"Ahem... Ahem ahem..." Looking at the dumbfounded Mia, Baiyi cleared his throat to ease the awkwardness of the situation. He quickly took the hammerhead shark plushie and handed it over to her. Reluctantly, he explained, "Um... Anna came to look for you earlier, but you weren't around, so I brought it back to you."
Mia glanced at him before quickly lowering her head and taking the plushie from him. She looked as if she had something to say, but in the end, she did not say anything. Instead, she quietly opened the door and stood aside, gesturing for Baiyi to enter.
Baiyi entered the room quietly and sat down on a chair. Mia said, "Please wait for me to change my clothes." After saying that, she ran upstairs. A few moments later, when she came down the stairs, Baiyi could not help but stare at her in shock.
She had changed into the Celestial Fortress Academy's uniform? She was wearing a white blouse, a white skirt, white stockings, and an Absolute Territory. Her hair was still tied up in a childish ponytail, and she was hugging the hammerhead shark plushie in her arms. It was as if she had returned to the Mia that Baiyi had met ten years ago.
"You … You're …" Baiyi stammered.
Mia chuckled and sat down beside Baiyi. She stuffed the ends of her ponytails into Baiyi's hands and whispered, "I'll let you play with my ponytail for a while. Don't be mad at me anymore, okay?"
This was a trick she had always used to annoy Baiyi. It had always worked, but after she had grown up, she had never used it again.
At that moment, Baiyi felt as if he had traveled back in time. He caressed Mia's hair with his hand, and his heart was filled with emotions. It was as if he was reminiscing about the time they spent together, and for a moment, he was stunned.
Mia did not interrupt his train of thought. She sat quietly beside him, her legs dangling from the edge of the chair, patiently waiting for him to calm down.
After a long time, Baiyi reached out his hand and stroked her head. "You're still my Mia," he said in a slightly weary voice.
"Mm-hmm …" Mia nodded. She moved closer to him and rested her head on his arm. She whispered, "You'll always be my Mr. Hope."
The two of them leaned against each other silently. Both of them were smart enough not to mention the previous misunderstanding.
They sat in silence for a while before Baiyi could not help but say, "It's been so many years, and you're still wearing these clothes?"
Mia raised her head and gave him a playful smile. She said, "I couldn't bear to throw it away, so I kept it. I didn't expect that I could wear it now …"
'Uh … Does this mean that my body hasn't developed at all after 10 years?' But usually, he seemed to have grown a little taller, and his legs seemed longer. Was it all an illusion? Baiyi thought curiously.
Mia, on the other hand, seemed to have guessed what he was thinking about. Her cheeks flushed red, and she lowered her head to look at her chest regretfully. Embarrassed, she explained, "It's mainly because of the clothes I'm wearing. Plus, I'm wearing high heels. That's why it looks like I'm still growing."
"Emmmm, this is good, this is good," Baiyi muttered, not knowing what was good about it.
"Mr. Hope, can you tell me more about your research project?" Mia moved away from Baiyi and suddenly changed the topic. She took the initiative to talk about academic research that she did not like, but Baiyi was very passionate about.
"Well, it's like this …" Baiyi patiently began to tell her about the ghostwriting. Mia sat beside him like an obedient child, listening to him attentively. It was just like how she listened to him every night in the dormitory.
However, scribbling was a very complicated thing after all. It involved a lot of metaphysical content that could not be explained by current academic theories. Even though Baiyi had explained it to her in detail, Mia still could not understand it at all. It was way beyond the scope of a Legendary-level sorcerer's understanding.
But in the end, she still understood that she was the one who inspired the ghostwriting. With that thought in mind, she smiled gently and said, "I don't really understand it, but it sounds very powerful. Anyway, as long as I can help you, Mr. Hope. "
"Okay, okay. It's okay if you don't understand it. I'll write a lot of related papers on this in the future. You can study it when the time is right." Baiyi nodded his head. He did not blame Mia. He did not expect her to be able to understand it at her current stage. He was just sharing the most unique knowledge that he had with her.
"Well … Well, you'll have to be patient," Mia replied helplessly.
Truth be told, Mia's innate talent was average. It was a lot worse than Tisdale's, and her physique was no match for the likes of Nota and Mordred. She did not have the blessing of a god like Attie, and she did not have Vidomina's family background. If she had not met Baiyi, she would not have been able to achieve anything remarkable in her life.
Unfortunately, fate loved to play tricks on people. Mia, who was destined to live an ordinary life, met Baiyi, and received love and care that ordinary girls could not imagine.
"So, back to the topic at hand. Since you're the one who invented the ghostwriting, why don't you name it?" Baiyi said.
"Huh? Me? That's not a good idea, is it? Don't you want to ask Grandpa about this, Mr. Hope? "Mia asked, a little surprised.
"Don't let him know!" Baiyi said seriously. "Just do me a favor!"
"Is that so? Let me think … "Mia hugged the hammerhead shark plushie tightly. Her brows furrowed, just like when she was a child trying to solve Baiyi's problems. After a long time, she said," Let's call it the Light of Hope? "
"Huh?" Baiyi froze. This name was a little tacky, but it was surprisingly appropriate. The ghostwriting, which could connect the Void and the real world, did it feel like the light that represented hope in the darkness? Also, it matched his name perfectly. It seemed that Mia was not only talented at acting cute, but she was also talented at naming things.
"Good name! Good name!" Baiyi nodded. He reached out and patted Mia's head. "That's a good name! It's decided, then! "
"Huh? This is just a random name I came up with. Is it really okay? "Mia asked, a little unsure of herself.
"Yes, of course it's okay!" Baiyi stood up from the chair and took out a storage pouch. "Then, as a reward, I'll give you something that can't be found in this world!"
The storage pouch was filled with the things that he had robbed from the world that was similar to Earth. When he opened it, there was a big pile in front of the two of them. It was like Santa Claus opening a gift bag.
"Whoa! These are … "Mia was startled. She quickly picked up a box of chocolates and looked at it carefully." Are these snacks from another world? " Then, she put it down and picked up a mobile phone. She fiddled with it for a while but she had no idea what it was for. She looked at Baiyi with a questioning gaze.
Baiyi had robbed a commercial street like a robber. He had robbed all kinds of things. It was a little random, so he did not categorize the items clearly.
"Uh … This is a special communication tool. But it's not very useful in this world." Baiyi took the mobile phone from her hand and demonstrated how to turn it on before passing it to her.
"Huh? The design on the phone is so intricate. Is it made with magic? "Mia looked at the phone curiously. She reached out and poked at the screen with her finger, trying to figure out what it was.
"Nota and Anna know how to use it, right? You can talk to them, "Baiyi said. If he remembered correctly, when a Servant was summoned, they would automatically learn the relevant knowledge of this world. This rule had not been removed yet, had it?
"Call everyone here. Help me distribute these things. If you're interested, you can keep them," Baiyi said. Baiyi looked at Mia, who was playing with the technological gadgets with great interest. He took out a few storage pouches and handed them to Mia. These were all things that he had snatched from others. There were technological gadgets, food, cosmetics, and even feminine products. These were all gifts for the girls. However, he had been so busy that he could not find the right time to distribute them to the girls.
As for the storage pouch in his hand, it contained the truly important items that he needed to hand over to the Voidwalkers.
Seeing that Mia was completely engrossed in the gifts, Baiyi gave her a few words and left the cottage. He went to the Archmage, the Scholar Walker, the Blacksmith Engineer, and the other Voidwalkers and took out the rest of the storage pouches.
"I brought these back from a different world. I was busy with other things and almost forgot about them." He casually explained and opened the storage bag. A large pile of books fell out from it.
Most of the things he had robbed from the other world were books from the bookstores and libraries.
"This is …" The Blacksmith Engineer's interest was piqued. He quickly took one of the books. "Books that record the knowledge of another world?"
"More or less. But these are the basic ones. Some of them might not be of much use, so I'll have to filter them out." Baiyi picked up a book called Basic Programming Tutorial, flipped through it, and threw it to the side. Obviously, this kind of book was useless.
It was not practical to bring a complete technological system to this world. The difference between the two worlds was too great, and even the laws of physics were different. Also, it was not necessary. This world already had a set of foundations that used magic as its core, so it needed to follow a different technological path from Earth.
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