Sword of Dawn

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As the servants and maids left, Betty could hear their whispered conversations, some of which occasionally drifted into her ears-most of them were talking about His Majesty's going out, or discussing the news in the newspapers. News, discussing the meeting thousands of miles away, they obviously stayed in this big house most of the time, but when they talked, it seemed as if they were personally accompanying His Majesty on the negotiating field.

Betty couldn't keep up with their train of thought, but seeing everyone so energetic, she still felt better.

After finishing the routine inspection, the "head maid who is deeply trusted by the emperor" breathed a sigh of relief. She raised her head and saw that she had reached the end of a certain corridor, a door inlaid with brass runes Standing in front of him, two fully armed royal guards were standing guard dutifully.

She walked towards the gate, and the two guards bowed their heads and greeted her with a smile: "Miss Betty, good evening."

"Good evening," Betty responded politely, looking towards the door, "Is there nothing going on inside?"

A guard immediately stood up straight: "No, everything is normal."

"Well, I'm going to go in and have a look, it's time to check."

"Of course," the guard immediately stepped aside and opened the door, "please come in."

Betty nodded, thanked her, passed the guards, and walked into the thick door inlaid with brass runes——

Behind the gate is a spacious and bright room, almost without any furnishings, but there are countless neat rune substrates laid on the ground and surrounding walls, those runes emit a faint light, so that the whole room seems to be There is a mist-like halo floating, and independent ventilation holes can be seen on the roof of the room, from which clean and constant-temperature air blows out, keeping the entire room at a very comfortable and warm temperature.

The heavy door closed behind her, and Betty raised her eyes to look at the center of the room: there was a special platform with grooves, and a two-meter-high sphere with a faint golden light was quietly stand on the platform.

This is the "guest" that His Majesty specially confessed to take care of.

Betty calmed down and circled the huge "egg" twice to confirm that it was still intact. Then she checked the words and symbols displayed on a nearby holographic projection to determine the constant temperature in the room. And the charging device is in normal operation - she actually doesn't know how to operate these complex and advanced equipment, but she has completed all the courses in the College of General Studies, and even a small part of the advanced courses in the Imperial College, It was more than enough for her to understand the parameter reports in those holographic projections.

After completing all these routine inspection items, the maid exhaled, and then she returned to the giant egg, and at some point there was a white soft cloth in her hand——she looked towards the surface of the giant egg He took a breath, and began to carefully wipe its eggshell with a soft cloth.

The "squeak, squeak" sound of the cloth rubbing against the smooth eggshell surface echoed in the room.

Soon, Betty wiped the giant egg brighter and brighter, and even the shadow of people could be vaguely reflected on the surface.

The maid was obviously very satisfied with the results of her work. She took a step back, carefully observed her masterpiece, and nodded with a smile. Then she frowned slightly, as if thinking seriously about the problem.

I heard that this is an "egg", but it seems to be more than just an egg. His Highness Rebecca said that this is an important guest, and His Majesty also specifically explained that this "guest" needs to be taken care of... Since this is a guest , wouldn't it be better to say hello?

Betty thought about it seriously, and finally made a decision. She straightened the skirt and folds of the maid uniform, and then bent down to the big egg seriously: "Hi, my name is Betty."

"Hi, my name is Enya."

Dome replied politely.

Chapter 1079 Betty and Enya

The room was silent for a long time.

It wasn't until a few minutes later that Betty's soft exclamation suddenly sounded: "Wow!"

She seemed to be taken aback, staring at the golden giant egg in front of her, looking at a loss, but obviously she knew what to say at this time to break this awkward and weird situation, so she held back for a long time and thought for a long time, She whispered, "Hello, Enya... Ms.?"

"Hello, Miss Betty." The giant egg made a polite voice again, and the low-pitched female voice with a hint of magnetism sounded pleasant to the ears.

"You... so you can talk?!" Betty's not so bright mind finally came to her senses, and she didn't know if it was because she was slow to react. Faced with such a strange situation, she actually accepted it smoothly. Realized the reality of "the giant egg can talk", and even started talking to the pale golden "egg", "Then can you see me too?"

"Of course, but my 'seeing' may not be the same concept as your understanding of 'seeing'." The "egg" who called himself Enya seemed to have a smile in his tone, "I have been watching you, little girl, since several Days ago, from the first time you took care of me here."

Betty listened in a daze, surprised and confused: "Ah, so that's the case...then why didn't you speak before?"

"Because I haven't been able to talk until today," said the Golden Dome softly, "and I'm probably going to be able to do other things for a while longer... I'm waking up from a deep sleep, it's a gradual process .”

Betty thought about it, and shook her head honestly: "I don't understand."

"Haha, it's normal, because you don't know who I am, and you probably don't know my experience." The tone of Dome really laughed this time, and the laughter sounded very happy, "It's really interesting. Girl...you seem a little scared?"

"It's the first time I've seen a talking egg..." Betty nodded cautiously, keeping a distance from the giant egg. She was indeed a little nervous, but she didn't know if she was afraid—since the other party said Yes, that's right, "And it's so big, almost as tall as Mr. Wright or the master... When the master asked me to take care of you, he didn't say that you could talk."

"Your master...?" The Golden Dome seemed to be thinking, or she might have become drowsy and sluggish during her deep sleep. Her voice sometimes sounded a little erratic and slow, "Who is your master? Here what is the place?"

Betty thought for a while, and thought that since the other party was a "distinguished guest", there was no need to hide this question, so she nodded and said, "My master is His Majesty Gawain Cecil, and this is his palace—I am Betty. , is the head maid here."

"Gauvin Cecil? So, I came to the human world? This is really..." The voice of the Golden Dome paused for a moment, as if very surprised, and then there was some helplessness and suddenness in the voice Smiling, "So they sent me along... It's surprising, but maybe it's a good decision."

Betty blinked her eyes, listening to a gigantic egg muttering to herself, she still couldn't understand what was happening in front of her eyes, let alone what the other person was muttering, but at least she understood It seemed that it was an accident that the other party came here, and at the same time, I suddenly thought of what I should do: "Ah, then I will inform His Royal Highness Hetty! Tell her that the egg in the hatching room has woken up!"

After she finished speaking, she turned around and planned to run out the door, but just as she was about to take a step, she was stopped by the giant egg: "No, wait a minute——for now, don't tell anyone else."

"Huh?" Betty stopped in confusion, "Aren't you going to tell the others?"

"Don't be so anxious," Dome said gently, "I haven't enjoyed such a quiet time for too long, so don't let people know that I'm awake...I want to continue to be quiet for a while."

"Then..." Betty looked carefully at the light golden eggshell, as if she could see the expression of "Ms. Enya" from the eggshell, "Do you need me to go out? You can stay by yourself for a while ..."

"That's not necessary," a voice with a more obvious smile came from the dome, "You're not noisy, and it's not too bad to have someone to talk to. It's just that you don't need to tell other people for now."

"Oh," Betty nodded half-comprehensively, and then couldn't help but look up and down the surface of the light golden giant egg, as if thinking about where the opponent's "sounding organ" was. After looking at it, she finally couldn't restrain herself Confused in my heart, "That... Ms. Enya, do you live in this eggshell? Do you want to come out to get some air?"

The sound of the golden giant egg fell silent for a moment. Although no expression could be seen on the eggshell, a strong emotion of "I'm confused, you're wrong" seemed to seep out from the fine lines on the surface of the eggshell. It wasn't until a few seconds of awkward silence that she finally said, "Come out? No, I can't get out, little girl, this is what I am now, maybe you think it's an egg, but it's actually It is an aggregate of human nature and a material carrier with symbolic meaning. I need to use this form to solidify and gradually transform my own human nature to realize... No, forget it, you probably don’t understand. In short, this That's what I am now."

Betty listened blankly to an egg explaining these incomprehensible concepts to herself. After a lot of effort to combine the information, she finally had her own understanding, so she nodded vigorously: "I understand, you haven't hatched yet. come out."

"..."

Seeing that Dan didn't make a sound for a long time, Betty suddenly became nervous and asked cautiously, "Ms. Enya?"

"It's nothing, I just... don't know how to respond. Maybe from a certain point of view, your summary is not bad, but... Forget it," the golden dome said helplessly, and the faint golden light flowing on the surface gradually changed from slow to slow. Back to normal, "By the way, where is your master now? I don't seem to have sensed his breath."

"Your Majesty is going out," Betty said, "to do something very important—to discuss the future of this world with some big shots."

"Are you discussing the future of this world?" The voice of the golden dome sounded full of emotion, "It seems that this world finally has a future...it's a good thing."

While talking, she seemed to suddenly think of something, and asked curiously: "Little girl, I just wanted to ask, what are those runes flashing around for? They seem to be maintaining a stable energy field all the time. Is this... some kind of seal? But I don't seem to feel its sealing effect."

Betty looked at the shiny runes around her, with a happy expression on her face: "This is the set of runes for hatching!"

"Hatching... Wait, you seem to have mentioned that this is an incubating room?" The Golden Giant Egg seemed to finally come to its senses, and its tone was filled with astonishment and dumbfounding, "Could it be... are you trying to hatch me out? '?"

"Yeah," Betty nodded her head, "it's been hatching for several days! And it's very effective, you can speak now..."

The room suddenly became very quiet again, and the golden giant egg fell into an extremely weird silence, until even a dull girl like Betty began to feel uneasy, a burst of sudden, as if happy to the limit, and even a bit venting The loud laughter suddenly broke out from the giant egg: "Ha...haha...hahaha!!"

This laughter lasted for a long time, and an egg obviously does not need to be ventilated, so her laughter did not stop at all. It was not until a few minutes later that the laughter finally gradually stopped, and she was a little frightened. Betty finally had a chance to speak cautiously: "Ms. Enya, are you all right?"

"No, I'm fine, I just really didn't think of your thinking...Listen, little girl, I can't talk because I'm about to hatch, and you can't hatch me like this, in fact, I don't know what to do. What kind of incubation is needed, I just need to transform myself, you... Forget it," the Golden Dome couldn't help smiling in the first half, but the voice in the second half became extremely helpless, if she had a hand at this moment, she might have pressed the button. But now she has no hands, not even a forehead, so she can only try her best and helplessly, "I don't think I can explain it to you at all. Ah, you guys are planning to hatch me, it's really... "

She seemed to be about to laugh again, but she held it back this time, and Betty couldn't help but patted her chest lightly, and said with a sigh of relief: "You scared me a bit just now, Ms. Enya, you You laughed so hard just now, I was even worried that you would laugh so hard..."

Golden Dome: "...??"

In the next second, uncontrollable laughter echoed in the room again...

But fortunately, the laughter didn't last that long this time. Enya stopped after less than a minute. She seemed to have reaped unimaginable happiness, or after such a long time, it was the first time she Free will feels joy.Then she turned her attention to the maid who seemed to be a little dazed again, but found that she was already nervous again——she grabbed the sides of the maid's skirt with a flustered look on her face: "Ms. Enya, did I say something wrong? ? I keep saying the wrong things..."

"No, you didn't say anything wrong. I should pay attention to my emotions. After all, it is no longer restricted by the trend of thought... Although it has nothing to do with 'scattered pornography'," Enya said with a smile , "You are really interesting, kid, no one has ever dared to talk to me like this, but it is really interesting... Is this wonderful way of thinking also influenced by your equally interesting master?"

"I don't quite know what you mean," Betty scratched her hair, "but Master did teach me a lot."

"What did he teach you?" Enya asked with interest.

"Spelling, mathematics, history, some common sense of social operation... Although I don't understand this part, ah, there are also mysticism and 'logical thinking'-everyone needs logical thinking, the master said so."

"...It seems that this is really very interesting," Enya's tone seemed to have changed a little bit, "Can you tell me something about what your master usually teaches you. Of course, if you have more free time, I will I also hope that you can tell me about the current situation in this world and what everything you know looks like."

"Of course I can. I have finished my work today, and I don't know what to do in my spare time at night!" Betty said happily, and then, as if remembering something, she hurriedly walked towards the door. "Ah, since we want to chat, we must prepare refreshments—wait a moment!"

This time, Enya didn't have time to stop this hot-tempered and stubborn girl, and Betty trotted out of the "incubation room" before she finished speaking, leaving only the golden giant egg quietly in the middle of the room on the base.

"……Interesting."

There was a voice talking to himself in the room.

Fortunately, as an already skilled head maid, Betty didn't use it for too long.

She ran out of the room in a hurry, prepared refreshments in a hurry, and quickly ran back with a large tray. The two soldiers standing guard outside the room looked at the inexplicable move by the head maid. A series of actions, wanting to ask but couldn't find a chance to speak - by the time they reacted, Betty had already run into the room behind the heavy door with a large tray, and she still didn't forget to close the door.

The two soldiers outside the door looked at each other, while Betty and Enya inside the door stood facing each other.

There were no household furnishings for daily use in the incubator, so Betty put the large tray on the ground beside her. She picked up the big teapot she usually loved, and blinked at the golden giant egg in front of her, suddenly feeling a little confused.

... I seem to have encountered similar confusion before.

no mouth.

Enya also fell into the same confusion as Betty, and as the person involved, her confusion was mixed with a lot of embarrassment - but this embarrassment did not make her feel unhappy, on the contrary, this series of absurd and helpless situations Instead, it brought her great joy and happiness.

"You don't seem to be able to drink tea..." Betty tilted her head, she didn't know what Enya was thinking, "Same as Mr. Egg..."

"Oh? Is there a 'person' similar to me here?" Enya said in surprise, and then regretted, "Anyway, it seems that your good intentions will be wasted."

"Mr. Egg is also an 'egg', but he is metal and can float around," Betty said while thinking hard, and then hesitantly made a suggestion, "How about I pour some for you to try ?”

Enya felt that she often couldn't keep up with the thinking of this human girl: "Pour some?"

"Just pour it directly on your eggshell..." Betty also seemed to feel that her idea was not very reliable, she stuck out her tongue, "Ah, just take me for a joke, you are not a potted plant..."

"No, you can try."

"what?"

"You can try," Enya said with great interest in her tone, "it sounds like it will be very interesting-I am very happy to try everything I have never tried before."

Betty listened blankly, took the heavy teapot and took a step forward, looked down at the teapot, then looked up at the giant egg: "Then... I really tried it?"

"Try it, I'm also curious about the way I perceive the world now."

……

Outside the heavy door inlaid with brass runes, two elite guards stood guard watching the movement in the room, but layers of barriers and the sound insulation of the door itself blocked all prying eyes, and they couldn't hear any sound came.

After a long time like this, a royal guard finally couldn't help breaking the silence: "Tell me, what did Miss Betty want to do when she suddenly came in with tea and snacks just now?"

Another guard said casually: "Maybe I'm just hungry and want to have some supper inside."

"I don't think it's like—Miss Betty is very self-disciplined at night, even if she occasionally wants to eat, she will go to the kitchen."

"Then I don't know. She is the chief maid, the highest female official in the inner court, and there is no need to report this kind of thing to us," the guard shrugged. "It can't be watering that huge egg, right?"

"……makes sense."

There was silence outside the gate.

Half a minute later, the two guards suddenly muttered in unison: "Why don't I think it's not certain?"

Chapter 1080 Closed-door meeting

In the spacious and bright incubator room, the low resonance sound of the rune device's operation echoed softly with the hum of the ventilation system, and these slight noises were not noisy, but made the whole room quieter.

This kind of silence lasted for a short while before Enya gently broke the silence: "Is it... It seems that a lot of things have happened..."

"I don't know much," Betty said with some embarrassment. "Some of these things were told to me by the master or His Royal Highness Rebecca, and some were heard from chatting with other people... They said a lot of things. , but most of them I don't quite understand, I feel that those things happened far away, and I don't know why everyone is discussing so enthusiastically."

"It is the pleasure of many mortals to talk about what happened in the distance - but it is not bad to focus on the things around you," Enya said in a gentle tone, with a pleasant trembling voice when it came out of the eggshell , "It can be seen that you are a very simple child, I like it very much-if possible, we can be friends."

"Okay, I like new friends!" Betty was immediately happy, but then she remembered something and quickly corrected, "But I'm not a child anymore—I'm already an adult!"

"...adulthood," Enya's voice was suddenly silent for two seconds after Betty's words fell, and then she whispered with a hint of emotion that the maid could not understand, "You just mentioned that those from Tarrond Your envoys talked a lot with your master, and they went to that meeting with your master, didn't they?"

"Yeah," Betty nodded repeatedly, "I heard the master mention this matter, saying that it was 'the dragon is going to return to this world' or something, and he also said that this matter has far-reaching consequences, but I don't know much about it gone."

"It's good to return to this world..." Enya's voice sounded with a smile, and there seemed to be a hint of pride, "They took the first step, and this step was earlier than I thought... more than 100 After ten thousand years, something good has finally happened in this world."

Betty blinked, she found that this "Ms. Enya" would always say something she couldn't understand, but she didn't feel any discomfort about it-there are always many things that she couldn't understand in this world, Many of them can be explained by her reading and asking the master for advice, and those that are really incomprehensible...let them go, Betty will not be affected by them.

So she quickly put aside those confusions, and with a smile on her face again, she picked up her beloved big teapot from the side, got up and came to the pale golden giant egg: "Ms. Enya, do you want some black tea?" Is it?"

"...you can have some more, thank you," Enya said after hesitating for a moment, "but the tea will eventually flow out—it will add a lot of cleaning burden to you."

"No, they all flowed down the groove next to the base to the ground—I'll just wipe it off later," Betty smiled happily, "I'm good at scrubbing, and there weren't many people here before. Sometimes, I can clean the entire floor, tables and chairs by myself!"

While talking, she approached the golden giant egg, and while carefully pouring hot tea on the surface of the eggshell, she was a little curious: "Ms. Enya, can you really 'drink' tea like this? "

"It's a wonderful feeling. I'm not sure if I 'taste' the taste and heat accurately... But it feels good," Enya's voice seemed quite happy, "I really didn't expect that I would still have Such an incredible experience...”

"But I think it's a bit weird." Betty looked up at the eggshell in front of her. "I remember that after pouring tea for Mr. Egg last time, he didn't seem very happy..."

"Really? That's a pity...but I'm fine!"

……

Outpost No. 112, night fell, and the lights set up in various parts of the town have been lit up, the sky full of stars covers this border settlement established by elves, the artificial firelight and the stars in the sky complement each other, and the buildings with exotic characteristics are in the Elegant and elegant lines are outlined in this staggered light and shadow, and the surge of visitors makes this quiet town look bustling and bustling. However, outside the outpost, it is still a dark and vast wilderness—— The particularly strong contrast between the ridge and the dark valley without seeing the edge reminds everyone who visits this place, and reminds them of what is called "the border of the civilized world".

The Emerald Long Hall is located on the west side of the town. It was built on a high ground, so the room on the second floor of the long hall can directly overlook the barren wilderness outside the town - Matilda Augustus stood in a rich elf In front of the French windows with the characteristic spire and arc, her eyes cast her eyes on the vast night outside the window. She looked beyond the empty and even frightening darkness to the hazy glow at the end of the dark horizon: that is where the magnificent wall is. The magnificent silhouette cast on the horizon, even at such a long distance, the astonishingly large energy barrier can still be clearly seen by the naked eye.

After staring at it for a long time, Matilda finally looked back: "That is the border of human civilization... I only remember looking at it from a distance when I was very young, but I never thought that until now we can only look at it from a distance. Looking at it from afar..."

Rosetta Augustus was sitting on a chair not far away, and he looked up at his daughter: "Just looking at it from a distance, how do you feel?"