Endless Silver Machine

"It's almost time to go down."

Until the last moment, Aika let go of Lolo.

Although he was a little reluctant to leave, Luoluo still obeyed.

"Brother, can you promise me one last thing?"

"As long as it's your wish..."

"Please put yourself first," Luoluo stood on tiptoes and held Aika's face with both hands. "Only when my brother is happy will I feel happy."

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The two of them came downstairs, and Ling happened to put the last dinner plate on the table.

It turned out that the reason why Luoluo could stay with her at ease was because he had calculated the time for dinner. Originally, Aika was worried about how to explain to them after such a long delay.

Ling wears an apron and looks like a house girl, if her cooking skills are not mentioned.

Liuyin and Weixi's aprons are the legendary "children's aprons", which may be more common in kindergarten cooking classes.

Based on Aika's understanding of Ling and Wei Xi in the tavern, their cooking must not have gone smoothly. So perhaps most of such a large and luxurious dinner was the work of my sister and Liuyin.

"Luoluo, did it take you so long just to inform him?"

Seeing Luoluo and Aika coming to the restaurant, Ling smiled mischievously and deliberately used a question that was easy to make people think.

"And even though we're here, we still don't want to let go of our hands. It's so loving..."

Liuyin sat down on the chair, his eyes still paying attention to the hands held by Aika and Luoluo.

Just now, Aika just followed the atmosphere between the two and took Luo Luo's hand to come to them.

Originally, there was nothing special about the brother and sister holding hands, but now everyone is paying so much attention to it, and both of them are hiding different feelings from each other, so they blushed and let go of their hands at the same time.

"Luoluo...I'm so envious..."

Wei Xi's eyes were full of yearning, but she only murmured in a voice that she could only hear.

Luoluo finally gave up on himself under the pressure of so many eyes.

"It doesn't matter what happens! Anyway, I am my brother's sister, so it doesn't matter what I do!"

"No, no, that line cannot be crossed!" Liuyin reminded Luoluo in an outsider's tone, "Of course, even if it develops like that, we won't say anything more, as long as we pay attention to the 'hunting' at night Just don’t let the sound get to other people.”

"You wouldn't do that kind of thing at all, you precocious brat!"

"What did you say?" Aika couldn't help but retaliate, which touched Liu Yin's back. "Who are you calling a brat?"

Aika's skin instantly felt the biting cold air, directed only at himself without restraint, and he quickly sought help from other girls present.

"Wait a minute, did I say that right? Eh?"

"..."

"..."

"..."

There was silence in response to him.

Liuyin held the knife in his hand and walked towards Aika step by step. This feeling... yes, it seemed to recreate the time when his father and his neighbor sister had a very happy chat, but when they came home for dinner, they were smiled at by their mother. The pressure of being asked “What did you do all day today?”

Aika has realized that she has no way out, and there is a cold wall behind her. Even if Aika's magic foundation is not good enough, she still knows that the natural ice elements in this space have covered the entire restaurant under Liuyin's control.

"Wei Xi, please tell me something! She will definitely listen to what you say!"

Aika could only place her hopes on the girl closest to Liuyin.

"Eh? Say something... Xiaoyin, doing that will make my brother angry!"

"No, no, I won't be angry. I just hope Miss Liuyin won't be angry!"

Wei Xi, who usually talks the least, is very grateful to be able to say a word for her when everyone is silent, although it feels like adding fuel to the fire...

However, judging from the results, Wei Xi's rescue was just right.

"Tch...for Xiao Xi's sake, I'll let you go this time. If your blood is scattered all over my house, it will be very troublesome to clean up."

Maybe Liuyin was just preparing to intimidate Aika from the beginning. She threw the knife in her hand into the air and spun it around a few times before falling back into her hand.

"Then I'm really grateful..."

Aika's legs softened and she slid along the wall and sat on the ground.

In short, no matter what Liuyin thought, she seemed to be in a much better mood now, and everything turned out fine.

"Don't we wait for Shun to come back?"

Everyone sat back at the table again, and Aika felt a little uncomfortable because there was another diner at home who started the meal without coming back.

"No need, that guy knows I'm at home today, so he'll probably stay out late on purpose." Liuyin waved his hand, "Then he told me with a painful expression, 'I'm working overtime again today.'" , 'I'm exhausted', 'I'm going to sleep' and the like, as if I was just thinking about how to avoid me all day long. Really, I used to be strict with him just to correct his personality, but now I don't do that anymore It’s been done…”

Liuyin complained as he stabbed the sausages rolling around on the dinner plate with his fork.

So you, Shun, just left Liuyin to us to deal with it? Is today's meeting of the Imperial City Defense Bureau also an excuse? Perhaps this is one of the conditions for staying in this valuable mansion for free.

If he came back tonight, he would bring that guy in front of Liu Yin even if he had to drag him away.

"By the way, brother Aika."

"Wait a minute," Aika reached out to interrupt Liuyin, "Are you imitating Wei Xi? This is not your normal tone of voice at all, right?"

I don’t know if Liuyin has any misunderstanding about Wei Xi, or she just deliberately attracts Aika’s attention. When she imitated Wei Xi’s tone and called "Brother Aika", she also prolonged her tone delicately.

"Because I think you like this kind of call very much, right? Every time I see you being called 'Brother Aika' by Xiao Xi, you always look happy."

"Is that so, brother Aika..."

"Where did you see that I was elated?!"

"Eh……"

"Wei Xi, you misunderstood. I don't hate you calling me that..."

"Hehe~"

Seeing Aika and Wei Xi trapped in a vicious cycle of misunderstandings and explanations, Liuyin smiled as if her conspiracy had succeeded.

"If I call you brother directly, my sister will probably be very reluctant, right?"

"I, I'm not that selfish..."

"Luoluo, please don't worry about Liuyin." It felt like Liuyin could throw the girls around him into chaos by just one person. Only he could take back the dominance from her, "Liuyin, just call me My name, in fact, you are already a mature adult, right?"

"Mature adults..."

"That's right, 'mature adult'."

Aika caught Liuyin's wish to become a "mature adult" and ended her conspiracy.

"Cough cough... cough cough cough!"

Liuyin seemed to want to pretend to be mature and coughed twice, but unexpectedly she actually choked.

After covering her mouth and coughing several times, she pretended that nothing happened and looked up at Aika.

"Then I'll call you Aika without being polite." Ming Ming stopped the bait Aika put down, but Liuyin assumed a condescending attitude without realizing it, "But Aika, you actually like the title of 'brother' Bar?"

"Luoluo has been calling me that since he was a child. It should be said that he is used to it."

"Oh...then I can also be your sister. Wei Xi and I don't know who our parents are, so we really hope to have people like brothers and sisters around us..."

Liuyin told the hidden story between her and Wei Xi without any problem. Although everyone had already noticed this "hidden secret" when Wei Xi said that they used to live in an orphanage, there was no need to go out of their way to understand it.

"Ah...that's okay..."

Aika didn't think much about it, and didn't consider thoughts like "My sister is only Luoluo" or "My adopted sister is different from my real sister".

In his heart, having a younger sister means having a family member. This is what Wei Xi means to him.

However, when Aika agreed to Liuyin in a daze, three people immediately focused their thorny eyes on him.

"Sister control, your true nature is exposed."

"Brother obviously has me..."

"Hey, Ling, don't talk nonsense, it will cause misunderstandings! Luoluo, calm down too, I didn't mean what I just said!"

"Then... Brother Aika really just needs to be a younger sister... Doesn't it actually matter if I'm here or not..."

"Wei Xi, please continue to remain silent at this time!"

As a result, the entire dinner time ended while discussing whether Aika was a girl lover.

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After dinner, Liuyin piled the tableware in the sink, saying that he would wait for Shun to clean it up when he came back.

It is easy to break the dishes when washing the dishes while stepping on the bench. Luoluo has also experienced such a period. Aika understands the reason why Liuyin cannot speak out.

The five of them were still sitting around the dining table, and Aika knew that what Liuyin wanted to say was probably the book he had read in the room before dinner. But no one else knew what was actually written in the book. They were about to leave when they were stopped by Liuyin.

Aika gestured to Liuyin with her eyes, intending to ask her "should I let them know now?"

I don't know much about the family affairs yet, so I don't want Luo Luo to know now. I haven't even told her about the magic costume. For the same reason, he didn't want Ling and Wei Xi to know.

However, this small move was noticed by the keen-eyed Ling, and she immediately realized that what Aika and Liuyin were going to talk about might be related to everyone's future.

"Since we are already friends, it is natural that the secret cannot be kept hidden forever. You already know all my secrets. It would be unreasonable for you to want to hide it from us at this time."

Ling advocated this, which was exactly the reason Aika used to convince her some time ago.

"Then let me start directly from the main topic," Liuyin clapped his hands gently, drawing everyone's attention back, "Aika, have you already read through that book roughly?"

"Um."

"About the 'Qianze' family and the magical equipment 'Mechanical Alchemy', it is all recorded in that book. You shouldn't have skipped these, right?"

After all, this is the key point Liuyin wants Aika to know, and of course it is impossible to skip it.

Liuyin saw Aika's answer from his solemn expression and continued.

"The real name of the magic equipment of the 'Chize' family is 'Mechanical Alchemy', and it is one of the magic equipment recorded in the Bis Empire. The 'Chise' family and the 'Heinz' family were once known as the 'Bis Twin Towers' ', which means that your family and Miss Ling's family are in the same situation. They both declined after the cross-border war ended. I don't know much about these two families. What I want to tell you now is the magic equipment' machine. Alchemy'. After reading that book, you should probably know the ability of 'Mechanical Alchemy', right?"

Liuyin's book uses stories to record the history of the nobles at that time using magic costumes to lead humans out of cross-border wars. As for the authenticity, only historians can tell the truth.

As for the magic equipment "Mechanical Alchemy" of the "Qianze" family, there are not many records about it, just like what Liuyin told Aika before.

"The ability of 'mechanical alchemy' should be just like the name. It can convert magic power into various magical machines. My two pistols should be the products of 'mechanical alchemy'..."

"Please wait a moment," Luoluo raised his hand, "This seems to violate the laws of physics... Magic power can be converted into energy, but to be converted into physical matter feels like a miracle in a fairy tale..."

"That's why it was named 'Alchemy'. During the cross-border war, the 'Mechanical Alchemy' of the 'Qianze' family was the most powerful magic weapon among humans. It was possible to construct an indestructible magic weapon using 'Mechanical Alchemy' alone." This theory is also circulated in the positions of the two families. However, the records about the 'Bis Twin Towers' were erased after the decline of the two families. Many scholars have tried to study it, but because there is very little information, those people may not have it yet. Aika, please understand your magic outfit."

"I didn't know the real name of the magic outfit until now. There must be more things about it that I don't know..."

"I am not a magic equipment holder, so I can only help you so much." Liuyin has not finished speaking, "But there is a saying that the weapons that can be constructed by 'mechanical alchemy' are based on magic mechanics. On the basis of that, the head of the 'Qianze' family at that time was one of the founders of magic technology, so he maximized his 'mechanical alchemy' ability."

"Are you saying that as long as you know the structure of the magic machine, you can use the ability of 'mechanical alchemy'?"

"You are right to understand it this way, but it is said that it requires a level of understanding that is 'knowing every part and the principle of operation'."

After Liuyin finished speaking, he left his seat and sat in the cooking room. After a while, she brought five glasses of juice.

"Wow, it's so cold..."

Luoluo hugged the wall of the cup tightly with both hands. It was really pleasant to drink a glass of iced juice in this weather.

Ling Ye held the cup in disbelief. The juice he had just brought out became cool after being touched by Liu Yin's hand.

"Your magic is quite convenient..."

"Thank you, Miss Ling."

When he finally placed the cup in front of Aika, the bottom of the cup made a slightly dull sound when it came into contact with the table.

"This is your share, I hope you are satisfied."

"Hey, hey, this is just pure ice..."

In the cup in front of Aika, orange solid replaced the liquid.

"What you see is just an illusion on the surface."

"Then I hope to see the deep truth like them!"

Liuyin took his cup as he wished, and the ice cubes quickly melted into orange liquid in the cup.

"Hopefully satisfied."

"...Miss Liuyin," Aika wisely didn't touch the cup this time, "the heat has already spread in front of me."

Aika didn't know why Liuyin had sincerely apologized to herself before, but now she was always playing tricks on herself.

Wei Xi stood up from her seat and "caught" Liuyin back to her seat, and patiently taught Liuyin in a sister-like tone.

"This can't be like this, Xiaoyin...Brother Aika, let me try to cool it down a bit..."

"Ah, thank you. Wei Xi, you are truly an angel, completely different from someone else."

"hey-hey……"

Being praised by Aika in this way, Wei Xi laughed softly with some embarrassment. And Liuyin, who was called "someone", didn't seem to be dissatisfied at all. Could it be that she performed such a performance just to create an opportunity for Wei Xi to perform?

Wei Xi took a deep breath, puffed out her chest, and showed her nervousness. Then she hugged the wall of the cup with her little hands to control the flow of her magic power.

"Xiao Xi, come on!"

Liuyin was also cheering Wei Xi on, and it was completely impossible to tell that she was the maker of this hot drink.

White mist gradually appeared around the cup. This phenomenon had not happened before when Liuyin used elemental magic. It seems that Wei Xi's ability to control natural elements is far from reaching Liuyin's level of precision.

It took about a minute for the white mist to fade before Wei Xi slowly let go of her hand.

Just controlling the natural ice elements in this restaurant, this basic elemental magic that purely tests control consumes very little physical energy. But Wei Xi seemed to be working very hard. She must have spent a lot of mental energy adjusting the output of magic power.

"Thank you, Wei Xi, you worked very hard."

Aika touched Wei Xi's head to encourage her.

The juice in the cup has turned into a cold drink, but there is still crushed ice floating on the surface, but overall it is a perfect work. It won't be too cold and will upset your stomach, nor will it be so hot that you will definitely feel chest tightness after drinking it like before.

"Where did we just talk?"

"Speaking of which, what were we talking about just now..."

Having been fussing for so long, Aika has forgotten the most important question.

"Brother, it's about the structure of magic machinery..."

Luoluo reminded the forgetful Aika and Liuyin in a low voice.

"Yes, if you want to use the ability of 'mechanical alchemy', you must first master magical mechanics. And Cocona is the professor of magical mechanics at Frost Moon Academy."

"We can only consider that kind of thing until Shimozuki Academy."

Now that you have received the recommendation letter, you can at least skip the entrance exam and enroll directly, so you don’t have to worry about it anymore.

As for issues such as the name of the family and the meaning of the magic equipment, they have no real sense at present. For Aika and Luoluo, even without these two items, life would not change much.

This topic came to an end here for the time being. Aika went back to the room and continued to read Liuyin's book patiently. The girls also had their own things to do.

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