My Endless Life

A tavern in Lankana.

Li Qi, who was disguised, wearing a suit robe and a bowler hat, sat opposite a young man wearing work clothes and a beret.

Perhaps he had a good life recently, or perhaps Li Qi had finally reached the stage of rapid growth, and his height was approaching that of a normal person.

From less than 1.6 meters to 1.65 meters now.

With shoes with height-increasing pads and high heels, his disguised height looked no different from that of a normal person.

At most, he was a slightly shorter normal person.

Therefore, no one noticed that he was wrong.

The young man sitting opposite Li Qi was the spy sent by Uno.

Li Qi didn't know who he was, nor did he know what job he was doing now. Even his appearance and dress were carefully disguised.

This was the same for Li Qi. His appearance was also changed with alchemical props so that no one would find out that he was Kiri.

Today's meeting was initiated by the spy. He said that he had something important to say to Li Qi, so he made an appointment to meet here.

But what he didn't expect was that when he really met him, the spy took out a small gift box.

"Is this the 'important thing' you mentioned?"

Li Qi looked at the gift box with a blank expression.

The spy smiled and said:

"Don't be angry, it's not a gift from me, but this is an order from the top. I must pass this thing to you. Just accept it. We lost a lot of people in order to give this gift."

"... Just for a gift."

Hearing that someone died in the process of giving gifts, Li Qi frowned even more.

This is too extravagant.

"This is not an ordinary gift." The young spy explained: "You will know when you go back and open it."

"..."

Li Qi put the gift away and looked up at the spy again: "Besides this, is there anything else?"

"Yes, this is... the top asked me to give it to you."

The spy said, and took out another newspaper.

Li Qi took the newspaper in his hand and took a look, and his pupils shrank slightly.

This is not a newspaper from Lankana, this is a newspaper from Uno!

Without reading the contents of the newspaper, he looked up at the spy:

"What does this mean?"

The spy took a sip of beer and whispered:

"Look at the frontline report above, and the current situation of Uno, and you will understand."

After taking a deep look at the opposite side, Li Qi buried his head in reading the things on it.

The newspaper was cut, and there was not much content on it, only two parts.

One was the war report on the front line, and the other was the domestic political situation.

The former said that Uno won the war with Farol. After the magic orb was popularized among magicians, Uno almost won a one-sided victory on the Meen front.

But although it won, Uno also suffered heavy losses.

If Farol still had the original equipment configuration, it would be fine.

But the problem is that Farol has brought out a new weapon on the battlefield.

They call it a 'machine gun'.

"...Hand-cranked machine gun?"

Seeing the scientific name on it, Li Qi couldn't help holding his breath.

Has the machine gun been created? This is a meat grinder on the battlefield!

However, when the opponent has machine guns, Uno can still win a comprehensive victory, which is enough to prove the power of the magic orb.

After Li Qi left, did Dr. Levi improve the magic orb again?

After a little thought, Li Qi, who had read the front-line war report, looked at the domestic situation again.

The dispute between the reformists and traditionalists in Uno has reached a white-hot stage. From the previous small fights to the inexplicable deaths of high-level officials on both sides, it is enough to prove the seriousness of the internal struggle in Uno.

Although not much was said above, recalling what Borent said before he left, Li Qi knew that Uno would sort out the internal affairs next.

No wonder they did not launch a counterattack immediately after gaining such a big advantage on the battlefield, but instead supported the Ship Federation as a puppet to attract attention.

Judging from the domestic situation in Uno, if they don’t deal with the internal struggle, even if they have a killer weapon like the magic orb, they can’t get rid of the external enemy.

After reading the newspaper, Li Qi returned the newspaper to the spy and asked:

"Why are you showing me this?"

"The superiors asked you to pay more attention to the war damage on the front line, how many people died, how many resources were consumed, and you need to remember all these."

"..."

"I can probably understand what they mean. You should not have received professional training before you came. They are worried..."

"Worried that I would betray you."

Li Qi whispered the other party's worries.

Because he left too quickly before coming, Li Qi did not receive any professional training. Even the people who were scheduled to teach Li Qi these things during the journey were unable to meet him because Li Qi chose another way to come to England.

So he is a complete newcomer, and it can even be said that he is not a spy at all, but just an Uno who strayed into other countries.

For such a person, it would be better if he had poor magic talent. In England, where magic talent is everything, he would definitely not be treated too well.

But Li Qi's magic talent is surprisingly good.

So it is hard not to worry whether he will choose to give up his mission and identity and stay in England because of the treatment in England.

Li Qi understands Uno's worries.

He closed his eyes and thought for a while, and said to the spy:

"I won't betray."

"... I hope so."

The spy said, drank the beer in one gulp, and then stood up to pay the bill and left.

Li Qi held the glass of fruit wine in his hand, shook the remaining ice in it, and sighed slightly.

He knew that he should not have hesitated just now.

On the question of whether to betray, even a little hesitation will make people suspicious.

...

Bailey's gift to Li Qi was somewhat unexpected.

It turned out to be a magic orb.

The latest version, the second generation magic orb.

Its shape is smaller than the first generation, and it also has a device that is easy to carry. Although it is still very conspicuous to wear, it is much better than when it was like holding a big plate at the beginning.

In addition to this orb, there is also a letter from Bailey to Li Qi in the gift box.

It said that Li Qi should study hard here and not worry about anything in China.

It even mentioned that if Li Qi felt that England was a good place and wanted to stay here, she would not say anything, but would bless Li Qi to get what he wanted.

Bailey's kindness to Li Qi was the same as always, and she never asked for anything in return.

This also made Li Qi feel more complicated.

He wrote down the contents of the letter, destroyed the letter with magic, and turned to look at the orb on the table.

The magic orb sent by Uno had an extremely complex magic lock added to it.

And it was the kind that could not be unlocked.

Once Li Qi tried to disassemble it and analyze the structure inside, the magic lock would be activated and destroy everything inside.

Such a magic lock was added because they were worried that the magic orb would eventually fall into the hands of England.

However, although the magic lock on it was a deadlock, in Li Qi's eyes, as long as the reverse analysis was performed according to the flow of magic, it would not be difficult to unlock this "deadlock".

At most, it will take a little more time.

Li Qi plans to keep the magic orb with him first, analyze the structure inside slowly, and then combine it with the magic orb of England to create a new magic device.

This will probably take a long time, but now, Li Qi seems to have no shortage of time.

After putting the orb away, Li Qi decided to start researching the orb after the festival is over.

But just after putting the magic orb away, there was another knock on the door.

Frowning slightly, Li Qi subconsciously used his ability to look outside the door.

Two women were standing outside Li Qi's door.

One of them had a familiar magic circuit, Mary Mills, who often challenged Li Qi.

As for the other person...

"... Her Highness the Second Princess?"

Opening the door, looking at the two people outside the door, looking at the uninvited Second Princess Ilona, ​​Li Qi looked surprised.

What did Her Highness the Second Princess come to him for?

Thanks to ‘book friend 20230610222321366’ for the Qidian Coin reward!

I am sorry that I saw it after such a long time!

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