The Star Knight

Raymond was still in the same clown costume, with the oil paint on his face not washed off, sitting next to Opal, another wave of meteor shower across the sky, reflecting the night sky as if it were day.

It was Recter who spoke first, and he said, "What did Xiao Ke teach you?"

Raymond pondered for a moment, and then replied: "He...it's hard to answer, I don't know how much he gave me..."

"Natasha." Rector said.

Lei Meng was slightly taken aback, and then asked, "Queen of the Sphinx?"

[I'm sorry, Opal, I'm not allowed to pry into his mind, this determines what attitude I will take to face this matter. 】Recter's voice sounded directly in Opal's mind.

Opal knew that Rector knew he was not asleep, so he didn't dare to answer, his heart was pounding, what was Rector confirming?After confirming that Raymond will be another Coron?

"I don't know." Raymond said to himself.

Rector said again: "Heinris."

Raymond frowned slightly, and said, "I seem to have heard of this name before, the family that Refina belongs to..."

Rector said, "Where's Kyle Ray?"

Lei Meng was silent. He narrowed his eyes and said, "The former Lie Xing Mercenary King, I heard that he is also a clone..."

Opal opened his eyes and said, "Kairleh is your maker."

This time it was Rector's turn to be moved, and said, "Kairleh is also a replicant?"

Opal nodded, sat up, and told Recter the inference in the ivory tower in detail.

During this period of time, Raymond's expression was always a little uneasy. It was the time when Opal had seen Raymond feel the most insecure. It's on his side.

And Rector's face became very complicated, he didn't know too many things, Opal was afraid that he would do something too excited, and finally said: "Teacher, you just said that you want to live like an ordinary person." ... a life, and you promised me to teach me atomic billiards."

Raymond said, "His pool skills are good?"

Opal smiled and said, "Yes, maybe I can win some travel expenses back."

There was a slight smile on Rector's expression, but there was an indescribable helplessness between his brows and eyes. He was silent for a long time, then nodded slowly and sighed.

"This promise still counts." Rector said, "You can come to me at any time."

Opal said: "Then shall we come to find the teacher together tomorrow?"

Raymond smiled and said: "I have to come here to work tomorrow, a full week, Erlin said, let me come during the day to help with something, and I will pay an extra [-] credits. Some guests live in In the White Flower Manor, you need to accompany you out during the day."

When Rector saw his attire, he knew it right away, and there was no need to ask. At this moment, a symphony was played in the manor, and the dance began.

Rector got up and said: "I have to go in and explain something. This is my communication number. I live on Liuleng Guangying Street, where the players of the Republic Atomic Pool Club stay."

Raymond said, "Let's... go back first?"

Opal thought for a while, and had no choice but to go back. Rector was about to turn around and enter, but Opal said, "Teacher."

Rector glanced back at him, signaling them to act on their own, and entered the ballroom in the manor. Opal had mixed feelings in his heart. When he was about to leave the lawn with Raymond, Rector's voice rang directly in his mind.

【He is like Corolin who just left the Temple of the Stars and went to the universe to experience alone. He lacks a sense of security. Generally speaking, he doesn't have any dark thoughts.I won't embarrass him, on the contrary, I really want to talk to him more.I believe we can be friends. 】Thank God... The biggest problem in Opal's life has finally been solved.

"What are you laughing at?" Raymond asked.

"Uh, nothing." Opal said happily, "Let's start searching."

Raymond poked Opal's head with his finger, and said, "Collecting information, you forgot the business again."

Opal said: "It's a full week! What are you in a hurry for?"

Facts have proved that Opal is right, this banquet is simply extravagant, every day at night, it will be grandly opened in the White Flower Manor, the wine and wine can be drunk freely, and the food can be eaten freely, and the banquet will not end until dawn.

On the first night, Opal didn't have a place to stay when he went back, so he and Raymond came out, took the breakfast and lunch of the next day, and walked slowly along the road in the dark night before dawn, the whole day. Falcon Star fell into a brief silence in the hour before the sun rose, the meteor shower covering the whole star had fallen asleep, and only the remaining street lamps were quietly on.

"Is it cold?" Raymond asked.

"A little bit." Opal felt that his physical condition was much weaker than before. The lack of combat training and the harsh environment made him feel a little cold.

I don't know when, the flowers on the side of the road sounded the harmony of the sonata, which seemed to lull people to sleep.

Raymond gave Opal the coat to wear, and he still wore the clown suit, asking, "Will he kill me?"

Opal did not expect Raymond to ask this question so straightforwardly, he replied: "No, on the contrary, he quite likes you."

Raymond waved his hand, signaling Opal to stop coaxing him.

Opal suddenly thought and asked, "How do you feel about him?"

He thought of the long past between Corolin and Recter. Recter personally raised him, and both of them are the only relatives of the other party. Raymond carries Corolin's genes. The moment he opened his eyes, his subconscious drove him to come to Lie Xing, and now he still has the same emotions towards Rector as when he first left the church?

"I'm a little afraid of him." Raymond said, "I'm afraid from the bottom of my heart. I don't dare to talk nonsense in front of him. I'm afraid that he won't agree with me and won't let me be with you..."

Opal said: "Hey, buddy."

He patted Raymond on the back and said, "Aren't you planning to chase me? Could it be that my father objects and you are about to give up?"

Under the dark night sky, they were silent with each other for a long time, and the carol flowers along the road sounded a hypnotic serenade. The flowers here were transplanted from the kingdom of the Holy See, so they could only play music, without human vocal cords.

Opal still remembered that their last commission was to find this kind of singing flower. The two of them were like novices who could not reproduce, asking everywhere, asking how to get a singing flower from the Kingdom of Light Arc. If you enter the Holy See, you will not be able to survive. Opal asked around like a fool, and finally got the exact information.

Raymond set up a flower shed for that employer, and purchased a series of complex simulation machines, busy up and down just to earn the meager three thousand credits, magnetic particles, temperature and natural soil element ratio, and water If there is a slight difference, the flower is unwilling to sing, as if this kind of plant can recognize the strange environment around it.

Opal wanted to give up several times, but he was really impatient. However, with Raymond's insistence, they succeeded in the end. The first thing after Raymond got the money was to buy food for Opal.

Opal didn't know why he suddenly thought of this scene, and felt that Raymond was not easy, he was a safe and reliable man, and he began to find some of the original feeling.

The tall clown bowed slightly to him, and the two held hands, the oil paint did not hide his handsome face at all, and the one-piece clown suit was interesting, so Opal hugged him and walked a few steps under the street light , and took a slow dance step with the carol flowers on the roadside.

"Compared to Cha Cha." Opal said, "I prefer to use this method."

Raymond said, "What exactly?"

Opal said: "Oh no, you don't have this thing in your memory bank. I guess it was learned by Corolin after you were made."

Lei Meng was confused, but Opal found it very funny. Lei Meng whispered: "How about tonight..."

A car pulls up on the side of the road with its windows gone.

"It's very late." Rector said, "Do I need to give you a ride?"

Opal looked at Raymond with a questioning look in his eyes, and Raymond nodded.

The two got into the car, Opal said: "Thank you, teacher."

Raymond said, "Thank you, teacher."

Rector closed the car window, and seemed to be a little moved. At that moment, Opal felt the strong emotional fluctuations in Rector's heart, as if he was full of emotion for a student who was exactly like Corolin to call him that again, and seemed to be Regain the long-lost feelings as ordinary people.

Rector: "Where are you going?"

Opal said: "Oak Hotel, where is the car?"

Raymond immediately said: "No, go to the apron, the hotel only has one bed, we can't sleep."

Rector said: "Borrowed, the car from the club."

Opal said: "It seems that you are doing well, teacher."

Rector smiled and said: "Do you want to borrow money from me? I believe that with Raymond's ability, you won't be too bad. After all, you are both students taught by me."

The car stopped quickly, and it took a long distance to walk, but it only took a few minutes to drive. Raymond still had nothing to say, and nodded to Rector, as if thinking about how to say goodbye to him, Rector took the initiative: "Raymond, goodbye, Opal, see you tomorrow."

Opal remembered Rector's promise to teach him billiards, and said with a smile: "I will definitely come to you."

Opal and Raymond returned to the spaceship. At this time, it was already dawn, and Raymond went to take a shower. Opal was so sleepy that he was still holding on to sort out information in front of the sofa.

Raymond was very energetic after taking a shower. He took out the drinks they had brought at the reception and said, "I saw an old friend today. Guess who it is?"

Opal immediately remembered, he hadn't asked that question yet.

"It's another clown?" Opal frowned and said, "Who is it? I also feel a little familiar."

"Yinjian, do you still remember him?" Lei Meng said, "The person who fought side by side with us on the female star."

Opal: "!!!"

"He took the initiative to tell you?" Opal asked in surprise.

Raymond nodded and said: "Yes, but he no longer recognizes me. I don't think this is the reason why we haven't seen each other for four years. He is a very friendly person, and he also said that mercenaries are not interested in adventurers. , I think a large part of the reason we can talk is because of his friendly personality."

Opal said: "Leggerson must have modified everyone's memory. God, how did he do it? It's really amazing."

Raymond said: "He also accepted a commission, which was hired by the empire to accompany the tour."

Opal said: "How is Lie Xing doing now?"

Raymond said: "The situation is not very good. The empire is gradually annexing it. The price is much higher than when we stayed there four years ago. The empire wants to open the same office in King's Wharf and Liexing, and integrate the big aerospace industry. The Association and the Mercenary Union form a large joint organization, the Adventurers Association has a powerful intelligence network and information collection capabilities, and the Mercenary Union has excellent combat effectiveness..."

Opal's first thought when he heard about this incident was: It can almost be called a feat.

"It's really good to do that." Opal said, "Will King's Wharf and Blazing Star cooperate?"

Raymond said: "It may be fusion, mixing together, establishing a new organization, allowing mercenaries and adventurers to freely form groups and cooperate, and adopt a teamwork approach to solve the commission. In the past, Azeroth negotiated with the empire when he was still alive. After this incident, he had already agreed to this incident, and then regretted it, because of his reneging on his promise, the empire was unwilling to send troops to support in the first battle of the Star Wars, and instead held back Azeroth."

Opal said: "No wonder...why did he do this? I mean he agreed to it and then backed out."

Lei Meng shrugged and said, "Yin Jian doesn't know either, what do you think? What's his position?"

Opal couldn't tell why, and Lei Meng said again: "Do you think this is good or not?"

Opal said: "In the long run, I think it is good. The integration of the two cultures is conducive to development, but... it is also possible that the new institution will become a tool in the hands of the empire. Although King's Wharf is an independent planet, it is after all. Being influenced by the Empire... from the most idealized point of view, it must be a good thing. And I also..."

Raymond nodded and said, "But Yin Dong doesn't like this, he represents the ideas of quite a few mercenaries."

This is expected, and Opal also knows that mercenaries must not like change. After the integration, there are too many problems to be solved and adjusted, and Lie Xing will be managed more than what happened thousands of years ago. Even stricter, they must abide by the Star Alliance Law, which is tantamount to adding a considerable degree of difficulty to the task.

"I remember Azeroth mentioned it several times." Opal said: "He said he was old and his thinking was rigid. I didn't understand it at the time. Now that I think about it, he must have had a lot of feelings about this matter. .But he kept it so well that no one, not even the wrench, knew about it."

Raymond said: "I think the wrench should know about it too. Now that the rumors have spread, the wrench has been reluctant to accept Kaltus' claim. The empire is putting pressure on it, and Lie Xing is arguing very, very hard. Let's talk about something else, about Your hidden mission."

Opal said: "By the way, I have collected a very important piece of news about the heir to the emperor."

Raymond said: "I also heard about this matter from them. Cultus has two princes. The eldest prince is the Baroque, and the little prince is Alex. According to rumors, Cultus is considering setting up a prince. He has been an emperor for thousands of years, so he may not find it interesting."

Opal said: "So Baroque and Alex are fighting for the crown prince?"

Raymond nodded thoughtfully, and said, "Alex is very beautiful. He learned fencing from Legerson for a while. He once wanted to be a musician, but he has come back now, Carter Si handed over to him an administrative province including sixteen planets."

Opal said: "I heard at the banquet that Baroque disliked Alex very much, and said in front of several people that he was just a bad boy. Does Baroque have his own fief?"

Raymond said: "Yes, but his talent is quite average. The prime minister respects both sides, and I can't see who he supports."

"Prime Minister?" Opal heard this name for the first time, thought it was something to eat, and asked, "Is the Prime Minister a person?"

Raymond couldn't laugh or cry: "The White Flower Manor we went to today is one of the Prime Minister's sites."

"Oh—" Opal suddenly realized, and said, "Who will he support?"

Raymond said: "I don't know. The relationship behind this is quite complicated. I think the commission you received is indeed very challenging."

Opal yawned, and felt that everything was a mess in the current situation, and all the inside stories were buried under the unknown waters. Anyway, the days ahead are long, there are still six days left, everything can be taken slowly .

There are too many facts that happened this night, Opal smacked his lips in boredom, Raymond knew he was sleepy, and said: "Go to bed first, there is a sum of money in this card, 200 credit points, I was in Erling You get the fee there. You can buy something you like when you go to the teacher tomorrow."

200 credits can only buy three omelettes, Opal said: "No, you can take it with you."

Raymond insisted on giving it to Opal, looking into his eyes, Opal smiled and put it away solemnly.

"I'm going to work." Raymond said, changing his clothes.

Opal was a little disappointed, he thought he would do something, but now that the sun was up and the carnival noise had probably resumed outside, Raymond really had to go to work.

"Okay." Opal said uninterestedly.

Raymond put on a new dress, which he brought from the housekeeper. He leaned over, knelt down beside the sofa, kissed Opal's lips, touched his head, and said, "See you tonight, my wife."

Opal was powerless to correct Raymond, so he grabbed Raymond's tie casually, kissed his warm lips, and said, "Come on."

Raymond went out to work, and Opal was so tired that he spent most of the night worrying, and now he was wrapped in a blanket and fell asleep.