Aldernan in summer swept away the gloom. The bright sunshine that was rare in a year was tilting down from the sky, shining through the window, and then passing through the silver lampposts by the window and the exquisite carvings on the window frames, leaving a series of shadowy spots on the ground. Rosetta Augustus sat behind his desk, his eyes moved past the spots and did not speak for a long time.

Among those light spots, he seemed to see the mortal kingdoms at this moment - the light is connected by shadows, and the interlaced parts seem to be inevitable, but no matter what, a brighter era has finally arrived. Under the sunshine, all the lights and shadows have gathered together into this lush summer.

"Did you really decide not to ask about this anymore?" Diana, the titular chief maid and the essential wanderer leader, looked at her loyal monarch, and asked in a turbulent tone, "Bad Wendell was once the Imperial General who was in charge of the Winter Wolf's defense line, and his father and daughter now have a significant influence in the empire's military system. Now he is loyal to Cecil, this matter..."

"He was the wolf general twenty years ago, and the wolf general twenty years ago was dead," Rosetta glanced at Diana calmly. "For this era of drastic transformation, a wolf general who had been out of the military system and deviated from normal society for many years ago was meaningless. He could neither return to Tifeng's military system nor get his own place in other parts of the empire. And..."

He paused a little, and in the afternoon sun, he seemed to recall some clips from his youth - but those clips soon disappeared and turned into precise trade-offs and judgments.

"And I care more about the allegiance of the Wendell family than the value of Bard Wendell himself - Bard has left Tiffon, but Pei Dinnan and Andesha are still here, and the rest of the Wendell family, the military nobles of all sizes who have been linked with them are still here. In this period when the storm has just subsided, the empire needs the loyalty of these people more than ever."

Diana lowered her head and said, "I understand, your judgment is indeed long-term."

Rosetta just shook his head, then suddenly sighed, and a strange look appeared on his face: "But in this way, one of the ancient ancestors of the Augustus family turned into a tree on the land of Cecil, and the most promising wolf general in the past became a researcher under the tree... The direction of this world is really unexpected."

The imperial ruler said with a strange expression, but he couldn't help but think of what kind of "surprise" the other party would come up with next time he met Gowen Cecil - could he really have to check the sealing of the royal tombs and the cemeteries of major noble families? It is said that after Gowen's "resurrection", many nobles in Ansu strengthened the coffins of the family tombs. He thought it was a stupid joke at the time, but now he can't help but consider the rationality...

He didn't mind that the ancestor of Augustus who had long died suddenly returned to the world, but the ancestor of the family who returned to the world suddenly became a Cecilian was another matter...

"Your Majesty?" Diana noticed that Rosetta suddenly fell into silence and couldn't help but ask, "What did you think of?"

"No, nothing, I won't say that anymore," Rosetta shook his head, his eyes retracted from the light and shadow on the floor. "Cecil just sent a message about the wasteland of Gondor. You should already know this."

"Yes," Diana nodded. It was difficult for the Iron Man soldier to have a big change in expression, but her aura still seemed more serious than before. "I saw the copied briefing early in the morning, and the content...is amazing."

"There is still a running ancient Gondor legacy deep in the ruins of the Deep Blue Well, including the Iron Man Corps in service. A group of all things that are out of surveillance are moving deep in the wasteland, and it is possible that it has stolen a considerable amount of energy from the Deep Blue Well..." Rosetta said in a deep voice, subconsciously rubbing a gem ring in his hand, "Such an unsettling threat... has been moving under our noses for hundreds of years."

"The wasteland has always been under our noses, but for a long time, everyone thought it was 'dead'," Diana said calmly. "Even if there have been distortions breaking through the barriers and invading the human world in the past two years, many countries have not taken it seriously - in the final analysis, the wasteland has not shown a clear 'malice' to the people in the safe zone, and everyone subconsciously believes that it will always be in a safe state."

"I now understand the vigilance and vigilance that Gauvin Cecil has maintained against the wasteland of Gondor after his resurrection," Rosetta said in a deep voice. "As long as that thing exists for a day, the world will not be truly safe. What's ridiculous is that until the eve of the alliance, many people still called Cecil's new outposts and forts on the southern foot of the Dark Mountains "the old man who has escaped the ages' nerves to old threats."

"…I don't know how to evaluate the subtle tendencies of human mindsets, but I agree with your judgment on Gowan Cecil and the wasteland of Gondor," Diana thought for a moment, then asked, "So what do you think of the plans proposed by Cecil?"

"They proposed a long-term plan to counterattack the wasteland, hoping that Cecil, Tifeng and Silver empires could call on the forces in their respective influence areas, and at the same time advance from the north and south sides of the Gondor wasteland. Their first goal was to establish a forward stronghold at the foot of the grand wall, and then set up purification areas and more forward strongholds inside the barrier - just as the Trail Blazers did seven hundred years ago," Rosetta recalled the details of the arraignment sent by Cecil, "at the same time, he also hoped to establish some communication and transportation mode that could directly cross the wasteland to replace the current instable sentry data link and the "Gondor Land Corridor"... This matter should have been supported by the Silver empire, at least by default.

"Overall, this is an ambitious plan. Although I don't want to admit it, I'm afraid that only those who have experienced the second pioneering experience like Gowan dare to propose this kind of thing--it's hard for us who live in a comfortable environment to make up this kind of determination.

"As for my attitude... I tend to support, at least support his first phase - we need to rebuild those strongholds and pioneer camps in the grand wall, regardless of whether we will further counterattack to the heartland of the wasteland in the future, at least we cannot let this state of ignorance of what is happening in the wasteland continue."

Diana looked at Rosetta's expression and nodded slowly: "Judgement wise enough, and keeping cautious enough."

"I'm curious about your opinion on this matter now," Rosetta said suddenly, "not as the so-called 'maid' or 'lovers commander', but as you... Gondor Iron Man, what do you think about this? After all, in a sense, it's your 'hometown', and there may be a whole Iron Man still running deep in the wasteland."

"...I don't know what I should think, and this is not in my list of responsibilities," Diana seemed to think about it, a little confused about Rosetta's problem. "I was indeed born in the Gondor Empire, but the creators who made my production facilities and mental debugging for me were already wiped out in the tide of devils. I don't have a feeling of "nostalgia" about the polluted dust and toxic waters left after the devils. As for the "Iron Man Corps" you mentioned just now... I do care a little. After all, I haven't seen my kind of person for a long time - if they are still operating normally, maybe I can update some useful data from their mental core to improve my core operation status.

"Of course, if you ask me what I think about the Counterattack Wasteland, then I am extremely supportive - this is an extremely wise and positive plan, and it is really meaningful to face and try to completely resolve this crisis, compared to sealing a fatal threat inside an energy barrier and pretending it doesn't exist."

Rosetta stared at Diana for a moment: "If-I mean, you reconnected with the Iron Man Corps deep in the wasteland, and they or the individuals with command authority behind them ask you to "return"? Is this order contrary to your oath of "faithful to the Augustus family"? How do you decide their priorities when two orders clash?"

“………A long time ago, when your great-grandfather was still very young, he often tried to use questions containing logical conflicts to guide me downtime to escape midday classes or afternoon physical training,” Diana looked at Rosetta with a blank expression. “Are you trying something similar now?”

Rosetta also had no expression on his face: "I'm just a little curious."

"Iron Man is a mechanic soldier who obeys logic systems, but we are much more flexible than the so-called "gods," Diana said. "If the conflict you mentioned really occurs, I will explain my actual situation to my superiors and seek forgiveness, and also explain to my superiors why I left the Iron Man network seven hundred years ago. In any case, an Iron Man Corps that has been operating so far must not lack an old observatory security officer, and you will definitely need the experience I have accumulated over hundreds of years - I will never fall into the command conflict you assumed and go down."

"Okay, so I said, just 'if'," Rosetta spread his hands, and suddenly became a little curious, "but you mentioned just now that my great-grandfather was young... he would really use this kind of logic to try to guide you downtime? I never knew there was such a thing... how did you deal with it?"

"I restarted very quickly, faster than he could escape the room," Diana said quietly, while looking behind Rosetta, the arcane runes used to detect spirits were being refreshed in her eyes made of high-precision artificial crystals. "In addition, I should remind you that your great-grandfather is listening."

Rosetta was stunned for a moment, turned his head slightly to look beside him, and saw the Augustan ancestors who had been cursed by the Eye of God to the present, standing expressionlessly behind him, while his great-grandfather was looking down at him in the nearest position.

Rosetta was silent for a few seconds, turned around and returned to a posture of sitting upright.

The curse that lasted for two hundred years was lifted, but the sequelae... seems to continue for a while.

...

Above the Holy Spirit Plain, an anti-gravity aircraft much larger than conventional dragoons was flying through the clouds under the sun. Several dragoon fighters serving as escort missions and two fully armed dragon-born soldiers set up queues on both sides to accompany the escort formation. The bright sunlight shone through the thin clouds at high altitude on the shells made of steel and crystals, emitting a layer of dazzling silver light, and at the same time it revealed the energy shield covering the aircraft and the dragon-born soldiers.

In the large aircraft in the center of the queue, the cockpit, which is much spacious than the conventional Dragoon, is divided into two parts, front and rear, the cockpit in the rear half is semicircular, with several seats arranged at the edge of the curved bulkhead. In front of the half-circle seat is a Magic Net terminal device. At this moment, the light-shading barrier outside the cockpit has been opened, blocking the too bright sky light above, and only the most comfortable light remains in the cockpit. The scene of the Holy Spirit Plain is projected above the Magic Net terminal: it is a real-time overlooking view from outside the cabin.

Silver Queen Belsetia sat on one of the seats, looking at the scene presented in the holographic projection with a curious and interesting expression. At the same time, she looked at the structure of the aircraft and the magic devices that were incredibly famous from time to time. The maid Elaine next to her seemed a little nervous. She sometimes grabbed the armrest of the seat, sometimes frowned and listened carefully to the buzzing of the anti-gravity ring coming from under the floor.

"As early in the royal court, I heard about these magical flight devices. My big star master praised your pioneering progress in the anti-gravity field, and praised your optimization and efficiency improvement techniques for runes... To be honest, I felt that her reaction was a bit exaggerated, because the anti-gravity field has always been the home court of the elves," Belsetia said to Gao Wen beside her, "But now I begin to believe her evaluation of you... I can sense the energy flow near the anti-gravity ring. Your utilization of magic is incredible, and it can be so stable..."

"Mathematics is the cornerstone of the world, and the biggest feature of the cornerstone is stability," said Gao Wen. "But compared with the Star Temple of the Silver Empire, these small-scale anti-gravity devices should not be anything to your eyes."

"It's different, Uncle Gowen," Belsetia smiled. "The Temple of Stars is indeed a great legacy, but its biggest problem is that it is just a 'legacy' - it is not even our silver elves who created it, but the older primitive elves. If we can create a second Temple of Stars, it can be regarded as the pride of the Silver Empire."

Is the legacy of the original elves...

Gao Wen couldn't help but sigh in his heart, sighing that the incredible miracle creations like the Temple of Stars have now become "alone books" - Rebecca has coveted the "ancestor technology" of the elves for a long time, and she even had a grand dream of building an air fortress similar to the Temple of Stars. In fact, this is even Gao Wen's dream, but unfortunately... Cecil's current technical strength is far from enough.

"How far are we from the Thorin Giant Tree?" Belsetia asked suddenly.

"It's still about half an hour's voyage," said Gao Wen, "you can take this time to sort out what you want to say to Belltila-you haven't met for hundreds of years."
Chapter completed!