Steel Steam and Flame

Sha Ke remembered clearly that this was the first time she participated, and she was not qualified to stand and listen.

It's almost time to start, and there are many more people holding notes or books in the corridors or roads connecting Yatu's lecture theatre. Among them, there are gorgeously dressed women, or bright-faced industry elites from all over Manoma, or members of some nobles.

An important lecture hall is held once a year, and nearly half of the places are open to the public. For these people, it is to use money to integrate themselves into certain circles and give themselves opportunities to create some experiences later.

The Lecture Classroom of ACTO in the Imperial History School, and the important lecture hall that will be held here, Shake's impression is very famous in the Manoma area.

Before entering the lecture theatre, Sha Ke patted some snow off her body. Going to the established seat, she put the notes and books on her legs close together, and during the ten minutes or so she waited for the beginning, looking around from time to time, letting all kinds of people reflect in her eyes. This is an opportunity to contact the outside world. For her, who spends most of her life studying and researching, the Imperial History School is already a home in another sense.

Not a person who would go out often, she always remembered what happened when she left home and came to Manoma. All left a deep impression in their hearts. Some things that happened later made it clear to her that as the capital of the empire, Manoma was quiet and full of life on the surface, but under the surface, there was always great danger hidden.

But it's been a long, long time, and I don't know when it started. Shah may obviously feel that these dangers are blocked by something invisible and can't get close to herself. She actually knows very well that someone is protecting herself for a long time, or since a certain point in time, it has always been like this. What made her make it clear was that the noble students who had bullied herself in the past either dropped out of school suddenly or came over with a gift to apologize in private.

But no surprise, they all completely disappeared from their side in a short time, and it is difficult to find the traces.

Just over two years ago, she saw a bright light that blocked the sun suddenly gleaming in school, and then the ground shook violently. She felt that the danger was just being blocked, not that she couldn't get close to herself, but that she didn't have the value of being approached.

Or, the danger hasn't discovered the value in himself? Shake is not sure about this.

"I feel that the world is vague, but in fact this feeling is correct. There is indeed something behind the vague film." She thought of these words during the ten seconds or so when her eyes were stung by the bright light.

That afternoon, she heard from her classmates and teachers the news of a huge explosion in the headquarters of the Saint Royal Hall. Two weeks later, she and her classmates made a special trip to the headquarters of the Saint Royal Hall, but there has been a temporary three-meter-high iron wall that surrounds the headquarters, and only the "dang clang" from the other side of the wall can be heard. The sound of construction, I saw large swaths of steam surging up from time to time.

She and her classmates immediately went to a nearby high-rise building, and behind a window, they saw the huge gully that had not been "decorated". But it couldn't be the traces of the explosion at all. No matter how the news came out later to explain or describe the incident, she could always feel the concealment.

As time passed, the explosion quickly disappeared from the topics that everyone was talking about. The speed made Shake feel weird, because it was too fast. It was obviously not a normal thing, but it was like a normal thing. Like turning the pages of a book, it passed without any strength.

But the huge gully remained in her heart. For a long time, she would involuntarily associate that ravine with Pekins Kiris’ "Experiences of Strange Creatures", with the ancient history of her main attack, and she can translate quite a lot now. Strange words are linked together.

And, get in touch with someone who hasn't seen each other for a long time.

When his thoughts came to this, Sha Ke suddenly felt a sense of loss and inexplicable sadness, the feeling of regret at that time. The eyes that look around have lost their focus, and the people of all shapes and sizes reflected in their pupils no longer become electrical signals that pass into the brain.

"Beautiful lady, excuse me, I'm sorry, I want to go..." The sudden amiable male voice interrupted Shake's thoughts. In regaining focus, a man with a black backpack bent over, with an apologetic smile, pointing to the aisle on this floor of the lecture hall, "Walking in the wrong place..."

Sha Ke was stunned, and then she suddenly reacted, and quickly picked up her notes and books to stand up, and made a "please pass" posture: "I'm a little lost."

"Thank you!" The man nodded again and again, and carefully walked through the narrow area in front of Shake with an expression of regret, into the passage, and into the flow of people constantly entering the classroom, his back could not be distinguished in the blink of an eye.

Sha Ke let out a sigh at this moment, and subconsciously looked at the time, only to realize that a few minutes had passed and the entire lecture hall was almost filled. She sat down again, looked forward, smiled and cut off her thoughts, waiting for the beginning of this lecture.

The surrounding sound gradually decreased. In the first one or two minutes before the start, there was only a slight "humming" sound in the entire huge "Acto's Lecture Theatre", which was the wind brought by the full operation of the air circulation system. the sound of.

Seeing the staff coming in to make the final preparations for the beginning of the lecture hall, Sha Ke took out the pen, and when she wanted to open the note, she saw the corner of the folded envelope was exposed from the note.

Shah does not remember that she wrote a letter in the most recent time, nor does she put it in her notes. As she pulled out the envelope subconsciously, she thought of the man who had just borrowed it.

But the thinking is over here, because the letter has been taken out. Sha Ke didn't recognize the above handwriting, nor did he have any impression. There are only two sentences on the envelope, one is the recipient and the other is the signature:

To Miss Shake.

A friend I haven't seen in years. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

Sha Ke felt a little blur in her eyes, and immediately re-clamped the letter into the note, took off her glasses and wiped it. At this time, she took a deep breath, and the thought that was disconnected just now was connected:

"Mr. Cassia, how are you all these years? I don't know how you are now, whether you still have a serious face, but speak very softly, without a sense of seriousness?"

"Are you still busy at work, or are you running around the empire and still don't have a fixed residence?"

"During your normal rest time, do you still read all kinds of books? Are you still interested in the history of the empire and the geography of the empire?"

"Actually, you have been to Manoma in the past few years? I really want to feel that occasionally, like an illusion, I always feel that someone is looking at me from a distance... This feeling is correct, that person, I think it should be you, Mr. Cassia..."

　　 Please remember the domain name of the first publication of this book:. Mobile version reading URL: