Chapter 647 Confession

After parting with Tilly, Roland spent all his time transcribing materials.

The first is the basic courses of each subject. The textbooks written from memory before are not complete. Now that I have the opportunity to reorganize the content hidden in the depths of my consciousness, I will naturally make up for the missing parts.

The second is the drawings of the equipment currently in use in Neverwinter City - there is still a lot of gap between usable and easy to use. Using these mature designs can further improve the working efficiency of steam engines and machine tools.

Under the guidance of the new design drawings, Anna finally completed the prototype manufacturing of the first steam turbine.

Different from the way he accompanied the girl in his previous life, Roland rushed to the backyard on the north slope after receiving the news, and the two sat side by side on the workbench in the yard, admiring the behemoth together.

It is nearly six meters long, and the dense impellers are closely fitted by the casing, which looks like a huge metal drum. There are preheating boilers and steam boilers connected externally. Under the heating of coal, the main shaft is driven to rotate by high-pressure steam, which is much better than reciprocating steam engines in terms of efficiency, noise and vibration.

As the driving force of the new generation, the No. 1 machine will be used on sea ships to meet Lei Ting's exploration needs.

Unfortunately, despite the wide range of uses, it is difficult for the factory to have the ability to process steam turbines in a short period of time. In addition, Anna will soon devote herself to improving the machine tool, and there will be no second steam turbine for the time being.

"How?" She turned sideways and pressed against Roland's chin and said, "I'm very good, right?"

Anna is also different from most girls. She is happiest when transforming design drawings into real objects. Whenever she completes a major project, her joy and satisfaction will always be undisguised.

It can be seen that Anna is very satisfied with her current life.

"Of course, second only to me," Roland smiled and wiped the stain on her cheek, leaving a light gray mark.

Every time he saw her clear and transparent lake-blue eyes, he swallowed the words he had promised Nightingale—although he had already made up his mind to confess to the other party, he did not know how difficult it was until he actually did it.

No matter what kind of excuses you make for yourself, you can't alleviate this heaviness.

In the past few days, he has been copying books and sketches non-stop, and he also wants to use work to fill his leisure time and avoid the fantasy of worrying about gains and losses.

But delay is also hurtful, especially for Nightingale who is full of expectations.

He couldn't keep running away.

When the boiler gradually cooled down and the steam turbine stopped running, Roland took a deep breath, leaned into Anna's ear and whispered, "Come to my bedroom at night, I have something to tell you."

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After nightfall, sitting at his desk, he could hear his heart pounding.

Reasons kept popping up in Roland's mind, and they were vetoed by him one by one, as if two consciousnesses were fighting each other above his head. I wanted to fill in the last point that I didn't finish transcribing, but I just held the pen holder empty and couldn't write a single word for a long time.

Until the door was pushed open by Anna.

The arguing voices above his head disappeared without a trace in an instant. He put down the quill and focused on the girl.

She looked the same as usual, wearing loose pajamas, with some damp bangs sticking to her forehead, a smile hidden in her happy expression.

For some reason, Roland suddenly recalled the scene where the other party took the initiative to wait for him at the stairs after the end of the evil month of the first year.

Anna never complains or feels wronged, she just expresses her ideas and demands directly.

Now it's his turn.

Roland pulled her to the table and slowly expressed his thoughts.

There was a long period of silence that followed, so long that he thought Anna would turn around and leave, and slowly raised his head to look at her, only to find that the expression in her eyes hadn't changed much.

"that's all?"

Roland froze for a moment, "What?"

"I've been thinking about when will you tell me about this?" Anna sat down beside him, "I don't want you to tell me so early, and I want you to tell me as soon as possible... Now it's finally over Don't worry about it anymore."

He opened his mouth wide, "Did you know..."

"I can see it, especially Nightingale's feelings for you," she said bluntly, "the later you confess, the more you care about my feelings. But I hope you can tell me your thoughts earlier, because no matter what Whatever it is, I would like to share it with you."

Speaking of this, Anna sighed softly, "At first I didn't expect to be loved by a royal nobleman, but later it gradually became as long as I was by your side. Ever since you said you wanted to marry me, I My thoughts became different again——Roland, I will not give you up to anyone."

"sorry, I……"

"You don't have anything to apologize for, the feelings themselves are unreasonable, and...you choose to tell me this at this time, which makes me very happy." She paused, "You are not from this world, are you? ?”

Roland's heart skipped a beat.

"Whether you are a nobleman or not, no one should feel hesitant or uneasy about this kind of thing, unless the world he lives in is very different from ours," Anna continued, "Similarly, there may be people in this world who treat witches well, but they don't. I will treat them as close friends. Remember the bet you made with me? In the book, I wrote you as a visitor from another world—not hell or the abyss, but a better place. You came with knowledge that we have never touched, and it was the gods who sent you to my side."

At this time, he has nothing to hide, "Although the details are different, but...you guessed right."

"I also wrote in it that you would confess to me about Nightingale," Anna smiled lightly. "It seems that I have guessed at least two things right."

Roland found that Anna's intelligence was not only in learning, but her comprehension and observation skills were astonishingly strong.

Before he could speak, the girl took his hand and said word by word, "I can't promise you about Nightingale, at least not now."

Roland couldn't help being stunned, at least not now... What do you mean? Is it possible in the future?

"I know what you are worried about, don't worry, I will have a good talk with her, go to bed early," Anna kissed him lightly on the forehead, "Good night, Your Majesty."

The door was closed with a creak, and the room returned to silence. Roland did not recover until the other party had left for a long time.

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