CH-26. The Trembling Mother Box

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"That thing is in the deepest part of this building, but it's nothing to see. I have been guarding it for about ten years, and before me, we Amazons have been guarding it for thousands of years."

"Can you let me live in such an important place?" Mike became more and more nervous. It would need to be closely guarded for a thousand years. No one would believe that there was no problem here!

"It's nothing. As long as it doesn't leave here, it's fine. It hasn't shown any abnormalities in the past thousand years, so don't worry." The female guard shrugged and said, "Besides, you are the monarch of this country. It's a shame for you to live here with such a noble status."

"Wait." Mike raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean?"

The female guard was also puzzled and pointed at the crown he was wearing, "Isn't that Princess Diana's?"

"That's right." Mike nodded.

"That's right." After confirming, the female guard said in a deep voice, "We Amazons are equipped with a crown from the moment we are born. The royal family wears a crown, and the warriors wear a crown of armor. This is a symbol of our identity and honor throughout our lives."

"Then this crown should be worn on my head now..." Mike opened his eyes wide after realizing it belatedly.

"It means that she has given you her honor, status, and everything of the greatest value. You are her monarch. We share honor and disgrace, and we advance and retreat on the same footing!"

At this point, the female guard sighed and stared at Mike through the gap in her iron helmet, "I don't know why that princess would choose a human like you as her partner. Of course, this is not something I can judge. I can only respect her choice."

Mike was silent.

He did not feel surprised. Instead, he felt that the crown on his head was heavy and weighed down his breath.

Diana naturally would not choose him as her other half.

This was probably just like before, when he deliberately called his aunt his girlfriend just to deal with the flirting and give him a more reasonable identity to stay on Paradise Island.

But.

An independent, intellectual, beautiful, powerful, and perfect woman like Diana made a proud and noble god like her, at this moment, like an accessory, declare that she would put everything she represented on him.

Even Mike felt that the cost was not worth it for his aunt!

After the female guard packed up and went out of the small dark room, Mike lay alone on the relatively clean bed, holding his aunt's star-lit flying crown tightly in his arms. The flickering and cold firelight shone on him.

Of course, it was impossible to return the crown. After all, returning it would be an insult to Diana.

However, this crown is too heavy.

In every aspect, it is the most precious thing in the world and cannot be measured in value.

"Can I bear it?"

Mike lay on the bed for a long time, finally sighed, put the crown back on his head, stood up, and walked out of the room.

Even if he didn't have claustrophobia, it was still too stuffy here, and he wanted to go out and take a breath.

However, when Mike was halfway to the door, he recalled that Kathy had ordered the female guards at the door not to let him walk around.

Now, he could fully understand why Kathy treated him so badly.

If someone were to take advantage of Diana, Mike's attitude would definitely be a hundred times worse.

Mike forced himself to go out for a walk, the female guard would not dare to stop him, but Mike did not want to make things difficult for the female guard, so he turned back in the corridor.

Back to the door of his room.

Mike suddenly stopped and looked into the depths of the corridor inside the ancient building. There was some light at the end and a subtle wind coming through the dark corridor.

Since you're not allowed to walk around outside, then it's okay to walk around inside, right?

Mike shrugged.

Besides, the female guard just said that as long as the objects inside are not taken out, there will be no problem.

Mike didn't think too much and didn't stop, continuing to walk deeper into the ancient building.

"This wall is really thick..." The further Mike walked into the corridor, the more surprised he felt.

This ancient circular building has almost no other rooms except the dark room he was on duty in. All the walls are solid brick, with only a not very spacious corridor leading to the interior.

Can you imagine?

From the design style point of view, this circular building is like a closed Poké Ball. As long as the corridor is closed, no one can get out from it.

"Perhaps, only the three-in-one state can force its way out when trapped inside..." Mike pondered for a moment and suddenly remembered Kerry. His aunt said it was not convenient to bring it to Paradise Island, so she entrusted it to a friend who had experience in raising pets to take care of it for a few days.

That friend seems to be called "Barry Allen"?

Mike quickly arrived at the deepest part of the building. The moment he walked out of the corridor, the scene in front of him became clear!

Inside is a very spacious retro hall.

The hall was surrounded by strange stone carvings and ancient Greek characters, as if recording a long and unknown history of the ancient gods. Light, cool breeze, and air seeped in from the gaps in the star-shaped metal railings on the top floor of the hall. Faint beams of light barely visible in the dust shone down and delicately fell on the stone altar in the middle of the main hall of the ancient building.

Above the two-meter-high stone altar, there is a mysterious cube-shaped object that looks like a rusty metal box.

Mike don't know how long the iron box has been placed here. The faint light, the dust, and even the years have all been quietly sinking beside it.

"This is the thing that has been guarded for more than a thousand years?" Mike was stunned for a moment.

He finally understood why no one had been able to touch it for thousands of years.

Not to mention that Paradise Island has its own Zeus barrier and is guarded by Amazons on duty, just based on its pitiful appearance.

Who wants this broken box?

Of course, maybe it is a hidden artifact.

Mike did not intend to study it. He stood in front of the stone altar and began to do the chest-lifting exercise that middle school students did.

He took a deep breath, and the air in the deepest part of the main hall was connected to the outside world. Mike suddenly felt a lot more comfortable.

But, suddenly!

He seemed to see something out of the corner of his eye.

Mike stopped and looked at the iron box on top of the stone altar in surprise.

Just now.

Did that thing move?

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Paradise Island, Amazon Palace.

The interior of the palace is magnificent, and any decoration inside, including the golden chairs and pearl curtains that are still in use, would be a popular collectible among collectors if placed outside.

"Mother." Diana walked into the palace and squatted on a chair.

On the golden chair, a dignified woman who looked somewhat like Diana, with a youthful face and body and wearing a golden crown—Hippolyta, the Queen of the Amazons—could not help but reveal an excited and genuine smile.

Hippolyta reached forward and gently touched Diana's face with her palm, "Child, you've suffered out there alone."

"No." Diana shook her head gently and grabbed her mother's hand and said, "Mother, I'm fine and can take care of myself."

"Of course I know. After all, you are my only daughter!" Hippolyta smiled and nodded, then suddenly paused and looked at Diana's forehead, "Diana, your starlight crown?"

"Mother, I was just about to tell you this. I didn't come back alone this time."

Diana smiled happily and said very seriously and proudly, "I gave it to a person, a human being!"

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Ancient building, inside the main hall.

Mike looked at the iron box in a daze. Didn't the female guard just say that this thing had not been touched for a thousand years?

Why, did he just see the iron box shake slightly?

"Am I dazzled? Did I see it wrong?"

This possibility cannot be ruled out.