When Yaleriga stepped onto the podium, the strange young man did not leave, but continued to stay where he was. He obviously knew she was paying attention to him, but he didn't seem to care. Naturally, Yalayliga can tell whether it is sincere or a pretense.
She was used to being welcomed and admired, but that didn't mean she had never encountered a counterexample. For those who possess magical powers but are rarely touched by beauty, it is not difficult to resist her innate attraction. There are many people in the world who love her and those who love her voluntarily, but there are also many who are hostile and indifferent to her. To her, these are just a part of life.
When she came closer, the man whom she suspected was "Qiaoqiao Tianyi" nodded politely to her, and Yaleriga also smiled politely at him.
“This is a place with a great view,” she said, “but not many people come.”
"This is just an outer port for cargo transportation, so it must be boring for tourists."
The young man answered politely and calmly. Yaleriga heard the familiarity of a long-term resident in his tone of voice. He spoke like a host who knew the local customs well, rather than a casual tourist. Yaleriga touched her horns and began to consider whether Qiaoqiao Tianyi, who loved spaceship design, could really be such a classically dressed and indifferent person. That didn't quite fit in with her original vision, but after all, there were so many different things in the world.
"So what are you looking at here?" she asked, pretending not to care. "I see you seem to be waiting for someone. Is your friend coming over here?"
"That won't happen."
"Are you looking for memories from the past here?"
"I think memories are things that stay in the heart. There is no need to seek them outside."
There was a subtle sarcasm in the stranger's tone, but at the same time he did not lose his slightly cold demeanor. This weird denial made Yaleriga feel even more unusual. She knew that the other party might not be a particularly safe person to talk to, but so far there were no signs of danger, so she continued her probing, deliberately pretending to be very interested and said: "So you are on a special ship." ?”
"Why don't you think I'm waiting for a shipment?"
"You don't look like a businessman. Besides, if you have to wait for goods, it would be more practical to go to the transfer station."
The young man smiled politely, as if he took her answer as some kind of approval. But he did not respond to her previous question, but said: "What are you doing here?"
"I like boats very much," Yaleriga said. "There are many special boats here. If I find the right one, I will try to buy another one, or get some new designs for my boat."
She expected the strange man to show some reaction to this sentence, but the other man's reaction did not seem like someone who had a high professional enthusiasm for spaceships. He responded to her with only a simple syllable, his eyes passed by her horns calmly, and then he cast his gaze towards the portal to all realms in the void. At this time, Yaleriga already felt that she had found the wrong person. She considered whether she should walk away immediately and use the remaining time to try her luck elsewhere. But at the same time, she couldn't help but be curious, wondering why the stranger in front of her was standing there.
At this time she had not yet made up her mind. The secret of Silence's structure is not an urgent problem to be solved, and even if Qiaoqiao Tianyi is an expert in aether ships, it may not be able to deal with such a rare exception. As she weighed which puzzle was more valuable to her, the young man suddenly turned and glanced at her thoughtfully.
"Is there ash on my face?" Yaleriga asked deliberately.
"You are a gospel tribe."
She was a little surprised to hear him make this sudden conclusion. But she didn't show any of her inner emotions on her face. Instead, she paid attention to the other party's lips and hands - mages' attacks were often traceable - and continued to maintain her posture leaning on the railing.
"I didn't hear that evangelicals couldn't come here," she said.
"Although there is no explicit prohibition, a race like yours that is good at plundering secrets is not a welcome guest. If you want to attack mages to gain knowledge, you should give up this idea as soon as possible. The guardians will deal with you, if there are enough If so, I think it’s enough to win.”
"This is a strange idea." Yaleriga responded, "I am not interested in your power."
"So what do people like you come here looking for?"
"I can come whenever I want. The Lord of the Gate City doesn't object, so why not?"
She said this unintentionally, just to get rid of the suspicious and seriously ill mage in front of her. But for some reason, the other party nodded lightly, showing an obviously sarcastic smile. She sensed that there was a special look in it, as if the other party had grasped her fatal flaw. She suddenly had some strong suspicion - the Lord of the Gate City, who rarely appeared to outsiders, was highly respected by the White Tower as the descendant of the Spellweaver. Does that mean that he also has some friendship with some White Tower mages?
But what happened next interrupted her speculation. Before she was planning to ask the other party's identity, a ship flew in from an entrance near the Lotus Tree Star. Yaleriga didn't even notice it at first, not because its toy-like appearance didn't have any lighting or glowing parts, but because it was so small. Only when the man in the tuxedo looked there first did Yaleriga realize that the ship was about to land at the port. She saw its appearance clearly, and even a well-informed race like her couldn't help but feel strange about the appearance of this small machine.
Strictly speaking, it may not be considered a spaceship, but more like a small shuttle. It has a sharp front end and a slim triangular streamlined outline. Its whole body is white and bright, without any identification of its organization or identity, making it At first glance, it looks like some kind of toy folded out of huge paper. But when it moved along the small ship speedway that was hundreds of times wider than itself, Yaleriga noticed that it did have an oval-shaped position on its lower abdomen. Based on comparison with the road, she estimated that this weird "paper boat" was only slightly larger than the single aircraft machine attached to the Silence, and the egg-shaped structure hidden between the V-shaped depressions at the bottom, even from The simplest design can only accommodate the survival of one Pansapien species or two or three arthropod consciousness groups.
This thing is more like an automatic transport equipment used to transport small special cargo, but Yaleriga knew that this matter might not be that simple, because since the appearance of this strange ship, the person beside her who had just met The young man paid close attention to it and never looked at the sky-filled passage again. Needless to say, this mini-ship was exactly what he had been waiting for.
"Is that the product you are waiting for?" Yaleriga said.
"It seems so."
"Mind telling me what's in it? The fresh spellcasting materials you need?"
"I don't need that kind of material for research."
The young man still answered in a slightly mocking tone. But his eyes were still fixed on the white ship, following it to the nearest port of call. He was obviously not as casual as he said verbally. In an instant, Yalailijiajiu thought of more than a dozen possibilities in her mind, only one of which involved a romantic relationship, and at least half of them were suspected of illegal crimes. So what's so surprising? She would be surprised if a mage who could recognize the Evangelical clan in their first meeting had never done anything unconscionable in his life.
But at this moment, Yaleriga was attracted by the strange little white boat. The unknown part of her personality quickly put aside "Qiaoqiao Tianyi" and turned to trying to figure out the connection between this evil mage and the mysterious white ship. Through observing the mage, she has not felt any danger in this matter yet, but if there is an accident, she will also carry a weapon with her.
"I want to follow up and have a look." She said bluntly, "What's on the boat?"
"Go and see if you want. However, I'm afraid it won't satisfy you."
The mage answered like this, but Yaleriga's interest did not die out. She is a person who lives as she pleases and can be interested in anything. No one can decide for her. So she turned around and walked down from the podium, rushing to the area where the little white boat was docked. But before leaving, she had another idea and turned to look at her unfriendly chat partner.
"Do you want to come along?" she asked.
The mage might have been a little surprised by her invitation, but in the end he still politely declined her. Yaleriga didn't feel sorry for this, she just wondered why the other party gave up halfway, as if he came here just to take a look at the ship - but it was too early to draw a conclusion now, so she jumped into the station wagon she drove. , rushing towards the parking area as quickly as possible. She almost missed it, but she caught sight of the white ship moving down the channel. It turned out that it did not dock at the outer port like a conventional spaceship, but set off directly with its unusually small size, gliding along the trail like a station wagon. It doesn't have wheels or any obvious landing gear, just hovers smoothly one meter above the ground. This is a multi-purpose ship with an extremely exquisite design. Yaleriga actually likes it a little, but she still thinks the ones on the Silence are better.
The small white boat moved forward steadily, all the way to the platform of the machine axle truck. Yaleriga followed closely behind and watched with her own eyes as it passed the identity verification and boarded the transport cabin that was transferred to the inner port. She followed, ignoring the reminder that station wagons were not allowed to enter the inner harbor, and continued to move forward while hoisting the small white boat. She and her prey entered the inner harbor from the platform of the Central Market, and then followed the side road to the end of the Yelu side. Under the protection of the gate domain spell, Yaleriga could only hear the noise coming from the streets on both sides, but could not see any people. She knew that the person behind the door would also not know what happened between her and Bai Chuan. Only people passing by occasionally saw them and cast some surprised or confused looks. But they rarely ask questions to Yaleriga, because people who have lived in the city for a long time are used to seeing weird things.
"What kind of weird thing are you chasing!" Only a little fairy in strange and beautiful clothes greeted Yaleriga. He was only as high as Yaleriga's knees, and with a humorous and eager expression, he jumped up and down to catch Yaleriga's station wagon. Yaleriga thought he was quite cute, so she raised her eyebrows at him, but she had no intention of slowing down for him. Soon the distance between them widened, and the little goblin still waved to her from a distance.
"You are so beautiful, madam!" the little elf praised, "Are you here to play? I can show you the way!"
Yaleriga planned to reject him politely. But then the white ship stopped in front of a door. Yaleriga hurriedly looked at the building, a toy-like pink house. The walls were filled with puzzle pieces with simple strokes and sparkling crystal ornaments. There is a string of runes engraved on the top of the portal formed by the puzzle board. To those who don't understand its meaning, it looks like scribblings, but Yaleriga is familiar with the words of the night dire elves, a kind of rune that comes from dreams. The secret language is said to have powerful magic power, but only young children can read it smoothly. She recognized what the line said:
"Oranges are round and round. Please put the fruit on the plate."
As she pondered these secret words, the mysterious white ship began to slam against the fragile door like a toy. Under the protection of the gate city's rules, this kind of attack is naturally futile, but it is enough to alarm the people inside. A rustling sound of cloth rubbing came from inside, and the hatch of the white ship suddenly opened, and an object tightly wrapped in cloth fell from it, and then it disappeared before Yaleriga's eyes.
Yaleriga immediately jumped off the station wagon and wanted to confirm the reason for its disappearance - there are many ways to make something disappear out of thin air. But her actions were interrupted by the rude opening of a portal. A round bulbous plant doll walked out of the pink house. It stared at Yaleriga with its eyes sewn with crystal buttons, and then slowly moved down to see the package in front of the door.
A cold wind suddenly blew through the streets. The doll began to make a blood-curdling scream.
"Another one!" it roared furiously, "Already almost a thousand! Who did it! Who!"
Yaleriga was about to retreat temporarily, but at this moment, there were messy footsteps coming from behind her. The little goblin that was pestering her ran over panting, and then stared at this scene with wide eyes. He looked at the cloth bag and the furiously screaming doll in front of the door in shock, and then slowly moved towards Yaleriga. Yaleriga tried to take a step to the side, and it immediately screamed.
"Stand there and don't move!" it wailed, trembling with fear. "Oh my God, my God, my God! I've caught her! Where is the guardian? Where is it? Report! I caught the lost baby. The prisoner!"
When the golden guardians surrounded her, Yaleriga blinked and showed a helpless smile. The screaming goblin didn't annoy her much. What she was thinking about was the mage standing on the high platform waiting for the white ship. How wonderful, she thought, that now she knew why he didn't follow.
