In a room on the top floor.
Cecilia was lying on a crimson sofa. She was wearing a long, luxurious purple dress that wrapped around her graceful body. She was a European, the daughter of the Duke of Siluo. However, she had the appearance of a person from the Subcontinent. She had black hair and black eyes. Her eyes were naturally charming.
Cecilia hadn't entered a "deep sleep" state yet. Her movements were like that of a queen. She lazily twisted her waist, looked at the neatly arranged star map on the table, and yawned.
"Have you made it clear to the contestants? If there's anything wrong with the star map, they won't be able to walk out of here. " Cecilia looked at the group of men in black kneeling in front of her. They were all official members of the Machine Church. There was a crimson diamond-shaped pattern on their sleeves.
This pattern was exactly the same as the badge of the Wessex Company. The only difference was that the former was crimson, while the latter was grayish-white.
"Yes, we've killed all the disobedient ones." A man in black lowered his head and said, "But the children of the aristocratic families are just like you said. They cherish their lives and listen to our orders."
Cecilia nodded and rubbed her temples with her slender fingers. Recently, she had been sleeping longer and longer. Sometimes, she would fall asleep before sunset. This wasn't a good sign.
According to Banko, "she" had secretly gone to find Li Xiang while she was sleeping. She had almost been completely exposed.
Remembering Banko, she glanced around and found that he wasn't in the group.
"Where's Banko?"
"I'm back, Miss." Banko's voice suddenly came from outside the door. He carried the trembling female leader into the room, closed the door, and put her on the ground.
"I encountered Li Xiang. He was much stronger than I thought. Fortunately, I retreated in time. Otherwise, my identity would have been exposed." The division chief heaved a sigh of relief. Li Xiang's punches were powerful. He was at least a Level-3 Magic Apprentice. He was so young and had such achievements before even participating in the ultimate trial. If he was lucky, he might be able to enter one of the top 18 universities under the Chronometer Tower Consortium.
"What about him? Do you have his star chart?" Hearing Li Xiang's name, Cecilia abruptly stood up, swept away her previous laziness, and quickly asked.
Banco shook his head. In Aokiji 2-7, he was the only one who could firmly control him, but the effect of the drug was about to wear off, and Miss would fall asleep again. At that time, he must stay close to her.
The Young Miss had deployed all the guards in order to obtain the star maps of these aristocratic families' disciples. Now that it had been completed, there was no need to take any more risks.
"What a pity. If I had his, I might be able to deduce the reason why he attracted me." Cecilia sighed. When she met Li Xiang for the first time, she felt a strange attraction to him. He seemed to be able to see through her real identity at a glance.
After inquiring about his past, there was only information about him being a disciple of the Bai family. As for his biological parents, no one in the Bai family knew.
His sister, Bai Xintong of the Bai family, would recognize her ancestors in two years. At that time, they would know the identity of Li Xiang's biological parents. Two years later, she would also recognize her ancestors. With the relationship between her father and the White King, she would have a lot of interactions with Bai Xintong in the future. However, she was more interested in this boy who seemed to be abandoned by the White King.
Thinking of him, she felt a little crazy.
But she could only temporarily suppress it.
"There will always be a chance, Miss. Don't worry." Banco smiled. He had already given Li Xiang a favor in his name. In the future, as long as he followed the prescribed order, he would definitely be able to stand on the same stage as Miss.
"By the way, Miss, is there any news about the star chart?"
"Yes, it's more or less confirmed." Cecilia rubbed her head again. She pointed her finger at the star chart. Following that, specks of fluorescence slowly appeared on the charts. Many stars mysteriously left the star chart and floated into the air. Among the dozens of star charts, hundreds of stars left their control. They revolved around a certain center at high speed and gradually formed a huge turbulence.
The turbulence gradually became lifelike. Banco quickly recorded it with his communication device and sent it to Duke Siluo.
"This, this is the turbulence of the stars! It's really the turbulence of the stars! "He looked agitated as he looked at Cecilia. The latter nodded slightly to show her confirmation.
"The time … is about two years later. The location can't be confirmed based on this information, but the turbulence of the stars shouldn't be wrong." Cecilia recalled the information transmitted to her in the turbulence and said softly.
Banco recorded it one by one and was shocked.
Three years ago, the Astral Swirl that swept across the Seven Continents was said to be the most horrifying natural disaster in the past 15 years. Countless airships were sucked in and the number of casualties was uncountable. Some of the survivors drifted to other continents through the Astral Swirl.
Therefore, there were many wanderers from other continents on the Subcontinent. Many of them were victims of the Astral Swirl. At first, it was just a natural disaster that affected countless people. However, the military happened to put a wanderer on trial when they were trying to catch criminals. Under torture, the wanderer revealed some of the phenomena he had seen when he was in the Astral Swirl. That was when the wanderer caught the attention of the higher-ups.
The Astral Swirl was a natural disaster caused by the distortion of countless magic particles. The only fortunate thing was that it usually didn't affect a large area. However, this time, the Astral Swirl affected the airspace of the Seven Continents. Some higher-ups had long suspected that the Astral Swirl was merely an omen of an even more horrifying natural disaster.
The only natural disaster related to the Astral Swirl was the legendary turbulence of the stars!
Banco didn't know much about the turbulence of the stars. All he knew was that it was both a crisis and an opportunity. There were treasures that even the players would covet.
"Banco, do you think Father will acknowledge me this time …" Cecilia's voice was getting softer and softer. She was probably exhausted and had taken medicine to prevent herself from falling asleep. At that moment, she was mentally and physically exhausted. She actually fell asleep on the sofa.
Banco didn't expect that. He kicked the female leader who was lying on the ground. She struggled to get up and finally walked out of Li Xiang's shadow.
"Miss …" Banco walked to the couch and tried to ask.
At the moment, Cecilia was like a sleeping beauty. Her eyes were closed and her beautiful eyelashes fluttered in the wind.
"Mmm mmm …" She turned around to make herself more comfortable and fell into a deep sleep.
A glint of coldness flashed in Banco's eyes. He looked at the men in black who were kneeling on the ground and then made a throat-slitting gesture to the female leader.
The female leader's heart skipped a beat. She understood that he was going to kill everyone who had heard about the Astral Swirl, except for her.
She nodded silently.
"Miss wants to rest. All of you can leave now. Oh, remember not to alert anyone when you leave. Pretend that the rescue team has arrived and you are being chased out."
"Yes!" The men in black didn't know that they were going to stay here forever. They got up and left the room. After they left, the female leader left as well.
Only Banco and Cecilia were left in the room. Looking at the girl sleeping peacefully, Banco's heart was filled with warmth.
He had watched Cecilia grow up little by little. The Duke was busy with work and had entrusted the young miss to a group of maids and butlers to take care of her. She was given whatever she wanted, and the servants were selected from the best batch.
However, the duke didn't know that the young miss had always wanted the fatherly and maternal love that she had never experienced before.
The duke was still unmarried. Only the higher-ups knew of the young miss's existence. He was lucky enough to accompany her for so long and had long treated her as his own child.
"Ah, I, I fell asleep again. Uncle Banco, I'm so stupid …" Cecilia suddenly woke up and rubbed her eyes. She was like a sixteen-year-old girl now. She was innocent and a little muddle-headed.
In her memory, she was reading at the desk. However, the content of the book was too boring, so she fell asleep. Now that she looked at it, the sky was already dark. How long had she slept?
Cecilia blushed and didn't dare to look at him. Banco only smiled gently and shook his head.
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