Chapter 930 Pioneer Yulia

In fact, what surprised Aiwas the most was that when he returned to Avalon, Yulia did not come to greet him.

He even stayed in the Temple of Silver and Tin for most of the day, but Yulia didn't come to find him.

Is there something wrong with her body? Or is she not on Glass Island? Or is she sulking?

Aiwass was very worried for a moment.

Hearing Aiwas's question, Isabel shook her head: "It should be fine, Yulia is probably busy."

"Busy?"

"Well, she has a key experiment that has been busy for a long time."

Isabel was also a little worried: "Why don't you go and take a look? Yulia seems to have been upset by something... Ever since the Fallen Angels came into the world, she has hardly left her room in the past two weeks. Even food and water have to be delivered to her room.

"I was worried about her, so I went to see her twice. She seemed to be inventing some machine by herself... She didn't like me disturbing her. But I still asked the pastor to check on her health every few days to prevent her from getting sick.

"Because I couldn't understand her invention, I even asked Nobel Prize winner to take a look...but he couldn't understand it either."

"……OK."

Aiwass was also a little worried when he heard this, so he nodded and said, "Then I'll go and take a look."

He walked in the direction of Yulia's room as he remembered it.

Then I discovered that Yulia's room had been transformed into a rather terrifying scale - her room now combined the rooms of four royal members, and its size was even nearly three times that of Isabel's room.

"...Yulia?"

Aiwass knocked on the door, but received no response. However, he could hear faint sounds from inside and see a light seeping in. It was definitely someone inside.

He opened the door with the key given by Isabel, but did not see Yulia in the first room.

Although it is not clear what experiment Yulia is doing...but if she is suddenly frightened, it is possible that the shutdown experiment will fail.

Aiwass didn't want to ruin Yulia's hard work or put her in any danger, so he used high-level magic to conceal his steps and voice and carefully pushed open the second door.

At that moment, he was shocked by the scene before him——

There was a huge brass machine in front of her, and Yulia was sitting in the corner, holding a blueprint, thinking hard about something.

Seeing that she wasn't doing anything dangerous or crucial, Aiwass dared to speak: "Yuli?"

When Yulia heard Aiwas' voice, she was stunned for a moment.

She turned around suddenly and saw Aiwass standing at the door.

"elder brother!"

Yulia immediately made an excited sound, then carefully put the drawings into the file bag, and then turned around and rushed over happily.

Seeing Yulia's reaction, Aiwas felt relieved.

At least Yulia's mental state is normal, and she doesn't seem to hate herself... That's good, that's good...

When Aiwas hugged Yulia, he suddenly realized that the girl seemed to have grown taller and heavier.

Originally, when he held Yulia in his arms, the girl's head would usually rest against Aiwas's stomach - by the way, Isabel's head would rest against his chin just by Aiwass slightly raising his head, making it fit perfectly.

But now, Yulia's head could already touch Aiwas's chest. I'm afraid it was only a few centimeters away from Isabel.

Only then did Aiwas remember...his lovely and sensible sister was only fifteen years old. Previously, the Flame-Defying Butterfly, having absorbed too much nutrition as a phantom demon egg, had now regained her health and entered a period of rapid growth.

“…You’ve grown up.”

Aiwass touched Yulia's head with relief and some loss.

If it weren't for these messy things, he should have lived a plain but fulfilling daily life at school, and he would have been able to see Yulia more often. He wouldn't have realized that he hadn't been home for a long time after the child suddenly grew taller.

Yulia shook her head slightly, gently touching her cheek to Aiwas's chest, breathing in Aiwas's scent. Her warm breath soaked through Aiwas's shirt and seeped into his flesh.

Even without using the special vision of his right eye, Aiwass could feel Yulia's fatigue.

——Fortunately, Aiwass is no longer as powerless as he was a year ago.

He gently touched Yulia's forehead, igniting his own life force with illumination magic, and infusing it into her body. Her mental state improved at a visible speed.

Seeing that Yulia had recovered her spirits, Aiwass asked, "What are you doing, Yuli?"

“I’m doing new research.”

Yulia said, and suddenly asked: "Brother, that ability you said you would give to Lily, can you give it to me now?"

"Yes, of course."

Aiwass nodded: "I came here to help you complete the ceremony."

He teased, "Why, didn't you say before that you wanted to test your own strength? Why aren't you at the fourth level yet?"

"…because I realized that if I was too weak, I would be held back."

Yulia responded seriously, "The Theocracy's warships started a battle on Xingti's side... because brother thought Isabel and I were there, right?

"Luckily, we weren't there, so nothing happened—but that also means that if we weren't so lucky, something might have happened. Even my brother might have gotten into trouble in order to rescue us...

"...From that time on, I realized that the world is no longer as peaceful as it was before. I need strength now—"

Yulia's voice was soft, but her expression was resolute. "At least it's enough to protect myself! I won't be a burden to others, and I won't have to be protected."

From a very young age, Yulia had a strong sense of self-esteem.

If an ordinary person had an incurable "serious illness" like hers and was adopted by the Moriarty family, they would most likely give up and give up - before Aiwass awakened his past life memories and obtained the method of making the Sin Card, the symptoms of the Phantom Demon Egg were basically unsolvable, and Yulia must have known this.

A woman who is seriously ill and almost always in a high fever state... and knows that the disease cannot be cured and she may die at any time; at the same time, she has no worries about food and clothing, but she is still trying her best to learn new knowledge.

Because Yulia couldn't accept that she was just a useless thing.

Even if the knowledge she learned is of no use at all and her efforts are meaningless, she is still unwilling to give up the fact that "I am still trying".

——If a person gives up on himself, his soul will also degenerate.

"I see."

Aiwass nodded seriously: "Then I will give you strength."

"...As for the fourth energy level."

Yulia shook her head: "I have actually reached the threshold of the fourth energy level."

"Then why not get promoted?"

Aiwass was a little confused: "No matter which school of alchemist, the job requirement for advancing to the fourth level should be 'a well-known invention', right?

"To accomplish this, we only need to borrow Isabel's influence. Besides being a scholar, Sand Clock also has a merchant side—accomplishing this through transactions is permitted."

As an alchemist's profession is purely about spending money, his advancement can also be forcibly completed by spending money.

To become a household invention, it doesn't necessarily have to be incredibly useful or widely adopted. Simply ramping up publicity and forcing it into popularization is also possible—and this isn't a bug; it's the proper path to advancement in the Path of Balance.

This is also the reason why the Xingti Royal Alchemy Association cooperates deeply with the royal family.

Whether it is through face, invention, influence, money, power... using the ability of any dimension to exchange for the benefits of another dimension, thereby connecting everything together - this is the way of balance.

"Because I want to complete the job change to 'Pioneer'."

Yulia's thoughts were remarkably clear. "My leveling speed is definitely slower than my brother's. If I don't get a powerful class, even if I gain the power of the Flame-Bearing Butterfly, I will definitely be much weaker than my brother."

"So what?"

Seeing that Yulia's target was actually him, Aiwass felt helpless: "You just need to be yourself. You don't have to be like me. No matter what your abilities are, you are still my sister."

“It’s different.”

Yulia's thoughts were calm and clear. "My brother is already the Eternal Pope, and now he controls the power of Avalon and the Theocracy. His influence is immense worldwide, and even the Fallen Angels might be able to defeat him."

"But I didn't sense a single ounce of pride from my brother. I only smelled heaviness and exhaustion... This means that even this level of strength wouldn't be enough.

"If we have to face other powerful enemies in the future, and even a strong man like the Pope would find it difficult to deal with them, then if we are slightly weaker, we will still be a drag...

"...And, what I really want is more than just 'not being a drag'. I want to truly help my brother - and to do that, I must become a pioneer."

"But the pioneers..."

Aiwass hesitated to speak.

That is almost the most difficult profession to advance to in this world - much more difficult than the Great Sin Scholar.

Before the fourth energy level, one has at least one "incredible and world-changing invention."

This means that if this invention cannot be completed... Julia will have to suppress her impulses on the path and cannot advance.

Not only would that put a huge strain on the mind, but the anxiety would also affect the invention itself...

"I already have an idea."

Yulia said, looking back at the huge machine: "This is an old machine built using Mr. Babbage's abandoned manuscripts decades ago.

"It's called the Difference Engine. I intend to use it to modify and optimize it."

Chapter 2 It’s almost two o’clock, meow!

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