The sun is high

"A Kiss of Northern Sweet Wine, a Fried Steak of Merlin's Flavor... Okay, do you need to call the chef? It's already late at night. If you call the chef, it will cost extra."

An elf waiter politely confirmed to the two people sitting at the table.

Although he is a waiter, there is also a mage apprentice crest issued by the Legal Committee hanging on his chest, and the mage's hand floating aside also indicates his identity as a spell caster.

"No need, just leave it to the magic puppet."

Weilin, who was familiar with Merlinle and enough, made the choice for Shuge, so the magic apprentice who served as a waiter immediately stepped aside with a smile, controlled his mage's hand, and handed over the menu he had just copied. A magical puppet on standby.

So Xiuge saw this seemingly bulky but very clean magical creation slowly walking towards the kitchen.

He had never imagined that in this world, he would be able to see man-made creations based on wood, metal and ore cooking in the middle of the night. In Shuge's impression, the last time he saw such a scene was in a certain place. In a classic program called "I Love Inventions".

"The artificial team is already off work, let me see the performance of the mechanical team next!"

The strange words that suddenly popped up in his head made Xiuge couldn't help but reveal a somewhat awkward smile. Weilin certainly noticed the change in the expression on Xiuge's face, but she was used to it. Based on past experience, Whenever this guy has some incomprehensible ideas popping up in his head, it's very easy to show a similar expression.

Weilin was quite curious and concerned about these ideas at first.

However, after trying to understand it twice, she also chose to give up because these weird ideas of Xiuge were really difficult to understand. Maybe it was a strange problem developed from relying on writing to make a living in the past?

"cough……"

Xiuge coughed lightly and finally broke away from the distant, friendly and absurd images of the past. He glanced in the direction of the kitchen and asked: "The cooking skills of these magic puppets...are really not good." Problem?"

"Of course no problem."

In such a quiet environment, Weilin seemed extremely relaxed. She held her chin with her hand and looked out the window at the streets and buildings that contained a strong "mathematical" beauty. She said softly: "I used to be in Merlin." When Lehe was studying, he would come to these restaurants whenever there were experiments going on late at night... At that time, the only ones who could make food were magic puppets."

"These magic puppets are actually the same batch as those in the alchemy laboratory. For them, cutting food is the same as cutting medicine. Heating liquid is the same as cooking food... Everything is like doing alchemy. It’s the same as the experiment, everything is done according to a set of safe steps, and although it will definitely not be too delicious, there will definitely not be any big problems.”

While they were talking, the magic puppet that was busy in the kitchen had already demonstrated its amazing efficiency. A dessert filled with white cold air was served. This was the "Northern Sweet Wine" that Wei Lin ordered. "Kiss", its appearance looks as alluring as its name, with milky white cream surrounded by cold icing forming a standard snow top.

The northern liqueur is light pink, and it is poured evenly on the top of the snow made of cream. The pink wine spirals downward along the lines on the cream, and finally converges into the "river valley" made of cold icing sugar. On the side of the snow top, some golden pulp was scattered, and Xiuge couldn't identify it for a while.

Weilin picked up the spoon and gently dug out a small piece of the dessert. Immediately afterwards, a faint magic flowed from the tips of her fingers and wrapped the spoon and the cold cream inside.

After doing this, she slowly brought the spoon to her mouth.

"Um……"

Wei Lin made a sound that seemed to represent satisfaction, but then she commented: "The sweetness of the liqueur is a bit too high, maybe it is St. Steele's liqueur...but 'Crushed Cherry' It’s very fresh, not bad at all.”

After finishing her review, she raised her head and smiled at Shuge: "Many tourists who come to Merlin Lehe for the first time will be recommended this dessert. The reason why it is called 'Sweet Wine Kiss' is Because there is a lot of magic added to these buttercreams and frostings, if no precautions are taken, they may leave a temporary layer of white frost on the lips of the eater, as if they were kissed.”

"That look is very funny. Well, I'm warning you in advance, so remember it next time."

"okay, I get it."

Seeing that Xiuge agreed seriously and readily, Weilin lowered her head again. Although her mouth was a little picky about the taste of the sweet wine in this dessert, the movements of her hands and mouth did not stop at all. It was obvious that this dessert was very suitable. Her taste.

When Xiuge thought about it carefully, it seemed that among the mages he had seen, there were very few cases of out-of-shape figures. Probably because of their abundant magic power, these mages were always very free in their diet.

"So, food and desserts are probably her daily emotional outlets?"

Xiuge looked at the dessert that had been unknowingly eaten away by half, and secretly speculated.

Late at night in Meilinle and the inner city is quieter than other places, but it is also brighter. Day and night are actually not that important to the mages here. If the subject or experiment is very urgent, they will often dive into it. They go into the laboratory or library and don't come out for a few days, but if they have nothing to do and no worries about their future, they will jump into a state of drunkenness and dreaming at an alarming speed.

Therefore, when Xiuge looked around, he could see many bright magic lights. They shined from the inside of those extremely regular buildings, illuminating the surroundings extremely brightly. However, there was no sound at all from inside these buildings. Obviously, Mages in the inner city have the habit of setting up soundproofing rituals when they are busy with their own affairs.

"It's hard to imagine that the mages here will one day bear such exaggerated pressure."

Wei Lin's voice floated faintly, and she sighed: "When I entered the embassy area, I heard two mages arguing on the roadside. Do you know how they described the current situation?"

"Um?"

"They're calling this now 'The Crossing of Merlin'."

"Doomsday Crossing?"

Xiuge repeated it, and then he couldn't help laughing: "Actually, it's quite appropriate. Even if it's not the intersection of 'doomsday', it must be the intersection of 'history'... At least in the past records, the Legal Committee Have you never encountered such a level of challenge?"

"of course."

Wei Lin nodded: "Even the most serious incidents in the past have never really posed a threat to Merlin Lehe's status and survival, but this time it is different."

She raised the slender spoon on her fingertips and pointed at the tallest building outside the window: "Well, there is the largest library in the inner city. It is also a special mage tower. It belongs to the legendary deep sea. Super Mage 'Ilan Lumba'... After this master retired into seclusion, this mage tower was donated to the Legal Committee by him, and it was later transformed into this."

Xiuge took a serious look at this huge tower. He found that every floor of this tower was emitting bright light.

"It's really... brightly lit."

"It has never been like this, even when mages below the river valley level are preparing to participate in the annual assessment, such a situation has never occurred."

Wei Lin explained softly: "The top three floors of Yilan Lumba Mage Tower are only open to deep sea level mages and other important members with permission from the Legal Committee, but you see, they are all lit now, which means Keep all the big shots in there."

In this regard, Xiuge could only sigh helplessly.

Of course he can understand the seriousness of this situation.

The current situation is like an ordinary student coming to class and suddenly discovering that all outstanding classmates are reviewing nervously, or an ordinary employee suddenly discovering that his leaders have begun to work overtime all night long... …

Even if there is a mage who doesn't care at all about the black sun in the sky, he must now take care of the face of his superiors and colleagues, not to mention that there are a group of true "legends" above their heads.

No one wants to be labeled a "slacker" or a "Black Sun Spy" at a time like this.

Shuge's staple food was finally served, so the two of them ended the topic of Merlin Lehe and talked about what happened earlier. Shuge also took this opportunity to ask Princess Sophia to visit him. The reason and process were revealed to Wei Lin.

Both of them are important core members of the Dawn Society. Faced with this situation, it is inevitable to start another discussion.

Weilin expressed her criticism of Princess Sophia's "very impolite and unreserved" method of visiting, but at the same time, she was also very interested in cooperating with the Kingdom of Walter. After all, the Council was a real thing. There are quite a few scholars who have split from the Law Committee and are controlled by the Plateau Kingdom, not to mention resources such as alchemy and weapons workshops.

After talking about these things, Wei Lin suddenly said: "By the way, I suggest you be prepared..."

"Preparation? What preparation."

"I guess it won't take two days... the romantic scandal between Mr. Ernst, who shocked most of Vann, and the noble Princess Walter will spread throughout Merlin Lehe. Maybe it won't be that long..." Within a few days, Professor Meyer and others could see similar stories in the newspapers.”

Weilin seemed to be smiling but not smiling, which made Shuge feel inexplicably embarrassed. She rarely used a teasing tone: "Tsk tsk, the most famous and heroic young generation in the Ernst family, and Walter." The youngest and most outstanding princess since the founding of the kingdom... To be honest, I am quite looking forward to the story."

Shuge grinned.

A feeling of heart-beating uneasiness rushed over him. But for this kind of thing, the metal disc he relied on couldn't help at all. As for the old guys hiding in the spiritual world, they were gathering together now. They let out bursts of deep weird laughter together, as if they were waiting to watch some comedy.

This is really annoying.

…

At midnight, Xiuge returned to his residence and still hadn't rested.

He carefully arranged the protective rituals in the room, carefully locked the doors and windows, and used magic mist to isolate them, and then released the suffocated "Giustina" from the luggage pile.

After more than ten days of continuous growth, Xiuge now had to face a problem.

How should I view "Justina"?

As if sensing Shuge's confusion, the translucent shadow emerging from the huge kettle began to change. In a violent tremor, the shadow that was already much larger than the original gradually took on a new shape. Silhouette and form.

It, or she was moving closer to the human form.

Although proportionally speaking, the current "Justina" is smaller than those young children, but as more and more memories and knowledge are awakened, and as the intake of life force and magic power continues to increase, " Justina" has been able to transform herself into a child.

Under her own obviously biased choice, the soft body was changing uncontrollably in the direction of the girl.

All in all, Shuge believes that it is definitely inappropriate to continue to treat "Justina" as a pet like a cat or dog, but if he has to accept the title she gave and treat her as his daughter, Shuge's heart It's really a bit awkward.

"Father……"

However, no matter how uncomfortable Shuge was in his heart, the title of "Justina" would not change in any way. She softly called out, and then staggered to Shuge's side because she could not walk. For the sake of stability, she had to reach out and hug Xiuge's calf to maintain her balance.

Xiuge sighed helplessly in his heart, but he finally reached out his hand, lifted up the little figure, and helped her to the table, while he responded softly.

"Eh."

"Justina" was very happy to receive a direct response from Shuge. She sat on Shuge's desk, her somewhat blurry shadowed face changed into a bright smile, and then she took a bottle from Shuge. , and raised it to his "mouth" and drank it slowly.

What it contains is the diluted "Color of Life". In addition, Shuge also added some additional magic crystal powder, which can be regarded as a nutrient solution specially prepared for "Justina".

Although he still couldn't figure out the future of this little guy, Xiuge was still very much looking forward to her growth and possible role in the future.

"I hope you can really 'grow up' safely..."

Looking at the little figure holding the bottle, Xiuge raised his hand and gently touched her head twice.