There was a knock on the door, and soon there was a sound from inside, "Please come in." ”

She pushed the door open and entered, and Anna was sitting at the table by the window, flipping through a thick book. The sunlight poured in through the window, pulling the woman's figure long. Her soft cheeks and neck were a little white in the light, and the long flaxen hair that covered her shoulders was almost dyed pale blonde.

After almost a week of getting along, Shujuan has basically figured out the temperament of the other party, such as being outspoken, never beating around the bush, calm and quiet, and especially studious...... In short, it is difficult for a child born in a civilian family to be as pure and peaceful in heart as Anna.

"You're not going to play that...... Card games?" the scroll pulled out a stool and sat down beside Anna. For the last two days, the sisters would rush back to the castle as soon as they had finished practicing, huddled in Zoroya's room to play the so-called Gwent cards, competing with each other for scraps of paper, seemingly enjoying themselves. Even Nanawa Pine, who came to play with Anna every day, rarely appeared less often after learning how to fight. Unlike the other day, she could always see the little girl in her room with miraculous healing powers.

"I'd like to read more," Anna turned to the next page, "I don't have the ability to do that, I just have to spend more time on it." ”

She reads almost everything, from historical biographies to long poems, including all kinds of folk tales she hears from the streets and alleys, as long as they are collected into books, she can read them with relish.

Shujuan touched her head lovingly, "Don't worry, I will tell you everything I remember." ”

This is the child who changed the fate of the survivors of the mutual aid society, the book thinks. Without her, Nightingale wouldn't have traveled to the Frontier Town, nor would she have met the Four Princes of Grey Keep, let alone what happened next. In a sense, she is the savior of all witches.

This is also the reason why he has a crush on Anna from the beginning, and the latter quickly accepts him after seeing the Book of Magic, and expresses great envy, which makes the book feel a little ridiculous. In Mutual Aid, no sister has ever envied her abilities. Anna, on the other hand, has the largest mana capacity of any witch Nightingale has ever seen, and her green flame is also extremely aggressive.

"Your hair is a little long," Shujuan ruffled Anna's bangs that were about to cover her eyes, "Didn't anyone cut your hair for you?"

She shook her head, "I broke it myself." ”

Shujuan suddenly became interested, "How unsightly the hair is twisted, let me trim it for you." ”

"Would you still do this?"

"At Mutual Aid, I cut most of the sisters' hair," Shujuan chuckled, "and I'll get the tools in a minute." ”

She quickly walked back with a cloth bag. Spread out the layers of wrapped white cloth, and a pair of bronze scissors were placed inside. The scissors are V-shaped, and the handles at both ends are covered with tiny scratches that give off an infiltrating sheen and are obviously often used. Before he joined the Mutual Aid Society, he relied on this pair of scissors to make a living by cutting hairs in a tavern in Seabreeze County. In addition to buying bread, the rest of the savings were given to an old captain with a broken leg, who taught her to read and write until she died of old age.

The scroll expertly unfolded the white cloth, tied it around Anna's neck, and began to trim her overly long hair.

"I ...... There are some questions I would like to ask you. ”

"What?" the scroll's fingers flew, and the scissors kept parting and closing in her palms with a crisp click. Tufts of flaxen hair slid down his fingertips and fell to the ground.

"The book you showed me yesterday has almost all the same ending. Will the prince marry the princess?"

Her hand paused slightly, the storybook was not a book in the real sense, but a collection of folk tales that she had listened to sailors sing in the more than ten years in Seabreeze County. It's just that the book deliberately screened the content, and the story without a happy ending didn't want it, and the prince didn't want to be with the princess, so he finally made up a book and conjured it up for Anna to read.

knew that the other party would definitely ask such a question after reading it, but when she really wanted to answer, she couldn't bear it a little.

"Mostly, of course, some princes will marry the daughter of the Grand Duke or Duke, such as King Wimbledon III of the Grey Castle, whose wife is the daughter of the Duke of Silverlight. ”

After saying that, Shujuan sighed in his heart. Wendy told her about the Nightingale, and she was more worried about Anna, who was getting closer to His Royal Highness the Prince, than the mature and calm Shadow Killer. Anyone can see how important this woman is to His Highness. When Anna is present, Roland's eyes always fall more on her. She was several times busier than the other sisters, and after Nightingale and Wendy's room was changed to a double room, His Highness did not adjust Anna's room, and explained that Jonanava could sleep in the same bed with Anna while spending the night in the castle - he didn't realize that he was the master of the place, and he didn't need to explain at all.

The same goes for Anna, who doesn't talk much with other witches, and is a quiet listener most of the time. Only when Roland is by his side will he become active. If there's anything that can take her eyes off the books, it's the Prince's Royal Highness.

Unfortunately, Roland is the fourth prince of the Grey Keep Kingdom and the king who will be supported by the witches, while Anna is a witch.

It was impossible for the scroll to remind His Royal Highness the Prince, so he had to come up with this way to knock Anna on the side. She didn't want the two to be estranged, let alone see a tragedy that didn't come to fruition.

"Why?" said Anna, shaking her head, as if trying to get the shredded hair out of her neck, "what if the prince doesn't like a princess or a noble lady?"

"Uh......" Shujuan didn't expect her to ask, "Then he'll have to marry." For the prince is likely to be king, and the king's marriage is not his own business," she said, trying to recall what was written in the book, "in order to stabilize the great nobles on the borders of the kingdom, to appease the neighbors who were about to move, and even to make a good deal." But the most important thing is that the king must have children. ”

Anna didn't ask any further, which made the scroll breathe a sigh of relief. This kind of thing can only be persuaded slowly, and she believes that one day the other party will understand. After trimming her hair, Shujuan smiled and scratched the ends of Anna's hair, "Yes, a lot of energy." ”

"Thank you," Anna said, bowing her head.

"So, today's book ......" Shujuan thought about it and decided to summon a history of the evolution of the Wolfheart royal family to reinforce the impression instilled today, "just choose a family biography." ”

As she was about to say goodbye, Anna suddenly said, "I don't think Roland is the prince in the story. Her voice was affirmative, not like she was trying to convince herself, "He's just going to do what he wants, nothing else." ”

"......" Shujuan was stunned, "Why?"

"If he had been that kind of prince, he wouldn't have saved me. (To be continued.) )