The top of the palace opposite the Winter Palace.
Ekaterina stood there, watching everything happening inside through the huge floor-to-ceiling window of the bedroom.
Until the soldiers opened the curtains in a panic.
"That surprises me."
Behind her, Xia Ya's figure slowly appeared, and he quietly stared at the palace not far away.
"I'm a little surprised too." Ekaterina said without looking back, "It seems like even a loser has some integrity."
"In this world, there are indeed not many subjugated kings who choose to die for their country. Most of them die passively." Xia Ya whispered.
Ekaterina turned her head and looked at Xia, "If he didn't commit suicide, would it be possible to survive?"
Char shrugged, "Who knows what will happen in the future. However, on their only way out of St. Petersburg, there is indeed a group of 'robbers' ready to rob the monarch."
"I understand." Ekaterina nodded. "The emerging regime is quite benevolent. At least, it will not be as hypocritical as Elizabeth."
"Where do you want to go next?" Xia Ya asked, "I can take you for a ride."
"Go back to Hogwarts," she said.
"I thought you would go back to the castle." Char said.
"Hogwarts has a library, and there are many books there." Ekaterina said, "Because of the war, Hogwarts issued new regulations. Even during the holidays, you can choose to keep them at Hogwarts. .The school will provide food and basic services, but will not offer classes."
Xia smiled and slowly disappeared on the roof of this place with Ekaterina.
Soon, when they opened their eyes again, they came to the Sky Island where Hogwarts was located.
The warm sunshine hangs high in the sky, shining on this lush green island. When paired with the blue sky and white clouds on one side, it looks like a highly saturated photo.
"The school said that Sky Island cannot use independent space magic." Ekaterina said.
"The barrier here was created by me." Xia Ya said, "There will naturally be some backdoors for your own things, right?"
"Did you really build this island?" she asked.
Xia Ya raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Is it that unbelievable?"
"The more I learn, the more incredible it becomes," Ekaterina said.
"As long as you continue to study your magic, it is possible to achieve all this." Xia Ya said.
And Ekaterina shook her head, "No, I have calculated clearly that no human being can possess such a huge magic power."
Char's eyelids closed, "Magic is the ladder to the source. As long as you spend enough energy to study, you can break through the boundaries. Humans don't have such huge magic power, but what about non-humans?"
Ekaterina seemed to have thought of something, and stood there, lost in thought.
And Xia Ya closed his eyelids, and did not dwell too much here. Instead, he stepped forward slowly. Before the shoe hit the ground, a magic circle pattern appeared on the sole of his shoe.
In that moment, the situation changed.
The first thing that hit me was the fragrance of books, with a sense of decay.
He came to the library under Hogwarts, which is located underground in the Sky City, so in addition to the tall bookshelves, you can see the roots of the Alwak Tree passing through the middle.
Some pass through the bookshelves, while the original ones pass through the walls. The design of the library is almost perfectly integrated into these root systems, without damaging any of the root systems.
The Druid magic of Ogham text can control the movement of the root system, so it is very easy to create such an unaffected space.
The reason why these roots are left on is to add some beauty.
There are no students in the library. After all, no one likes to come to the library early in the morning to read some mysterious books. Generally, more people come in the afternoon or evening.
Moreover, this period is still the holiday period. Although the world is currently at war and it is difficult to go out, those students obviously will not waste time on studying.
However, there are still many people walking around in the library. They are all wearing the same clothes, a plain white petticoat, and their long white hair hangs casually around their waists, but it is not as dry and white as the elderly, but very supple. of silvery white.
Under the warm sunlight shining in through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, her fair skin and silver hair glowed faintly, like an elf.
These people are exactly the same in terms of clothing and appearance, and they all have the same face as Alicia, but they are all doing different things.
Some people are organizing bookshelves, some are sitting and reading, and some are cleaning the library.
Even for a while, Xia Ya couldn't tell which one here was Alicia.
This is not an illusion clone like him, but a physical body, but it is not like a puppet or other magic.
Xia Ya's face showed a little interest, and he stopped an Alicia casually.
Alicia looked at Xia with some confusion, "What's wrong?"
The tone of voice, or personality seems to be that of Alicia, Char thought to herself.
He didn't answer, but just started to lift her arm, gently pinched her slender fingers with his fingers, and then pinched the arm.
"What are you going to do?" Alicia's eyes became even more confused, but she didn't resist and just let him play around.
Xia Ya grabbed her chin and whispered, "Open your mouth."
This Alicia opened her mouth very obediently. Xia looked at it carefully and then nodded. It was no different from the real body.
"Are you the true body?" Xia Ya asked.
Alicia nodded, "This is"
But before she could explain, Char left her and walked to another Alicia who was cleaning the table.
Alicia also seemed to feel Xia's arrival, and slowly turned her head to look at him.
What caught her off guard was that Xia Ya directly leaned his head on her neck, sniffed her neck lightly, and breathed warm breath on her neck.
Then he groped and inspected the body as he had done just now, his hands gradually going down along the curve of her back.
The confusion in Alicia's eyes became more intense, but her breathing was slightly disordered. Some of the smells brought to him by Char's nightmare bloodline would make people more impulsive.
Of course, there was no desire in Xia Ya's eyes, but more doubts.
His magical knowledge can be said to be the largest in the entire magical world, and even this library may not contain much more than him.
But he couldn't see the principle of clones like this at all.
Xia Ya has lived with Alicia for more than a hundred years. He is extremely familiar with every corner of her body inside and outside, but he can't find any flaws.
Suddenly, Alicia's expression changed slightly, "Wait a minute!"
She grabbed Xia Ya's hand that was about to reach down her skirt. Her originally cold and calm face turned a little crimson, and she said angrily in embarrassment.
"What are you going to do!?"
She scolded in a low voice, "Won't you come back to the castle and do this again?"
Another Alicia also came over and reminded helplessly, "This is the library."
"He is like this." Alicia nodded as she was organizing the bookshelf. "When he is serious, he is very serious. When he is not serious, he can be very irregular."
Alicia around her nodded in agreement, and even started to talk about Char.
How does it feel to be criticized by dozens of women who know you very well?
Xia Ya couldn't describe it in words, but if he were about a hundred years younger and there were others here, he would probably have to jump off this sky island immediately.
But now he is over a hundred years old, his face is thicker than the city wall, his face is not red, and his heart is not beating.
"What magic is this?" Xia asked.
"It's not magic." Alicia, who was closest to Char, said.
She showed a pocket watch in her hand to Char.
"Tony gave me the magic prop and asked me to help him try it out. This pocket watch can make you appear in the same time period in different time periods.
It was created by the inspiration and information he got from those rings and the content in the Jade Record. "
"What's the price?" Xia Ya asked.
"The technology is not yet mature, but there are some issues." Alicia said, "For example, lifespan."
"But you are immortal." Char said.
Alicia nodded, "So he gave this thing to me and asked me to test it."
Char turned his head and looked at Alicia in the library, his eyes flashing.
"My intuition tells me that you are thinking about something not very good." Alicia said calmly.
Xia Ya sighed, "Your intuition is still as accurate as ever."
Alicia raised her head but said nothing.
"Go find Tony." Xia Ya said, "Let's go back to the tavern together."
"What to do?" Alicia asked.
"Going to meet a new friend." Xia Ya said, "I think he would be very interested in meeting him."
"I'll go with you, too," Alicia said.
After a pause, she looked at the dozens of Alicias present, "Recently, I have a lot more time."
"I'll get Tony," the other Alicia said.
Xia smiled, raised his hand, and a magic wand appeared in his hand. The light of the magic circle shone under their feet. Almost in an instant, he disappeared from the place together with Alicia beside him.
When they appeared again, they appeared in Merlin's Tavern.
It was still deserted and eerily quiet.
Xia Ya raised his hand and snapped his fingers, and the warm-colored lights in the tavern slowly turned on.
Xia Ya walked behind the bar, took off the apron hanging on the bar and put it on herself.
"Where's my apron?" Alicia asked.
"You don't come here often, but you probably take it to wash." Xia Ya said.
Alicia nodded, then turned around and walked into the long corridor on one side, seemingly looking for an apron.
After a while, the store door slowly opened and a person walked in.
He was a middle-aged man in his thirties, with deep-set brown eyes and a short, stiff beard. His hair was disheveled and looked like it hadn't been combed for a long time. He lowered his head as if he were walking and thinking.
His clothes were also very baggy, covering his whole body as if he were wearing a big sheet, and his shoes were bedroom slippers. He looked like an informal scholar.
Seeing that person, Xia Ya's eyes flickered and she smiled politely.
"Welcome, sir."
(End of chapter)
