Next, he threw himself into writing, and three months later the book was finally finished, to which Ronnie gave the lofty title Conqueror of the Structure of the Universe. The book is over 600,000 words long and goes from the Big Bang to modern physics. It was the classic introduction to physics. Catherine approached him with the book and handed it to him saying, "Dad, your book is so well written, we have a copy for each of our classmates, now I want you to sign it for me.”
After Ronnie signed one, she pulled three more books out of her book bag. Catherine had returned to the Deluxe Room on weekends since Park Hye had left the City-state; the father-daughter duo was quite close, and Ronnie was responsive to her requests. On weekdays, Vega would be jealous when she saw them. Today, she had just returned home when she overheard the two of them talking and said, unhappily, "Dad, aren't you too bored? you give autographs all day long."
"Ignore her, you sign," Catherine gave her a blank look.
"Good!" Ronnie was about to sign the second book when Vega rushed over, grabbed the pen out of his hand, and threw it to the ground. Ronnie's face sank as he pointed at her, "You're too grumpy, you'll suffer in the future."
He was about to pick up the pen, but Catherine grabbed it before him and handed it to him, muttering, "Dad, don't get on her bad side, she's a rude person.”
Hearing this, Vega was so angry that she rushed forward and grabbed Catherine by her long hair, while Catherine, not to be outdone, immediately fought back. The two of them wrestled, you grabbing my hair, I pinching your neck, neither giving in to the other. "Enough!" Ronnie shouted coldly, but the two didn't take his words seriously and continued to fight together, shouting curses at each other. The curses were basically attacking each other's mother, with one calling Yurina a slut and the other saying that Park Hye had married someone and was not a decent woman. Ronnie, who was on the side, heard both sides yelling at each other and wondered if he had found two of the cheapest women in the world, he was so angry that he shouted, "Cool Bear, separate them for me.”
The two girls heard him suddenly call out an unfamiliar name, thinking he was confused by his anger, they stopped their hands at the same time and turned their heads to look at him. Before they could react, their bodies involuntarily rose into the air and their people were moved to the left and right. "Are you taking me as your father seriously? If you fight in front of me again in the future, I will teach you a lesson," Ronnie said angrily.
Although he was angry, the duo didn't take his words to heart, but asked in unison with their eyes wide open, "Dad, what just happened? why did I feel like I was being hugged?"
"Ugh!" Ronnie couldn't help but sigh, "I guess I'm not majestic at all, Cool Bear, show yourself."
With a wave of his hand, the two girls were stunned for a moment as a tall robot appeared out of nowhere in front of the three of them. Vega pointed at Cool Bear and asked, "Is he a wizard?"
"His name is Cool Bear, he's my personal guard, he's a stealth robot, you can also call him 'Silent Shadow Man', your aunt has one too," Ronnie explained. After a moment's pause he added, "I'd prefer you didn't take this to school, it's top secret, only the higher-ups of the City-state and our families know about it."
"That's fine, but you have to promise us one condition, and we want one too," the two girls pestered Ronnie left and right with their demands.
"You're little kids and you're in the City-state all day, what danger can you be in?"
The two women thought this reason was too far-fetched and still wouldn't budge. Ronnie was pestered and had no choice but to use a delaying tactic: "The day you come of age, if the City-state agrees, I'll make one for each of you."
"You still need the City-state's approval? can't you just do it yourself?" the two daughters asked with confused expressions.
"Dad's invisibility has been replaced by the Order of the Holy Virgin First Class, and now it also belongs to the City-state, and the real 'Silent Shadow Man' can only be made in the City-state, so how can you do it without their permission?"
"I have to wait four more years!" Catherine said with a sad face.
Vega laughed and said, "Oh, I only need two years.”
Today was November 15th, the day the "New World" held its annual initiation ceremony, and Ronnie was eager to see what the newly chosen Holy Virgin looked like. At three o'clock in the afternoon, the ceremony began punctually, and when the new Holy Virgin appeared on the screen, they were stunned: it was a girl who looked almost exactly like Alice standing in the middle of the "dream square" stage. Alice was also shocked, but Sharlout had a sharp eye, she said, "It seems that this new Virgin is a little fatter than Alice, and a little whiter.
In fact, this new Holy Virgin was a clone of the same Alice from North America. She joined the City-state four years ago, and after Ronnie's father, Elliot, used some means to oust the previous Virgin, who had only been in office for two years, this clone of Alice finally made it to the position of Virgin through layers of selection, and her current name was "Anna Leta".
Of course, the Ronnie siblings didn't know this, thinking it was just a coincidence that they looked alike. In the evening, the two siblings were sitting at home talking when they heard someone knocking on the door. Alice got up to open the door and found two children, a boy and a girl, standing outside the door, and the girl called out first, "Elder Sister, I'm Dan, do you recognize me?"
"It's you!" Alice smiled, took another look at the little boy who didn't speak and leaned over to him, "I bet you're Amandine, you look just like your dad when he was a kid."
Amandine, who was nine years old and had a cold face, turned his head to the side, "I'm not going to tell you."
Inside the house, Ronnie heard the noise outside the door and couldn't help but ask, "Who are you talking to, sis?"
"Come see who's here."
Ronnie reluctantly got up and walked out, and when he saw the two children in front of him, he was pleasantly surprised, "You joined the City-state too?"
Dan, knowing that Amandine would be cool and not explain, spoke up and said, "We just decided to join the City-state in the last few days, and Uncle George and Brown brought us in.”
The truth was that Amandine hadn't wanted to come and Dan had told him there were fun things to do in the City-state and he had come along. Amandine saw Ronnie come out, "Hey, Dan said you have fun here, bring it out!"
"You're supposed to call Dad, how can you say 'hey'?" Alice corrected from the side.
"I'm not going to call a stranger 'Dad.'"
"Then you can't call him 'hey' either, at least call him by his name," Alice said, giving his little cheeks a firm squeeze.
"What's his name?" Amandine asked deliberately.
"His name is Ronnie, Ronnie Watson, did you get that?" Alice explained patiently.
But Amandine didn't want to listen to her and said impatiently, "Is there any more fun here or not? if not I'm going home."
"You're going home? which home?" Ronnie interjected.
"Home to 'Shire Town' of course," Amandine said innocently.
Dan immediately had an embarrassed look on her face, she hadn't told Amandine before their arrival that he could go back anytime he got into the City-state, she had assumed that Amandine wouldn't want to leave once he got in and found something he liked. She looked at Ronnie and pulled him aside to explain, "I'm sorry, big brother, I shouldn't have brought Amandine to the City-state."
"It's okay, we'll just find something fun for him to do," Ronnie laughed.
"Amandine's favorite thing is puppies, Billy strangled all his dogs and he hasn't dared to have one since," Dan offered urgently.
Pets were adopted in the emergency, and knowing that Amandine's favorite thing was a puppy, Ronnie turned to him and said, "I'll take you to get a puppy, okay."
"Really?" Amandine jumped up and down with excitement at the news.
Ronnie then led him to the northwest section, where the two entered the emergency room and first read the adoption instructions written on the wall:
1. Only one pet per room, pets are small dogs and cats, adopted pets will be spayed or neutered, please return regularly for vaccinations and worming after adoption.
2. Small dogs must wear a muzzle and a leash when they go out after adoption, and the leash should not exceed 2 meters, and the honor value Ψ10 will be deducted if it is found once no muzzle or leash, and the pet will be confiscated for more than three times and the owner will be added to the black list.
3. The City-state is an environmentally friendly city and does not encourage individuals to keep pets if there is no need to do so.
Ronnie scanned it twice and memorized it, muttering to himself, "Why are there so many rules?" Amandine, on the other hand, walked excitedly inside, where there were more than twenty cats and dogs, each kept in a cage. Ronnie followed him to the back and said, "Amandine, you can pick one at random.”
Amandine had had a fox hunting terrier before, and he wanted to find one just like it, but unfortunately he couldn't see one, even after turning around, and he said with disappointment, "There aren't any!" Ronnie was afraid that if he didn't find a puppy he liked, he would have to go home in a huff and pointed to an Italian Greyhound, "This one's cute too, would you like to try him?"
"This one has no hair, what's so cute about it?" Amandine asked incredulously.
He pointed to another silky terrier, "How about this one? lots of hair, right?"
But Amandine still shook his head, and the two of them chose a small schnauzer. After registering the dog and putting a muzzle and leash on him, Amandine happily led him home. At home, they first took off the muzzle and leash. Luckily, the Deluxe Room was big enough for Amandine to chase him around the house. He loved to play and didn't like to study, skipping class every day. Before coming to the City-state, Yurina hadn't made him go to school either, stubbornly assuming that if Ronnie was so smart, her son couldn't be stupid. Now that Amandine couldn't even read, Ronnie wondered if he should have an "enlightenment chip" implanted in him. When he discussed it with Amandine, he was reluctant: "What's the point of reading? I just like to play!"
Dan came to City-state to learn better, and when she had time, she gave Amandine extra lessons and added them to the game. Amandine, too, was learning without realizing it.