Chapter 825 Farewell and Gift

As winter draws to a close, it is time for the Typhonian mission to leave Cecil.

In the autumn palace, the farewell banquet has been set, and the band is playing soft and cheerful music in the corner of the banquet hall. The peaceful atmosphere permeated the hall, making everyone who attended the banquet could not help but feel happy.

Matilda Augustus, who was wearing a long court dress, stood at the end of the long hall, and Rebecca, who was also wearing formal court clothes, ran to the exotic princess with a plate of cakes, quite cheerful. Greeting each other: "Matilda! Are you going back today?"

In the past many days, Rebecca and Matilda haven't actually seen each other very much, but Rebecca is a cheerful person, and it is easy to get along with people - or rather, unilaterally. . In a limited number of exchanges, she was pleasantly surprised to find that this Princess Typhon really knew a lot about mathematics and magic, instead of the image that was publicized just to maintain a smart personality, as others had guessed at the beginning. They soon had a good common topic.

And the common topic has successfully brought them closer - at least Rebecca thinks so.

"I'll write to you," Matilda smiled, looking at the "Cecile Pearl" who was completely different from many aristocratic women she knew. They had equal status, but lived In a completely different environment, a completely different character has also been developed. Rebecca's exuberant vitality and informal habits of words and deeds made Matilda very uncomfortable at first, but after several contacts, she also felt that this A lively girl is not annoying, "Although the distance between Aldernan and Cecil City is long, we now have trains and direct diplomatic channels, and we can continue to discuss issues in letters."

She smiled at Rebecca, who responded with a simpler and brighter smile.

Matilda actually had some regrets in her heart - when she first came into contact with Rebecca, she knew that this seemingly young and excessive girl was actually one of the important founders of modern magic technology. She discovered Rebecca. The simplicity and frankness of Ka's character, so she once wanted to learn some real and useful secrets about cutting-edge magic technology from the latter, but after a few contacts, she and the other party were still limited to pure mathematical problems or Conventional magic and mechanical techniques.

This straight-looking girl isn't as unsuspecting as she seems, she's just smart enough.

In Rebecca's bright smile, the regrets in Matilda's heart quickly melted away.

"You must tell me about Aldenan when you write the letter," Rebecca smiled, "I haven't been that far yet!"

"Of course you can, and if you have the chance I'd be more than welcome to visit Aldernan," said Matilda, "it's a friendly city, and the Obsidian Palace has a very nice view of the fog. "

Rebecca showed a little yearning look, and then suddenly looked behind Matilda with a very happy look on her face: "Ah! Lord Ancestor is here!"

Matilda turned around immediately, and sure enough, she saw Gawain Cecil, tall and burly, wearing a royal dress, walking towards him with a smile on his face.

The Typhon Princess immediately took the initiative to take a step forward and gave an impeccable salute: "Salute to you, Your Majesty Cecil."

Gawain accepted the other party's tribute with a smile, then glanced at Rebecca standing beside him, and said casually, "Rebecca, didn't you cause trouble today?"

"No!" Rebecca immediately waved her hands and said, "I'm just chatting with Matilda!"

"Rebecca is a great friend,

Especially her knowledge of mathematics, mechanics and runes, I admire very much," Matilda said politely, and changed the subject naturally, "Also, thank you very much for your hospitality these days—I I experienced first-hand the warmth and friendliness of the Cecil people and witnessed the prosperity of the city. "

"I hope this experience can leave a good enough impression on you. This will be a good start for the two countries to enter a new era," Gawain nodded slightly, then waved to the attendant next to him, "Matilda, in Before saying goodbye, I have prepared a gift for you and Rosetta Augustus each - this is my personal wish, I hope you will like it."

The parting gift of the upper nobles is a ceremonial and time-honored tradition, and the content of the gift is usually swords, armor or precious magic items, but Matilda instinctively believes that this gift from the legendary pioneer may There was something special about it, so she couldn't help showing curiosity, and looked at the two attendants who came forward - they were holding delicate boxes in their hands, and judging from the size and shape of the box, it was obviously impossible inside. Something like a sword or armor.

Soon, she saw what Gawain Cecil's gift was: a book, and a strange-looking metal block.

Both things were intriguing, and Matilda's eyes first fell on the metal square—more incomprehensible to her than the book, which seemed to be a series of neat little squares superimposed on one another. At the same time, different runes are engraved on the surface of each small square, which looks like some kind of magic prop, but it can't see the specific use.

"It's called 'Rune Cube' and it's for you," Gawain explained. "It was something I made in my spare time at first, and then Jenny, my chief runemaster, made some changes to it. You can think of it as It's a toy, or a tool to train your mind, I know you're interested in math and runes, so this thing is for you."

At Gawain's suggestion, Matilda curiously picked up the metal square called "Magic Cube" from the box, and was surprised to find that it was much lighter than expected, and then she fiddled with it a little, Then she found that the small squares that made it up were actually movable - she twisted one side of the Rubik's cube and immediately felt her hand sink.

Although she is not a mage herself, Matilda, who is quite familiar with magic knowledge, immediately realized the reason: the "lightness" before the Rubik's Cube was entirely due to the effect of some kind of weight-reducing rune, and as she turned the cube, The corresponding rune was cut off.

There should be a small magic net unit hidden inside this block to provide energy, and the series of small blocks that make up it can make the runes combine various changes, and the wonderful magic power is here. The steel of life is spinning quietly.

Matilda blinked and stared at the Rubik's Cube in her hand.

As if looking at some kind of miniature of magic technology.

It's just a toy...but it doesn't seem like it's just a toy.

At first, Matilda, who was a little weird in her heart because her gift was just a "toy", couldn't help but fell into thinking, and while thinking, her eyes fell on another gift.

It was a book with a blue hard cover that didn't look very heavy, and on the cover was handwritten bronzing text:

Society and Machines - Presented to Rosetta Augustus.

"This is a book recently compiled by scholars in our country, and it also contains some of my own thoughts on social development and the future," Gao Wen smiled lightly, "If your father has time to take a look, it may be helpful. Because he understands the way we Cecilians think."

Matilda's eyes swept slowly over these two things.

These are really two special gifts, each with a deep meaning worth pondering.

She laughed, ordered the attendant to take the two gifts and keep them safe, and then looked at Gawain: "I will bring your kindness back to Aldenan—of course, we will also bring back our signature. those documents and memoranda below.”

"The new situation of prosperity and peace will begin from here," Gawain also smiled, took a glass of red wine from the side, and raised it slightly, "It is worth clinking glasses for."

Matilda also held up the wine glass, and the two crystal clear wine glasses made a crisp sound in the air: "For a new situation of prosperity and peace."

...

A feast, the guests and the host enjoyed themselves.

On the train platform leading to the Eastern Territory, the train carrying the Typhon mission slid smoothly, accelerated, and gradually headed towards the distant horizon.

Their departure and the agreement between the two parties will occupy a large page in tomorrow's newspapers, and will become the talk of Cecil citizens after dinner for a while, and then quickly fade out of people's sight, and ordinary people will continue to With their busy and fulfilling lives, not many people will continue to pay attention to it, except for sharp-smelling businessmen and officials in charge.

And the long-term impact caused by it, the potential changes to the situation on this continent, will slowly ferment in a state that most people cannot detect, and will be immersed in everyone's life bit by bit.

Rebecca was standing on the terrace of the autumn palace, playing with a small gold pendant—a gift from Matilda—she raised her head, glanced in the direction of the edge of the city, slightly With emotion, he said, "Let's go."

Gao Wen, who was standing beside him, turned his head when he heard the sound: "Do you like that Matilda very much?"

"Under normal circumstances, it might be a good friend," Rebecca thought for a while, then shook her head, "Unfortunately, he is a Typhon."

With a little curiosity, Gawain asked again, "What if you don't consider her identity?"

"It's fair to say that she really likes and is good at mathematics and mechanics. At least it can be seen that she usually has serious research, but she is obviously still thinking about other things, knowledge in the field of magic... She She claims that it is her hobby, but in fact, hobbies probably only account for a small part," Rebecca said while frowning, "She is much more tired than me."

Gawain looked at the girl with some surprise: "You can still feel such a profound thing?"

Rebecca immediately waved: "Hey, you don't understand the way girls communicate, Mr. Ancestor."

Gawain wasn't angry either, he just glanced at Rebecca with a little doting, and shook his head: "That Princess Typhon is indeed more tired than you, I can feel the tense atmosphere around her all the time— —She's still young and not good at hiding it."

Rebecca listened to Gawain's words, but thought for a while, hesitantly muttered: "Hey, Lord Ancestor, do you think I should learn something? I'm also a princess to some extent, just in case someday you Lie back again..."

Halfway through speaking, the girl suddenly reacted, and she didn't dare to say the second half of the sentence. She just shrugged her neck and looked up at Gawain's face cautiously. The progress of this girl is that she is now even Before she was beaten, she realized that some words could not be said, and the regret was that the half sentence she said was still enough for the listener to complete the following content, so Gawain's face suddenly became strange.

He looked at Rebecca, who shrank his neck with complicated eyes, and suddenly sighed in his heart-maybe one day, his rule will come to an end, and Rebecca... I'm afraid he can get up again in anger.

Thinking about it carefully, he thinks that he should work hard to live, and when the rule reaches the end, he will chase this silly roe deer as king...

But Rebecca didn't know what was going on in Gawain's mind (even if she knew, she probably didn't have any idea), she just froze for a while, and then seemed to suddenly remember something: "By the way, Lord Ancestor, Typhon's The mission is gone, then it should be the mission of the Holy Dragon Principality next, right?"

Gawain was a little surprised that Rebecca would seriously remember this matter, and then nodded: "Byron has already set off for the north, in addition to building the North Port, his other task is to welcome the mission of the Holy Dragon Principality. In fact, according to the original plan, the envoys of the Holy Dragon Principality were to arrive in the southern border before the end of the cold month, but the mediation between the two sides delayed for a while. That’s fine, we can stagger the Typhons, and our arrangement will be easier.”

"That's great..." Rebecca narrowed her eyes and smiled with some anticipation, "They are Maggie's clan... I wonder if they can make friends."

friend……

Gawain's eyes were deep, and he thought about this word quietly.

Dragonborn who have a mysterious background and have no connection with the dragons of Tal Lund... If they can really be pulled into Cecil's settlement area, that would be a good thing indeed.