I Like This Dream!

Anxu and Lydia spent a peaceful night. Early the next morning, soldiers knocked on their door.

The young ascetic woke up immediately. She stayed for a few seconds, then slipped out of the arms of the God's Favored One, quickly got up and went to answer the door. A set of ascetic robes was enough. The soldier did not notice the eye droppings on Lydia's face and the traces of saliva on her mouth, but this did not comfort Lydia's mood at all.

An Xu stretched and climbed up, yawning contentedly. "Who is it?" She rubbed her eyes and looked at Lydia's gloomy face. Although the other party could still be called expressionless, An Xu felt that Lydia seemed to be sulking for no reason. You were fine last night (?), why are you unhappy today? She looked around strangely for a while, and finally thought optimistically, maybe people who joined the Holy See camp were easily emotional.

"Your Majesty General, please invite me." Lydia said.

Speaking of the General, Anxu immediately recalled the friendly reception yesterday. She put on her clothes and smelled her collar, feeling that she could still smell the aroma of barbecue. After being teased like this, she was hungry (greedy) again, and she really hoped that the general would have some rations that she could get.

With such a beautiful yearning, An Xu packed up his things within a few minutes and followed the messenger to head towards Jane. Jane was waiting for them under the tower. She probably didn't expect how quickly Miss Sullivan got up. When they met from a distance, the general was still chewing on a small round cake. People in this world basically only eat two meals. Only the very rich nobles and laborers who consume a lot of energy eat some bread in the morning to satisfy their hunger. However, in her world, Anxu only eats buns and rolls bought on the road for breakfast. She feels that there is not much difference between snacks and breakfast in this world.

To put it simply, it’s OK to let her eat, she won’t be picky.

"Good day, Your Excellency, the God's Favorite." Jane greeted, bowing from afar. Her salute was much more solemn than when she greeted the abbot yesterday, but it was still not completely formal - no one could salute formally with half a round cake.

"Good morning, General!" An Xu ran over quickly, looking eagerly at the round cake in her hand. Jane misplaced her focus, took a few bites faster, and threw away the remaining crumbs. Just as she was about to speak, she saw the shoulders of the girl favored by the gods visibly slumped.

"Do you want to eat?" She asked tentatively, feeling blessed in her heart.

"Thank you!" An Xu said without hesitation.

Jian Shi smiled and looked at the adjutant. The adjutant whispered something to the soldier next to him. The soldier quickly ran back and forth and put the small round cake in An Xu's hand. An Xu thanked him and took a bite. He felt as if he had bitten a stainless steel spoon, and his head was numb from the shock force.

"Your Excellency, God's Favored One? Why can't you think about it so hard..." Jian Dai said, "Are you okay? There's no rush!"

But is this thing really edible? An Xu stared at the cake that he took out of his mouth. There was only saliva on it but no teeth marks. With lingering fear, she pinched the cake with her fingers, without leaving even a scratch.

Is this the standard of daily food? The general only eats this for breakfast? The living conditions of the soldiers on the border are too difficult! How miserable! An Xu looked at Jian with sympathy.

Is it true that the rumor that you can’t have enough to eat after entering the seminary is true? Is the rumor that it will be confiscated if you don’t eat it all at once true? How miserable! Jane thought looking at Anna sympathetically. The only daughter of the dignified Sullivan family, she still looked at me with such pitiful eyes... She couldn't bear it, but couldn't hold it back. She stepped forward and took the round cake - she could actually feel the hold of the favored one when she took it away. The weak strength that he held on to made the careless general feel a rare sadness - he broke it in half with a click.

"Eat slowly, don't be in a hurry." She lowered her voice as much as possible and looked at the God's Favored One with the eyes she used to feed her little sister a long time ago. The adjutant accidentally shuddered when he saw this expression.

Although diamonds are hard, they are very brittle. This seems to be the reason. But you can’t eat diamond powder? An Xu looked in awe at the general who had very good teeth and looked expectant (?), as if he was standing in the dormitory many years ago and his roommate stuffed him with a handful of roasted grasshoppers, a local specialty.

That’s all, risk your life to accompany the gentleman! She gritted her teeth and held the edge of the small round cake... Eh, is it soft?

Anxu took the round cake away from his mouth again and took a closer look. He saw a soft layer of something wrapped inside the hard rock skin. She licked it tentatively and could taste the rich taste of milk. Only then did she realize that these were not wheat cakes, but some kind of cheese.

If Ansu had Anna Sullivan's memory, or if she didn't plan to have convenience meals and only ate manna when she was in seminary, or if Chris didn't take care of her enough to only feed her processed ingredients, Ansu would have You should know what this is. Rock-crust soft cheese is made by pressing and air-drying fresh cheese. It has a hard shell and a soft and delicate interior. Its raw materials are simple and easy to obtain, tastes good, is easy to store, and can easily fill the stomach and provide energy. The unsophisticated warriors take it on the road, and the nobles will cut it and spread it on bread. It is a breakfast suitable for everyone.

By the way, another reason why it is easy to store is that the outer shell is so hard that insects will not eat it. Expired rock cheese can be used as weapons and bowl mats. Throwing it directly on the ground is equivalent to gravel paving, so it is really not a waste at all for the general to throw it away.

An Xu, who wanted to understand this, nodded gratefully to Jian, and in Jian's eyes, it turned into gratitude for being fed. This unexpected incident disrupted the original plan, and also made Jane unknowingly share the same hatred with the enemy, and did not put An Xu in the target position.

"Those people in robes..." she said angrily, seeing the forceful look in her adjutant David's eyes, she swallowed the second half of the sentence vaguely. An Xu was busy eating cheese, and Jane took this opportunity to glance at the ascetic beside her. Lydia looked at her nose, nose and heart, twirling the rosary beads in her hands and moving her lips, trying to figure out what she was reciting. The general snorted in his heart. She hated the pretentiousness of these hypocrites.

"Come, let's go and have a look at the city walls," Jane said. "Your father, Earl Edward, served here."

The general led the way, Anxu followed behind her, Lydia was one step behind, and the adjutant was at the end of the team. The city wall looked as high as the one below, and the steps were a bit strange to walk on. An Xu always felt like he would trip while walking. She looked forward and saw that Jane was still walking with her head held high; looking back, she saw that Lydia was walking with her head down and her steps were small and fast. The adjutant also walked without any abnormalities and smiled politely when he saw her looking back.

"Please be careful where you step, Your Excellency, God's Favored One," he said.

"Has your father ever talked to you about the walls of the Thebes Defense Line?" Jane asked, and then answered by herself, "Thebes is the youngest defense line, and it was only built a few decades ago. The steps are a bit big. It’s different. The defenders who are accustomed to walking can run up and down, but spies, enemy soldiers, and strange beasts climbing up the city walls will fall down.”

An Xu said "Wow", amazed by this battlefield wisdom. The city wall has an old-fashioned style (from a modern perspective), made of hard stone, and is gray in color. It really looks a bit like the rock cheese you just ate. Wouldn’t the building material that fills the gap in between be cheese? An Xu thought of the Great Wall. He heard that the ancient city walls used glutinous rice as an adhesive.

“Built decades ago?”

"Yes, Yamenan only stabilized the defense line at this position about fifty years ago." Jane climbed up the city wall and patted the watchtower with emotion, "From then on, Fort Sullivan...which is now the city of Abery. Then there is humanity’s southernmost defense line. This place was once a wilderness that had been abandoned for hundreds of years, and the generation of Your Excellency the God-Blessed One’s grandmother watched this city being built on the wilderness with their own eyes.”

A few words outline the struggle of humanity on the border half a century ago. An Xu imagined the scene back then. How much hard work and sacrifice did the ancestors have to make to nail this majestic fortress on the border between humans and alien beasts? Of course, Tibsburg could not compare with the magnificence of the seminary. It was unattractive in appearance and looked heavy and solid, like a stubborn rock, like a dwarf with gnarled muscles and holding its breath and rooted to the spot.

"How long did it take to complete?" An Xu asked.

"Half a year."

"Half a year?" An Xu repeated in surprise.

She has seen pictures of the legendary pyramids that are impenetrable with knives, and has also climbed ancient city walls that are cultural monuments. Comparing those monuments with the young ancient city walls under her feet, the latter seemed to be even more solid and neat. The buildings in ancient Egypt and ancient China all relied on huge manpower, material resources and time, and took the efforts of countless skilled craftsmen to build. But now this castle only took half a year?

"His Majesty the King at that time brought in almost all the earth and stone superpowers available in the country." Jian smiled. "The most troublesome thing was to let those warriors who could only throw stones learn to build like craftsmen. It is said that it actually took two months The city was built, but there was a problem with the load-bearing. The first time we faced the attack of alien beasts, it collapsed after a short time. We had to rely on people with supernatural powers to throw stones to survive the attack of beasts."

An Xu laughed at the picture in his mind. Yes, there are superpower settings here. Before being trapped in the academy, the existence of superpowers was a bit like personal ability levels. She thought that apart from comparisons, there was not much sense of existence (those who experienced the "Thunder Day" in the entire academy will definitely shake their heads desperately). Only when they are outside can they feel the essence. different. If there were more people with superpowers, the humans in this dream would probably be similar to the magical race in fantasy stories that rely on talent to survive.

"The Sullivan family has been stationed on the border for generations, even after the Thebes Defense Line was built. The 'Sentinel of the South' is worthy of its name." Jane said, "Many years ago, Earl Edward also looked into the distance from the watchtower, looking for beasts. Traces of the approaching tide. How about it, Your Excellency, God’s Favored One, would you like to go up with me?”

An Xu nodded, and Jane immediately pushed a step away to let out the entrance of the watchtower. "Come on, hold on to the iron railing, don't worry, I'll catch you from behind." She said, after An Xu climbed up, she ducked into the watchtower, turned around and said, "David, just don't squeeze in. Adding to the chaos!"

Lydia was about to go up when David held her back. "There are always only one or two sentries, and if there are more, I'm worried that there will be problems with bearing the weight." The adjutant said kindly, "Would you like to eat something too? It's windy up there. Do you want to follow me to a place in front that can be sheltered from the wind? When the adults come down, You can see it at a glance over there, it’s out of the way.”

The ascetic glanced at him and stood still. The adjutant was not embarrassed that she rejected all suggestions. He smiled good-naturedly, took out the cheese from his arms and ate it.