"This Data Terminal," Sandora said, raising the hexagonal, gleaming slate in her hand. The ancient device, at least tens of thousands of years old, looked brand-new after being wiped clean, reflecting a brilliant sheen as she moved it. "It bears a special mark, an absolute-access symbol. If I'm not mistaken, your sister used it back then."
I froze for a moment, then took a while to process it before suddenly remembering that Older Sister had once been the Fifteenth Celestial Region Emperor...
Well, I had nearly forgotten about that. Mainly because at home, Older Sister either did housework or looked after the children. She knew practically nothing about politics or military affairs, and she was even more hands-off than I was in the relevant departments. Before long, I had forgotten that she had once been such a famous figure. I took the little device identified as a Data Terminal and tried to activate it using the usual method. It was completely different from the models I normally used. Maybe magic-powered Data Terminals had a special structure. I fiddled with it for a long time, and in the end, my only accomplishment was polishing the thing until it gleamed. Its front could practically reflect a person now.
"...Uh, Sis, how do you use this thing again?" I turned to Older Sister for help. She took the terminal and fiddled with it a few times, polishing the back until it could reflect a person too. Then she frowned. "Uh, it seems to work differently from the normal models..."
"Wasn't this yours back then?" Qian Qian asked, leaning over while using the Data Terminal's shiny casing as a mirror to smooth her hair.
"The problem is, I forgot," Older Sister said, sticking out her tongue. "I only vaguely know some general things about