Endless Silver Machine

Following Caroliel's instructions, Aika stayed in the room for two minutes before getting up and leaving the room.

Outside the door was Ling who seemed to be raising his hand to knock on the door. When they opened the door, they almost bumped into each other.

The sudden opening of the door seemed to make Ling's shoulders shake with fright, and then he immediately retracted his raised hand.

"I was still thinking about why I haven't seen you until now... What did it take you so long to do in the room?"

Ling, who was standing outside the door with his hands behind his back, tapped the ground lightly with his toes, blocking Aika's face.

"I just solved the problem with the yukata. You also know that I am not good at controlling elemental magic."

Telling a lame lie, Aika took a step forward, while Ling took two steps back to make way for him. It seemed that he had no intention of entering the house.

At least this way his lies won't be exposed. The wet yukata was still hanging casually on the back of the chair in front of the table, so I just asked Caroliel to get rid of it.

Aika closed the door and looked around the corridor. On the surface, there was no tension like the whole city was under attack as described by Caroliel.

Just like a few hours ago, the corridor was still empty.

"What are you looking around for?"

"It's quiet when I think about the accident. I still thought that everyone was together."

"Of course we'll work separately. I can deal with the perverted thief by myself."

"Wei Xi's underwear...haven't you found it yet?"

"If I had found it I wouldn't be here now."

Ling turned around and walked forward. The purpose of Aika going out was to find the girls, and now she followed Ling.

Looking at her back, I suddenly felt that the conversation just now was much gentler than at the beginning.

Is there any reason for this change? Aika hasn't thought about it yet.

"Aika, you..." Ling, who was walking in front of him, suddenly said, "How are you feeling now?"

"Huh? Mood?" Monk Aika Zhanger was confused, "There's nothing special about it."

"Yeah……"

She slowed down and waited for Aika to walk beside her.

Aika feels that Ling is a bit too docile now, and he would be more accepting of someone pretending to be Ling.

Ling seemed to glance at Aika from the side, but Aika didn't look changed when she looked over.

"sorry……"

"Huh?" The clueless apology made Aika confused, "Why did you say that suddenly?"

Thinking back to the conversation just now, it was all like this, and there was no way to connect these words together to understand what Ling wanted to express.

Usually when this kind of ambiguity occurs, it's mostly about things that Ling herself finds difficult to say, so she always likes to use a bunch of useless words to set the stage.

Coupled with the feeling her whole body gave Aika now, he was even more convinced of his understanding.

"It's because of Wei Xi's incident..." Wei Xi didn't look at Aika, as if she was just talking to herself, "I doubt you in front of so many people, I wonder if you are angry..."

Sure enough, Ling came here for that matter.

Although thinking about it now, of course I would feel bad if I became the subject of suspicion for no reason. But at that time, I was still thinking about the accident at Carol's side, and I didn't have time to take into account my emotions.

"After all, that kind of thing happened in Teacher Letika's palace. Generally speaking, you wouldn't directly consider a thief. It's probably normal to contact me..."

"Since you don't mind, it's okay."

Ling didn't seem to want to spend more time on this topic. She only came here to confirm Aika's mood and apologize to him.

Ling said nothing more after that.

However, because he had just thought of Hitomi in the room, Aika also had a problem and wanted to talk to Ling.

"Ling, after that time in Rosenberg, have you met with the Light Flame Sword again?"

"Meet the Light Flame Sword?" Ling turned her head as if she heard some strange and whimsical words, "Is that kind of thing something you can do if you want to?"

It seems from her answer that the answer is no. In the final analysis, it is Aika's wishful thinking that the magic suit can come to the real world, and Hitomi has not given a definite answer.

"Speaking of magic equipment, it does have a weird feeling."

"What does it mean?"

Ling's words aroused Aika's interest. There are still too many unknown things about the magic costumes. Aika wants to know more about them, but it is not possible to meet them just because they want to meet.

"After all, knowing that they still look like that, it shouldn't be a dream... To put it simply, they are completely different people. Don't you have this weird feeling that there is another person living in your body? "

Aika didn't care that much about the "weird feeling" that Ling experienced. Logically speaking, Ling was more adaptable than himself and should have accepted the existence of the Light Flame Sword long ago.

Looking at it from another perspective, Aika and Hitomi have been closely linked since birth, while Ling only inherited the Light Flame Sword from his family a year ago. The compatibility between the holder and the magic equipment may also be related to the time difference between them.

"You have met the Light Flame Sword directly in that world. What kind of feeling did she give you?"

"Didn't you talk to her?"

"That's just through your body, and..." Aika paused, "The tone she used to imitate you at that time was still very similar. If we judge based on that time, then the two of you may be as similar as sisters. Bar."

"How could I be like her!" Ling dismissed Aika's words without hesitation, "Using other people's bodies to do that kind of thing, without considering other people's feelings. I would never do something as extreme as her. thing."

"That period may have been an extraordinary period," he said, feeling that he couldn't speak for Guangyanjian here, otherwise Lingqian would be angry at him, "But in the end, Guangyanjian still lent all its power to you, right?"

"To be precise, if I accept her words, I can use all her power... Generally speaking, she is not bad in nature, but I never found a chance to talk to her after that time. Yes. If you hadn't experienced the same scene, I would have thought it was definitely a dream."

Similar questions were asked to Lan Ming and Xia Luo, who were both magic costume holders, but they only said that they could vaguely feel the existence of their magic costumes. It is possible to understand each other's thoughts, but there has never been any face-to-face communication between the two parties in the spiritual world.

Presumably after Aika and Ling asked this question, the two of them were inevitably a little concerned, and they should have tried it after they returned. However, it has not been mentioned again until now, probably because the attempt failed.

Supporting Aika's belief in communication in the spirit world is his interaction with Hitomi during his coma.

Although I didn't feel Hitomi's aura after that, the time the two spent together was definitely not a dream.

Hitomi's warm body temperature, soft skin, moist touch...

Suddenly, he felt the burning pain in his wrist again, forcibly interrupting Aika's memories.

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