I rely on myself

Chapter 299: The Threatened Tyrannosaurus

"Miss, is this okay?"

Following Xin's somewhat puzzling words, a certain glow suddenly appeared on Cedric's body, and then his skin gradually fell and dissipated like petals. After a while, Cedric, who was originally sitting there, turned into another figure.

————That was Alice.

Xin was not at all surprised by this turn of events, which showed that he knew that his young lady was disguised as Cedric.

"Xin, what do you mean by that?"

Alice had a smile on her face, but did not answer Xin's question. Instead, she asked her doll why it asked that.

Seeing his young lady pretending to be confused, Xin couldn't help but sigh in his heart, but he still decided to speak directly.

"Miss, why don't you ask Master Lin Yuan for help? If it were you, Master Lin Yuan would surely agree."

Hearing this, Alice stopped pretending to be stupid. The smile on her face disappeared and she became serious. After closing her eyes and thinking for a while, she seemed to see her own heart clearly before she spoke.

"Because I don't want to drag him into this."

"........."

Hearing Alice's answer, Xin had actually expected it, but after actually hearing this answer, he still felt a little relieved.

Because she has been weak since childhood, half of Alice's body has been roboticized to keep herself alive.

Although this is to maintain her own life, Alice still cannot accept this mechanical body, so Alice has a very strong tendency to self-destruct. She can do anything without caring, just to experience the fun feeling, even at the cost of her own life.

Xin saw this but could do nothing about it. However, since Alice met Lin Yuan, although the relationship between them was not pleasant at the beginning, they finally got in touch.

After having Lin Yuan, a friend who tolerates Alice's willfulness, Alice's self-destructive tendencies have obviously weakened a lot, and she no longer acts as recklessly as before.

Even if there are some more pranks, they are not as bad as before, and they are all used on Lin Yuan, giving people the feeling that they are pranks, but more of them are just acting coquettishly.

Xin was very grateful to Lin Yuan for this, so he started to address him as "Young Master Lin Yuan", a respectful title.

And this respect became even deeper after Alice returned a few days ago, because with his help, although Alice's robotic body did not recover to that of an ordinary person, there were only some differences, and overall it was considered recovered.

Looking at the happy smile on Alice's face when she returned that day, Xin was sincerely grateful to Lin Yuan.

"Although I also know that if I ask, Lin Yuan will definitely help me, even now. I'm afraid that the reason why he didn't take any action is because he knows that I want to rely on my own strength, so he is acting like this."

As Alice said this, she had a smile of genuine trust on her face, making it clear that she was thinking this from the bottom of her heart.

"That's why I can't involve him. This is my decision between myself and the past, and it can only be done by me alone. Success or failure doesn't matter to me. After this, I'm afraid I can only stay with that guy to pay off my debt." At the end, Alice's face obviously turned red, like a bright red apple, giving people the feeling of wanting to take a bite.

In order to hide her shy expression, she picked up the black tea on the table and tasted it. Seeing that Xin had no intention of pointing it out, she just watched quietly and put her worries aside.

Since his young lady had said that she planned to stay with Lin Yuan in the future, it meant that this plan would not be carried out at the expense of her own life, so Xin felt a lot more at ease.

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Inside the academy, the news of this sudden attack has spread throughout the academy.

First, the place that was attacked was the historic clock tower in the Royal Institute of Mechanics. It was severely damaged in the attack and had completely collapsed.

Fortunately, there was no one inside at the time, and only some faculty and staff were conducting the ceremony on the lawn in front of the clock tower.

Therefore, no one was killed, only some people were injured due to the chaos at the scene. It can be considered very lucky to have such a result under such an attack.

The attacker's identity was also recognized. It was impossible not to recognize him in this academy.

That four-winged, steel-colored dragon, with such a conspicuous and majestic posture, there is only one automaton with such an image in this academy, and that is Charlotte Biraud, nicknamed "Tyrannosaurus".

Almost the moment they saw her, someone recognized the attacker, and news about her quickly spread throughout the academy.

Because of the bad rumors about Charlotte, most of the students started saying bad things about her the moment they found out she was the culprit in the attack. They described her as if they had seen her do something heinous with their own eyes.

At this moment, Charlotte, the protagonist in the mouths of many students, was strolling on a path. Although this place was very remote, there were still people coming and going here. But even so, no one was surprised by her appearance or notified the guards. This was undoubtedly a very abnormal situation at this time.

The answer is very simple, that is, Charlotte now has a completely different appearance from before, different from her original fairy-like beautiful appearance.

Charlotte now has an ordinary face, and even looks a little rustic because of the round glasses on her face. The slightly strange thing is that there is a white dove standing on her shoulder.

"What do you want to do next, Xia Lu?"

A deep, elderly voice came from the white dove. If someone familiar with it heard it, they would recognize it the moment they heard it. It was Sigmont's voice.

Charlotte, who was walking quietly on the path, did not respond immediately after hearing her puppet's words. She just continued walking on her own, as if she had no goal and was simply killing time.

Seeing this, Sigmont did not urge anyone but waited quietly for the decision of his puppeteer. This was the only thing he could do.

After a long while, Charlotte stopped her aimless steps, as if she had made up her mind, and said in a determined voice: "Ah, it is indeed time to act. After all, time is running out."

(End of this chapter)