Chapter 1080： Closed-door meeting

In the spacious and bright hatching room, the low resonance sound of the rune device reverberates along with the humming of the ventilation system, and these slight noises are not noisy, but it seems that the whole room is getting quieter.

This silence lasted for a short period of time, and Enya gently broke the silence: "Really... It seems that a lot of things have happened..."

"I don't know much," Betty said embarrassedly. "Some of these things were told to me by the master or His Royal Highness Rebecca, and some were heard from other people chatting... They said a lot of things. , But I don’t quite understand most of them. I feel that those things have happened far away, and I don’t know why the discussions are so enthusiastic."

"It is the pleasure of many mortals to talk about what happened in the distance-but it is not bad to focus on the things around you," Enya said mildly, with a pleasant tremor when it came out of the eggshell. , "You can see that you are a very simple child, I like it very much-if we can, we can be friends."

"Okay, I like new friends!" Betty immediately became happy, but immediately remembered something, and quickly corrected, "But I am no longer a child-I am already an adult!"

"... grown-up," Enya's voice was suddenly silent for two seconds after Betty's voice fell, and then she said softly with a trace of the maid's incomprehensible emotion, "You just mentioned that those are from Tarrond The messenger of has talked a lot with your host, and they went to the meeting with your host, right?"

"Yeah," Betty nodded repeatedly, "I heard the master mention this, saying it was'the dragon is going to return to this world' or something, and he also said that this matter has a profound impact, but I don't know much about it. Up."

"Is it good to return to this world...it's great," Enya's voice sounded with a smile, and there seemed to be a hint of pride, "They took the first step, and this step was earlier than I thought... a hundred For thousands of years, something good has finally happened in this world."

Betty blinked, she found that this "Ms. Enya" always said something she didn't understand, but she didn't feel any discomfort about it-there are always many things that she can't understand happen in this world. Many of them can be explained by reading and asking the owner for advice, and those that are really incomprehensible... just let them go, Betty will not be affected by them.

So she quickly put aside the confusion and smiled again on her face. She picked up the big beloved teapot from the side, got up and came to the pale golden dome: "Ms. Enya, you want some black tea. Huh?"

"...I can make a little more, thank you," Enya said after hesitating, "but the tea will eventually flow out—it will add a lot of cleaning burden to you."

"No, they all flowed down the groove next to the base to the ground-wait for me to wipe it off," Betty smiled happily, "I'm very good at scrubbing. There are not many people here before. At that time, I can wipe the entire floor, tables and chairs alone!"

While talking, she approached the golden dome. While pouring the hot tea carefully on the surface of the eggshell, she was a little curious: "Ms. Enya, can you really'drink' tea like this?" "

"It's a very strange feeling. I'm not sure if I can'taste' the taste and heat accurately...but it feels good," Enya's voice seemed quite pleasant, "I really didn't expect that I would have Such an incredible experience..."

"But I feel this seems a bit weird," Betty looked up at the eggshell in front of him, "I remember he didn't seem very happy after pouring tea to Mr. Egg last time..."

"Really? That's a shame...but I'm fine!"

……

At post 112, night fell, and the lights set up everywhere in the town were already lit. The sky full of stars covered the border settlements built by the elves. The artificial firelights and the stars in the sky complemented each other. In this interlaced light and shadow, elegant and elegant lines are outlined. The surge of visitors makes this originally quiet town appear to be bustling and prosperous. However, outside the outpost, it is still a dark and vast wilderness-dark and heavy. The ridges and the night-colored valleys where you can't see the sides remind everyone who visits this place with a particularly strong contrast, reminding them of what is called the "boundary of the civilized world".

The Emerald Hall is located on the west side of the town. It is built on a high ground, so from the rooms on the second floor of the Hall, you can directly overlook the deserted wilderness outside the town-Matilda Augustus is standing in a wealthy fairy In front of the characteristic spire arc-edge floor-to-ceiling windows, her gaze casts her gaze into the vast night outside the window. Her gaze crossed the open and even frightening darkness, and looked at the dim glow at the end of the dark horizon: that is the magnificent wall. The magnificent silhouette cast on the horizon, even at such a long distance, that amazingly large energy barrier can still be clearly seen by the naked eye.

After staring at it for a long time, Matilda finally regained her gaze: "There is the boundary of human civilization... I only remember looking at it once when I was very young, but I didn’t expect that until now we still have Look at it from a distance..."

Rosetta Augustus was sitting on a chair not far away. He raised his head to look at his daughter: "Looking from a distance like this, how do you feel?"

"I feel that it is an abyss waiting to expand at any time, a huge mouth ready to swallow the entire civilized world-the destructive power is bound by a thin barrier on that wasteland, and there are countless A mutant monster that is clean enough to sweep the entire world, while the human nations have slept peacefully around this abyss for hundreds of years. This is even...unreasonable."

"That barrier is not thin—in fact, its energy focusing layer is half a kilometer thick, but you’re right. In the face of such a vast Gondor wasteland and the broader whole of Loren, such a heavy energy barrier is actually It's as thin as paper," Rosetta nodded lightly, "We have been protected by this'paper' for more than 700 years, but even this piece of paper used up the strength of the mainland countries. ."

Matilda turned to look at her father: "...Gawain Cecil arranged the meeting address here to remind those countries that have been at ease outside the barrier for too long?"

"A mature ruler will always set more than one purpose in his own arrangement. It may be his purpose to use the barren scene near the magnificent wall to alert the world, but it is definitely only one of his purposes," Rosetta said. "But in any case, at least he is the first person to try to integrate all mortal kingdoms, a path that none of us had ever imagined...On this alone, we should treat this meeting seriously."

"At the same time, be cautious about the possible'appetite' of the Cecil Empire, right?" Matilda turned around, with an extremely serious expression on her face, "You think Gawain Cecil will be What to talk to us?"

"...Neither he nor I like to waste time," Rosetta said after a brief musing. "There will be two meetings here, one is a formal contract between Cecil and Typhon, one It’s an alliance meeting between mortals and nations. He and I know very well that compared with the second meeting, the first meeting can’t waste too much time and too much energy. Tonight we will finalize the contract in a closed-door meeting. Frame and bottom line, he won't let this matter until the next day, and neither will I, so he will probably just throw out his terms... and then simply bargain."

Matilda thought, and just as she had just fallen into contemplation, the sound of footsteps and knocking on the door came from outside the door, and then a high-ranking attendant entered the room and bowed at the door to salute: "Gawain Sisi Your Majesty has arrived."

"Please come in, please," Rosetta said immediately-he doesn't need to sort out his manners, because he is always ready for what is about to happen, "Matilda, you sit next to me."

When Gao Wen walked into the reception room, he saw an elegant coffee table placed in the center of the room. The light from the chandelier was reflected on the coffee table. The kyanite polished table was shining, Rosetta Augustus Already sitting on the sofa on the side of the coffee table, and the "Pearl of the Empire" who had visited Cecil is sitting next to Rosetta-other than that, no one else can be seen in the room. Figure.

This is a closed-door meeting. It is a summit meeting before formal and open negotiations. This is not in line with the practice of exchanges between the two countries, but here-Gawain and Rosetta are "usual".

Only the princess Matilda was beside Rosetta, and Gawain did not bring more manpower either: he only brought Amber, the latter is his trusted intelligence minister.

The sound of "click" came from behind, the door of the reception room closed behind him, and Gawain walked forward with Amber, Rosetta Augustus stood up to greet them before they approached-this face The middle-aged man who always had a gloomy feeling showed a smile at this moment. His original gloomy and negative temperament seemed to have weakened a lot. Of course, this obvious change did not hide Gaowen’s eyes. Gaowen showed a slight smile. : "Good evening, Rosetta, your complexion is much better than when we last met."

Rosetta’s smile became more pronounced. He even joked: “A good night’s sleep is very important to a middle-aged person like me. Fortunately, the quality of my sleep has been very good recently. it is good."

Gawain obviously knows what the other party is referring to. This is a good starter-an experience that can be regarded as fighting side by side can effectively draw the relationship between the two sides, and at the same time make some less "friendly" conditions more difficult to say. Export, although this level of human greeting may not have much effect on people like him and Rosetta, it can at least make the atmosphere better.

"It looks like there are only four of us here today," Gawain nodded to Matilda who was not far away, "There are no other people waiting, it seems we can have a better chat."

"Miss Amber," Rosetta also looked at Amber beside Gao Wen, his expression became solemn in an instant, but soon returned to normal, "I heard that you are a shadow master who has no way of judging your strength. You are also an expert in the field of intelligence. Your presence in public means Gawain Cecil's greatest sincerity."

Frankly speaking, at this moment, Gawain really suddenly worried. He only thought that Amber’s head might be able to help in this meeting, but ignored whether this guy’s escaped character would be in such a serious occasion. The whole flower job-but when he turned his head to look at the half-elf beside him, he was shocked to see that this guy who was always careless and unruly in the past turned out to be extremely professional and extremely courteous. She used it just right. Faced with Rosetta’s praise, there is almost nothing wrong with his tone and expression: "You have passed the award-I am here only to perform my duties, as for my sincerity... I believe that since I stand here, you and our Majesty Sincerity is naturally full."

"...Of course," Rosetta nodded slightly, and then said casually, "Diana once praised Cecil's intelligence agency to me, and she even said directly to me,'Cecile The personnel trained by the head of intelligence of Seoul may be the most outstanding intelligence personnel in the world.’ I used to be quite skeptical, but the situation in Aldernan has stabilized recently, and I did see it in some leisure time. When it comes to their outstanding methods."

Amber suddenly smiled brightly: "You still have the award-in my opinion, the rogues and agents in your country are equally good, especially the group doing ‘business’ in Tamdur."

Rosetta’s expression did not change at all. He just turned sideways slightly, motioning for Gawain and Amber to take their seats, and at the same time casually said: "This situation needs to be reduced in the future, right? We wasted too much energy to inquire about the neighbors Secretly."

"Of course, we are here today to build further trust." Amber's smile was still bright, and his sincere tone even surprised Gao Wen a little.

But how much weight this "sincerity" has is unclear, and the attention of Gawain and Rosetta is obviously not on this matter.

"Let's talk about the issues that are really worthy of attention," Rosetta took the initiative to bring up the topic after the two sides were seated. "A war broke out between Typhon and Cecil based on misunderstanding and deliberately guided by the enemy. , Everything should be over now, right?"

"Of course, and in fact, this war is over," Gawain nodded and said frankly, "We have signed a long-term ceasefire agreement at the border, and the general-level talks between the two sides are also going very smoothly. Next, we will undoubtedly jointly issue a peace statement and explain the truth behind the scenes to the public. This matter will end peacefully, trade will resume, and exchanges at the national and non-governmental levels will also be reopened. At this point, both of us should have Consensus."

"I have no doubt about this matter," Rosetta looked serious, and a breath of gradual tension finally spread around him, "Whether it is the restoration of diplomacy or the reopening of trade channels, the diplomats will Naturally, the negotiation will be done, but there is one thing-I hope to get your direct answer.

"How long will the Cecil army of Winter Wolf keep stationed?"