Infrastructure starts from the game

At seven o'clock in the morning, Duke Roy finished his morning exercise.

Although the age of magic is over and the world no longer needs adventurers, Duke Roy still follows the secrets left by his great brave ancestor every morning, running ten kilometers in the morning, doing sit-ups a hundred times, and doing push-ups for one day. A hundred times, swinging the sword a thousand times, using the ultimate nirvana until the mana is exhausted.

Then, after bathing and changing clothes, and excreting on time, stand on the weighing scale.

Five minutes later, Duke Roy walked into the restaurant with a dark face.

The young and handsome butler of the Roy family has prepared a breakfast carefully prepared by a nutritionist for his master.

But Duke Roy had no appetite looking at the steak without any sauce, but the sweet smell from the other side of the table made him swallow.

Duke Roy couldn't help but looked up and saw his daughter Recifia sitting there.

--It does not matter.

The important thing is that in front of Recifia there are donuts, puffs, macarons, and the most eye-catching thing is a plate of six-layer thin pies, which are piled up with strawberries, blueberries and cream , the maid was pouring golden honey down the top of the pie in a glittering stream.

It feels delicious!

Duke Roy almost let tears flow from the corner of his mouth.

It took him a lot of effort to barely control his expression, and maintained his father's dignity and said: "Leia, it's almost time for you to control your intake of sweets, otherwise it will be very hard to quit in the future."

"But isn't it hard work like your father?" Recifia glanced at Duke Roy's protruding beer belly with disgust, and said cruelly, "Anyway, our family's blood will definitely gain weight when we reach 30, and you are similar Is it time to give up your useless efforts?!"

"This cursed blood!" Duke Roy lamented.

Recifia ignored him, and only cut the thin pie in front of her with an elegant posture that had undergone strict etiquette training, and put it into her small mouth.

Duke Roy lifted his fat belly aggrievedly, sat on his chair, cut off a large piece of steak and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing it angrily.

No flavor.

"Add a little more salt and black pepper." Roy said to the housekeeper.

"Too much salt is not good for your health." The housekeeper refused honestly.

Duke Roy looked at the dessert in front of his daughter, feeling even more jealous: "Leia, if you continue like this, His Highness will despise you."

"Your Highness is aware of our family's physical problems, so you still proposed a marriage contract?" In the end, this fat-prone gene originally came from the royal family!

Recifia raised her chin proudly: "Besides, I am the daughter of the Roy family, who dares not like me?!"

"Even if you are a gold coin, not everyone loves you." Duke Roy said.

This child was raised so naively.

But it was still early, there were still eight years before she would marry the Crown Prince at the age of 21, and when she was 15, it would be too late for her to be exposed to those not-so-glamorous things.

Duke Roy's expectation for his daughter is not just a princess or queen, he has a complete training plan, but at the same time, like an ordinary father, he hopes that his daughter's carefree time can be longer and longer.

Duke Roy sighed secretly.

He forced his gaze away from the dessert in front of his daughter... and took the newspaper from the butler.

The newspaper is soft and warm, carefully ironed by the housekeeper to prevent the sharp paper from scratching the delicate fingers of the noble.

Duke Roy has thick calluses from sword practice, and he doesn't need this kind of service, but as a member of the nobility, the sense of ritual is often more important than the purpose itself.

Duke Roy put the newspaper in his hand and didn't read it. He only asked while cutting the steak:

"Is there any news today?"

"The royal capital is still preparing for the Queen Mother's 80th birthday celebration; a coal mine near Sensenata collapsed and the cause is being investigated; the railway from the Academy City to Xieser will be completed next month... ..."

The butler seemed to have recited it, and immediately extracted the news that the master might be interested in.

Duke Roy listened carefully, but Recifia lacked interest.

These are too far away for the eldest lady, until she heard the last one:

"...The discussion on the game table has further heated up. The magic gear is about to win the lawsuit. Several newspapers such as "Sunrise News" believe that the government can suppress it. They jointly issued a statement to safeguard the freedom of the press."

"They want the freedom to fabricate news, right?" Recifia complained dissatisfied.

"Leia, you have a lot of complaints about them!" Duke Roy raised his eyebrows when he heard that, "Does their news make you so embarrassing when you just customized the game table?"

"certainly not--"

"Are you mad at them for collecting money to guide public opinion? Isn't this kind of thing an unspoken rule of the game? You are obviously one of the players." Duke Roy said.

But you are not allowed?

Recifia snorted coldly.

Recifia was not very happy when she saw the first negative news in the newspaper and wanted to withdraw the news, but her father stopped her.

Duke Roy looked at his daughter's angry face, shook his head and said with a smile: "Even our number one lady in the east has been offended, and she deserves to lose so badly!" He turned his head and confirmed to the butler, "These families will The joint statement should not be as simple as the Magic Gear winning the lawsuit, right?"

"Everything is as you expected, Master." The butler patted Rainbow's fart.

He already knew that the master would ask this question, and reported respectfully: "The reputation of magic gear has always been good, and the recent reopening and promotional activities have aroused people's nostalgia, so people are interested in the alchemy workshop. Negative news was dubious, and after it was proved that those news were rumors, it aroused public anger;”

"Not only several newspapers such as "Dongjing Daily" took the lead in correcting the rumors, organizations such as the 'Street Volunteer Committee' also refused to sell newspapers that published negative news about magic gears, and many residents even directly canceled their orders for newspapers;"

"Data show that the subscriptions of several newspapers headed by "Sunrise Daily" have dropped significantly compared to the previous quarter, newsstands around the country have also experienced unsalable conditions, and their editorial offices have received a large number of protest letters; in contrast, , the sales volume of "Dongjing Daily" has doubled compared to last month, and the popularity of game tables has also expanded again, especially after "Dongjing Daily" published the article that the game table can increase the magic power level, the city Queues for gaming tables everywhere have quadrupled, and citizens want more gaming tables;”

"Mayor Owen Sinmore took advantage of the opportunity to issue a notice, saying that Magic Gear will hold a pilot project with Yixue. The public is looking forward to this, and the mayor's support rate has increased by 30.00%. Mayor Sinmore may become the biggest winner."

"Aha!"

Roy sighed exaggeratedly.

He deliberately winked at his daughter: "If you had stopped these reports from the beginning, wouldn't these interesting things happen later?"

"What's so interesting about this kind of farce?" Recifia expressed dissatisfaction.

Duke Roy laughed twice.

"However, I don't think Owen is the winner." Roy said to the housekeeper, "His approval rating has only increased locally. I'm afraid some big shots are getting mad at him."

"Of course you are right," said the young steward. He took out a few newspapers from a pile of newspapers and put them on the top: "The Royal Capital is not very optimistic about his educational experiment. Several official newspapers The St. Jerkin's Post thinks he's grandstanding and wasting tax dollars, The Fashion News says he's an 'old-fashioned dying man', and The Royal News thinks he's playing tricks and destroying children's futures .”

"How could they—" Recifia became angry immediately.

She said angrily: "This is something about our East Territory! They haven't even seen a game table, how can they make random comments?!"

"Because the one who wants to abolish magic education, or even completely abolish the alchemy workshop, an antique shop that sells magic props to ordinary people, is His Majesty the King!"

"country--"

Recifia froze immediately.

She stared wide-eyed, staring blankly at the father who told the biggest shady story so lightly.

Duke Roy smiled and admired his daughter's stunned expression for 2 minutes before asking: "Recifia, do you know how our family became the Grand Duke?"

Recifia immediately sat up straight.

As is customary, her father was testing her when he called her by her full name and asked questions.

Recifia replied seriously: "Because the ancestors of our family defeated the devil and maintained the glory of the kingdom."

"That's right, because our ancestors defeated the devil," Duke Roy nodded, and he continued, "but now, the age of magic is over, and the devil is sealed in the abyss forever—that's what the king announced, we Let it be sealed forever—the king has guns to protect his empire, and he no longer needs a brave man. So if there is a brave man like our ancestors again, who should his sword be aimed at?"

"Aim at whom... If there is no Demon King, the brave will not have to swing their swords, right?"

"However, the suffering of the people has not disappeared! You see, they are poor, they are in pain, and may even be in more pain than before. At that time, who do you think the brave will aim his sword at?"

alignment--

"...So, the king wants to break all the wands and cut off all the roads?" Recifia looked at her father with bright eyes: "He doesn't need a second Roy's house?!"

Not even the first Roy is needed.

Back then, too much was given to the brave, and those rich mines were originally the property of the king.

This is also the reason why I must marry the crown prince, right?

Recifia thought calmly.

As the eldest daughter of the Roy family, she knew from an early age that her marriage was a political marriage, and she had to manage it well without any expectations.

"But we chose the king, right?" The former brave decided to become the dragon.

Recifia also asked calmly now: "So, if I buy the magic gear game table, am I 'benefiting the enemy'?"

"Hahaha!" Duke Roy laughed loudly, his beer belly made the whole table shake.

Roy is very satisfied with his daughter's intelligence.

He instructed the other party: "It's not that serious, you want to play and keep playing. Even if the king wants to gather all the magic in his hands, it's not up to him to say whether he can do it. It's better to say that the current situation is the best for us." Yes, so there is no need for our Roy family to follow him all the way to the dark. Recifia, you have to remember that in addition to black and white, this world is more gray!"

Recifia showed a thoughtful expression.

"As expected of the master, what you said is too reasonable." At this time, the housekeeper applauded.

Duke Roy glanced at his butler strangely.

It is undoubtedly impolite for the butler to intervene at such a time.

But the housekeeper continued: "The world is indeed ambiguous. Although the king's newspapers have criticized Mayor Simmore, the game table they mentioned has aroused people's curiosity. Many people want to see Cecily What is the magic toy that Asia is obsessed with, so the number of tourists recently increased by 70.00%[-] compared with the same period in previous years, and the financial revenue has also been greatly improved. Judging from this performance, the re-election of Mayor Simmore is inevitable, even the king Dissatisfaction cannot be stopped."

"Mayor Simmore will definitely give a series of preferential policies to a series of magic shops headed by magic gear. There are several companies under your name that meet this standard."

The housekeeper paused for a moment, then a standard smile appeared on his handsome face:

"By the way, you said a few days ago that you don't need to attend the opening ceremony of the pilot teaching held by Mayor Simmore and Magic Gear at the Free School...Are you sure?"

Roy frowned and stared at his butler for a while, and finally said:

"Tatana, something is wrong with you!"

Duke Roy finally decided to send his steward Tatana to attend the ceremony, so as to maintain his last reserve.

The Duke actually thought too much.

Even in the eyes of Angel and Owen, this trial in Yixue is nothing more than a "small matter".

They hadn't planned to invite anyone else.

After all, both the mayor and the Magic Association have decided to check the acceptance of the students before finalizing future cooperation, so the current pilot project is just a prologue, and it is not worth announcing to everyone with great fanfare.

But under the ulterior motives, this pilot plan became a matter of concern to the whole city, the whole region, and even the whole country. Therefore, on the day of the foundation stone laying ceremony of Angor's base station, almost everyone went to the designated free school.

Reporter Henry is also one of them.

Henry is a reporter for the "St. Yeagen Post" in the royal capital.

The St. Jerkin's Post is the largest circulation newspaper in the Middle Kingdom, so its reports have a certain authority.

But Henry came with a political mission.

His ostensible task was to conduct interviews on the reform of magic education in Cecilia City, but some of the recent attitudes shown above clearly made Henry investigate the black material of this reform.

After all, a lot of money is wasted in magic education every year, and there is no need to maintain it.

However, the mayor of Cecilia City, Owen Simmore, really defended the radicals of magic education. He even turned the table at the Royal Capital Education Conference not long ago, making a mess, so everyone thinks that the mayor is being tough To show his position, political show.

As a reporter with a sense of social responsibility, Henry naturally wants to expose this senseless waste of tax money.

But from the moment Henry left the capital and got on the train, he felt something was wrong.

so many people!

Originally, the route from the royal capital to Cecilia was quite sluggish.

Although Cecilia has the reputation of the capital of magic, it has been completely abandoned by history after entering modern times. It is neither like the emerging industrial city Sensenata with abundant resources and endless new technologies, nor is it like Cecilia, the fashionable capital of freedom, is leading all kinds of trends. After stripping off the aura of magic, Cecilia is just a small border town, and it is still located near the dangerous abyss. Naturally, it is not a place that people would want to go to.

But the people on the train were discussing Cecilia's new invention enthusiastically.

"Is that game table really that fun?"

"I heard that people are completely guarding the vicinity, and they are unwilling to leave even if they lose their homes."

"Is this the charm magic?"

"Hey, even charm magic is very cost-effective, after all, if the quality inspection can't find it, it's not there!"

Their discussions were laced with strange and false rumors and unrealistic expectations.

Henry recognized that these people should be wandering merchants from all over the place—most of them gathered on the roads leading to Sensenata and Sesser, making a living by reselling various new industrial products to areas with inconvenient transportation.

The report this time seems to have misunderstood these people, making them think that the game table is an interesting new invention just like industrial products, especially the rumor that the game table "lets people go bankrupt" is simply irresistible to businessmen The merits made them gather towards Cecilia.

Henry felt that this tendency was a bit bad, but he couldn't understand what was wrong with the gathering of merchants.

Besides businessmen, Henry saw most of his peers.

Not only colleagues from various newspapers in the capital, but also colleagues from other regions were also moved by the news. The most outrageous thing was that Henry found that many foreigners were also interested in this news.

"It's been a long time since I heard about the alchemy props."

"Is Magic Gear still in business?"

"My Elder Wand is still made by that workshop! Now that it's reopened, it's good to go to support it."

Henry heard several elves discussing like this.

He was a little horrified to find that the alchemy workshop that he thought was going to be eliminated had a good reputation among many long-lived races and alien races, so much so that they were willing to spend "a small period of time" in their lives to visit it.

And Henry's ominous premonition intensified after arriving in Cecilia City.

Cecilia is not as dilapidated as Henry thought.

The disadvantage of magic is longevity, but its advantage is also longevity.

This city was built to resist the demons, so it has the characteristics of being indestructible. Even though the changes of the times have made it quiet, the city walls that can stand for tens of thousands of years under the blessing of magic have no signs of dilapidation.

Henry always wanted to write some articles about "Cecilia remembers the past that has fallen", and by the way, when he took a few photos of the city wall covered with weeds, the pictures taken from all angles were as magnificent and gorgeous as the royal capital. architecture.

The game table placed in the busiest area of ​​the city does not give people the feeling of being playful at all. On the contrary, looking at the magical projection, people feel that "it is indeed a game played by people in the magic city".

This is especially the case with Magic Gear Workshop.

Regardless of the overly gorgeous appearance, what happened to the group of furry inside? !

Henry walked in the magic gear and felt like he had entered a fairy tale world. People manipulated magic and played games they had never seen before. The cute cat walked among the crowd with a plate, and even the drinks were bubbling. of.

Henry came out after staying inside for half an hour. He was afraid that he would betray if he stayed too long!

In the end, Henry had no choice but to stay in the hotel, resting his energy and waiting for today's "Magic Base Station Pilot Groundbreaking Ceremony".

——That's what was written in the invitation to Henry. Henry didn't understand why the pilot of magic education turned into the laying of the foundation of the magic base station. What is the magic base station?

But Henry thinks it should be fine.

No matter how interesting the game table is, it is still a game, and I heard that the owner of the magic gear is an evil black robe. When the time comes, take a few more photos of the other party. No matter how normal the occasion is, it will look like a dark festival.

Henry couldn't help but smirked, and someone suddenly shouted behind him.

"Isn't this Mr. Henry of the St. Jerkin's Post?"

Ahh, the identity is exposed? !

Henry turned his head in a panic, but was surprised to find that the person who stopped him was actually a manager of the Tin Puppet Entertainment Company in Cersei City.

Henry had been in charge of the entertainment section of the newspaper for a period of time before, so he was very familiar with the other party.

"...Why are you here?" Henry was surprised. He felt that Shesser's fashionable film manager had nothing to do with the backward Magic City.

"My boss wants to discuss some business with Magic Gear." The other party replied.

He was embarrassed to say that Sir Mandela had been to Magic Gear several times recently, and all he met was the black cat secretary of the workshop. The other party firmly refused to sell the signature technology of Magic Gear, and said that the owner had no interest in visits from unrelated people. With no other choice, Jazz had no choice but to come here himself to block people.

"Sir Mandela is here?!" Henry was even more surprised.

He subconsciously realized that this should be big news, and picked up the camera to find Jazz, but he heard a commotion in the crowd.

"Ah, the owner of the magic gear is here!" the manager also said.

Is that black robe here? !

Henry raised his camera excitedly, wanting to take a picture of the evil black robe, but behind his lens, there was a handsome young man who could become an envoy of God, but he was wearing a black robe , but the alchemist's coat of arms with the sun and moon gears hung on the black robe, it doesn't look inferior to the bishop's robe.

This is the black robe? !

Henry's values ​​were immediately hit by the biggest shock ever.

He even felt that if he didn't take more photos, he would be sorry for the beauty of the other party!

So when Henry came to his senses, he had already murdered two-thirds of the film in the camera, and he didn't even pay much attention to Mayor Owen's speech above.

"What am I doing?!" After a long time, Henry calmed down.

He wondered if he had been hit by the black robe's charm technique.

"The remaining negatives are not enough, how can I make the black robe's evil plan public?!" Henry thought.

But at this moment, the ceremony has reached the most important moment. Henry heard someone on the podium announce: "Let's invite Angel Cecilia to give a speech and start the ceremony—"

The black robe walked to the center of the stage.

But the other party had no intention of speaking, and just picked up the shiny wand in his hand and waved it into the air.

Accompanied by the movement of the black robe, a crystal beam of light shot straight into the air, and then ripples appeared in the air as if hitting the water.

Henry was surprised to see a small vortex appeared in the air like a pool, and then gathered into a cloud in the shape of an upside-down fountain, and from the center of the cloud fountain, a rainbow fell down and landed in the courtyard of the Yixue atrium , and then spread out to the four sides, the whole air is filled with a little sparkling light.

Even the untalented feel the presence of magic.

It seems that by waving your hand, you can use magic.

"Is this magic power?" The manager next to Henry murmured, and he let out a wry smile, "If I hadn't passed my age and had such conditions, I would also like to learn magic!"

This is the voice of everyone.

As long as it is a creature of this plane, who wouldn't want to use magic to see it for himself?Saying that you don't need it is just giving up because you know your talents are insufficient.

Henry didn't speak.

He was tapping the camera, greedily recording all this.

As for the position?

In the face of real magic, all go to hell!