"Puff——"

I directly unscrewed the beer cap in my hand with my bare hands, and then handed the still-cold bottle of Belong to Aurora floating on the water next to me.

"Beer?" Aurora asked after taking a sip.

"you know?"

"Of course. There has been beer in this world for a long time, but it's just not popular here in the Principality."

"Really..." I lay down next to her nonchalantly and then reached out and pressed the remote control in my hand.

The 65-inch TV on the wall in front of us suddenly lit up, and then I randomly selected a movie through the remote control and played it.

"Is this the legendary TV?"

"Yes."

"But it looks like..."

"The kind you are talking about is a picture tube TV, right? Your great-grandfather's time was not long after the television was born. This kind of LCD TV is more than one generation different from the picture tube." I said and quietly took out a cigar box.

.

After I opened the box, I took out a cigar, cut it, put it in my mouth, and then picked up the lighter in the box and lit it.

"Wow...comfortable..." I took a sip of beer and quickly took a puff of the cigar.

"Come take one with me." Aurora stretched out her hand to me and said.

"Can you smoke?"

"Occasionally, you've already lit it up, so you might as well have one." Aurora took the cigar I handed her and sniffed it and said, "Did you know, this is produced by us."

"Oh? Is this your side job?" I asked curiously while lighting her cigarette.

"Well... almost. In fact, we are the ones who promote cigars in this world... After all, cigars are very popular in some areas, so they are also an important source of funds for us, although we also try to only do common stocks.

Paper-rolled cigarettes, but later I found that the sales of those cheap cigarettes were very poor, so they were not mass-produced. Where did you buy this?"

"I bought it secretly in a store called 'Lübeck Chamber of Commerce' while shopping in Wilsk today."

"Why buy it secretly?"

"Because Diana doesn't like the smell of smoke."

"Really... we actually have a cigar factory on an island south of Venetia. The cigars here are produced there. If you are interested, I can get you some more at some time."

"Thank you for your kindness, but I don't need too much at the moment, because I just want to enjoy it occasionally. And in fact, I have quit smoking for a long time, but after coming here, I only have one occasionally to relax because of some special problems.

Down."

"It would be better if there was a bottle of champagne." Aurora said, raising her head.

"I prefer to pair it with whiskey, but... I don't have any stock at home. The only two bottles of Jack Daniel's left are planned to be enjoyed in the evening."

"Whisky...is that grain distilled liquor?"

"Yeah, my favorite drink."

"This is a bit troublesome. After all, grains such as barley are only grown in the north, and the yield is not high. But we already have the distillation technology, and I have a distillation workshop myself. If you are interested, I can

Get you some."

"That's a good suggestion." I tried to relax my body and lay on the massage position in the pool. Suddenly I remembered something she just said, so I asked: "What do you do in the library?"

"As a nominal secretary, I don't have any special work on weekdays. I am responsible for the magic and technology research department, and occasionally I am responsible for reincarnated matters."

"No wonder, I always feel uncomfortable talking to you, but also feel very awkward."

"You think I don't look like a 'local native', right?"

"No, it's not that malicious...but it does have a bit of that flavor."

"It's okay, I'm used to it. In fact, many reincarnated people have this concept, thinking that they come from a more civilized world, so they feel superior to others." Although she answered so casually, I vaguely felt that she faced this kind of thing.

You will definitely be under a lot of pressure at times.

"How do you usually deal with people like this?" I asked curiously.

"Treat calmly and have polite contact, and then judge the character and ability of the other party. If you can cooperate, forget it. But if the other party is unruly or hostile, give up contact and leave it to the chosen one to deal with it."

"The process must be very hard."

"It can't be said. In fact, it's you, the Chosen Ones, who have the hardest time." Avrola took a sip of her cigar and said slowly, "You Chosen Ones, no matter where you come from, whether you are the aborigines of this world or not.

Regardless of the reincarnations from the earth, you can only stand on this world, or in other words, you are only allowed to stand on the side of the goddess Severna."

"...Yeah, Diana said that too, and I also discovered this through some previous things. But this actually doesn't matter to me."

"Why?"

"Because I will only stand on Diana's side."

Aurora was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile: "What if...I mean what if, Diana changes her position?"

"Same." I replied decisively.

"What if she's on the opposite side of Severna?"

"still the same."

"you!"

"Don't get me wrong, I mean I won't change my position, but if this happens I will just try to change her opinion back, because I'm not stupid enough to go against a god.

, and I have no reason to go against Severna."

"Really... It seems that you are very determined."

"No, this is just a choice that leans towards reality." I took a puff of cigarette and said, "Okay, let's change the topic. I really don't want to continue this kind of illusory topic."

"Okay... Speaking of which, since you turned on the TV, aren't you going to show me something to watch?" Aurora asked, pointing to the TV on the wall.

"I had this plan at the beginning, but...I was thinking about whether these things would affect you..."

"What's the impact?"

"You know, these movies are products of the earth..."

"Are you worried that after reading this, I will blindly pursue Earth's technology?"

"That's pretty much what it means."

"No. Although I am very interested in Earth's technology, I am not stupid enough to do whatever I see." Avrola stretched out in the water and said, "In fact, we have already mastered it.

After all, in addition to the reincarnations of my great-grandfather’s generation, there are other people from later generations in the castle. At present, our overall understanding of the earth has reached... The late 20th century... It should be described like this

Bar."

"Tell me honestly, do you already have black powder and a steam engine?"

"Of course." Aurora said with a devilish smile: "It's not just a steam engine. In fact, we already produced an experimental internal combustion engine at the beginning of this year."

"Has we entered the industrial age?"

"Similar, but we are just researching and learning about Earth's technology, and we have no plans to publish these technologies."

"Why?"

"You should be aware that some things cannot be easily integrated into this world. For example, we had already developed a steam generator a few years ago, but the one used in the castle later incorporated some knowledge of electrical engineering.

Magic machinery, and the application of magic has long been separated from the original theoretical knowledge of magic. For example, the floating ship we used actually has a steam engine inside, and the entire ship relies on this to drive the propeller on the ship.

to move, but the entire ship still relies on special magic to stay afloat."

"I see... You prefer magic to pure industrial technology, right?"

"Yes, after all, the mainstream of this world is still magic. We call it the 'magic industry' internally, and we do not intend to spread this kind of technology."

"This sounds a bit like a tech blockade."

"It's not just like this. After all, the technology mastered by Algasburg is too advanced..."

"Did Diana know?"

"Of course, and not just her, all the Chosen Ones know it, and I'm afraid the goddess Severna also knows it."

I breathed a long sigh of relief and blew out a lot of smoke. But now that I think carefully about what I was worrying about in private, I am afraid that it is just unfounded worry. Maybe Algasburg will not repeat the old path of those people 200 years ago, or

Maybe they will explore new paths in the near future, but all of this has nothing to do with me.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's watch a movie. We can't stay here for too long." I said and pressed the play button on the remote control.

"what movie?"

""Armageddon" is a very interesting science fiction disaster movie..." As I was talking, I suddenly noticed that the bathroom door was opened. I subconsciously hid the beer and cigar in my hands behind my back and looked at the door.

I saw two little heads sticking out from the crack of the half-open door. Ruby and Polly were quietly looking at us from behind the door. After confirming each other's identities, I breathed a sigh of relief and asked: "Ruby,

What are you doing?"

"Erica, I want it too!" Ruby opened the bathroom door and walked in, then pointed at the beer in my hand and said.

"No! Last time you drank my beer secretly and then I was violently beaten by Diana for no reason. This time I can't give it to you."
To be continued...