Manion's tone was very matter-of-fact.
really.
Hitzfeld's heart sank.
Even I would think so, so why would he be an exception...
"But you said it was the 'world'." The young man then changed the subject, "I don't think I have the right to interfere with two such huge things."
"After all, it's not wrong for this side to want to survive. If you want to agree with this, you must admit that it's also right for the other side to want to survive."
"It's nothing more than a fight."
"Fighting and confrontation."
"As for which side will win, I don't really care."
This is not the answer I wanted.
Hitzfeld was a little unhappy.
She hoped that the other party would give a clearly biased answer. Whether it was "biased" from the perspective of Misros civilization or "saintly" from the perspective of Namibia civilization, at least give me a clear attitude.
As a result, this guy refused to listen and just said "I don't care", and thus cleared himself out.
what is this?
In the end, I still can't guess anything. He could be a "good guy" or a "bad guy"...
She was thinking too much, so she didn't notice that her stepbrother looked at her at this time.
What was contained in this glance was extremely complex, and a universe seemed to be hidden in the deep darkness. Observing his entire body in combination with this look, one could immediately feel a desolate and bleak aura emanating from him.
But it was fleeting.
By the time Hitzfeld turned his attention back, the feeling had disappeared.
"Since you care so much about Li Lan, then you should continue to win him over."
Before she could say anything, Manion took the initiative to assign her a task.
"It just so happens that we are investigating what happened to his adoptive father in the foreign land. Some of the information in this regard has been lost after the two calendars, and the preservation is not particularly complete. I think no one knows more about this than Li Lan. You can contact him and ask about this matter, which can also be regarded as assisting your brother's work."
“…Is this an order?”
"Whatever you think is right, it is right." Manion joked, "I dare not order you to do it. It's okay if you don't care about it."
For some reason, Hitzfeld always felt that there was something else behind his words.
He seemed to be actively asking me to take over these things.
As someone who knows the subsequent history, I can certainly guess that what happened to Li Lan's adoptive father is likely related to the gray fog and the Mother of Deep Space. It is very likely that this investigation was the cause of their invasion by the gray fog and the official outbreak of war.
But until the truth is revealed, this matter doesn't matter anyway, right?
Manion, does he really have special talents that allow him to accurately detect future threats from a bunch of messy trivial matters, or is it another possibility that I am thinking of now... ?
For now, all this is unknown.
But using Li Lan as the entry point was indeed what Hitzfeld had thought of from the beginning - Xia Yibing had relayed to her the demands of Li Lan's remaining spirit, which clearly mentioned that if she wanted to contact him again, she had to enter his dream.
So now I have met the conditions.
Will he continue to contact Xia, or will he switch targets and contact me?
If this Li Lan is really playing himself, this encounter shouldn't be as simple as facing Julia, right?
In order to obtain more information about the Mithros civilization from Li Lan, Hitzfeld simply took on the task and launched an analysis plan of Li Lan-Yondor in the following days.
There is no need for a general investigation. Manion has been able to contact Mi Mo, and some things that happened when the other party was studying in Mingling Holy Temple have been recorded.
What she wanted was to have a direct conversation with Li Lan.
As long as she could have a direct conversation, she could at least be sure whether this Li Lan was a confused consciousness or was just the residual spirit of Li Lan trying hard to play the role.
So she tried many ways, including but not limited to buying off connections, finding someone to act as a go-between, investigating whereabouts and making surprise attacks.
But she never actually met Li Lan once.
The other party seemed to be avoiding her and always managed to slip away before she arrived.
"This is not normal..."
Sitting behind the desk, the girl with glasses muttered to herself.
"How's the progress?"
Manion just pushed the door open.
"It's been so long, and you still haven't made an appointment?"
"He's avoiding me."
Hitzfeld said coldly.
"He's been with his little girlfriend...the one called Xiwei. I feel like they might have misunderstood me."
She was unhappy.
There is a feeling of being offended.
"So why don't we go the other way."
"Change direction? You mean..."
"Let's start with Xiwei." Manion nodded, "This is also a mysterious child... It's really strange. At first, we couldn't find out her origin in the Huawu calendar. It took us a few rounds to find out that she came from a satellite."
"Since there is a misunderstanding, we must find a way to resolve it. If she doesn't want you and Li Lan to meet for that reason, why don't you try to ask her out first?"
That's... a good suggestion.
Hitzfeld thought about it and agreed.
I'm not good at dealing with this kind of thing.
Love between men and women...I'm a little annoyed.
"Be good at using your own gravity." Manion suddenly reminded her.
"If a star has a large enough mass, it will naturally generate strong gravity even if it does nothing, and any meteor passing by it may be deflected from its original trajectory."
"...What do you want to say?"
Hitzfeld's eyelids twitched.
"nothing."
The young man waved at her.
"Then I won't bother you any more."
Chapter 6: Acceleration Time (-in- k)
After spending some time together, Hitzfeld gradually became familiar with Manion and learned that although he was like an annoying riddler at times, he would occasionally joke with her.
Was he kidding just now?
Gravity... The development of Mithros society is indeed faster than that of Namya. Whether it is science and technology or business economy, their system is more perfect. She thought this must be because the will within this society remains highly unified - the Mithros people do not need to worry about the decline of civilization due to wars between city-states, which is very common in Namya or Earth, or even in many imaginary situations.
As she thought about this, Hitzfeld felt that something was odd. She vaguely felt that she had seen a related paradox somewhere before, but she couldn't remember it anyway.
If you can't remember, then don't consider it for now. Regardless of whether Manion's proposal was a joke, starting with Xiwei is also a good choice. Hitzfeld began to try to find someone to help deliver a letter to the girl: it is no longer a surprise attack, but an invitation to the other party to visit here.
The first letter was very important. She wanted to clear up the misunderstanding and wrote it as detailed and substantial as possible. She thought she could win back her love, but the servant who delivered the letter came back and told her that Miss Heeve looked unhappy after reading the letter.
Considering the servants' fear of her, this was already a euphemism. Hitzfeld couldn't help but be surprised. She could remember every punctuation mark in her letter now. There was no offense at all.
"Miss Xiwei said that if possible, both parties can communicate by passing messages." The servant also looked a little unhappy. "I don't think she is happy to be sent letters or come to her door."
"Interesting..." Hitzfeld narrowed his eyes and thought for a few seconds, "At least he is willing to communicate... It can be considered a breakthrough. What else can she say?"
"There's nothing else."
"It seems that I have to deliver the first 'message'." Hitzfeld smiled, "Please go back and tell her that I want to meet Li Lan and we have something to discuss about his adoptive father."
The servant did as ordered, and two hours later brought back a message from the other party: "They said it's okay, but they hope to change the meeting place to the school."
Mingling Holy Temple?
That’s right, Li Lan and Xiwei seem to have just graduated. The university model here is different from what I understand. Even after graduation, they can still stay in school for a few months until they find a job.
After all, this is a world without internal wars. A large proportion of the buildings are actually grown from plants. Things like housing costs do not exist in Mithros.
Thinking it was not an excessive request, Hitzfeld agreed to it, and the two sides agreed on a specific time. The next day, she changed into the Chief Priest family's iconic moon-white robe and went to the meeting.
When he saw Li Lan for the first time, Hitzfeld couldn't help but look at his face a few more times.
He was a little over 170 cm tall, and his body shape was different from what she had imagined. He was not the strong and muscular type, but rather more delicate and slender.
Add to that his soft facial features and soft, gradient green hair, and it would be appropriate to say that he is a beautiful boy with a spring vibe.
No wonder Mi Mo likes him. Excellent looks are always competitive wherever he goes.
After looking at Li Lan, she then turned her attention to the girl next to Li Lan.
She was a person who was always smiling. She looked very young, only sixteen or seventeen at most. She was even slimmer than Li Lan, with snow-white skin and black hair. The strong contrast in color made her look pale and beautiful.
So she always refuses to meet me, is it because she was sick before?
After thinking for a moment, Hitzfeld stood up and greeted the two of them.
"Hello Li Lan, I didn't expect you two to come here together."
"I... I live with Xiwei, and we haven't found anything to do yet. I can't leave Xiwei alone at home."
Li Lan looked a little reserved. Xiwei supported him and he sat down opposite her. Then he tensed his body and stopped talking.
Their meeting place was by the lake in the school, where the servants built a light-guiding room to ensure that sufficient light could be projected down at all times.
Hitzfeld has now become accustomed to this kind of treatment. It is obvious that the body of the Misros people is very fascinated by this feeling. She does not feel the glare or discomfort at all. Instead, she feels that the light is warm and very comfortable.
"Since you haven't found any work, why don't you choose to come to my side?" She leaned forward, trying to paint a blueprint for the two men.
"We have just entered the Fire Solar Calendar, and there is still a long time before the next Three Causes Cycle. You don't have to worry about society changing because of the Three Causes Cycle. Isn't this a good time to stabilize things?"
As she spoke, her eyelids twitched, because she noticed that when she leaned forward, the two people opposite her also leaned their upper bodies back at the same time.
what's the situation?
At this moment, a big question mark appeared above her head.
Finally the case is solved... It turns out the reason these two people have been avoiding me is not because they mistakenly thought I would interfere in their relationship, but because they are afraid of me?
But, but what do I have to fear?
This body, "Julia", has not yet become one of the three guardians. She is just a senior who has just woken up from the Flower Mist Calendar. She is called the daughter of the chief priest, but her brother actually holds the power. Those tasks related to power and responsibility have always been handled by Manion. What capital does she have to make people afraid?
She also discovered something very strange, which was that the clothes these two people were wearing were very thick.
The relationship between the Mithros people and Lana is very close. Just from their light-loving habits, it can be guessed that they probably did not like to cover their bodies with clothes in the original history. In the civilized society that Hitzfeld has seen so far, everyone wears clothes just to make corrections to fit her cognition. Even so, those people wear some light clothes, such as skirts and robes... Few people wear long sleeves and long pants like these two, and even wear gold wire gloves like her.
At this moment, very suddenly, she recalled what Manion had said not long ago.
[Be good at using your own gravity.]
[If a star has a large enough mass, even if it does nothing, it will naturally generate strong gravity, and any meteor passing by it may be deflected from its original trajectory.]
is that so……
gravitational……?
On the surface, he seemed as calm as the abyss of the ocean, but in fact, Hitzfeld was greatly shaken in his heart.
She felt that she might have discovered some... some secrets that were extremely important at any time and in any environment, which resulted in her subsequent plan to lead the talks being implemented very incompletely, and both parties seemed absent-minded.
Hitzfeld was thinking about something and only spoke briefly about some topics.
Li Lan and Xi Wei also seemed to be afraid of something. They were very cautious in every word they spoke. It was obvious that they were very nervous, but they wanted to appear natural.
"...In other words, you don't know why your adoptive father died?" Hitzfeld looked at the young man opposite.
"I..." Li Lan hesitated under her gaze and paused before answering: "I...I may not remember."
"Can not remember?"
"My body... I don't know... They all said I seemed to be sick recently... Maybe something is wrong with me... There are so many things mixed up in my mind, I can't remember the specific details of what happened at that time."
