battle will only force Tifeng to fight... "

Opal said, "Don't you want to have a real fight with Tifeng?"

Corolin smiled and said, "I'm not his opponent, so why not be afraid of him?"

Opal: "..."

Corolin breathed a sigh of relief and said, "So peace talks."

Several people were silent for a moment, then Caesar nodded and said: "Peace talks with the Republic are the best means."

Opal said: "Tirgart will not negotiate peace, and Li Wei will not let him negotiate peace either."

Corollin said: "He has no choice. The Holy See has acquiesced to the status of the Meteor Empire. This means that some forces in the empire are supporting us in disguise. The anti-war congressmen are all arguing. If Tilgart does not solve the problem If there is no incident, he can only be kicked out of office and let another member of parliament become the chairman of the parliament."

Caesar shook his head and said, "Li Wei also has no ability to influence the decision-making of the parliament."

Corollin said: "He didn't have this ability from the very beginning. The galactic army is just a dog of the council, and now it's a lost dog."

Opal: "The public will not allow him..."

"Where did the people come from?" Corolin was very patient in dealing with this issue, and he even spared no time in discussing the matter to enlighten Opal: "The people of the Republic? They didn't die at all. They are all soldiers. The only thing they know about war is that the government burns the tax revenue, reducing the benefits they can get.”

Opal: "But you have also killed many people, just like Lie Xing."

Corolin said: "It's different. The Republic is not a star. As you can see, the citizens of the Republic who are immersed in the galaxy Internet every day only care about the scenery and entertainment on their virtual planet. As long as there is the Internet and electricity, who lives outside?" It doesn't matter who dies, they just want to get their whole body into the fiber optic."

Opal: "People in the army will not be willing to negotiate peace."

Isohn didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and Cologne had a playful look in his eyes, and said: "Yes, the purpose of this time is to play them to death, I suggest that everyone laugh and let Tiergart hold another dance, Allen and Isohn went to the source of floodlight in person, as my most loyal representatives, to express the importance they attached to this peace talks. After the peace talks, they will open the joint business route and starry sky gate of the Puens Chamber of Commerce and establish a new route , to end our closed-door policy since the founding of our country, and to accept immigrants and tourists from other planets from all over the universe. At the same time, Iszur lowered part of the tariffs on the goods of the Republic. For the specific reduction, please contact the Ministry of Finance to discuss in detail.”

"By the way, I will invite Bordeaux, Li Wei and the Senator of the Battle Faction to the Grip of Light for a visit. At that time, I will not stay in Iszur, and I will let Andore take care of him."

Opal was speechless immediately.

Isohn said, "Lee Wei won't come."

Corolin nodded and said: "If he doesn't come, he will be useless. My people dare to go to his land, but he dare not come to my house?"

Opal: "What's the point of you doing this? Even if a peace treaty is reached on the surface, he will not forget the relationship between the two parties..."

"Yesterday I was still fighting to the death, but today the relationship is so good that we can dance face to face." Corollin said meaningfully: "Understood? This is the contrast we want. We sank an aircraft carrier, and the aircraft carrier on the aircraft carrier Tens of thousands of people have all died in vain, and their comrades in arms will definitely go crazy. They have demanded revenge one after another, so the military and parliament of the Republic will always have a thorn in their hearts, and this thorn will be very useful in the future."

Everyone present laughed, only Opal didn't laugh. He briefly used the power of faith to read the minds of several people, all with the same idea - His Majesty is in a good mood today.

The civil official coughed and said: "Obey, my Majesty. The benefits of peace talks are three, first: in exchange for the buffer time of the battle, and consume the strength of the opponent. Second: divide the relationship between the Republic's army, public opinion and the central government. Third: Reopen the forgotten The road to establish new business cooperation and promote the long-term development of both parties.”

Cologne nodded, and said, "Lee Wei was doomed from the day he was defeated, and he was already on the verge of collapse. Wait a while, and I will deal with him myself."

Several people resigned, leaving Corolin and Opal in the hall.

Corolin stretched out his hand and looked at Opal. Opal knew what was in his heart. In fact, from the day they returned to the Grip of Light, all of Corolin's thoughts were completely open to Opal.

Corolin wanted Opal to put his hand in his, and then pulled him, pulling Opal onto her body and hugging her.

But Opal didn't go to the throne and sit on Cororin, but put Xiao Q in his hand.

Corolin didn't say anything, took Xiao Q, and started to assemble several parts back.

"I'm going to fix it." Cologne said, "You can use it in the future. It just happens to be a pair with E7. Find a lover for it too."

Opal watched Corolin's actions, and suddenly said: "The soldiers of the Republic died in vain, and your people died in vain too."

Corolin didn't look at Opal, buried her head and pulled out a few threads in Xiao Q with her slender fingers, and said: "They didn't die in vain, they entrusted their lives to me, trusting me is like believing in their own beliefs, so I I will not disappoint their trust. The current peace talks are to go a longer distance. Sooner or later, the Republic will be included in the Dark Alliance and will be directly within the sphere of influence of Iszur. As long as this ultimate goal can be achieved, my people will have no Death in vain."

Opal didn't speak, and quietly looked at the little robot that Cologne repaired. This seemed to be a very complicated and huge project. Cologne worked very attentively, and his mind was full of dense knowledge of energy pathways and chip technology. , Opal read it a few times and didn't have much interest, so he stopped trying to figure it out, just watched him in a daze, and just sat there all afternoon.

In the evening Coroline said, "E7, solder this for me."

E7 stretched out a small screwdriver from his abdomen, and turned it around curiously. Corolin frowned and said, "Welding."

E7 retrieved the voice-activated keywords, retracted the screwdriver, stretched out a welding pliers, accidentally electrified Corollin while welding him, and Corollin immediately said: "Hey!"

The skin of Corolin's finger was burned until a small piece was cooked, and Opal suspected that it smelled a little bit of barbecue.

Corolin poked its head and asked, "Have you become stupid after being locked in a drawer for so long?"

E7 didn't know if I understood it, it beeped.

Opal said: "Who else has become stupid?"

Corolin raised her eyebrows, seeing that he didn't speak, they understood each other.

"Your wife will be resurrected in two days," Coroline said.

"Yeah." Opal said, "Actually, I'm the wife, thank you, teacher."

Corolin said: "What do you plan to do after you leave? Go back to Lie Xing?"

Opal didn't really want to go back. He had to admit that he was a complete loser. Not only did he fail to avenge Lie Xing's comrades-in-arms, he also humiliatedly surrendered to the enemy. Step by step, Corolin made him fall into an abyss from which he could no longer turn back. inside.

Opal said: "Look at Raymond."

Corollin said: "People's beliefs will always be strongly questioned from the bottom of their hearts. Sometimes it is compromise, sometimes it is abandonment. Sometimes it is betrayal. This is the only way you must go."

Opal said: "I am a coward, no, you are too strong. My belief is vulnerable to you. You know everything, and you are very accurate in catching my weaknesses. You know that I will refuse to do so, so You resurrected him first, and then let me choose whether to destroy him... You are very powerful and cruel, teacher."

Opal had to admit that he couldn't be an enemy of Corolin at all, he always grasped the enemy's most fatal weakness, and used these weaknesses to completely disintegrate the opponent's belief.

Opal looked at Corolin and said, "I admire you from the bottom of my heart."

"I can admire my enemy." Cologne raised his eyebrows and said: "You are not a coward, let go of these meaningless thoughts, go back to the time when we first met, relax, you don't have to bear so many burdens imposed on you." The shackles on oneself."

Cologne repaired the little Q and let it spin on the ground. The little Q seemed a little abnormal, and it was easy to bump into walls or pillars, but the basic commands could already be understood.

"Is there anything you need Raymond to do?" Opal said, "As long as it is not too cruel, I am willing to help you."

Cologne opened the projected light screen on the armrest of the throne. On it was a design drawing of a spaceship, about 80% of which had been completed. Cologne clicked on the route with his fingers while casually replied: "Your words are not right. , my apprentice, your thoughts will always be unreserved in front of me. You are afraid that I will let Raymond instigate rebellion and kill people, instead of really caring about me, your teacher, and what needs help. "

Opal laughed and said, "Well, I'm ashamed, but that's exactly how I feel right now."

"Go and investigate the Wheel of Time." Cologne said, "By the way, we will find your life experience, which is related to one of the things Nolan told me."

Opal replied, "Okay. But where to start?"

Corollin said: "Maybe there will be some information in the Great Aerospace Exploration Association at King's Wharf. Originally, our next stop after leaving the source of floodlight is there. By the way, we will assassinate the emperor, or let the family of the queen of the empire rebel against him."

Opal frowned and said, "It's impossible for Raymond and I to do it."

Corolin hummed, and said, "Caltes' palace is heavily guarded, but in fact, if you really want to do it, of course you can do it. That was just the original plan, and now the Pope is willing to talk to us, so I guess the Imperial Holy See There is a principled issue with Dijun that cannot be underestimated, so let Cartes live for a few more years, and wait for the Pope to deal with him."

Opal said: "As long as I don't violate Teacher Rector's teaching, I am also willing to do it for you..."

"Why do you think that Raymond won't kill people casually?" Corolin said suddenly, "Do you remember when you were on the pirate ship?"

Opal frowned slightly, thinking of a scene where corpses were piled up on pirate spaceships in the entire corridor.Raymond never seems to be relentless when killing people, the female Luoxing, Lonely Star, and the pirate ship.

"You are the only one who can judge the right and wrong of the clone." Cologne said lightly: "You are his only comrade-in-arms, friend, brother. I once had such a belief, that is Rector, but with the passage of time, the belief always There will be changes, it will be constantly questioned, and then reborn, and one day when I look back, I find that my former self is so far away that I almost don’t recognize it.”

Opal said: "You are right, teacher, people will always change slowly, but our life is too short, not as long as yours."

Opal also thought about Raymond's reaction when he learned that the Meteor Corps had begun to attack his homeland on Rembrandt's planet.

At that time, he didn't seem to care much, he just asked Opal, it's okay to stay outside, or go back to join the war, what do you think?up to you.

After Opal chose, Raymond followed him back to defend his hometown.

"Yes." Opal said: "Your personalities are actually one person, the difference is that he has me by his side."

On the last day before Raymond's resurrection, Opal woke up very early, and when he ran outside, he saw Cologne sitting on the throne, meditating. He sat here all night last night.

"Can I go up to the [-]th floor to see?" Opal asked.

Corolin didn't answer, and went to the railing outside the hall, took a bunch of dead leaves from the plate, a group of pom immediately jumped up the railing, looking at the dead leaves in his hand expectantly.

Coroline said: "It's not time yet, wait patiently, Opal."

He fed the leaves to a row of little pom, with a focused look shrouded in the light of the morning sun, one little pom happily chewed the fallen leaves, while the rest of the pom watched it eat, and looked up at Colo from time to time with their bright eyes Lin, wait for your share.

Opal watched for a long time, until Cologne finished feeding the fallen leaves, then turned around and took him up to the [-]th floor.

Raymond has become complete, his eyes are closed, his body is naked, soaked in the solution of the sea of ​​time, his short black hair is like a flame burning in the liquid, Cologne turns on a switch on the console, and the surroundings light up.

"He's recharging." Corollin said.

There was a strange feeling in Opal's heart, as if both inside and outside were Corolin, no, they were both Raymond.

The energy light on the console reaches 100%.

Opal lifted his heart to his throat and asked, "Can it be successful?"

Corollin said: "Not necessarily, I tried my best."

Before the words were finished, Lei Meng's body in the nutrition cabin moved and he leaned back.

Opal: "!!!"

He understood in an instant that Raymond's last memory was to control the mech to lean back and rise up to avoid Coron's artillery fire.

"The last memory before being destroyed." Corollin murmured.

Raymond opened his eyes, let out a silent cry, exhaled a string of bubbles, then froze, turned his head to look around, and then Cologne opened the nutrition cabin, and Raymond fell out with water.

Opal: "Raymond!"

Raymond coughed violently, coughing up the fluid in his lungs.

Corolin said indifferently: "Successful, congratulations, Opal."

He turned and left, leaving Raymond and Opal in the laboratory.