Annihilated Lilith

Chapter 1 1. Red Cherry

Lakodin is a remote village surrounded by a long winding river.The riverside is covered with cloud-gray cattail grass, which is most charming in the evening light.

Emma likes to stand on the pier at this time, looking at the moss, lilies and wild rhododendrons on the other side of the river, the rolling meadow, scattered cattle and sheep, and the desolate and lonely woods in the distance.Feel the beauty, the vastness and the seclusion.

What was different from usual was that she was carrying a basket of cherries at this moment.

There are several small boats crowded on the pier, full of goods, and those who go out to do business return on time.

A tall and thin boy squeezed out from the crowd, waved vigorously to Emma, ​​and trotted over.He carried a heavy burden, wore a plaid shirt and patched trousers, his face and neck were sunburned, and his eyes were deeply set in their sockets, blue as the sea.

"Have you waited for a long time?"

"Who's waiting for you? I come every day at this time."

With an innocent look on her face, Emma blinked her pure green eyes, and turned to go back.A boy named Dani quickly followed her footsteps.

"Don't you ask me what I saw when I went to the city on the first day?"

"What is there to ask, it's not like I haven't been to the city before."

As Emma said, she lowered her head and picked a cherry with the darkest color in the basket as she walked, removed the stem, and handed it to Danny.Dani quickly opened his mouth wide, and then felt his tongue sink, and when he bit down, the sweet juice soaked quickly.

"It's so sweet, give me some more."

"Why are you so greedy? This is for you to take it back to your mother."

Although scolding, Emma still threw a few more cherries into his mouth.Dani chewed cherries with puffed cheeks like a chipmunk.

"The sheep ran away, stop it!"

The two turned their heads at the same time, and saw the fat boy shepherding the sheep shouting and running wildly, in front of him was a jumping goat, and the copper bell around his neck was tinkling.

Emma handed the basket to Dany, raised her hand to the goat from a distance, and said rhymes with unknown meanings in her mouth.

The goat jumped a few times on the spot, slowly calmed down, and then walked slowly in their direction.Rubbing Emma's skirt with its strong horns, it was very affectionate, like a friendly puppy.

"Grandma O'Hara is still teaching you this..."

Dani looked at the goat's weird pupils, and stepped aside uncomfortably.

"These? Which ones? Why don't you say it? It's magic."

Emma pushed the goat's head away a little so that it wouldn't stain the dress she had just changed into.She raised her hand to gather the scattered curly hair into a bun, which made her look more neat, and her previous quiet and gentle temperament suddenly restrained and became lively.

She pulled a strand of hair from the goat's neck and continued to chant the spell.

Then, before the fat boy came to them, the rest of the sheep had all run over.Gathering together to graze leisurely, as if never wandering elsewhere.

"Thank you, Emma."

……

The setting sun shines on the gentle slope, and the hydrangeas in full bloom in the yard of a lonely cottage look extraordinarily enchanting.There are all kinds of medicinal herbs hanging from the eaves, such as rushes, mountain sage, squirrels, bitter chrysanthemums, laurel... Emma picked them every day and handled them carefully.As he approached the courtyard gate, various mixed scents hit his face.

"Here I am. Remember to bring the basket back to me before you leave tomorrow. Don't knock, just put it on the shelf in the yard."

Emma told Dani.He is a merchant's apprentice from today, and he will follow his uncle to the city every day before dawn.Although he tried his best to conceal his childishness and innocence, he still smiled silly in front of Emma.

"Let me go in and say hello to Grandma O'Hara."

"Forget it, my grandma doesn't like you again."

"Tsk, I don't like her either... the old witch..."

Dani muttered very quietly.

"What did you say?"

"Nothing, I said thank you for the cherries you picked for me."

"I told you it's for your mother. She must be very uncomfortable being home alone on the first day."

"Nonsense, I used to be very wild, and I would only go back when I was eating."

Dani watched Emma enter the house, and then walked towards his home along the stone-paved path.His family is in a relatively concentrated farming area, not as isolated as Emma's.At this time, there is already a little light over there, the smoke is rising slowly, and the smell in the nose gradually changes from herbs to thick soup.

Emma felt a little dark when she entered the door, so she went to the dining table by the window and lit the oil lamp, then lifted it up and put it next to grandma's spinning wheel.

Grandma O'Hara sang songs in a strange language as she stepped on her spinning wheel.Emma doesn't understand this language either. She only knows that it is very ancient, and it appeared earlier than the world's first ancient dragon. It is the vocabulary that the elves grabbed from the elements, and then weaved it into the original song.

"Grandma, why don't you teach me to sing this song?"

Grandma O'Hara stopped laughing and said, "Silly boy, to sing this song, you must first complete the witch's contract, otherwise your tongue won't be able to pronounce those words."

"Aren't I already a witch? I can recite the spell. If you don't believe me, ask Dani. I just used the spell to control the running goat."

"Being able to chant a spell doesn't mean you've become a witch."

Grandma O'Hara shook her head and patted her granddaughter's head affectionately.

"The spells you're learning now are the most elementary ones, and you can learn them as long as you can speak. Grasping the rhythm and rhythm, more or less, can always play a little role, because the words themselves have power."

"Didn't you say that I have the talent to learn magic?"

Emma squatted down and put her head on Grandma's lap, making it easier for her to run her five fingers through her hair.

"Yes, of course you are very talented, much better than me. When I first started learning magic, it was like fumbling with a candle on a mountain road in the dark. But you, it's like walking at random There is still jumping and jumping on a bright road."

Grandma O'Hara gently raised her hand and pointed to the oil lamp. The light of the oil lamp exploded many times at once. Although the flame was still the same size, it illuminated the whole room brightly.

"Dani's mother came over during the day."

Emma stood up abruptly, and asked in a panic, "Mrs. Bradley? What is she doing here?"

"Don't be nervous, I believe you have guessed it."

Mrs. Bradley had come to propose marriage for Dany.This is what she had promised to Dani long ago. After he started working officially, she wanted to marry this childhood sweetheart.

Dani and Emma have been very close since childhood, probably because they have only one precious relative left in this world, and there is a natural gap between them and the children who grew up in the lively families in the village.

Emma was unable to clarify that she didn't guess that Danny wanted to marry her, her cheeks were flushed, and she became silent.

"Don't you want to marry him?"

"But... I'm not sixteen. Dany's just a punk."

They are all just children, greedy, playful, busy with their favorite things.

"I must know your mind."

Grandma O'Hara paused for a moment, looking thoughtful.

"I was too early for you to make such a choice. It's also my fault. I love you too much, and I dare not assume that you want to leave my side."

"Grandma, what are you talking about? I won't leave you, and I won't make you sad."

Grandma O'Hara sighed deeply and opened her arms so Emma could hold her.

"Let's be reasonable...you won't stay in this little house forever. I might, I'm old and my magic is fading. This village is all I have. But you're not, there are two poles in front of you Good opportunity. One of them is to marry Danny, he is a good boy, although I think he is too pedantic, but you will be happy marrying him."

"Then... another chance?"

Grandma O'Hara straightened Emma's body, patted her withered and bloodless hands, and made two crisp sounds.A letter flew over from nowhere, fluttering like a butterfly, and stopped in front of Emma's eyes, up and down a little mischievously.

"I received this a few days ago. I was still hesitating whether to give it to you this year. After all, you were in the past, and you had time..."

Emma frowned, grabbing the letter hesitantly.The letter was sealed with sealing wax, embossed into a pattern of swifts and irises.After getting the affirmation from grandma's eyes, she opened the envelope.

[Emma Green:
A new era is unfolding, an era of magic.In the future, you may far exceed the achievements of your predecessors, and there is no limit.You who have awakened the blood of the witch will have the opportunity to come to Turin College for an interview. This is a rare opportunity for young people like you.Once successfully enrolled, you will have the power to build your own future, and even stand on the top of the country.Just like Lilith used to be. 】

Inscribed is a purple seal, Passi.

"Isabel Passy is now the vice president of Turin Academy. She is a friend I met when I was traveling in the mainland. Oh, as for Turin Academy, it is the youngest one in our country's magic academy. It specializes in cultivating powerful sorceress."

Lilith... Emma said silently in her heart.

To become like Lilith... This sentence itself is a spell, a most seductive spell.

(End of this chapter)