When Geer arrived at the Ai Stone Fissure again, it happened to be the first snowfall of this winter.
Stepping on the rattling snow-covered road, the whole world seemed to turn into a pure piece, with an indescribable splendor.
The traffic paralysis problem caused by the attack of the Favored Ones a few months ago has not been solved, and the track repair plan connecting the Ai Shi Crack and the outer town is still on the table of the council. At every regular meeting, those from various
The powerful senators are fighting for every aspect of the plan.
The repeated quarrels over the numbers after the decimal point, coupled with the fact that it was now winter, completely missed the best opportunity for repairs, allowed the senators to continue to work on their strengths in regular meetings with peace of mind for half a day.
Later I found out that I didn't do anything serious.
No, it’s not like we didn’t do anything. At a regular meeting a week ago, an acid bomb came from nowhere and accurately shot into the mouth of Congressman France who was boasting on the stage.
The congressman known as "mouth" filled his mouth with sourness
Liquid. Then Councilman Kellan, who was sitting in the audience and had always been at odds with France, seemed to have received some signal. He shouted the slogan "Down with the Nazis" and threw another acid bomb in coordination.
He poured it all over Senator France, who was still retching.
What I have to say is that Councilor Kailan has made a new breakthrough in this simple trick. A strong stench like rotten eggs mixed with fish that has been sewed for a long time instantly took the hit Councilman France as his own.
The center spread, and the people who were originally surrounding Senator France immediately drove away the birds and beasts. The scene was extremely chaotic for a while. Senator France, who had nowhere to escape, was so smoked that he could only fall to the ground and tremble.
Of course, the people who were with Congressman France couldn't let Congressman Kellan continue to be so arrogant. Almost in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen acid bombs immediately drowned Congressman Kellan.
This was the beginning of the war between the two factions. More than 20 senators were immediately involved in the melee, and then the senators from other factions who were watching the show were constantly being "surprised" by various "accidents"
After being hit, they could no longer hold back the anger accumulated over the past few days, and rushed into the battlefield howling, using old fists and tricks to vent their anger. Soon a melee involving more than a hundred people was formed.
The flying acid quickly silenced everyone. This trick has a sour smell similar to a drunkard's vomit. It has the effect of making the lady scream, but this only hurts a little, but
The gentlemen present will not care too much about a trick that does not even leave scars. Of course, if acid is stuck in the throat like Senator France, resulting in a loss of appetite in the next few days, the result is not what the people present want.
of.
It is unknown which faction won the final victory. Anyway, the MPs of each faction claimed afterwards that they had given their despicable opponents a hard fight and that their side had undoubtedly taught those shameless guys a lesson. Almost every faction's speeches were
It was based on a template, which disappointed the onlookers who were looking forward to more exciting news. However, the parliament lobby needed to be closed for a month due to this conflict, which resulted in the regular parliament being suspended for a month accordingly.
This incident, which was named the "Stink Bomb Riot", has become a joke that people living in the Aishi Rift and surrounding areas will joke about every day after dinner.
Of course, this kind of thing only concerns ordinary people or apprentices. Those councilors are just apprentices who can't break through to wizards. Maybe they can't even reach the rank of high-level apprentices. And the wizards who are above them don't care about what happened recently.
, are all obsessed with their own research and experiments. As long as the favored one doesn't call again, trivial matters of this level are not within their scope of concern.
In this case, after getting off the airship, Geer could only rent a carriage from a nearby town and embarked on his way back to the academy.
The trees on the roadside have all lost their leaves and are covered in layers of white. They look very sparse. The fallen leaves have combined with the snow on the ground and turned into a sticky mess under the crushing of pedestrians and vehicles.
The regiment caused Geer's carriage to make a constant chirping sound after running over it.
Geer sat in the driving seat and looked around at the passing carriages.
Because rail transportation has been paralyzed. In the past few months, the materials needed for the Ai Shi Fissure can only be transported by horse-drawn carriages. However, the transportation volume and transportation efficiency of horse-drawn carriages are far behind the previous rail cars. In order to reach the previous transportation level
, can only be made up by quantity, which leads to a particularly large number of vehicles on the road leading to the Ai Shi Fissure. Coupled with the scolding of the coachmen and the grunting of the livestock, it does not make it a prosperous and lively scene.
Going all the way along the main road, in order to get back to the Ai Shi Crack before dark, Geer didn't plan to rest in the middle, so he kept driving the horses forward at a faster speed, overtaking slower pedestrians and carriages from time to time.
The wheels passed at high speed on the muddy road, occasionally throwing mud and water onto pedestrians passing by, which resulted in a lot of shouts and curses.
Geer didn't care at all about this kind of shouting and scolding, and continued to go his own way without changing at all.
The carriage kept moving forward on the main road, and the oncoming cold wind carrying snowflakes whizzed at his face, giving him a cold feeling like being pricked by needles, and his whole person became more energetic.
Gradually, the unique outline of the huge mountain in the Ai Shi Crack appeared in his sight. It stood tall and towering, as if it would exist like this forever and nothing could stop it.
"Xu~~~"
Geer tightened the reins and slowly slowed down the carriage. He followed the carriage in front and slowly drove into a temporary distribution camp in front of the Ai Shi Fissure Tunnel.
He got off the carriage and handed the rental carriage back to the reception desk of the carriage house. After getting the deposit back, he picked up his luggage and walked quickly towards the tunnel.
What was destroyed by the favored one was the track outside the Ai Stone fissure. The track in the tunnel was not attacked, so the locomotive could still operate normally. Geer took this short-distance locomotive and entered Ai Stone in just over ten minutes.
Inside the crack.
After Gale returned to the academy, he first went to the trading hall to cancel the employment task, and then hung the spine and skin of the dead sound crocodile on the trading column, which he had no use for and took up space, and posted about Anya.
Zhishui's transaction information, Shi Shiran headed towards his apprentice dormitory after everything was done.
Da da da…
Geer's footsteps echoed in the empty corridor, and he met no one along the way. It is estimated that because the Winter Veil is approaching, all the apprentices who live nearby have gone home, preparing to spend this time with their relatives looking back on the past and welcoming
It is an important reunion day in the coming year, so the dormitory seems particularly deserted.
Along the way, the doors of other rooms in the dormitory were locked, and a light layer of dust accumulated on the ground. There were some footprints on it. Judging from the time, it had been a while, and as he moved forward, the footprints on the ground also became smaller.
There were fewer and fewer, and finally there were only a couple left, meandering all the way to the door of his room.
Pushing open the door, an elegant and light fragrance greeted him, and then he saw a girl in a black dress sitting in front of a table full of books, studying seriously.
Hearing the sound of the door being pushed, Serena put down the book in her hand and turned around, just in time to see Geer walking into the room.
"Ah, you're back?!" The voice was mixed with joy, surprise, anxiety and other emotions. Just like the girl's current mental state, it was very complicated, but she soon became stable again, just because of Geer's
One sentence.
"Well, I'm back."
"Welcome back." Serena stood up, walked to Geer, and naturally took off his dusty cloak and put it on the hanger beside her without any pretense.
"You haven't eaten yet. I just prepared some food. I'll help you heat it up."
"Okay, thank you."
"You're welcome." Serena turned back to Gal, stood up on her tiptoes, and gave him a kiss on the face for the first time. Then with a slight blush on her face, she quickly walked out of the room and disappeared into the corridor.
the other side.
A faint smile appeared on Geer's face. He took a deep breath. This rather warm scene was far better than the deserted and desolate feeling he had imagined, which made him feel a little...
The lonely heart couldn't help but feel a little warm, and the naked interest relationship formed by the contract between the two people also became much weaker.
Walking to the corner of the room, Geer read out a few characters, and a metal door suddenly appeared on the originally empty wall and opened automatically.
This is a small storage space allocated to each room in the dormitory. The opening spell is set by the apprentice. Without a password, even a chosen wizard will have a hard time opening it in a short time. Moreover, if it is forcibly opened, the alarm system will be triggered. It is specially designed for residents living in the dormitory.
The apprentices here use it to store some more valuable and cherished things, which is a benefit that comes with the high tuition fees.
Geer carefully put the various materials and supplies in his bag into the storage space one by one, and quickly emptied the bag. At this time, he took out the animal skin scroll, thought about it, and decided
He stuffed it back into his chest and decided to keep it close to him.
After closing the storage space and resetting a new opening spell, Geer walked to the door and opened it. He saw Serena standing outside the door with a smile on her face, holding a dinner plate, and looked at
She had been waiting for a while when she went up. She thought that this smart girl also knew what an apprentice like Geer would do when he returned home from an adventure, so she specially set aside time for Geer to use.
The two looked at each other and smiled, no need to explain to each other, everything was already understood.
Geer opened the door, let Serena in, and then closed the door, isolating the warmth in the room from the cold outside.
"Come, eat it while it's hot." Serena quickly packed away the books, papers and pens on the table, and called Geer over with a smile. "This is soup noodles. My mother taught me. I heard that she was very fond of it.
It’s a very common food in my distant hometown. This is my first time to make it. Come and try it..."
Listening to Serena's chatty but not annoying words, for a moment, Geer felt that this feeling was really good. (To be continued...)