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Without the flickering candlelight and the crackling fire, the room is warm and pleasant even if you are wearing only a single coat thanks to the heating, and the glowing stone on the bedside table illuminates the room - a steady and gentle yellow light against the quilt and carpet adds a wonderful sense of the times to the scene. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Roland sat on the edge of the bed, listening to the occasional slight snorting in the heating pipes, and there was always a feeling of being in a dream, as if this was neither a backward era of kingship nor a modern society full of electronic products, but somewhere in between...... Childhood.

The impression of that era is like the scene at this time, everywhere is covered in dimness, whether it is incandescent lamps, movies, or developed photographs, all of them are filled with the same color.

But there is no Anna in this part of the memory.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at the girl sitting at the head of the bed.

She was looking through the storybook in her hand, the tips of her hair hanging down from her forehead glowed with a hint of gold, her long eyelashes occasionally twitched twice, and the most striking thing was still her sapphire eyes, even in the reflection of the magic stones, they were still a clear lake blue, if anything, that is, the lake was no longer as waveless as it used to be.

She alone makes the whole picture come alive, and Roland can't help but think that Anna is a completely different color in the scene, and it is also a mark that distinguishes memory from reality, and when you see her, you will realize that all this is real.

"What are you looking at?" At some point, the prince noticed that the other party had put down the book of magic and tilted his head to look directly at him, "Me?"

"Ahem......" he subconsciously looked away, but quickly moved back again, "Hmm...... That's right. ”

After nearly a year of getting along, the two are very familiar with each other, and Roland's mentality is naturally no longer as passive as at the beginning, and there are only the two of them in the room tonight, so he has relaxed the emotions that have been restrained.

The two looked at each other for a moment, then laughed at the same time.

"Isn't it a bit willful for me to ask for this?" Anna smiled and shook her head, "Obviously everyone cares about me, but I turned them away. ”

"You're talking too seriously," Roland said, spreading his hands, "they just looked a little surprised at the time. ”

"I wouldn't have made this request if Miss Agatha hadn't spoken those ancient methods," she said, sticking out her tongue, a playful expression rarely seen in Anna, "but the other sisters will surely follow suit, and you'll have to be busy." ”

Roland smiled helplessly, "I guess their request is probably just a few more pieces of ice cream bread." ”

Knowing that Anna is about to spend the day of awakening, Agatha immediately contributes her experience in the Holy City of Tachira - according to the Federation's research, when a witch awakens or becomes an adult, in addition to the need to empty her body of magic and reduce the effect of backlash, personal emotions are also very important. Positive attitudes such as joy and contentment can greatly improve one's resistance, so for some outstanding witches, the Federation will even send someone to meet their requirements when they reach adulthood.

And when Anna learned about this, she asked for Roland to accompany her alone on Awakening Day.

"I am very happy now, thanks to Miss Gesha," she said calmly, "and I can't watch you live as an adult, and this time I can finally make up for it." ”

Facing such a serious look from the other party, Rao is Roland was a little embarrassed, he cleared his throat, took out a thin book with a colorful ribbon from behind him and handed it to Anna, "This is the Awakening Day gift." ”

The purpose of rewriting calculus in advanced mathematics was to catch up with this day—for witches, the day of awakening was more important than birthdays, and it could be called a second life. Roland had always struggled with what to give for the holidays, but he still hadn't made much progress, and after thinking about it, he decided to give his new knowledge as a gift - not to mention Anna's own talent for learning, but also her interest in it, was not a bad choice.

However, after she took the book wrapped in the orange cover, she did not open it immediately as usual, but put it aside along with the book of magic, "Thank you." ”

"Storybook...... Have you finished reading it?"

"Not yet," Anna shook her head slightly, "but I'd like to hear something special." ”

"Special?" Roland was slightly stunned.

"Well," she smiled, "your story - I fell asleep after listening to it for not long last time, and I want to continue listening to it this time." ”

Do you mean the day when they were lying in bed together, Roland pursed his lips, and an impulse suddenly rose in his heart to tell the other party his true origin, instead of keeping it hidden, "Do you remember when I said that I lived in a big city? Actually, that city ...... It's not the Greykeep royal capital. ”

"I know. ”

"Huh?" Anna's answer made him stunned.

"Because in hindsight, it wouldn't have happened even in the palace of the royal capital," she grinned, "I've read the Chronicles of the Grey Keep several times. ”

"Uh...... Is that so?" Roland hesitated, "I'm—"

"Don't say it," stopped Anna, "you're hesitating, and that proves it's not an easy thing to say, right? And it's not hard to guess, I'm sure I'm not alone, and the closer I get to you, the easier it is to realize that you're different from everyone else. She paused, "It's better to ...... Let's make a bet. ”

"Bet...... What?"

"Bet how many I can guess," said Anna, with great interest, "I'll write them down in a notebook, and when you can easily say them without any worries, I'll see how many I guess correctly, and more than half of them will be counted as if I won." ”

Roland suddenly remembered a game he used to play as a child: the time capsule. Fill a can of what you want to say about the future and take it out after a few years...... Although most of these cans are missing, when the last two or three surviving ones are found, looking through the handwriting they left a few years ago, they can always give people inexplicable touch.

He didn't ask what the bet was, winning or losing didn't make sense between the two, and the other party probably asked this to comfort himself, not really want to guess the answer. I have to say that the most of the many witches who are closest to his heart and can understand what he thinks is Anna.

"Well, that's a deal," he nodded.

"So where was it last time?"

"Finish your ......studies from the mentor," Roland smiled, "and start here." ”

As the light of dawn lit up from the skyline, Anna survived her first awakening day as an adult.

. (To be continued.) )